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The siiriiaiik' >iiiiinian In dc- 
SIIII'MAX rivc<l l'n>m a trade iiainc. 
sliiimian l)cins equivalent to 
sailor. Sliiptoii, as the name of the Ameri- 
can iminii,'rant was spelled on the early rec- 
ords, is a |)lace name, anil the coat-of-arms 
of the English family of Shipton is descrihed : 
Arfjent three pairs uf bellow- salile two and 
one. rile .SliiptiMi crest: .\n eel naiant i)ropcr. 
Hilt Shi|)ton is prohahly not the correct si)cll- 
iiifj. Shipman was an ancient Knglish sur- 
name and several branches of the family bear 
coats-of-arms. The Shipman ( or Shiphan ) 
family of Welby, county Hereford, had these 
arms f,'rantcd in 1581 : Or a cinqucfoil between 
three crosses crosslet gules, and their crest 
is : .\ demi-ostricli. wins^s expanded arjjent, 
dncally gorged and beaked or. holding in the 
beak a key azure and vnlned on the breast 
gules. The Shipman family of Sarington. 
county Notts, bear: Gules on a bend argent 
between three estoilles or three pellets. Crest : 
A leopard, sejent argent spotted sable, re- 
posing the de.xter |iaw on a ship's rudder az- 
ure. The .Shipman family of county Kent 
bear: Argent a bend between six suns gules. 

The Shipman family of New Jersey claim 
descent from Harmon Shipman, born in Ger- 
many, in I" 1 7, came to .\merica in 1740, set- 
tled in Harmony, New Jersey, and Union- 
town. Warren county. There is a tradition 
that the New Jersey family is related to the 
Connecticut Shipmans, and the personal names 
in the two families ar^ similar, but if the 
German origin of the New Jersey family is 
correctly given in the family history, there 
could be no relation traceable. The Connecti- 
cut immigrant was an Englishman. 

(T) Edward Shipman. the immigrant an- 
cestor, is said to have come from England, 
sailing from Hull in \C\7,'). with George Fen- 
wick, but if this is correct he must have been 
a young child. A William Shipman, aged 
twenty-two. sailed ^^ay j8. 1635. for X'irginia. 
His relation to Edward is not known. Ed- 
ward Shipman's name was spelled Shipton in 
the early records of Sayhrook. Connecticut, 
where he first settled, but later the name is 



spelled Shipman and all the t.iimly follow 
that si)elling. Etlward married (first), Jan- 
uary 16. 1O51, Elizabeth Comstock. who diec 
about the middle of July, 1(159. He marriec 
(second), July i. iN).^, Mary Andrews. H« 
was admitted a freeman in October, 1667. H< 
liied Sei>teiiiber 15. H197. In the will of tlu 
sachem L'ncas, I'ebniary jij. 1(176, .Shipmar 
was one of the three legatees to whom he gav( 
three thousand acres of land within sight ol 
Hartford. Children of first wife: ICIizabeth 
born May. Ki.SJ, married, December, 1672 
John Hobson : Edward, Ixjrn February. 1654 
William, June, 1656. ( hildren of second wife' 
John, mentioned below: Hannah. l)orn Febru 
ary. ifV)6: Samuel. December 2^. i(>()S: .\bi- 
gail. September. 1670: Jonathan, September 
1674. 

ni) John, son of Edward Shipman, wai 
born in Saybrook. .\pril 5. U)64 : married 
May 5. 1686. Martha Humphries. Children 
born at Saybmok : John, born January 6. 1687 
mentinned below; Jonathan, twin of John 
David, born -August 9. i(5i)2: .\braham, De 
cember 31, 1695. married Ruth Hutler ; Mar 
tha. .\pril 6. 1(399: Hannah, .\pril 25, 1702. ' 

(III) John (2), son of John (il Ship 
man. was born at Saybrook. January 6. 1687 
and died there July 7. 1742. He married 
January 11. 1713. Elizabeth Kirtland. .-' 
manuscript letter in the Hinmans manuscript 
of Boston states that John came from Eng 
land with Fenwick. evidently an error, fo; 
the grandfather of John was the immigrant 
Thi> manuscript stales that John marriec 

Willis. The children according to thi 

pajicr were: John, of Saybrook: Elias. settle 
in Killingworth and New Haven; Nathanitl 
mentioned below; Samuel, Iwrn May 21, 1721 
died September 4, 1801, married (first) Sara! 
Doty, (.second). January 10, 1754. Hannal 

r.uslmell : Elizabeth, married Hush 

nell. 

(IN) Nathaniel, son of John (2) Shipman 
was born about 1720-25, in Saybn'wjk. He re 
moved from Sayhrook to Norwich. Conilecti 
cut. about 1750. He was chosen elder of thi 
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Norwich, IJeccinlier 30, 1763. He was a 
founder of this church and one of the leading 
citizens of Norwich. ?Ie married (first) at 
Norwich, in 1747, Ruth Reynolds, born 1727- 
28, died 1755; married (second), July 18, 
1756, Elizabeth Leffingwell, born at Norwich, 
January 4, 1729-30, died there June 8. iSoi, 
daughter of Thomas and Elizabeth (Lord) 
Leffingwell (see Leffingwell I\'). Children 
of first wife: I. Lucretia, married Rev. Sam- 
uel Hall, of Sag Harbor. 2. Betsey, married 
Andrew Frank; removed to Canaan. Chil- 
dren of second wife : 3. Lizzie, born at Nor- 
wich. September 11, 1757; died April 8. 1834; 
married. December 16, 1786. Peabody Clem- 
ent, of Norwich. 4. Nathaniel, born May 17, 
1764, mentioned below. 5. Lydia, born Octo- 
ber II, 1766; married (first) Asa Spaulding, 
born 1757, graluate of Yale, 1778; married 
(second) Bela Peck. 6. Oliver Leffingwell, 
born 1773, died 1775. 

(\') Nathaniel (2), son of Nathaniel (i) 
Shipman, was born in Norwich, May 17, 1764, 
and died there July 14, 1853. Early in life 
he learned the trade of goldsmith, and he be- 
came a man of large influence and importance 
in the community. A natural leader of men, 
he was oftener than any of his contempora- 
ries called to preside over public gatherings 
and town meetings. He represented Norwich 
for many years in the general assembly : was 
judge of probate and county judge. He set- 
tled many estates and transacted much legal 
business for his neighbors. IMiss F. M. Caul- 
kins, the historian of Norwich and New Lon- 
don, thus wrote of Judge Shipman : 

"Judge Shipman was a man of great simplicity of 
fiabits, of vigorous common sense, upriglit, honorable 
and independent, both in his inward promptings and 
in bis whole course of action. He was almost al- 
ways in office, serving the town and state in a va- 
riety of ways — municipal, legislative and judicial — 
displaying more than common ability, and giving gen- 
eral satisfaction in all three departments. Affability 
and a taste for social enjoyment made him a de- 
liebtful companion. His readiness to communicate 
bis vivid appreciation of character, his richly stored 
memory, and his abundant flow- of traditionary and 
historic anecdote held the listening ear bound to his 
voice as by an invisible charm. A sentiment of 
eratitnde leads me to speak of another trait — bis 
kindness and winning attentions to the young. He 
w-as indulgent of their presence, of their vivacity and 
their snorts; was ready to gratify them with some 
f"le of the olden time; to make them happy with 
little gifts of flowers or fruit; to compliment their 
self-respect by asking them to read to him or lead- 
ing them to converse on subjects rather above 
tb-'n below: their standing. This is a rare character- 
istic in this hi'rrying, impetuous age. Pleasant are 
p11 the memories '■onnccted with this honored and 
eyemphry .son of Norwich." 

He married Abigail, daughter of Judge Ben- 
jamin and Mary (Boardman) Coit, October 



II, 1794: she died July 31, 1800. Children: 
Lydia Leffingwell, born December, 1795, died 
January 18, 1851, unmarried: Thomas Leffing- 
well, mentioned below. 

(\T) Rev. Thomas Leffingwell Shipman, 
son of Judge Nathaniel Shipman, was born 
in Norwich, August 28. 1798. He attended 
the public schools and entered Yale College, 
where he was graduated in the class of 1818, 
then went to the Andover Theological Semi- 
nary from which he graduated in 1821, and 
immediatelv afterward entered upon his life 
work as a Christian minister. He had been se- 
lected, during the summer, one of six grad- 
uates to be employed in missionary labor un- 
der the auspices of the South Carolina Hoine 
Missionary Society, and he sailed for Charles- 
ton in October, 1821. He entered upon his 
work with zeal and enthusiasm ; and was in 
this section for soine months, ministering in 
various parishes, but chiefly at a rural parish 
known as Stony Creek. Returning to Ando- 
ver, Mr. Shipinan continued his studies until 
November, when he was engaged to supply the 
pulpit of the Congregational Society at Leb- 
anon, Connecticut. There his earnest labors 
in the parish brought an accession of thirty 
members in a brief period. In March fol- 
lowing he filled the pulpit for a few weeks in 
a newly organized parish at Brooklyn, New 
York. He went thence to Brooklyn, Connecti- 
cut, then to Vernon, and later to Hartford, 
where he acted as supply in the South Church. 
Through the winter he preached in various 
towns in Connecticut, and in April, 1824, was 
tendered a unanimous call to the First Congre- 
gational Church in Lebanon, but on account 
of his vouth and inexperience he declined the 
opportunity. Shortly afterward he received 
a commission froin the United Domestic So- 
ciety of New York, the predecessor of the 
American Home iNIissionary Society, and went 
to Huron county, Ohio, a pioneer minister in 
that field, and remained a year, "sowing seed 
in new ground." In 1825, for seven months, 
he preached to a small congregation in Nor- 
wich Falls, Connecticut, and then was or- 
dained and installed as pastor of the First 
Church of Southbury, Connecticut. Here he 
staved for the next ten years and under liis 
earnest and zealous pastorate the church was 
greatly enlarged and strengthened. Pastor 
and congregation had a strong mutual affec- 
tion, and it was with much regret on both 
sir'es that illness in his family caused him to 
resign. After brief periods of labor in vari- 
ous places he began in 1837 to fill the pulpit 
of the Congregational Church at Bozrah, Con- 
necticut, and continued for four years. In 
May. 1S42. he was called to the church at: 





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Jcvvctt city. Connecticut, and after a year lic- 
caine the setlle<l jja-'tur there, ren)ainin)^ fur 
eleven years, wlien he a.--ke<l for disnu^sal on 
account of a shattered nervou> system de- 
manding rest. He continued to live at Jeweit 
City and never accepted another cliarge, hut 
supplied the pulpits from time to time, in pe- 
riods rantiint; from two weeks to eijjht months 
in no less than thirty parishes in .W\v London 
and Windham counties. 

His life was lonij and useful, varied in its 
activities, and he was prominent in all move- 
ments to educate, elevate and henefit human- 
ity. Inheritin;.; his father's fund of humor 
and love of historical matters, he i)ossesse<l the 
same wiiuiing cordiality and friendliness of 
manner. As a pastor he was earnest and in- 
dustrious and especially successfid in his so- 
cial relations with his parishioners. .\s a 
preacher he was losjical and convincint;. adorn- 
injj; his sermons with cheerfulness and a touch 
of humor that attracted the attention and en- 
listed the interest of his con.t;regations. re- 
gardless of the seriousness or ahstruseness of 
his theme. He preached effectively when he 
was nearly ninety years of age. and in his 
old age he remained hale and hearty, hroad. 
charitahle and sym])athetic witli peoi)le of all 
ages and conditions. 

He married ( first I in L'olchester, Connecti- 
cut. May 3. 1827. .Mary Thompson Deming, 
born Octoher 9. i!^3. tlie<l October 14. 1S41, 
at Xorwich. daughter of lieneral David and 
.Abigail I I'hami'ion ) Deming (see (.'hamjiion 
\'1(. He married (-econd), .May 1. 1S44. 
Mrs. Pamela Lord (I'uller) Coit. widow of 
John Coit, ami daughter of Dr. Josiah and 
Mary (Lord) I'uller, of Plaintield. Connecti- 
cut. He died August 2cj. i88'i. in Jcwett City, 
and his widow <!ied .March J. i88i>. Child of 
first wife: 1. Xathnniel. mentioned belmv. 
Children of second wife: 2. Lydia Leffing- 
well, married Dr. George W. Avery, and had 
Helen .'^hipman .\vcry. 3. Thomas Leffing- 
wcll. born I-'ebruary 27. 1S51. died I-'ebruary 

27- '^S3- 

(\'in Hon. Xathaniel Shipman. son of 
Rev. Thomas Leffingwell Shipman. wa> born 
.■\ugust 22, i8jS. at Southbury. Connecticut. 
He attended the i)ul)lic schools, completing his 
preparation for college at I'lainfield .\cademy 
at I'lainfield. Connecticut. He was gradu- 
ateil from \'ale College in the class of 1848. 
and l>egan the study of law with Judge 
Thomas I',. ( )sborne ( ^'ale. 1817). at I'air- 
field. Connecticut. In ( H-tober. 1849. he en- 
tered Vale Law School. He did not com- 
plete the course there, but removed to Hart- 
ford, where he was admitted to the bar and 
where for manv vears he was one of the most 



prominent lawyers. He was a nieml)er of the 
Connecticut legislature of 1857. and was ex- 
ecutive secretary of (lovernor Muckingham 
from 1858 to iW)j, during one of the most 
critical and ini]Kjrtant ) eriods of the slate 
government. In 1875 he was ap|>ointed judge 
of the Cnited State- District Court, an of- 
fice that he filled with conspicuous ability. In 
1884 Judge .Shipman received the honorary 
degree of LL. D. from Vale College. 

He married, in Hartford, .May 25. 1859. 
^L^ry C, daughter of David I-'ranklin and 
.\nne ( Seymour ) Robinson, and sister of Hon. 
Lucius I'. Robinson. Children: i. I-'rank 
Robinson, born l-"ebrn.iry 15. 18(13 ; jjraduated 
from Nale College in 1885. and from the TIk- 
ological Department of that university in 1889, 
anil since May i. 18S9. has l)een assistant pas- 
tor of the l"irst Church of Hartford. 2. \r- 
thur Leffingwcll, mentioned below. 3. Mary 
Deming, born July 2y, i8r^)8.> 4. Thomas Lef- 
fin;.;well. born July Mi. 1870; died July 3, 
i87_'. s. llenrv Robinson, born .March ^o, 
1877. 

( \ HI ) .\rthur Lefiingwell Shipman, son of 
Hun. Xathaniel .^hipman, was l)orn at Hart- 
ford. Xovember 19. 1864. He was educated 
there in the ])ublic schools, and graduateil 
from Vale College and ^'ale Law School. He 
has practiced his ])rofession since then in the 
city of Hartford, and ranks among the most 
successful lawyers of that city. He won dis- 
tinction as a young attorney by his success in 
contestin.t: the claim of the Central Xew b'ng- 
land Railroad for a right of way through the 
Montague farm. In politics he is a Republi- 
can. He was a member of the Hartford com- 
mon council in 1891. and showed unusual apti- 
tude for public business. He was appointed 
corporation counsel by .Mayor Ilenney and 
has ma'le a rec^ird in this office for soun<I le- 
gal opinions and sturdy defense of the rights 
of the municipality. In religion he is a Con- 
.gregationalist. He married .\lelvina \'an 
Kleek, and they have two children. 

(The Lcffiiigwcll Line). 
The origin of the Rnglish surname Lcf- 
fingwell is uncertain. It has been s|)elled vari- 
ously. Leaf|)hingwell. Levin'.;well, Lephing- 
well. Lefingwell. Leapinvill. Lepingwell, Lep- 
]iingwell. and Leapingwell. The last form of 
the name is the one used in Kngland at the 
present time, but the earliest form on record is 
LeiVmgwell. the form used by the .Xmeriiran 
families. In 1495- Lawrence Letlingwell lived 
in county I'.ssex. Eu'dand. and there were Lcf- 
fiu.irwells in county Herts also. In the parish 
of White Colne. county Kssex. there was a 
family c>f Leffingwells. Thomas and .Mice his 



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wife. The baptisms of their chillren are in 
the parish register as follows: Christian, 
March i6, 1599; Michel, February 19, 1603, 
probably the Michel who settled in \\'oburn, 
Massachusetts, in 1637; Robert, 1637: Mar- 
garet, November 10, 1630; Thomas, :\larch 10, 
1624, probably the immigrant ancestor. 

(I) Lieutenant Thomas Leffingwell was 
born in England, and was perhaps the Thomas 
who was baptized at White Colne, county Es- 
sex. March 10, 1624, son of Thomas and Alice 
Lefifingwell. He came to New England when 
quite "young, evidently, and settled in Say- 
brook. Connecticut. He became very friendly 
with the Indians, especially the Mohegan 
tribe, of which Uncas was chief. Trumbull, 
in his "History of Connecticut," says : 

"Uncas, with a small band of Mohegan Indians, 
was encamped on a point of land projecting into the 
river, and there clqsely besieged by their most m- 
veterate foes, the Narragansetts. Finding himself in 
danger of being cut off by the enemy, he managed to 
send to his friends, the English colony at Saybrook, 
the news of his extremity, with perhaps some appeal 
for .help. Upon this intelligence, one Thomas Lef- 
fingwell, an ensign at Saybrook, an enterprising, 
bold man, loaded a canoe with beef, corn and pease, 
and, under cover of the night paddled from Say- 
brook into the. Thames, and had the address to get 
the whole into the fort. The enemy soon perceiving 
that Uncas was relieved, raised the siege. For this 
service Uncas gave Leffingwell a deed of a great 
part, if not the whole of the town of Norwich. In 
June. 1659, Uncas, with his two sons. Owaneco and 
Attawanhood, by a more formal and authentic deed, 
made over unto said Leffingwell, John Mason. Esq.. 
the Rev. James Fitch, and others, consisting of 
thirty-five proprietors, the whole township of Nor- 
wich, which is about nine miles square." 

Thomas Leffingwell was afterwards lieuten- 
ant. In 1659 he removed to Norwich and hacl 
several grants of land there. His home lot 
was on the highway next to Joseph Bushnell's 
land. He became a prominent man in the 
town, serving as selectman, surveyor, and on 
important committees. He was deputy to the 
general court for fifty-three sessions, 1662- 
1700 ; and was also a commissioner. He di- 
vided his property among his children before 
his death, which occurred about 1714-15, 
when he was about ninety-two years old. He 

married Mary (perhaps White), who 

died at an advanced age, February 6, 171 1. 
Children: Rachel, born March 17, 1648; 
Thomas, mentioned below ; Jonathan, Decem- 
ber 6, 1650: Joseph, December 24, 1652; 
Mary, December 10, 1654: Nathaniel, Decem- 
ber II, 1656: Samuel, at Saybrook, married 
Anna Dickinson. 

(II) .Sergeant Thomas (2) Leffingwell, son 
of Lieutenant Thomas (i) Lefifingwell, was 
born at Saybrook, .August 27, 1649, and died 
at Norwich, March 5, 1723-24. In 1660 he 



went with his father to Norwich, where he 
lived the rest of his life. He was admitted 
a freeman in 1671, and was representative to 
the general court. He lived near his father, 
and in 1700 his house was kept as an ordinary 
or inn. The inventory of his estate shows him 
to have been well to do for those days. He 
married, in 1672, Mary Bushnell, born at Say- 
brook, lanuary, 1655, died September 2, 1745, 
daughter of Richard and :\Iary (Marvin) 
Bushnell. Children, all born at Norwich: 
Thomas, mentioned below : Elizabeth, Novem- 
ber, 1676; Anne, January 25, 1680: Mary, 
March 11, 1682; Zerviah, October 17, 1686; 
John, February 2, 1688-89; Abigail, August 
"9, 1693; Hezekiah, 1695, died 1699. 

(III) Deacon Thomas (3) Leffingwell, son 
of Sergeant Thomas (2) Leffingwell, was born 
at Norwich, March 11, 1674, and died there 
July 18, 1733. He was a merchant and cord- 
wainer by trade, and also kept an inn. He was 
elected deacon of the church in 1718, In 1708 
he was ensign of the First company of mili- 
tia, and in 1713 was representative to the gen- 
eral assembly. His will was dated March 20, 
1737-38, and proved September 13, 1743. He 
married, March 31, 1698, Lydia Tracy, born 
October 11, 1677, died November 28, 1757, 
daughter of Dr. Solomon and Sarah (Hunt- 
ington) Tracy, and granddaughter of Lieu- 
tenant Thomas Tracy. Children : Sarah, 
born February 13, 1698-99, died April i, 1770; 
Flezekiah, born May 9, 1702, died 1725 ; 
Thomas, mentioned below ; Lydia, born July 
28, 1706; Zerviah, May 31, 1709: Samuel, 
April, 1722, 

(IV) Thomas (4) Leffingwell, son of Dea- 
con Thomas (3) Leffingwell, was born at 
Norwich, February 2, 1703-04, and died there 
September 28, 1793. in his ninetieth year. He 
lived on the homestead, and carried on the 
Leffingwell Tavern, He and his wife were 
members of the First Congregational Church. 
Fle married, January 23, 1728-29, Elizabeth, 
daughter of Benjamin and Elizabeth (Pratt) 
Lord. Children : Elizabeth, born January 
4, 1729-30, married Nathaniel Shipman (see 
Shipman I\') ; Thomas, born July 29, 1732, 
died December 8, 1814 ; Andrew, born 
June 30, 1734, died August I2. 1782: Martin, 
born November 13, 1738, died April 6, 1781 ; 
Lydia, born June 9, 1744, died ?»Iay 23, 1823 ; 
Oliver, born July 6, 1751, died at sea, Octo- 
ber 5 or December 11, 1771. 

(The Champion Line). 
(I) Henry Champion, the immigrant an- 
cestor, came from England and settled in Say- 
brook, Connecticut, as early as 1647. He had 
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iTi/O rcmovcil to Lvinc, whcrt lie was one of 
the first and nio>t active li>im(lers. lie was 
admitlcd a freeman there May 12, ir)7o, am! 
owned laml. lie hiiilt his house on the hill 
just cast of the inectiuj^ house, ami near the 
old huryinji yrounrl. He died I'ehruary 17. 
i7o8-o<;>. a};ed atxiut ninety-eight years. lie 

married (first) ; (second), March 21, 

i('ii)--<iX. Dehorah Jones, of Lyme. The fol- 
lowing Se|iieml:er an a,;recment was entered 
into lietween the heirs and the widcjw De- 
borah rejjardin^j the distribution of the estate, 
and the orii;inal of this agreement has been 
preserved. Chiblren, born in Saybnmk: Sarah, 
ifi4i): Mary. 1651; Stephen, 1653; Henry, 
1654 : Thomas, mentioned below ; Rachel, mar- 
ried John Tanner. 

( II ) Thomas, son of Henry Champion, was 
born in .\i)ril. 1656, in Saybrook, and died 
.April 5. 1705, in Lyme. He residcfl on land 
given him by his father in Lyme. He also 
had grants there. His will was dated .\pril 
4, 1705, the day before his tleath. He mar- 
ried in Lyme, .\ugust 23. 1682, Hannah 
15rockway, born September 14, ir/>4. died 
March 2, 1750, daughter of W'olston and Han- 
nah ( llriggs) Rrockway. .She married (sec- 
ond) John Wade, of Lyme, as his second 
wife. Children, born in Lvme : Hannah. I'eb- 
ruary 13. if>^4: Sarah. Niarch 8. 1^)87-88; 
Thomas. January 21. 1^190-91 : Mary. July 31, 
1693 : Henry, mentioned below : Deborah, 
.April 26, iC^7 ; Llizabeth, July i. 1(199: 
Bridget. 1702. 

( lin Lieutenant Henry (2) Champion, son 
of Thomas Champion, was born May 2. 1(193. 
in Lyme, and died at b'ast Haddam, Novem- 
ber 26. 1779. When he became of age he 
made an agreement with his brother Thomas 
to divide the liomcstead, and in 171(1. settled 
in East lladdam. where he bought fifty acres 
of land in the first division. Wi: lived about 
a mile ea^t of the meeting hnuse. and his 
house is still standing. He was "a man of 
more than medium height, square and com- 
pactly built, all his joints seemed to be double, 
and he was possessed of great strength. His 
face was handsome, his eyes dark an(l his com- 
plexion florid." His will was dated June 29. 
17(14. and proved I'ebruary 7. 1780. He mar- 
ried, in Last Haddam, January i('>. 1717, Me- 
hitable Rowley, baptized December, 1704. 
died October 5. 1775. daughter of Moses and 
Mary Rowley. Children. Ix^rn in Last Had- 
dam: Lbenezer. January 27. 1718. died, un- 
married. January iC>. 1789; Mehitable. born 
February 2-i. 1720: Henry, mentioned below: 
Israel, December 20. t72('): Judah. .Augu>t 
20, 1729: Mary. Xovcmber 28. 1731 : Eliza- 
beth, June 26. 1734. 



(I\ ) Colonel Henry (3J Champion, son 
of Lieutenant Henry (2) Champion, was born 
in I'"a-t lladdam, January 19, 1723. au'! lid 
July j^, 1797. .\t the age of eighteen in- \'. 1- 
appointed ensign of the East Haddam South 
Company. In 175S he was elected captain of 
a company to serve in the l*"rcnch war. i he 
company left Colchester, where he had set- 
tled, on June 8. i()58. and marched to join 
the main army at Lake George. He left a 
diary with an account of the trip and cam- 
paign. He returned home November 15 and 
on March 8. 1759, was elected captain of the 
filth company of the second regiment, and 
was transferred to the conmiand nf the twelfth 
or Westchester company in .May. i7(jo. On 
May 14, 1772, he was a^ipointed major of the 
twelfth regiment of colonial militia. On .April 
26, 1775, he served as one of the commis- 
sioners to supply the troops with provisions 
and stores, and when General Washington 
took command of the army he recommended 
that he be one of the commissaries. I le 
served in that position until the evacuation of 
Boston in ^^arcll. 177C1. In 1775 he was ap- 
pointed colonel of the Twenty-fifth regiment. 
W hen the army began to assemble at New 
York. Colonel Champion acted as commissary, 
and from that time the :!rmy was supplied al- 
most wholly by him. He also provided for 
the troops ordered to Rhode Island. He re- 
ceived the appointment of sole comtnissary 
general of the eastern department of the Con- 
tinental army in .\pril. 1780. In that spring 
he was placed in command of a train, largely 
sui'plied from his own resources, to relieve the 
distress of the army at Morristown. In a 
very short time he reached the Hudson, was 
ferried across at Newburgh. and delivered the 
provisions. In ifay. 1780, he resigned his 
commission and returned to his home in West- 
chester. He was deputy to the general as- 
sembly in 1761, from 1765 to 1779, and in 
i78i-83-9t>9i-92. He was <leacon of the 
Westchester church from 1775 until his death. 

He married (first) in East Haddam. De- 
cember 25. 174(1. Deborah Brainard. born June 
20, 1724. died March 17, 178^). daughter of 
Captain Joshua and .Mehitable (Dudley) 
Brainard. He married (second), in West- 
chester. November 24. 1791. Mrs. Sarah 
( Brainanl) Lewis, born April 30, 1744, died 
January 17, 1818. wiflow of Judah Lewis, and 
ilaughter of Stephen and Susannah (Gates) 
r.rainard. Chililren, all by first wife: t. 
Henry, born in East Haddam. (October 2_], 
1747: died January 26, 1750. 2. Epaphrodi- 
tus. born .\pril i(>, 1749. in East Haddam; 
killc'l in Westchester. July 13. 1752, being 
scalded in a vat of malt. 3. Henry, mentioned 



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below. 4. Deborah, Ijorn May 3. 1/53- 5- 
Epaphroditus, born April 6, 1756. 6. Dor- 
othy, born October 29, 1759. 7. Mary, born 
September 11, 1762. 8. Elizabeth, twin of 
Mary. 9. Esther, born May 8, 1766. 

(V) General Henry (4) Champion, son of 
Colonel Henry (3) Champion, was born in 
Westchester, Connecticut, March 16, 1751, 
and died there July 13. 1836. He served in 
the revolution as ensign, at the Lexington 
alarm. On April 26. 1775, he was appointed 
second lieutenant of the Eighth company, Sec- 
ond regiment, and on JVIay i promoted to first 
lieutenant. He was on duty at Roxbury until 
December 10, He was in the battle of Bun- 
ker Hill. On January i, 1776, he was pro- 
niiited adjutant on the staff of Colonel Sam- 
uel Wvllys. and after the evacuation of Bos- 
ton, marched to New York, and assisted in 
fortifying that city. He took part in the bat- 
tle of Long Island, August 27, 1776, and was 
with the army at White Plains, October 28, 
remaining until December, 1776. On January 
I, 1777, he was promoted captain of the First 
Connecticut Line, remaining until the regi- 
ment was reorganized as the Third. On July 
15, 1779, he was appointed acting major of the 
First battalion, Light Brigade. This corps 
was composed of picked men from all the regi- 
ments under Washington's immediate com- 
mand, and was organized especially to at- 
tempt the capture of Stony Point, which was 
successfully done. Major Champion remained 
in the army until the close of the revolution. 
He was a member of the Order of the Cincin- 
nati in Connecticut. 

Major Champion was deputy to the general 
assembly in 1789, 1793-98, 1800-05, and from 
1806 to 1817 was assistant. Fie was a deacon 
in the Westchester church from 1813 to 1828. 
General Champion always celebrated July 16, 
"Stony Point Day," at his home in Westches- 
ter. He obtained the charter for the Phoenix 
Bank of Hartford, because the State Bank 
had refused him the accommodation of a loan. 
He was largely interested in the Connecticut 
Land Company, to which he subscribed over 
eighty-five tliousand dollars. The towns of 
Champion. New York, and Champion, Ohio, 
were named in his honor. He was instru- 
mental in obtaining the school fund for Con- 
necticut, and was chairman of the committee 
of the legislature appointed to arrange for 
the holfling of the Hartford Convention in 
1814. His epitaph reads as follows: 

"The patriotism of General Champion early led 
him to join the army of the Revolution. He was a 
brave and efficient subaltern officer at the battle of 
Bunker Hill, lie shared in the perilous retreat of 
the American troops from Long Island. He ren- 



dered essential services under Kosciusko in con- 
structing the defences at West Point. He led the 
first battalion of Connecticut Light Infantry at the 
capture of Stony Point. Subsequently he filled many 
offices of honor and trust in his native State. By 
his talents and influence he promoted the welfare 
i)f the community where he resided. He died 
cheered by the hope and sustained by the promises 
of the Gospel, leaving a memory respected by his 
friends, cherished by his family and honorable to 
the place of his birth." 

He married, in East Haddam, October 10, 

1 78 1, Abigail Tinker, born March 24, 1758, 
died April 19, 1818, daughter of Sylvanus and 
Abigail (Olmstead) Tinker. Children, born 
in ii'estchester : i. Henry, born August 6, 

1782. 2. Aristarchus, born October 23, 1784. 
3. Aristobulus, twin of Aristarchus, died Feb- 
ruary 3, 1786. 4. Abigail, mentioned below. 
5. Harriet, born May 2, 1789. 6. Maria, born 
November 19, 1791. 7. Infant, born March 
II, 1794; died young. 8. Infant, born Sep- 
tember 2, 1795 ; died young. 9. Eliza, born 
Julv 19, 1797. 10. William, twin of Eliza, 
died April 21, 1798. 

(\'n Abigail, daughter of General Henry 
(4) Champion, was born in Westchester, Jan- 
uary 17. 1787, and died in Hartford, March 31, 
1835. She married in ^^'estchester, September 
17, 1804, her cousin. General David Deming, 
born August 23, 1781, died June 6, 1827, son 
of Major Jonathan and Alice (Skinner) Dem- 
ing, and grandson of David and Mehitable 
(Champion) Deming. Children: i. Mary 
Thompson Deming, born October 9, 1805 ; 
married Rev. Thomas L. Shipman ( see Ship- 
man \^I). 2. Harriet Tinker, born February 
23. 1808; died September 5, 1810. 3. Abigail 
Champion, born June 18, 1810; died unmar- 
ried, June II, 1846. 4. Jonathan Amory, born 
October 19, 1812: died May 3, 1828. 5. 
Henry Champion, born May 23, 1815. 



The name Hallock has been 
HALLOCK variously spelled Holveake, 

Holliok.' Halliock, Halleck, 
Hallioak, Hallick and Hallack. The signature 
of William Hallock of Long Island, dated at 
Southold (township) February 10, 16S2, and 
on record at Riverhead, is written Hollyoake 
by the copyist, and it is cjuite evident that it 
was used interchangeably with that of Hol- 
yoke. 1die latter name ha« been known in 
England fiM- centuries, and there is a family 
coat-of-arms. One Edward Holyoke migrated 
from Stafford countv in 1639, and was after- 
wards president of Harvard College. His son, 
Eliztn- Holyoke, became well known in north- 
western Massachusetts from having received a 
grant of land near Northampton in 1654; also 
from tb.e fact that Ml. Holvoke was named for 



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him liccaiisc lie camped at it'- ba^^c- while li><>k- 
inij for land. Tiie family arm> appear in his 
will, 171 1, as I'olldws: Azure, a chevmn ar- 
).;eiit, cutised, or, between three crescents of 
the second. Crest: a crescent, ardent. 

(I) Peter Mallock, the first of the family to 
come to .-\merica, and one of the New Haven 
Colony, landed at Hallock's Neck, Southokl, 
Lonjj Island, in i'>4o, and settled near Matti- 
tnck. He came over with a company of Puri- 
tans with the Rev. .Mr. John Youngs, .\ccord- 
inj; to a trailition in the family, Peti-r Hallock 
was the first of the thirteen men who composed 
the company, to set foot on the shore am<jn<j 
the Indians at Southold. For this reason that 
part of the villaj.;e was iiameil MallfX"k's Neck, 
and the beach e.xtendinj^ from it Hallock's 
Beach, iiaims which are still retained. He pur- 
chased from the Indians the tract of land since 
called ( )yster Ponds, now ( )rient, and then re- 
turned to l'jij;land for his wife and on coni- 
inj; back with her found that the Indians had 
resold his property. He then bought about ten 
miles west of Mattituck. His wife was a widow 
when he married her, and had a son by her 
former husband, .Mr. Howell. The only child 
of the second marriage was William, mention- 
ed below. 

(IF) William, son of Peter Hallock. was 
born, lived and died at Mattituck. His wife was 

Marg.iret . He died Sei)tembcr 28, 

i()84, leaving a will dated Southold (town- 
ship), l-'ebruary 10, 1682, and proved October 
21, i')84, which is preserveil in the ancient rec- 
ords both of Suffolk county at Riverhcad and 
of New York City. He left his i)roperty to his 
wife, four sous. Thomas, Peter, \Villiam and 
John, and his five daughters. .Margaret, Mar- 
tha, Sarah, Elizabeth and Abigail. To Thomas 
and Peter he gave the farm where he lived, giv- 
ing Thomas the western half, except the 
"swamji lot." and Peter the eastern half, in- 
cluding the said lot and his <lwelling house. To 
William be left laiiil near South >M \illage, 
and to John land on Wading river. The will 
implies deep sorrow that his son John had mar- 
ried into and joined the prescribed Society of 
Friends. 

( HI ) John, son of William Hallock. married 
Abigail Swazey. He removed to Setaukct in 
Pirookhaveu, and died there in 1737. His wife 
died in the same year Jainiary 2.^, "both very 
ancient and in imity with Friends." Deeds in 
Riverhcad, Long Island, mention four of his 
sons. John. Peter. Pcnjamin. mentioned below, 
and \Villiam, who settled near him, as did also 
his son Jonathan. His dwelling house in Se- 
taukct. covered with cedar, is still standing. 

( W) Benjamin, son of John Hallock. was 
born about 1700, and settled near his father at 



Setauket, Loug Island. Children: Benjamin, 
born September n, 1729; Stephen, mentioned 
below. 

( \ ) .Stephen, son of Benjamin Hallock, was 
born in Setauket. Long Island, and removed to 
Richmond. Massachusetts. He was a soldier in 
the Revolution from that town, a private in 
t^iptain Rowley's company. Colonel John 
Brown's regiment of Berkshire county militia 
from June 30, 1777, to July 21, at Fort Ann on 
the Ticonderoga alarm. He was also in Cap- 
tain Rowley's company. Colonel John .Vshley's 
regiment, July 22 to .Augiist 13, 1777, at Still- 
water. He was in Captain Joseph Raymond's 
company. Colonel Lrael ihapin's regiment, 
October 18 to November 2, 1777, at Claverack, 
to reinforce the continental army. He was in 
Captain John Bacon's company. Colonel David 
Rossetcr's regiment, at Stillwater, in 1780). .Af- 
ter the revolution he settled at Willistou, \'er- 
mont. in I7<><) the first federal census shows 
that he had in his family at Williston, Chitten- 
den comity, four males over sixteen, two under 
that ;igc, ami six females; his son ."Stephen was 
head of a family, consisting of wife and two 
sons under sixteen, and his son Content had 
only two males over sixteen in his family. In 
1792 Stephen ])urchased the jiresent residence 
of his relative, Rufus Stevens, at Richmond, 
X'crmont, on the (")bio river. He died there 
< >ctober 31, 1803. aged sixty-six. according to 
his gravestone. He married .Sarah ( "hamber- 
lin at Richmond. Massachusetts. He had six 
sons, all <if whom settled in Richmond. \'er- 
mont : Stei)hen. Content ( Chambcrlin ), Joseph. 
John, Isaac, mentioned lielow. .Amos. 

( \'n Isaac, son of Stephen Hallock, was born 
about 1770. He removed with his ])arents 
from Richmond. MassaTluf^etts, to Williston. 
X'ermont. and afterward, about 1702. settled at 
Richmond. \'ermont. He died at Middlesex, 
X'ermont. Chiklren : .Ansel, mentioned below : 
Isaac, Joseph. .*^tephcn. 

( \'II ) Ansel, son of Isaac Hallock. was born 
at Richmond. A'emiont. about 1800. He mar- 
ried . Children, born at Richmond : 

Ste])hen. September 16. 1824. irientioned be- 
low : Joseph, of Woodstock. Connecticut : Isaac 
of Hubbardston. Massachusetts : Lucretia, 
married Sim[)Son Hayes : Lucinda. married 
Lester Cameron : Emily, marriecl Wallace 
P.ruce: Elizabeth, rlied unmarrieil. aged fifty- 
six vears : Marv. married George Stone: .An- 
sel. ■ 

(\'III) Stephen (2). son of .Ansel Hallock, 
was born at Richmond. \'ermont, September 
16. 1824. flied at White River Junction. .April 
12. 1808. He was a railroad contractor. He 
marrie<l Sarah Jane, daughter of .Abner Wells, 
of Middlesex. X'ermont. Her mother's maiden 



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name was Lewis. Children: i. William Theo- 
dore, born at Braintree, Vermont, February 9, 
1855; married Sarah Nash, of White River 
Junction. Vermont : child, Ralph. 2. Elmer 
Ellsworth, mentioned below. 3. Jennie Maude, 
born November 12, 1864, died March i, 1906, 
married George E. Fellows, of White River 
Junction ; children : Don E., Eda B. and Dean 
Fellows. 

(IX) Elmer Ellsworth, son of Stephen (2) 
Hallock. was born at Braintree, ^'ermont, June 
3, 1863. He was educated in the public schools 
of White River Junction. For eleven years he 
was in the employ of tlie Case, Lockwood & 
Brainerd Company, of Hartford, Connecticut. 
He then entered the life insurance business 
with the Aetna Life Insurance Company of 
Hartford, Connecticut. In 1895 he became 
general manager of the Aetna Life Insurance 
Company for southern and western Connecti- 
cut, with offices in New Haven, where he now 
is. He is a member of the Union League Club 
of New Haven, of the New Haven Yacht Club, 
and the Charter Oak Lodge, Independent Or- 
der of Odd Fellows, of Hartford. He is a mem- 
ber of Trinity Church of New Haven, and in 
politics is a Republican. He married, Novem- 
ber 6, 1882, Harriet A., born September 16, 
1864, daughter of Cornelius V. and Maryette 
(Vining) Chapin. They had one son, Roy 
Edgar, mentioned below. 

(X) Roy Edgar, son of Elmer Ellsworth 
Hallock, was born at Hartford, Connecticut, 
October 28, 1885. He attended the South 
school of Hartford, and in 1897 entered the 
Mount Pleasant Military Academy at Ossin- 
ing-on-the-Hudson, leaving in 1902. He spent 
one year at the Hotchkiss School, Lakeville, 
Connecticut, graduating in 1903, and entering 
the Sheffield Scientific School of Yale L'niver- 
sity in the fall of the same year. He graduated 
from Yale in the class of 1906. After a year 
or so of free-lance work in the magazine field, 
he located with the Larkin Company of Buf- 
falo, taking charge of considerable of their 
publicity work and at the same time publishing 
a magazine for them. In 1909 he returned to 
New York to take charge of the editorial and 
advertising t'epartments of Every Woman's 
Magazine. In the fall of 1910 he was made 
a director in the company and elected secre- 
tary. He is a member of the Aldine Club of 
New York, the Yale Club of New York, the 
Marine and Field Club of New York, and the 
L^nion League Club of New Haven. 



(R') William Hallock, son 

HALLOCK of John Hallock (q.v.), was 

was born about 1722; died 

about 1782. He lived many years at Stony 



Rrook, but was in Greenwich, Connecticut, dur- 
ing most of the revolutionary war, in which 
he suffered nuich in the command of picket 
boats on the sound. He married Sarah Sax- 
ton, of Huntington, Long Island, sister of 
Harriet Saxton, who married Zephaniah Piatt, 
the founder of Plattsburg, New York. After 
]Mr. Hallock died his widow lived with her 
youngest daughter Anne, wife of Lodowick 
Hackstafif, in Sing Sing and New York City, 
and was buried in St. Paul's church yard, 
Brooklyn, in 1806, aged eighty-three years. 
Children: i. William, mentioned below. 2. 
Anne, died at Brooklyn, in August, 1841, aged 
seventv-four years, married Lodowick Hack- 
staff. 3. Elizabeth, born September 16, 1750, 
died 1846, aged ninety-six years, mother of 
Hallock Bromley, father of Isaac W. R. Brom- 
lev, of New York. 4. George, an enterprising 
ship-builder in Stony Brook ; father of Joseph, 
George (2), Benjamin, Charles D., Erasmus 
and Nathaniel. 5. Zephaniah Piatt, died in 
New York City in 183 1, aged sixty-six, father 
of Charles S., of New York, Charlotte W., of 
Tarrytown, New York, and grandfather of 
John Youngs Hallock, a prominent merchant 
of San Francisco. 

(V) William (2), son of William (i) Hal- 
lock, was born about 1755. He was a 
soldier in the revolution and a prisoner of the 
British one year in the old sugar-house of in- 
famous memory in New York City. He was 
taken prisoner at the battle of Long Island. His 
widow was one of the last of the revolutionary 
war pensioners. He married Ruth Hawkins. 
Her last days were spent in Derby, Connecti- 
cut. Children, Zephaniah, mentioned below; 
Israel, in partnership with Zephaniah ; Warren 
H., of Brooklyn. New York, a ship-builder ; 
Alarv Rebecca, Sarah. 

(VI) Zephaniah, son of William (2) Hal- 
lock. was born on Long Island at Stony Brook, 
1792. died at Derby. Connecticut, January 11, 
1870. He came to Derby in 1816 and engaged 
in shipbuilding, first at Sugar street, and then 
at Derby Narrows, where he builtmany vessels. 
He was in partnership with his brother Israel. 
Few, if anv, men ever lived in town more 
universally respected than Zephaniah. He was 
a zealous Congregationalist, joining the church 
in vouth and manifesting his faith in daily good 
works through a long and useful life. His 
high standards of morality and business and 
the daily example of integrity made him a 
powerful influence for good in the connnunity. 
He was of cheerful disposition and socially at- 
tractive. He was active in the church and sel- 
dom absent from meetings. As ship-builders 
the Hallocks always bore an enviable reputa- 
tion, both at home and abroad. Zephaniah was 




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affectionately called "Uncle Zepli " in later 
years and the town history pays him the com- 
pliment of beinj,' one of "the most honest men 
that ever lived." "There was no (iii|)licity or 
donhie dealinj,' in his character and rather than 
shirk his contracts by ])iittin}i in shodiiy timber 
or practicin),' an\ cjud^^c np<>ii his employees, he 
would sooner suffer loss in dollars." Therefore, 
anv vessel labeled with the name of Ilallock 
whether in port or on the ocean always bore 
the |)alm of j.;reat merit. Me took jiart in the 
war of 1812. He married Sarah Hall, a native 
of Cairo, New York. Children: William Hen- 
ry; I-'ranklin ; Frederick H., died in infancy; 
Ann .Xn^'usta, Kdwin, wiio is further men- 
tioned below. 

l\TI) Edwin, son of Zejihaniah Hallock, 
was born at Derby, Connecticut. August 16, 
1840. and his boyhood and later life have been 
spent in his native town. He attended the pub- 
lic sciiools and S. .\. Law Post's "Classical and 
Conmiercial Institute." His first work after 
leaving school was in a wood-turning shop, 
where he spent a year and ])retty thoroughly 
mastered the trade. During the next five 
years he was teller in the Derby Savings Bank 
and learned the elements of business and ac- 
(|uired valuable habits of accuracy and preci- 
sion in daily life. Mr. Hallock and his brother 
I'ranklin had previously purchased the hard- 
ware store, which was founded in 1835 by S. 
A. Downs & Company. Afterwards the firm 
became L)own> & Sanford, then Downs, .San- 
ford & Com|)anv, and later 1". Hallock & Com- 
pany. Mr. Ilallock incorporated his business 
in 1897 as the I". Halloclc Company, of which 
he is president. The concern has a very large 
trade in all kinds of hardware and building 
material. Mr. Ilallock has al-o been engaged 
in the real estate business in Derby. In p.)litics 
he is a Republican. He was a member of the 
school board of Derby for five years. He rep- 
lesented the town in tb.e general assembly of 
the state in 181)7. KJJV05. and each year was 
api'i'intcd to important vonunittees and denion- 
str,->Ied umi-ual .diilily as a legislator. In lOO.V 
04 he -erved on the committee on claims, banks 
and appropriations. He is a trustee of the Der- 
by Savings Rank and a trustee of the Derby 
Hospital. He is a prominent Congregational- 
ist, treasurer of the I'irst Congregational 
Church of Derby, member of the Congrega- 
titmal Club of New Haven and treasurer of the 
Derby "S'oung Men's Christian .\ssociation. He 
is a member of the New Haven Chapter, Con- 
necticut Society, Sons of the .\merican Revo- 
lution ; of the New Haven Colony Hist<^rical 
Society, of New Haven, and of f)"satonic 
Lodge No. if), Independeni ( )r 'er of Odd I-"e!- 
lows. of Derbv. He is unmarried. 



The family bearing this name is 
SMITH one of the oldot in New London 
county, and one which has given 
to the state many good and honorable citi- 
zens, who have played well their parts in pub- 
lic anti municipal affair>, as well as in private 
life. One of the original pro|)rictors of the' 
town of Norwich wa-. Rev. .\ebemiah Smith, 
who was born in England alxiut 1O05. He 
emigrated to America, and wa.s admitted a 
freeman at I'lyniouth, Massachusetts, March 
0, i<>.?7-38. He married .\nna Ilourne, whose 
si>ter Martha m;irrie<l |ohn llradford. son of 
Ciovernor William Hradford. Rev. Mr. Smith 
lived in Stratforil, New Haven, New l^n<Ion, 
(jrotoii, and came to Norwich as one of the 
original proprietors, purchasing land from Un- 
cas in June, 1659. The descenilants of Rev. 
Mr. Smith are very numerous throughout 
eastern Coimecticut. 

( I ) Thomas Smith, a descendant of Rev. 
Nehemiah Smith, was born in Ledyard, Con- 
necticut, May 16, 1754, died December i, 
1844. in I'ranklin, Connecticut. He was a 
farmer and also worked at coo])ering. He 
enlisted from Stonington, Connecticut, in the 
revolutionary army. .May 17, 1775. for seven 
months, umler Cajjtain .*^ann:el Prentice; later 
for two months lie was under command of 
(.ajitain James Gordon ; subsequently for two 
months untler command of Captain John 
Swan, lie received a pension for his services. 
He was a member of the Methoflist church in 
Ledyard, and was a Whig in politics. In 1844 
he moved to I-ranklin with his son. Prentice 
P.. and residctl there the remainder of his 
days. He married, November 2. 1777, Thank- 
ful Pennett, born October 5, 1757, died at the 
home of her son. Prentice P.. .\uL;ust 9, 1850. 
Mr. Smith was an iijiright Christian man, and 
his wife was exceedingly well versed in the 
Scriptures. Children: i. Polly, born January 
27. 1779; married a Mr. Geer, and removed 
to Erie. Pennsylvania. 2. Petsev. October i, 
1780; married a ^^r. Latham, and removed 
west. ,v .Abigail, .Xjiril 28. 1782 : married a 
Mr. Grant, and died .\ugust 26, 1820. 4. 
Th<imas. March 12. 1784: iiiarried (first) 
Phebe Pennett: (second) Phebe L. Johnson; 
died December i. 1844. 5. Thankful, .\pril 
23, I78(.. died July I. 1797. 6. Nancy. May 
20. 1788: married William .Avery, and rc<ided 
in Windham. 7. I.ydia. November 14. 1790, 
died .August 20, 1813. 8. Fanny, Februarv 13. 
179.V died August 20. 18 13. 0. Prentice P.. 
see forward. 

(IT) Prentice P.. son of Thomas and 
Thankful (Bennett) .Smith, was Ixirn in led- 
yard. Connecticut. September 11, 1795. He 
attended the district school, was reared to 



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farm work, and his business career was de- 
voted to farming and coopering, having a farm 
in the north part of Ledyard and a shop on 
the farm, making many barrels for use in the 
West Indies molasses trade. He removed to 
Franklin, 1844, where two sons had preceded 
him, and he purchased the farm of Andrew 
Hull. A few years later he disposed of the 
farm in Ledyard, and remained on the farm 
in Franklin until 1868, when he and his wife 
went to live with their son, William C, re- 
maining until their deaths, his occurring Jan- 
uary 3, 1881, and that of his wife December 
17, 1885. In early life JMr. Smith united with 
the Ledvard Aletliodist Episcopal Church, but 
later transferred to the Bean Hill Alethodist 
Church. His wife also held membership in 
the same churches. During his residence in 
Ledyard he took an active part in church mat- 
ters.' In politics he was first a Whig and later 
a Republican, representing Ledyard one term 
in the legislature, serving on the board of 
selectmen, and holding other minor offices. He 
married, December i, 1814, Alaria Avery, 
born August 13, 1797. Children: i. Sarah 
Maria, born September 30, 181 5 ; married Rev. 
Silas Leonard, a Methodist minister, and died, 
in Franklin, November 29. 1884. 2. Prentice 
O., August 3, 1817; married Eliza King, who 
died June 17, 1904; he was a member of the 
firm of Smith Brothers for many years, and 
later was general agent of a publishing house : 
he died in Franklin, February 14, 1898. 3. 
John Owen, see forward. 4. T.Iary Louisa, 
January 25, 1822 ; married John Shapley, a 
machinist by trade, and they resided in 
Cazenovia, New York, for a number of years, 
but later removed to Gananoque, Canada. 5. 
.Austin .v., May 21. 1824: married Frances 
Mather ; he was a machinist by trade, but was 
engaged in several business enterprises ; he 
died in Franklin, April 22, 1883. 6. Henry N., 
April 18, 1827 : married Lydia Lathrop, and 
resided in Franklin, where he was engaged at 
farming until his death, June 15, 1883; in 
early life he was connected with the firm of 
Smith Brothers ; he was a deacon in the 
Franklin Congregational Church. 7. Lucian 
H., July I, 1829; married Jane Lathrop; was 
a blacksmith, later a farmer, and was killed 
by a fall in his barn in Bozrah, October 5. 
1879. 8. Frances H., April 24, 1832: married 
Hekekiah Huntington, and resided in New 
York. 9. ^\'illiam Curtis, July i, 1835; mar- 
ried Elizabeth H. Mumf ord ; a farmer, and re- 
sides in Franklin : served as deacon in the 
Franklin church. 10. Ezra Leonard, August 
II, 1837: a farmer, and resides in Minne- 
apolis, Minnesota : married Lucy Hastings, of 
Franklin. 



(III) John Owen, son of Prentice P. and 
Maria (Avery) Smith, was born in Ledyard, 
Connecticut, October 0, 1819. He removed to 
Franklin in voung manhood, and before he 
became of age bought his time from his father, 
and was employed in the carriage shop as a 
carriage trimmer. Later on he traveled for 
the establishment, selling buggies and wagons 
in New London and surrounding counties. He 
purchased the homestead farm at Smith's 
Corners, and for many years this was looked 
after by his son, Owen S., and Mr. Smith 
was general agent in Massachusetts for the 
successive editions of the atlas published by 
Mitchell &• Bradley, from which he realized a 
goodly competence. Later he was an agent 
for the celebrated ^^'est's American Tire Set- 
ter. From 1889 to 1893 he devoted his at- 
tention to his farm, and in the latter-named 
year disposed of the farm and removed to 
Norwich, to make his home with his son, 
Frank H., residing there until his death, Jan- 
uary 30, 1896. He was a Republican in poli- 
tics, and represented Franklin one term in 
the legislature. He was the prime mover in 
the erection of the Franklin Congregational 
Church and parsonage, was active in looking 
after its finances, and served as superintend- 
ent of the Sunday school for many years. 
Islr. Smith married, in 1842. .Abby Shapley 
King, born in Lebanon, Connecticut, in 1822. 
daughter of Captain Joseph and Abby ( Shap- 
ley ) King. She died September 21, 1894, 
and her remains were interred in Yantic cem- 
etery, as were also those of her husband. 
Children: i. Owen S., see forward. 2. Frank 
H., born March 28, 1852; married (first) 
Florence Proctor: (second) Maude Rich- 
mond ; children of second wife : Helen B. 
and Frank R., the latter a member of the firm 
of J. P. Barstow & Company in Norwich. 3. 
Julia O., born 1856, died in 1897, unmarried. 

(IV) Owen S., son of John Owen and Abby 
Shapley (King) Smith, was born in Frank- 
lin. Connecticut, June 29, 1848. He received 
his education in the district schools, the sdect 
schools in Franklin, and the Norwich Free 
Academy. Upon the completion of his studies 
he returned to the home farm and assumed 
the management of it for his father, remain- 
ing there for eight years after his marriage, 
until 188 1, when he moved to his present 
farm in Norwich Town, which place has Iseen 
in the possession of the Huntington family 
for almost two hundred years. Mr. Smith 
has devoted his attention to general farming, 
and from 1887 to 1900 conducted a success- 
ful ice business, after which he turned his 
attention tn the real estate business, in which 
he has been equally successful. He is a Re- 



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publican in |x>litics. but has never souyht or 
held public oHicc, preferring to devote his 
time to bu>ine>s pursuits. Me united with 
liie I'ranklin Conj; relational church, was 
transferred to the Second Congregational 
Liuirch at Norwich and later tu tlie l-irst 
Lim^regatiunal Church, lie served as sui)er- 
inteiident nf the Second Congregational 
Clnirch ii>r several sears. Mr. Smith mar- 
ried, Uctober 2, 1K72, Harriet Kunice Hunt- 
ington, born in her present home, June 27, 
185 1, gradualei! at Norwich l-ree .\cademy, 
class of 1871, daughter of Deacon Ivlward 
.\ndrew and Harriet A. (Lyman) Hunting- 
ton (see Huntington \II ). Chihlren : i. 
Kdward Huntington, born July i, 1873; was 
educatetl in Norwich I'ree .\cadeniy, .\nihcrst 
College (from which he graduated in 1898) 
and Hartford Theological Seminary (from 
which Ik- graduated in ujoi ) ; he was ordained 
at Norwich Town in June, lyoi, as a foreign 
missionary of the .\merican IJoard, and has 
been stationel at l-'uo Chow, China, since 
December, lyoi. He married, October 2. 
\tjoi. (.jrace W. Thomas, of lioston : children: 
Helen Huntington, born December 19, 1902; 
I'Mward Huntington, Jr.. born January 2(t. 
H/J5, died .\pril 11, 1910, in China: Eunice 
i;iizabeth. iiorn .May 24, 1906; all born in 
China. 2. Mabel Kin;, Ix^rn December 21. 
1874 : graduated from Norwich b'ree .\cad- 
emy. class of i8(j_^: married. (Jctober 2, 1901. 
r. .Snowden Thomas, of I'.oston : children: 
Lucille I-ranklin, born .\ugust 21, 1902; 
Julian Snowden, born ^[arch 11, 1904: I'aul 
.^mith, June 27, 1906: Donald James, .March 
31, 190S. Mr. Thomas is general secretary 
of the Young Men's Christian .\ssociation at 
W'atertown, New York. 3. Harold Lyman, 
born ( )ctober 2, 1886; graduated in 1904 from 
Norwich I'rce .Academy. 4. Sidney I'almer. 
born Jamiary 11. 1889. Mr. and Mrs. Owen 
S. Smith reside in the old Huntington house, 
Huntington avenue, P.ean Hill. Norwich. This 
house was built in 17 17. and here six genera- 
tions of the Huntington family were born. 

( Tlu- IbintiiiKlnn Line) 

( I ) Simon Huntington, immigrant ances- 
tor, was born in England, and sailed for New 
F.nglan<l in if>33 with his wife and children, 
but was taken ill and died on the voyage, of 
smallpox. His widow. Margaret ( Ilarrett 1 
Huntington, settled with her children first at 
Roxbmy. Massachusetts, where she married 
(second) i'>.^.=>-3'i, Thomas Stoughton. of 
Dorchester. They removed to Windsor. Con- 
necticut, and settled there, ^^argaret was 
lirobablv born in Norwich. England. Prac- 
tically nothing is known of .Simon Hunting- 



ton. Even his name was a mystery to the 
early genealogi.sts of the family. Children: 

1. William, settled in Salisbury about 1640. 

2. Thomas, settled in Connecticut. 3. Chris- 
topher. 4. Simon, see forward. 5. Ann, men- 
tioned in a letter written by I'eter liret to 
his sister. .Nfargaret ( IJarrett") Huntington. 

(H) Simon (2), son of Sim<jn (i) Hunt- 
ington, was b(jrn in England alxnit 1630, and 
came to .\merica on the ill-fated voyage with 
his mother in 1633. He settled in Norwich, 
and was a member of Mr. Fitch's church 
there. He was a deacon of the church until 
i()(/}. when his son succeeded him. He was 
a member of the general assembly in 1074; 
had a grant of land in if»8(j; was townsman 
in KJ90-94. In i(>94 he was on a committee 
to search out and report the deficiencies in the 
iniblic records. He served on the committee 
to seat the meeting house, iCjcjj, and in 1700 
was on a committee to give deeds and fix titles 
of lands in dispute or with defective title. He 
married, in October. 1653. Sarah, daughter of 
Joseph Clark, of Windsor, Connecticut. She 
died in 1721, aged eighty-eight. He died at 
.W.rwich, June 28, 1700, aged seventy-seven. 
Children: 1. Sarah, born at Saybrook. Au- 
gust. 1654; married Dr. .Solomon Tracv. 2. 
Mary, born at Saybrook, .August. 1657:' mar- 
ried a I'orbes, of Preston. 3. Simon, .see for- 
ward. 4. Joseph, born September. K/n. 5. 
Elizabeth, born at Norwich, Februarv, 1664, 
died young. 6. .Samuel, born at .Norwich, 
-March i. 1665. 7. bllizabeth, l)orn at Nor- 
wich, October 6, i(V)(>: married Jose|)h Itackus. 
8. Nathaniel, born at Norwich, Julv 10. 1672, 
died young. 9. Daniel. lx>rn"at' .Norwich, 
ALnrch 13, 1675-76. 

( I H ) Deacon Simon ( 3 ) . son of Simon 
(2) Huntington, was born in .Saybrook, Con- 
necticut. February 6. 1659. died November 2, 
^73'^>- He was taken by his parents to Nor- 
wich, in the spring of i6('». and resided on 
the homestead which was described in the rec- 
ords as "the home lot lying on both sides of 
the highway." in the second book, and as 
"four acres, abutting east on land of Thomas 
Tracy, south on lan<l of .Mr. James I'itch and 
north on the highway." also "four acres over 
the highway against his home lot." in the first 
book of records. In the second records, the 
south division abuts north on the street twentv- 
fivc and a half rods, west on the street thir- 
teen and a half rods, south on land .>f Cap- 
tain Fitch fourteen rods: the line then runs 
southeast four rods, abutting northwest on 
the Fitch lot. runs .southwest from there two 
rods, four feet, from there west two rods, 
south twenty rods minus four feet, abutting 
west on Captain Fitch's land and south on 



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Fitch's land eighteen rods, and east on Lieu- 
tenant Thomas i racy's land forty-three rods. 
The frontage of twenty-live and a half rods 
comes from the land of Charles Young to the 
corner near the house lately occupied by the 
Rev. Charles A. Northrop, and then the west- 
ern frontage of thirteen and a half rods goes 
along the road by the Green as far as the 
house occupied by Miss Grace ]\lcClellan. The 
houses of the first and second Simon Hunt- 
ingtons were situated on this land. Like his 
cousin, Christopher, Simon was destined to a 
most important service in the early history of 
the home chosen for him by his parents. In- 
heriting his father's piety and gifts, he was 
called in 1696 to succeed him to the deacon- 
ship, and in this ofifice he served with no less 
than his father's fidelity and acceptance, as' 
long as he lived. He was largely engaged in 
civil affairs, serving in many of the most im- 
portant offices with marked ability. His 
house, occupying a central position, was hon- 
ored as the magazine for the defensive weap- 
ons of the town, and as late as 1720 a report 
made to the town states that it contained a 
half-barrel of powder, thirty-one pounds of 
bullets and four hundred flints. In 1682 it 
was voted in town meeting to grant "to Simon 
Huntington Jun. to take up one hundred akers 
of land on the Shawtucket, not prejudicing 
the highways nor former grants." He mar- 
ried, October 8, 1683, Lydia Gager, born in 
Norwich, August 8, 1663, died August 8, 1737, 
daughter of John and Elizalaeth (Gore) 
Gager, and granddaughter of that "right 
goodly man and skillful chyrurgeon," who 
had come to America in 1660 with Governor 
Winthrop. John Gager, her father, removed, 
in 1635, from Charlestown, Massachusetts, to 
Saybrook, subsequently to New London, and 
thence in 1660 to Norwich, Connecticut. Chil- 
dren : Simon, born 1686: Sarah. 1687-88: 
Deacon Ebenezer, see forward ; Captain 
Joshua, 1698. 

(IV) Deacon Ebenezer, son of Deacon 
Simon (3) Huntington, was born in Norwich, 
Connecticut, May, 1692. died September 12, 
1768. He became a member of the church in 
1717. and was chosen deacon January 18, 
1737. to succeed his father, in which office he 
served until 1764, on the appointment of his 
son. He married. June 20, 1717, Sarah, born 
in Norwich, February 13, 1698-99, died April 
I, 1770, daughter of Deacon Thomas and Ly- 
dia (Tracy) Leifingwell. Children: Sarah, 
born 1718: Rev. Simon, see forward; Lucy, 
1722: Lydia, 1735. 

fV) Rev. Simon (4), son of Deacon Eben- 
ezer Huntington, was born in Norwich. Con- 
necticut, September 12, 1719, in the Simon 



Huntington house on Bean Hill, died Decem- 
ber zj, 1801. He graduated from Yale Col- 
lege in 1741, united with the church, 1742, 
studied theology and preached until his health 
failed. He was chosen deacon to succeed his 
father in 1764. He married (first) January 
17. 175 1) Hannah Tracy, born September 2, 
1727, died January 30, 1753. He married 
(second) January 24, 1759, Zipporah Lathrop, 
born 1733, died March 16, 1814. Children by 
first wife: Samuel, born 1751 ; Hannah, 1753. 
By second wife: Roger, 1759; Daniel, 1762; 
Ebenezer, see forward; Erastus, 1769. 

(V'l) Ebenezer (2), son of Rev. Simon 
(4) Huntington, was born in Norwich, in the 
Simon Huntington house on Bean Hill, Au- 
gust 26, 1764, died February 27, 1853. He 
was a farmer, residing on Bean Hill, Nor- 
wich, where his death occurred. He married, 
in Lebanon, September 26, 1806, Eunice, born 
July 30, 1779. daughter of Captain Andrew 
and Ruth (Hyde) Huntington, of Lebanon, 
Connecticut. Children : Mary Ann, born Oc- 
tober 30, 1807: Cornelia Eliza, February 8, 
1809: Edward Andrew, see forward: William 
Lathrop, February 8, 1817, ched August 11, 
1825 : Samuel Tracy, September 20, 1819, died 
August ID, 1825. 

(\II) Deacon Edward Andrew, son of 
Ebenezer (2) Huntington, was born in Nor- 
wich, in the Simon Huntington house, on 
Bean Hill, October 23, 181 1. He was chosen 
deacon of the First Congregational Church 
in Norwich in 1857, and was the seventh of 
that name that had been called to same office 
in that ancient church. He married, in Wood- 
stock, Connecticut, June 26, 1850, Harriet A., 
daughter of Daniel Lyman, M.D., of South 
Woodstock, and granddaughter of Rev. Eli- 
phalet Lyman, who was pastor of the Con- 
gregational church in Woodstock from 1780 
to 1825, and who died February 2. 1836, aged 
eighty-two years. His wife, Hannah Hunt- 
ington, was born April 28, 1753. married, in 
1779, and died in Woodstock, April 19, 1836. 
She was a woman of unusual brilliancy of in- 
tellect, and retained her mental faculties re- 
markably in her advanced years. Children of 
Deacon Edward Andrew Huntington: i. Har- 
riet Eunice, born June 27, 185 1 : married, 
October 2, 1872, Owen S. Smith ; Mr. and 
Mrs. Smith reside in the old Simon Hunting- 
ton house on Bean Hill, Norwich, built in 
1717. in which house six generations of the 
Huntington family were born fsee Smith 
IV). 2. ]\Iary Eldredge, born December 29, 
1854: married, December 28, i88r, Charles 
W. Haines, a lawyer of Colorado Springs, 
Colorado : children : Faith Huntington and 
Marion Huntington Haines, both unmarried. 



c().\N'r-:cTU IT 



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libcnczcr Smith, a descendant of 
S.Ml 1 II I'liunias Smith, who settled early 
at iiast Haven, Connecticut, re- 
sided at North Haven, Connecticut, and was 
for many years town treasurer and a promi- 
nent citizen. 'I'homas Smith married, in H)lj2, 
Elizabeth, only dau},diter of luhvard I'atler- 
son. Children: John, horn .March, I'Mi^; 
Anna, April i, 1005; Infant, born and died 
iWj/; John, born June 14, U)69; 'Ihomas, 
Au,L;uit. i'>7i ; Thomas, Jainiary 31, 1O73; 
Klizabeth, June II, 107O; Joanna, December 
17. i<)78; Samuel, May 24, 1081 ; Abigail, 
Auf^ust 17, 10^3; Lydia, March 24, i(j8o; Jo- 
sei)h, 1688; lienjamin, November 21, 1690, 
died young. 

(11) Henry Hart, son of Ebenezer Smith, 
was born in North Haven, Connecticut, in 
1828. I'our i,'enerations of the family have 
been born there. He was educate<l in the 
public schools and learned the trade of machin- 
ist, which he followed through his active life. 
He is now living at Hartfonl. He married, 
November 25. 1S52, Mary llucklcy. horn Jan- 
iiarv 4, 1S27, daughter of Aniasa and Mary 
(W'etherill) Morgan (sec Morgan \II ). 
Chililren : h'rederick H., born November 28, 
1834: Herbert Eugene, mentioneil below. 

(HI) Dr. Herbert Eugene, son of Henry 
Hart Smith, was born at Hartford. Connecti- 
cut, ( )ctober 21. 1837. He attended the pub- 
lic schooU of his native city, and graduated 
from the high school. He then entered the 
Sheftielil Scientific ."school of \'ale University 
in 187(1 and was graduated with the degree of 
Pli.li. in the class of 1879. He was a >tudent 
in ^'ale ^^edical School for the year follow- 
ing and then entered the .Meilical School of 
the Cnivcrsity of I'emisylvania. from which 
he was graduated with the degree of M.D. in 
1882. He returned to the Vale .Meilical 
SchiKil and in June, 1883. was apjiointed lec- 
turer in chemistry and in 1883 was chosen 
professor of chemistry, being the third to 
occupy the chair. The three professors of 
this department have taught ninety-seven 
years altogether — a most remarkable record of 
long and able service. Since 1883 Dr. Smith 
has also been dean of the Vale Medical 
School. His work in the laboratory and lec- 
ture room, and his published contributions to 
science have given him a world-witle reputa- 
tion and high standing in the scientific world. 
Much of his published work has been in con- 
nection with the researches and problems of 
the Connecticut board of health, of which he 
was chemist for a niunber of years. He has 
contributed also to various medical societies, 
of which he is a member, and to medical pub- 
lications. He is a member and was formerly 



president of the .New Haven City .Medical 
Society ; member of the Connecticut State 
.Medical Society, the .\merican Chemical So- 
ciety, the .American Society of liiological 
Cheini-ts, the .\merican l'h\ siological Society, 
the .\merican i'ublic Health .Association, the 
Craduates Club of .New Haven and the 
United Congregational Church of New Haven. 
His home is in New Haven, but he s])ends his 
summers at Woodmont, Connecticut. He 
married. June 30, 1885, Emily Scull, \y>rn 
September 30, i85(), daughter of David D. 
Dinnin. Chihlnn: Emily Dinnin, l)orn .No- 
vember ID, 1886: ^^arv Morgan, .April 19, 
1888; Elizabctli Bernard, Octijher S, 1889; 
Emily D. and Mary M. are members of the 
class of 1910. V'assar College. Elizabeth M. 
is a pupil of the Heminway School of Do- 
mestic .Science at IVamingham, Massachu- 
setts. 

(The Morgan Line). 

( 111 ) James Morgan, son of John Morgan 
(q. v.), was born in New London, Connecti- 
cut. al)out 1680. He married liridget , 

and settled in Preston, Connecticut, where he 
died November 7, 1721. Children, horn at 
Preston: Samuel, December 16, 1703: James, 
June 24. 1707, mentioned bel"W ; Hannah, 
September 9, 1708; Rachel. July 19, 1710; 
Daniel. .April 16. 1712. 

(I\') James (2), son of James (i) Mor- 
gan, was born at Preston. June 24, 1707. He 
had but one child, Samuel, mentioned below. 

(\') Samuel, son of James (2) Morgan, 
was born in 1728. He settled in W'aterford, 
Connecticut, and died there. January 26, 1825, 

aged ninety-six. He marricii Mary , 

who died September 23, 1804, aged eighty- 
one. P.oth were buried in the old second 
burial L'round at New London. His will was 
dated May 9. i8ifi. proved February, 1825. 
Children : Samuel, mentioned below : Lydia : 
Lucretia. born about 1733; Margaret, about 
1733: Louisa, aliout 1737: Bridget. 17^10. 

(\'n Samuel (2), son of Samuel (i) Mor- 
gan, was Imrn in 1748. He settled in W'ater- 
ford. but probably removed to W'ethersficld. 
where he died ^^arch ro. 18 13. aged sixty- 
seven. He married Mehitable . who 

die<l July 3, 1810. aged *ixty-three. He mar- 
ric<l again. He settled in Wyoming, Penn- 
>;ylvania. and barely escaped with wife and 
infant claughter from the massacre of 1778. 
Children: !VIehitable. dicfl in Hartford. No- 
vember 24. 183^1 ; Samuel, born 1780: Ciifleon. 
settled in X'irginia : .\masa. mentioneil below. 

(\"H) .Amasa. son of Sanuiel i 2^ Morijan, 
was I)orn July 3. 1786. was drowned at LLirt- 
ford. April 2. 1831. He settled in Wethers- 
field. He married, .April 22, 1813. ^^arv, 



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daughter of Elias Wetherill : she died Octo- 
ber 28. 1856, aged sixty-six years. Children: 
Eliza Ann, born March 14, 1814. married 
Salmon Steele; Chauncey, July 31, 1815, 
married Lois Ann Miller and C. M. Lewis; 
Lewis, January 17, 1817, married Jeanette 
Pinney, Samuel, December 14, 181S, married, 
February 13, 1848, Adelia.A. Clark; Harriet, 
February 9, 182 1, married E. Boyington and 
L. Adams; Justus Rockwell, September 14, 
1822, married, November 29, 1843. Henrietta 
Judd ; James Henry, May 14. 1825, married, 
November 20, 1847, Martha Whitmore ; 
Mary Buckley, January 4, 1827. married, No- 
vember 25, 1852, Henry H. Smith (see 
Smith H) ; Joseph, January 21, 1830. 



Rev. Henry Smith, immigrant 
SjMITH ancestor, was born in England, 

in 1588, near Norfolk. He came 
to America in 1636, and settled in Wethers- 
field, Connecticut, in 1638. He is thought .to 
have married twice, but the name of his first 
wife is not known. The name of his second 
wife was Dorothy, sister of Rev. John Cotton, 
of Boston. He died in 1658, and she married 
(second) John Russell, father of Rev. John 
Russell, who succeeded Mr. Smith in the pas- 
torate' at W'ethersfield, and who, ten years 
later, became the first minister at Hadley, and 
died May 8, 1690, aged eighty-three. Mrs. 
Dorothy (Smith) Russell died at' Hadley in 
1694. Chil(h-en of Rev. Henry Smith : Pere- 
grine, died unmarried ; daughter, married and 
had children ; daughter, married and had 
children; Dorothy, born 1636; Samuel 
in Wethersfield, 1638, mentioned below; Jo- 
anna, W'ethersfield, December 25, 1641 ; Noah, 
Wethersfield, February 25, 1643-44; Eliza- 
beth, Wethersfield, August 25, 1648. 

(H) Samuel, son of Rev. Henry Smith, 
was born in Wethersfield, in 1638-39. He 
lived at Northampton, Massachusetts, from 
1666 until about 1680. He remove; I then to 
Hadley, to take care of his mother. The 
following, taken from his letter in 1698-99, 
refers to his stepfather, John Russell: "But 
he was sometimes a little short of ye Charity 
which thinketh no Evil, at ye least I was wont 
to think so when his Hand was too heavy on 
my Shoulders & I remembered ye sweetnesse 
& ye Charity of my firste Father, but on ye 
whole said he was a Goode jMan & did well 
by my Mother & her children & no doubt we 
did often try his wit & temper." Samuel 
Smith died at Hadley. September 10. 1703, 
aged sixty-five. He married Mary, daughter 
of James Ensign, the immigrant who was one 
of the first settlers of Hartford. Children : 
Samuel, deacon ; Sarah, born liefore her 



father's removal to Northampton ; Dorothy, 
baptized 1667, at Northampton ; Ebenezer 
baptized at Northampton, 1668 ; Ichabod, born 
at Northampton, January 24, 1670, mentioned 
below ; Mary, Northampton, January 19, ^673 ; 
James, Northampton, June 12, 1675; Pre- 
served, Northampton, August, 1677. 

(HI) Deacon Ichabod, son of Samuel 
Smith, was born at Northampton, January 24, 
1670. He lived in Hadley until about 1699, 
and after that in Suffield. He married, about 
1692, Mary, daughter of Thomas Huxley, of 
Suffield. Children born at Hadley : Child 
born February i, died February 13, 1693-94; 
Mary, born May 20, 1696. Children born in 
Suffield: Hannah, January 21, 1698; Samuel, 
November 5, 1700. mentioned below ; Ichabod, 
January I, 1708; James, March 15, 1710-11; 
Joseph, January i, 1717. 

(I\') Samuel (2), son of Deacon Ichabod 
Smith, was born November 5, 1700, in Suf- 
field, died there August 25, 1767. He mar- 
ried Jerusha, daughter of Atherton Mather, 
of Suffield, November 8, 1725. She was born 
in Windsor, July 18, 1700, and died at the 
home of her son. Rev. Cotton Mather Smith, 
in Sharon, Connecticut, aged ninety. Chil- 
dren : Elizabeth, born November 10. 1726; 
Dan, October 25, 1728 ; Cotton IMather, Octo- 
ber 15, 1730, mentioned below; Simeon, 
(Rev.), August 6, 1733; Paul, September 15, 
1736; Jerusha, died young. 

(\') Rev. Cotton iMather, son of Samuel 
(2) Smith, was born October 15. 173P, in 
Sheffield, Connecticut, died in Sharon, 1806. 
He graduated from Yale College in 175 1, and 
studied divinity with Rev. i\Ir. Woodbridge, 
at Hatfield or Hadley. He was ordained and 
settled at Sharon. August 28, 1755. He mar- 
ried, about 1757, Temperance, widow' of Dr. 
^Villiam Gale, of Goshen, New York, and 
daughter ,of Rev. William Worthirigton, of 
.Saybrook. She was born April 8. 1732, died 
June. 1800. Rev. Cotton blather Smith 
preached his half-century sermon in Sharon 
in 1805, and died there November 27 or 30, 
1806. For some months he was chaplain in 
the revolutionary army. He was a mission- 
ary to the feeble churches in Vermont. He 
organized the Vergennes Congregational 
Church. September 17, 1793. Children: 
Elizabeth, born Tune 29, 1759; Juliana, Feb- 
ruary 12. 1761 : Thomas Mather, Januarv 21, 
176"?; Governor John Cotton, February 12, 
1765, mentioned below; Lucretia, January 20, 
1767, died 1773; Mary, February 16. 1769! 

(VI) Governor John Cotton, son of Rev. 
Cotton Mather Smith, was born in Sharon, 
February 12, 176^, died March, 1845. He 
graduated from Yale College in 1783. He 



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became liciitciiant-yovernur of Conntcticul in 
1811, governor in 1813-17. lie wa^ a mem- 
ber of the United States congre>s, 1800-0O, 
anil was elected fur a fourth term, but rc- 
signcil. Was subsequently appointed to a 
jutigcshi[j in the supreme court of his state, 
l^le was president of the .American ISoard of 
iCominissioners for l-'oreign .Missions and of 
the -American iJible Society. He married. Oc- 
tober, i/Sd, .Margaret, Iwrn in .Amenia in 
i;:()<), die<l 1857, daughter of Jacob Kvert- 
son, of I'leasaiit \alk\, New York. Mr. 
livert>on was descended from a long line of 
famous I)utch admirals of that name, as also 
from .Admiral DeRuyter. He was a meml)er 
of the .New \'ork provincial congres> of 1774- 
75. John Cotton Smith was the last gnvernor 
of Connecticut under the charter of Charles 
the Second. 

(\!1) William .Matlier. only child of Cov- 
ernor John Cotton Smith, was born in .Sharon, 
.August 26, 1787, died .March. 18(14. lie grad- 
uated from Vale College in the class of 1S05. 
He was educated for the law, but devoted his 
life to good works an<l was greatly beloved, 
lie coniluctcil a farm anil had extensive real 
estate imprests in Sharon, where ho lived, anil 
in the state of X'ermont. H? established one 
of the first Sunday schools in the United 
States and conducted it for fifty years. He 
was a noted lay (jrcacher, and in the absence 
of the minister occupied the pul])it in the 
Sharon church. He ofliciated at many fun- 
erals. l*"or more than thirty years he held 
services regularly in outlying districts. He 
was a failhfid member of the church of which 
his grandfather wa> pastor, joining at the 
early age of twelve years. He entered col- 
lege the s.ame year. He married. 180J. Helen, 
born in Colinnbia comity, in 178<>, died May, 
i8()7. daughter of (lilbert R. Livingston, of 
Reil Hook. .\ew York. Children: John Cot- 
ton, born March 21, 1810, graduate of Vale 
College in 1830. died unmarried in 1879: Rob- 
ert W'orthington. mentiiHied below; (iilbert 
Livingston, born May, 18 13. graduate of 
Princeton College in 18^^. died December. 

■8^5- 

(\1H) Rnbert Worthington, son of Wil- 
liam .Mather .Smith, was born in .Sharnu. Con- 
necticut. May 28. 181 I. died there September 
10, 1877. , He was educated in the public 
and private schools and in Williams College, 
and studied medicine under Dr. Willard Park- 
er, of Xew York City, but followed farming 
most of his life in his native town. He re- 
ceived the degree of M.D. from the Pittsfield 
Medical College. He married, in December, 
1834, Gertrude L'Estrange. horn at Carmel, 
Xew A'ork. September, 181 1, died in Sharon, 



.November 2^, 1894, daughter of Daniel and 
Gertrude (L'Estrange) liolden. Her mother 
was of Huguenot ancestry. Children, lx)rn at 
.Sharon: 1. tjilbert Living>ton, mentioned be- 
low. 2. Helen Lvertson, .\ugust jj, 1839, 
lives with her brother in Shafon, member of 
the Daughters of the .American Revolution ; 
has written frjr all the leading magazines 
under her own name and various noms dc 
plume; author of "Colonial Days and Ways," 
published by the Century Company in 1900. 
3. W illiam .Mather, born September 30, 1843, 
died September 3, 1848. aged five years. 4. 
(jertrude I'.oldeii, October 20, 1850, married, 
.\pril 20, 1881, Robert Clinton Geer, of Nor- 
folk, Connecticut; lives in Xew York City; 
children; (iertnide LEstrange Geer; another 
child who died young. 

(IX) Gilbert Livingston, son of Robert 
Worthington Smith, was born in Carmel, Xew 
York, December 2<j, 1835. He was eilucaied 
in the public scJiools of Sharon and has always 
lived in his native town. He has large real 
estate interests ami conducts a large farm. 
He spends his winters in .New N'ork City, 
where he owns the residence built by Dr. 
.^imcon Smith, brother of Rev. Cotton Mather 
Smith, mentioned above. The house is built 
of stone quarried in Sharon, under the super- 
visiun of an Italian mason-architect. He is a 
member of the .New N'ork branch of the Sons 
of the Revolution. His politics have always 
been those of the Republican party. He rep- 
resented the town in the general assembly in 
1878-70, and served on the board of arbitra- 
tion and as chairman of the committee on 
roails and bridges. I le is unmarrieil. 



James Smith, immigrant ances- 
S.Miril tor, was born in England. He 
came to Massachusetts I'.ay be- 
fore Ui},i). when he was located at Weymouth 
and was a jiroprietor of that town. He was 
admitted a freeman in i'i34. His will was 
dated Jinie M), 1^173, proved June 22. \(^~('\ 
bequeathing to wife Joane ; sons James and 
Nathaniel; daughter Hannah Parramorc; 
graiuNon James, son of deceased son Joshua. 
Children: James. Joshua. Xathaniel. men- 
tioned below. Hannah, married (first) J<''hn 
26. 1670; Hannah. March 29, i'>87. 

(Iin Xathaniel (2). son of Xathaniel (i) 

Snell and (second) Parramore. 

(II) Xathaniel, son of James Smith, was 
born at Weymouth, June 8, 1639. He was ar- 
mitted a freeman in 1^)81. He married Ex- 
perience and liveil at Weymoulh. Chil- 
dren, born at Weymouth; Xathaniel, Septem- 
ber 2. 1^75. mentionetl below : John, .\ugust 
.Smith, was born at Weymouth, Sciitemlier 2, 



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1675. He seems to have lived at Taunton and 
Scituate, Massachusetts, and later moved to 
Litchfield, Connecticut. His brother, John 
Smith, also came to Litchfield. He died in 
1725 at Litchfield and administration on his 
estate was granted May 11, 1725, to his widow 
Ann and son William. Children, mentioned 
in probate records : William ; Nathaniel ; Abiel, 
married, September 24, 1729, Abigail Pelet ; 
Johnson; Stephen, married, January 25, 1732- 
33, iNlary Stoddard ; Jacob, mentioned below ; 
Jonathan ; Ann ; Elizabeth : E.xperience, mar- 
ried B. Horsford ; Sarah ; Mary ; Phebe. 

(IV) Jacob, son of Nathaniel (2) Smith, 
was born probably as early as 1710. He mar- 
ried Elizabeth . Children : Jacob, men- 
tioned below ; Rebecca, David ; there were 
probably other children. 

(V) Jacob (2), son of Jacob (i) Smith, 
was born in 1738, died April 14, 1807. He 
was a lieutenant in the revolution. He mar- 
ried Mary Lewis, who died December 30, 
1833, aged eighty-one years. Upon his tomb- 
stone in Northfield cemetery, Litchfield, is in- 
scribed : 

"Oh! Thou great arbiter of Life and Death! 

Thy call I follow to the Land L'nknown. 

I trust in Thee and know in Whom I trust." 

(\T) David, son of Jacob (2) Smith, was 
born at Litchfield. He married Anna, daugh- 
ter of Benjamin and Mary (Spencer) Bar- 
tholomew. Her father was a soldier in the 
revolution. Children : Hiram, Charles, Tru- 
man, Mary, Benjamin, Samuel, Edward, Dav- 
id, James, Anna, married Merritt Clark and 
lived in St. Paul, Minnesota. 

(VII) David (2), son of David (i) Smith, 
was born April 6, 1822,- at Northfield, Litch- 
field county, Connecticut, where he attended 
the public schools in his youth and learned 
the trade of stone mason. At the age of 
thirty, in 1852, he came to Meriden, Con- 
necticut, where he made his home the re- 
mainder of his life. He died there in 1893. 
He was a prominent builder and contractor 
for many years. His residence was on West 
Main street. He was a Republican in politics 
and keenly interested in public affairs. He 
was active in the teinperance movement and 
an earnest advocate of total abstinence. He 
was a member of the First Congregational 
Church of Meriden. He married, in 1848, 
Fidelia, born in 18215, died in 1896, daughter 
of Daniel and Ruth "(Hull) Parker, of Meri- 
den. Ruth Hull was the daughter of Jesse 
Hull, a soldier of the revolution, and his wife 
Hannah, who was a daughter of Jehiel Pres- 
ton, a sergeant in the revolution. Daniel 
Parker's father was a soldier in the revolu- 



tion, a British prisoner of war in the prison 
ships of New York. Mr. and Mrs. Smith 
celebrated their golden wedding, November 
22, 1898, surrounded by their surviving chil- 
dren and received the congratulations of many 
friends. Children: i. Nettie E., married 
Julius S. Augur, of Meriden, Connecticut ; 
children : Julius Jr., a student in Yale, Agnes 
S., and Frank Augur. 2. Frank Daniel, born 
June, 1852, married Florence P. Powers ; 
they have one child, Edna W. 3. Dr. Edward 
\\'ier, mentioned below. 4. Ella Isabel. 5. 
Jennie S. 6. Frances Eva, an artist of much 
ability, died October 27, 1898. The daughters 
are active members of Susan Carrington Clark 
Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolu- 
tion. 

(\TII) Dr. Edward Wier Smith, son of Da- 
vid (2) Smith, was born in Meriden, October 
17, 1854. He attended the public schools of 
Meriden and the Hopkins Grammar School of 
New Haven, the oldest school in the state. 
He entered Yale College in 1874, gradu- 
ating in 1878, a classmate of President Taft, 
with the degree of A.B. He then entered the 
Yale Medical School, and he then taught school 
for a time at Yaleville, Connecticut. He re- 
sumed his medical studies at McGill Univer- 
sity, Montreal, Canada, and was graduated in 
the class of 1882 with the degree of M.D. 
During his college course at New Haven he 
played on the varsity baseball club and took 
part in the games with Harvard, Princeton 
and other college teams. He began to prac- 
tice medicine in 1882 at Meriden, Connecti- 
cut, where he has remained to the present 
time. In 1892 he took a course in the Post 
Graduate Medical College, New York City. 
He is on the medical and surgical staffs of 
the Meriden Hospital, a member of the Meri- 
den Medical Society, the Connecticut State 
Medical Society, the American Academy of 
Medicine and of the American Medical Asso- 
ciation. He was formerly president of the 
New Haven County Medical Society. Dr. 
Smith belongs to the First Congregational 
Church of Meriden. He is a member also of 
Meriden Lodge, No. yy, Free and Accepted 
Masons : of St. Elmo Commandery, No. 9, 
Knights Templar ; of Keystone Chapter, Royal 
Arch Masons, and of the Connecticut So- 
ciety, Sons of the American Revolution. He 
is a Republican in politics. He inarried, Octo- 
ber 14. 1885, Helen B., daughter of Oliver 
and Abbie C. (Caldwell) Rice, of Ateriden. 
She was born in IMeriden, October 21, 1857. 
Children: Marion Rice, born June 26, 1887; 
David Parker, May 7, 1889, graduate of Yale 
College m 1910; student in Yale jMedical 
School. 




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617 



Winchcll Smitli, son of Williani 
S-NflTII lirown Smitli, a nephew of La])- 
tain John Brown, the Abolition- 
ist ( M-f I'.ruwn \li, and Xiri^inia (Thrall) 
Smith, and j^ranilson of John Smith, was horn 
;il ilartfonl. Connecticut. April 5. 1S71. lie 
attended the public schools an<l Hartford pub- 
lic liii,di school. He took u]) the profession 
of actor an<l was in the cast of various com- 
panies under the management of Charles 
I'rohman fn.m iS<>4 to 1904. He formed a 
partiier-hi]) with Arnold Daly in UJ04. in the 
production of "Candida" and other plays of 
Bernard Shaw. Since iqcKj Mr. Smith has 
been a playwright. He has written: "A Red 
Stockini;," "Brewster's Millions." "\"ia Wire- 
less." "The Fortune Hunter." "Bobby Bur- 
nit." "Love Among the Lions," "The Out- 
sider." "The Only Son." In jiolitics he is 
Republican, in religion he is a Omgregation- 
alist. He is a member of The Laml)s. Play- 
ers. Greenroom, l-'riars, .Atlantic Yacht clubs, 
and (irecnroom Club of I^jndon ; the Incor- 
porate' 1 Society of .\uthors, England; the 
.American StHriety of Dramatists and Com- 
posers. 

He married. December 20, 1895, Grace 
Spencer, of Pennsylvania, daughter of l-'rank 
and .Margaret (Searles) Spencer, of Troy. 

.Mr. Smith was named for his father, Wil- 
liam llrowu ."^mith. but his nom de plume and 
stage name is Winchell. 

(The Brown Line). 

( I ) Peter Brown, immigrant ancestor, was 
born in England and came in the ".Maytlowcr" 
with the Plymouth company in iCijo. Me was 
unmarried when he came, but within the next 
thirteen years had married twice. lie was 
admiiteil a freeman in 1^133. .Mary and Mar- 
tha Brown, probably his wife and elder daugli- 
ter. had divisions of cattle with him in 1627. 
It is supposed that his first wife was Martha, 
and that .Marv and Priscilla were her daugh- 
ters and the two im-ntionetl by Governor Brad- 
ford as married in i'>50. In I'^144 the daugh- 
ters were placed in the care of their uncle, 
John Blown, a leading citizen of Duxbury. 
Peter Brown dietl in if>33 before October to, 
and his estate was settled by the court, Xo- 
vember 11. 1633. .Administration was granted 
to the willow Mary. He had several other 
children, among whom was Peter, mentioned 
below. 

(II) Peter (2). son of Peter (i) Brown, 
was born in i^>32- He settled at Windsor, 
Cotmecticut. and lived to be nearly sixty years 
old. He died at Windsor. .March ij. Kxv. leav- 
ing an estate of four hundred and nine jiounds 
to be ilivided among his thirteen children. 



(HI) John, son of Peter (2) Brown, was 
iMirn at Windscjr, January 8, i')68, died Feb- 
ruary 4, 1728. Married, February 4, 1691, 
IClizabeth Loomis, who died Dccenil)er 11, 
1723. Children, born at Wirulsor: Elizabeth, 
I'ebruary 11, i(fj2; Mary. .September 11, 
1^194: .Aim. .SeptemlxT i, itf/t; Hannah. .Au- 
gust 24, i<t>)7 : John, mentioned below; Ann, 
.August 1, 1702: .Sarah, January 22, 1704 ; 
Isaac, March 17, i7(y^M37: Daniel, January 
29. i7oS-of>: Mary, .March 8. 171 1; Esther. 
^Iarch 17, 1712-13. 

(I\ ) Jobn (2), son of John (n Brown, 
was born in Windsor, March 11, 1699-1700, 
dieil .September 3, 1790. He married, March 
14. 1725. Mary Eggleston, who died .August 
25. 1789. aged eighty-seven years. He re- 
sided at liloomlield. Connecticut. Children: 
.Mary, died 1827, ageil nearly one htmdred 
years; Captain John, mentioned below; Mar- 
gery, June 3, 1731 ; Esther, Septeml>er 3. 1733: 
Ezra, Jidy 23, 1738; Hannah. July 1. 17.^9: 
Azubah. .March 20. 1740: Hannah. .August 17, 
1743; .Sarah. .March 28. 1746. 

(\') Captain John (3) Bmwn, son of John 
(2) Brown, was Ixirn at Winclsor, Xovember 
4, 1728. He removed to what is now Bloom- 
field. Connecticut, and thence to West Sims- 
bury. He was captain of the Eighth Com- 
jiany, Eighteenth Connecticut Regiment, in 
177(1, in the revolution and was in the cam- 
paign in New York in I77'>. He «lied in the 
service, September 3, I77'>. He married, 
March 2. 173S. Hannah, daughter of Elijah 
and llamiah (Higley) Owen. She died May 
18. 1831. aged ninety-one. She was de- 
scended from John Owen, of Wimlsor. a 
sketch of whom appears in this work. Chil- 
dren, born in Simslniry : Hannah, December 
24, 1738: .Azubah, May 7. i7rio: Esther. 
March 4. 1762; Margery, January 23, 1764; 
Lucinda, Xovember 18. 17O3; John, .\ugust 
31. I7'>9; Owen, mentioned bel<iw ; Thede, 
January 3. 1773; Roxy. May 29. 1773: Abiel, 
Xovember 18, 1776 (posthumous). 

(\I) (Dwen. son of Captain John (3) 
Brown, was born February 16. 1771. His 
father died during the revolution leaving the 
mother with a large family of young chihiren 
in great pt>verty. but the mother lived to sec 
most of her children well established in life. 
Owen I'rown learned the trade of tanner and 
settled first at Xorfolk. Connecticut, after- 
ward at Torrington in I7<>7. His farm at Tor- 
rington was later called the "John Brown" 
place, from the fact that the famous .Aboli- 
tionist was l»->rn there. The ilwelling house 
was built in i77f>and at last accounts was still 
standing, but unoccupied. It was located in 
the western part of the town, three miles from 



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W'olcottville. on a road seldom traveled. The 
farm was pleasantly located, but not up to 
the standard of this section, and J\Ir. Brown 
doubtless bought it because it was cheap and 
adapted to his purpose for a tannery. On a 
brook, west of the house, on the north side 
of the east and west road he built his tannery 
and shoe shop and for six years worked at his 
trade. He was a man of keen perception, 
good humor and wit. His brother John was 
deacon of the church at New Hartford ; Fred- 
erick, another brother, was a judge of the 
court at Hudson, Ohio. Owen Brown was 
strongly religious and was never absent from 
church. In 1805 he removed to Hudson, Ohio. 
He came back a year or two later on business, 
but returned to Hudson soon. He was a 
trustee of Oberlin College from 1835 to 1844 
and then resigned in consequence of growing 
infirmities. He was much esteemed by his 
associates for his practical wisdom and staunch 
integrity. He was a man of few words, be- 
cause a painful habit of stammering made it 
almost impossible for him to speak, but every 
word was valued. His home was at the seat 
of the Western Reserve College. During the 
war of 1812 he furnished cattle to the gov- 
ernment for the use of troops. He died Mav 
8, 1856. 

He married, at Simsbury. February 11. 
1793, Ruth ]\Iills, born ij/i, daughter of 
Gideon and Ruth (Humphrey) Mills, grand- 
daughter of Hon. Oliver Humphrey. His 
wife died at Hudson in 1808, and he married 
(second) Sarah Root. He married (third) 
Abi (Abigail) Hinsdale (or Lucy (Drake) 
Hinsdale, widow of Harmon). Children of 
first wife: Anna Rutli, born July 5. 1798, in 
Norfolk ; Captain John, the Abolitionist : Sal- 
mon, April 30. 1802 : Oliver Owen, October 
26, 1804; Frederick, 1806. 



John Smith, immigrant ancestor, 
SMITH was born in England and settled 
early at Ipswich, Massachusetts. 
Besides this John Smith, a John Smith settled 
at Boston, a boy in the family of Rev. John 
Wilson ; another John Smith, of Boston, was 
banished and went to Rhode Island ; a third 
was a tailor in Boston. There was a John 
Smith, of W'eymouth. in 1638: a Rev. John 
Smith at Barnstable ; John Smith, prominent 
in Dorchester as- early as 1636; John Smith, 
of Lynn, 1636: John Smith, of Salem, 1642; 
John Smith, of Hampton, New Hampshire ; 
Jolin Smith, of Plymouth. 1633 • ^I'"- John 
Smith at Dedham. i(^>yj: John Smith, of Lan- 
caster; John Smith, of Taunton, 1639: John 
Smith, of Charlestown, 1644. and perhaps 
other John Smiths all in Massachusetts before 



1650. John Smith, of Ipswich, died there in 
1672. He was a commoner and had a share 
in Plum Island in 1664. He was a tenant of 

Appleton. He married Elizabeth . 

Children, born at Ipswich : John, October 29, 
1654: Elizabeth, married William Chapman; 
\\'illiam, born April 20, 1659, was in King 
Philip's war ; Thomas, mentioned below ; 
Moriah, February 28, 1664; Ruth. October 6, 
1666; Mary, died unmarried, June 24, 1739; 
Prudence (twin of Mary), born June II, 
1670. 

(II) Thomas, son of John Smith, was born 
at Ipswich, June 7. 1661. He was one of the 
first settlers of Sufifield, Connecticut, having 
land granted to him at the second town meet- 
ing held November 17. 1682. He was a tan- 
ner. He died at Suffield, December 2, 1726. 
He married (first) in 1684, Joanna Barber, 
who died June 25, 1688; (second) Mary, 
daughter of John Younglove, the first minis- 
ter of Suffield. Child of first wife : John, born 
1688. Children of second wife: Thomas, 
Mary, Sarah, Johanna, Eleazer (twin). Ex- 
perience (twin). Obedience, Ruth, Hannah. 

(III) Thomas (2), son of Thomas (i) 
Smith, was born at Suffield, August 28. 1690, 
died there about 1759. He married Abigail, 
daughter of Anthony and Abigail (Holcomb) 
Austin. Children, born at Suffield : Thomas, 
mentioned below, and John. 

(I\") Thomas (3), son of Thomas (2) 
Smith, was born November 6. 1725, died 
about 1814. He married Esther Ball, who 
died November 5. 1822, aged eighty-four. 
Children, born at Suffield: Thomas, Abigail, 
John, mentioned below. Joseph, Alexander 
and Esther. 

( V ) John ( 2 ) , son of Thomas ( 3 ) Smith, 
was born at Feeding Hills, Massachusetts, 
June II, 1757, died at Granville. j\Iassachu- 
setts, Septem.ber 3, 1835. He was a soldier 
in the revolution in 1775. He was a miller 
by trade. He married Keziah Pease, of Som- 
ers. Connecticut, who died February 11. 1830. 
Children: Orsamus, John F.. Zebina, Henry, 
George W., Thomas Jefferson, Joseph Pease, 
Albert Gallatin, mentioned below, and Mar- 
garet Maritta. 

(VI) Albert Gallatin, son of John (2) 
Smith, was born at Granville. April 30, 1801, 
died at Collinsville, May 11, 1871. He at- 
tended the public schools and was there edu- 
cated. He was a miller for several years at 
Broadbrook, East Windsor, Connecticut. He 
owned a small place in Granville, IMassachu- 
setts, also conducted a boot and shoe business. 
He spent his last years in Collinsville with his 
children. He married Sarah Harger, of Gran- 
ville, born July 5, 1800, died February 11, 



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619 



iWi, at lla.st (iianvillc, .\Ia>saclnisetts, daiijih- 
tcr of Jod and Tahitlia ( (. oe I Harder. Cliil- 
(Ircii : Josciihinc. lienjaniiii l-"., Tiniotliy A., 
I'.i-la, l-'amiif M., Sarah Jane. Saiiuicl Henry, 
lames Alhtrt, Mar;,'aret M., Josc]»h Kc-nyoii, 
incntiiined liclnw. 

(\ll) Jo^cpli Kcnyon, son of All)ert (ial- 
latin Sniitli, was horn in Olis, Massachusetts. 
January 5. 1^4,^. lie received his early edu- 
cation in the schools of East (jranville, Slassa- 
chusetts. lie l)ei;aii to work when he was ten 
years old and when sixteen "houi^ht his time" 
of his father, workini; in summer for various 
employers and attendiuf^ the di>trict and hif;li 
schools in winter. Me was in northern New 
jersey, where he tau^dit school two years. 
Then for two years he worked in the L'nited 
States armory at Si>rin<,'tield, Massachusetts, 
and for three months in the armory at Water- 
town. New N'ork. He came to Collinsville, 
Connecticut, in i8()5, to work for the Collins 
Company as a steel forsjer and continued until 
iSjo. when he entered partnershi]) with his 
hrother Samuel Henry in the seeil trade at 
Aui^iista. New Jersey, continuin;^ one year, 
and contimied seven years in \'ir<,nnia. He 
owned a plantation of two hundred acres and 
larj^'c tracts of wood land in Loudon county, 
\'iri,'inia. While in the seed business he 
traxeled extensively for the concern and has 
heeii in twenty-six states of the Cnion. In 
1S.S0 he disposed of his plantation and timber 
lands in the south an<l returned to Collins- 
ville. I'our years later he came to Winsted, 
Connecticut, and has lived there since 1884. 
I'or a number of years he was ensajjed in the 
Hour ami feed business in Win-ted. but for 
the past fourteen years has been in the real 
estate business, handlini; farm and suburban 
pro])ertics. He is a member of \ illai;e Lodi^e, 
1-ree and .Accepted Masons. Collinsville. and 
is a ])ast master: member of the Ancient Or- 
der of Cnited Workmen. In politics he is a 
Rei)ublican. 

He married (first! December 6. 1870. .Al- 
wilda. daut^hter of James and Sarah J. (Roe) 
Shotwell, of Sussex comity. New Jersey. She 
died February 2<>, 1882, at Collinsville. Con- 
necticut. ai;ed thirt\-hve years. Children, all 
born in I.oudoii county, \ir.tjinia: i. James 
Albert, born Hecember 29. 187 1 ; assistant 
treasurer of the Winsted Savings liank : mar- 
ried. May J.V if>oo. Rmma .\. Johnson, of 
Winsted; children: Ralph Mather, born Oc- 
tober 13. iffO.s : I'aul Samuel. February 22. 
\<^y:^. 2. < iracc L.. born November (■>. 1874: 
married. June 14. KjoS. Rolla J. Spelman : 
child, X'irsjinia Fleanor. born .November 15, 
lOCX). ,v Henry Samuel, born Noveml>er 14, 
187^1, die<l .March 3. 1897. Mr. Smith mar- 



ried (second) February 6, 1884, Anna North 
Taylor, tx>rn at Avon, Connecticut, 1851, died 
.April 12. 1888. He married (third) October 
20, i8«X», Fmogene .A. Hoichkiss, of Nor- 
folk. Coimecticut, daufjliter of William and 
.Mart^aret (Hamilton) Hotchkiss. 



The ancestors of Friend W. 

SMITH Smith, one of the representative 

men of Mridgeport. active in its 

busine-s, political, fraternal and social life, 

came from Holland and luv^'and and were 

nearly all enj^aj^ed in the ministry. 

( I ) Fben Smith, the first of the line herein 
recorded, was one of the foremost clerjjymen 
of his time, and was one of the orifjinal pro- 
moters of Wesleyan L'niversity. Middletcjwn, 
Connecticut. He and his brother, James Mat- 
thews Smith, were .Methodist circuit riders 
and made preachinj.; tours tlirough Connecti- 
cut and Massachusetts. Fben Smith was a 
delegate to the general conference of his 
church for four consecutive sessions. He was 
also one of the original i)romoters of Wes- 
leyan l'niversity. Midlletown, Connecticut. 

(Ill I'rieiid William, son of Fben Smith, 
was a clergyman of the Methodist denomina- 
tion, ami for a jjcriod ai half a century 
preached in various parts of Connecticut and 
New \'ork. He married .Mary Esmond. They 
had four children : I'riend \\ illiani is the only 
son and the only one now living. 

(HI) bViend William (2). son of I'riend 
William ( I ) ami .Mary (Esmond) Smith, was 
born in Kortright, Delaware county. New 
York, May 11, 1829. He actpiircd a prac- 
tical education in the ])ublic schools of .New 
^'ork City and at .\menia Seminary. Dutchess 
county, .New York. His greatest delight was 
in books and the attainment of knowledge, 
and be read history, poetry and scientific books 
with especial pleasure. Wishing to earn his 
own living, he left school at an early age and 
became clerk in a hosiery house in New ^'ork 
City at ten dollars per month, .\fter thirteen 
years of employment in this and other lines of 
business in New York and New Haven, he 
came to P.ridgcport in 1849, and has remained 
to the present time ( 191 1 I, a period of over 
sixty years, and during that tinie has always 
been prominent in its affairs. Possessing a 
taste anri aptitude for commercial life, he 
engaged in the dry goods business in 1849 
and continued in the capacity of proprietor 
until 185 1, when he entered the employ of E. 
I'lirdseye. then the leading dry g(x»ds mer- 
chant of r«ridge|)ort. as a fellow clerk with 
David Read, who later founded the present 
great dry goo.ls house of D. .M. Read & Com- 
pany. He remained here until lW>o, a period 



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of nine years, when he was made postmaster, 
which responsible position he filled satisfac- 
torily until 1869, covering the period of the 
troublous civil war times, during both terms 
of President Lincoln's administrations, and 
during the tenure of office the new postoftice 
was erected through his instrumentality. Dur- 
ing his incumbency of the office of postmaster 
he was a member of the state central com- 
mittee, chairman of the executive committee 
in the city of Bridgeport, and, in fact, one of 
the foremost politicians of the community. At 
the close of his official service as postmaster, 
Mr. Smith entered business and organized the 
Forrester Manufacturing Company of Bridge- 
port. In 1871 he went to Nevada as a repre- 
sentative in the interest of the Connecticut 
Silver Mining Company, of which there were 
large local interests, and in which capacity 
he became familiar with the process of mining 
and milling the precious metals. He remained 
there until 1873, wdien he resigned his position 
and returned to Bridgeport, Connecticut. At 
this time the postoffice department was ad- 
vertising for a new letter box lock. Mr. 
Smith and Mr. Frederick Egge invented to- 
gether a lock for which Mr. Smith invented a 
key and they were the successful bidders. The 
outcome of this success was the organization 
in 1874 of the firm of Smith & Egge, now one 
of the most prosperous of Bridgeport's con- 
cerns. This continued until 1877, when the 
firm was incorporated as the Smith & Ec:ge 
Manufacturing Company, the new company 
buying out the stock of Mr. Egge and he 
becoming sunerintendent. The officers of the 
firm were: Friend W. Smith, president: War- 
ner H. Day, secretary and treasurer. This 
continued for many years, when Mr. Day was 
succeeded bv Frederick A. Booth, and he was 
succeeded by Oliver C. Smith, the present 
secretary and treasurer. This concern is well 
and favorably known to the United States 
government, and for several years they had 
the contract for manufacturing all the post- 
office mail locks for mail bags in use in the 
postal service in the United States : they also 
supplied Mexico, Hayti and Chili with mail 
locks and keys. 

About this time l\Tr. Smitli originated the 
system of carrier and office chains for secur- 
ing the lock keys and secured orders for the 
entire country. The appointment of Mr. 
Smith as postmaster had brought him in touch 
with many government officials, hence he had 
but little trouble in securing the contract from 
this government, as well as the foreign coun- 
tries above mentioned. He also secured con- 
tracts for all the cord fasteners and label cases 
and punchers used in the postal service, and 



for many _\ears this firm was one of the 
largest contractors in the country for furnish- 
ing supplies to the mail equipment division of 
the post office department of Mexico, Hayti, 
Chili, Santa Domingo, as well as the entire 
United States, with these articles and other 
inventions, and had extensive dealings with 
the treasury and navy departments of the 
government. There are branch offices in New 
York, Philadelphia, Chicago and St. Louis. 
The idea of using chain instead of cord for 
hanging weights to windows was conceived 
by Mr. Smith, and the "Giant"' metal sash 
chain introduced by his company is now a 
standard article in general use. Throughout 
the country for the general trade they manu- 
facture a variety of chains, padlocks and sew- 
ing-machine hardware and attachments. 

In 1891 Mr. Smith visited England and 
organized the Automatic Chain Company, in 
Birmingham, England, using his methods in 
the English market, and also made arrange- 
ments for the use of his patents in Germany. 
In addition to his achievements in the inven- 
tion of many valuable devices used in the 
postal service and his responsibility as presi- 
dent and owner of such a large concern, Mr. 
Smith organized the Bridgeport Deoxydized 
Bronze and Metal Company and was its presi- 
ilent for a long time. 

Mr. Smith's transactions throughout the 
many years of his business career Inve been 
characterized by the utmost honesty and in- 
tegrity, and his business associates and patrons 
repose in him the greatest confidence, a fit- 
ting testimonial of his character as a man. 
He has been active in the councils of the Re- 
publican party, representing Fairfield county 
in the Republican state committee for several 
years, his work therein proving satisfactory to 
his constituents and 'the people at large: also 
he served as a member of the board of ap- 
portionment and taxation of Bridgeport, re- 
tiring on account of impaired health. He 
enjoys the distinction of being the first man 
in Bridgeport to answer the call by the labor- 
ing men for the nine-hour-a-day work, which 
fact gained for him great popularity, and he 
was solicited by the Labor party several times 
to act as their nominee for the office of niavor 
of the citv. At one Labor Day parade his 
photograph, an oil painting, was carried 
through the streets. He was grand marshal 
of the Grand Army parade, June 5, 1903. and 
was presented by this body with a memorial 
commemorative of the occasion. Some of his 
employees have been with him for a quarter 
of a century, a fact which aniplv testifies to 
his qualities as an employer. Not onlv in 
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he is rccognizL'd as a man ut public spirit anil 
inlhience, and although he has attained the 
ripe age of ciyhiy-two years, he is active ami 
clear un many points. The poem which n\i- 
pears at the close of this sketch was written 
i)y himself on the fifty-seventh amiiversary of 
his marriage. It is hut one of a lar).;e num- 
ber which Mr. Smith has comjiosed, covering 
many subjects. He also contribiUed "'rhe 
Uistiiry of the llridgeport l't)st Utifice." which 
appeared in the Municipal Register for 1876, 
and the article was republished in Orcutt's 
"History nf P.ridgeport" in 1SS7. Mr. Smith 
was a member iif the reception ct)nniiittec 
which greeted Abraham Lincoln upon his visit 
to Bridgeport, lie holds meml)ershii) in St. 
Johirs Lodge. No. 3, I'ree and .\cce|)ted 
Masons, and has passed through all the bodies, 
including the Scottish Rite bodies uj) to the 
tiiirly-second degree. Though reared a Meth- 
oilist. he is now a memi)er and vestryman of 
Christ Church (Episcopal). He is a member 
and past governor of the Seaside Club, a 'mem- 
ber of .\lgon(piin. the Seaside Outing Club, 
the National Manufacturers' .Association and 
the l!ridge|)ort Ili'-torical and Scientific So- 
ciety. He is a director in the City National 
liank. He is a trustee of the Mechanics' ami 
Farmers' Savings Hank. 

Mr. Smith married, February 23, 1^53. in 
the old First Methodi-t Church.' to which 
church the family formerly bclongetl. the cere- 
mony being performed by Mr. Smith's father. 
Rev. FrieiKl William Smith, assisted by the 
Rev. Edmund S. Jayncs, brother of the late 
I5i<hop laynes of the Methodist church. :\n- 
gcline .Amelia Weed, Ixirn in the town of 
liethcl. May 3. 183^ daughter of Zilpah 
Xorthrop and Zcrah Weed. Her fatlier was 
a well-to-do farmer and manufacturer, and 
her mother came from Ridgcficld : the family 
came to Bridgeport between sixty and sixty- 
five years ago and Mrs. .Smith live<l there 
until her death. The remainder of her fam- 
ily died when comparatively young. Children 
of Mr. and Mrs. .^mith: i. Friend W. Jr., 
born December 20. 1854 : graduated from 
Yale Law .School, 1882. anfl was admitted to 
the Fairfield county bar in June. 188.^: he 
makes a specialty of patent law and has had 
a large number of cases before the Ignited 
States circuit court, and has testified as an 
expert in many cases in all the courts. FTe 
married. November it. 1884. Harriet, dautrh- 
ter of Jonathan M. and Sarah Knowlton Mer- 
ritt. of Tarrytown. \ew York : children : 
Sophia. Tulia and Friend W. (^). 2. Oliver 
Cromwell, secretary and treasurer of the 
Smith & Esjge Company ^. Charles Esmond, 
superintendent of the Smith & Egge Com- 



pany; both at home. 4. Maybelle, wife of 
Horace H. Jackson, of iSridgeport ; children : 
ICsthcr and Doris. 

Mrs. Friend William Smith died at her 
home. No. Ji2 Lafayeite street, January 21, 
lyii, ageil seventy-seven years. >even months. 
I'uncral services were conducted by the Rev. 
Earnest J. Craft. Interment was iti Moimtain 
Grove cemetery. Mrs. .Smith was a woman 
of more than ordinary intelligence and one 
who had a very active life. .She was very 
pniuinent in charitable associations. She was 
a member of the l!ridge])(«ri Ladies' Charit- 
able Society a!i(l its president milil by reason 
of her imjierfcct hearing she deemed it best 
to resign the office, but still remained on the 
board of managers. I ler personal attention 
was always given to visiting of the |>oor and 
she dispensed her charities herself. She will 
be greatly missed in this direction. Mrs. 
Smith became a member of Christ Episcopal 
Church ami was confirmed with her husband 
under the rectorship of the late Rev. I'.everly 
Warner. .\n efficient member of the tlifTcrent 
societies of the church, her heli)ing hand will 
he much missed. 



TO MY WIFE. 



Yes, 'tis a long, long time from "Now" — 

Fifty and seven years all told — 
Since we were pledge l)y marriage vow. 

And sc.ilcd that pledge with ring of gold. 

'Twas early Spring wlien we were wed. 

The birds were see'sing out their males. 
The flowers were waking from their beds, 

.\i-w life was opening wide its gales. 

.Ml well I the many years have passed. 

The hour with ns is past eleven. 
The happiest day ninst end at List — 

God gr.-'nt that ours may end in Heaven. 

We're living in the twilight now. 

The brilliant colors of the day — 
The cold ?nd crimson — graceful bow 

.'\nd yield themselves to sober gray. 

The evening of the day has come, 

.^nd weary lahor greets its close. 
.\nd in the peaceful, quiet home. 

.■\ waits the hour of sweet repose. 

Thankful for blessings we have had. 
For health and comfort all along. 

So many things to make us glad — 
Hopeful, we'll sing our evening song. 

And hlended with thpt evening song 
Forgiveness for each seeming wrong. 

.•\ud when that evening song shall cease. 
Both sink to rest in perfect peace. 

The stream th.ii liorders "Better-Land" 

Is nenr. and we can almost loss 
.\ pebble to its waters cleir — 

.And s.xin we'll gent'y step across. 



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But wlitii the border stream is croscd, 
And we have reached the farther shore, 

It cannot be ! we are not lost 
To all our loved one— evermore. 

Death cannot conquer in the strife, 

For God is love, and Love has planned 

That Death itself shall yield to Life 
Love finds its own in "Better-Land." 

And ere we leave this world so fair. 

The last sweet effort of the mind 
Shall be an earnest, ardent prayer. 

God bless the loved ones left behind. 



John North, the immigrant an- 
NORTH cestor, came to New England in 
1635 in the ship "Susan and 
Ellen," which landed in Boston. He was 
then twenty years old. He was one of the 
proprietors and first settlers of the town of 
Farmington, Connecticut, the first offshoot 
from the church of Rev. Thomas Hooker, of 
Hartford. Land was granted him there in 
1635, and he and his sons, John and Samuel, 
were included in the eighty-four original land 
owners among whom were divided, in 1676, 
the unoccupied lands of Farmington. He and 
his wife were members of the Farmington 
church, with which they united in 1656. He 
married Hannah, daughter of Thomas Bird. 
He died in 1691, aged seventy-six years. 
Children: John, born 1641 ; Samuel (twin), 
1643; Mary (twin), 1643; James, 1647; 
Thomas, 1649, mentioned below; Sarah, bap- 
tized 1653; Nathaniel, June 29, 1656: Lydia, 
May 9, 1658; Joseph, 1660, died 1691. 

(H) Thomas, son of John North, was born 
in 1649. He was a soldier in the Indian wars, 
and received for his services a soldier's grant 
of land. In 1669 he married Hannah Newell, 
born in 1656, and they settled in the north 
part of Farmington, now Avon. He died in 
1712, and his wife in 1757. They had chil- 
dren, the third of whom was Thomas, men- 
tioned below. 

(Ill) Thomas (2), son of Thomas (i) 
North, was born in 1673. He married, in 
1698, jMartha. daughter of Isaac and Eliza- 
beth (Lathrop) Roys or Royce, of Walling- 
ford, Connecticut, and granddaughter of Rev. 
John Lathrop, who came from England to 
Scituate, JNIassachusetts. in 1634. According 
to another authority, he married (first) Mary 
Rice or Roys in 1698, and (second) Martha 
Roys or Royce, her cousin. He settled in 
what is now Berlin, Connecticut, and was 
one of the founders of the Congregational 
church there, with which he united in 1707. 
He was a man of wealth and influence. He 
died in 1725. He had eiijht children, among 
tliem Tanie^, mentioned below. 



(W) James, son of Thomas (2) North, was 
born in 1709, died 'in 1758. He married Sarah 
Seymour, born December 2, 1712, died Au- 
gust 20, 1781. He lived in the Great Swamps 
of Kensington, Connecticut. Child, James, 
mentioned below. 

(V) Hon. James (2), son of James (i) 
North, was born January 18, 1748. He mar- 
ried (first) September 29, 1774, Rhoda Judd, 
who died March 15, 1824, aged seventy. He 
married (second) Abi, widow of Captain Jus- 
tus Francis, and daughter of Deacon Timothy 
Stanley. He went to New Britain and lived 
there with John Richards in Stanley Quar- 
ter. From the latter he learned the black- 
smith's trade. He was an energetic and in- 
dustrious man, and prospered. He was. a 
magistrate, clerk, treasurer of the Ecclesiasti- 
cal and School Society, also school visitor. 
He was a representative from the town of 
New Britain to the state legislature, and was 
for a time captain of the military company. 
He was appointed a member of the standing 
committee of the church, in 1795, and was 
active in securing a new meeting house in 
1822. He died May 14, 1833. His widow 
died October 3, 1852, aged eighty-seven. 
They were buried in the New Britain ceme- 
tery. Children : Rhoda, born February 10, 
1776: James, December 19, 1777: Seth, Au- 
gust 13, 1779 ; Alvin, mentioned below : Henry, 
November 3, 1783: Abi, November 21, 1784; 
Nancy, January 11, 1787: Henry, September 
24, 1789: Orpha, August 12, 1793; William 
Burnham, December 6, 1797. 

(VI) Alvin, son of Hon. James (2) North, 
was born September 4, 1781. He inarried 
(first) July 15, 1804, Anna, born January 15, 
1783, died June 26, 1815, daughter of Colonel 
Gad and Mary ( Judd ) Stanley, and grand- 
daughter of Rev. William Burnham, first pas- 
tor of the (ireat Swamp Church Society. Her 
father. Colonel Stanley, was a representative 
in the general asseinbly from Berlin from 
1785 to 1804, and was one of the wealthiest 
and most influential men in the town. Alvin 
North married (second) May i. 1816, Clar- 
issa Burnham, born June 7, 1788. daughter 
of Judge Oliver Burnham, of Cornwall. He 
was a cabinetmaker by trade, but in 1812, 
with Seth J. North and Hezekiah \\'hipple, 
began the manufacture of silver-plated buckles, 
cloak clasps and other similar articles. For 
half a century he was an active and energetic 
business man of New Britain, and was asso- 
ciated at different tiines with Henry Stanley, 
Horace Butler and several of his sons. He 
was interested in several corporations and 
was successful in all his business affairs. He 
was a man of sterling worth and integritv and 



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was one of tlic oriL,'iiial mcnihcrs, with his 
wife, I.S42, of the Soiiih C<int,'rei,'ati(>nal 
Church. He was appointed <>n tlie standinj; 
committee of the diurch in 1S43. and held 
the ofVice imtil his death. Septcmher i, 1865. 
Chihhen: ( )irin Stanley. l)orn July 13. 1805. 
married Sarah Clark, Iwrn July 18, 1809; 
Harriet A., March 5. 1807. died March 4, 
iSo<>: Henrietta, Aui,'ii<t ih, 180), died Octo- 
ber 5. 1810. Children of second wife: Oliver 
Murnham, March 13. 1817. mentioned Ixdnw : 
Harriet A.. Septemher 28, 1818: Sarah Roll- 
ers, August 28, 1820: Hubert I-ranklin, No- 
vemlier ij. 1822, married. 1852. Jane llendrix. 
Ixirn May 11, 1825: .Mary Cordelia. July i. 
1825: Henrietta Clarissa. September K.. 1829. 
( \II ) Oliver I'lUrnham. son of .Mvin .North, 
was born .March 13. 1817, in .\ew IJritain. 
died ( )ctober 27;. 1803. He became identified 
with its industries at an early age. He was 
fxr a number of ye;irs associated with his 
father in the nianufacture of silver-plated 
buckles, clnak clasps, rin,i,"i antl hooks for 
men's clothing, and hooks ami eyes for 
women'> clothing. Later he i)urchascd Judds" 
mills at New liritain and manufactureil knobs, 
bits and other articles in that line. In 1852 he 
built a larL;er jjlaut, but later this was burned 
down, and he renioved to New Haven, where 
he Continued in the manufacturing business 
until his death. He was one of the learling 
citizens of \ew Haven, and a man of wealth 
and intluence. He married. May 10, 1843. 
.Martha Illizabeth. born June 11. 1823. died 
July. i<»n'>, daughter of Jedeiliah and Rliza 
( Hollister » Post. Jedediali Post was born 
July. 178.8. in Hebron. Connecticut, died in 
July, 1866. Kliza (Hollister) Post, daughter 
of Rf>swell Hollister, of South Glastonbury, 
was biTu December 8, 1797. in South Glas- 
tonbury, died July 8. 1838. Children: i. 
William llurnham, born June 4, 1844: mar- 
rietl ( first ) Elizabeth .\ndrus : ( second ) .\n- 
nie I-. Stevens: children of first wife: i. Grace 
E.. marrie<l Louis C. Smith : ii. Clara B.. mar- 
ried .Arthur .S. .Mien ; iii. Florence C. unmar- 
ried : iv. Eleanor. unmarrie<l. 2. George Post, 
born June 3. 1849. 3. Edward ^^ill<. born 
October. 1832. died in 1871. 4. Ellen .\ugusta, 
liorn June 2. i83<): married J. \'. Clawson. 
5. John Hollister. born l-'ebruary 18. 1839: 
married M;irgucrite I'ulford : children: Cor- 
nelia P'.. John II. Jr.. Virginia, h. Mary Rus- 
sell. ."September 8. 187 1 : married J. G. Estill, 
1803: children: Joe Garner. Wallace, Gordon 
North . 

(X'llll George Post, son of Oliver Purn- 
hani Xorth, was born June 3. 1849. at New 
Britain. Connecticut. He wa« educated in the 
public schools. He has been connected with 



the < '. P.. North Company in various j3ositions 
<jf re>|x>nsibility since cr)mpleting V- ' — 
tion. and has l)een pre-ideni of tli 
tion. Mr. .North is a Re])ublican 1 
an<l an Episcopalian in religion. He is a 
member of the L'nion League Club and the 
Chamber of Commerce. His residence is the 
old family mansion at *^)04 Chapel street. He 
married. September 4. i87(». .Sarah Margaret 
I'ield. of Hamilton. C.inada, daughter of J(»hn 
I'ield. Children: 1. .Margaret Eield. born 
June 28, 1883; graduate of the New Haven 
|iul)lic and high schools an«l of Smith C"ollege. 
class of KJ05 : member of the Lawn Club of 
New Haven. 2. ( )liver Piurnbam.- January 
24. 1883: attended the public school- and 
graduated from the Hopkins (iranimar School 
of New Haven, where he prepared for col- 
lege; graduate of ^'ale College, with degree 
of .v. Pi. in 1908: afterward clerk and travel- 
ing salesman for his father's concern and 
later elected treasurer of the O. It. North 
t"oinii:iii\ . of which his father is president. 



W 



Governor Thomas Welles or 
^ Wells, immigrant ancestor, was 

born in Essex county, England, 
in 1598. His property there was confiscated 
for jiolitical reasi')ns. and he came to this 
country as secretary of Lords Say and Seal. 
He located first in Saybrcnik. alxMit 1636. and 
later in Hartford, where he was a magistrate 
as early as 1637. and for twenty-two years 
altogether, lie was deputy governor in i''>34- 
5'^-57-59'' .governor in 1^133-5^. He held 
other offices of trust and honor. He dierl 
January 14. ir)59-rx5, and was burie<l in ILirt- 
ford. He married (first) Elizabeth Hunt, 
who died in i^'qo, antl (second) Elizabeth 
Eoote. widow of Nathaniel I"i"ite. an<l sister 
of [obn Peming. one of the pioneers at 
Wethersfield. She died July 28. i(>83. aged 
eighty-eight years. He died January 14. 
if>39-fK3. Chililren: .\nn. born t'>i9: John. 
1621. mentioned below: Rol)ert. 1624, ilied 
1(139: Thonias. Ixirn 1627: .Samuel. iri3o; 
Sarah. 1(132: Mary, iC>34: Jo-^eph, 1(^37. 

(Ill John Wells, son of Governor Thomas 
Welles, was Ixirn in England, in i(S2t. and 
came over with his parents. He settled in 
Saybrook. in i^>3Ci. in Hartforrl soon after- 
ward, and in .Stratford. Connecticut, in i(>43. 
residing there the rest of his life He was 
admitted a freeman at Hartforrl in 1643. He 
was a deputy to the general court from Strat- 
ford in iC>3'>-37-39 : magistrate at .'^tratford in 
1(158. and judge of probate. He was one of 
the most prominent citizens. He married, in 
1(147, Elizabeth Curtis, sister of William Cur- 
tis, of Stratford, and daughter of John Cur- 



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tis, one of the leading citizens and first settlers 
of that town. She married (second) Jolin 
Wilcoxson, and had Hannah, Ehzabeth and 
Mary. Children of John Wells: John (2), 
born 1648, mentioned below; Thomas; Robert 
(twin of Thomas), 1651; Temperance, 1654; 
Samuel, 1656; Sarah, September 28, 1659; 
Mary, August 29, 1661. 

(III) John (2), son of John (i) Wells, 
was born in 1648, at Stratford, and died there, 
March 24, 1713-14. He married Mary Hol- 
lister, daughter of John Hollister. Children, 
born at Stratford: Mary, November, 1670. 
married Jeremiah Judson ; Sarah, January, 
1673-74: . John, 1675-76; Comfort: Joseph, 
June 12, 1679: Elizabeth; Robert, September, 
16S8; Thomas, mentioned below. 

(IV) Deacon Thomas, son of John (2) 
Wells, was born at Stratford, in 1690. He 
married there, August 31, 1710, Sarah Stiles, 
of an old Connecticut family. Children, born 
at Stratford: Bathsheba, August 30, 171 1: 
Ephraim, November 7, 1712; Comfort, Sep- 
tember 15, 1714; Sarah, June 28, 1715; 
Thomas, August 20, 1717 ; Gurdon. February 
3, 1724; Hezekiah. mentioned below. 

(V) Hezekiah, son of Deacon Thomas 
W'ells, was born July 12, 1732, at Stratford. 
He married Elizabeth Nichols, daughter of 
Theophilus Nichols. They removed to Litch- 
field, Connecticut, and he died there. Chil- 
dren, born at Stratford : Philip, November, 
1753; Agur, 1756, mentioned below; Glo- 
riana. 

(\T) Agur, son of Hezekiah Wells, was 
born in Stratford, in 1756. He married, Feb- 
ruary 2, 1780, Pixlee, and settled in 

Stratford. Children, born in Stratford : Wil- 
liam, August I, 1781 ; David, January 18, 
1783. mentioned below; Nicholls, June, 1720; 
Bettie, November 9, 1786 ; Molly, November 
3, 1788: Agur, September 9, 1790. 

(VIT) David, son of Agur Wells, was born 
at Stratford, January 18, 1783. He appears 
to have settled, when a young man, in New- 
town. He married . Child : Emory, 

mentioned below. 

(\'nT) Emory, .son of David Wells, was 
born in Newtown. He learned the trade of 
shoemaker. In 1841 he moved to Lockport, 
New York, where he engaged in the manu- 
facture of shoes the rest of his life. He was 
a Democrat in politics, a faithful and consis- 
tent Episcopalian in religion, and one of the 
most honored and highly respected citizens of 
the town. He married Maria Gilbert, daugh- 
ter of Isaac Gilbert. Children, born at New- 
town : Jenette, married Henry Jackson ; 
Isaac, settled in Fairfield county : ."Xmbrose 
H., mentioned below. 



(IX) Ambrose H., son of Emory Wells, 
was born in Newtown, March 26, 1837, and 
died February 15. 1910. He received his early 
education in the public schools of Newtown, 
and learned the trade of blacksmith, at which 
he worked for three years in North Salem, 
New York, when he went to Newtown, then 
to \\'oodbury, and, in 1862 to Waterbury, as 
foreman of the tube department in the brass 
factory of Brown Brothers, a position he held 
for a period of nineteen years. He had also 
worked previously in a paper mill in New- 
town, and as foreman in the paper mill at 
Woodbury, Connecticut, and was for two 
years in the flour and feed business in Water- 
bury. He then began business on his own 
account, manufacturing specialties, with one 
man and a boy to help him. The business 
grew, and in 1890 he built a small shop at 
the present location, on the \\'atertown road, 
twenty by thirty feet. From time to time 
he built additions to provide for his increasing 
trade, until now the floor space amounts to 
twenty-five thousand square feet, and a force 
of one hundred men or more is employed. The 
factory is devoted to the manufacture of 
seamless brass tubing. The business was in- 
corporated in 1907 tmder the name of A. H. 
Wells and Company, the stock being held by 
himself, wife, five sons and granddaughter. 
He was a member of King Solomon Lodge of 
Free Masons, of Woodbury and a prominent 
member of Union Chapter, and a member of 
its board of trustees. 

He was, as all his sons were, a charter mem- 
ber of the Pequot Club. In politics he was a 
Democrat, and he was on the board of finance 
of the city of Waterbury for a number of 
years, and at the time of his death was a 
member of the board of public works. He al- 
ways declined to become a candidate for pub- 
lic office, though not lacking in interest in 
public affairs. All five sons were associated 
with him in business. The present officers of 
the corporation are : president. Samuel J. ; 
vice-president, Franklin .A.; treasurer. George 
H. ; secretary and assistant treasurer, Clifford 
H. ; superintendent, Edward A. ; these and 
[Mrs. -A. H. Wells constitute the board of di- 
rectors. 

He married, December 17, 1862, Eveline 
ludson, daughter of Zenas J. Judson (see 
Judson). Children: i. Samuel J., married 
(first) Jennie Marie Fischer; (second) Mary 
Schulke. who is of German ancestry ; child of 
first wife : Aletha M. ; children of second 
wife: Martha A.; George T. 2. George H., 
married Flora Davis. 3. Franklin A., mar- 
ried Amelia Schulke ; children : Lillian. Emily, 
Gertrude and Florence. 4. Edward A., mar- 




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I 



ricil Cait'liiif luifjcrt. aiul liad vjii I'Mwin. 
5. ClilToid C, not niarrie<i. 

(llie Jiulson Liiic ». 
( I ) William Judson, iiiimigraiit ancestor, 
was born in iilnglaiul, \'orksliirc tradition 
says, and came to America in 1634, to Con- 
cord, Massacluisetts. where lie lived four 
years, 'liien he located at Hartford, Ci>nnec- 
ticut, and in idyj settled at Stratford, Con- 
necticut. Iii> wdl was dated Decemlier 21, 
i(rf>i, ant! he ilicd before December 15, if>f}2, 
the date of his inventory. His wife Grace 
died at New Haven, September 2<), M159, and 
he married (second) I'"lizabeth W'ilmot, widow 
of llenjanu'n W'ilmot. She died in I-'ebruary, 
ir.Sj. He die.l July 2<>, KV'u. Children, born 
in l'"n.L;land : |i)>e|)ii. i^tiQ, mentioned below; 
Jeremiah ; Joshua. 

(H) Lieutenant Jiise|ih. .sou of William 
Judsnu. was born in Kupland in 1(119. Ik- 
was nineteen years old in i'>39, when the 
fnmil\- settled in .Stratford. He married 
Sarah. i)roI)al)ly daui;hter i;>f John I'orter, of 
W ind-or, October 24, 1(144. and she died 
Marcli 16, 1696-97, aged seventy years. He 
died October 8, 1690, aged seventy-one years. 
Children, born at Stratford: Sarah. March 
2. i(>45: John. December 10, i(>47: James, 
Ai>ril 24. 1650. mentioned below; (iracc, I'eb- 
rnary i. 1(151 ; Joseph. .March 10. i(>54; Han- 
nah, December 13, 1057; Esther. .\ui;ust 20, 
i6(x); Joshua (twin). October 27, iC)64: Ruth 
(twin I, Octol)er 2~. 1664; Phcbe, October 29. 
I()<i(i: .Abigail. September 13, 1669. 

( III ) Captain James, son of Lieutenant Jo- 
seph Judson, was born in Stratford, .\pril 
24. i(>30, and died there, February 2^, 1720- 
21. He was a large land owner and farmer: 
captain of the military company. He married 
(first) .\uijust 18, i()8o. Rebecca, (laughter of 
Tlionias W'ells. She was born in i(>55. and 
died Xovembcr 3. 1717. He married ( sec- 
ond I Xovember 20, 1718. .Ann, daughter of 
James Steele, of Wethersfield, son of Sam- 
uel. She died in 1739. Children, born at 
Stratlnrd: Hannah, May 30, 1682-83: Sarah. 
February |(>. i()S3-84; Rebecca, February 23, 
i(>84-.*<3 : Joseph. J.inuary 10. 1(186: James, 
.April I. 1(180: Plubc, October 2, 1691 ; David, 
.August 7, i(")3. mentioned below. 

( I\') Captain David, son of Captain James 
Judson, was Iiorn at Stratford, .August 7. 
1(103. He married there, October 29. 1613, 
riiclie. I'aughter of Ejihraim Stiles. He died 
and was buried in New Haven. Connecticut. 
Children, born at ."-Stratford; David. ."Septem- 
ber 20. 1713; Phebe. I'ebruary 19, 1717-18; 
.Abel. January 31. 1719-20; .Abel, February 
13, 1721-22, mentioned below: .Agur. Marcji 



2}i, 1724; Ruth, .\pril 26, 1726; Daniel, April 
20, 172S; .Sarah, October 17, 1730; .Abncr. 
June 9, 1733; Metty, l-'cbruary 12, i7,V>i7. 

(\ ) .Abel, son of Captain David Judson, 
was born February 13, 1721-22. He mar- 
ried. May 7, 1744, Sarah Kurton. Chiblrcn: 
John, born 1745: .\bel (2), mentioned belnw; 
.Sarah, 1749, married .Aslier Peck; Ruth, 1732. 
married Henry l'"airman. 

(\h Abel (2), s(in iif Abel (i) Judson. 
was born in Stratford, in 1746. He located 
in .Wwtown, Fairfield county, where he owned 
more than two hundred acres of land on 
Mile Hill, now or lately occupied by Daniel 
G. Heers. He was a man of inde|>endent 
tliought and action, and a ])rominent member 
of the .'>andem:uii:(n church. He married .\nn 
I'.eunett. ChiMrcn, born at .Newtown: 1. 
Ruth, Xovember 17, 1769; married M. Hard. 
2. IJennett, February 12, 1771. 3. Hetscy, 

Decemlier 22. 1772: married Prindlc. 

4. Rufus, December 2j, 1774; removed to 
C)hio. 3. .Abner, October 17. 1776; married 
(first) Hard: (second) Ju<l- 



son ; ( third I 



Shejiherd. 6. Abel. 1778. 



7. Marcus, February 3, 1780. 8. Laura, De- 
cember 8. 178 1 : marriefl Zera HIackman. 9. 
Jerusha, September 22, 1783: married b-leazer 
Starr. 10. Silence, .April 3, 1783; married 
Daniel W'ells, a shoemaker of Zoar. Comiec- 
ticut. n. Isaac, February 3, 17S7. 12. Dr. 
John, February 11, 1789. 13. Martin. Feb- 
ruary 17, 1791 ; a miller at .Sandy Ho<ik, Con- 
necticut. 14. Zenas J., mentioned below. 15. 
.Anna, January 6. 1793; married Thomas 
Seeley, a shoemaker and hotel keeper at New- 
town. 

i\'H) Zenas J., son of .\bel (2) Judson. 
was btirn at Xewtown, March 28, 1793. Me 
was a tailor by trade, and lived at Xewtown. 
He married Fanny Torrence. The youngest 
of their thirteen children. Eveline, married 
.\mbrose H. W'ells (see W'ells). 



CII) Thomas (2), son of Gov- 
WELLS ernor Thomas (i) W'ells fq. v.), 
was born in England, about 1627, 
died in 1(168 at Hartford. He married. June 
23. 1634. Ilaimah, daughter of John Pantry, 
one of the original settlers of Hartford. Hi-" 
wirlow flied .August 9. ^''>^.^- Children; Re- 
becca. 1655: Thomas. 1637: Sarah. 16;'): 
Ichalwd, 1660: Samuel, i(^^»2 : Jonathan. i'>'i4: 
Joseph. 1667. 

(Ill) Thomas (3). son of Thoiuas (2) 
W'ells, wa<; born at Hartford in 1637, died 
March. KVi;. when a young man. He mar- 
ried Mary I'.lackleach. His widow married 
("second > John Olcott. \(<it^. and had four 
chiblren. She married (third) Captain Jo- 



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seph Wadsworth, chief actor in the conceal- 
ment of the colonial charter in the famous oak 
tree. Children of Thomas and Mary Wells: 
Thomas, born October i6. 1690: John, men- 
tioned below. 

(IV) John, son of Thomas (3) \\'ells, was 
born December 16, 1693. He married (first) 
September 8, 1715, Elizabeth Chamberlain. 
Children, bom at Colchester: Mary, July 15, 
1716; John, November 24, 1718. John Wells 
married (second) January 29, 1738, Sarah 
(Bulkeley) Trumbull, widow of Joseph Trum- 
bull and daughter of Rev. John and Patience 
(Prentice) Bulkeley. Joseph Trumbull was 
brother of Jonathan Trumbull. Rev. John 
Bulkeley was son of Rev. Gershom and Sarah 
(Chauncey) Bulkeley, grandson of Rev. Peter 
Bulkeley, the immigrant, a sketch of whom 
appears elsewhere in this work. Sarah 
Chauncey was daughter of President Chaun- 
cey of Harvard College. 

(V) Chauncey, son of John Wells, was 
born in Colchester in 1745, died January 26, 
1810. He was a taxpayer in his native town 
in 1787. He followed farming for his voca- 
tion. He married, October 20, 1785, }i[arga- 
ret Wise, who died April 20, 1826. Children : 
Oliver B.. born June 18. 1786; Eliar, Octo- 
ber 7, 1787; Guy, June 6, 1789; Anna, July 
10, 1 791: Chauncey, July 30, 1793. mentioned 
below; Sally. April 12. 1796; Roxey, June 9, 
1799: Bethiah T.. March 23, 1807. 

(\T) Chauncey (2), son of Chauncey (1) 
Wells, was born in Colchester, July 30, 1793, 
died October 25, 1858, and is buried in the 
old cemetery at Hartford. He removed to 
Hartford and married (first) Hannah King, 
February 9, 1826. He married (second) Jan- 
uary 6, 1840, Charity Pease. Children of 
first wife: i. Anna E., born May 7, 1828; 
married, September 19. 1850, J. Watson 
White, and removed to Waterbury, Connecti- 
cut, about 1850, and died April 30, 1861. 2. 
Hannah S., November 20, 1829 : married, 
March 17, 1852, Edward L. Caswell and re- 
moved to Phoenixville, Pennsylvania, about 
1854, and died January 8, 1888. 3. Sarah J., 
November 13, 183 1, died August 29, 1872, 
unmarried. 4. Chauncey, July 10, 1833, died 
June 20. 1838. 5. Alfred, mentioned below. 

(VII) Alfred, son of Chauncey (2) Wells, 
was born in Hartford, December 21, 1834. 
He spent the first sixteen years of his life in 
his native town and attended the Hartford 
high school. He came to Waterbury in 185 1. 
He enlisted November 14, 1862, and entered 
the service as lieutenant of Companv A, 
Twenty-third Regiment. Connecticut \'olun- 
teer Infantry, and was afterward commis- 
sioned captain. lie went with his regiment 



to reinforce the command of General Banks 
in Louisiana. During the siege of Port Hud- 
son, the Twenty-third Regiment was sent to 
guard the New Orleans & Opelousas railroad 
and Captain Wells was stationed at Bayou 
Boeuf in charge of a large quantity of gov- 
ernment stores. When General Richard Tay- 
lor surrounded the place with a superior force 
of Confederates and capture became inevit- 
able. Captain Wells rendered eil'ective service 
in destroying the supplies to prevent their 
falling into the hands of the enemy. He 
was captured June 24, 1863, and taken to the 
Confederate prison at Tyler, Texas, where 
he was confined thirteen months. After his 
release. Captain Wells returned to Waterbury 
and soon engaged in partnership with J. VV. 
A\'hite, and after the death of J. W. White 
was engaged with L. C. \\''hite, dealer in 
papers, strawboard. etc. A wooden factory 
was built on Bank street in 1868 and was 
destroyed by fire the same year. A brick 
factory was immediately built. The firm was 
the first to manufacture pulp lined straw- 
board. The business grew to large propor- 
tions and much of its success was due to the 
ability, activity and good judgment of Cap- 
tain Wells. Mr. Wells remained in the firm 
for twenty years, to the time of his death. 
He took a keen interest in politics and in 
the alifairs of the city of Waterbury. He 
was for a time president of the common coun- 
cil. He was a Republican. By nature con- 
servative, careful in forming opinions and 
cautious in expressing them, he possessed a 
great influence in the community and was al- 
ways to be found striving for the best things 
in the community. In religion he was a Con- 
gregationalist. He died July 11, 1886, and 
his death was a great loss to the city. 

He married, December 23, 1856, Sarah Jen- 
nett Caswell, of Phoenixville, Pennsylvania, 
born April 27, 1833, died October 26, 1904, 
daughter of John Nevins Caswell, who was 
born in Hartford, February 19, 1802, died 
January 4, 1866. He married Martha Lemon, 
of Phoenixville. Children: i. Charles Nev- 
ins. born at Waterbury, October 4, 1857, died 
in Southford, Connecticut, September 11, 
1905 ; married, January 18, 1888, Minetta C. 
Burton, who died November 7, 1908 ; chil- 
dren : i. Alfred, born in Brooklyn, New York, 
August 28, 1888 ; ii. Helen Jeannette, born in 
Boston, Massachusetts. November 22, 1890: 
iii. Frances Bacon, born in New Haven, Con- 
necticut, October i. 1896; iv. Jean Elizabeth. 
1)nrn in New Haven, October 14, 1900; all of 
whom have been living with their father's 
sister, Martha C. Wells, at 270 Grove street, 
since the death of their mother. 2. Martha C, 




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iKjni in W atcrljiirv, January 11, iSfio. resides 
at J~o Gruve street, \\'aterl)ur\ . 



(V) Thomas (3), mmi uf iJcacon 

WELLS Thomas (2) \\ ells ((j. v.i, was 
born August 20. 1717. He mar- 
ried Sarah Lalxirie. C hiltlren : liathsheba, 
borti October 4, 1744; James, .\i)ril 13. 1748; 
riidmas. March 2^, ^Jh-'- Sarali, l)ai)ti/ed 
November, 1754: Elias. mentioned below. 

(\n Elias. son of Thomas (3) Wells, was 
born November 30. 175'j. in Slratl'ord. in the 
old Wells homestead. He servetl in the revo- 
lution. He was by occupation a farmer in 
."^iratford. In religion he was an Episcopalian. 
He married. August 30, 1781, IVninah Wheel- 
er, (."hililren: riathsheba, born October, 
1782: I'rania, November 15. 1784: .Sally 
Kacliel. I'ebruary 10. 1787; John, October 6. 
1781;; Elias. October 19, 1793: Lewis, men- 
tioned below. 

(\IIi Lewis, son of Elias Wells, was born 
ill Stratford, and ba|)tize<I there .\i)ril, 179'). 
He was a farmer by occupation, imd bought 
hi-- first farm near that of his father in Strat- 
ford. Later he sold it and removed to Kridge- 
port, where he l)ought several lots of land in 
I hat ])art which was then .Stratford. He 
servetl in the war of 181 2. together with his 
brother John, their camp being located where 
the locomobile shops now are. In politics he 
was a Democrat and always interested in all 
town affairs. He died in Stratford. He mar- 
ried lletsex . daughter of .^anuiel Wheeler, who 
died in Stratford, aged fifty-five years. Chil- 
dren: I. Leonard, born May 2, 1829. men- 
tioned below. 2. Thomas, unmarried : died in 
."stratforil. 3. William IX. born 1835; moved 
to Kansas: married (first) Lovey \'. Widgeon 
.ind had chiblren: married (second) Emma F. 
W oolley and had one child. 

(N'llh Leonard, son of Lewis Wells, was 
born May 2. 1820. in Stratford. His father 
moved to iJridgeport when he was very young, 
and he was educated there, in the old Mill 
Cireen School, kept by David I'ooth. He has 
followed general farming as an occupation all 
his life. His farm now stands in tlie city, 
and at one time contained about one hun- 
ilrcd acres, some of which he has cut up into 
building lots and sold. He still keeps his 
homestead and a large lot. a part of which is 
used as a garden. He was formerly a Demo- 
crat and has served as selectman in Strat- 
ford. He takes a general interest in all town 
nlTairs. He is a member of the ."^ons of the 
\merican Revolution. He married, in ."strat- 
lord. l-"lizabeth Dougal. daughter of John 
Ford, who was a farmer and a well-known 
man in Milford. Connecticut. He died in 



Lridgeiwrt. Elizabeth D. Lord was born in 
.Milford and died in Uridgeiwrt. Giilrlren: 
1. Lewis Wheeler, born in Stratford; edu- 
caleil there ; now a minister, living in Mills- 
bom. Delaware, ()reacliing at St. I 'aid's I'lpis- 
copal Church; niarrieil Sarah .\nn Grove; 
they had three children, all deceased. 2. 
luij.jene I'ord, born in Stratford and cducate<l 
there ; civil engineer ; lives in nridgep<jrt with 
his father; marrie<l .Mice Wheeler Wells, 
daughter of William P. Wells, of Lawrence, 
Kansas. 3. I'rank Leonard, resides in East 
Hartford, employed with the Hartford Gas 
CiHupany ; married Ida May Benedict. The 
father, grandfather and great-grandfather of 
Leonard Wells were born in the old retl house 
in Stratford, which is still standing. 



Simon Hinitington. the 
lir.Vri.VG'rt ).\ immigrant ancestor, was 
Ixjrn in England and 
sailed for New England in i«)33 with his 
wife and children, but was taken ill anil died 
on the voyage of smallpox. His widow, Mar- 
garet ( I'.arretl ) Huntington, settled with her 
children first at Roxbury. Massachusetts, 
where she married (second) i'>35-.V>. Thomas 
.^toughton of Dorchester. They removed to 
Windsor. Ct)nnecticut. and settled there. Mar- 
garet was probaldy born in Norwich, England. 
Practically nothing is known of ."^imon Hunt- 
ington. Even his name was a mystery to the 
early genealogists of the family. Children: 
William, settled in Salisbury about if)40; 
Thomas, settled in Connecticut; Christopher, 
mentioned below ; Simon, settled in Norwich, 
Comiecticut : .\nn. mentioned in a letter writ- 
ten by Peter I'.arrelt to his sister. Margaret 
(Barrett) Huntington. 

(H) Christopher, .son of .'^imon and Mar- 
garet (Barrett) Huntington, came to New 
England witli his mother, and lived at Wind- 
sor. He married there in i'i52, Ruth, daugh- 
ter of William Riickwell. He removed to 
Saybrook, and in the spring of 1660 was one 
of the founders of Norwich, and was one of 
the patentees of the town in 1665. He died 
in 1691. Children: i. Christopher, born 1653; 
died at Saybrook. 2. Ruth. Iwrn .\pril 13, 
1*153 (pri>bably twin), died young. 3. Ruth, 
Ixirn .\pril. 1638, died March 26, 1(181. 4. 
Christopher, horn November t. 1660: the first 
male child born in Norwich: married (first) 
May 26. iTiSi. Sarah .\dgate ; (second) Mrs. 
Judith (.'^tevens) Brewster, widow of Jona- 
than Brewster, who was great-grandson of 
Elder William P.rewster. 5. Thomas, born 
March 18. i*/»4. fi. John, March 15, 1^)66, 
mentioned below. 7. Susannah. .Xugnst. ifrfiS; 
married Captain Samuel Griswold. 8. Lydia, 



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August, 1672. 9. Ann, October 25, 1675 ; 
married Jonathan Bingham. 

(Ill) John, son of Christopher and Ruth 
(Rockwell) Huntington, was born in Norwich, 
iMarch 15, 1666, and died in 1696. He mar- 
ried. December 9, 1687, Abigail Lathrop, born 
May. 1668, daughter of Samuel Lathrop and 
granddaughter o"f Rev. John Lathrop, the first 
minister of Scituate, Massachusetts, who was 
imprisoned in London two years and finally 
released in 1634. Her father removed to Nor- 
wich in 1648, and was constable in 1691 ; chil- 
dren : Abigail, born February 19, 16S9: John, 
April 20, 1690, mentioned below ; Hannah, 
born March 25, 1693-94, married John Hunt ; 
Martha and Deborah, twins, born December 9, 
1696. 

(lY) John (2), son of John (i) and Abi- 
gail (Lathrop) Huntington, was born April 
20. 1690, and died June 2, 174 — . He removed 
to Tolland early in the settlement of that town. 
He married in 1723. Thankful Warner, of 
Windham, who died July 14, 1739. Children: 
John, born February 22, 1726. mentioned be- 
low: Thankful, ]\Iarch 16, 1727; Samuel, July 
II, 1728, died in the French war: Andrew, 
born October i, 1732; Deborah, born May 21, 

1736- 

(\ ) John (3), son of John (2) and Thank- 
ful (Warner) Huntington, was born in Tol- 
land. Connecticut, February 22, 1726, and was 
accidentally killed by a fall under a cart wheel 
on the road from Hartford to Tolland. March 
23. 1774. He was a farmer in Tolland, and 
married Mehitable Steele, born June 6, 1733. 
Children: John, born May 11. 1749; married, 
1783. Rebecca Newell; Thankful, born July 
23. 1750, died October 29, 1750: Mehitable. 
January 24, 1752: twin daughters, born and 
died November 15, 1753: Elisha, December 
17, 1754: William, September 19, 1757: Heze- 
kiah, December 30, 1759, mentioned below: 
Deborah, November 21, 1762: Samuel, March 
23. 1765. married Sally Howard; Abigail, 
March 29, 1767; Ruth, May 12, 1769; Thank- 
ful. October 3. 1771 ; ATara. October 27, 1774: 
died August 3, 1777. 

(VI) Hon. liezekiah Huntington, son of 
John (3) and Mehitable (Steele) Huntington, 
was born in Tolland, December 30, I7,S9. He 
studied law with Gideon Granger of Suffield, 
and with John Trumbull, afterwards judge of 
the superior court, and was admitted to the 
bar at Hartford in 1789. He established him- 
self at the practice of law in Suffield in 1790, 
and soon attained eminence in his profession. 
In 1806 he was appointed by Jefferson attorney 
for Connecticut, holding the office until 1829. 
He was a member of the general assembly in 
several sessions from Alav, 1802, until October 



1805. In 1801 he was appointed a commis- 
sioner under the bankrupt law of the United 
States, and held the office about two years. 
In 1813 he removed to Hartford, where he 
resided the rest of his hfe. He died in Aliddle- 
town. May 2"/, 1842. Mr. Huntington was a 
man of great ability and was very popular. 
He married, in Suffield, October 5, 1788, Susan 
Kent, born September 20, 1768. Children: i. 
Henry W., born August 16, 1789; graduate 
of Yale 181 1 : married Helen Dunbar. 2. Julia 
Ann, born December 10, 1790; married, (Octo- 
ber 12, 1814, Leicester King, a merchant of 
Bloomfield, Ohio, where she died January 24, 
1849; children: i. Henry W. King, born Sep- 
tember 24, 1815, died November 21, 1837; ii. 
Julia A. King, born November 7, 1817; iii. 
Susan H. King, born July 6, 1820, died 1837; 
iv. Leicester King, born July 26, 1823 ; v. 
David King, born December 24, 1825 ; vi. 
Helen D. King, born November 19, 1827 ; vii. 
Hezekiah King, born August 3, 1829 ; viii. 
Catherine B. King, born July 8. 1832. 3. 
Horace Augustus, born May g, 1792; married, 

181 7, Maria Evans, and became a merchant in 
Natchez, Mississippi, w'here he died of yellow 
fever December 9, 1819. 4. Samuel Howard, 
born December 14. 1793; mentioned below. 5. 
Hezekiah, born October 28, 1795; married 
(first), June 26, 1825, Sarah Morgan, who 
died April 16, 1847; (second), Catherine B. 
Sumner : was a publisher and the president 
of the Hartford Fire Insurance Company. 6. 
Susan Lyman, born January 14, 1798 ; married, 
October 21, 1833, Rev. J. B. Cook, a Baptist 
minister of Binghamton. New York ; had 
Susan Kent Cook, born December 26, 1837. 
7. Francis Junius, born December 3. 1802; 
married, September i, 1833, Stella Bradley 
Bull, daughter of Michael Bull : was a pub- 
lisher in Hartford and New York City. 

(MI) Hon. Samuel Howard Huntington, 
son of Hon. Hezekiah and Susan (Kent) 
Huntington, was born in Suffield, December 
14, 1793. He graduated from Yale College in 

1818, and was admitted to the bar. He began 
practice in Hartford, and was successful from 
the start. In 1829 he was clerk of the state 
senate. He was judge of the county court 
and on the establishment of the court of claims 
in Washington, District of Columbia, he was 
elected the chief clerk. He was for many years 
a warden of Trinity Church. He died at his 
residence on Summer street, Hartford, Febru- 
ary 4, 1880. aged eighty-six years. He had 
been a man of remarkably vigorous health 
all his life; a man of good habits and warm 
hospitality. At the age of eighty-five he 
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he wrote an article publislicd in the Hartford 
Times, coiiccniinp; the location of a railway 
cmssinj;. 'rhoiij^h his health was at the time 
failing, the article showed that his luiiul re- 
tained its wonted vifjor. He married (first), 
October J5. 1825. Catherine H. lirinlev, who 
died July 21. 18,^2, aj,a'd twenty-six. dantrhtcr 
of (ieorj^e r.rinlcy, of I'.oston. He married 
(second), Sarah Blair W'atkinson, who died 
April 26, 1876, danj^hter of Robert W'atkin- 
sr)n. Children: Catherine I'.rinley. born Janu- 
ary I. 1837: Maria Champion, December 27, 
rS^S: Robert Uatkinson. December 3. 1S40, 
mentioned lielow ; Sanniel. December 17. 1842; 
Henry Kent, March 2";^. 1844: Sarah I'.lair and 
i;iiz;ii:eth A., twins. November 30, 1847. 
Eii/abeth A. married Charles J. Cole ( see Cole 
family ). 

(\1II) Colonel Robert Watkinsoir Hnnt- 
injjton. son of Hon. Samuel H. Himtington, 
was iKirn r)ecenil)er 3. 1840. ( )ii the breaking 
out of the civil war he was a freshni.nn in 
Trinit_\ Collcfjo. He enlisted in (ieiicral Haw- 
ley's compan_\-. First Connecticut V'ohniteer 
Infantry, ami in September. iST)!, was ap- 
|)ointed a lieutenant in the Marine Corjis. He 
was in the service continuously until the fall 
of i8()<). ( )n June 21. i8<'>4. he was promoted 
to the rank of captain. He was senior Marine 
Corps oflicer at Samoa, and was on board the 
"Trenton." After the destruction of the ships 
in the hurricane there of 1887. he was in com- 
mand of the marine forces on shore which laid 
out the encam|)nie;U. etc. On October 24, 
i88«>. he was promoted to major, and February 
2. i8i)7. to lieutenant-colonel. Durint; the 
Spanish war he was in charge of a battalion 
about six hundred and fifty strong. They 
sailed on the "Panther." and were encamped 
in F'lorida for some time. On reaching Guau- 
tanamo Ray. they were landed on Friday. June 
10. under cover of a war-ship, and all day 
Saturday and until Sunday forenoon the Span- 
ish forces on land kejit up a bushwhacking 
fight, killing four men and wounding several. 
Entrenchments were thrown nj) in sjiite of the 
op|)osition of the enemy, their attack lasting a 
week, being made chiefly at night. The land- 
ing was of great value, and "Camp McCalla," 
as it was named, became famous in American 
history. One of the results of the landing was 
to secure for the blockading squadron a safe 
anchorage and a smoother sheet of water for 
coaling. It was an important nuive, executed 
with judgment and skill. For meritorious 
service. C11I. Huntington was promoted to the 
rank of colonel. He was retired from active 
service January 10, \cpo. He married (firsts, 
Xovember. 1865, Jane Lathrop Trumbull, 
great-granddaughter of Jonathan Trumbidl. 



She tlieil March 3, i8fi8. He married (sec- 
ond) in 1879. Elizabeth S., daughter of Gen- 
eral Amiel Whipple, who was killed at the 
battle of .\ntictan). Children of first wife: 
Robert Watkinson and Rev. Daniel Trumbull, 
both further mentioned hereafter. Child of 
second wife: F'leanor Sherburne, married Wil- 
liam Randall Sayles. 

(IX) Rolx-rt W'atkinson Huntington, son 
of Colonel Robert W atkinson and Jane I^ith- 
rop (Trumbidl) Htmlington, was born in Nor- 
wich, Connecticut. NovemlKT 9. i8<V>. In carlj 
boyhood, after the death of his mother, he 
went to reside with his grandfather. Judge 
Sanuiel Howanl Huntington, at Hartfnrd, .tikI 
after graduating from the Hartford high 
school he entered Yale University, taking his 
bachelor's degree with the class of 1889. .\t 
Vale he affiliated with several college societies, 
inchnling the Scroll and Key. In Novemlier, 
1889, be entered the service of the Coiniecticut 
General Life Insurante Companv as an errand 
boy in the home office at Hartford, and per- 
ceiving the possibilities ojien to him he de- 
tennined to accept that line cif business as his 
life work, fully determined to reach the tt»p 
round f>f the ladder ere his ambition should 1k' 
satisfied. From the most luunblc post in the 
service he rapidly advanced thron>;li the vari- 
ous grades, including the exacting |)Osition of 
actuary and the highly resi>onsible office of 
secretary, and in i<>oi he was chosen presi- 
dent of the company, th\is reaching the i;oal of 
his ambition in the unusually short period of 
twelve years. Twenty years ago tlic assets 
of the Connecticut ( ieneral Life Insurance 
Company amounteil to $i.9f>o,482.49. its 7302 
jwlicies amounted to §9.333,410: January i, 
19 10. its assets amounted lo SS.87 1.702. 22, 
and its insurance in force to $44,5(18.663. 
Mr. Huntington is connected a* director 
and trustee with some of the strongest finan- 
cial institutions in Hartford. He is a fel- 
low of the Actuarial Society of .America ; 
is a member of the Ilartfonl Club and the 
Hartford Golf Hub: and of Trinity (Protes- 
tant Episcopal) Church, of which he is a 
vestr\man. In politics he is independent. 

In his youth Mr. Huntington maile good 
u-^e of his opportunities for an unrestricted 
indulgence in manly sports, particularly hunt- 
ing and fishing, thereby developing an excep- 
tionally strong physic|ue, which has enabled 
him to i^reserve intact the buoyancy and 
spirit of youth, in spite of the numerous cares 
and res[ion-ibiliiie- incumbent upon his posi- 
tion. 

May 5. 190(1. Mr. Huntington married Miss 
Constance .\lton W'illard. of Lexington, 
Massachusetts: their children are: Robert 



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Watkiiison. born July 2, 1907; Mary Willard, 
born March 15, 1909. 

(IX) Rev. Daniel Trumbull Hunting-ton, 
son of Colonel Robert Watkinson and Jane 
Lathrop (Trumbull) Huntington, was born 
in Norwich, Connecticut, August 4, 1868. He 
was graduated from Yale with the class of 
1892, and after studying for a year at the 
General Theological Seminary in New York 
he entered the Berkeley Divinity School, 
Middletown, Connecticut, completing his 
course there in 1895. He was ordained a 
deacon in June, 1895, and became a priest 
of the Protestant Episcopal church in April, 
1896. Immediately after his ordination as 
deacon he entered the foreign mission service 
under the auspices of the Episcopal board, 
and in the following September began his 
labors at Hankow, Central China. From 
February to June, 1896, he was in charge 
temporarily of the Boone School at Wuchang, 
and was subsequently engaged in mission 
work in Shasi, Hsinti and Hankow. He is 
now stationed at Ichang. 



(Ill) Deacon Christo- 
HUNTINGTON pher (2) Huntington, 
son of Christopher (i) 
Huntington (q. v.), was born November i, 
1660, the "first-born male" of Norwich, Con- 
necticut. He had a town grant at Norwich 
in 1684 and was a prominent citizen of Nor- 
wich. He was first townsman (selectman) 
in 1 691 -1 705-09, and succeeded Richard 
Bushnell as town clerk. From 1695 until 
he died he was deacon of the church. He was 
a surveyor and an extensive land owner. He 
died at Norwich, April 24, 1735. His grave- 
stone stands on the brow of the hill ori the 
southeast corner of the uptown burying 
ground. He married (first), May 26, 1681, 
Sarah, born January, 1663, died February, 
1705-06, daughter of Deacon Thomas and 
Mary (Bushnell) Adgate. Her mother mar- 
ried (first) Richard Bushnell. He married 
(second) October, 1706, Mrs. Judith (Stev- 
ens) Brewster, widow of Jonathan Brewster, 
great-grandson of Elder William Brewster. 
Children of first wife, born at Norwich : 
Ruth, November 28. 1682; Christina, Septem- 
ber 12, 1686; Isaac, February 5, 1688, men- 
tioned below; Jabez, January 26, 1691 ; Mat- 
thew, April 16, 1694; Hezekiah, December 
16, 1696; Sarah, January 5, 1699-1700; Jere- 
miah, December 15, 1702. Children of second 
wife: Judith, September 10, 1707; John, 
November 13, 1709; Elizabeth, May 6, 1712; 
Jeremiah, December 20, 171 5. 

(IV) Isaac, son of Deacon Christopher (2) 
Huntington, was born at Norwich, February 



5, 1688. He was a prominent member of the 
church. He was one of the committee to 
labor with the Separates, appointed (Jctober 
21, 1726. He succeeded his father as town 
clerk, December 6, 1726, and his last entry 
as town clerk was a month before his death, 
January 9, 1764. He married, February 21, 
1715-16, RelDecca, great-granddaughter of 
Rev. John Lothrop, of England and Scituate, 
^Massachusetts. Children, born at Norwich : 
Rebecca, November 17, 1717; Isaac, August 
25, 1719; Sarah, April 17, 1721 ; Nehemiah, 
January 2, 1722-23; Dorcas, February 23, 
1724-25 ; Rebecca, born and died June 6, 1725 ; 
Rebecca, born December 4, 1726; Mary, No- 
vember 26, 1728; Samuel, March 23, 1731, 
died 1737; Joseph, November 15, 1732; Eli- 
jah, December 21, 1734; Benjamin, mentioned 
below; Abigail, July 29, 1739. 

(V) Benjamin, son of Isaac Huntington, 
was born at Norwich, February 22, 1736. He 
succeeded his father as town clerk and was 
succeeded by his son. He was selectman 
with Barnabas Huntington, Samuel Tracy and 
Elijah Brewster, who called the first revolu- 
tionary meeting in Norwich, June 6, 1774. 
He married, March 5, 1767, Mary, daughter 
of Joseph and Mary (Carew) Brown. She 
died April 24, 1777. Children, born at Nor- 
wich: Mary, J\Iarch 8, 1768; Philip, men- 
tioned below; Alice, IMarch 21, 1773; Daniel, 
June 10, 1776. 

(VI) Philip, son of Benjamin Huntington, 
was born September 26, 1770, died February 
4, 1825. He was town clerk from the time 
his father died until his own death. He mar- 
ried, January 17, 1796, Theophila Grist, who 
died November 30, 1806, aged thirty-eight 
_vears. Their only child was Benjamin, men- 
tioned below. 

(VII) Benjamin (2), son of Philip Hunt- 
ington, was born at Norwich, April 24, 1798, 
died there in ]\Iay, 1881. He was a promi- 
nent merchant and was for many years treas- 
urer of the Norwich Savings Bank. He suc- 
ceeded his father as town clerk and held the 
ofiice, until it was removed to the city. He 
married, September 30, 1830, Margaretta D., 
born March 29, 1808, daughter of John Web- 
ster Perrit, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. 
Children, born at Norwich: i. John Webster 
Perrit, July 5, 1831, mentioned below. 2. Son, 
born and died March 24, 1833. 3. Margaretta 
Dunlap, June 15, 1834, died January 8, 1908. 
4. Peletiah Webster, July 2, 1836, mentioned 
below. 5. Benjamin Newton, May 21, 1838; 
married Sarah J. MacMahon ; had no chil- 
dren. 6. Son, born and died February 13, 
1840. 7. Sara Leaming, September 8, 1842; 
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Town, in the old Colonel Christuplier Leffing- 
wcll house. 8. Thomas Diinlap, July 2(), 1844, 
(Jie<l Sc|)tcn)l)er. i8(ii, ai^cd seventeen years, a 
sohher in tlie civil war, enlisted in the l-jghth 
Connecticut Re)T;inient umler Captain li!d\vard 
Marl^nd, now (ieneral Marland, of Norwich; 
was taken sick in camp and returned home, 
wiiere he diefl two days later. 9. llcnry Clay, 
died in infancy. 

(\I11 ) juiin Webster Perrit, son of LJenja- 
min (2( lluntincjton, was born July 5. 1831. 
in Norwich, lie went to California at the 
time of the discovery of gold. He married, 
in ^'llncaIla. Ore^nn. .Mary .\i)iile,i;ate. They 
resided in Salem, ( >re}^<in, where he tlied, 
leavinj.; one son, Benjamin, who married Mary 
.Miller, of Oregon, and had thirteen children: 
i'.enjamin. Welistcr, I'errit. I'hilii]). .Margarel- 
ta. McKinley, James, Thomas. .Anna. Sara, 
Mary. Ruth and Kaciiel. 

(\TI1) Pcletiah \\'cl)stcr. son of Kenjamin 
(2) lluntini^fton. was born at .Norwicii. July 
2. i8_^6. He is president of the Huntington 
National liank of Columbus, Ohio. He mar- 
ried (first). Mrs. Jane Deshler Heeson. a 
widow; (second) Frances Sollace; (third) 
Ida Nothnagel. Giildrcn of first wife: i. 
Benjamin, died aged four vcars. 2. Thomas 
Dunlap. married and h.id Rachel l.cffini;well. 
Constance and Peletiah Welister. 7,. Webster 

F'errit. marrieil .\nna and had Jane, 

Deshler and Ruth. Children of second wife: 
4. Theodore Sollace. married ("irace Lee and 
had one child. Theodore. 5. 1-rancis Ro]ies. 
married .\deline Clrick and had no children. 
6. Baldwin (iwynne. married Maybel Money- 
penny, of Columbus, Ohio, and had three chil- 
dren : .\iui. Frances Sollace and John Web- 
ster Perrit. Children of third wife : ~. FMith. 
unmarried. 8. Margaret, unmarried. .\nd 
two others died in infancy. 



(Ill) Lieutenant Sam- 
HCN riN("iT(~>N uel Huntington, son of 

Simon Huntington (q. 
v.). was born in Norwich. March i. 16(15. 
He married there. < Ictobcr 20. i'>8'>. Mary, 
daughter of William Clark, of Wethersfielil. 
In 1700 he removed to Lebanon, after selling 
his house and lot in the former town for a 
parsonage. Before his removal he had been 
a public man and had held several important 
positions. In iTtgj he was appointed con- 
stable, and had before this been one of the 
townsmen. Ten years after his removal he 
was appointed by the citizens of Norwich on 
a committee to locate the new meeting house, 
about which a serious <lispute had arisen. He 
was a large land holder in lK>th Norwich and 
Lebanon. His name appears on the list of the 



Lebanon church in 1707 and his wife's in 
1701. He died there May 10, 1717, and she 
< >ctober 5, 1743. Chililren, lj<jrn in Ntjrwich: 
Elizabeth, .\i)ril 24, K)88-8y; Samuel, August 
j8, ilnji, mentioned below; Caleb, February 
8, I<»y3-y4; Mary, October 1, i6y6; Rebecca, 
F'cbruary, 1698-99; bom in Lebanon: Sarah, 
Ocloljcr 22, 1701; John, May 17, 1706; Si- 
mon, .\ugust 15, 1708. 

(1\ ) Deacon Samuel (2) Huntington, son 
of Lieutenant Samuel ( i ) Huntington, was 
born in Norwich, August 28, 1691, He mar- 
ried, in Lebanon, December 4, 172J, Hannah, 
daughter of Jonathan and Hannah (.Avery) 
Metcalf, born January 17, 1702. Her father, 
Jonathan Metcalf, was the son of Jonathan 
and Hannah (Kenric) Metcalf, of Dedham, 
Massachusetts; grandson of Michael an<l 
Mary (Fairbanks) Metcalf; and great-grand- 
son of Michael and Sarah Metcalf, who were 
driven by the persecutions of Bishop Wren, 
of Norwich. F.ngland. to lice to .New ilnglanil 
in the spring of 16:17. They settled in Ded- 
ham. Samuel Huntington was elected deacon 
of the Lebanon church. His wife was admit- 
ted to the church, .April 25, 1725, and died 
in Lebanon. ( ictolK'r 14. 1791. He died in 
1784. Children, born in Lebanon: .Samuel, 
October 16, 172,^; Mary. June i, 1725; Zer- 
viah, July 23, 1727; ( )liver, April 15, 1729; 
William, .\ugust 12, 1731, died September 11, 
1731; William, August 20, 17.32, mentioned 
below; Sybil, February, 1734-35; Fliphalet, 
-April 14, 1737; Jonathan, .March 19, 1741; 
Eleazer, Mav 9, 1744; Josiali, Novemljer 5, 

(\') Captain William Huntington, son of 
Deacon Samuel (2) Huntington, was born 
August 20, 1732. in Lebanon. He married, 
October 2y. 1757, Bcthia Throop, a lineal de- 
scendant ot William Scropc, one of the judges 
who condemned Charles I., and on fleeing to 
this country changed his name to Throop, 
She was born in 1738, dierl July 12, 1799. 
Her funeral sermon. ])reachcd by the Rev. 
Zebulon Fly and published afterwards, bears 
testin)iiny to Ikt gre;it piety. Ca(itain William 
Huntington was a farmer by occupation, and 
a useful and upright man. He livetl in Le- 
banon, and died there May 31, 1816. Chil- 
dren, horn in Lebanon: Dan, August 9, 1758, 
died Se|itember 6. 1758: Rhoda. December 14. 
17;<). died December 11. 1764; Marv. .August 
18; 1761: Wealthy. April 18. 1763; Rhoda; 
William. March 6. 1765: Eunice, January 14, 
\~<*): Dan. mentioned below. 

(V\) Dan, son of Captain William Hunt- 
ington, was born in Lebanon. October it, 
1774. He grafluatcd at Yale. 1794. He was 
tutor in Williams College from 1794 to 1796, 



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and for the next two years tutor in Yale. 
From 1797 to 1809 he was pastor of the Con- 
gregational church in Litchfield, Connecticut, 
and of that in .Middletown, Connecticut, from 
1809 to 1816. From the latter town he re- 
moved to Hadley, Massachusetts, where he 
spent the remainder of his life. Here he did 
not settle as pastor but continued to preach. 
For a time he supplied a Unitarian congre- 
gation and finally became a Unitarian. He 
married, January i, 1801, Elizabeth Whiting, 
born February 7, 1779, died April 6, 1847, 
only daughter of Charles and Elizabeth ( Por- 
ter) Phelps, of Hadley. Children : Charles 
Phelps, born in Litchfield, JMay 24, 1802, men- 
tioned below ; Elizabeth Porter, May 8, 1803 ; 
William Pitkin, July 16, 1804; Bethia Throop, 
October 7, 1805 : Edward Phelps, April 25, 
1807; John Whiting, May 28, 1809; Theophi- 
lus Parsons, July 11, 1811 ; Theodore Greg- 
son, March 18, 1813; Mary Dwight, April 
18, 1815; died young; Catherine Carey, May 
8, 1817, died August 15, 1830; Frederic Dan, 
May 28, 1819. 

(VH) Charles Phelps, son of Dan Himt- 
ington, was born in Litchfield, Connecticut, 
May 24, 1802. He graduated from Harvard 
in 1822. He became a lawyer, attained an 
early prominence in his profession, and was 
one of the judges of the superior court for 
Suffolk county, Massachusetts, He lived for 
several years in Northampton, Massachusetts, 
and later in Boston. He married (first), Oc- 
tober 28, 1827, Helen S., born in Northamp- 
ton, August 24. 1806, died Jilarch 30, 1844, 
•daughter of Elijah Hunt Mills. He married 
(second), June 2, 1847, Ellen Greenough, 
born in Boston, March 28, 1814, sister of 
the sculptor of that name. Children of first 
wife, born in Northampton : Helen Frances, 
July 7, 1831 ; Charles Whiting, September 22, 
1834; Elijah Hunt Mills, July 22, 1836; 
Helen Bethia, July 12, 1838, died July 25, 
1839: Mary Elizabeth, March ig, 1840: Ed- 
ward Stanton, April 3, 1841, mentioned be- 
low; Harriette jNlills, May 18, 1843, clied July 
8, 1844; children of second wife: Henrv 
Greenough, March 24, 1848; Laura Curtis, 
September 15, 1849. 

(Vni) Edward Stanton, son of Charles 
Phelps Huntington, was born at Northamp- 
ton, April 3, 1841. He married, 1869, Julia 
A. Pratt, born 1856, daughter of United 
States Senator Pratt, of Indiana. He settled 
at Logansport, Indiana, and was an agricul- 
turist. Later he settled in Quincy, Massa- 
chusetts, where he was engaged in literary 
pursuits. In politics he was Republican ; in 
religion a Freethinker. Child, Charles Pratt, 
mentioned below. 



(IX) Charles Pratt, son of Edward Stan- 
ton Huntington, was born at Logansport, In- 
diana, November 22, 1871. He prepared for 
college in the famous old Adams Academy 
of Quincy, ^Massachusetts, of which the prin- 
cipal was Dr. William Everett, son of United 
States Senator Edward Everett, of Massa- 
chusetts. He entered Harvard College in 
1889 and was graduated with the degree of 
Bachelor of Arts in 1893. He continued his 
studies abroad and was graduated in 1901 
from "'L'Ecole des Beaux Arts" of Paris. 
He has since then followed the profession of 
architect in New York City. The Spanish 
Museum, the American Geographical Build- 
ing, the Numismatic Society Building and the 
Spanish church are among his creations and 
are well known buildings in New York City. 
His office is at 18 West Thirty-first street. 
New York. He is a member of the Societe 
des Beaux Arts, the American Institute of 
Architects, the National Geographical So- 
ciety, the Harvard Club of New York, the 
Players Club of New York and the Municipal 
Art Society of New York. In politics he is 
independent. He married, i\Iay 5, 1894, in 
Florence, Italy, Maude M. Bayly, born in 
1872 in India, daughter of General Abingdon 
Bayly, of the Royal Artillery, England. Her 
mother was Mary (Faunce) Bayly, a native 
of Kent, England. They have one child, 
\'iv4enne Maude, born April 25, 1902. 



Sergeant Francis Nichols, im- 
NICHOLS migrant ancestor, was born in 
England and was among the 
first settlers of Stratford, Connecticut, where 
he was living as early as 1639. He had a 
military training and belonged to the Horse 
Guards of London, it is believed. He was 
closely related to Colonel Richard Nicolls, the 
first English governor. He owned land in 
Southhold, Long Island. His estate was dis- 
tributed among his chidren before his death. 
He married (second) Anne Wines, daugh- 
ter of Barnabas Wines, of Southold. She 
married (second) John Etton, of Southold. 
His children, born in England, were : Isaac, 
mentioned below ; Caleb : John ; Daughter, 
married Richard IsUWs ; Anne, mentioned in 
the will of her grandfather Wines in 1675, 
married Christopher Goings, Jr. 

(II) Isaac, son of Francis Nichols, was 
born in England; died in 1695, at Stratford, 
Connecticut. He was a deputy to the general 
assembly several terms. His will was dated 
September 28, 1694, proved November 6, 
1693. He bequeathed his homestead and 
lands to Benjamin, after the death of his 
wife, and states that he had given as he was 




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able to his other chiUlrcn. Cliildren, Ix^rii at 
Stratford: Mary, T'ebriiary 2. 1O4H, married 
kev. Israel Cliauncey ; Sarah. November 1, 
1049, married Stephen Burritt; Josiali. Janu- 
ary 21), •75.2-53, married Margaret Xicliols; 
Isaac, March 12, i/<>4, mentioned belnw; 
Jonathan, iJecemlK-r 10, 1655, married Han- 
nah Hawkins; ICphraim, Ueceml)er 15, 1O57, 
married ICsther llawiey, widow of Ebenezer; 
Patience, February 2, iOjo; Temperance, 
May 17, i6(>2; Margery. November 30, i<)'j3; 
Hcnjamin. February 2, 1666, removed to 
Derby; Flizahetii. Iwrn April 2, \6Ci8, married. 
July *). i6<ii. Joseph Webb. 

(Ill) Isaac (2), son ui Isaac (1) Nichols, 
was i)orn March 12, t<>S4- H'-' owned a house 
and land at Stratford in 1686. He married 

Mary , who died at Stratford, in Kkjo. 

He died in i')S<3. Children: I'rancis. born 
June 3, 1676; Richard, November 26, 1678, 
mentioned l)el"W ; Joseph. November i, 1(180. 

(I\'( Kiciiard, son of Isaac (2) Nichols, 
was twrn in Stratford. November 26. 1678, 
died there September 20, 1736. He married, 
June 3, 1702, Comfort Sherman, died l-'ebrn- 
ary 1 1, i72(>-27. daughter of Thcophilus Sher- 
man, of W'etiierstield. His will was dated 
September 2^. 1755. and proved ( ictober 9. 
1755. lie left a widow Flizabetli. his second 
wife. Children, born at Stratford: Thcophi- 
lus. March 31. 1703, see forward; Flijah, 
September 3. 170C); Nathaniel, .\i)ril 8. 1708; 
Joseph: William: Jerusha. March 2j, 1717, 
marrie<l James Walker; Temperance, mar- 
ried Joseph Thompson; Comfort, married 
Daniel I'.nrritt. 

( \' ) Theo]ihilus. son of Richard Nichols, 
was l)orn at Stratford. March 31. 1703. and 
died there April 7, 1774. He is buried in 
the old Stratford burying ground. His will 
was d:ited Jainiary 13. 1773. and proved May 
9. 1774. His inventory, dated May 2^, 1774, 
amounted to two thousand one htmdred and 
seventy-nine pounds and seven pence. He 
married (first). January 2. 1724. Sarah Cur- 
tis, who dieil .Sei)teniber 26. i~fx). aged sixty- 
seven, a daughter of Lieutenant Ebenezer 
Curtis. He married (second) Mehitable IVet. 
who died September 20. 1771. aged about 
fifty-two. widow of William Peet. Children 
of first wife, born at Stratford: William, 
November 10. 1724. lived at Trumbull. Con- 
necticut ; Philip. January 3. 1726-27. men- 
tioned below: Lucy, December 30. 1728; 
Hetty. November 10. 1730; Charity. Novem- 
ber. 2. 1732: Lavinia. June 7. 1734: Sarissa. 
September 30. 1736: .\nne. May 19. 1738; 
Sarah. June. 1743. 

(\'I» Philip, son of Theophilus Nich<ils. 
was born January 5, 1726-27. at Stratford 



and died there May 13, 1807. He was a 
man of large influence and held much prop- 
erty in land and -shares; for many \ears was 
a m.igistrate. He dealt in horses and mules, 
cx|Kirting to the West Indies. His will was 
dated December 13, 1805, and proved June 
9. 1S07. Inventory amounted to £25,123 four 
shillings nine pence. He married (first), 
(October y, 1753. .Mehitable Peet; (second), 
Sejitember 9, 1757. .Mary Prince, who died 
May 13, 181 1, aged seventy-seven. They 
were members of the Protestant Fpiscopal 
church. Children, born at Stratford, by first 
wife: William. March 10, 1735, mentioned 
below; Philip, September 11, 1756. Children 
of second wife, born at Stratford: Mercv, 
January 2^^, 1759; Lucy, .\pril 6. 1761; Han- 
nah, December 29. 17C2; Mary. May 9, 1765; 
Richard, .\ugust 5, 1767; .Sarah, .\ugust 19, 
I76»>, married Rev. .Abraham L. Clarke; 
Charles Theophilus, July 21, 1771; George 
Kneeland. l)eceml)er 15. 1773. died young; 
Ceorge Kneeland. December 26, 1776. 

(VII) William, son of Philip Nichols, was 
born at Stratford. March 10, 1733. and died 
at Stratford July 22. 1837. He was buried in 
the Pe(|uonnock cemetery. He wa^ a farmer 
by occupation and an Episcopalian in religion. 

lie married first Edwards; seci>nd. 

Huldah Downs, of Redding, Connecticut. 
Children of first wife: Sarah, married Isaac 
Seeley; Philip, accidentally shot and killed; 
Mehitable. married .Asa Bearilsley; Prudence, 
marrie<l Captain William (ioiHlsell; Hainiah, 
died ( Ictober 2, 1833, aged sixty-seven: .\nna. 
married Levi Lyon; Serena, married Abijah 
P.eardsley ; Hetsey. married ( first ) George 

Remington; (second) Pennoyer. tliil- 

dren of second wife: David. 1797; William 
Hanfor<l. died January 26, 1838. aged thirty- 
nine: Wakeman. i8<ti ; Elam. born |8<12; 
Stephen, 1804, mentioned below; Child, died 
in infancy: Philip Edwards, died Septcmlwr 
26. 1835, a.£;<^d forty-eight. 

(VHI) Stephen, son of William Nichols, 
was born at Trumbull, formerly .Stratford, 
Connecticut. September 16. 1804. His mother 
died when he was thirteen years old and he 
had to seek a home for himself. He came to 
nridgejiort anil live<l with his sister, working 
for various farmers. He learned the trade 
of shoemaker, following it for twenty years. 
but eventually returned to farming. In poli- 
tics he was a Whig until the ])arty dissolved, 
and afterward he was a Republican. He rep- 
resented Pridgeport in the Connecticut gen- 
eral assembly in 1878, and was appointed to 
the committee on cities and boroughs. He 
was for many years a justice of the peace; 
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and member of the common council of the 
city of Bridgeport. He married, March 4, 
1829, EmeHne, daughter of Aaron Beardsley, 
of Trumbull. Children : Jane E., died young : 
Stephen Marcus, mentioned below. 

(IX) Lieutenant Stephen Marcus, son of 
Stephen Nichols, was born in Bridgeport, 
July 10, 1838, died there July 29, 1870. He 
was educated in the public schools of his na- 
tive town. He was engaged in the retail 
grocery business on Main street, Bridgeport, 
both before and after the civil war. Later 
he engaged in the crockery business on Wall 
street in company with Henry Porter and 
was there until he retired. He was first lieu- 
tenant of Company D, Twenty-third Connec- 
ticut Regiment for one year during the civil 
war. In politics he was a Republican. He 
was a member of Free and Accepted Masons 
of Bridgeport. He married, December 25, 
1861, Julia Gorhani Hall, born October 2. 1836, 
at Trumbull, daughter of Alanson and Sophia 
Shelton (Edwards) Hall. Mrs. Nichols is 
living at ']2'j State street, Bridgeport. She 
is a member of St. John's Episcopal Church. 
Children, born at Bridgeport: i. Lizzie Hall, 
February 12, 1863, died March 23, 1891, mar- 
ried Swan Brewster ; child, Stephen, died in 
infancy, March, 1891. 2. Wilbur Edwards, 
born August, 1864: died, unmarried. Alarch I, 



The branch of the Nichols 
NICHOLS family herein traced is de- 
scended from Enos Nichols, 
who married Sarah Jennings, of \'irginio. He 
settled in the Mountains of Mrginia, but 
was driven out by hostile Indians, losing all 
his lands and property. He then located near 
the New York state line, and later drifted 
to Milton, Connecticut, where his death oc- 
curred. Among his children was Jeremiah. 
see forward. 

(II) Jeremiah, son of Enos Nichols, was 
born about 1780. He attended the schools 
adjacent to his home, and later served an 
apprenticeship to the trade of shoemaker, 
which line of work he followed throughout 
the active years of his life. He was a soldier 
in the war of 1812, engaged in the defense 
of the coast near Bridgeport, Connecticut. 
He married Rachel Squiers. Children : Ste- 
phen, see forward ; Samuel, Polly, .\llan, 
Sarah. 

(III) Stephen, son of Jeremiah Nichols. 
was born in 1807 in West Milton, Connecti- 
cut, died in West Virginia, 1859. He was 
educated in the schools of his native place, 
acquiring a practical knowledge which quali- 
fied him for the duties of life. He resided 



for a time in New York state, then settled 
at Bridgeport, Connecticut, where he owned 
a meat and provision business, having prior 
to that followed the trade of miller. He was 
an active and useful citizen, successful in busi- 
ness and prominent in temperance work. He 
married, Mary Ann Low, liorn in 181 5, died 
at Weston, Connecticut, 1843. Children: 
George, died at Togus, Maine; had no chil- 
dren ; Silvester Van Rensselaer, of whom fur- 
ther below. 

(IV) Silvester Van Rensselaer, youngest 
son of Stephen Nichols, was born at W'eston, 
Connecticut, 1841. His boyhood was spent 
in attending the district school and assisting 
his father. He left home at the age of sixteen 
and went west, but returned in i860 and 
worked with his uncle, William Piatt, in the 
meat business at Bridgeport. At the break- 
ing out of the civil war he enlisted in the 
Second Connecticut Light Battery and served 
for three years, thus demonstrating his loy- 
alty and fidelity to his country. At the close 
of hostilities he returned to Bridgeport and 
again entered the service of his uncle, afore- 
mentioned, remaining until 1872, when he 
engaged in the market business on his own 
account, under the firm name of Nichols & 
Lill, butchers, whose shop w'as located on 
State street. He sold out his interest in the 
business in 1888, but resumed business again 
in 1890, establishing a meat market at No. 100 
Fairfield avenue, which he conducted for 
seven years and then disposed of the same, 
and since then devoted his attention to the 
real estate business in Bridgeport, continu- 
ing until his death. He erected a brick block 
on Liberty street and other valuable houses. 
He was energetic and enterprising in his 
methods, straightforward and honorable in all 
his transactions, and thus well merited the 
success which attended his efiforts. He served 
in the common council of Bridgeport in 
1892-93, having been elected on the Repub- 
lican ticket, and his religious convictions 
were those of the Methodist church. He was 
a member of Elias Howe, Jr., Post, No. 3, 
Grand Army of the Republic; Pequonnock 
Lodge and Stratfield Encampment, also Re- 
bekah Lodge, Independent Order of Odd Fel- 
lows. 

He married (first) Abbie B. Nichols, 
born in Stepney, died in 1898, daughter of 
Ager Nichols. Married (second) Rebecca 
Frances Jenkins, a native of England. (Thil- 
dren : Stephen John and Margaret. Mr. Nich- 
ols died November 20, 1910. The funeral 
services were conducted by the Rev. G. W. 
Brown, pastor of the First Methodist Epis- 
copal Church. Interment was in Stepney.. 




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(."'iiKiinl, Massacliiisett-;, was 
W lll-.l-.I.ICU the original home ..f the 

W lui-kr families in tliis 
country. Jnsepli. ( Jliadiah and Tlioinas W'hcclcr 
all (Iniihtlcss related, settled there about 1640. 
(ieor);e Wheeler, of Concord, and John 
Wheeler, of Salishnry, Massachusetts, were 
related. Isaac Wheeler, of Charlestown ; 
Richard, of Dedham: Thomas, of Salem: 
Thomas, of IJoston, an<l Timoth\-, of Water- 
town, [)ionecrs I)efore iMio, were prohahly of 
the same stock. Timothy removed to Con- 
cord. The family is uf ancient Iincflish an- 
cestry. 

(I) Lieutenant Thomas Wheeler, immi- 
grant ancestor, settled early in Concord, lie 
came to Fairfield, Connecticut, with the first 
settlers, ancl hecame i)rominent there. lie 
died at I'airtield and his will, dated January 
'•^i. '^>5.?-.S4. proved .\u,!,'ust 23, 1(154, has been 
partly destroyed, but the names of some of his 
children are leyihlc. He left an estate at Con- 
cord to his son Thomas; prtiperty at I'airficld 
to John and mentions three daughters. , His 
widow's will, .\n;L;ust 21, 1*139. also mentions 

son Thomas. He marrieil Ruth . 

Children : Thomas : John, mentioned below ; 
Hannah, married James liennett ; William : 
.'^arah, married Thomas Sherwood: daui,dner. 

(II) Ser,!,'eant John, son of Thomas 
Wheeler, came to I'airtield. Connecticut, with 
his father. a])i)arently in 1644. He owned a 
lar.i;e |)art of drover's Hill at I'.lack Rock, 
where he resided. In iTjSi he i)aid taxes on 
one thousand and ftmr acres of land, and was 
the third lari^est tax|)ayer in l-"airtield. He 
died early in idr^o, aiul his inventorv, dated 
March S, 11)89-90, amounted to one thousand 
five hundred and sixty-six pounds. The will 
of his widow ( Rlizaheth or Judith) was dated 
February ji. 170J-03, i)roved .March 24. The 
ages of the children are found in the father's 
will in 1^190. whence the dates of birth are 
estimated. He was a memtier of the jjeneral 
court of Connecticut in 1671-72-74-77. Chil- 
dren: Judith, horn i66t : John. ifV)v64: 
Elizabeth. i(/^- : Mary. 1671; Rebecca. i('>72 : 
Joseph. K>74. mentioned below: Hannah, 
1676; .\bii;ail. 16S0: Obatliah. if)82: .\nn, 
1(184: Jonathan, 1^)87: David, 1690. 

(IIll Joseph, son of Serijeant John 
Wheeler, was born in Fairtield in 1674. He 
was the ancestor of \icc-I'rcsident Wheeler, 
throush his son Joseph. !,Man<lson Josejih, 
,j;reat-!^randson Zalmon and his son .\lmon. 
father of William .\., vicc-iiresident of the 
United States in the Hayes administration. 
Joseph resided at I'.lack Rock, I-'airfield. His 
will dated March 9, 1758, proved July 20, 
1759, mentions his brother David, son Thomas 



to care for his widow. I le married Deborah 

. Children, iHjrn at I-airlield : Jctsqih. 

November 18. i7o<>; Thomas, July 10, 1708; 
Esther, .Xupust 1, 1710: Catherine, .November 
7. 1712: Ephraim. .March 25, I7i(), mentioned 
below; Set!) March j(<, 1721. 

(I\ ) Ephraim, son of Joseph Wheeler, was 
l)orn at I'airfield, March 23. I7i(». He re- 
sided in the northwest part of Tairtield. He 

married .Martha ■ . Children, born at 

I'airfield, baptized at Creenfield Hill church: 
Enos, baptized .November 4, I7.V^; Catherine, 
ba|)tized .November 4, 1739; Daniel, baptized 
.\u>;ust 4, 1743, mentioned below; ICphraim, 
Ixirn .March. t73o: Hannah, born .November 
12, 1738: (irace, born June 12, i~f>^. 

(\ I Daniel, son (jf l-lphraim Wheeler, was 
born at Fairtield and baptizeil .Xuyust 4, 1745. 
Children, born at I-'airfield ; I':ilen, .\pril 5, 
17(17; Daniel, February 14. 17(18. mentioned 
below; Stejihen, December 17, i/(*). .\ccord- 
incr '" ll'e census of 1790, Daniel had three 
males over sixteen, three untler that age and 
five females in his familv. 

(\"I) Daniel (2), 'son of Daniel (i) 
Wheeler, was born February 14, 1768. at 
I'airfield. .\monj; his children was Daniel. 
mentioned below. 

(\ll) Daniel (.^), nou of Daniel (2) 
Wheeler, was born aliout iSoo-io. He was 
a farmer in I'airfield. Early in life he fol- 
lowed the sea and became a master luariner. 
Chiblren, born at I'airfield: Joseph, a brass 
molder at .\nsonia, Connecticut: Charles .W- 
bert. mentioned below: Sarah, married (first) 
Gideon M<irehouse ; (second) Jacob \'an 
Dorn ; lives at l^outhiiort : Clarissa, married 
( first I Edward Hawkins; (sec<ind) John 
Howard Hawkins, his brother; .\dclia. mar- 
ried John Wilson, of I'.rid.i;eport. 

(\II1) Charles .\lberl. son of Daniel 13) 
Wheeler, was born in I'airfield. .March, 1842. 
He attended the public schools of his native 
town, and worked durintj his boyhood on his 
father's farm. He continueil in later life to 
follow farmiuiT for an occupation, and is one 
of the most firogressivc and pros|x'rous farm- 
ers of the town. .\t one time he made a spe- 
cialty of raisin,(i onions for the New York 
market. He is now engaged in general farm- 
ing and has a small dairy. He attends the 
Congregational church. He married Sarah 
.\nn Raymond, born in 1840. Children, born 
at I'airfield: Daniel Clinton. .\|iril 2<). 1871. 
a painter living at Southport. three children: 
I-Mna Raymond, .^arali I'.ernice and Charles 
.Albert, decea.s<M| ; Charles liert. mentioned be- 
low ; Eftie Raymond, married Martin I'ludd. 
lives at Greenfield: children: Louis Wheeler. 
Gladvs ^^^v. Ruin Elizabeth. 



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(IX) Charles Bert, son of Charles Albert 
Wheeler, was born at Fairfield, Februar\- 15. 
1873. He was educated there in the pulilic 
schools. He worked on his father's farm un- 
til nineteen years old, when he began an ap- 
prenticeship in the plumber's trade at Bridge- 
port. After working as a journeyman a few 
years, he established himself in the plumbing 
business in Bridgeport and built up an ex- 
cellent business, which he conducted three 
years : he then sold out and since has followed 
iiis trade. He is a skillful mechanic and has 
a reputation for the best work. He built the 
house in which he resides on Colorado avenue 
from his own plans. In politics he is a Re- 
publican, in religion a Universalist. He mar- 
ried, April 18, 1900, Addie Harriet, daughter 
of Tames L. White, of Bridgeport. Chil- 
dren, born at Bridgeport: Lloyd Raymond, 
December 8 1902 ; Dorothy Elizabeth, January 
I, igo8. 



Ephraim (2) Wheeler, son 
WHEELER of Ephraim fi) Wheeler (q. 

v.), was born at Stratford, 
March, 1750. He was a farmer in Stratford 
all his life. Children: David, Nathan,_ Na- 
thaniel, Silas. Mary, Sarah, Joseph, mentioned 
below. 

(VI) Joseph, son of Ephraim (2) \Mieeler, 
was born at Stratford, died there aged sev- 
enty-five years. He was educated in the pub- 
lic schools of his native town, and followed 
farming all his life. He built a house on the 
homestead, greatly improved his farm and 
became one of the substantial citizens of the 
town. He took an active part in public af- 
fairs and held various offices of trust and 
honor. In religion he was a Methodist and 
he was a loyal and faithful member. He 
married Betsey Wilcox. Children: i. Eph- 
raim, married Eliza Shepard : had five chil- 
dren. 2. J\Iary, married Gould Curtis and had 
six children. 3. George E., mentioned below. 

(VII) George E., son of Joseph Wheeler, 
was born April 8, 1829, at Stratford. He at- 
tended the public schools and academy, and 
during his youth worked on his father's farm. 
He has been engaged in farming, in fact, all 
his active life, and has one of the best culti- 
vated farms in this part of the state. He 
has always been interested in public affairs 
and public education, has been a constant 
reader and student, and is possessed of a 
great fund of information and general knowl- 
edge. He is a liberal contributor to the 
church and charity. He is a Republican in 
politics. He commands the respect and confi- 
dence of all his townsmen. He married, 
March 28. 1863, Juliana Miller, born March 



20, 1837, at Hartland, Connecticut. Children: 
I. Mary Jane, born July 26, 1864: married 
l*'i-ank E. Baldwin, a carpenter by trade at 
Xicliols, Connecticut: children: Claire, Ber- 
nard and Rupert Baldwin. 2. Lina Georgia, 
born June 17, 1869, died May 19, 1907 ; mar- 
ried Newton J. Reed, born at Newtown, Con- 
necticut, a merchant at Stratford ; children : 
Elliot and Ruby. 3. Joseph M., born March, 
1874: married Nettie Cook: children: Pearl 
R. and George Everett. Giles Harry Miller, 
father of Mrs. Wheeler, was born at Hart- 
land ; was a farmer ; married Lucy Grimes. 
He was a son of Solomon and Lydia Miller, 
of Hartland : the former was a farmer and 
Methodist minister. 



Moses \Mieeler. immigrant 
WHEELER ancestor, was born in Eng- 
land, very likely in the coun- 
ty of Kent, in 1598. The Wheeler family had 
lived here for over four hundred years. He 
sailed from London in 1638, and settled in 
the New Haven colony. He was among the 
first to receive an allotment in that colony. 
Here he married Miriam Hawley, sister of 
Joseph Hawley, one of the first settlers in 
the colony, and a very prominent man. He 
was expelled from the colony in 1648 because 
of a slight infringement of one of the Blue 
Laws, for which the colony was noted. Ac- 
cording to tradition he had been away for sev- 
eral months, and returned on a Sunday. For- 
getting the "Blue Laws" in his joy at his 
return, he kissed his wife and children, and 
was expelled by the authorities when they 
learned of it. He then joined the little settle- 
ment of Stratford, and purchased here a home 
from the Indians on the shore, near what is 
now known as Sandy Hollow. He afterwards 
bought a large piece of land in the upper part 
of the town, extending from the river to some 
distance above the site of the present New 
York, New Haven & Hartford railroad. He 
was a ship carpenter, and kept a farm for 
himself. He was given permission by the 
general court to keep a ferry at Stratford, 
which he already had established. Seventeen 
years after its establishment, the town leased 
the ferry to him with thirty or forty acres of 
upland adjoining it. for twenty-one years, 
without tax or rate except sixpence per an- 
num. The inhabitants were "to be ferried 
over for one half penny per person and two 
pence for horse or beast." The town agreed 
to pay for any improvements he had made if 
he should leave it at the expiration of his 
lease. His son's will, proved January 23, 
1724-25, shows that he received the ferry from 
his father Moses, and left it to his own son 



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Elnathan. mi it rc-mainod in the lamilv at least 
over line luindrcd years, lie disposed of most 
of his land to his sons ten years before Ills 
death. He owned ninch land, and was one of 
the most iirominent men uf the town. Ik- 
was a stron.tc. ixiwerful man, of whom the In- 
dian^ are said to have sttxid in mortal terror. 
He returned to Knyland in 1065, at the time 
of the "Great l'laf,'iic." and so did not remain 
loiifi, hut returned afjain to Stratford. He 
died January 15, i(k>*<, the tirst white man of 
one hundred _\e.ir> who had liveil in .\'ew I'"ng- 
land. He is jjuried in the old Lontjregational 
church at Stratford. .\ rouijli stone, cut 
from the rocks at his home>tead, marks his 
j;rave, with the inscription : "Moses Wheeler. 
.-Xj^ed 100, Dyed Jan. 15th. i^^S." His will 
wa> proved l'"ehruary 19, 1(198. and after dis- 
piiNint; of his real and |)ersiin:il pro]ierty cjen- 
erally, he says: "I ;.;ive to my dautjhter Mir- 
iam two ])ewter dishes, to my son Moses, his 
wife, ye pewter platter, and to my flaui^hter 
.Mary, a bras kitle liouhliui; ten to twelve gal- 
li.n-, the .Miridi^cment of the Marter Uix)kc, 
and .Mr. I'.rooks His Devices of Satan, and 
t'l [•"iizaheth ye wife of my son Samuel, ye 
fjreat kitle, and to Mr. Israel Chauncey twen- 
ty shillings in silver." Jane, a sister of Moses 
Wheeler, also came over to .\merica with 
him. and married Rev. Adam I'llakeman. the 
tirM clertjyman of the Church in Enijland in 
Stratford, .^he was two years youni,'er than 
her hrothcr, having heen horn in \(X)0. .She 
died in 1674. She married (second) Jacob 
Walker, son of Roiiert Walker, and brother of 
Rev. Zachariah Walker, ])astor of the Con- 
gregational church in Stratford. The Rev. 
.-\dain r.lakeman was rector of the church 
fn-m 1(1.^9 to \(>(>',. One of his sons married 
Flizabeth, daughter of .Moses Wheeler. Chil- 
dren : I. Elizalieth, married (first) Samuel 
Pilakeman. and ( second I Jacob Walker ; she 
wa- grandniotlur of (ieneral David Woostcr. 
2. Miriam, married James I'.lakeman. and was 
the UK^ther ancestur cf .nil thuse named I'.lakc- 
man or lUackiDan in the inwns of llimting- 
ton, ^^l>nroe and Newtown. 3. Samuel, left 
no children. 4. Moses, ancestor of many ])eo- 
ple. mentioned below. 5. Mary, married 
(tirst) Samuel I'airchild, and (second) I'.en- 
jamin lieacli. (>. Joaima. died in i(k)4. un- 
married. 

(II) Moses (2). son of Mo>es (i) 
Wheeler, was Ixirn at Stratford, July 5, i^>5'- 
He inherited the ferry from his father, to- 
gether with the homestead. He removeil the 
Stone house which his lather huilt, and replaced 
It with a wooden house, which was standing 
until .May 12. i8<>i, when it was burned down. 
He was a farmer, as well as ferrvman. He 



died January 30, 1724. and is buried bcsicle 
his father, with a similar headstone, evidently 
from the same place. The inscription says: 
"Here I^ys The I'.ody of Mr. Moses Wheeler 
Who Departed This Life Jan. The 30th. 
1724, in 1 he 74th. Year of His .\ge." He 
was one of the wealthy men of Sti^ford. as 
his estate is inventoried at one thousan<l four 
hundred and sixty-three iM)und> five shillings 
si.x jiencc. He becpieathed to his wife five 

pounds above their mar-' i-menl : to 

his son James forty \vi< his sons 

.Nathan and Robert anii :i r, and to 

his grandchildren. His xm LInathan was 
made his executor, and he left t" hi?Ti all hi* 
lands, w ith the ferry, and all 
and personal estate. He 
daughter of Caleb N'icholls, ( k ; ,, ... . ., ,. 
C'hildren: .Moses, mentioned liel>.)w; Lalcb; 
Sarah: Nathan or MInathan : .Samuel; James; 
Robert ; Elizabeth. 

Sergeant I'rancis Nicholls, grandfather of 
.^arah (Nicholls) Wheeler, came from Eng- 
land in 1635. and was in Slratfonl in 1(139 
among the first settlers. He was closely re- 
lated to Colonel Sir Richard Nichols, the first 
English governor of New York, who estab- 
lished the first Episco|)al church in .New York, 
and who, under the command of James, Duke 
of ^'ork, commanded the fleet that toik New 
Netherlands from the Dutch in ifWuj and 
named the place New York, l-rancis Nicholls 
was a military man in England, and was a 
member of the famous regiment of Horse 
(Kiards in London, but the title of sergeant 
was conferred on him at Stratford. He was 
a member and comnumicam of the Church 
of luigland. and the ancestor of a pious, 
wealthy, distinguished family of Stratford. 
His son, Caleb, married .\nna. daughter of 
Andrew Ward, of Fairfield, and died in i(»iO. 
He was the father of Sarah, who married 
Moses Wheeler. 

(HI) Moses (3), son of Moses (2) 
Wheeler, was born July 8, 1675. He mar- 
ried (first) Ruth ISouton. in Decemlwr, 1(198. 
He married (second) Mercy I.attin. widow of 
Thomas Lattin and daughter f>f Henry Wake- 
Ivn. Chililren. by first wife: Elnathan. men- 
tioned below : N.ithaniel. drowned at the ferry. 

(I\) Deacon Elnathan, son of Moses (3) 
Wheeler, was born January 31, 1703. died 
March 14. 1761. He married, December 8. 
1726. .Martha, daughter of David and Martha 
( lllagge) De Forest. His estate was in- 
ventoried at one thousand six hundred and 
nineteen jounds eleven shillings one pence, 
and included "one nc.;n> man. Will.. 30 pounds, 
twelve Knee T.uckles, a part of a set of china 
dishes, 4 P.iblcs and a nunilKr of Ixioks." 



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The De Forest family first appears in Avesne, 
France, where from 1559 a Spanish garrison 
was kept for many years so that any one of 
Protestant faith was'cruelly persecuted. Here 
the De Forest and other famihes embraced 
the foreign doctrine, and successive persecu- 
tions compelled the removal of their family 
to Le Couteau, to Ledau, and to Leyden. In 
1606 in Leyden four brothers were living, 
Jean, Jesse, Michel, and Girard De Forest, 
and a "sister Jeanne. Jesse, the ancestor of 
the Stratford" Wheelers, married at Leyden. 
Marie du.Cloux. Soon after the Plymouth 
Pilgrims removed from Leyden, he and others 
left Holland, and planned to settle in Virginia. 
This plan was not carried out, and in 1623 
he joineil an expedition for the conquest of 
Brazil, where he died in 1624, very likely at 
San Salvador. His son Isaac sailed with a 
brother for New Netherland, October i. 1636. 
in the yacht "Rensselaerwick." He married 
at New Netherland. June g. 1641, Sarah, 
daughter of Philip and Susanna (du Chiney ) 
du Trieux. who were Walloons of the earli- 
est migration. David, son of Isaac, married, 
1696, ;\Iartha. daughter of Samuel Blagge, 
of New York, who was the son of Captain 
Benjamin Blagge. David came with his wife 
to Stratford, where they "covenanted with the 
Church,'" August 7, 1697. He was a glazier 
by trade, and died April 20. 1721. Martha, 
daughter of David and Martha (Blagge) De 
Forest, was born April 13. 1700, married 
Deacon Elnathan Wheeler, and their children 
were : Ruth. Martha, Sarah, Nathaniel, Eliz- 
abeth, Marv. Elnathan. mentioned below. Eu- 
nice 

(V) Elnathan (2). son of Deacon Elnathan 
(1) Wheeler, was born May 20. 1740. Pie 
married, January 26, 1765, Charity, daughter 
of Stephen Frost, son of Joseph Frost, of 
Charlestown, Massachusetts. She was born 
in 1740. Her sister Esther married Solomon 
Plant, father of David Plant, lieutenant-gov- 
ernor of the state of Connecticut from 1823 
to 1827, and a member of congress from 1827 
to 1829, one of the most influential men of 
his day in political circles. Elnathan Wheeler 
lived on the Wheeler homestead which he in- 
inherited from his father. He also was a 
farmer as his ancestors had been. The occu- 
pancy of the ferry had passed out of the fam- 
ily by this time, and in 1813, when the first 
bridge was built over the Housatonic river. 
between Stratford and Milford. the custom 
of a ferry was al^olished. He was a firm, up- 
right man. very much res]iected by his asso- 
ciates He owned much land, for he gave 
much to his sons. His eldest son Elnathan 
was given a large farm at Harvey's Farm, a 



short di'itance north of his own home. Elisha 
was gi\en a farm adjoining his father's on the 
north. To Reuben he gave a farm in Putney, 
in the northern part of town. At his death, 
I-'ebruarv 14, 1809, he left the Wheeler home- 
stead to his youngest son Stephen. His wife 
survived him several years, and after his 
death lived at the homestead with her son 
Stephen. She died March 6. 1816. Children: 
Elnathan, born March 5. 1766, died Novem- 
ber I, 1805; Charity. July 8, 1769, died 1797, 
unmarried : Elisha. July 26. 1772, mentioned 
below: Reuben, July i,' 1775: Ruth, ]\Iay 15, 
1780: Stephen, March i, 1782. 

(VI) Elisha, son of Elnathan (2) Wheeler, 
was born July 26, 1772, died May 5, 1853. 
He married Dorothy, born in 1776, died Janu- 
ary 12, 1847, daughter of Ezra Birdseye, of 
Oronoque, and granddaughter of Rev. Na- 
than Birdseye, who preached a sermon in the 
Congregational church in Stratford on his 
one hundredth birthday. His tombstone bears 
the inscription : "Sacred to the Memory of 
the Rev. Nathan Birdseye, A. M. He was 
Born August 19th. 1714. Graduated at Yale 
College in 1736, Ordained at \\'est Haven, 
1742. Dismissed and Recommended by the 
Consociation 1758 and Departed This Life 
January 28th. 1818. Aged 103 Years. 5 
"Months and 9 Days. The Memory of the Just 
is Blessed." Children: i. George, born at 
Stratford in 1800, died July 16, 1835 : mar- 
ried Betsey C. Booth, of Stratford, October 
23, 1829; children: Lucy Birdseye, September 
4, 1830. Mary Curtiss, DecemlDer 26. 1831, 
died July 29, 1835, George Birdseye. June 6. 
1S35. married and removed to Kansas City. 

2. Ralph, born 1807: married (first) Eliza- 
beth Gall, of Hudson, New York : child, Eli- 
sha, deceased ; married ( second ) Mary 
: children: Phebe, married, and Wil- 
liam, who went west and settled. 3. Ezra, 
mentioned below. 

(MI) Ezra, son of Elisha \\'hecler. was 
lii-)rn in Stratford. November 9, 1809, died in 
New 'S'ork City. December 18, 1885. ^\'hen 
quite young he went to New York City, 
where he engaged in business in which he was 
very successful. He amassed a fortune and 
retired some years prior to his death. He 
married (first) Caroline Darrow, of New 
York City. He married (second) Celia Vis- 
clier, of Albany, New York. He married 
(third) Emily Curtiss. Children by first wife: 
I. Sarah Ellen, married Dr. Walter de For- 
est Fay. of New York Cit}-. now deceased : 
she resides in Stratford. 2. Caroline, resides 
in New York City. Children of second wi f e : 

3. John \'ischer, deceased, was a resident of 
New York. 4. Celia Vischer, deceased. Chil- 



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«lrtii '<\ tliird wile: 5. l-jiiily dirties, In )rii 
i85_>. <lic-<l .\ii^,'ii-t jK 1S7J. ' (). Artlnir <le 
I'Orot, mcntii'iHil hclnw. 7. Laura, makfs 
licr lionic willi Arthur dt- I'i>ro>t Wlu-clcr. 8. 
Waller, resides in Strattonl. 9. lulward. died 
in infancy. 

(\'III) .Arthur dc l-'orest, son of l-'zra 
Wheeler, was Ixjrn in .\'ew York City, Janu- 
ary 3, 1835. lie was educated there in the 
|)ul)hc scliciols. and was eni,'ai;ed in l)usiness 
with his lather initil his retirement, since 
wliich time lie has made his home in Stratfntd. 
and is a well-known and highly esteemed citi- 
zen. He is a meniher of Christ Episcopal 
Church, in which he has served as vestryman 
for .1 mimher of years. He married. Sei)tem- 
her 17. 1S84, Carrie May |)uiili.ir, liorn at 
I'hiladelphia, Pennsylvania, .March 10, 1S57, 
(laui,diter of ( ieorj^e Curtis and Jane ( Shel- 
toii I Dunhar. Her father was horn in .\h- 
in^'ton anil died in Hartford. (,'Iiildren : Dor- 
othy I'.irdseye, horn July (>. 1SS5: F.mily Dun- 
har. .March 3. i.Scji. 



Deacon I'aul I'eck, immi;;rant an- 
I'l'A'K cestor of this family, was horn, we 

are told, in county Kssex, England, 
in i<io!>t. He came to I'loston in 1O35 on the 
ship "Defense" and remained in I'lOston and 
vii-inity until l'',V'- when he went with Rev. 
I honias HtHikcr and his party to Hartford 
;nul hecamc one oi the founders of that city 
and the state of Connecticut. He was a ]iro- 
prietor of Hartford in i'>30 an<l hecanie a 
Icadinsi citizen. His home was on what is 
MOW \\'ashini;ton street not far from the state 
capitol. He was deacon of the church from 
HtSi until his death, Decemher 2^. 1^195. His 
«ill, ilated June 23, \(k)^. was proved January 
'.^' i^'05-9'>. His inventory amounted to five 
hundred and thirty-six jiounds five shillinijs. 
He l>e<p!eatheil to his wife ^^artl^a : children: 
I'aul. Joseph. Martha Cornwall. Mary .\n- 
drew. Sarah C"lark, Elizaheth How: grand- 
-ons: Paul and Henry Peck: son-in-law, John 
Shcjiherd : s'a'ifl'laughter. Ruth 1 leach: son- 
in-law. John Itouton. ChiMren : i. Paul. 
l)orn if^y). 2. Martha. 1^141 : married. June 
S. 1663. John Cornwall. 3. h'lizaheth. i''43: 

married How. of \\allini,M'ord. 4. 

John. Decemher 22. i')43. 3. .Samuel. i''47- 
inentioned helow. 6. Joseph. 1630. haptized 
Deceml)er 22. 1^)30. 7. Sarah. 1633: married 
Thomas Clark, of Ilartford. 8. Hannah. 
i<>3f>: married, .May 12, 1680. John Shei)heril. 
o. ^^ary, \u\2\ married John .\ndre\v, of 
Hartford : died in 1732. 

(Hi Samuel, son of Deacon Paul Peck, was 
lv>rn in Hartford. Connecticut, in 1^147. He 
.settled in West Hartford and lived there until 



hi> death. January 10. i<k;<). He marrictl 

Elizaheth . Child, Samuel, njcntioncU 

hel-.w. 

I 111 ) Sanniel (21, son of Samuel ( 1 ) Peck, 
was Ikirn in West Hartford, Coimecticut. in 
1^172. died l)cceinl)er 9, I7'>5. He settled in 
Middletown, now the town of Merlin. Con- 
necticut. He married .\hii;ail. daughter of 
Joseiih Collier, she died OcIoIkt 28. 1742. 
( hildren, liurn at Kensington: i. .Samuel, 
January 6, 1701. 2. .Moses, .\pril, 1703. 3. 
Isaac. l)orn at Scarborough, .X'oveinher 2, 
17CX1. 4. .\l)ijah. Decemher 28. 1707. 5. 
/ehulon. Sei)teinher I, 17 1 3, mentioned l>elow. 
U. Amos, horn at Kensington, .March 5, 1713. 

7. .Miel, l)orn at Kensington. December 28, 
1717, died .September i<). 1742. 8. |-'.lislia. 
horn at Lynn, July 2}^. 1723: married Mary, 
daughtcr'of llewett Strong. 

(I\') Zebnlon. son of .Samuel f2) Peck, 
was born in .Middletown, Connecticut, Sep- 
tember I, 1713, died at iJristol. Connecticut. 
January 13, 1793. He married, July 10. 1735. 
Mary, d.iughter of Josiah Edwards, iif Easi- 
ham|)ton. Long Island: she died .May 2}^, '"'/J- 
ChiMren: i. .\bigail. horn .May 20, I73'i; 
married llezekiali (iridley. and removed to 
Clinton, .\ew N'ork. where she died .\pril 21. 
1826. 2. Justus, November 14, 1737. 3. 
Elizabeth, Septcml)er 30. I73<>. died November 
1'). 1741. 4. .Mary. August 12. 1741. <lied Oc- 
tober II. 1783. 3. Zehulon. horn at Meriden. 
.\l>ril 13. 1743. 6. .\bel. horn at .Meriden, 
1743. 7. David, horn at Pristol. May 13, 
1749. 8. Lament. Ixirn May 8. 1731. men- 
tioned below. <j. Elizabeth, born at Uristol ; 
married. December 16. 1772. .\bel Hawley: 
died at Clinton. New \'ork, March 12. i8ih. 
10. Josiah, Imrn January 19. 1735. 

(V) I^Tiiient. son of Zehulon Peck, was 
born May 8. 1731, at I'armington. died May 
3. 1823. at liristol. formerly I'armington. He 
lived there all his active life and was promi- 
nent in l)oth town and church. I le married 
Rachel Tracy. Children, horn at I'.ristol: i. 
Sally. I-ebruary 7, 1784. 2. Tracy, -April 3, 
1783. mentioned below. 3. Richard. Decem- 
ber 13. 1786. 4. .Susanna. .August 31. 1788. 
3. Child. .^September 21. i7<)o. died October 

8. following. (1. Epaphroditus. ( )ctober 26. 
1791. 7. Nehemiah, ."September 26. 1793. 8. 
Newman. November 23. 1793. 9. Rachel. De- 
cember 23. 1797. 10. James Ci.. June 24, 1800. 

I \T I Tracy, son of Lament Peck, was Ixirn 
at I'ristol. .April 3. 1783. died there I'ebruary 
12. 18^12. He was a prominent citizen of 
P.ristol. He serverl his townjn the general 
assembly of the state: later was state sen- 
ator: was for many years justice of the peace, 
judge of probate, selectman, town clerk, canal 



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commissioner, county surveyor, and held other 
offices of trust and honor. He was greatly in- 
terested in the genealogy of his family and 
other matters of local history. He married, 
February 3. 1812. Sally Adams, of Litchfield. 
Children, born at Bristol: i. Epaphroditus, 
November 13, 1812, died in London, England, 
September 20, 1857; pioneer salesman of 
American clocks in Europe. 2. Sally H. S., 
March 17, 1815, died December 9, 1815. 3. 
Sarah Tracy, November 5, 1816: married 
Charles E. Smith; died at Bristol, Jtme 17, 
1894, 4. Rachel Ripley, September 27, 1818: 
married, July 25, 1848, Charles Bronson ; died 
at Waterbury, December 31, 1908. 5. Joseph 
Adams, October 9, 1820, died December 4, 
1822. 6. A son, July 6, 1822, died July 12, 
1822. 7. Joseph Adams, February 18, 1824 ; 
married, September i, 1846, Mary E'. Thorp; 
died at New Haven, September 5, 1908. 8. 
Josiah Tracy, August 3, 1826, mentioned be- 
low. 9. Eliza J., August 19, 1828, died July 
17, 1847. ^o- Henry Adams, July 26, 1832; 
captain of Company L Tenth Connecticut 
Regiment, in the civil war. fought in twenty- 
three battles; still living (1910) in Bristol, 
Connecticut. 11. Kezia Adams, November 
25. 1834; still living in Bristol. 12. Tracy, 
May 24, 1838, graduate A. B., Yale, 1861 ; 
professor of Latin in Cornell and in Yale uni- 
versities, now professor emeritus in Yale ; 
married, December 22, 1870, Elizabeth H. 
Hall. 

(ATE) Josiah Tracy, son of Judge Tracy 
Peck, was born at Bristol, Connecticut, Au- 
gust 3, 1826, died at Bristol, June 22, .1877. 
He was collector of internal revenue during the 
civil war, and for one term judge of probate. 
He resided at Bristol, and was prominent in 
all public and business matters. In religion 
he was a Congregationalist and in politics a 
Republican. He married, November 23, 1847, 
Ellen Lewis, born October 3, 1825, daughter 
of Theodore and Amy (Lewis) Barnard. She 
is still living at Bristol. Children, born in 
Bristol: i. Miles Lewis, July 24, 1849: re- 
sides at Bristol : has been treasurer of the 
Bristol Savings Bank from 1871 to the present 
time (1910) ; was warden of the borough of 
Bristol, 1894-96: is president of the Bristol 
and Plainvillc Tramway Company, and di- 
rector of many other business corporations : 
married, October 18, 1871, Mary Harriet Sey- 
mour; children: i. Josiah Henry, born March 
5, 1873 ; graduated A. B. at Yale. 1895, LL. B. 
at Harvard, 189S; in law practice at Hart- 
ford; married, November 12, 1902, Maud 
Helen Tower ; ii. Howard Sevmour, born 
May 17, 1874, graduated A. B.,' Yale, 1896; 
married, October 16, 1900, Florence Edna 



Roe : children : Seymour Roe, born November 
5, 1901, and Nancy, June 30, 1903 ; they reside 
at Bristol; iii. Hilda M.. born April 19, 1881, 
graduated A. B., Vassar, 1903 : resides at 
Bristol; iv. Rachel K., born January 6, 1883, 
graduated A. B., Vassar, 1905 ; married, June 
28, 1910, Newell Jennings; they reside at 
Bristol ; v. Mary M. L., born January 22, 
1895. 2. Eliza Jane, born August 4, 1853; 
resides at Bristol ; assistant librarian of the 
Bristol Public Library. 3. Theodore Barnard, 
born January 14, 1856; graduated Arch. B. 
at Cornell, 1877; now an architect at Water- 
bury, Connecticut. 4. Epaphroditus, born 
A Fay 20, i860, mentioned below. 5. Edson 
May, born May 23, 1864 : assistant treasurer 
of the Bristol Savings Bank ; married, October 
17, 1894, Philena Skinner; thev reside in 
Bristol. 6. Ellen Amy, born March 18, 1869; 
resides in Bristol. 

(\TII) Epaphroditus, son of Josiah Tracy 
Peck, was born May 20, i860, at Bristol, Con- 
necticut. He graduated LL. B., Yale. 1881. 
He has been- in legal practice at Bristol since 
1882. He has been town and borough attor- 
ney, prosecuting attorney, liciuor prosecuting 
agent for the county, since 1887 associate 
judge of the court of common pleas for Hart- 
ford county, and since 1903 lecturer and in- 
structor on the faculty of Yale Law School. 
He was the orator at the centennial celebra- 
tion of the town of Bristol in 1885, at the 
celebration of the one hundred and fiftieth 
anniversary of the First Congregational 
Church of Bristol in 1897, and at the one hun- 
dredth anniversary of the town of Burling- 
ton, 1906. He has been prominent in the 
local and state work of the Congregational 
church, moderator of the state conference at 
New Haven, 1903 ; delegate to the national 
council at Des Moines, 1894; alternate dele- 
gate to the international council at Boston, 
1899; director at large of Missionary Society 
of Connecticut since 1901 ; president of the 
Central Congregational Club, 1904-05, and 
author of "The Property Rights of Husband 
and Wife under the Law of Connecticut," 
1904, and of numerous addresses and articles. 
He is a member of the American Bar Asso- 
ciation, .\merican Academy of Political and 
Social Science, Connecticut Academy of Arts 
and Sciences, Connecticut Historical Society, 
and other societies, and of the Graduates' 
Club, New Haven. He resides at Bristol. 
He married, August 21, 1886. Grace, daughter 
of Franklin C. and Mary B. Brownell. Chil- 
dren : I. Margaret \\'inthrop. born June 25. 
1890; now a student in Bryn Mawr College. 
2. Grace Brownell, November 15, 1892, died 
May 16, 1896. 3. Dorothy Adams, March 4, 




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\Xi)y. (lied Aii^'ust 2C\ 1899. 4. Mildred Atli- 
trtdii. October i, 1808. 5. tileanf>r Lewis, 
Septeniher lo, 1O04. <liecl May 2. 1907. 



Tile name of this family is of tjrcat 

I'RCK anti(|iiity. It is fonnd in Melton. 
Yorkshire, England, at an early 
date, and from there scattered not only over 
Enpland hut in every civilized country in the 
wnrld. A hrandi settled in I leaden and 
Wakefield, \'(irkshire. wlmse ('esccndanls 
moved to I'eccles, Suffolk county, and were 
the ancestors of one branch of the American 
family. The arms of the Peck family in Eng- 
land : .Nrgent on a chevron eni,'railed, gules 
three crosses formec of the first. (.'re<t : .\ 
cubit arm erect. h;ibited azure, cuff argent, 
liand iiro(ier. holding on one stalk enfiled with 
.1 scroll, three roses gules, leaves vert. 

(I\) .\mos. son of Samuel (2) I'eck (q. 
v.). was born at Kensington. March 3, 1715, 
(bed in .Midilletown, Ajiril (>, 1S02. lie mar- 
ried. July jfi. 1750. Mary Hart, who died June 
J2. 1771. thildren: Matthew, born July 16, 
1751 ; .\mos, J.inuary 25. 1754; Ruth, .\ovcm- 
ber 28. 1736: .Mary, March 9. 17^10: llnldah, 
September i,v I7'^i2; Lenniel, March 28. 1765. 
mentioned below; Lucy. December 2. 17*^17. 

I \ I Lemuel, son of Amos I'rck. was horn 
March 28. 17(^13, died in lierlin. Connecticut, 
l-ebruary 22. 1821. He married Lydia Uick- 
insi>n. who died .\pril 13. 1826. Children: 
Sclclcn. born January 23. 1794. mentioned be- 
low : Harriet, bebruary 14. r7<)''i. died Novem- 
ber II, 1828: Sherman. December 28, 1800. 

( \T ) Seidell, son of Lemuel I'eck. was 
born January 23. 1794. died in Meriden. Con- 
necticut. He was a farmer in Merlin. Con- 
necticut. He married. November i. 1826. 
Ltic\- II. Hart. Children: Sherman II.. horn 
March 17. 1829: Ilattie K.. .\pril id. 1833: 
Menry H.. Decemlier 23. i8,?8. mentioned hc- 
' w : (icorge S.. May 9. 1S40, died 1863: Lucy 
\nn. n-tober 17. 1S44. 

i\llt Henry IL, son of Selden Peck, was 
l)orn in I'.erlin. Decemhcr 23. i8_^8. He at- 
tended the public schools, and assisted his fa- 
ther Mil the farm until lie was seventeen years 
' Id. when he entered the Meriden bi-jh school, 
mil finishe ! his education at the Kellogg In- 
stitute. In 1837 he entered the dry goods 
store of D. & N. C,. Miller, .\fter three years 
in their emiiloy. he removed to Waterbury. 
and with Charles Mil'er opened a ilry goods 
store tliere. The first store was in I'.aldwin's 
block. uiKler the firm name of .Miller &• Peck. 
In i8()i they removed to I lotchkiss block, and 
:uid remained there until they removed to 
tl'eir |<resent location on .South Main street. 
rile firm was successful from the start, and 



in 1887 Mr. Peck withdrew from active busi- 
ness, although his name is still associate*! with 
the firm. He has been tru-iee of the Dime 
.Savings Hank, and iire-ident since iH>ii). In 
the same year he serve<l as representative in 
the legislature, serving on a numlH;r of impor- 
tant committees. I le was a member of the 
executive Iniard of the hospital in 1895, and 
was one of the founders of the linard of 
trade. He is a charter memlier of Continen- 
tal Lodge, Eree and .\ccepted .Masons, and 
Clark Commandery, Knights Templar. He 
has traveled extensively, and visited almost 
every quarter of the globe. He is unmarried. 



Henjamin Peck, son of Henry 
PECK Peck (q. V.I, was bajitized .Sep- 
tember 3, 1647, at New Haven, 
Lonnecticut. where he lived all of his life. 
He resided in the second division, then known 
as the .S|)erry farms, afterward .\mity So- 
ciety, and now a part of WcM^dbridge. His 
will was dated .March 3, 17.^0. and proved 
April 3. 1730. He married Slary, daughter 
of Richard Sperry. March 29, 1670. Chil- 
dren: Menjamin, born January 4. 1671 : Mary, 
.Se[iteinber 3. 1672: Joseph. Fehruary 26, 
1676; Esther, if'179: Ebcnezer, .\pril 24, i68t, 
die ! young : Ebeiiezer, January 3. it'if^^, men- 
tioned below: Desire, .August 26, 1687; John; 
Lylia, married Solomon Terry ; Mehitahle, 
married Ebenezer Stevens. 

(HI I Ebcnezer. son of Heniamin Peck, was 
lx)m January 3. 1684, at New Haven. He 
lived in New Haven, and prr>bably in .\inity 
Society. His will was presented to the court 
to be approved May. 17^18, hut was not proved. 
The court ordered the estate to he divided 
among the heirs. He married (first) Hannah 
Hotchkiss; (second! Elizabeth Wilmot. Chil- 
dren, horn at New Haven : Ebenezer, March 
12, 1710: Hannah, February 13. 1711-12: 
.Mary, November 2, 1714; Joseiih. March 28, 
171S. nientionefl below; R.ichel. .\ugust i, 
1721 ; .Ambrose. March 3. 1723; Lydia, De- 
cember II. 1728; Eunice,' .\ugnsl 6, 1730, died 
young; I'athsheba. .September 27. 1732; Hen- 
ajali, June i, 1733; I'.enjamin. .August 14, 
1737. died young; Ste(ilien, .August 5, 1742; 
Eunice, September 2f<. 1744: lienjaniin. .March 
10. I74'^47- 

(I\) Joseph, son of ElK-nczcr Peck, was 
born at New Haven, ^^arch 28. 1718. He 
setlleil at .\iiiity. His will is at New Haven. 
He married .Anna Perkins, January 12, 1743- 
44. Children : Seth. -ctfled at P.ristol, Omnecti- 
ciit ; Joseph, mentioned below; Dan. settled 
at Ilristol ; John, married Lois Osborn ; Henrv, 
settled at I'ristnl; .\iney ; I')orca* ; Mathshelja ; 
.Asenath ; Electa, married Roger .Ailing. 



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(V) Joseph (2), son of Joseph (i) Peck, 
was a jail keeper. Children: Joseph, men- 
tioned below : Nancy ; Sarah. 

(VI) Joseph (3), son of Joseph (2) Peck, 
married Annie Reed, both of Lyme, Connec- 
ticut. They had a son George Reed, men- 
tioned below. 

(VII) George Reed, son of Joseph (3) 
Peck, was born at Lyme, 180 1. He married 
Elizabeth Smitli Lee. Children: Seth Lee, 
mentioned below. Joseph, Esther M., Richard 
W., Frank, James Henry, Mary and Walter , 
Scott, all of whom were married except Mary. 

(VIII) Seth Lee, son of George Reed Peck, 
was born at Lyme, December 6, 1825. He 
was educated in the public schools of his na- 
tive town and at the academy. He started a 
tannery in Lyme, near Hamburg, where he 
was in business for four years. Then he came 
to Norwich and worked in various lines of 
business, ten years on his own account and 
for ten years was in charge of a building ma- 
terial business owned by Alfred Young Hib- 
bard. He bought the business after the death 
of his employer and continued in it for ten 
years. He admitted his son, Henry, and John 
McWilliams, and the firm name is now Peck, 
McWilliams & Company. The firm does a 
large business in building and general con- 
tracting. Mr. Peck retired from active busi- 
ness in 1900 and resides at 25 Peck street, 
Norwich. He was a soldier in the civil war. 
Company C, Twenty-sixth Regiment Connec- 
ticut V'olunteers, and is a member of Sedg- 
wick Post, No. I, Grand Army of the Repub- 
lic. He is a member of the Broadway Con- 
gregational Church of Norwich. He married, 
August 6, 1849, Eunice, born May 11, 1822, 
daughter of Nehemiah M. and Huldah 
(Wheeler) Gallup (see Gallup XI). Chil- 
dren: I. Henry Clay, January 2'j, 1859; mar- 
ried Lizzie Wanser and had one child, Violet 
Marian. 2. William Lee, born November 7, 
1859 : resides in New London ; married Emma 
Williams : children : Howard Bentley, Harry 
Williams and Ruth Williams. 3. Charles Seth, 
August 22, 1865, died October 28, 1869. 

(The Gallup Line). 

(VII) Benadam Gallup, son of Captain 
John Gallup (q. v.), was born in Stonington, 
Connecticut, in 1655. He married Esther, 
born July 20, 1660, daughter of John and 
Esther Prentice, of New London, Connecticut. 
They were both members of the Congrega- 
tional church of Stonington. He died August 
2, 1727, aged seventy-two, and his wife died 
May 18, 1 75 1, aged ninety-two. The inven- 
tory of his estate amounted to five hundred 
and eighty-three pounds, thirteen shillings. 



No will has been found. Children : Hannah, 
born May 22, 1683 ; Esther, 1685 ; Mercy, 
1690; Benadam, 1693, mentioned below; Jo- 
seph, 1695; I\Iargaret, 1698; Lucy, 1701. 

(VIII) Lieutenant Benadam (2) Gallup, 
son of Benadam ( i ) Gallup, was born at Gro- 
ton, Connecticut, 1693. He married Eunice 
Cobb, January 11, 1716. He died September 
30, 1755, and his wife died February i, 1759, 
aged sixty-three. His ''ear-mark" was re- 
corded June 24, 1718, and the same mark 
was used afterwards by his son Henry. Chil- 
dren: Benadam, born October 26, 1716; 
Esther, February 24, 1718; Eunice (twin), 
March 29, 1721 ; Lois (twin) ; William, July 
4, 1723; Henry, October 5, 1725. mentioned 
below; Nathan, 1727; Ebenezer ; Thomas P., 
baptized July 28, 1734; Hannah, married Rob- 
ert Allyn, January 23, 1755 ; Sarah. 

(IX) Henry, son of Lieutenant Benadam 
(2) Gallup, was born in Groton, October 5, 

1725. He married, October 4, 1750, Hannah, 
daughter of Nehemiah and Zerviah (Stanton) 
Mason. He died November 11, 181 1, aged 
eighty-six, and his wife died January 24, 1808. 
She was a great-granddaughter of Major John 
Mason, and was born in Stonington, June 10, 

1726. Major John ]\Iason was born in Eng- 
land about 1600 and came to America in 1630. 
He was lieutenant in the English army, serv- 
ing under Lord Fairfax in the Netherlands 
with Captain John Gallup, and sharing with 
him and his son John the terrible conflicts in 
the Indian wars. He settled in Dorchester, 
and married Anne Peck in 1640. He was 
deputy-governor and major-general of the 
forces of the colony. He died January, 1672. 
His sixth child, Daniel, born April, 1652, mar- 
ried, October 10, 1679, Rebecca Hobart, third 
wife, daughter of Rev. Peter Hobart. of 
Hingham, Massachusetts. He died 1737, and 
she died April 8, 1727, at Stonington ; they 
had seven children. The youngest, Nehemiah 
Mason, married Zerviah Stanton, and they 
settled at Stonington and owned Mason's 
Island. Children of Henry Gallup : Nehe- 
miah, born June 19, 1751, mentioned below; 
Eunice, August 7, 1755 ; Henry, October 17, 
1758; Andrew, January 26, 1761 ; Jared, No- 
vember 22, 1767. 

(X) Nehemiah, son of Henry Gallup, was 
born June 19, 175 1. He married Elizabeth 
Brown, January 28, 1783. Children: Eliza- 
beth, born November ^o, 1783; Neliemiah M., 
February 12, 1785, mentioned below; John S., 
April 5, 1787; Orenda, March 8, 1790; Elisha, 
June 22, 1792; Luke, April 17, 1794; Serviah, 
October 16, 1796; Ebenezer, April 27, 1800. 

(XI). Nehemiah M., son of Nehemiah Gal- 
lup, was born in Groton, February 12, 1785, 




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•lied |amiar\ 21. 1871. Mc married llnldah 
\\ heeler, of Stonin}^lon, April 26, 1812. Chil- 
dren: I. Kliza, hum Xovemhcr 12, 1813: mar- 
ried I.yman Ijalliip, Deceml)er 9, 1840: died 
April 2ji. 1879. 2. -Mary A., April 17, 1815; 
married \\ illiain i-'annini;, July 21, 1S36. 3. 
Neheniiah .M., October 22. 1816. 4. John W., 
November (1. 1818. 3. Hannah, AuKUst 7, 
1820: married Eleazer W. Carter, March 2, 
1844: dieil June 13, 184^1. 6. Kunice, May 11, 
1822: married Seth L. I'eck, Auijust 6. 1849 
(see Peck- XIll). 7. I'hebe E.. I'ebruarv 8. 
1824, <lied May 30, 1842. 8. Mason, March 
4, i82(), died April 16, 1830. 9. William K., 
May 19. 1828. 10. Harriet A.. Aui,'u>t 22, 
1830: niarrieii Frederic A. Buttim. June 19, 
1S50: died April 25, 1887. u. Itcnjamin, 
June i<), 1832: has lived in the Southern 
States, in Canada, in Chili. South America, 
and Sacramento City. California. 12. Henry 
' . November 6, 1834: went to London. Ent;- 
iiid, where he was married and where he re- 
ded until his death. He left a son, who is 
■w livintr in that citv. 



The first mention found of An- 

MO()RIC drew Moore, of Poquonock. 

Connecticut, is the reconl of his 

ni.irria^e. which is as follows: "Andrew 

Moore & fara I'helpes yt was Dafter of fam- 

uell riK-li)es ware married by capten Xewber- 

IV. fel)ruary 15. 1671." Samuel Phelps was the 

n of William, the immigrant, who came to 

''■rchester, Massachusetts, in 1630, and from 
ere went to Windsor, Connecticut, in 1636. 

U' married Sarah, dauijhter of Edward Gris- 
wold. November to. i(J50. The Phelps fam- 
ily came froui Tewkesbury. En'^land. on the 
ship "Mary and John." Sarah (jriswold was 
born in Kenilworth. England, in iri28. and 
came to .\merica with her father in 1639. 
They settled in W'inds<ir, Connecticut. 

(l) In 1675 Andrew Moore was paid one 
pound, seventeen shillings by Matthew Grant 
on "warr account." This must have been for 
services during tlie destruction of Simsbury 
by the Indians. January 23, 1674, the town 
paid .Andrew Moore, Nathaniel Pimiey and 
Joseph Griswold. by Matthew (jrant. for mak- 
ing a new ferry boat. They were paid three 
pounds six shillings eight cents in barter, and 
it seems that the tax levy was assigned be- 
fore collection in the payment of debts at that 
time. He received all his share of payment 
for the boat in provisions. On .August 24. 
1678. he and thirty-four others were sued by 
Jamc; Cornisli for a schcml bill of five shil- 
lings two cents. His oldest child Sarah was 
then only six years old. On December 20, 
i^>8o, he was paid by the town for labor on 



the church. He had a grant of land at Sal- 
mon iJrook, now Granby, Connecticut, in l68o, 
in which he is called ".\ndrew Moore, the car- 
penter, of Windsor, Conn." Major John Tal- 
cott. who had agreed to extinguish the Indian 
title to Simsbury for three hundred acres of 
land, gives a gloomy account of this land at 
that time. He says that he "can finil no place 
where anything considerable can be taken up, 
the most of that which some call mea<low is 
full of small brush and vines through which 
there is no passing, or full of trees great ami 
small, and in ye place where the best land of 
that sort is, there is no accomnuxlation of 
upland to it saving only mighty tall moun- 
taynes and Ruckcs and the way bad to it, and 
a great way to all of it, and will be dismally 
obscure and solitary to any that shall live 
upon it, and very hard coming at the market, 
not only because of the remoteness but bad- 
ness of the i>assage, and the society of the 
neighborhood will be very thin, all which will 
be discouraging." At a later date .\ndrew 
Moore bought land of John Gozard on the 
"east side of the mountains, bounded easterly 
by Simsbury easterly bounds, southerly by 
John Pettybone, his lot (allias Jonathan 
Moore, his lot) the bredth of s'd lot westerly 
by the commons is fifty rods." On March 29, 
1713, he deeded to his son Penjamin Moore, 
"for divers good causes and considerations me 
thereimto moving, but especially in considera- 
tion of my fatherly love and affection I have 
to my son Benjamin Moore," fifty acres of 
land in Turkey Hills, now East Granby. He 
lived in Windsor, where the births of all his 
children are recorded except William. He 
died November 29. 17 19. The inventory of 
his estate was made December 17, 1719. 
amounting to three hundred and twenty 
pounds, and his widow Sarah was apiiointed 
administratrix. He had fifteen acres of land 
in Windsor, with house and barn, carpenter's 
tools, farming implements, a cider mill. loom, 
spinning wheel, sword and belt, and a library 
"l)rised at 8 shillings," besides two pieces of 
land in Simsbury. The distribution of the 
estate took place .April 3. 1720. and each of 
his nine children took his share of property 
after the widow's share had Ixren set oflf to 
her. Children : Sarah, born December 6. 
1672: Andrew, February 13. 1^74: Deborah, 
May 31, 1677: Jonathan. February 2<>. 1679- 
80: .Abigail, September 12. i«'>82: William, 
i'j84. mentioned below: Rachel, February 6. 
1^190-91 : Benjamin. December 3. 1^93; .Amos. 
October 19, 1698. 

(11) William, son of .Andrew Moore, was 
born in 1^184. die«l May 9. 1780. in Granby, 
Connecticut. His headstone is marked "Mr. 



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Will. Moore," and says he died in his ninety- 
seventh year. He married (tirst) Elizabeth 
Case, who died in Granby, then Simsbury, 
September 29, 1739. when she was forty-nine 
years old. Xo record of this marriage has 
iieen found, but he mentioned in his will a 
■■piece of land he bought of his brother, Wil- 
liam Case." If by brother he means brother- 
in-law, then Elizabeth, daughter of William 
and Elizabeth (Holcomb) Case, born Septem- 
ber, 1689, was his wife, ^^'illianl Case was 
the son of John Windsor and Sarah ( Spen- 
cer) Case, of Hartford. Elizabeth had a 
brother William who was born 2ilarch 22, 
1691. William Aloore married (second), Jan- 
uary 20, 1740, Damaris, daughter of Josiah 
Phelps, who married Sarah, daughter of 
Nathaniel and Sarah Porter Winchell. Jo- 
siah Phelps was son of Samuel, son of Wil- 
liam, the immigrant. "The aged William 
Moore" made his will November 7, 1773, and 
the distribution of the estate occurred Octo- 
ber 30, 1781. The inventory amounted to 
seven hundred and fifty pounds. To ■'my be- 
loved wife Damaris" he gave one-half the 
dwelling house, one-quarter the cellar and 
well, one-quarter of the barn and one-quarter 
of all his lands and movable estate as long 
as she remained his widow. She was eighty- 
one at the time of his death. Children, by 
first marriage: William, born July 19, 1712; 
David, September 18, 1713; Timothy: James, 
June 6, 1715, mentioned below; Shadrack, 
September 19, 1717; Mercy (or Mary), No- 
vember 25, 1719: Ebenezer, April 20. 1722; 
.Andrew: Isaac. 1727. Child by second wife, 
Naomi (or Ame). 

(Ill) James, son of \^'illiam Moore, was 
born in Simsbury, June 6, 1716. He married 
Rachel, daughter of Matthew and Hannah 
(Chapman) Cirant, in Simsbury, May 25, 1737. 
She was born in Windsor, April 17, 1704. 
Matthew was son of Samuel and Mary (Por- 
ter ) Grant. Samuel Grant was son of Mat- 
thew Grant, who came to Dorchester in 1630. 
Sarah Chapman was daughter of John Por- 
ter, the immigrant, who came in 1639. James 
Moore died JMarch 5, 1788, and is buried in 
East Granby. He made his will December 
19, 17S2, disposing of land in Mooretown, a 
neighborhood now in Southwick, Massachu- 
setts, and land in Turkey Hills, now Granby. 
He remembered his widow as follows : "To 
my beloved wife Rachel, the use of one-half 
my brick house and home-lot containing about 
44 acres to use as long as she shall continue 
my widow and to have ye liberty of ve use of 
my well and to get Wood on my Mountain 
Lots during her Widowhood, and one-third 
part of my movable estate after debts and 



funeral charges are paid out of my movable 
estate (not my legacies) to be her property 
forever." The following shows he was op- 
posed to trumped-up accounts : "If any one 
or more of my s'd children shall bring in any 
Debts or Charges whatever against my Es- 
tate after my decease unless it is Legacies of 
by Note or Obligation under my hand well 
executed, he or she or they are to have No 
other Portion out of my Estate only what is 
Recovered By \'irtue of S'd Debt or Charge 
and not to take Any advantage of my Legacy 
to them in this will." Children : James, Wil- 
liam, mentioned below, Joel, Asa, Roswell, 
Rachel, Charity. 

(I\') William (2) Moore, son of James 
Moore, was probably born in Simsbury about 
1740. He was at Bunker Hill under Captain 
Thomas Knowlton, and served three subse- 
quent enlistments. His final discharge is 
dated i\Iay 5, 1780, from the third regiment, 
Connecticut line. Colonel Samuel Wyllis. He 

married Sarah , and had six children 

born in Westfield, Alassachusetts. In 1825 
Sarah Moore, of Sand Lake. Rensselaer 
county. New York, deeded a piece of land in 
Simsbury which she inherited from her father, 
Mr. Hoskins. This might have been the 
widow of William. Children : Sarah, born 
May 3, 1757: Eve, May 14, 1760: King, May 
18, 1762: William, August 13, 1764: Charity, 
August 19, 1766; Theodosia, April 23, 1769; 
Willis ; Apollos, mentioned below. 

(V) Apollos, son of William (2) Moore, 
was born in 1771 and settled in Barkhamsted. 
He had a cousin of the same name, son of 
Guy Moore. His brother William also settled 
in Barkhamsted, and his brother King, born 
at Westfield. May 18, 1762, was a soldier in 
the revolution. Apollos died at Riverton, in 
the town of Barkhamsted, Connecticut, in 
1861, aged about ninety-one years. He was 
a farmer and owned much land, in fact, the 
larger part of the site of the present village 
of Riverton. He married Candace Beach. 
Children: Alpheus, Charles Beach, De ^lar- 
quis De Casso y Rujo Moore, mentioned be- 
low, Candace, Nancy, Belinda, Lucinda, Avis. 

(VI) De Marquis De Casso y Rujo, son of 
.\pollos Moore, was born September 18, 1804, 
in the town of Barkhamsted, Connecticut, died 
in Colebrook, in 1889. He owned a large 
farm and saw mill and manufactured lumber 
on a large scale, being very successful. He 
married Thankful, born September 25. 1808, 
died September, 1885. daughter of Judah and 
Mercy ( Eno ) Roberts. Children : Candace, 
born June 10, 1824: Osbert, March 18, 1830: 
John, February i, 1835, died in infancy: El- 
len ; Sarah Marilla, July 24, 1839 ; John Apol- 



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los, Ucceniber 18. 1842: Laura Almira, Octo- 
ber 10, 1844; Kdliert Cicero, March 10, 1849, 
married, in 1872, ISclle l-iic\, tlaiiijliter of 
Chester and Lucy Ann ( Hulliert ) Ciallin, of 
SandisfieM, Massaduisetts. 

(\'II) John Apollos. son of Dc Marquis 
I)e C'asso y Riijo MiHjrc, was liorn in Colc- 
liriKik. Connecticut. Deceinlicr 18, 1842. He 
atteniie<l tiie |)ul)lic schools of liis native town, 
tile Surtield Literary Institute, the Select 
School in Kiverton. Coinieclicut. and the 
Lastman liusiness College, of I'ouj^hkcepsic. 
.New York, from which lie was jjraduated at 
the ai;e of twenty-one years. He taught 
sL-liool three years before he was of ai;e, in 
Litclilield county, Connecticut and in Massa- 
chusetts. He lived in Winsted, Connecticut, 
a year, working as clerk in a hardware store. 
Durini; the next four years he was in business 
■ lU his own accoimt in Xew I'.oston, Massa- 
ihu^etts, as a jreneral merchant, .^ince 1872 
he has made his hdme at Uobertsville. Con- 
necticut. He followed teaching;, in addition 
to farming, until ifjo2, and since then has 
<levoted all his time to his farm. He is a 
Republican in politics and rejireseiited his 
town ciiie year in the general assembly. He 
i^ a deacon of the i!a])tist church. He mar- 
ried. March 3, 1866, Irene Harriet, born at 
lorrington, then Xcwfield, October 14. 1843, 
died ^lay 20. 1905, daughter of Deacon I'red- 
erick and Harriet (Hoyt) Xorth (see Xorth 
\ 1 ). Children: i. .\lmira Ruble, born Au- 
gust If). 1867; married Clayton H. neiuing. 
'<i Tolland, Massachusetts, superintendent of 
I'unis club: children: .Arthur C. Harvey 
John, Lynn X.. .\llen .M. and X'ernera Item- 
ing. 2. De Marcjuis De Casso y Rujo. July 
24, 18^19: physician at South Manchester, 
Connecticut, luarried Ida Quilter. 3. Freder- 
ick Xorth. mentioned below. 4. Harriet 
Thankful, .\ugust 25, 1875: married Homer 
neming, of ColebrtM)k, farmer: children: 
I'lcrnice and Homer Deming. 5. Cicero John, 
December 14. 1878: dentist at Terryville, 
Connecticut : married Lillian Tarr. 6. Irene 
Marilla. May i. 1881: school teacher: lives 
with jiarents. 7. Ira Wintield, June 14. 1883: 
machinist. Terryville, Connecticut : married 
Iva Remington: chiUlren : W'infield R. and 
Ruth. 

(\Tin Frederick Xorth. son of John .\pol- 
los Moore, was Ix^rn in Winchester, Litch- 
field county. Connecticut, Xovciul)cr i. 1871, 
an<l was educated in the public sehnols of 
ColeI)riMik. He t>>ok a s|iecial course in civil 
engineering and surveying. He has been eu- 
ga'jcd in farming most of his active life, at 
Colebrook. He lived for a time at Torring- 
ton. In 1908 he came to W'instetl, and since 



then has devoted his entire attention to his 
profession as civil engineer and to the real 
estate business. In jxilitics he is a Republican, 
in religion a Haptist. He married, January 
I, 1895, Susie E., daughter of Samuel and 
Eliza ( Reed » Uull, of Xew Hartford, Con- 
necticut. I'lOth parents were born in Eng- 
land, and came to this country in 1872, making 
their home soon afterward in Xew Hartfonl. 
Her father died in W'insteil, in 1905. He 
was a carpenter by trade. Children of Sam- 
uel ami I-'liza Hull : Samuel, born and died in 
Fni^land, Mary .\., Samuel J., Susie E., Wil- 
liam E., IVederick (i., Harry C, Louise, 
Richard S.. Jennie, Rali>h R. Children of 
Mr. an<l Mrs. Moore: .\lthena l-!llizabcth, 
born at Torrington, Octol)er 18, 1895; Rich- 
ard I'rederick, Torrington, December 15, 
1896: .Mfaretta Irene, Uinchestcr, July 26, 
1898: Ruby Xorth. Colebnwik. December 16, 
1902; John Robert. Colebrook, .May 11, 1905; 
Marion Marilla, Colebrook, Fcbruarv 22, 
1907. 

(The North Line). 

(Ill) Ebenezcr Xorth. son of Thomas 
Xorth (q. v.), was born in 1703, died .Au- 
gust 5, 1789. He married, in 1730, Sibyl 
Curtis, who died Xovember 17, 1794. age<l 
ninety-one. He came to Torrington from 
Farmington (jreat Swamp in the spring of 
1 74 1 and bought, with Zcbulon Curtis, two 
farms south of the old Mathew drant place, 
where he settled. Later he suld |)art of his 
farm to Curtis. Children, burn at I-'arming- 
ton and Torrington: .\shbel, October 3, 1731. 
flied July 9, 1800; Xoah, mentioned below: 
Martin. December 13, 1734, died 1806; Sybil, 
September 4. 1736; Lucy. May i, 1739: 
.\sahel. May 13. 1743. died 1803: Ebenezer, 
June 2y. 1746, died December 12, 1832: 
.\clisah, .\ugust 14. 1748: Sarah. December 
I, 1732. 

( I\ ) Deacon Xoah, son of Ebenezer Xorth, 
was born at Farmington, January 10, 1733. 
died April 5, 181S. He removed to Torring- 
ton. Connecticut, with his parents when he 
was ten years old. He was a prominent citi- 
zen and repre-cnfcd his town several years in 
the general assembly of the state. He was 
selectman of the town of Torrington and 
deacon of the church. In religion he was a 
very strict Puritan. In going to the barn one 
Siunlav afternoon with him, his grandson 
Cvrus slid across a little patchof ice. The 
old man got a horsewhip ami proceeded to 
trounce the youngster severely for breaking 
the Sabbath. He married (first) March 25. 
1756, Jemima Loomis, who died December 2~, 
1767. He married (second) May 29. 1771. 
Elizabeth Humphrey, who died .August 5, 



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1822, aged seventy-eight years. Children : 
Noah, born June 12, 1757, died April 28, 
1789; Junia or Junius; Remembrance, Octo- 
ber 13, 1762; Jemima, April 7, 1766, married 
Elihu Barber; Mary, December 19, 1767, 
married Rev. Hezekiah West, Baptist minis- 
ter, who went to Pennsylvania. 

(X ) Junia or Junius, son of Deacon Noah 
North, was born September 24, 1760, died 
November 14, 1828. He married (first) Jan- 
uarv 25, 1785, Sabrina Fyler. She died, and 
he married (second) Sally' Covey, in January, 
1807. He settled on the north and south road 
east of his father's, where his son afterwards 
lived. He kept a tavern for many years, and 
was an active, stirring man. He was called 
"Uncle Juna" by all. Children, all by first 
wife: Roxalany, born November 2, 1785, 
married Daniel Murry in March, 1810; Tri- 
phena, March 14, 1787, died April 10, 1867; 
Ariel, August 13, 1788, died September 22, 
1818; Ruby. July 28, 1790, married (first) 
Orrin Loomis, in November, 1821, and (sec- 
ond) Moses Drake, died May 16, 1875; Wil- 
lard, June 5, 1792; Sabrina, August 15, 1794, 
died j\lay 22, 1875 ; Junius or Junia, April 30, 
1796: Lura, October 7, 1798, married Midian 
Griswold, March 19, 1822, of Litchfield ; 
Frederick, mentioned below, and Philomela 
(twins), August 12, 1803: Philomela died 
April 30. 1804. 

(VI) Deacon Frederick, son of Junia or 
Junius North, was born August 12, 1803. 
He married Harriet, daughter of Ira Hoyt, 
June 14, 1830. She was born in Warren, 
Connecticut, March 30, 18 10. He lived on 
his father's place. Fie was elected deacon of 
the Baptist church in Newfield, was a farmer, 
and very much respected. Children : Char- 
lotte Jane, born May 13, 1831, married Jo- 
seph Deming, of Colebrook, March 12, 1856; 
Adaline Plumb and Catharine Palms (twins), 
August 29. 1S33: .\daline Plumb died May 
28, 1848; Carrel Fyler, June 29, 1835: Junius 
Davis, June 17, 1839; Roxa Amelia, April 23, 
1842, died May 28, 1882, married Elbert Nor- 
ton, of Goshen, December 31, 1865; Irene 
Harriet, October 14, 1843, died May 20, 1905, 
married John A. Moore, of Colebrook, March 
3, 1866 (see Moore VII). Annie Margiana, 
]\Iarch 27, 1845, rnarried Edward Y. Clark, 
of Washington, Connecticut, October 22, 
1870; Frederick Alonzo, born April 10, 1846; 
Lyman Hoyt, February 4, 1849 ; Rubie Olivia, 
May 30, 185 1. 



Stephen Moore was the keeper 
MOORE of the lighthouse on Fairweather 
Island for many years. Pre- 
viously he had been a farmer in Derby, Con- 



necticut. He was an upright and useful citi- 
zen, faithful to every duty and interested in 
every good cause. He is buried in Mountain 
Grove cemetery, Bridgeport, Connecticut. He 

married Hannah . Children: James 

Hovey, mentioned belovv' : \Villiam, died 
young; Kate, unmarried, succeeded her father 
as keeper of the lighthouse and so continued 

until her death ; Alary, married Hunt, 

of Brooklyn, New York ; Elizabeth, married 
\\'dliam Howard Thomas. All of the above- 
named children are now deceased. 

(II) James Hovey, son of Stephen and 
Hannah Moore, was born in 1804 at Derby, 
Connecticut, died at Bridgeport, Connecticut, 
in 1889. He was educated in the public 
schools of his native town. He began his busi- 
ness career at the age of eleven, when he was 
sent alone to drive a flock of sheep from 
Derby to Fairweather Island, where his father 
kept the lighthouse. When he reached Bridge- 
port the tide was too high to ford the river 
and he had to wait for low tide, but he finally 
reached his destination safely, with all his 
flock, and was afterward employed bv Isaac 
Hinman to make similar trips. He served an 
apprenticeship at the trade of shipwright, 
worked as a journeyman for a time, and later 
engaged in business on his own account as a 
ship-builder, enjoying in due course of time 
a large and flourishing trade. He built for 
himself some forty vessels, in addition to 
those under contract, and made use of them 
in the coal trade. He was a master mariner 
and on various occasions handled the vessels 
himself. After his death the business was 
continued for a time by his widow. The 
shipyard and docks that he built, as well as 
the vessels, are a monument to his energy, 
industry and ability. He began without ad- 
vantages in the race of life and won a signal 
success in business. He was undaunted by 
adversity, and persevered and v.-on in many 
struggles that seemed hopeless. He won the 
confidence of the business world and the re- 
spect of his townsmen. He was interested 
in public education and performed efficient 
service as a member of the school board, and 
also for a time served in the capacitv of select- 
man of the town. He was a director of 
Pequonock Bank in 1881, and his knowledge 
of the value of real estate was of inestimable 
value to that institution. He was a constant 
attendant of the First Congregational Church, 
of which his wife was a member, and where 
her grandfather preached for twenty-one 
years, up to the time of his death, and wdio 
erected the first house on Golden Hill, now a 
fine residential section. In politics Mr. Moore 
was a Republican. He married (first) Betsey 



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I.ecte. lie married (second) in 1872, Eliza- 
beth Waterman. Iwirn at Stratfurd, clangliter 
of Alanson Freennmd Lewis (sec Lewis V). 

(The Lewis Line). 

( I ) I'.enjamin Lewis, immit;rant ance-tor. 
is first licard of in N'ew Haven. Connecticut, 
removinp there from W'allinjjford in itVn), 
iiid takin);^ up liis residence in Stratfurd ;il)iiut 
11)76-77. where he was the first of the name, 
lie exchanged his farm in WallinKfonl with 
John Hull, of StratfonI and Derby, for Hulls 
property in Stratford. He married, in .Strat- 
fonI, Hannah, daughter of Sergeant John 
Curtis, ami settled in Wallingford. but later 
returne<l to Stratford. Children: loini. Ixirn 
in W'.'dlingford. September. 1(172: Mary, Xo- 
vember. i()74, in Wallingford; lames, i<'>79, 
in Stratford: Kdnumd, 1(179: Joseph, 10.S3; 
Hannah, 1(^85: Mary, about 1688: Martha. 
I'lQi ; Menjamin. mentioned below : Kunice. 

(II) Ltenjamin (2). son of P.enjamin (i) 
Lewis, was born in 1^)96. He married Sarah, 
daughter of Danie! He I'orest. According to 
the town records of ."^tratford he married, 
I-"chruary 26. 1719-20. Sarah Xicolls. Chil- 
dren : William : Xehemiah : Hepsebah, bap- 
tized Jime, 1724: Benjamin, mentioned be- 
low: Samuel, born June 2^. 17,^1 : Isaac, Sep- 
tember, 1734. 

(III) P.enjamin (3), .son of P.enjamin (2) 
Lewis, was born S^|itember 14, 1729. He 

married Elizabeth . Children : Free- 

uiund. mentioned below : Huldah, baptized 
Xovember, 1765: Agur. baptize<l Jidy, 1767: 
Haniel, baptized Aj.ril. 1776: I'ctsey. married 
Abijah CtTord: Polly, married Judson Curtis. 

(IN) Freemund. son of P.enjamin (3) 
Lewis, was baptized I'cbruary. 17()4. He was 
born and died in Stratford. He married 
Cherry, horn January 11. 17C)3, daughter of 
llenoni and Mehitable ( P.ooth) French. Chil- 
dren: Alan-on brcemund. mcntic.neil below; 
Eliza Mehitable, married Eliakim Hough. 

(\') Alanson Frecmuml. son of Freemund 
Lewis, was born .\ugiist 30. 1793, died in 
Stratford. May 22, 1859. He was a farmer 
by occupation, and resided on the old home- 
stead in .^tratford. He participated in the 
war of 18 1 2. He was prominent in town 
affairs, taking an active part in the building 
■ f roads and in the schcwl and cinirch. He 
married Julia, daughter of Rev. Elijah Water- 
man. She was buried in Lake X'iew ceme- 
tery. P.ridgeport, Connecticut. Children : 
Frederick Alanson. died at age of twenty; 
Julia, married Xathan P.. McEwen. of Strat- 
ford, she is still living there : Thomas, died in 
1008: Margaret, unmarried, resides with her 
MSter, Mrs. McEwen : Elizabeth Waterman. 



married James IL Moore ( »ee Mimtc IF); 
.Mary, died at age of eighteen 



John Hill was one "i inr nrst 

HILL settlers of (aiilford; he came from 
Xorthamptonshirc, England, as 
early as 1(134. He lived on the north side 
of the green in (jnilford, in the place occupied 
in late years by E. C. ISishop and Tabar 
Smith, i le was Inirn in Eneland an<l dicil 
June 8. 1689. His wife. '■ '■ ' \Liy. 

1673. I heir children w( 14; 

James, 1(146; .\nn, 1(148 ~ \U. 

His second wife was Kaih.uuii-. 
Alexaniler Chalker. of Saybrook. 

(H) James, son of John Hill, tin- Mtlkr. 
was born in (iuilford. .M.iy 15, i(>4(). died Oc- 
tober, 1707. aiul wa> inter'^'i ' ' ••'' • ' He 
married, in Se[)tember, p Id, 

and their Children were 'N3; 

Isaac, 1685; James, 1687; .\nu, i(>>j, Daniel, 
i^x;2: John ami Charity (twins), 1694; Mich- 
ael. 1698; Mary, 1701. 

(HI I Isaac, son of James Hill, was Iwrn 
in East (iuilford, September 3, 1^185, died in 
\\ Dodbury, February 7, 1733. He married. 
July 5, 1711, .\nn Parmalee, and they had 
fifteen children. Isaac Hill removed to \Voo<l- 
Iniry as early as 17.^8; all the children but 
Jonas were born in Guilford. Jonathan and 
Daniel were twins; Isaac, married. Xovember 
1(1. 1741. Caroline Perry; Sarah: .\hirah, 
married. January 29, 1754, Mehitable Lewis; 
James; .Submit, married, Xovember 10. 1748, 
David Hotchkiss; Huldah. 

( I\ ) Jonathan, son of Isaac Hill, was l)orn 
Januar\ 30, 1734. He was brought up in 
Woodbury ami ilied there Febniary 10. 1797. 
He married there .\pril 19. 1738, Elizabeth 
Perry. Children, Iwrn at Wcuxlbury: .Anne, 
April 19. 1739: Reuben. February 26, 1761; 
David. February 10, 1 7(13. died 1843: Daniel, 
March 22. 1767, mentioned below; Jonathan, 
March 23, 1769. 

(A) Daniel, son of Jonathan Hill, was bom 
March 22. 1767. at Woodbury, died in Betli- 
lem. March 2. 1849. He married Electa 
Minor, who died February 7, 1840. Chiblren, 
bom at Woodbury : Julia, luarried Harvey 
Perkins: Ann Maria, married Cephas P.each ; 
Emily, married Giles Gaylord : Rollin R., 
marriefl Susan M. Kassom an<l removed to 
Illinois: Gilman E., mentioned below. 

(\"I) Gilman Elbridge. son of Daniel Hill, 
wa'i Ixirn in Woodbury, now Bethlehem. Con- 
necticut, and resi<led there until 1834, when 
he removed to Middlebury, where he lived 
until his death. He was a deacon of the 
church, and a man of wicle influence in the 
commtmity. He represented his rlistrict in the 



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general assembly. He married, March 5, 
1834, Nancy, daughter of Phineas Crane ( see 
Crane VI). Children: Sophia, born 1835; 
Oilman Crane, mentioned below. 

(VII) Oilman Crane, son of Oilman El- 
bridge Hill, was born in Bethlehem, Connec- 
ticut, June 13, 1843. He was educated in the 
public schools, and has been a manufacturer 
all his active life. He has lived in Middle- 
bury, Naugatuck, New York City, St. Peter, 
Minnesota, and since 1870 in Waterbury, Con- 
necticut. In all these cities he has had manu- 
facturing interests. He was secretary of the 
American Flask and Cap Company from 187 1 
to 1876, and since then has been secretary of 
the Waterbury Brass Company. In 1890 he 
patented a device known as a stubholder. In 
politics he is a Republican, in religion a Con- 
gregationalist, member of the Second Congre- 
gational Church of Waterbury. He was a 
member of the old Arcadian Club for amateur 
theatricals. During the civil war he was sec- 
retary of Company A, Second Regiment, Con- 
necticut Militia. He is a director in the Dime 
Savings Bank and a corporator of the Water- 
bury Savings Bank. He married. May 30, 
iS/'S. Charlotte Buckingham, daughter of 
Charles Benedict. They have one child, Kath- 
erine, who married. April 14, 1904, Dr. Nel- 
son A. Pomeroy. 

(The Crane Line). 

The surname Crane has an ancient English 
history dating back to the Hundred Rolls of 
the thirteenth century, and was probably a 
Norman local name earlier. Its similarity to 
the name of a bird has caused some of the 
families to adopt the crane as a symbol on 
their coat-of-arms, and indeed some branches 
of the family may have adopted the emblem 
before taking the surname. The coat-of-arms 
of the Crane family of Suffolk, England, to 
which some if not all the American families 
belong, is : Argent a fesse between three 
crosses crosslet fitchee gules. Crest : A crane 
proper. There have been many distinguished 
Englishmen of this name from the earliest 
use of the surname. There were a number 
of pioneers of this family in Massachusetts 
before 1650. 

(I) Henry Crane, immigrant ancestor, was 
born about 1635, in England, and came to 
Wethersfield, Connecticut, as early as 1655. 
Here he was associated with his brother Ben- 
jamin as a farmer, a tanner and currier of 
leather. Soon after 1658 he removed to Guil- 
ford, Connecticut, and in 1663 was one of 
twelve planters to locate at Hammonnassett, 
later known as Killingworth, a place lying be- 
tween Ouilford and Saybrook. Up to the 



tim.e of his death his name appears often in 
the records of the town in connection with 
various public trusts, civil, military and re- 
ligious. He was made a freeman, September 
24, 1669; representative to the general court. 
May, 1675 ; chosen lieutenant of Killingworth 
train band, in 1676 ; was also justice of the 
peace for the county of New London, 1698- 
1701-02-03. He was one of the assistants in 
the upper house of the general court, October 
12, 1665, also in May, 1666. For twenty- 
seven years he was representative to the gen- 
eral court of Connecticut. As a first settler of 
Killingworth he was granted by the town 
committee sixteen acres of land. He became 
captain of militia, and was frequently called 
to serve on committees and arbitrations in- 
volving varied and important c^uestions re- 
lating to public and private affairs. He mar- 
ried (first) Concurrence, daughter of Mr. 
John Meigs, of Ouilford, about 1663. She 
died in Killingworth, October 9, 1708. He 
married (second) December 26. 1709, De- 
borah Champion, widow of Henry Champion, 
of Lyme, Connecticut. He died April 22, 
171 1. Children, recorded in Ouilford: John, 
born about 1664 : Elizabeth, about 1666 ; Con- 
currence, December 27, 1667, recorded in Kil- 
lingworth ; Mary, August 23, 1670 ; Phebe, 
December 24, 1672 ; Theophilus, January 5, 
1674 : Abigail, April 3, 1676 ; Henry, Octo- 
ber 25, 1677, mentioned below ; Mercy, June 
21, 1680: Nathaniel, August 7, 1682. 

(II) Henry (2), son of Henry (i) Crane, 
was born October 25, 1677, in Killingworth, 
Connecticut. He married Abigail, daughter 
of Robert Flood, of Wethersfield. Connecti- 
cut, January 27, 1703-04. He settled in that 
part of Killingworth afterwards set off to 
Durham, of which he was one of the thirty- 
four original proprietors. From 1718 to 1740 
he represented the town in the state legisla- 
ture, and was justice of the peace for the 
county of New Haven from 1728 to the time 
of his death. He died April 11, 1741. leav- 
ing a large estate for that time. His widow 
died August 31. 1754, aged seventy-eight. Chil- 
dren : Silas, born January 25, 1705, men- 
tioned l^elow ; Concurrence, IMarch 25, 1708; 
Henry, March 20, 1710; Abigail, June 6, 
1712.' 

(III) Silas, son of Henry (2) Crane, was 
born January 25, 1705, and settled in Dur- 
ham, Connecticut. He received the military 
title of sergeant and rendered service during 
the French and Indian wars, and was quite 
prominent in all matters relating to the wel- 
fare of the town, serving on the committee to 
settle as to who should serve as pastor of the 
church and many other important committees. 



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lie roiilecl nii a imrtion I'f tlic seven Inin'ircd 
ami til'ty acre farm heloni^im; to his lather, 
lie clieil January 15. i~'>V His wife was 
Mercy, (lan^liter of Samuel (iriswolil. whom 
he marrie<l Xovemlicr 2~. iJ2ij. She died 
Auirust J<>, 17S2. Children: Al)it;ail, l)orn 
September 10, 1730: Jesse, June 5, 1732: 
riiH)d, I'ehruary 12, 1734: Silas, .November 
<>■ '".?": I^jbert (Iriswold, I'ehruary 18, 1739, 
mentioned below: l-"li, .Xovcmber 27, 1742; 
Flood. I'ehruary 27, 1744: Huldah, .Vpril 30. 
1747; Ruth. December 12. 1749: hredcrick, 
Fci>ruary 24, 1751 : Nathan, Septemlier 18, 

I754- 

(I\') Robert (Iriswold, son of Silas Crane, 
was Ixjrn February i.S. 1739, in Durham. Con- 
necticut. He married (first) at Durham, f)c- 
tober 31, I7'>5. Mary, daughter of F.leazer 
Camp. She died .April 30, 1790, and in l-'cb- 
ruary, 1791, he married (second) Sybilla Jud- 
soii, who died Jaiuiary 12, 180S. .\fter a few 
years' resi<ience at Durham, he removed, 
Ai)ril 7, I7'V>, with his family to the town of 
Bethlehem. Connecticut, and there lived until 
his death, March d, 1820. Children. i)orii at 
Durham: Mary. .\uL;ust 7, I7''7: Robert. .No- 
vember 12, 1768; born at llethlehem: .Molly, 
May 20, 1770: .\chsah, .\pril 7. 1772; Fleazer. 
December 28, 1773: Jesse, 1775: riiineas, 
mentioned below; October 10, 1777: .'■'arah. 
May 2^, 1781. 

( \' ) Phineas, son of Robert (iri>wold 
Crane, was horn at llethlehem, Connecticut. 
October 10, 1777. He married. Jaiuiary 2ji. 
1800. Irene, daughter of (lideon and .Abigail 
Xichols. She died at Stratford, Connecticut, 
March 20, 1836. He was captain of the 
militia, and the latter ])art of his life deacon 
of the Congregational church. He died at 
Bethlehem. Connecticut. November 17, 1839, 
aged sixty-two. Chihlren : John N.. horn 
March 17. 1801 ; Fanny C, November 28, 
1802: Frederick C. January 8, 1805; Cath- 
arine, Deceml)er 3, 1806; Gideon, September 
24, 1808: Nancy. December 13, 1810, men- 
tioned beli>w : .\l)igail. .March (1, 1813: Marv 
A.. Decembei 2~. 1814: Phineas M., January 
28, i8if): Roiiert. Decemiier 27, 1820: .Nathan. 
December 5, i8j2. 

(\l) .Nancy, flaughter of Phineas Lrane. 
was born December i ^, 1810. She married. 
March 5, 1834, (.ilman F. Hill, of Bethle- 
hem, Connecticut (see Hill \"I). 



Ceorgc Clarke, immigrant an- 
C l.ARKF cestor. was liorn in England 

and came to this country in 
i()37 ill the company of Rev. John Davenport 
and his congregation from counties Kent and 
Surrev. near London. With him came three 



relatives, James, Jf»hn and George Clarke. 
.After about a year in Boston, the jiarty lo- 
cated at .New Haven, Connecticut, whence in 
1(139 they moved to Milford in that colony. 
-A tract of three acres, purchased for a com- 
mon, is still free from buildings and has iK-en 
in the possession of Clarke and his descend- 
ants to the present time. It is now owneil 
by David Nathaniel Clarke, mentioned be- 
low. The First Church of .Milford, of which 
George Clarke was a member, was e>tablishcd 
.\ugust 22, 1639, anri he was a deacon. Me 
became a man of wealth and prominence in 
the community. He was a carpenter and 
builder, as well as a farmer, and doubtless 
built many of the tirst houses in the town. 
He died in June, Kk^i. and his wife Mary 
also died at Milford. He was a <lepuly to the 
general court from Milford, Ch' 
Thomas, mentioned below. Sarah, (m 
John, .Abigail, l-'lizabeth, Reliecca and .\lai.\. 

(H) Thomas, son of George Clarke, was 
born in I'.oston in i'>37, died in Milford, Con- 
necticut, in 171'). He was a farmer and 
owned more land than any other man in Mil- 
ford. He married (first) in ifv>3, Hannah, 
daughter of William Giliiert. He marrie 1 
( seconil ) < irace, widow of .'^amuel Prudden. 
Children of first wife: Sarah. Samuel, Thom- 
as, mentioned below, lieorge, Joseph antl 
Hannah. 

(HI) Thomas (2), son of Thomas (i) 
Clarke, was born at Milford, January 22. 
if)88. died there February \2. 1728. He was 
also a farmer. He marrieil. .November 22. 
1703. Martlia Clarke, of T'armington. ("hil- 
dren : .Martha, .\nn, Thomas, Keziah, Jona- 
than, Jared. mentioned below. 

(I\) Jared, son of Thomas (2) Clarke, 
was baptized at Milford, January 28, 1719. 
died there May 21, 1789. He followed farm- 
ing througii his active life. He married Mar- 
tlia Baldwin, baj)tized December 8, 1723. died 
l>elore 1770. Children, horn at .Milford: 
Davicl. dieil young: Enoch, Tlial, David, men- 
tioned below. Hial, Jerusha, .Abel and Martha. 

l\ ) David, son of Jared Clarke, was born 
in 1751, <licd in 1S31. He was a fanner in 
his native town. He was an active patriot 
and served in the revolutionary war. He was 
with General Washington on Long Island an<l 
many interesting incidents of his exjierience 
have been preserved by his descendants. 
When General Tryon attacked Danbury, Con- 
necticut, he. with Justin Wood, .Samuel (^recn 
anil irthers. proceeded to the path and from 
behind fences and trees shot and killed many 
British soldiers. Green was killed. David 
Clarke married .Aima Clarke, born in 1755, 
died in 1812, daughter of Isaac Clarke, of 



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what is now the town of Orange, Connecti- 
cut, descendant of Dr. Samuel Andrew, one 
of the founders and the second president of 
Yale College and pastor for fifty-two years 
of the First Congregational Church of Mil- 
ford, and taught some of the college classes 
at his home in Milford. Children, born in 
Milford : David. Hannah, Martha, Nancy, 
David, mentioned below, John, Samuel, Hial, 
Elizabeth. Jerusha. Sarah A., Mary A. and 
Mabel ; the last three were by a second mar- 
riage. 

(VI) David (2), son of David (i) Clarke, 
was born November 15, 1782, died January 
17, 1853. He was a farmer in Milford and 
prominent in public life. In politics he was 
a Whig and in religion a Congregationalist. 
He married, October 31, 1805, Mary Smith, 
born in Milford, November 2, 1784, died Feb- 
ruary II, 1857, daughter of Samuel Bryan 
Smith, a soldier in the revolution. Samuel 
B. Smith was with General Montgomery in 
the Quebec Expedition, and was at one time 
in command of a vessel which transported 
troops across the Great Lakes, and while 
there a vessel loaded with British officers and 
soldiers drifted ashore in the fog and were 
taken prisoners by the Americans. Children : 
I. ■Maria, born October 9. 1806; married Den- 
nis Beach, a carriage manufacturer of Alil- 
ford. 2. Louisa Ann, April 21, 1809, died 
unmarried. 3. Laurette, August 19, 181 1; 
married Isaac F. Stone, of Orange, a carriage 
maker and merchant, who died at Louisville, 
Kentucky. 4. Catherine Mary, October 29. 
1813; married, April 10, 1834, Elias Clark, 
a farmer of Milford; she died in 1901. 5. 
]\Iason S., November 11, 1815 ; a wholesale 
merchant in New Orleans, Louisiana. 6. 
Emily Susan, July 21. 1817; married Lemuel 
Powell, of Brooklyn. New York. 7. Julia 
Smith, September 29, 1819: married, July 13, 
1841, Harvey Beach. 8. David Nathaniel, 
mentioned below. 9. Samuel B.. February 19, 
1824: a wholesale merchant in New York 
City ; married. December 20, 1848, Sarah 
Barney Belcher, of Chickopee. 10. Charles 
William, September 19, 1827. 

(VII) David Nathaniel, son of David (2) 
Clarke, was born at Milford. October 8, 1821. 
He attended the public schools of his native 
town and a class taught by the minister of 
the Congregational church before the high 
school was established and he was one of 
the first pupils in the high school. He was 
for a number of years associated with his 
brother, Samuel B. Clarke, in commercial 
business in New York City. Samuel Bryan 
Clarke was afterward a law partner of United 
States Senator Elihu Root of New York. Re- 



turning to his native town. David Nathaniel 
Clarke devoted his attention to farming, in 
which he has since been engaged with abun- 
dant success. Some of his land has been in 
the possession of his family from the time of 
the first grant to his pioneer ancestor in 1639, 
or soon afterward. With his sons. Air. Clarke 
owns and cultivates some three hundred acres 
of land in Milford. He was formerly a mem- 
ber of Ansantawae Lodge, Ancient Free and 
Accepted Masons, of Milford. In politics he 
is a Republican, with a tendency to independ- 
ence. He has been selectman and assessor of 
the town and held other offices. He is a 
prominent member of the Congregational 
church, and was one of the first members of 
the local order of the Sons of Temperance. 
He has always been an earnest and zealous 
supporter of the cause of temperance. He 
was a soldier in the civil war. but after spend- 
ing some time in camp was discharged on 
account of ill health. He married, June 19, 

1854. Charlotte Ann, born October 23. 1826, 
daughter of Newton Piatt, of Milford. and 
sister of Lenora S. Piatt. She died October 
10, 1866. Her father, Newton Piatt, was 
born December 21, 1792, died February 24, 
1863 ; married. October 18. 1821. Anna Clarke, 
born November 24, 1799. died September 7, 
1863. Mr. Clarke married (second) October, 
1867, Lenora Sophia Piatt, sister of his first 
wife. Children of first wife: i. David Le- 
land, mentioned below. 2. Mary Ellen, born 
September 5, 1856 ; unmarried ; resides in 
Boston. 3. Elbert Newton, mentioned below. 
Children of second wife: 4. Charlotte Anna, 
born 1869 : married Frank E. Hine. a civil 
engineer, residing at Fishers Island. New 
York state ; children : Eleanor Clarke Hine, 
December 16, 1896: Donald Frank Hine. Jan- 
uary 26, 1899 ; \\'inifred Charlotte Hine, 
April 27, 1901 ; Esther Josephine Hine. April 
18. 1908. 5. \'incent Biddle. born August 8,. 
1880: graduate of Yale College in 1902; now 
city engineer of Ansonia, Connecticut. 6. 
Child, died in infancy. 

(\TII) David Lela'nd. son of David Nath- 
aniel Clarke, was born at Milford. March 20, 

1855. He attended the Milford public schools 
and the famous Russell Military School at 
New Haven. Connecticut. He then became 
associated with his father in the management 
of the farm at IMilford. He was for about 
thirty years associate editor of the Ansonia 
Sentinel, having charge of the Milford de- 
partment of that newspaper. He has been 
for many years a director of the IMilford Sav- 
ings Bank. In politics he is a Republican. 
He is clerk of the First Congregational 
Church and a prominent and active member. 





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lie married, Oclulicr ji). 1S84, iCmma J. Mun- 
son, at Milfonl, (laiii^littr of Edward I'reston 
and Mary Jane ( I'luinlj) Miins<in. Her 
nu»tlicr was born May 5. 183J, died August 
20. 1S82. Her {grandfather was Lewis Miin- 
son. They trace tlieir ancestry back to Cap- 
tain 'I'honias Mnn--i)n. who was one of the 
early settlers of New Haven and had an im- 
portant part in the life of the New Haven 
Colony. Children: David Andrew, fifth of 
the name in direct line, l)orn J'.me 24, 1S87; 
Emerson Leland, Aiitjnst 3, 1890; Mabel 
Agne.-. Au;,aist S, 1893. 

( \ HI ) Elbert Newton, son of David Nath- 
aniel Clarke, was born September 7, i860, at 
Milford. He was educated in the district 
school near his home and in the graded schools 
of .Milford. At the a-^e of eighteen he en- 
gaged in business with his father and brother 
under the firm name of D. .V. Clarke & Sons, 
farming and market gardening, and continued 
until 1894. Since then he has been a general 
contractor. His business includes the laying 
of concrete and cement walks and iniilding 
roai!s, making excavations and fillings. He 
also deals in lumber. He has a farm of 
twenty-five acres and leases other lands. In 
politics he is a Republican. He is a member 
of the Milford Driving .\ssociation and of 
.\rctic I'ire Com])any, No. i. He and his 
family are members of the First Congrega- 
tional Church and for five years he served 
on its standing committee. 

He married, February 18, 1885, Susie I. 
Smith. She is an active worker in the I'irst 
Congregational Cinirch, a former teacher in 
its Sunday school and meTuber of the Ladies' 
I'.enevoient I'nion. ."-^he is a charter member 
of Deborah Stowe Chainer. Daughters of the 
American Revolution. Children : Stanley 
Newton, Ixirn December 7, 1887: Mildred 
Leanora, June 19, 1891 : Florence Isabel, 
March 14. 1897; Marjorie Theresa. Septem- 
ber 18. 1898. 

The .Smith family settled in Milford in 
colonial days. The great-grandfather of 
Susie I. (Smith) Clarke, Isaac Smith, her 
grandfather. Nathan Smith, and her fatlier, 
E. Stiles Smith, were shoemakers. Her father 
married Maria Theresa I'latt, a native of Mil- 
ford, daughter of Jonah Piatt, granddaughter 
of I'isk Piatt. Her twin sister, Sailic T. 
Smith, born I-'ebruary 13, 1862, marrieil 
Charles S. Clarke, a seedsman of W'akeman. 
Ohio: her brother, b'rank W. Smith, of New- 
Haven, married Carrie \V. I'.eard. of .Milford. 
Through her mother's family, Mrs. Elbert N. 
Clarke descends in the tenth generation from 
William l-'owler. who came to Connecticut 
with Daven])ort and was one of the founders. 



.She was si.vth in <lescent from Captain John 
I'owlcr, who was commissioned by the gen- 
eral assembly, captain of the second company 
or train Kind of the .Second Regiment in the 
revolution, and he alM> serverl the town and 
coinitry by raising iriKips I'-' •''■ ■■■'•". "'il 
army. Mrs. Clarke is also •'' 
her mother's family from ' 
Pond and Sir Charles Hobby. • lie lalltr was 
an officer in the colonial wars and was one of 
the six .\merican> knighted at Windsor 
Castle in 1705. He wa- the ancestor of Mary 
Hobby, who married /achariah HuKlir.l 
their daughter, Mary Hubbard, marrie'' 
Pond anil were parents of Captain < 
Pond, the first ensign in CajUain i; :i:- 
Peret's company. Colonel Charles \\'ebb'- n ;^i- 
ment. at the siege of iJoston : commissioned 
as fir>t lieutenant, January 17, 177''): in com- 
mand of the war vessel "Schuyler" which 
captured the P.ritish ship "Crawford" and a 
sloop: he ca[itnred three prizes in 1776 and 
rcca])tured various .American vessels and 
stores taken at Long Islaml: was in tlie battle 
of White Plains; crossed the Delaware with 
Washington in December, 1777. and was in 
the battle of Princeton : was commissioned 
captain. January 1, 1777, resigning .\pril 20, 
1779, to take command of the war vessel 
"New Defense," which was taken by the P.rit- 
ish after an engagement, and he was confined 
in the jirison shiji "Jersey," but soon after- 
ward exchanged : was a member of the So- 
ciety of Cincinnati: married Martha Miles; 
their daughter Sally married William Herpin 
l-'owler. and their daughter, Sarah Fowler, 
married Jonah' Piatt, maternal grandfather of 
Mrs. Clarke, mentioned above. 



fll) Ensign George, son of 
CL.\RK Deacon deorge Clarke (q. v.) 
(as he spelled the name), was 
born in Milford. in i'>47. died there July 19, 
1734. He married Delxirah Gold. He was 
one of tho-.e who negotiated for the jmrchase 
from the Indians, February 29. 1700. of the 
land on which the Clark family still resides. 
Mr. David Clark now lives on the homestead, 
and opposite his house is a stone on which he 
has inscriiied the names of all the owMiers. 

(HI) Captain Nathan, son of F"-i"" 
George Clark married .Abigail N' 
descendant of Rev. Roger Newton, first 1 
of the church in Farmington and second pas- 
tor in Milford. succeeding Rev. Peter Pnidden. 
(I\') Nathan (2"). S(mi of Captain Nathan 
( I ) Clark, was born .\u'.:ust, I74'>. died July 
12, 1819. He married .Mabel Treat, lKirn 1753, 
ilied July i, 1828, descendant of Governor 
Robert Treat. 



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(V) Nathaniel, son of Nathan (2) Clark, 
it is belie\-ed, was born in ^lilford, Connecti- 
cut. 

(\T) Nehemiah, son of Nathaniel Clark, 
was born November 24, 1783. He settled in 
Salisbury, formerly Milford, Connecticut, died 
there June 2, 1871. He was a farmer and 
miller and owned much land. He married 
Polly Walton, born 1787, died April 20, 1837. 
Children: Delia M., born December 25, 1810; 
Nathaniel W., February 19, 18 14, died May 
31, 1883; George Baldwin, mentioned below: 
Henry A., June 19, 1819, died December 9, 
1872;' Mary, May 24, 1822, died March 25, 
1888 : Andrew, June 26, 1828, drowned June 
14, 1842: Sarah, November 28, 1829, died 
July 24, 1875. 

(VH). George Baldwin, son of Nehemiah 
Clark, was born in Salisbury, March 6, 181 7, 
died March 26, 1895. He was a farmer, liv- 
ing in the south part of the town, and owned 
much real estate there. In politics he was a 
Democrat and served the town as selectman. 
He represented the town in the general as- 
sembly. He married (first) December 30, 
1845, Betsey A. Hamlin, of Sharon, Connec- 
ticut, born November 5, 1824, died November 
27, 1853, daughter of Benjamin and Betsey 
Hamlin. He married (second) November 22, 
1866, Jane, born at Salisbury, I\Iarch 18, 1834, 
now living in Salisbury, daughter of James 
and Jane (Heath) Landon, and granddaugh- 
ter of Ashbel and Loraine ( Chapman ) Lan- 
don. Children of first wife: George H., men- 
tioned below : Ambrose R., born September 
19, 1853, died May 11, 1880. Child of second 
wife : Jennie L., born October 20, 1868, lives 
with her mother in Salisbury. 

(VIII) George Hamlin, son of George 
Baldwin Clark, was born in Salisbury, Con- 
necticut, April 2, 1847. He was educated in 
the district schools of his native town and at 
the Rogers School for Boys at New Milford, 
Connecticut. He worked with his father on 
the farm until after he was twenty-one years 
old. In 1875 he came to the village of Salis- 
bury to take a position as clerk in the store 
of his brother, Ambrose R. Clark, general 
merchant. In 1876 he bought the business, 
and since then has been a merchant of promi- 
nence in this section. He owns two stores in 
Salisbury, a dry goods store and a general 
store, carrying also hardware and tools, in 
addition to dry goods and groceries. He also 
has a half interest in a drug store in that 
village. He is associated with Judge Donald 
T. Warner in agricultural business. He is 
president of the Cutlery and Handle Company, 
in Salisbury. In politics he is a Democrat, 
and has been town clerk and tov.n treasurer 



fur about twenty-five years. He has repre- 
sented the town for three terms in the gen- 
eral assembly. He was state senator in 1902- 
03. He is a member of Salisbury Lodge, No. 
56, Knights of Pythias, and has been its 
treasurer from the time of organization. He 
is treasurer of the Men's Club, Salisbury, and 
has been from the first. He is a prominent 
member and a vestryman of the Protestant 
Episcopal church. He married, October 25, 
1882, Mary E. Ball, of Salisbury, daughter of 
Robert and Elizabeth (Stiles) Ball. They 
have no children. 



Lieutenant ^^'illiam Clarke, im- 
CLARK migrant ancestor, was born in 
Dorsetshire, England, in 1609. 
Family tradition says that he came to New 
England in the ship "Mary and John," leav- 
ing Plymouth, England, March 30, 1630. His 
name also appears in the list of passengers in 
the "]\Iary and John" which sailed from Lon- 
don, March 24, 1633. He settled at Dorches- 
ter before 1635, where he was a prominent 
citizen, selectman, 1646-50. In 1653 he was 
one of the petitioners to settle in Northamp- 
ton, and he removed there in 1659. His wife 
rode on horseback with two baskets or pan- 
niers slung across the horse, carrying a boy 
in each basket and one on her lap, her hus- 
band, fifty years old, preceding on foot. He 
was granted twelve acres on the west side of 
what is now Elm street, bordering on Mill 
river, and comprising to-day the north half 
of the campus of Smith College. He built a 
log house where he lived until 1681, when it 
was burned, being set on fire by a negro. Jack, 
a servant of Samuel Wolcott, who took a 
brand of fire from the hearth and swung it 
up and down to "find victuals." The new 
house built in its place remained standing 
until 1826. Lieutenant Clarke organized in 
1661 a train band of sixty men, which he com- 
manded in King Philip's war. He served as 
selectman twenty years, and was also judge of 
the county court. He died at Northampton, 
July 18, 1690, and in 1884 a monument was 
erected to his memory bv his descendants. 
The old gravestone is still preserved. He 
married (first) Sarah (?), who died Septem- 
ber 16, 1675; (second) November 15, 1676, 
Sarah Cooper, who died May 6, 1688. Chil- 
dren: Sarah, born 1638: Jonathan, 1639; 
Nathaniel, 1642: Experience, 1643; Increase, 
1646: Rebecca, 1648; John, 1651 ; Samuel, 
1653: William, 163^1, mentioned below; Sarah, 
1659. 

(II) Ca|)tain William Clarke, son of Lieu- 
tenant William Clarke, was born in Dorches- 
ter, July 3, i65(:). He removed from North- 



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.'iinptiin. wluTf Ik- had mmc witli Ins parents, 
to l.ebainn, L tmnccticnt. and was one i>f tlic 
])iirchasers i>( what was known as the Llarke 
and Dewey juirchase, in the northern part of 
the town, lie was one of the orii^inal pro- 
1 rietorv of the town and was the first repre- 
M-niative from the town to the f^eneral court, 
in 1705. serving; l'>r thirteen years. lli- was 
a selectman sixteen years, and town clerk 
twenty-tive years, 1700-1725. He was cap- 
tain of militia, serving in the Indian wars, 
lie married (tirst). at .\'orthami)toii. July 15, 
l(>So, Hannah Stronj;. who died J.iiui.iry 31, 
1694, dan^rhter of KIder John ami Ahitjail 
(Ford) Stront;. He m.irried (second) i»ir>4. 
M.nry Smith, who died Ai)ril 23, 174S. Ik- 
died at I.ehanon. May 21). 1725. Children: 
Hannah. Iiorn iTtSj; Ahitrail. I'lS^: William. 
1685: Jonathan, i(i8.S, mentioned helow : 
Thomas. ii^)o: Joseph, ifxji ; I'.cnoni, i(>93,". 
Timothy, ifH)-, : ricrshoni, 1607. 

(HI) Jonathan, son of Captain William 
Clarke, was Ixirn at N'orthampton. May 13, 
i(^i8S. died at Lebanon, January 12, 1744. He 
wa'- a farmer there, ami marrieil, January f\ 

1714, H.innah Smalley. He hatl a son Jona- 
than, mentioned liclow. 

( I\' ) Jonathan (2), son of Jonathan (\\ 
Clarke, was horn at Lebanon, Xovcmber i. 

1715. died there in 1800. He was a farmer 
.•md selectTnan of the town in 1757. He in- 
herited a lar^e estate, which he sold, and lost 
his fortune throuijh the depreciation of cur- 
rency ihiriuL; the revolution. He married. 
January \f\ 17.^5. Mercy Dewey. br>rti .\pril 
I. 1714. in Lebanon, <Iau,i,diter of William and 
Mercy ( r.a.t,dey ) Dewey. Children: Hannah, 
horn 1735: Jonathan, 1737. nientiDued below: 
Dan. 1741 : Mercy, 1745: David. 1748: ( iideon 
( r) : Zerviah. 1751 : Lemuel. 1753: Cicrshom, 
I735- 

(\) Jonathan (3) Clark (as he spelled the 
name"), son of Jonathan (2) Clarke, was born 
;it Lebanon, .\pril 20. 1737. died there Sep- 
tember 28. 1772. He married. March 20. 
I75''>, Dorothy, dausjbter of dideon ami Re- 
becca (^Ordawa\) limit. Children: (iideon, 
Ixirn 1750. mentioned l>elow: Olive. I7ri2 (see 
Lebanon Town Records. Old liook, p. 3''>8). 

(\'I) Captain (iideon Clark, son of Jona- 
than (31 Clark, was born in Lebanon, .\pril 
i^'. 1750. died January 2, 1835. in Columbia. 
Connecticut, formerly a part of Lebanon. He 
was a farmer and succeeded to the farm of bis 
wife's father at Lebanon. He was a soldier 
in the revolution, and in 1832 wa> a iiensioner 
liviny; in Tolland county. Connecticut (Cmin. 
Rev. RolL. p. r>;(i). He married. April to. 
I7<*^7. Icmima Xewcomb. born (~)ctolier 24, 
I75ri. daui;bter of I'eter (5); Hezckiah (4): 



.Simon (3); Lieutenant .\n<Irew ( 2 ): Captain 
.Andrew .Newcomb ( i i. Her mother was 
Hannah, dai-^liter of Richard and Marv Knf;- 
lish, formerly <>{ liriMol, Rhode Island. She 
was born in Lebanon. .September n>. 1722. 
Her t;ran<hnothcr was Jenisha (Itradfonl) 
Newcomb, (laughter of Thomas (31: .Major 
William (2); ( iovernor William Itrailiord 
( I ». of the ".Mayllower" and "I'lymonth." 
Children: Dorothy, Ixirn October 3, 1788; 
Cliester, .Xjiril j(>. ijiin; ( )rren. January 28, 
1702; Hannah. Sejitember 7, I7'i3; Lucy. .\u- 
fftist 28, 17(^3 : Charles, mentioned Ik-Iow. 

(\II) Charles, son nl Captain ( iide<in 
Clark, was lK>rn in Lebanon, now Columbia, 
September 30, 1707, ilie<l in Lnticid, April 3, 
1807. He married, in Lnfield. Jtmc 21, 1832, 
Dorothy, daii'^diter of Captain John Kinij 1 3 I ; 
Joel (4); Itenjamin (3): j'.enjamin (2): 
James ( r ). of Suffield, Connecticut. She was 
born in b'ufield, bebruary 24, 1814, died in 
Melrose, .Xui^u-t 11. 18S7. Her mother was 
.Mice I'.utton. of jlntield. Children: .Maln-I. 
born 1831, marrieil Joseph .Xhlwit Thompson, 
of Melrose. 1838: .Mmira Kini;. 1835, mar- 
ried John van l!euran C"i Mimes, of Lonn- 
mcailow, .Massachu-^etts. i8^S; Charles Wal- 
lace, 1830. marrie<l Helen Ksthcr Gark, of 
Lnfield. 18(13: .Mahlon Xewconib, mentioned 
below. 

(\'III) Mahlon Newcomb, son of Charles 
Clark, was born in Lnfield, .^eptemlKr 20, 
184(1. died at Hartford. November 14, 1004. 
He married, at Hartford. .September 20, 1800, 
.Marv .Mice, ilaut^hter of Hiram Haven (7). 
of Shrewsbury, .Massachusetts, and Hartford, 
Connecticut: Moses (Ci): Lemuel (31; Moses 
(4): Joseph (31: Mo-es (2): Richard (i), 
of Lyim, Massachusetts. She was born in 
Hartford. December 12, 1849. Her mother 
was .Adeline Olivia I^imhert, lv)rn March 12, 
1818. parents unknown. .She was possibly the 
niece of William Lambert, who appears in 
Iioston abfiut that time, for she used to spc.ik 
of an I'nde William, who lived in I'.ovton 
when she was a chibl. Mahlon Newcomb 
Clark was connected with the l'hoeni\ Insur- 
ance (."ompany, of Hartford. Connecticut, as 
chief clerk and ca-hier. for aUmt thirty-three 
years and until the time of his death. Chil- 
dren: Charles Mahlon. I)orn Jime 21, 1870. 
died April 17. 1872: Walter Haven, men- 
tioned below. 

(IX) Walter Haven, son of Afahlon New- 
comb Clark, was horn at Hartford. January 
20. 1872. He attended the ptdilic scluxils and 
1,'raduated from the Hartford high school in 
the class of 1802. He entered Vale CnllcKe, 
from which he was graduated in |8«K>. and 
studied his profession in the Yale I-aw .School. 



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where he received his degree with the class 
of 1899. He was admitted to the Hartford 
county bar in 1898. After his graduation he 
formed a partnership with Judge WiUiam A. 
Arnold, of Willimantic, under the firm name 
of Clark & Arnold, with offices in the First 
National Bank Building, 50 State street, 
Hartford, and has continued in general prac- 
tice in this firm to the present time. He was 
president of the common council board of 
Hartford in 1902 and represented Hartford 
in the general assembly in 1905. In 1903 he 
was appointed associate judge of the Hart- 
ford police court, and since January i, 1908, 
has been judge of this court, being appointed 
by Governor Woodruff, succeeding Judge 
Garvan. Judge Clark is a member of the 
prudential committee of the Farmington Ave- 
nue Congregational Church of Hartford. He 
married, June 26, 1902, Julia Ellen Gilman, 
of Hartford, daughter of Judge George S. and 
Ellen (Hills) Gilman. J\Irs. Clark is a grad- 
uate of Smith College, class of 1896. They 
have one child, Eleanor Mary, born March 
6, 1904. 



Thomas Clark, immigrant ances- 
CLARK tor, was born in England, 1599, 

and first appeared in this country 
as a settler in July, 1623, when he arrived at 
Plymouth in the "Anne," in a company of 
forty-two adult passengers, besides children. 
He brought with him considerable property, 
especially cattle, and had land allotted to him 
near Eel River, now Chiltonville. There is a 
general tradition among the descendants of 
the Pilgrims, and particularly among the de- 
scendants of Thomas Clark, that he was the 
Thomas Clark who was one of the mates of 
the "Mayflower," and gave his name to Clark's 
island, of which he took possession, December 
8, 1620. This tradition, however, has never 
been verified. In 1627 he was the only per- 
son of that name in Plymouth Colony. In 
documents of the period he is called variously 
a carpenter, yeoman, merchant or gentleman. 
In 1633 he took the freeman's oath, and in 
1637 headed the list of volunteers to act 
against the Pequot Indians, being then men- 
tioned as of Eel River. In 1640 he is in- 
cluded in the list of fifty-eight "purchasers 
or old comers" in Plymouth. In 1641-43-44- 
45-46-47 he was constable and surveyor of 
highways. In 1643 be was in the list of the 
men of the colony able to bear arms. In 165 1 
and 1655 he was representative to the general 
court, and was at one time employed to audit 
the accounts of the colony. Between 1655 
and 1660 he removed to Boston, where he 
lived in the vicinity of Scotto's Lane. His son' 



Andrew married Mehitable, daughter of 
Thomas Scotto, and Thomas Clark gave him 
a house in that region. When the son An- 
drew removed to Harwich Thomas Clark ap- 
pears to have followed him, and the two 
were among the earliest proprietors of that 
town. In his latter days he lived with his 
daughter, Susanna Lothrop, at Barnstable. 
From 1654 to 1697 he was a deacon of the 
Plymouth church. He married (first), about 
1634, Susan or Susanna, daughter of widow 
Mary Ring, of Plymouth. All his children 
were probably of this marriage. He married 
(second) Mrs. Alice Nichols, daughter of 
Richard Hallett, in Boston, 1664. He died in 
Plymouth, March 24, 1697, and was buried on 
the summit of Burying Hill, where his grave- 
stone is still to be seen. Children (dates of 
birth conjectural) : Andrew, 1635 ; James, 
1637; ^^'illiam, 1639: Susanna, 1641 : Nath- 
aniel, 1643; John, 1645 oi" 1651. 

ill) Andrew, son of Thomas Clark, was 
born in 1635, and when a young man removed 
to Boston, where his name is found in the 
tax lists for 1674. He was in the shoe busi- 
ness, and lived in Scotto's Lane, where his 
father bought him a house. He was assistant 
counsellor, and several times representative 
to the general court. He removed to Har- 
wich, of which he was one of the original pro- 
prietors, in 1694. He married, 1671, in Bos- 
ton, Mehitable, daughter of Thomas and Joan 
(Sanford) Scotto, baptized February 11, 
1649. The family of Scotto was of some note 
in the early history of Boston. They are said 
to trace back to the year 1120, and the name 
was originally Scot-howe, which signified a 
portion of the hillside. In the early records 
it is variously written Scotto, Scottoe, Scottow 
and Scottoa. They came from Norwich, Nor- 
folk county, England, and were cabinet-mak- 
ers by trade. The immigrant ancestors con- 
sisted of a widow, Thomasine Scotto, and 
her two'sons, Thomas, born 1612, and Joshua, 
1 61 5. She was admitted to the First Church 
in 1634 and the sons in 1639. In the "Book 
of Possessions" Thomas Scotto is put down 
as the owner of a house afid garden in School 
street, four acres of land at Muddy River 
(Brookline), and a marsh at the same place. 
The property on School street descended to 
his great-great-grandson. Dr. Samuel Clark, 
and remained in the family until 1825, when 
Dr. Clark sold it to the city, and it now forms 
a part of City Hall Square. Thomas Scotto 
was overseer of graves, gates and fences in 
1644, and in Town Records, February. 1646, 
appears the following: "Thomas Scotto to 
see yt ye graves be digged five foot deep." 
He died in 1661. His brother, Joshua, was 



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one 1)1 tlic toiin(lcr> til llic .->Miuh i imicli. 1662. 
In UfSy he was, by commission from James 
II., chief justice of the court of common pleas 
for the province of Maine. He was the author 
of two tracts, "Old Men's Tears," ])rintc(l in 
1691, and "Planting of the Massachusetts 
Colony, 1694." llis house was in Sudbury 
street, and he died January 20, i(x)S. aged 
eigiily-tiiree. .Andrew Clark ilied in Har- 
wich, in 1706. Children of .\ndrew Clark: 
Thomas, born July 10, 1672; Susanna, March 
12, 1^)74: Andrew, 1678; Scotto, 1680 (men- 
tioned below): Nathaniel, if'^Sj; Mchitable, 
December 8. 1686. 

(Ilh Scotto, son of .\ndrew Clark, was 
born in Harwich, 1680, married, 17CXJ, Mary 

. Me is styled in deed>, ".Scotto Clark, 

miller." Chiblren: .\ndrew, lM>rn December 
1. 1707: Scotto, November 8, 1709 (mentioned 
below): Mary, .\pril 7. 1712; Josc])h and 
lienjamin (twins), January 8, 1714; I.ytlia, 
1717: Nathaniel. June 19, 1710: Sarah, 1721 ; 
Ebenezer, June 3, 1723: Seth, June 19, 1726. 

(I\) Scotto (2), son of Scotto (i) Clark, 
wa> liorn November 8. 1709, married. March 
22, 1733. Thankful Crosby, born February 7, 
1714. (lied December 17, 1802. He died .\u- 
gust 31, 1795. He was a master mariner, and 
nine of his eleven sons were whalemen. One 
of them was killed by a whale, in sight of his 
father, who commanded the Iwat. Children, 
born in Harwich: Elisha. May 14, 1734; 
Reuben, .\ugust i. 1735: TuUy. November 30, 
1736, killed by a whale: Mark, born May 3, 
1738: William. January 14. 1740: Mercy. .\u- 
gust 9, 1741 ; P.arnabas, March 9, 1743: Scotto, 
September 22. 1745: James. January 6, 1747; 
.\bigail, September 7, 1748: Roland. Febru- 
ary iR. 1730: Joshua, December 4, 1732: Fes- 
senden. October 8. 1734: Thankful, October 

22, J757- 

(V") Elisha. son of Scotto (2") Clark, was 
born May 14, 1734. at Harwich, married, 
February 14. 1760, Hannah Hopkins, l)orn 
March 28, 1733. He settled in Conway, Mas- 
sachusetts, in 1774. and died there. Septem- 
ber 0, 181 I. His wife died October 22. 1813. 
Children, all but the last two born in Har- 
wich: Judah. November 22. 1760: Mercy, 
.April 24, 1/62: Hannah. November 20. 1763; 
Elisha. .August 29. 1763: Scotto, July 14, 
1767: Oliver. July 3, 1769: Tabitha, Novem- 
ber I. 1771: Thomas. November 16. 1774: 
Thankful. September 7. 1776. 

(\ I") Judah. son of Elisha Clark, was born 
November 22. 1760. married. October 12, 
1788, .Abigail Freeman, born July 28, 1768, 
died October 10. 1S33. Judah was a soldier 
of prominence in the revoIuticDn. His name 
appears in a descriptive list of men raised ti 



remlonr iin- i, oninKi ■ 
for the term of si.x 1 
resolve dated June 5. 17" . 
as receive<l by Justin I'.ly, 
I'.rii;r»dier Oiierrtl < ilnrer, at 

<>. Ik w. 

• four inch. 

company 1 

at C'amp '1 ■ 

charged Deninbci 23 i«ill>i\\inn. lie li.iu 1 

been in the service in (":ipt:un l-'li l'.irk'> 

pany. Colonel Leoiii 

1 lampshire county, in 

I'omeroy's company. 

regiment, in New \i<\ . 

in Captain Elijah Dv\ i 

I-!li<lia Porter's regiment, 111 1779. an»l l.iti; in 

Cajuain .Abel Dinsmoor's companv. Colond 

Pt>rter's regiment, in 1779. at N^ ' 

Connecticut. He died .Ma\ i';, 1^ 

way. Children. Ix^rn in Conwa\ 

September 1 1, 1789; Hannah, October 4 

diefl October 31, 1790: Freeman, Ixirn N- 

ber 28, 1791. "lied February 23, 1702. I'.'U, 

born October 30, 1792. died .November 14, 

1702: .Abigail, born October 3. 1793, die' ' •■ 

uary 21, 1794: Freeman, Ixirn .May 2j^. 

Henry, February 26, 1797: Edmund, J i 

27. 1799; William. May 9, 1801 : A' 

.April 28. 1803, died September 2. 1803 : 

low. torn .August 29, 1804 (mentioned he 

low). 

(\TI) W'inslow, son of Judah Clark, was 
born .August 29, 1804, married. June 3. 1830, 
llet.sey L. P.ardwell. born .April 2. 1810. He 
was a farmer and fuller by i:)ccupatir>n and 
lived in Shelburne. Massachusetts. He tlicd 
there, November 12. 1881. Children, born in 
Shelburne: i. William Henry, .Augusts. 1831. 
2. Joel Itardwell, September 14, 1833. 3. .Abi- 
gail Freeman, January 2^. 1838. married 
Daviil Hunter, of Greenfield, Massachii^cffs. 
deceased. 4. Judah Winslow, born Mar. • , 
1843 (mentioned below). 5. Lydia Ni 
October 14. 1843. married Charles Purin^;-ii. 
6. r.etsey Slaria, Iwrn Deceinl)cr 3. 1853, lives 
in Cireenfield. 

(\III) Judah Winslow, son of Winslow 
Clark, was born March 29, 1843. in Shelburne. 
died in Terryville. Connecticut. February 3, 
i8<)6. He was educated in Shelburne .Acad- 
emy, but left the town at the age of twenty- 
one years and went to Terryville. where he 
became identified with the .Andrew Terry Com- 
pany, inanufacturers of malleable iron. He 
afterwards became superintendent and held 
the position f'lr many years. He was then 
made director, and alxiut i8.S<) secretary and 
treasurer, whicli (wisition be held until his 



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death He was a trustee of the Bristol Sav- 
ings Bank and took an interest in the schools 
of the town of Terr_vville. In religion he was 
a Congregationalist. He married, May 5, 

1868, Eliza Augusta, daughter of Alexander 
and Lydia (Gaylord) Pond (see Pond VI). 
She was born in Plymouth, Connecticut. June 
19, 1845. Children: i. IMaljel. ^larch 31, 

1869. 2. George Clififord, .\ugust 21, 1872, 
mentioned below. 

(IX) George Clifford Clark, son of Judah 
Winslow Clark, was born in Terryville, Au- 
gust 21, 1872. He was educated in the 
schools of his native town, in the Hartford 
High School and the Sheffield Scientific 
School, Yale University, from which he grad- 
uated in 1893. He then entered the Andrew 
Terry Company's plant, and has been identi- 
fied with it ever since. In i8g6 he was made 
secretary and in 1898 secretary and treasurer. 
He was one of the organizers of the Terry- 
ville Savings Bank, and was made its first 
president, which position he still holds. He is 
also a director of the bank, and of the An- 
drew Terry Company. He has been a mem- 
ber of the Republican town committee for 
many years, and is at present its chairman. 
He is also a member of the Connecticut Sons 
of the .American Revolution, and of the Con- 
ffresational church. He is unmarried. 



The Wilcox family is of Saxon 
\\TLCOX origin and was seated at Bury 

St. Edmunds, county Suffolk, 
England, before the Norman Conquest. Sir 
John Dugdale, in the visitation of the county 
of Suffolk, mentioned fifteen generations of 
the family previous to the year 1600. This 
traces the lineage back to the year 1200, when 
the surname came into use as an inherited 
family name. On old records the spellings 
Wilcox, Wilcockson, Wilcoxon and Wilcox 
are used interchangeably. 

( I ) John Wilcox lived in Hartford, Con- 
necticut, and was chosen surveyor in 1643-44; 
he served as selectman in 1650. He died in 
1 65 1 : his will was dated July 24, 1651, and 
he was probably buried in the Center Church 
burying ground in Hartford. His wife died 
about 1668. Children : John, mentioned be- 
low ; Sarah, married John Bidwell ani settled 
in Middletown : .\nn, born about 1616, mar- 
ried John Hall, Jr., and settled in Middletown. 

(II) John (2). son of John (i) Wilcox, 
was born in England and came to Hartford- 
with his father. He removed to Middletown 
Upper Houses, where he died May 24, 1676. 
He had agreed to settle in Middletown, but 
failing: to do so promptly, the general court 
in 1653 voted to compel him to occupy his 



grant or find a substitute. On March 10, 
1657, he bought the homesteads of Joseph 
Smith and Matthias Treat, and afterwards 
sold them to his cousin, Samuel Hall. In 1659 
he was on the committee on roads, and June 
30, 1660. he was granted lands at Wongunk. 
It has been claimed that he removed to Dor- 
chester for a few years. He purchased land 
and built a house, before November i, 1665, 
on land later occupied by the Beaumont-IIan- 
mer House. He married (first) September 
17, 1646, Sarah Wadsworth, who died 1649, 
daughter of W'illiam Wadsw'orth. He mar- 
ried (second) January 18, 1650, Catherine, 
daughter of Thomas Stoughton, of Windsor, 
who built the stone house or fort. He mar- 
ried (third) Mary, widow of Joseph Farns- 

worth and Long. She died in 1671 

and he married (fourth) Esther, born May,. 
1650, died May 2, 1733, daughter of William 
Cornwall. Sh& married (second) John Stow, 
of Middletown. Child of first wife : Sarah, 
born October 3, 1648, died December 3, 1727. 
Children of second wife : John, born October 
29, 1650. died young; Thomas, died young; 
Mary. November 13. 1654, died young; Israel, 
June 19, 1656, mentioned below ; Samuel, No- 
vember 9, 1658. Children of fourth wife: 
Ephraim, July 9. 1672; Esther, December 9, 
1673; Mercy, March 9, 1675-76. 

(Ill) Israel, son of John (2) Wilcox, was 
born in Middletown, June 19, 1656, died De- 
cember 20, 1689. He married. March 26, 
1678, Sarah Savage, born July 30, 1657, died 
February 8, 1724, daughter of John Savage. 
Children: Israel, born January 16, 1680; 
John, July, 1682 ; Samuel, September 26, 
1685, mentioned below; Thomas, July, 1687; 
Sarah, November 30, 1689. 

(I\') Samuel, son of Israel Wilcox, was 
born in East Berlin, September 26, 1685, died 
January 19, 1727. He married, March 3, 
1714-15, Hannah, daughter of John Sage. She 
married (second) Malachi Lewis, and died 
.April, 1737. Samuel had four children, of 
whom one was Daniel, mentioned below. 

(V) Daniel, son of Samuel Wilcox, was 
born in East Berlin, December 31, 171 5. He 
was a large landholder, and gave each of his 
children a farm. He also laid out sixty rods 
for a burying ground, now known as the Wil- 
cox cemetery, in the village of East Berlin. 
He died July 29, 1789, of apoplexy. On his 
gravestone is the following: "He was the 
Father of 13 children, 62 grand children & 
?i3 great grand children. 

"I grve ihis ground 
I'm laid here fir,st 
Soon my remains 
Will turn to dust. 



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My wife and progeny arniuid 
Conu' sli'cp with nic 
In this culd ground". 

lie married, March 16, 1737, Sarah White, 
burn April 22, 1716. died June 28, 1807, 
(laiif^hter of Daniel White and a descendant 
of John White, the iniinij;rant ance-^tor. 
throuf^h Daniel (4), Daniel (3). Nathaniel 
(2). The inscri])tion on her gravestone >ays : 
"She was the mother of 13 children, 70 i;rand 
children, 191 j,'reat j^raiul children. iS -reat 
j^reat j,'ran<l children, total 2t)j 

"Beneath thi^ stone 

My dusi it Mes, 
Till the last trumpet 

Shakes the Skies. 
Children and friends, 

I warn you all 
Lerisi suddenly 

Your Judge Should call." 

Children: I^ois, born June 14, 1738, dieil .\u- 
},'iist 18, 18415: Sarah, December 31. I73i>: 
Daniel, November 17, 1741, "died in \c camp 
at Ro.xbnry" : David. Sei)tember 24. 1743, 
ilied ( )ctober 1, I7()j, "at the Havannah." a 
])risoner of war; llepzibah, January 31, 1745. 
died 1821 : Stci'hen. October 19, ij^f*, tlied 
December 31. 1843: >ervcd in the revohition ; 
lluldah. May 24. 1748: Josiah. May 31. 1750; 
< )Iive. ( )ctober lU, 175 1 : Samuel. September 
12, 1753. mentioned below: Isaac. .\u!.;ust 14. 
1755. died mnnarried, .Xciveinber 2j^, 1773. 
serve<l in the revoluiion : Jacob, June 21, 1758, 
died March 15, 1841. in the revolution: Pa- 
tience, Jainiary 4. ijito. died Scjjteniber 2, 
1810. 

( \'l I Samuel (2), son of Daniel Wilcox, 
was born September 12, 1753. in Rast Merlin, 
died .March 12, 1832. He lived in what was 
known as the Heald house. He married 
(first) May 28, 1778, in Middletown. Phebe. 
born May 2i<. 1739. died March 9. 1796. 
daut^hter of Richard Dowtl. He married 
(second) .^arah. born I'ebruary 17. 1757. died 
February 2U. i82(). dautjliter of Rlisha Sav- 
age, who was in the revolution. Elisha was 
son of William (3). son of William (2). son 
of John Savage, the iminiirrant. He married 
(third) Rebecca, born December 12. 1762, 
died May, 1844. sister to Sarah Savage. Chil- 
dren : Ricbarcl. born (October 24, 1780, died 
Se]>tember 3. 1839: Pienjamin. June 2y, 1782. 
mentioned below: Daniel. Jinie 2~. 1783; Syl- 
vester, .\i)ril 20, 1788, died July 23. 1834. 

(\'I1) P.enjamin. son of Samuel (2) Wil- 
cox, was bi>rn June 2~. 1782. in F-last Iterlin. 
died May 10. 1843. He and Shubael Pat- 
terson were the first to utilize the waters of 
the Mattabcsit or Sebethe river for manu- 
facturing purjioses. They erecteil in what is 
now Fast I'.erlin a mill for spimiing cotton 



yarn to b* put out to women to Ik; woven ^v 

them vn hand linnns. This property pa 

the Rovs & Wilcox Companv. tlu-n 

Peck. .Stow& Wilcv ■ 

ried ( first 1 I'ebruary - 

l.orn June 25. 1787, 

daughter of Selah Sa\ 

of I'.unkcr Hill, and I 

age, ICIi^ha Savage (41, iici; 

lition : William 1 3 1 : W illiin 

age, the iinmigranl. He hi.uik.i • • 

Hep/ibah Wilo.x ( lalpin. C'hililren: 

porter, born January 17, 1808. died beb: 

17. 1832; .Samuel Curtis. DecemlMrr 11, i«n. 

mentioned below : F.dward. .\pril 22, 1815. 

(\IH) -Samuel Curtis, son of ISeni.iiiiii 
Wilcox, ua- Iwirn in F.a>t I'.erlin, Dec. 
II. 181 1. <lied September 21. |8».. II. 
brought up on his father's farm, ati 
school at P.allston Sj a. .New York, and 1 1 
-chool for several years. He returne<l t" r. 1 
lin and established a general store. IK- i\.r. 
eled south by team and established a sjnular 
store at Washington, .North Carolina, on- 
ducting these for many years. He then es- 
tablished a tinware factory under the firm 
name of Carpenter, Lamb & Wilcox. The 
factory was located on land now owned by 
the Wilcox family and rented to H. H. 

Damon, the original buildiir. • ' '• Mr 

Wilcox having since been ri Mr 

Damon. It was the first tr ry in 

the L'nited .States atid started wiili thirty 
hands. The firm quickly developed a wide 
atid jirofitable trade, esix-cially through the 
southern states. .Ml kinds of tinware were 
tnaiuil'actured, and the business was continued 
for fifteen years. In 1843 .Mr. Wilci>\ estab- 
lished at East Merlin a small manufactory lor 
tinmen's tools and tnachines. atui from this 
nucleus there came the widely known firm of 
the Peck, Stow & Wilcox Company. The lat- 
ter was establisheil in 1870. on the consolida- 
tion of eight similar factories, seven iti Con- 
necticut, and one in Cleveland, Ohiti, and etn- 
ploys several thotisand hands, with a capital 
of Si. 300.000. Mr. Wilcox was vice-president 
of this company until his death. When the 
Corrugated .Metal IJmipany of I ■ • i-'"- 
was in financial straits. Mr. Wil< 
the resctie. Through his advice, : 
struction was added to its scope, and in 1871 
the Ilerfin Iron I'ridge Company came into 
existence, with Mr. Wilcox as president. He 
retained the office until his deatlt. and through 
his excellent judgment ami business ability 
the struggling business was transforine<l into 
one of P.erlin's proinlest industries. It is one 
of the largest and most prosperous com|)anies 
of its kind in the United States, employing 



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nearly a thousand men, and steadily growing 
in influence and trade. To this business he 
devoted most of his attention and- to his efforts 
it owes its prosperity. It is to-day one of 
the most prominent bridge firms in the world, 
and has constructed some of the finest engin- 
eering structures in both the old and new 
continents. Among its contracts was a build- 
ing in Berlin, Germany, which cost $50,000, 
and the machinery building for the Paris Ex- 
position of 190D. jNlr. Wilcox was a stock- 
holder and director of^ many enterprises. In 
politics he was a Democrat. For its substan- 
tial growth and development Berlin owes much 
to him. He was an accurate judge of human 
nature, kind in disposition ; he was at the same 
time a man of strong convictions, to which he 
was ever true. 

He married (first) July 20, 1836, Eliza 
Anne Parsons, born JNIarch 19, 1815, died Jan- 
uary 20, 1845, daughter of Nathan Parsons, 
of Durham, Connecticut. He married (sec- 
ond) June 7, 1846, .Anna Scovill Peck, born 
March 15, 1827, died March 7, 1884, daugh- 
ter of Norris and Elizabeth (Langdon) Peck, 
of Kensington Parish, Berlin. Her father was 
born December 9, 1795, and was descended 
from Deacon Paul Peck, born about 1622 in 
county Essex, England, and came to Boston 
in the ship "Defence,"' and removed in 1636 
with Hooker's company to Hartford, where 
he was an original proprietor ; his house and 
farm was on the corner of Washington street 
and Capitol avenue, the site of the new state 
library and sttpreme court building ; he was 
surveyor of highways, townsman, chimney 
viewer, and deacon in the First Church. Her 
mother was descended from the prominent 
Langdon family, large landholders in what is 
now the town of Berlin, owning land now oc- 
cupied by the New York, New Haven & Hart- 
ford Railroad Company, and by the extensive 
brickyard in the vicinity ; they were also 
patriots in the revolution. Children : Laura 
Parsons, born March 17, 1837, died Decem- 
ber 28, 1866; Julia Eliza, September i, 1838, 
died April 2, 1852 ; Catherine Parsons, De- 
cember 18, 1842, died May 17, 1843: Samuel 
Parsons, August 24, 1844, died August 20, 
1846. Children of second wife : Samuel 
Howard, April 23, 1848: Clarence Peck, 
March 18, 1850, died June 15, 1852; Anna 
Peck (twin), December 2, 1853, died Decem- 
ber 15, 1856; Amos Peck (twin), died Decem- 
ber 30, 1853 : Edward Henry, September 22, 
1856, died January 24, 1865 : Frank Langdon, 
January 6, 1859, mentioned below : Elizabeth 
Peck, Klarch 8, 1861 ; Victor Peck, Mav 2-]. 
1866, died May 28, 1867. 

(IX) Hon. Frank Langdon, son of Samuel 



Curtis ^\'iIcox, was born in Berlin, January 
6, 1859. He attended the Berlin Academy 
until he was twelve years of age, and then 
entered St. Paul's School at Concord, New 
Hampshire, graduating in 1876, after a five 
years' preparatory course. He entered Trin- 
ity College, Hartford, graduating in 1880 with 
the degree of A.B., and then entered the shops 
of The Peck, Stow & Wilcox Company at 
Kensington, Berlin. He became the manager 
of the shops in 1885, continuing in that capac- 
ity until the consolidation of the Kensington 
factory with the other factories of the com- 
pany. He then became associated with the 
Berlin Iron Company as its treasurer, which 
position he held until the company was ab- 
sorbed by the American Bridge Company, 
May 12, 1900. He is interested and identified 
with many business interests in Hartford 
county. He is vice-president of the Peck, 
Stow & Wilcox Company, director of the 
Phoenix Mutual Life Insurance Company of 
Hartford, of the Phoenix National Bank of 
Hartford, New Britain Trust Bank of New 
Britain, of the Berlin Savings Bank of Ber- 
lin, and president of the Fidelity Trust Com- 
pany of Hartford. In politics Mr. Wilcox is 
a Republican. He was a member of the state 
legislature in 1893, serving as clerk of the 
judiciary committee. In 1903 he was a mem- 
ber of the state senate, representing the sec- 
ond district, and was chairman of the com- 
mittee on senatorial districts, expositions and 
rivers, roads and bridges. He was a member 
of the Connecticut commission to the Louisi- 
ana Purchase E.xposition. He was president 
of Trinity College Alumni Association and 
.Athletic Association. He is a member of St. 
Elmo Commandery, Knights Templar, of 
Meriden : of Delta Psi, college fraternity : of 
Engineers' Club of New York: major, com- 
manding First Company Governor's Foot 
Guard, and a member of several social clubs. 
He was also a member of the advisory com- 
mittee of the Connecticut commission to the 
Jamestown Exposition, and is president of the 
Society of Middletovvn LTpper Houses, being 
descended from si.x of the founders of LTpper 
Houses. He is superintendent of the Congre- 
gational Sunday school at Berlin. 

He married, January 19, 1898, Harriet 
Churchill, born ]March 20, 1870, in Berlin, 
daughter of Deacon Charles Selah and Julia 
Sophia (Higgins) Webster. Children: Mar- 
garet Webster, born February 15, 1902: Sam- 
uel Churchill, November 29, 1904. 



The Heyden or Heydon fam- 

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this siirnamt- from the town cif 1 leyduii in 
Xorlolk, w litre tlit-v were rtrst seated. The 
word means liij^h down, or plain-on-the-hill, 
and tlic town itself is rich in ancient history. 
The family itself appears as early as the Nor- 
man ("oncjiicst. hut comes into ])rominence earlv 
in tile thirteenth centnr\ in the person of 'iliom- 
as de Heydon. resident at Heydon, and a jus- 
tice itinerant in .Norfolk in 1221. From him all 
the I'liinlisli families known are descende<l. 
They ilo not seem to have heeii numerous at 
any period of their history. The principal 
liranch in the jiersons of the eldest son> re- 
mained in Norfolk, inheritini; the estates of 
lleydon. Itaconsthorji and el.sewhere, while a 
branch in the line of the second son, by the 
name of John de ilayden. settled in Devon- 
shire about 1273 and another a few tjeiiera- 
tions later at Watford, near London. 

(I) Thomas de Heydon, the Kni^lish pro- 
genitor, Imrn probably about 1185. died 1250. 

(Ill \\ illiam lleydon, eldest son of Thomas 
de Heydon. was born about 1220, died 1272. 
lie bad the estate at .Norfolk. 

(lilt John de lleydon, yonnfjer son of Wil- 
liam lleydon, was county judge in Devonshire 
in I27.v' 

( I\' ) Robert Heydon or de Heydon, son of 
John de Heydon. ajjpears to have been the 
first to cbaiii^e the spellinj; of the first sylla- 
ble to Hay. a form that afterward distin- 
fjuishes this branch of the family. I le settled 
at I'.onshwiiod, jiarish of Ilarpford. Devon- 
shire, near which estate the family afterward 

dwelt. He married Joan . He deeded 

bis estate to his son Henry in the nineteentli 
year of Henry I. 

( \' ) Henry Haydon, .son of Robert Haydon 
or de Heydon, married a relative, Julian, 
dau,i;hter and heir of Haydon of Ebford. 

(\I) William (2) Haydon, son of Henry 
Haydon. inherited his father's estate at I'oui^h- 
wood. 

(NH) Robert (2) Haydon. son of William 
(2) llay<lon. succeeded bis father. 

(\11I) John (2) Haydon was son of Rob- 
ert (2) Haydon. 

( l.\) Henry (2) Haydon, son of John (2) 
Haydon. had the P.otiijliwood and F/bford es- 
tates in i_V)7- Children: John, inherited the 
estate: William, mentioned below. 

(\l William ( ,^ ) Haydon, son of Henry 
(2) Haydon, inherited the estate of his elder 
brother John, who died without issue. Lbil- 
dren : Richard, rlied young:: John: Richard, 
mentioned below: William. 

(.\1 I Richard Haydon. son of William ( .^ ) 
Haydon. was livinu; on the estate in 147'^. 
Chiblren : F^icbard. mentioned below: John: 
Jane. 



(XII) Richard (Ji llaydon, son of Richard 
( I ) Haydon, had the otates in 1522; married 
Joan, daughter <if .Maurice Trent, ui Otuiv 
St. Mary. Children : Thomas, mention, 
low; John, of Cadhay ; (ieorRc, of II 
seys. The family an»>.: .Xr^ent three l..ii-, 
;.;emells azure, on a chief ),'ulcs a barrulet 
dancette or. Crest: the white liun vulninK 
the black bull. These amis were granted lie- 
fore 1315. 

(.XIHi Tlii>mas (2) Haydcn. ^ 
ard (21 Haydon, married Joan. 
Richard Weeks, of Honey Churcb. . rm.n.n 
Thonia.s, mentioned below; Daughter, marrietl 
Walter I.eifjh : Jane: Mar|,jaret. 

(Xl\") Thomas (.?), son of Thomas (2) 
Hayden, inheriteil the family estates of Hills 
in kelmi-ton, 15oU|,diwiK)<l and Kb ford ; ;i .: 
ried (. hristinna. d;iu|L;liier and heir of k' 
riderslei}.|li in D(ir>etshire. Children: i 
ert, mentioned below ; Thomas. 

(X\) Robert (3). son of Tlumiav , 
Hayden. inherited the estate of his Rrand- 
unde at Cadhay. a distinguished lawyer, who 
held the charter for incorporatiiii; the .' 
when lui!,dand broke away from the k 
church, in 15.V>. known a^ .">!. .Mary in, .. 
where many of the family are buried. His 
wife Joan inherited the estate at Cadhay aiul 

he rebuilt the house, which is still in - I 

repair. He married Joan, daujjhter ii ^ • 
.Amias I'anlet. of ( leorije Hinton, Somci>ei- 
sliire. Children: (lideiMi. mentioned below; 
.\mias: Drew: .Mars^jaret. 

(X\I) Gideon, son of Robert (3) Hayden, 
succeeded to the Cadhay and Kbford e>^fqtcs: 
married .Mari;aret. daui;^liter of J..! 
Creedy. The author of the fai 

says: "They had seven sons and 1 ._.. 

ters. Several of the sons jjrew to manh I 

and were living in 1^^*30. The eldest, (iide >n. 
succeeded him. The names of the others do 
not ajipear. I take it there must have been 
a John, William and James, ami that they 
were the John. William and James who cmi- 
ijrated to lloston in 1^130-33." (lideon Hay- 
den owned the ship "Dove" of Lyniston in 
1629, and it was commanded by his son 
Gideon. The son. John Hayden. commanded 
the "Phoeni.x" of Dartmouth, also in 1628. 
In any case the .\mericaii branch seems closely 
Connected with the Devon family and the 
lineage seems to Ik' correct. 

(X\II) John (3). son of Gideon Hayden, 
is said to have come to i?oston in f''>30. He 
was admitted a freeman Nfay 14. 1634. and 
was a proprietor of I'Kirchcster in i<>32. (Jn 
June S. i'>.^9. his "fine for entertaining an nn- 
liceiise<l servant, as he did it iRiiorantly, was 
remitted to him." In I'xjo he was in llrain- 



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tree. He married Susanna 



His will 



is dated October 31, 1678, and proved July 
26, .1682, showing that he died between those 
two dates. Children: John, born 1634, men- 
tioned below : Joseph ; Samuel ; Jonathan, May 
19. 1640; Hannah, April 7, 1642; Ebenezer, 
September 12, 1645 ; Nehemiah, February 14, 
1647-48. 

(XVHI) John (4), son of John (3) Hay- 
den, was born in Braintree, in May, 1634, 
died there in 1718. He settled in his native 
town and was a farmer. He married, April 
6, 1660, Hannah Ames, daughter of William 
and Hannah (Ames) Adams, of Braintree, 
born May 12, 1641, died July 3, 1690. Chil- 
dren : Hannah, born January 3, 1661 ; Sarah, 
July 9. 1662; Josiah, June 19, 1669; also Jo- 
seph, John, Hannah, Elizabeth, Lydia and Abi- 
gail. 

(XIX) Josiah, son of John (4) Hayden, 
was born at Braintree, June 19, 1669, died 
at Sudbury, December 9, 1730. He removed 
to Sudbury with other Braintree families be- 
fore 1700, and settled near the westerly boun- 
dary of the town. In 1707 he signed a remon- 
strance against the division of the town into 
two parishes. The last of his descendants in 
Sudbury was Dana Hayden, who died on the 
homestead about 1850. Children : Elisha : Ed- 
mund, mentioned below ; John, lived at Hop- 
kinton. 

(XX) Edmund, son of Josiah Hayden, 
settled in Hopkinton, Massachusetts. Chil- 
dren: Jose])h, Sybilla, Sarah, Edmund, Com- 
fort, Eunice, Thomas, Josiah, mentioned be- 
low. 

(XXI) Josiah (2), son of Edmund Hay- 
den, was born about 1740. He married 
Ruhamah Thayer. He was a taxpayer in Wil- 
liamsburg in 1772, and served in the revolu- 
tion from that town. He was corporal in 
Captain John Kirkland's company from Au- 
gust 16, 1777. An affidavit in the Hamp- 
shire company, January 28, 1778, signed by 
Lieutenant x\bner Pomeroy and Sergeant 
Phinehas W'right, states that they were sent 
to bring Hayden and others back to camp, 
they having deserted, and did so, the men 
returning without guard or compensation, and 
received the punishment ordered and served 
until the expiration of their engagement. This 
was a common occurrence, many men leaving 
when they considered their services no longer 
necessary, in order to care for their farms. 
In the census of 1790 appears the name of 
Josiah Hayden as living in Williamsburg, with 
a family of three males over sixteen, two 
under sixteen, and three females, showing 
that he had six children then. Among them 
were: David, born 1778, settled in Attle- 



borough ; Daniel, March 25, 1780, mentioned 
below ; Cotton. 

(XXII) Daniel, son of Josiah (2) Hayden, 
was born March 25, 1780. He learned the 
trade of machinist, and at the age of seventeen 
learned the gunsmith's trade, going to the 
armory at Springfield for that purpose. He 
removel to Pawtucket, Rhode Island, and 
entered the employ of Samuel Slater, the only 
cotton manufacturer at that time in the United 
States. With him he constructed the first 
machinery for the manufacture of cotton 
made in this country. He became an expert 
in this line, and remained in Pawtucket a 
number of years, a part of the time associated 
with David Wilkinson. In 1808 he returned 
to Williamsburg and erected the first cotton 
mill in western ^Massachusetts, about three 
miles from the centre of the town. Around 
this mill a village grew up which took from 
him the name of Haydenville. In 1817 he 
sold this factory to his nephews, Joel and Jo- 
siah Hayden, and removed to W^aterbury, 
Connecticut. He rented a room in the fac- 
tory of Leavenworth, Hayden & Scovill, and 
began the manufacture of lamps and other 
articles of brass. He also aided his son, Jo- 
siah S., in 1830, in constructing the first ma- 
chinery ever used for the purpose of covering 
buttons with cloth, and was interested in the 
manufacture of buttons and small brass ar- 
ticles until his death. He married, August 
20, 1801, Abigail, born April i, 1775, daugh- 
ter of Major Joseph Shepard, of Foxborough, 
^Massachusetts, an officer in the revolution. 
Children: Josiah Shepard, born July 31, 
1802. mentioned below ; Abby Hewes. Novem- 
ber 2~, 1804; Ardelia Crode, December 25, 
1806: Sylvia Shepard, November 25, 1809; 
Harriet Hodges, November 3, 18 12. 

(XXIII) Josiah Shepard, son of Daniel 
Hayden, was born in Fox'borough, July 31, 
1802, died February 17, 1877. He was an 
accomplished mechanic, and invented the first 
machine ever used for covering buttons with 
cloth. He also invented a machine for mak- 
ing button eyes, and built the first engine 
lathe in Waterbury. In 1830, in company 
with his father, he commenced the manu- 
facture of cloth buttons by machinery. He 
married, January 10, 1819, Ruhamah Guil- 
ford, who died November 27, 1841, daughter 
of Simeon Guilford. Children : Hirdm 
^^'ashington, born February 10, 1820, men- 
tioned below: Edward Simeon, October i, 
1825, died young. Four children died in in- 
fancy. 

(XXI\') Hiram W^ashington, son of Jo- 
siah Shepard Hayden, was born Februarv 10, 
1820, in Haydenville, and came to Waterbury 




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with lii> ])arcnts wlicn yoiinj,'. lU- attcndcil 
the old \\atiTl)ury Academy. He was in- 
duced to try tlie work of cnf^ravin;,' metal but- 
tons in the tirm of |. M. L. and \V. 11. Sco- 
vill, an art at that time in its infancy. He 
found the work too contininj^ and gave it uj). 
hut was afterward in<hici-<l t<i resume it. lie 
ma<le the tir-t chased huttons manufactured 
by the Scovills, and |)robably the first in the 
United States. Me removed to Wolcottville 
in iJ^,^^. and was with W'adiiams & Company, 
button manufacturers. In 1S41 lie returned to 
ScovilK & Comjiany, making all the best dies 
for buttons and medal> until 1S53. While at 
W'olcottxille he became interested in the 
method of manufacturing,' brass kettles there, 
and soon tlevised a more effective way of 
makint,' them. This sin-^le invention of the 
spinning; jirocess affected vitally the history 
of four of the leading manufacturiufj con- 
cerns of Waterbury. In the old method there 
was a tendency to make the metal thinner at 
the an.i,de forineil by the bottom and sides of 
the kettle, where the t^reatest streny:th was 
needed. In his proce^s the metal here was 
tliickot, and his invention. ])atenteil in 185 1, 
he sold to the Waterbury Crass Com]);my. 
This discovery revolutionized the nianufac- 
ti;rc of brass and copper kettles, and is the 
only method in use ntw. In 1853 he joined 
witii l>rael Holmes. John C. liiMith and llenry 
H. lla\den in the ortjanization of Holmes, 
I'looth & Haydens. enjjayed in the manufac- 
ture of brass and co])])it articles. He had 
chari;e of the factory and since its formation 
never was absent from a stockholder's annual 
meetiui;. Mr. Haydcn took out a remark- 
able number of jiatents in this country and 
Europe, a lart^e majority of which were as- 
sicined to Holmes. I'.ooth & Haydens. .\mong 
his many inventions is a breech-loading rifle, 
a majjazine rifle and hreech-loadini; cannon. 
.\ machine for makinij solid metal tubini?. 
which he invented, was sold to a I'ittsbnrij 
company. His love for art led him into the 
development of the daijuerreotype. While en- 
^aijed in this, the idea came to him of taking 
pictures on i)aper. .\ scicntilic article on this 
subject, written by him in 1S51, but never 
published, entitles him to the honor of beintj 
an indepeniient discoverer of the iiliotogra- 
phic process. The Waterbury .hiii'iiimi of 
l*"ebruary 14, 1851, contained the following 
notice of his discovery: ".Mr. Hiram Hay- 
den, injjeniocs artist of this villatje. has shown 
us three lan<lscape views taken by the usual 
dasjuerrean ajjparatus upon a white paper sur- 
face, all at one operation. This is the first 
successful attem])t to produce a positive i)ic- 
tnre by this extraordinary medium. The i)ic- 



ture- exhibit ilu iii.. . 1 ' 

similar to a line eny ravin;;, 
most delicate niinuti:e with ti ■ 
ordinary da;nicrre<ityiK'. h'or ni.n 
this improvement will be <>f i;r»-a( 
as it will enable the o| ' 
and |>ortraii< <jf any >i. 
ami at a cheaj) rate. \'. 
Ilayden ha- made ap| 1 
ent uiMtn a ukkIc of pi 
vious to its use." His >Ui,;it, m \ 
were almost continuous, ami he w 
of the Waterbury I'lmt. 
inj; his leisure b^airs 
various branches of tli 
copper, miKlclinn in wax. and skt ■ 
charcoal and pencil. .Mways a ihl 
and sinilent, lie ac<piired a 1. f in- 

formation on all snbjects. i July 

31, 1S44, Pauline, eldi- • ' 'i 

.\li;,;eon. a native of 1 
ward ."simeon. menti'inc 

married I'rederick J. I'.rown, i ioientnie H.u- 
riet. .Mrs. Haydcn died .\j)ril 20. 1873. Mr. 
Hayden died July 18. 11^4. .Xs a man of 
orii^inal ideas anil havin(.r embixlied them in 
practical ways, he had a lar^e share in the ad- 
vancement of the prosperity of Waterbury. 

(XXN) Edward .Simeon, son of Hiram 
Washington Hayden, was Ixirn Octi>l)cr 20, 
1851. Ho was educated at private schools in 
Waterbury anil at the Rivervicw Military 
Academy .-it Potighkeepsie. .\"ev\ York. He 
entered the Waterburv National I'.ank as 
lMM)kkeeper in l-"ebruary. if<(»). In February. 
iS-<>, he was elected secretary and treasurer 
of Holmes. I'.ooth & Haydens. Having made 
a study of the metallurgy of copper, he Ih-- 
came connected with the liridgeiwrt Copper 
Company in Se|>tember, i8X(i. He was one of 
the ])romoters of the Maltimore Electric Re- 
fining Com|)any, organized in March, 1891. 
for the purjjose of using his jirocess "^f doctr.i- 
lyzing metals. This invention h.i- 
ented in the I'nited .^tate- an.l f. • 

tries. The extensive plant in -. 

Maryland, was built from his plans and under 
his sui)ervision. He was apjxiinted first lieu- 
tenant and paymaster of the Connecticut Na- 
tional Ciuard, Septemlier 30. 1878: major and 
brigade commissary. January 2.v '•'^**,i: major 
and brigade i|uarlermaster. .\pril 23, 1884. 
He resigned his military offices in .\pril, 1800. 
He died February 14, 1891;. He was a mem- 
ber of the Sewanhaka Corinthian Yacht Club, 
the Racquet Club of New ^'o^k City, the Ten- 
nis Club of .New ^'ork City, the Waterbury 
Club, the Country Club of Farmington. the 
Sons of the .American Revolution and Con- 
necticut SiK-ietv of Colonial Wars. He mar- 



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ried. October 8 1877, Elizabeth Gilder Kel- 
logg, of New York City, daughter of Norman 
Gilbert and Rebecca f. (Hinckley) Kellogg 
(see Kellogg X). Children: i. Pauline Mig- 
eon, born May 20, 1879. 2. Rose Hinckley, 
June 16, 1881 : married, June 10, 1906, Wil- 
liam Shirley Fulton, son of William E. Ful- 
ton ( see Fulton ) ; children : William Hayden 
Fulton, born March 12, 1907, and Elizabeth, 
born January 14, 1910. 3. Margery Kellogg, 
March 20, 1884. 

(The Kellogg Line). 

Tlie surname Kellogg is found in England 
early in the sixteenth century, and there are 
differences of opinion as to its origin. Some 
think the name comes from two Gaelic words 
meaning lake and cemetery, making it a place 
name. The earliest record of the family is in 
Debden, county Essex, England, when in Jan- 
uary, 1525, Nicholas Kellogg was taxed. Wil- 
liam Kellogg was also on the tax list. There 
were many ways of spelling the name, among 
them Kelhogge, Kellogue, Cologe. Calaug, 
Cellidge, Kellock, Killhog, Collidge, Cellog, 
and many others. There were many families 
of the name in county Essex, Great Leigh and 
Braintree being the seat of different branches 
probably of the same family. Nicholas Kel- 
logg was born about 1488 and married Flor- 
ence, daughter of William Hall. He was bur- 
ied in Debden, May 17, 1558, and she was 
buried there November 8, 1671. Children: 
William, buried in Saffron Walden, February 
2, 1578; Thomas, lived in Debden, probably 
ancestor of the American immigrant men- 
tioned below. 

(I) Phillippe Kellogg, probably son of 
Thomas Kellogg mentioned above, lived in 
1583 in Booking, county Essex, England, a 
parish adjoining Braintree. On September 
15 of that year his son Thomas was loaptized 
there. Two years later he was found in 
Great Leigh where his daughter Annis was 
buried in 161 1. He may have had two wives. 
Children: Thomas, baptized September 15, 
1583: Annis, buried May 25. 161 1: Robert, 
baptized in Great Leigh, November 14, 1585, 
removed to Braintree and was buried there 
January 18, 1666: Mary ,_ baptized February 
16, 1588; Prudence, baptized March 20, 1592; 
Martin, baptized November 23, 1595, men- 
tioned below : Nathaniel, died in New Eng- 
land without issue ; John, Jane, Rachel. 

(H) Martin, son of Phillippe Kellogg, was 
baptized in Great Leigh, November 23, 1595, 
died at Braintree, in 1671. He was a weaver 
or cloth worker and resided in Great Leigh 
and Braintree. His will was dated May 20, 
1671. He married, in St. Michaels, Bishops 



Stortford, county Hertford, October 22, i()2i. 
Prudence Bird, who died before him. Chil- 
dren: John; Nathaniel, baptized March 12, 
1624: Joseph, baptized April i, 1626, men- 
tioned below; Sarah, baptized February i, 
1628: Daniel, baptized February 6, 1630, re- 
moved to New England ; Samuel, removed to 
New England ; ]\Iartin. 

(HI) Lieutenant Joseph, son of Martin 
Kellogg, was baptized at Great Leigh, county 
Essex, England, April i, 1626, died in 1707. 
He was the immigrant ancestor. He settled 
in Farmington, Connecticut, where he was 
living in 1651. He and his wife joined the 
church, October 9, 1653. He sold his home 
lot in 1655 and removed about 1657 to Boston. 
On October 19, 1659, he bought of Peter Oli- 
ver his dwelling house on the street to Rox- 
bury. He sold this property June 13, 1661, to 
John Witherden. The lot of land is now oc- 
cupied by the Advertiser Building on Wash- 
ington street. He paid seven hundred dollars 
for it at that time. He removed to Hadley, 
and the town made an agreement with him 
in 1 661 to keep the ferry between Hadley 
and Northampton. He built his house on a 
small home lot which had been reserved by 
the town for a ferry lot. He was given leave 
also to entertain travelers. In 1677 the town 
voted to pay him forty pounds for the loss of 
his team which had been impressed for the 
country's service, and for ferriage for sol- 
diers. He and his son John and grandson 
John kept this ferry until 1758, almost a cen- 
tury. Stephen Codman, who married his 
daughter, kept it still later. The last name 
of the ferry was Goodman's Ferry. 

Joseph Kellogg was selectman of Hadley 
many years. In 1686 he was on a committee 
to lay out lands, and for the purchase of 
Swampfield from the Indians. He and his 
sons had grants of land in Hadley. He N-dls 
sergeant of the military company in 1663. and 
May 9, 1678, was appointed ensign of the 
foot company. October 7 of the same year he 
was made lieutenant, serving until 1692. He 
was in command as sergeant of the Hadley 
troops in the famous Turner's Falls fight. 
May 18, 1675. His will is dated June 7, 1707, 
and proved February 4, 1708, giving the 
year of his death. He married (first) prob- 
ably in England, Joanna , who died in 

Hadley, September 14, 1666; (second) Abi- 
gail Terry, born in Windsor, Connecticut, 
September 21, 1646, daughter of Stephen 
Terry, the immigrant. Her will was dated 
May 29, 1717, and proved October 31, 1726. 
His wife Abigail was before the court in 
1673 for wearing silk, contrary to tl'^law, but 
was accpiitted. It was shown at the^ial that 



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Ikt hiisban Ts estate was bcluw the umj hun- 
dred ixjunds necessary to allow her to wear 
"j^old or silver lace, t^old or silver buttons," 
etc. Children of first wife: Klizai)eth, born 
in l-'arniiniiton. March 5, i(>5i. tlied youn^j ; 
jo>e|>li, Auj,'ust 11. i'>5,^: Nathaniel, ha])tized 
( Jctohi-r 29, i'>54. <lied \onni;: John, l):i|)tized 
December Jf). i<>5(i: .Martin, liorn in l!o>ton, 
November jj. i<)58: Kdward, October i, 
if)f)0: Samuel. Sei)tember 2S, i(t<t2, men- 
tioned below: Joanna, Diceinlier 8, 1^)4; 
.Sarah, August 27, Mrf)*). t'iiililren of second 
wife: .Stephen. Aiiril >>. if>(>S: .Nathaniel. ( )c- 
toiier S, i()l*i: .\bii;aii, October 9, 1671 : Kliz- 
ahetii, ( )ctoher 9, i'>7,?: I'rudence, ( )ctolH.'r 14, 
1(175: IChenezer, .N\>vemi)er 22. 1677; Jona- 
tiian, December 25, i''79; Daniel, ^larch 22, 
i(k*<2: Jose])h, May i,v i'^4: Daniel, June 
10, i()8r>; Mphraim, January 2, ifiS/, died 
younj,'. ■» 

il\) Samuel, son of Lieutenant Joseph 
Kellogfj, was born in Hadley, September 28, 
i(i()2. Me was broui^ht up in the family of 
Colonel Stanley, who rescued him, when a 
child, from an overturned kettle of boiling 
so;i)). He bi>ii!:,'ht lanfl in the south meadows 
at Hartford in ifiQi and sold it in 1705; 
bought land at West Hartford and lived 
there. He was deacon of the church. 
He married, at Hartford, September 22, 
1687, Sarah Merrill, born September 19, 
iC/)4. died 1719, daughter of Deacon Jolui and 
.Sarah (Watson) ^^e^rill. He andr- his wife 
were admitted to the .^econ<l Churcii at Hart- 
ford. .March 17, i<^i95. Her will was proved 
November 3, 1719. Children: Samuel, born 
.August 27. iCiSS: Margaret, January, 1(^190: 
.-\braham. ba])tized October 23, 1692: John, 
born December 16. i(*j~,-i/f. Isaac, January 
17, \f*)7. mentioned below: Jacob. .\|iril 17, 
i''>9t): P.cnjamin, January, 1701 : Joseph .\]>ril 
13. 1704; Daniel, .April, 1707. 

( \' ) Cajitain Isaac, son of Samuel Kellogg, 
was i)orn at Hartford, January 17. if*)', dieil 
Jidy 3, 1787. He resided at New Hartford 
and was the first representative to^iliiii^^'on- 
necticut assembly, serving twenty-three terms. 
He was justice of the i^eace. lieutenant of the 
I'ourlh Company of the train band and cap- 
tain afterward. He was deacon of the First 
C"hurch of New Hartford. He wa< distin- 
gnisiied for his piety, good judgment, firmness 
and ability. His descendants are very numer- 
ous. His son Noah and grandson Michael 
had the homestead. He married, at Hartford, 
December 2(1. 1717, Mary, born May 31. i(i<)7, 
diei] Jamiary 3. 1780. daughter of Joseph and 
Mary (Judd) Webster. Cliiblren: Samuel, 
born November 15, 1718: .\braham. January 
17. 1720, mentioned below; Mary, March 2, 



1723: Theo losia. June 7 <-•: ■- '-■■ Oc- 
tober 8. 1727: Noah, D ,. Ji>. 
seph, Octoljer 14. 1731 ■ r |8, 
1732: Sarah, February ii., 1733, .wlaigarct, 
June 12. 1737; .Ann, .Aupust 21. 1730: Ksthcr, 
.\ngusi 21, 1730; liuldah, .M . ' 742. 

(\ 1) .\braham. son of I Kel- 

logg, w.is iKjrn at Hartford, j ,. 1720, 

died January 13, 1803. We are told he was 
erect and haughty in ap|H'arance, but cheerful, 
pious and agreeable. I le married, at New 
Hartford, June 17, 1747, .Sarah .Marsh, bap- 
tizeil June 28, 1724. (laughter of Jonathan 
•Marsh, of Hartford. She <lied in 1796. Cliil- 
dren: F>ther. Ijorn .March 24, 1748; .Abra- 
ham. January 2/, 1750; Solomon, Decemljcr 
10, 1731 : Moses (twin). February 23, 1754; 
Flias (twin) : Phineas, June 7. I75'>: Martin. 
July 16, 1758: 1-rederick Webster, January 
31, 17O1 ; Sarah, June 3, 1763: Truman, Jan- 
uary 6. I7<'i''): Elizabeth, June 17, 1768. 

(\1I) Moses, son of .Abraham Kellogg, 
was iKirn at New Hartford, February 23, 
1754, died there in 1806. He was a soldier 
in the revolution on the Lexington alarm. He 
married (first) Khoda. daughter of De.icon 
.Sil^ Kellogg. He married (second) Janu- 
ar\yi9, 1786. Mabel, born .March 6. 1763. 
dadtrhter of Elijah and Rachel (Wells) Mer- 
rill. Children of first wife: Son. died 
young : daughter, died young : James, baptized 
.August II. 1782. Children of second wife: 
Norman. Ixirn October 31, 1794. mciitione<l 
below: Truman. December. i8<y): Henry, died 
October 22, 1823. at Mobile. .Alabama : I'olly, 

married iienham: I^uisa ; S«iphia, 

married Ixivejoy. 

(\"III) Colonel Norman, son of Moses 
Kellogg, was born ( )ctolK"r 31. 170; ■'••■■' ' '"- 
cember 17, 1872. He married. 
1821, Fannie, born Decemlier 29, i" 
ter of Isaac Steele, of New Hart lord, Ijorn 
October 14, 1732. died DccenilnT 6. 1863, 
and I^vinia (Coodwin) Steele. Jiorn Jan- 
uar\- 8, I7'>3. descendant of John Steele, of 
Hartford, assistant governor in i'i36: des- 
cendant al.so of Governor William Bradford. 
Governor Webster and Richard Treat. Tlicy 
resided at New Hartforcj. later at Nepaug, 
Connecticut. He was a farmer, colonel of mili- 
tia, twice representative to the general assem- 
bly, and for fifty years a Free Mason. Chil- 
dren, born at New Hartford: Leonard Fitch, 
,born January 23. 1822; Robert Dwight, Feb- 
ruary 24. 1823: Norman Gilbert, January 20. 
1825. mentioned below : James Homer. June 9. 
182'^! : Fanny. November 23. 1828: Henry Clay, 
June 20. 1831 : Lucius, Octoljcr 7, 1834; Fanny 
Eliza, .August 7, 1837. 

( IN t Norman Ciill)crt, son of Col. Norman 



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Kellogg, was born at New Hartford, January 
20, 1825, died in New York City, November 13, 
1900. He was for some years a member of the 
wholesale dry- goods firm of Kniseley, Stout 
& Kellogg of New York, a member of Dr. 
Howard Crosby's church. He retired some 
j-ears before his death. He married (first) Jan- 
uary 21, 1852, Rebecca Thorpe, born January 
23, 1833, daughter of Charles Albert Hinckley, 
born at Hallowell, Maine, January 18, 1792, 
and Rebecca (Farnham) Hinckley, widow of 
Rev. Thomas B. Thorpe. Charles Albert 
Hinckley was a descendant of Governor Thom- 
as Hinckley, Governor Prince of Plymouth, 
Major John Freeman and Elder William 
Brewster. He married (second) October 3, 
1765, Elizabeth Steele, daughter of Samuel and 
Mary Ann (Steele) Castle. She died October 
30. 1867. Children of first wife: Elizabeth 
Gilder, mentioned below ; Rebecca, died young ; 
Emily, died young. Child of second wife : Sam- 
uel Castle, October 27, 1867, married Mary 
Davenport Easton. 

(X) Elizabeth Gilder, daughter of Norman 
Gilbert Kellogg, was born March i, 1855 : mar- 
ried, in New York, October 8, 1877, Edward 
Simeon Hayden (see Hayden XXV). 



The surname Whiting (Whi- 
WHITING ton) is derived from a place 
name and has been in use in 
England since the earliest adoption of sur- 
names there. Roger Witen is mentioned in 
the Domesday Book (1085). Alan de Witting 
is mentioned on the rolls of Yorkshire in 11 19 
and 1 1 50; Hugo Witeing was of Dorsetshire 
in 1202; Everard de Witting, of Yorkshire in 
1 195; Giflfardo Witeng, of Somersetshire, in 
1214: ^\'illus de Witon, of Yorkshire, 1216: 
Thomas de Whitene, of Nottinghamshire, in 
1276: Wills \Miithingh, of Oxfordshire, in 
1 300. 

TJie Whitings have several coats-of-arms, 
but that in use by the family of this sketch at 
the time of the emigration and afterward is 
described : Azure a leopard's face or between 
two tlaunches ermine in chief three plates. 
Crest : A demi-eagle displayed with two heads 
proper. 

(I) ?ilajor William Whiting, the immigrant 
ancestor, held an enviable position among the 
earlv settlers of Hartford, Connecticut. At 
some time between 1631 and 1633 he became 
one of the purchasers of the Piscataqua grants 
of the Bristol men. He was associated with 
Lords Say and Brooke and George Wyllys. 
They continued Thomas Wiggin as their agent. 
He retained his interests in Maine until his 
death. He was "one of the most respectable 
of the settlers (of Hartford) in 1636, one of 



the civil and religious Fathers of Connecticut, 
a man of wealth and education, styled in the 
records, "William Whiting, gentleman,' " In 
1642 he was chosen one of the magistrates ; in 
1641 treasurer of the colony of Connecticut, 
an office he held the rest of his life. "In 1646 
a plot was laid l^y Sequasson, Sachem of the 
Naticks, to kill Governor Haynes and Hopkins 
and Mr. Whiting on account of the just and 
faithful protection which these gentlemen had 
aft'orded Uncas. The plot was disclosed by a 
friendly Indian and the danger averted." He 
bore the title of Major as early as 1647. He 
was cine of a committee who for the first time 
sat with the court of magistrates in 1637; was 
admitted freeman in February, 1640 ; was mag- 
istrate 1642-47, treasurer, 1641-47. In 1638 
he was allowed to trade w'ith the Indians and 
was appointed with ]\Iajor Mason and others 
to erect fortifications in 1642, and in the same 
year was appointed with Mason to collect 
tribute of the Indians on Long Island and on 
the Main. He was a merchant of wealth and 
had dealings with Virginia and Piscataqua. He 
had a trading house on the Delaware river and 
another at Westfield, Massachusetts. His will, 
dated ]\Iarch 20, 1643, states that he was about 
to make a voyage at sea. It bears a codicil 
dated July 24, 1647. (See Trumbull's Colo- 
nial Records, or Hartford Probate Records). 
Whiting was powerful and useful in the colony 
on account of his broad views and wealth, 
which enabled him to carry out for the benefit 
of the community his large and various plans. 
Always an efficient promoter of the trade and 
commerce of Hartford, he had trading houses 
also in various parts of the country and he 
owned many large land patents. Governor Ed- 
ward Hopkins and he were the two leading 
merchants of the colony of which Hartford 
was the centre. After the Pequot war was 
over they began to export corn "beyond the 
seas." 

His widow, Susanna, married, in 1650, Sam- 
uel Fitch, of Hartford, and (third) Alexander 
Bryan, of Milford, Connecticut. She died July 
8, 1673 at Middletown. His inventory showed 
an estate of two thousand eight hundred and 
fiftv-four pounds. Children: i. William, was a 
merchant, died in London, England, in 1699; 
in 1686 he was appointed by the general as- 
sembly as their agent to present their petition 
;;; re charter to the king. 2. John, born 1635; 
graduate of Harvard College in 1653 : came to 
Hartford in 1660 as colleague of Rev. Samuel 
Stone, pastor of the first church : withdrew 
with his followers, February 12, 1672, and 
formed the second church : married (first) in 
1634. Sybil Collins: (second) Phebe. daughter 
of Thomas Gregson ; his widow married Rev. 



t < l.\ .\ l.< 1 ll 1 1 



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Jolin Riisstll, of Hatlky; John \\ liiting <lic<l 
Se|jtt'ml)t'r 8. 1679. 3. Samuel. 4. Sarah, mar- 
ried (first) Jacul) Mvf^att. of Hartford; (sec- 
ond) Jolin King, of Xortliampton. 5. Mary, 
married, August 3. lf/>4. Rev. Nathaniel Col- 
lins : she dietl Octoijcr 25, I70»^. r>. Joseph, men- 
tioned below. 

( II ) Joseph, .son of Major William and Su- 
sanna W hitin),', was horn Octol)er 2, i'>40. at 
Hartford and died there ( )ctol)cM- 8. 1717. He 
was a merchant, tirst of Westfieid, Massachu- 
setts, later of Hartford, whither he returne<l 
aliout the time of Kinj; I'htlip's war. He was 
treasurer of iji colony of Lonm-cticnt from if>78 
until his death, a jieriod of tliirty-nino years. 
His son John succeeded him in this office and 
held it for thirty-two year.s. He was a wealthy 
and distinijuishcd citizen. He married (tirst) 
( )ctol)er 5, \(>(x). Mary, dauj^hter of Hon. John 
I'vnchon and (.granddaughter of Hon. Williain 
I'ynchon. the founder of Sprin!.;ticM, .Massa- 
chusetts. Her mother was .Ann ( W'yllys) Pyn- 
chon, daughter of Hon. George VVyllys (not 
John). He married (second) in iC>~(>. .\nna, 
datigliter of Mathew .\llyn. Her mother was 
a daughter of Hon. William Smith, of Spring- 
tichl, and granddaughter of William I'ynchon. 
She was lK)rn .August 18, 1652, and died March 
3, 1735. at .\'ew Haven. Joseph Whiting died 
C)ctf>i)er 19. 1717. ChiMren of first wife: 
Mary, horn .August 19, 1672. married (first) 
Josef)h .'shcldon and (second) John .Ashley; 
Josej)h. ( )ctol)er 3, i'>74. died \iMmg. Children 
of .second wife: Anna, born August 2a, 1677, 
died .April 18, 1684; John. Xoveniher 13, i'V9' 
died young; Susanna, June 18. 1682. married 
(first) .Samuel Thornton, (sccontl) Thomas 
Warren: William. March 14. 1(185. died .Sep- 
tember 6, 1702: .Anna, .August 18, 1687; Mar- 
garet. January 5. lUyn. married Rev. Jonathan 
Mftrsh; John. December 15. i'>93. mentioned 
below. 

(in) Colonel John Whiting, son of Joseph 
and .Anna ( .\llyn ) Whiting, was born in Hart- 
ford. December 15. if*)^. He succeeded his 
father in 1717 as treasurer of the colony, hi->ld- 
ing the office for thirty-two years. He was a 
merchant in Hartford and a man of wealth and 
standing. He commanded a regiment in the 
French and Indian wars. He died February 12, 
17'Vi. He married Jerusha. daughter of Rich- 
ard Lord, of Hartford, grandson of Thomas 
Lord, one of the first settlers of the town of 
Hartford. She was born February 23, 1^99. 
and died October 21. 1776. in Windsor, Con- 
necticut. Children, born at Hartford: Joseph, 
January, 1713, died February. 1713: Abigail. 
July 24, 1718. died December 21. 1722: Je- 
rusha. Sejitember i(>, 1720. married Daniel 
Skinner, she died July Ti. 1803: Joseiib. Feb- 



ruary 14, 1722, died N'ovcmb'- •-"■ * 

February 16, 1724, niarried 
jamin Colton, died May 31, 1; 
17, 1727; Mary. August 25. 1729, mauicd julni 
Skinner; Susan, February 10, 1732: Sarah, 
April ^1. 1734 ; William, < >ctotKT 12, I73'>, died 
< )c toiler 19, 1773; .Allyn, June i^. 1740, men- 
tioned below; Elizalicth, June 25. 1743, died 
.August 14, 1750. 

(I\') Allyn, son of Colonel John and Je- 
rusha (Lord) Whiting, was lx>m June 23, 
1740; died I'ebruary o. 181K. .Allvn Whfting 
was a - ' '- - '-■- ■■ ' ■ ' • Skin- 

ner's I ll of 

light ll , , . and 

in Captam « Jzias liisseli s com|<any, Colonel 
Roger Enos" regiment in New S'orW. in 177S. 
He resided at West Hartford. II 

I'lizabcth , and he and his wif< 

church at ILnrtford. Children: .Al 
Septeinberfi 1759. died .March 2^^. 1 
.March, 1761, died October 3, 177" 
August, 1763, mentioned below; Abigail, Au- 
gust, 1766, died .August 29, 1773; Elijah, June, 
1769; Cibson, .August, 1772, died March 14, 
1826; Anna. March, 1774: Abigail, September. 
177^1, died November 2, 177'". 

( \' ) Joseph (2), son of .Allyn and Eliza- 
beth Whiting, was liorn in West Hartford, in 
.August, I7'^'3: died 1842. He marrie<l. in 
1784, Mary Cioodwin, born I7'>'^>. dieii 1833. 
He was a farmer and had the Ut\< • ^' - 
in the militia. Children, iH.rn in \ 
ford : Joseph, 1784, died 1813: M;ii 
Pajihro .Steele; Allen. July 4. 1788, mentioned 
below: Delia, married Samuel Phelps; Sally 
(/"iiKidrich, married Harry Phelps: Fniily, mar- 
ried Thomas Hurlbnrt; I'lavia, marrie<I Rtis- 
sell .Anderson : Nathan ; Eliza, married .Amos 
Ward : Henry K., married Mary Filleo. 

(\T) .Allen, son of Joseph (2) and Mary 
(Goodwin) Whiting, was Ixirn in West Hart- 
ford. July 4, 1788, and dicil there November 3. 
1871. He was a farmer. He married .Amanda 
.Alford, born June f\ iJ</\ died .April 3, 1849 
(see .Alford IX). Children, l»orn at West 
Hartford: Emerson .Alford, .August 23, 1818; 
Jo.scph P.. February 24, 1820; .'^auuiel P.. Sep- 
iembcr 10. 1821 : Elvira, Deceinl>er 3, 1822; 
.\lfred. March 21. 1824, mentioned below: 
Richard Henry. January 17, i82^>: John. July 
2_\. 1S27: Orson. January 21. 1820: Thomas, 
born November 22. 1830: .Amelia Jane. May 
3, 1833: William. January 14. 1835; Ellen, 
lune \C\ 1837. 

(\TI) .Alfred, son of .\llen and .Amanda 
(Alford) Whiting was Ixirn in West Hart- 
ford. March 21, 1824. and died May 3, 1905. 
He was educated in the public scho<ils of his 
native town. He engaged in business as a 



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florist and nurseryman and was in active busi- 
ness about sixty years. He purchased a large 
tract of land in West Hartford and opened 
Whiting lane through his property from Farm- 
ington avenue to Park street. He planted the 
trees now standing on each side of this high- 
way and from time to time sold lots until at 
the time of his death he owned only the home- 
stead and a few acres. He had a green-house 
of some hundred thousand feet of glass, the 
largest in the vicinity of Hartford. He was 
a shrewd and successful business man, up- 
right and honorable in all his dealings and held 
in high esteem by all his townsmen. In politics 
he was a Republican, but never sought or held 
public office. He married, April 8, 1852. at 
West Hartford, Frances Elizabeth Gilbert, 
born at West Hartford, February 21, 1831 (see 
Gilbert VII). Their only child was Helen 
Frances, who resif'es on Whiting lane, West 
Hartford, on the homestead. 

( I he Gilbert Line). 
The family of Devonshire, England, to 
which Sir Humphrey Gilbert belonged was 
doubtless the same as that to which the early 
settlers of Windsor, Connecticut, of the Gil- 
bert name belonged. Jonathan settled early in 
Hartford, William and Thomas in Windsor, 
and Obadiah and Josiah, all presumably broth- 
ers, were in Connecticut by 1640. 

(I) William Gilbert settled at Windsor. It 
is believed that Captain John, mentioned below, 
was his son. 

( II ) Captain John Gilbert, believed to be the 
son of William, settled in Windsor, Connecti- 
cut, and was admitted a freeman May 21, 1657. 
The general court sold to him for ten pounds 
March 11, 1662-63, land lying between that of 
Captain Richard Lord and of John Culich "at 
ye landing place on the Rivulet both parcels 
being or lying in ye south meadow at Hart- 
ford." The court allowed him eleven pounds 
in consideration of a horse "that dyed in the 
country's service." He married. May 6, 1647, 
Amv, daughter of Thomas and Dorothy Lord, 
of Hartford. Children : John, born January 16, 

1648, died young; John, February 19, 1652-53; 
Elizabeth, February 12, 1655-56; Thomas, Sep- 
tember 14, 1658, married, September 27. 1681, 
Deborah Beaumont ; Amy. August 3, 1663 ; Jo- 
seph, .\pril 3. t666, mentioned below: James; 
Dorothy, married Palmer. 

(III) Joseph, son of Captain John and Amy 
(Lord) Gilbert, was born at Windsor, April 
3. 1666. He married (first) May 17, 1692, 
Mary Grosvenor ; (second) May 8, 1695, Eliz- 
abeth Smith, born November, 1672. Among 
the children of Joseph Gilbert was a son, Ben- 
jamin, mentioned below. 



(I\') Benjamin, son of Joseph Gilbert, was 
born May 11, 1704, and married. May 14, 
1730, Elizabeth Marshfield who died in 1772. 
They had a son, Benjamin, mentioned below. 

(\') Benjamin (2), son of Benjamin (i) 
and Elizabeth (Marshfield) Gilbert, was born 
September 25, 1737, in West Hartford, and 
died May 21, 1807. He was one of the found- 
ers of the Friends Church in Hartford. In 
1789 he was chosen deacon of the First Church 
of Hartford (Congregational), but in Decem- 
ber, 1794, he resigned the office, having joined 
the Quakers. A paper laid before the church 
at this time asking to be released from all 
bonds and covenants was signed by him, his 
son Charles. Ruth Gilbert and Charles Web- 
ster. The church voted at the next meeting 
to labor with them and not to accept their 
resignations. But the laboring proved futile, 
for the church voted, April i, 1802, that these 
persons having embraced the Quaker creed and 
kept away from all church services during so 
long a period be released from all church 
vows and left to go their own way. The 
Quaker church in West Hartford was estab- 
lished about this time, and the Gilberts gave 
the land for the church, burying ground and 
school house. Both church and school house 
have long disappeared, but the burying ground 
remains on Quaker lane. West Hartford, and 
many of the Gilberts were buried there. He 
married, August 2i. 1762, Anna Butler, born . 
November 16. 1745, died December. 1782. Chil- 
dren : Charles, born January 3, 1763, mentioned 
below ; Anne Hurlburt ; Elisha ; Nathan ; Eli- 
jah. 

(AT) Charles, son of Benjamin (2) and 
Anna (Butler) Gilbert, was born January 3, 
1763; died October 7, 1812, at West Hartford. 
He owned large tracts of land in West Hart- 
ford and was a prosperous farmer. He was 
also a Quaker. He married, in 1787, Ruth 
Cadwell, born October 3, 1763, died March 
29, 1823. Children: i. Charles, born 1788, 
mentioned below. 2. Benjamin, born Novem- 
ber 23, 1791 ; built the house on the homestead 
just beyond \"anderbilt Hill ; married Rhoda 
Kellogg Cadwell, born May 27, 1796, died 
August 19. 1862; he died December 11, 1868; 
was also a Quaker in religion. 3. ]\Iary. 

(ATI) Charles (2), son of Charles (i) and 
Ruth ( Cadwell ) Gilbert, was born in West 
Hartford in 1788, and died there in 1851. He 
married Eliza Ann Cadwell. He inherited and 
acquired much real estate in his native place. 
He was a prosperous stock farmer and was 
also engaged in the meat provision business in 
Hartford. Children : Frances Elizabeth, born 
February 21. 1831, married. April 8. 1852, Al- 
fred Whiting, of West Hartford (see Whiting 



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\lh; kiitii Amelia, Mary Ami, Charles, 
Alice Kiiza. 

( riic Alfonl Line). 

The surname Alford is identical with Al- 
vord, and is ui English oriKin. There are 
manv variations in spellinj.;. some ni theni 1k- 
inp Aiire<l. Alvard. Alvart. Alverd, Allord. Al- 
vcd. Alluord, Alhiard. Ullord. ( ijverd. ( >lv..rd, 
etc. The principal scat of the family in Eng- 
land was in county Somerset, where it was es- 
tablished very early. The name was a place 
name, derived from Aideford. a ford across a 
river. Kohertus Domimis cle Aldford was 
pt>vernor of a military statioTi, Aldiord C'astle. 
conunandinji an old fort! across the Dee above 
Chester. The connection of the Somer.set 
family with .Mdford Castle in Cheshire is 
early, but distinct. The Somerset family be- 
came land owners about i^lo. The coat-of- 
arms of the .\lford family is described as a 
-hield surmounted with the crest ; on a wreath 
of the ci>ulers, a boar's head couped or, in the 
mouth a broken spear arj^eiit. 

( I ) John .Mvord or .Mford was born about 
1475-S5 in iMitjland. and lived in the i)arish of 
\\ hitotaunton. county Somerset. 

( 11 ) Rev. .Mexandcr .Mford was born about 

130020. He married Agnes . and lived 

at W'hitestaunlon, in 1550. His will was 
dated December 22, 1576, and his widow's will 
was dated in 157". She was iiuried at West 
Monckton. county .Somerset, in 157!^. Chil- 
■ Iren: .Mary. Alice, FClinor. Solomon. William, 
John, llartholomew, I'ridget. 

( 1\') Thomas, grandson of Kev. .Alexander 
.Mford, married, .May 11, 1618, Joan Hawkins. 
Children: i. I'enedict. mentioned below. 2. .M- 
exander, baptized at r.ri(lge|)ort. county Dor- 
set. England, ( )ctobcr 15, 1627: died at North- 
ampton. .Massachusetts, October 3, 1^187; mar- 
ried at Windsor, Connecticut. I )ctober 29. 
1^)46, .Mary \'ore. resided at Windsor and. 
Northampton. 3. Joaima, bajitized at White- 
staunton, county Somerset. December 8, i'')22; 
died at Windsor. Connecticut, May 22. l'>84: 
married there May 6, iCq^. .Ambrose Fowler, 
and removed to Westfield, Massachusetts. 

( \' ) I'.enedict .Mford. the inunigraiit ances- 
tor of the .\lford family, son of Thomas and 
Joan (Hawkins) .Mford, was born probably 
at Whitestaunton. I-jigland, about I'>i5-i8. and 
died at Windsor. Connecticut. .April 23, i')83. 
All his descendants spell the name .Alford, 
while those of his brother .Alexander use Al- 
vord. He came with his sister Joanna to 
New England, settled in Windsor. Comiecti- 
cut. and was a sergeant in the Pefpiot war in 
May. I<^t37. In 1^)40 he was granted a home 
lot. He [irobably made a visit to England in 
1640. and was a witness to a deed in county 



.Somerset. He married ■ " • ' 

ber 2(1. |f>40. Jane .\. 

family of liroadway pai 

on the jury in April K143, and was cuti»tablc 

in lU/i U\< will wa' dnfe<l in r'>8v><4, antl 

his e.>-i. .... ,^^.p||_ 

ty-nin> He 

was a :... •■• •' 

Octoljcr 17, it»4i, his w: 
uary 13. 1^147, He wa- 
i'>78, to the fun<! for the jMJi.r 111 ..i!. 
Children : Jonathan, Ixirn June 1, i' , 
lienjamin, July 11, 1647, died .AuguM u. iy<-i. 
Josiah, July 6. i(>49, mentioned below; Eliza- 
beth, .SeptemlK-r 21, 1O51 ; Jcremiai), Decem- 
ber 24, K»53, 

(\'t) Josiah, son of lienedict and Jane 
( .Newton) .Alford. was Imrn at Windsor, C'on- 
necticut, July (1, \(>4>j. and died .May 10, 1722. 
He married. May 22, iCxj^, Hannah. ' -■ ^- v! 
8, if/>8, died .August 10, 1733, ■ 
Jimas Westover. Children: Ha: 
.March 12, i<^*>i: Josiah. December 27, i<"i<<. 
mentioned below : .Nathaniel. I'ebruary 10, 
\Cnj8; daughter, died July 8, 1704; Elizalieth, 
June 29. 1703; Dorothy, June 22. 1709. 

(\1I) Josiah (2), son of Josiah (i) and 
Hannah ( Westover) .Alford, was Ijorn Decem- 
ber 2~. ifx/t, and died in December. 17'!.'* Hr 
married, at Simsbury, Connecticut. ' 
i~2<K Mary (Case-Drake). lK>rn . 
Children : Josiah. born .August 13, 1;., , ii.in- 
nab, .\pril 2, 1730; Elijah, December 14, 1732; 
lumice, ( )ctober 2<j. 1735: I'eletiah. .\i)ril 14, 
1 739, mentioned below ; Jesse, Scplcinbcr, 

"74I- 

(\HI) Peletiah, .son of Josiah (2) and 
.Mary (Case-Drake) .Alford, was born .April 
14. I7.V> -tkI <lit*l < )ctol)er 25, 1804. In 1776 
he served in Lieutenant Case's company, the 
Eighteenth Regiment of militia. I le married. 
September 22, i~(t8. .Anne Hacon.born July 13, 
1749. died .April 13. 1803. Giildren : Peletiah, 
Ixirn 17^19, mentioned Ix-low ; .Sanuiel. Septem- 
ber 13. 1770: .Aima. .March 24. 1772. died Sep- 
tember 18, 1773; Doris, November 23, 1773; 
Jonas, Iwrn September 19, 1775; Jabcz. July 
10. 1778. 

( IN ) Peletiah ( 2 ). son of Peletiah ( 1 ) and 
.Anne (Bacon) .Alford. was Iiom in itCk) and 

died in 1823. Hi - ' ' '• - - t7<,3, 

.Amanda Cadwell. ' i heir 

daughter .Amand.i ' sie 

Whiting \'l ). 



Thomas Sherwoo<|. l)orn in 
SHERWOOD Sherw.io<| Forest, Not- 
tingham. England. 1386. 
died in Fairfield. Connecticut. i'>33. He saile<l 
from Ipswich, .April 2t. i'>.V»- '" the goo<l ship 



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"Francis," John Cutting, master, and landed in 
Boston, Massachusetts, in June of the same 
year, accompanied b}' his wife AHce, born 1587, 
and four children: Ann, born 1620; Rose, 
1623 : Thomas, 1624 ; Rebecca, 1625. He set- 
tled first at Wethersfield, where his name ap- 
pears on the second list of settlers other than 
those from Watertown. He settled in Fair- 
field as early as 1643, when his name appears 
on the Stamford land records. He served as 
deputy with Roger Ludlow in the general 
court, 1650. He brought with him to Fair- 
field his second wife, Mary , by whom 

he had six more children. His will is dated 
July 21, 1655, and proved October 26, 1655. 

(H) Thomas (2), son of Thomas (i) and 
Alice Sherwood, was born in England, 1624. 

He married (first) ■ ; (second) Ann, 

daughter of Benjamin and Mary Turney. Chil- 
dren : Mary, Benjamin, Samuel, Ruth, Abigail, 
Hannah. 

(HI) Benjamin, son of Thomas (2) and 
Ann (Turney) Sherwood, died 1737. He mar- 
ried Sarah , born 1692. Children : Mary, 

Mindwell, Benjamin, Joseph, Noah, Sarah. 

(IV) Joseph, son of Benjamin and Sarah 
Sherwood, was born December i, 1702. Mar- 
ried, February 17. 1730, Sarah Osborn, born 
June, 171 1, daughter of Sergeant David and 
Dorothy Osborn. Children : Grace, Eleazer, 
Joseph, Jehiel, Grizel, David, Abel, Reuben. 

(V) Jehiel, son of Joseph and Sarah (Os- 
born) Sherwood, was born March i, 1739. He 
built, in 1765, on Greenfield Hill, his comforta- 
ble house, where with his wife (a very superior 
woman) he reared his ten children. He served 
•during the revolution, enlisting in Colonel 
Beebe's regiment: sergeant in 1775, at Fish- 
kill ; with Colonel Whiting in 1777, and ensign 
of Fourth Company, Fourth Regiment, Janu- 
ary, 1780. His house was used as a hospital 
for the wounded after Trvon's raid. He mar- 
ried, October 5, 1763, Sarah Squire, of Green- 
field Hill, Connecticut. ChildreJi : Squire, Je- 
hiel, Sarah, Lyman, Charity, Stephen, Abigail, 
Mabel, Lyman, William. After the death of 
his wife, about 1796, he disposed of the home 
farm to his son Stephen, and with his two 
youngest children settled on the ( )blong, nov. 
South East, Putnam county. New York, pay- 
ing for the farm when the line was finally es- 
tablished. At his death it became the property 
of his son Lyman and it has been in the pos- 
session of his family to the present time. The 
family burial plot is on this farm where the 
families of Jehiel and Lyman are all interred. 

(VI) Stephen, son of Jehiel and Sarah 
(Squire) Sherwood, was born April 20. 1775, 
died July 3, 1835. He married (first) Eulilla 
Goodsell, born February 8, 1776, died March 4, 



1814, daughter of David (born 1752) and 
Anna (Beers) Goodsell, granddaughter of 
Thomas (born December, 1731, died 1805) 
and Miriam (Bradley) Goodsell (born 1737), 
great-granddaughter of Rev. John (born De- 
cember 21, 1705, died December 27, 1763), 
and Mary (Lewis) Goodsell (born May 18, 
1706, died December 11, 1769), married July 
27, 1725, Rev. John, a graduate of Yale, 1724, 
and great-great-granddaughter of Thomas 
Goodsell, born in Somerset county, England, 
1646, died at East Haven, Connecticut, 1713; 
graduate of Trinity, Oxford University, 167^, 
New Haven. 1678, married, June 4, 1684, 
Sarah, daughter of Samuel and Sarah (Coo- 
per) Hemingway. Children of Mr. and Mrs. 
Sherwood: i. Alvah, born 1798, died unmar- 
ried. 2. Eliza, born May, 1800, died May, 
1888; she became the second wife of James 
Beers. 3. Oran, see forward. 4. Betsey, born 
October 29, 1807, died February 14, 1870; 
married (first) Uriah Banks; (second) Thom- 
as Merwin, born 1820, still living. 5. Norman. 
6. Anna Beers, born February 29, 1812, died 
February 12, 1883; married, October 4, 1832, 
Frederick B. Wakeman, born June 17, 1811, 
died February 3, 1893. Stephen Sherwood . 
married (second) ' May 15, 1816, Tamer, 
daughter of Moses and Abigail (Wakeman) 
Banks. Children : Sarah, William, Emily, 
Mary J., Frances, Wilson. 

(VII) Oran, son of Stephen and Eulilla 
(Goodsell) Sherwood, was born January 18, 
1804, died January 2, 1848. He started out 
in life as a teacher, but after his marriage 
opened a general store at Newburg, New York, 
but, possessing natural shrewdness, he soon 
saw a better opening in the lumber trade. He 
shortly afterward removed to New York City 
and opened a yard in Cherry street : he was 
very successful, conducting an excellent busi- 
-ness in mahogany and fine woods from Mexico 
and the West Indies. The schooner "Cham- 
pion," owned by him, was captured and the 
crew imprisoned during the Mexican war. 
They all received indemnity — act of Congress 
on Alexican war claims, 1850. He invested 
largely in real estate in the Adirondacks and 
in Fairfield, Connecticut, now Bridgeport ; he 
built a handsome residence on his property in 
Fairfield, and in 1840 took up his residence in 
that town, and in 1846 sold the house and a 
portion of the land to the late P. T. Barnum, 
who named it "Iranistan," and it became the 
well-known home of the famous showman. Mr. 
Sherwood soon after retired from active busi- 
ness, devoting his time to his home interests. . 
He died January 2, 1848, in the new house 
which he had erected near the old one. He 
married Fanny Wakeman, born June 27, 1804, 



CONM.t 1 11 If 



(/<) 



(littl March 21, 1S83. Chililren : 1. Kichimmd, 
born Aiitjust 15. 1S25, (lic<l June if>. iHij2; 
niarrictl llamiali Sworils : children: Lavinia, 
born iS'^, died December 21, i8iV>, married 
Georfje \V. Warner; Jessie, born 18.%, dietl 
Sei)tenil)cr j8. 181JO. 2. Franklin, see forward. 
3. Lavinia. Imrn heceniber iH. lH_?3; niarrie<l, 
April 3. 1S55. John M. lli>lcomb; died No- 
veniber 24. 1S57. 4. Houston, lioni Se[)teni- 
ber 4. 1835. liied May 29. 183(1. 3. Fannie, 
born April c^. 1841 ( Mrs. \Vhitini;). 

(\'lll) I'Vanklin. son of ( )ran and l-"anny 
( Wakeman ) Sherwood, was born Jime 28, 
1829. died January 3, 1908. He was born and 
educated in New York City and came to 
Hridfjeport with liis father in 1840. Having 
been a lover of books and study, he early be- 
came interested in newspaper work, associat- 
injj himself with several duriiitj his younger 
days. 

He is best known as the cilitor of Tlw 
I.Ciiiii'i . a famous weekly paper that dealt 
almost exclusively with city politics. This he 
published from February 21. 1872, to 1899; it 
was dnrin;; this time that he gave to the i)ub- 
lic his famous reminiscences — ■'P.ridgeport As 
It Was" — which was eagerly sought after by 
those desiring a comiilete history of the city's 
political and Inisiness life. In this history he 
brought to the work the aid of his remarka- 
ble memorv and his storehouse of records and 
papers which were unsur|)assed in reference to 
nridgejiort and the surrounding country. He 
was of marked indejiendence. and despised the 
modern nioiles of jiolitics, and was a strong 
believer in ".America for the .-Xmcricans." He 
married, December 24, 1854, Mary A. Weller, 
born 1839. died Xovember 14. I<p8. Children: 
I. Franklin Jr.. horn June 2d'. iSUi; married, 
January 7. 1S83. Jessie Ilotchkiss. liorn Ai)ril 
1, i8^>o; children: Mabel Richmond, born Oc- 
tober 21. 1883: F-annie Hotchkiss, April 3, 
1891 ; I-'ranklin. February 29. |89(). 2. Rich- 
mond, born .August 8. 1861 ; married Irene 
Lyon: child. Ruth, born October 8. 1889. 3. 
Charles Henry, born May 2j. 1868: married, 
Sei)teniber 2-. 1893. .Mice S. Piercy : child, 
lliftiii) R<i'(|, burn C)ctober8, 1896. 



The ancient English surname 
CLRTl.S.S Curtis is also siiellcd Curtiss. 

Curtesse. Curteis and Curtoys. 
Stejihen Curtiss was of .\p)ile.lore, Kent, 
about 1450, and several of his descendants 
were mayors of Tenterden. a town where 
many settlers in Scituate, Massachusetts, 
came from. The family has also lived from 
an ancient date in county Sussex. The an- 
cient coat-of-arms is thus described: .\rgent 
a chevron sable between three bulls heads cn- 



Ijoi'hcil gule-. t tr~i .\ \iniKini )>.i- nf Ih:- 
tween four trees pruper. 

( I I \\ illiam Lurti«s. ihc ancestor, live«l in 
l-'.ngl.ind and irubably died there. His widow 
l''.Ii/:ilietli an<l ><.ins John and William settled 
in Stratford, Connecticut, in i'>39. 

( II ( William (2). sen of William ( I) Cur- 
tiss, came to Stratford, (onneclicut, with his 
wiilowed mother Flizabetb and his brother 
John. I le was one of the first settlers of the 
place in 1^)39. He married (first* Mary 

; (second) about 1680, Sarah, widow 

of Fnsign William fioodrich, ■■:' 
field. Connecticut, and ilaugbter 

Morris, of Hartford. He died Ik .:. 

1702. His will was dated December 15, 1702, 
and proved DecemlK'r 31, 1702. His wife died 
about the time he did. The will of his njother 
I'lizabeth was proved June 4. 1^165. (.'hil- 
dren: Sarah, Ixjrn (Jctober i ■■ ■ r 
than, l-ebruary 14, i'^>44: 
I, 164O; .\bigail, .April 21. 1 
vcmber 16, 1O52; Flizabet ij, 

1654; Ebenezer. July 6. 1O5; , No- 

vember 14, l'i59, mentioned Itt ln\ , Josiah, 
August 30, \(/i2. 

(Ill) Zachariah, son of William (2) Cur- 
tiss, was born November 14, i'j.V;. died June, 
174S. He married Hannah, daughter of Na- 
thaniel Porter. She died in 1738, aged sev- 
enty-three years. Chiltlren : Zachariah. men- 
tioned below ; Nathaniel, married Hannah 
Wales, November 2~, 1712; Jeremias. bap- 
tized .May. 1706. 

(I\) Zachariah (2), son of Zachariah ( i) 
Curtiss, died June 12. 1748. He married 

Mary . Giildren : .Mitchell. Ix-rn 1 -■■ 

ary, 1721-22; Eunice, October 3. 1722; M 

November r>, 1724; Rhoda. I 

Ileulah, February 5, 1727--" 
tember 21, 1729: Susannah. ' 

( \' ) Mitchell, son of Zachanaii (21 Cur- 
tiss. was Ixmi September 21. 172*;. He mar- 
ried, February 11. 1733, Phebe, 
Deacon Thomas Peet. Children 
born September 17. 1/33: Dam. i 
January 3. 1733. mentioned below; 
.\nne. November 7. I73^>: Pheln;. July. 1 , 
Isaac, December. i7'/». 

(\T) Daniel Mitchell, son of Nfitchdl Cur- 
tiss, was Imrn January 3. 1753. '' 1 

Hepsy P.urr, June 24, 1778. CI 
tus liurr, lx>rn January ij, \J^\ \ 

below; EIv, SeptemlK-r' If), 1781 ; Mary, Feb- 
ruary 14, 178^1; Daniel, March 8. 1788; Hep- 
sibah, September if), i/'io. 

(\IIi lu.stns P.urr. son of Daniel Mitchell 
Curtiss. was born January 27, 1780. He re- 
si<led at NichoK. ( onnecticut, where he was 
1 ,. in, .nil I and iiiiRT. and died there. He 



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married Huldah Edwards, of Chestnut Hill, 
Fairfield county, Connecticut. Children : El- 
liott Plumb, Henry, Aiunson. Emeline, Ma- 
tilda, Silvia, Susan, Elizabeth, who married 
Aaron Sherwood. 

(VHI) Elliott Plumb, son of Justus Burr 
Curtiss, was born at Nichols, Connecticut, 
April 22, 1 8 14. He was educated in the dis- 
trict school. In his youth he became inter- 
ested in the manufacture of saddle-trees, a 
then flourishing industry at Nichols. He 
worked at his trade one year in St. Louis. Mis- 
souri, then returned to Nichols and worked 
until the factory at Nichols was abandoned, 
when he engaged in farming and continued at 
that until his death, i\Iarch 10, 1896. He was 
interested in public affairs and for many years 
served in the state militia. He was one of the 
founders of the Methodist Episcopal church 
and a prime mover in building the present 
building. He married Clarissa, born at Green- 
field Hill, daughter of David and Lucy Bulk- 
ley, who were the parents of two children : 
Clarissa, mentioned above, and Lucy, who 
married Bond, of New York. Chil- 
dren : Hamilton, died in infancy ; Lizzie, died 
young; Isabel, married Horace P. Nichols, of 
Nichols; Elliott Plumb Jr., mentioned below; 
Nathan Bulkley, born j\Iay 14, 1857, in part- 
nership for many years with his brother in the 
firm of Curtis Brothers, dealers in stoves and 
heaters, and plumbers ; this partnership con- 
tinued until the death of Elliott P. in 1894, 
when the business was closed out, and in 
1898 he formed a partnership with Abraham 
Wellington in the same line of business. This 
continued until 1906 when he bought out Mr. 
Wellington, since which time he has conducted 
the business alone. In politics he is a Repub- 
lican, was an assessor of Nichols for several 
years, and was also on the school board, act- 
ing as school visitor for several years. Has 
taken an active part in the Methodist Episco- 
pal church in Nichols, having served several 
years on the board of stewards and fourteen 
years as superintendent of Sunday school. He 
married. October 20, 1881, at Cornwall, Con- 
necticut. Mary Ann. daughter of Rev. \^'il- 
liam T. Gilbert ; children : Clifford Gilbert, 
born July, 28, 1883 ; Elizabeth Bulkley, May 
7, 1885, deceased; John Burr, October 6, 1887'; 
Cornelia, June 4, 1889, died in infarcv. 

(IX) Elliott Plumb (2) Curtis (as he 
spelled the name, although his children spell 
it Curtiss), son of Elliott Plumb (i) Curtiss, 
was born at Nichols, July 26, 1853, died July 
24, 1894, at Bridgeport. He attended the pub- 
lic schools of his native town and the Strong 
School. He began his career in the Bridge- 
port post office, where he remained two vears. 



Th.en became a clerk in the drug store of L. 
W. Booth, where he remained two years. He 
was then in the employ of the John S. Way 
Alanufacturing Company of Bridgeport, after 
which he became a partner with John H. 
Flinch, in the grocery business in Shelton, 
where he remained three years. He entered 
partnership with his brother, Nathan Bulkley 
Curtis, under the firm name of Curtis Broth- 
ers, buying the Leavenworth store in 1884. 
They carried on an extensive business as 
plumbers and dealers in stoves and furnaces 
for a period of ten years. His death cut short 
a promising career. He had demonstrated un- 
usual business ability and had his life been 
spared would have taken a prominent place in 
the business world. In politics he was a Re- 
publican. He was a member of all the Ma- 
sonic bodies, including the Commandery ; of 
the Roof-Tree Club ; a member of the Metho- 
dist Episcopal church, and took a great inter- 
est in that. He was a man who loved his 
home' and preferred the society of his family 
to any club, and his memory is fondly cher- 
ished by his widow and children. He was be- 
loved by all who knew him for his many fine 
qualities of heart and mind. 

He married, fune. 1883. at Bridgeport. 
Anna Belle Hatcli Hall (see Flail MI). Chil- 
dren: Clara, born December 11, 1884; Elliott, 
May 7, 1886. a clerk in the Pequonnock Bank ; 
Mildred Rebecca, August 16. 1888: Louise 
H., January 15, 1892. 

(The Hall Line). 

( I ) Francis Hall, immigrant ancestor, was 
the son of Gilbert Hall, who lived in Kent, 
England. He came to America from Mil- 
ford, county of Surrey, with his brother Wil- 
liam, in the ship with Rev. Henry Whitefield 
and the latter's company, ^^'illiam Hall set- 
tled in Guilford. Connecticut, and Francis in 
New Haven, where he arrived in time to par- 
ticipate in a meeting of colonists held June 4, 
1639. The following year he joined in the en- 
terprise of planting a new settlement at the 
head of a small inlet on Long Island Sound, 
which they named Fairfield. At this time Mr. 
Hall was thirty-two \ears old. In 1654 he 
purchased land in Fairfield, and in 1659 more 
land in Stratford, Connecticut, where he set- 
tled several years later. Here he was an attor- 
ney-at-law, and continued his practice almost 
to the time of his death. In 1669 he held 
the office of constable in Stratford, and Alay 
ri, 1676. was a deputy to the general court 
held in Hartford. He married (first) in Eng- 
land, Elizabeth , who with two sons, 

Isaac and Samuel, came with him from Eng- 
land. She died, it is supposed in Fairfield 




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July ^>. i(''>S- lie niarricil (si-cciii'l), ( Vtohcr 
30, i'>^>5, l)<in)tliy, widow of John I'.laki-man, 
and dauj^htcT of Rev. Henry Smith. I-Vancis 
Hail died March 3, {f<H<j-(jo. His will was 
dated May (>. i()H(>. and proved March 14, 
lAS(;-i)(). thildren: Isaac. Iiorn in l-ji),'lan<l. 
niiMitior.ciI below; ."^aiiniel, alxuit i'>,?5; .\Iarv, 
Elizalieth, Rebecca, died March jS, ifxjo; 
Hannah, married, July 14, if)75, Joscj)!! lilakc- 
man. of Stratfnrd. 

(Ill Dr. Isaac Hall, son of Francis Hall was 
born about \(>2ij. in the county of Kent, I-'nf:;- 
land. and came to this country with his parents 
when a boy. He settled in l'"airfield with his 
father, and became an eminent |)hysician and 
surgeon. In the latter capacity he rendered 
service in the colonial militia during the Indian 
wars, for which he received a jjrant of land in 
I-'airfield. Previously, in if>t>o. he had received 
from his father a large estate in the same 
town. He took the oath of fidelity to the colo- 
nial fjovernmcnt in if>5y. He is sujjposed to 
have been a i)roprictor oi W'allingford, Con- 
necticut, in if>70. He married. Jamiary iC>, 
if/id. Lydia. daughter of Xicholas Knapj). nf 
[•"airfield, who survived him. He diecl in I'air- 
field, in 1714. Children: Isaac, born .\dvem- 
ber 8. i''/)7, mentioned below; Sarah, May 3. 
i6f)8; Lydia, September 20, 1670; liilizabeth, 
November 11. 1^^172; Sanniel. September 14. 
1674: I'rancis, September 2f\ \(t~fi: John, 
I'ehruary 8, if •77, died yoimg; John, January 
.V "'7';: Mary, .\ugust 7. i(>8i ; .Abigail. .\i)ril 
I. i'h83; Jonathan. December 2. 1084. 

( III ) Isaac (2). son of Dr. Isaac (1 ) Hall, 
was born Xovember 8. 1C167. He married 

(first) about K183. Hannah . who died 

in i(x>4. He married (second) Sarah .\nn 

, widow. He became a physician and a 

l>artner with his father in the practice of 
medicine in i')8o. He died in Redtling, Con- 
necticut, in .\ugust. i757-''7. Children: Sam- 
uel, mentioned below; Isaac; Lydia, baptized 
.Scptemlier, I098; llurgcs, ba|)tized Xovember, 
1701, in Stratford: Jesse, baptized 1703. in 
Stratford; .\sa, baptized I'ebruary, 1705-of). 
in Stratford: Joshua, baptized Xovember. 
170S. in Stratford: .Ann. baptize<l July, 171 1, 
in Stratford; Jane, baptized December. i~i2. 
in Stratford. 

il\) Samuel, son of Lsaac (2) Hall, ilied 
I'ebruary 8, 1734. He married, July 21). 1714. 
Sarah .SilJiman. Children: David, born July 
12. 1715, died February 15. 1725: Martha. 
.April 9, 1717; Samuel. December 16, 1720: 
Xathanicl. Xovember 3. 1721 ; F'benczer. 
March 12. 1723, mentioned below; Sarah, 
February 20. 1724: Mary. ScptemlK-r 18, 
I72f>: David, June 20. 1728: .Abel, July 12, 
i/.?o. 



(\) Fl.eii./,i. > .^.,,,,.,,1 Hall, was 

Ixirn .March 12, 1723. He married and had 
a son Daniel, mentioned below. 

(\'I) Daniel, son of KlK-nezcr Hall, was 
born November y, 1758. He marrie.l Jem- 
ima Turney. l)orn May 28. ijiu. G»ildrcn : 
labiiha. .\lal)el, liirney. .\lan>->n. see fi>r- 
war<l, Zalnion. .Alban, lUnjamin. 

(\II) .Manson, son of Daniel Hall, was 
Ixjrn in Trumbull, Connecticut, September 25, 
i-<t<x die<l June 18, iW>3. He married Sophia 
.Shelton I'.dwanls. iKjrn Octolicr 2, I7<>5. at 
Lcing Hill, dieil January 7. 18(12. Oiildren; 
I. .Slulton l.ynson. I)<«rn April 11. 1813; niar- 
rieil, in 1845, Klizaln-th 1'. .\ppleton ; children: 

i. Mary .\ppleton. married .\m<is, 

child. Slary, died 1883; ii. Jnmp< Appleton, 
ilmwned ; iii. I\lizabelh Slub n ; iv. 

Saiuuel Kilward .\pi leton, : the 

Cniversity of Wisconsin; ni.u.M.i 1 u liii S, 
Diirant, of Racine. July, iHUfy; v. Sarah 
I'uller .Appleton. deceased. 2. Samuel Bald- 
win, born May 3, i8ifi, died Decemlnrr >ji, 
1870: marrie<l, December 23. 1843. Sarah 
Walker: children: i. Louise .Stirling Hall. 
born .September 22. 184(1. died in 18.H7; ji 
I'rank .S\lvaiuis Mall, born Ma\ 13, 1830, died 
in 1888 of heart disease. 3. Harriet, born 
November <). 1817. died .April 13, 1843; mar- 
ried. June. 1838, James D. Mrinsmadc ; chil- 
dren : i. I'ranklyn i'. Mrinsmadc, Ixirn June 
(\ 1840. married Julia I'ardee: children: 
H.ittie and lora Itrinsmade: ii. Ilatiie S. 
I'.rin-<made. <hed aged eighteen months. 4. 
Charles Hobart. born March 2. 1819; marrietl, 
l"ebruary 12. 1830. Delia Plumb; daughter, 
Flla Flizabeth Hall, lx>rn I'ebruary 24, 1871. 
married, June 2J. i<;oo. ICdward ( ). .Mara. 
3. Claudius Mamford, born December (>, 1821 ; 
ma^ried, Jidy i, 1847, .Anna \'. I'erry; chil- 
dren: i. .Austin P. Hall, born October 9, 
1830: ii. Clifford P. Hall, January ri. 1837; 
iii. I'rank P. Hall, 1839 :'iv. Carlton Hall. 

6. Fdwarrl Turney. Ixirn .\ugnst 28, 1823: 
married. May. i83(>, .*^arah Jennings; (sec- 
ond) .Mary lluckley: child of first wife: Min- 
nie, died June. i8o<): children of sec<«ni| wife: 
Kugene, Marietta. Fdwarrl, (.linton, die<l 1^102. 

7. < )rmel .Alanson. Inirn .\pril i. 1823: mar- 
ried. July. 1848, Rebecca Nichols Hatch: 
chililren: i. Anna Marie Hall, died aged four 
years, eight months; ii. Oimel Howard Hall. 
married Lucinda ( j. Clark, deceased; one 
child, deceased: married (sccon<l> Carrie 
Lock-wood; children: Ormel Hnwarrl, Jr. and 
Raymond Hall; iii. Aima lielle Hatch Mall, 
married Flliott I*. Curti-s. and bad a sun and 
three daughters (see Curtiss L\ ) : iv. Mel- 
ville I'dwards Hall, married Mary Hammond: 
children: Mav ami (iladvs Hall: v. Freder- 



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ick W'illey Hall, married Stella Nichols: chil- 
dren: Pauline and Ruth Hall; vi. Daniel Clif- 
ford Hall, married Grace Boughton ; children : 
Grace Boughton and Helen Hall. 8. Eliza 
Jane, born March 3, 1827; married, March 
22, 1866, James D. Brinsmade, whom her 
sister Harriet had formerly married : died 
August 6, 1904; child, Charles Edwards 
Brinsmade, married Ada Fairchild : children : 
Dora, Mittie and Arthur Dwight Brinsmade. 

9. Francis Leander, born June 15, 1828; mar- 
ried Esther Andrews, and died June 2j, 1867. 

10. Theodore Sturges, born September 3, 
1829, died February 22, 1867, aged thirty- 
six years. 11. Rnfus Warren, born December 
13, 1830; married Emily Smith: children: 
Adna, Emma, Mary Sophia, Rufus Warren : 
the father died June 4, 1880, aged fifty. 12. 
Susan Ann, born January 23, 1832, died Feb- 
ruary 12, 1895: married Charles E. Plumb: 
children : i. Willard Plumb, married Ida Sum- 
mers : ii. Eddie Plumb, died October 28, 1863, 
aged four years ; iii. Frank Plumb, married, 
November 2y , 1890, Lizzie Tait ; iv. Arthur 
Plumb, now deputy sheriff in Bridgeport, 
Connecticut : married, November 27, 1890, 
Lottie Bennett, deceased. 13. George Au- 
gustus, born January 8, 1835, died June 30, 
1839. 14. Julia Gorham, October 2, 1836; 
married, December 25, 1861, Stephen M. 
Nichols, died July 29. 1870 (see Nichols IX). 
15. George Augustus, born March 14, 1838; 
married Lottie Loper ; children : i. Clarence 
Loper, died aged three years ; ii. Frank Loper, 
died- in infancy : iii. George A. Loper, mar- 
ried, in 1887, Emily Garlick : they reside in 
California ; have one daughter, Irene ; iv. 
Lottie Loper, died December 3, 1885. 



(HI) Josiah Curtis, son of Will- 
CURTIS iam (2) Curtis (Curtiss) (q. 
v.), was born in Stratford, Au- 
gust 30, 1662. He married (first) Abigail, 
daughter of Lieutenant Joseph and Sarah Jud- 
son, of Stratford, in July, 1692. She died in 
1697, and he married (second) ]\Iary, 
daughter of Benjamin and Mary Beach, of 
Stratford. In May, 17 14, he was appointed 
captain of the train band of Stratford by the 
general court, and in 1716 he was deputy to 
the general court. On December 29, 1725, he 
was permitted, with John Wilcoxson, Jr., to 
build a saw mill on the Halfway river. He 
died in 1745, and his wife died in 1759. His 
will was proved November 20, 1745, at Fair- 
field. Children, born in Stratford : W'illiam, 
September 22, 1693 : Abigail, 1695 : Anna, 
1697: Eunice, .'\ugust i, 1699: Abraham, men- 
tioned below: Josiah, January 6. 1702-03: 
Benjamin, December 25, 1704; Peter, April 



I, 1707; Matthew, December 16, 1708, died 
young: Mary, July 25, 171 1; Matthew, De- 
cember I, 1712: Charles, January i, 1715-16; 
Mehitabel, January i, 1715-16. 

(IV) Abraham, son of Josiah Curtis, was 
born in Stratford, May 16, 1701. He mar- 
ried Elizabeth, daughter of John and [Mary 
\Velles, of Stratford, February 25, 1724-25. 
She died in Stratford, August 31, 1770. He 
died there September 7, 1779. Children, born 
in Stratford : Stephen, mentioned below : Eliz- 
abeth. November 25, 1729. 

(V) Stephen, son of Abraham Curtis, was 
born in Stratford, June 3, 1727. He married 
(first) Tabatha Beardslee, July 28, 1745; 
(second) Sarah Judson, October 17, 1749. 
She died November 2, 1794, and he died May 
8, 1806. His will was filed in Bridgeport, 
Connecticut, June 2, 1806. Children, all born 
in Stratford: Abraham, November, 1747, 
died young: James. August 17, 1748; Sarah, 
October 10, 1750: Jerusha, August i. 1751, 
died young; Jerusha, March 21, 1753; Abra- 
ham, February 6, 1754 : Hannah, July 14, 
1755 : Stephen Judson, July 5, 1757, died June 
17, 1760: William. August, 1758: Stephen 
Judson, 1761 : Sarah, August 4, 1765: Belle, 
February 6, 1767; Phebe, September 6, 1769; 
Levi, mentioned below. 

(VI) Levi, son of Stephen Curtis, was 
born in Stratford. March 26, 1772. He mar- 
ried (first) Sarah ; (second) Eliza- 
beth L^fford. He died in Stratford. February 
21, 1854. Children, all born in Stratford: 
Phebe : Betsey, married Robert Lovejoy ; 
Cornelia, married George Wellington Shelton ; 
Sarah, married Isaac Wells ; Elbert : Stephen, 
mentioned below ; Willis : Peter, born April 
3. 1797; Matthew, December 16, 1808: Mary; 
Martha ; Charles ; Mehitable. 

(VII) Stephen (2), son of Levi Curtis, was 
born at Stratford, 1799, died there in 1861. 
He followed farming in his native town, and 
also engaged in fishing in the Connecticut 
river, being the owner of a number of seine 
rights. He was also a Thomsonian doctor. 
He married Alaria Birdseye, of Stratford. 
She died there at the age of eighty-eight 
years. Children : Calvin, died young ; Calvin ; 
Thaddeus : Robert ; George ; Sarah, who mar- 
ried Preston Henry Hodges in 1879, he is now 
deceased, she is still living in Stratford. 

(\TII) Robert George, son of Stephen (2) 
Curtis, was born at Stratford, June 2. 1825, 
died October 4, 1910. He received his edu- 
cation in the public schools and the Stratford 
Academy. He assisted his father in farming 
and fishing, and followed those occupations 
all his life. He inherited from his grand- 
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when tlic shad used tn run |ili.-ntiltilly made 
a considerable income iruiu them, though 
good shad were tlien sold fur only a nickel 
each. ()i late years he made a specialty of 
general farming, lie iiad much >kill with 
tools. With the aid of a carpenter he huilt 
his own house. an<l in his home are tables, 
bookcases and a grandfather's cluck, which 
he made. The clock especially is an exquisite 
bit uf workmanshij). lie was an ardent Re- 
publican in politics. He attended the Congre- 
gational church. lie belonged lo no clubs or 
organization>, and <levuted himself to his 
home and family. I le was highly esteemed 
by his townsmen for his many good qualities 
of mind and heart, his integrity and sound 
judgment. lie married. ( )ctobcr 24. 1850, 
Sarah Wells, born June 8. 1825. died June 
15, i<>05. Chililren : 1. Uelle. born l-'ebruary 
13, 185J. dieil at Stratford. .March J2, 1859. 
2. Claris.sa .Ailing, born Se])tember 7, i85f>, 
married Dr. Lewis, of Stratford, .\i)ril 2y, 
1886. and they have six children : Robert Cur- 
tis, born March 3, 1888; I'rederick Bradley, 
July .V i88(); Eleanor Wells, ."September 24. 
i8ix>: b^stber Coe, November 5, 1891 : Claribel 
May. December _^i. i8gJ: Clarence Birdsey, 
February 24, 181)4. .1 Maria Birdsey, born 
June 13, 18^)2. 



(Ill) Thomas Curtis, son of 
t L'RTIS John Curtis (([. v.). was born 
at Stratford. January 14. i^qS. 
He was admitted a freeman in Clctober, 1670. 
He was captain of the train band in Walling- 
ford, was one of the ori_'inal proprietors of 
W'allingford in Octol)er. \(>f*). and a signer 
of the oriu'inal covenant, ami wa< also a sur- 
veyor. His name appears among tliose acting 
at a church meeting in i^i/O. the earliest rec- 
ord of the town. He was dejiuty to the gen- 
eral court in i<)8o-i7i4-i7 : constable i(v8i : 
town treasurer in i(k86. In fa:t during bis 
long life he tilled almost ever\ ollice in the 
gift of his felluw town>men. \\\< will was 
filed May 3. I7.V>. lH.M|ueathing to wife and 
children. He m:irried, June u, l'^i74. Mary, 
flaughter uf Nathaniel, suldier in I'equot war, 
I'l.V'. and .Abigail Merriman. of Wallingford. 
Children, lK)rn at Wallingford: Mary. Octo- 
ber i,v i'>75: Nathaniel. .May 14. 1077, men- 
tioned below; Samrel. l-'ebruary .^, 1(178: l-"liz- 
abetb, September 11. if>8o: Hannah. Decem- 
ber _^ 1*182: Thomas \ugu-t 20. 1^X5: Sarah, 
October i, 1687; Abigail, November 3, 1689; 
Jo>.e|ib, October 1, i(n)i : Jemima, January 15, 
i(K)4: Reltecca. August 21, i'>07: John, -Sep- 
tember 18. I(KX). 

CIV) Nathaniel, son of Thomas Curtis, was 
l«irn at Wallingfor<l. May 14. 1^)77. He was 



a farmer in that part of .Meridcn. call..! I'alK 
Plains, now Hanover. He wa- 
1 7 17, constable in 1729, ami b' 
other town offices. He died Mai 
\\i- will was filed at New Haven, 
He married (first) .\pril 6, 1697, .--.....,, ,.,..,, 
uf Wallingford; >he ilied December 13. 1700. 
He married (secomh July >,. i.-j. Sarah, 
daughter of Zachariah and ^tiert) 

How, of Wallingford; -.be 'v 4. 

1740. ageil sixty-five. He 
( )clober 11. 1741, I'liek- Baf 

of .Micah I 'aimer, of Branfoi 

uary 5, 1763. aged sixty-nine. Children. Ixirn 
at \\allingford : Benjamin, mentioned liclow ; 
Hannah, l-ebruary 19. 1705; Moses, August 
<>, 170^1; Knos, .March 19. 1708; Nathan, May 
12, 1709; Jacob, .\ugu>t 23. 1710; Sarah, 
March 30, 1712: Aliigail, .April 9, 1713; 
Kliada. March 30, 1714; Comfort, October 30, 
I7i(>: Nathaniel. January 1, 1718; Rho<la. 

(\') I'lCnjamin. son of Nathaniel Curtis, 
was iKirn at Wallingford, .April 27, 1703. He 
was admitted to the .Meriden church. May 10, 

1731. In 1744-53 he was titlr- ' — r 

surveyor of highways. Hi- 
ber 12, 1727. .\liriam. daught' 
Hope C(K>k, of Wallingford. He died C>ct<j- 
ber 30, 1754: she <lied May 29, 1776, aged 
seventy-four. ChiKlren, liorn at Wallingford: 
E-.tlier. October 2. 1728; .Abel, December 22, 
1720; Susannah, Noveml)er 9. 1732: I^iis. 
September 30, 1733: Benjamin, mentioned !«.•- 
low: Miriam, .August 30, 1737; Sarah. May 
-0. '739: Ruth. September 21, 1741; Aaron, 
November 8. 1744. 

(\ I) Benjamin (2). son ■ ' " m d) 

Curtis, was born in parish < ' )cto- 

bcr 2j. 1735. He was town - :. 1775- 

7(1 .nnd signed the oath of fidelity m 1777. 
I Ic was one of the largest landowners in Wall- 
ingfor<l and became a most prominent citi- 
zen. He was a man of strong individuality, 
shrewd and succe>;sful. He served in the 
French and Indian wars in 1758. He mar- 
rieil. .March 31, I7<13. .Mindwell. daughter of 
Daniel Hough, of same parish. He died Jan- 
uary 1(1. 1822: she died June 8. 1807. Chil- 
dren: I.iicy, born February 14. 176.1: .Aaron. 
February 9. 1705: Benjamin. Nfav 10, 17'i'S; 
Fiinice, January 13. 17^18: .Ama.s.i. Jjme 19. 
1770; Ivah. October 10. 1771 (son): Elisha. 
June ro. 1773: Lvdia. Nf.iy 4. 1775: Ruth. 
Nfarch 18. 1777: .\mos. .April 14. 1779: Sam- 
uel. June 30, 1781 ; I.yilia. February 5. 1785: 
Asalicl. mentioned below: Roswcll. December 
24. 1788. 

f\'in Asahel. ■^on of Benjamin (2) Curti«. 
was born in parish of NJeriden in Walling- 
ford, July 2, 1786. He was a member of 



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'Compass Lodge, of Wallingford, and charter 
member of Meriden Lodge in 1851 and the 
first senior warden. He was appointed en- 
sign by Governor Oliver Wolcott, May 20, 
1820; tax collector, June 6, 1825; town treas- 
urer, June 18, 1834; representative to the gen- 
eral assembly from Meriden in 1836. He was 
a private in the war of 1812. He married, 
November 8, 1812, Mehitable, daughter of 
Augustus and Anna (Grinnell) Redfield, of 
Clinton, Connecticut ; she was descended from 
William Redfield, one of the early settlers, 
and Anna (Grinnell) Redfield was a descen- 
dant of John and Priscilla Alden. Children, 
born at Meriden: Jennett, March 14, 1814; 
Phebe Ann, June 21, 1815 ; Benjamin Upson, 
July 20, 1817; Asahel, February 25, 1821 ; 
George Redfield, mentioned below. 

( Vni) George' Redfield, son of Asahel Cur- 
tis, Was born at Meriden, December 25, 1825, 
died May 20, 1893. He was educated in the 
public schools, and started in business in Mid- 
dletown, Connecticut. After a few years he 
began to teach school near Rochester, New 
York, and a year or so later in ]\Ieriden, Con- 
necticut. About 1850 he became teller in 
the Meriden Bank and in 1852 when the Mer- 
iden Britannia Company was organized, he 
accepted the oflice of treasurer of that com- 
pany and held it until his death. He was also 
president of the Meriden Silver Plate Com- 
pany, Meriden Gas Light Company, Meriden 
Electric Railroad Company and a director of 
numerous other corporations. He was mayor 
■of Meriden, 1879-81, and filled many other 
positions of trust and honor. He was always 
■deeply interested in St. Andrew's Church and 
was junior and senior warden for many years, 
and many times its delegate to the diocesan 
conventions, and in 1892 was state delegate 
to the general convention of the Protestant 
Episcopal Church in Baltimore, Maryland. 
He gave generously to All Saints Memorial 
Church in Meriden, which his sister, Mrs. 
R. A. Hallam, had donated, and the day be- 
fore his death presented a new rectory to the 
church. He married. May 22. 1855. Augusta, 
•daughter of Jesse and Sophia (Talmadge) 
Munson, of Bradford, New York (see Mun- 
son VH). Children, born at Meriden : George 
Munson, mentioned below ; Frederick Edgar, 
born August 12, 1861, died September 10, 
1869: Agnes Deshon, April 10, 1863: mar- 
ried, May 22, 1890, Allen B. Squire, and died 
May 20, 1900. 

(IX) George Munson, son of George R. 
Curtis, was born at Meriden, May 27, 1857. 
He received his education in the public schools 
of Meriden, the Military School at Cheshire 
and Trinity College, Hartford. He began his 



business life as a clerk in the oftice of the 
Meriden Britannia Company and was its as- 
sistant treasurer for five years. Upon the 
death of his father he was elected treasurer 
and held that office until the company was 
merged with the International Silver Com- 
pany in 1898, becoming at that time the first 
assistant treasurer of the new corporation. 
Since 1900 he has been treasurer of the com- 
pany. He is secretary and treasurer of Mer- 
iden Gas Light Company, and Meriden Elec- 
tric Light Company, director and president of 
Curtis Memorial Library, Meriden ; a director 
of Home National Bank, Meriden Trust & 
Safe Deposit Company, and Meriden Savings 
Bank, trustee and secretary of the Curtis 
Home Corporation, and director of Manning 
Bowman & Company. He resides in Meriden. 
He is a student of history and wrote the his- 
torical part of "A Century of Meriden" (pub- 
lished by the Journal Company in 1906). He 
resides in Meriden and is keenly interested in 
the welfare and development of that city. In 
politics he is a Republican, and in religion 
an Episcopalian. He is a member of Con- 
necticut Llistorical Society, Hartford : New 
Haven Colony Historical Society ; American 
Historical Association ; Grolier Club of New 
York ; Home Club and Colonial Club, Mer- 
iden, and Delta Psi fraternity. He married, 
November 30, 1886, Sophie Phillips, only 
daughter of Thomas Trowbridge and Cath- 
arine (Hurlburt) Mansfield, of Meriden. She 
was born May i, 1864. They have one child, 
Agnes Mansfield Curtis, born September 6, 
1887, educated at St. Margaret's School at 
Waterbury, Connecticut, and St. Timothy's 
School at Catonsville, Maryland. She mar- 
ried, June I, 1910, William Bowen Church, of 
Meriden. 

(The Munson Line). 
(Ill) Joseph Munson, son of Samuel Mun- 
son (q. v.), was born November i, 1677, died 
October 30, 1725. He lived in Wallingford, 
Connecticut. His first residence was at the 
south end of the village on the west side of 
the principal street, and in June, 1714, "The 
lower end of the town" was said to begin at 
Joseph Munson's. He retained the ownership 
of these eleven acres, but acquired a new 
homestead of twenty-eight acres where he was 
living at the last, and which became the home- 
stead of his son Joseph. This place appears 
to have been within the bounds of the first 
parish, as the deaths of Joseph and three of 
his children were entered in the First Church 
records. December 28, 1703, he was chosen 
fence viewer with one other, for the lower end 
of the town. In October, 1712, he was made 
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jiany or train hand. On December 29. 1713, 
lie and Saimicl Munson were chosen two of 
tlie five townsmen, lie was first of four 
i,'ran(l jurymen in 1719. He also held other 
oftices in the town. lie left one-third of his 
estate to his wife, and the remainder was 
divided among his t)ther heirs in nine ])arts. 
He married, March 10, 1700, .Margery, 
daughter of John Hitchcock. She was born 
!>e|)temlier (>. i(>Si, and in March. 17^14, she 
was said ii> be "deceased." His widow .Mar- 
gery married Stephen Peck, of W'allingford, 
Jaimary 1, 1727. Children: .\bcl, Ixjrn Janu- 
ary 10, 1701 : Abigail, .\|iril 2, 1704: Joseph, 
l)eceml:cr 2-,, 1705: Desire. I-ebruary, 1707- 
oS : Thankful. January 17, 1710: Kphraim, 
mentioned bel'>w: .Margery, October 10, 1717: 
Jemima, .March 2y, 1720: .\gur, .\pril 7, 1725. 

( 1\') l'!()hraim, Min of Joscjih ^illnson, was 
born in Wallingford. November 3. 1714. died 
Se])tember 21. 1770. He was a husbandman, 
anil lived in ISranfonl, Connecticut, and (Iran- 
ville, Massachusetts. His guardian, chosen 
June 4, 1729, was Ichabod ^Ierriam. He was 
still of I'ranford. March 11, 1742; he was an 
early settler of (jranville. Tin's territory was 
sold in \(i<ft by Toto, "an Indian, to Cornish, 
for a gim and si.xteen brass buttons, and in 
171S was conveyed to "a set of projjrietors." 
The original name of the place was Rcdfonl. 
."^amuel llancroft was the first settler. 
I".l)hraim Mimson was ami>ng the few follow- 
ing. He married. May, 1739, Comfort, 
daughter of Nathaniel and Sarah (Howe) 
Curtis. She was born Oct<iber 13, 171(1. 
thildrcn : Jesse, born December i, 1740: 
Jared. mentioned below; Margery. 1744: 
Kphraim. 1743 : Thaddeiis (twin) 1747: Com- 
fort (twin), 1747: Hannah. 1749: .Adah. 
1731 ; lemima. His widow married (second) 
— ^ -■ P.ishop. 

(\') Jared, son of Ephraim Munson, was 
born about 1742, died July 30. 1823. He lived 
in Manchester, \'ermont. There is a tradition 
that he was born in Sufiield. During his 
childhood and youth bis home was in Gran- 
ville, where he was still living when thirty 
years of age. .\t thirty-five years of age, 
he lived in I,anesl>orough. Massachusetts. He 
removed to Manchester in 1778. and became a 
freeman there. March 29, 1779. Nearly the 
wliole village of Manchester is built on con- 
fiscated Tory projierty. Jared Munson se- 
cured two hundred acres lying west of the 
main street north of the north line of Shattuck 
place. His house was the first south of the 
Congregational Church. He had some part 
in the revolutionary war. His name was on 
the "Pay roll Capt. Gideon Ormsbee Co. in 
Col. Ira .Mien Regt. of Militia — for service 



done this State in the alarn 

lyik)." Judge F.ovebivl Mv! 

reference to ! 

have had .1' 

cause, for al 

here in 177^ 

Tories li\ > 

pendeil He iii.o 

norah. iosopb ll.i 

K"st 3. 

i«3-'. a^ 

kufus, mentioned 

12, 1797 ; Mary .\i 

Warren, liorn aboui I7(<iy. 

lyf*)-. Anna, .Xugiist 7, 177,- 

3. 1779: Petsey, October 2';. i/.-o; M.ir.M, 

.August 24. 1788: Henry I'tley, December 6. 

179'! : William. 

( \T I Rufus. son of Jared Nlunson, was 
born about 1763, died SeptemH<>r 13. 1797. 
lie was a fanner, liveil in .M \er- 

mont, and is said to have ov the 

best farms in his viciiii!> ' lost 

northerly place in M.r was 

the Munson homestead the 

widow and children of i i.iry 

record: "Pay roll Capt ' Co. 

in Col. Ira .\llen Regt. >i rv- 

ice done this State in the ;il.r nih 

of March." I'ifty-scven men :; ., .;iifus 

were paid for from one to seven days. He 
serverl in Captain Tliomas Parney's com|)any. 
Colonel Ira .Mien, "on alarm to the North- 
wanl which commenced 11 Oct.. 1780;" fifty- 
eight men served from five fo •' •• • ' 
He was on the pay roll of P.:i 
.-Mien's regiment, in May, 17S. 
to the Westward after Tories to rciakc Licuts. 
Planchard and Hinc;" thirty-'Mie men 'erved 
from two to four days. He 11 " d)ly 

1790. Pethiah. daughter of mi: 

she was l>orn in New Milfori!, '■ ;!, in 

1772, died December 3, 1843. as widow Puck, 
of Lancsboro, Massachusetts. Children : 
Cyrus, lx)ni January 22. 1 791 : Jesse, men- 
tioned below: Pcnjamin. November 19, 1794: 
Polly. December 31, 179^'. 

(VII) Jes.se, son of Rufus Munson, was 
iK^rn .\ngust 21. 1792, in Manchester. Ver- 
mont, lie died October 24, 1879. He was a 
shoemaker, tanner, farmer, geneml mrrehant, 
and carried on a lumber busii is a 

Democrat in politics. In reb .in 

Episcopalian. He lived in ■•,.... ,. in 

Pradl'ord, New York ( 1838-71) : and in W'ill- 
iamsi>">rt, Pennsylvania, .\fter the dcatli of 
his father. Jesse, as yet a child, lived with 
his uncle, John Burton, at St. .Mhans. M 
the age of thirteen, he began to live with his 



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uncle, Curtis Burton, at Greenfield, whose 
business, tanning, shoemaking and farming, 
he subsequently purchased. One of his early 
successes consisted in opening a temporary 
store for the sale of boots and shoes in Can- 
ada, and during the war of 1812 large quan- 
tities were disposed of to the soldiers. He 
added to his other business the sale of dry 
goods, and also lumbering in the adjacent 
county of Essex. For twenty-six years he 
conducted his various branches of business to 
a financial success. His energy knew no 
bounds. He would often drive to the Hud- 
son, twenty miles, so early in the morning 
that he would be obliged to waken some of 
the inhabitants to learn whether he could 
cross the river on the ice, which bent and 
swayed under its burden. He moved with his 
family to Bradford, where there were better 
opportunities for lumbering. There, with his 
son-in-law, H. Merriman, he purchased saw 
and grist mills, and timber and farming lands. 
Later, merchandising was added to the busi- 
ness of the family, and later still there were 
purchases of vast tracts of coal and pine and 
other timber lands in Potter and Clinton coun- 
ties, Pennsylvania. Jesse Munson and his 
family founded and sustained the Bradford 
Academy for many years. He contributed 
largely to the erection of the Episcopal Church 
(St. Andrews) and to its maintenance, while 
others did not fail to receive from his liberal 
hand. As supervisor, during the war of the 
rebellion, the quota of soldiers for Bradford, 
owing to his activity, was filled earlier than 
that of any other in Steuben county ; he gave 
from his own funds from ten to twenty-five 
dollars for each man. He exerted himself 
vigorously in behalf of temperance. When 
some workmen brought a decanter into his 
field, he smashed it against a tree. The in- 
cident created great excitement, and figured 
in the temperance lectures of that period. 
Throughout his career it was said of him that 
he "was remarkable for his originality, activ- 
ity, and integrity." 

He married, 1813, Sophia Talmadge, born 
October 13, 1791, in Canaan, Connecticut, died 
May 10, 187 1, daughter of Jonathan Tal- 
madge, of Greenfield, and a great-great- 
granddaughter of Lieutenant Enos Talmadge, 
of New Haven, who had command of fort 
at Schenectady when sacked by French and 
Indians in 1689. He was killed and his body 
burned. After the death of his wife. Mr. 
Munson resided with his son Edgar in Will- 
iamsport, Pennsylvania. Children : Rufus, 
born November 15. 1813; Cyrus, July 13, 
1815: Adeliza, May 19, 1817: Edgar, April 
21, 1820; Augusta, July 17, 1833, married 



George Redfield Curtis, of Meriden ( see Cur- 
tis vni). 

(\TII) Sheldon Pixlee Curtis, 
CURTIS son of Daniel Curtis ( q. v.), 
was born in Stratford, Connecti- 
cut, May 26, 1812. He was a cabinetmaker 
in Stratford, Connecticut, where he died Jan- 
uary 9, 1875. He was a Republican in pol- 
itics, and held the office of selectman. He 
attended the Congregational church. He mar- 
ried, September 23, 1835, Sarah, daughter of 
Joel and Tryphena (Gorham) McEwen, of 
Stratford. Children, born in Stratford: i. 
Robert William, born July 30, 1836, men- 
tioned below. 2. Alfred Henry, merchant in 
New York City ; married Miss IBrooks. of Mil- 
ford. 3. Charles Birdsey. 4. Frederick, de- 
ceased : married Julia Hovey ; was a merchant, 
partner of his brother Alfred H. 

(IX) Robert William, son of Sheldon Pix- 
lee Curtis, was born in Stratford, July 30, 
1836. He attended the public schools and the 
Stratford Academy. He served an apprentice- 
ship of three years in the old machine shop at 
Bridgeport, known as the Crescent Foundry 
and Machine Company, and for twenty-five 
years was employed as toolmaker in the fac- 
tory of the VVheeler & Wilson Sewing Ma- 
chine Company, Bridgeport. During that 
period he resided for eleven years in Bridge- 
port, but returned to Stratford and has lived 
there during his later years. He is now re- 
tired from active business. He has an at- 
tractive home and five acres of land. He has 
always taken a keen interest in public affairs 
and he has been a leader of the Republican 
party in this section. He served five terms 
as selectman of the town of Stratford, 1889- 
90-95-96-97: in 1891 he was assessor of the 
town. He is a member of the local grange, 
Patrons of Husbandry, and was treasurer 
from its organization, serving for thirteen 
years. He married, in 1861, Mary Elizabeth, 
born in Stratford, daughter of Henry and 
Cynthia (McEwen) Benjamin. They had 
no children. She died January 19, 1908. 



(IX) Charles Birdseye Curtis, 
CLIRTIS son of Sheldon Pixlee Curtis (q. 
v.), was born at Stratford, No- 
vember 20, 1839. He was reared on his 
father's farm, and educated in the public 
schools and Stratford Academy. At the age 
of eighteen he engaged in farming on his 
own account on a place of twenty-five acres 
near the village of Stratford and has con- 
tinued to reside there to the present time, 
although for some years he has not been en- 
gaged in active business. He is one of the 



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must substantial and prominent citizens of 
his native town, an<l he anrl his family arc 
active and popular socially. In politics he is 
a stauiu-]i Democrat and has been honored 
with nio^t of the offices within the gift of his 
townsmen. He has serveil many terms as 
selectman and for many years has t)een a 
member of the school board, l-'or eight years 
he was deputy sheritT under Robert L. Clark- 
son. an<l in 1876 represented Stratforrl two 
terms in the general asseml)ly of the state, 
lie and his family attend Clirist h'piscopal 
Church and Mr. Curtis was vestryman for 
many years, lie is a kindly, charitable and 
highly esteemetl neighlior. an earnest, active 
and useful citizen, and his domestic life is 
I)artici!larly lia])iiy. lie was a member of the 
Stove Club and with his wife was a charter 
member of tlie Ilousatonic Club. 

lie married. October 18. iS-h, Sarah 
Martha Strong, lK>rn July 11, 1855. daughter 
of Charles I'ond and Clarissa L. ( ChatficUl ) 
Strong I sec Strong \'II). They have but 
one child, Pauline ."-Strong, born June Ji. 1880; 
married, ( )ctober 4. 1905. Harry .\uguslus 
Piurnes. Iiorn in r.ridge])ort, a contractor and 
builder, largely engaged in building ice- 
houses. Mr. and .Mrs. Humes are prominent 
socially and their hcjmc is very attractive. 

(The Strong Line). 
I II I Thomas Strong, son of John Strong, 
was born about 1650-40 at Windsor, Con- 
necticut, probably, and liied ( )ctober _v 1^189. 
He was a troo])ci in 1638 at Windsor under 
Majtir Mason. He removed in 1(150 to North- 
ampton. Massachusetts, with the Connecticut 
colonists. He married (fust) neceniber 5, 
i6()o. .Mary, daughter of Rev. ICjihraim llew- 
ett. of \\ indsor. She dietl h'ebruary 20, 1670- 
71. He married (second) October 10, 1 671, 
Rachel, daughter of Deacon William Holton. 
of Noriliampton. She married (sccmidl May 
\f>. i(K)S, Nathan I'radley. of Fast Cuilfonl. 
now Mailison. Connecticut. Deacon Holton 
was one of the first settlers of Hartford and 
of Northampton, where he was one of the 
first board of magistrates. He was deputy 
to the general court in f(V\y-fiO- Children of 
first wife: Thomas, born Novcmiwr 16. if/ii : 
Maria, .\ugust 31. I'Vt^: John. March 0. i'V)4- 
65: Hcwett. December 2, KWi; .\sahel. Chil- 
flren of second wife: Joseph, Decemlier 2, 
lft~2: Penjamin. 1674: .\dina. January 25, 
ifi-f): Waitstill. i()77-78: Rachel. July 13. 
i67<): Selah. Decemler 2. i(t^: Penajah. 
September 24, i'k*^2: b^jhraim. mentioned be- 
low: F.lnathan, .August -o ](>"■<(>■. Ruth. I'cb- 
ruary 4. ifi88: Submit, b'ebruary 23. i6go 
(postlnimous). 



(HI) Kphraini, son of Thomas Snon- « 1^ 
l>orn at Northampton, January ; 
went to Milford in ijo^-oty He 
smith and farmer and a 1 
He married. May 10. 171.' 

mgb., 

nah ' 

daughter oi Lieutenant Wtlliani i 

Children : I-'phraim, mcntione<l below , 

Ixirn January 26, 1715. 

(1\ I Hon. Fpbraim (2), son of Ephraim 
(T) Strong, was I..' n \i ,r.i, r,, .-111, 11.. 
graduated at \ 
'prominent in c ■ 
as representative 111 the ;;> 
the ppivince. He followed 
cation. He died '" - 
in 174(1. Mary. 
(Clark) I'rutidi 
Prudden. first nunistcr 01 
for his piety, gravity and I 
the growing evils of t' 
gidar faculty to swee; 

exasperated spirits." > .,,,,,,,, -,..>,. .^<.i 
January 13, 1747: Mary, .\ugust 6, 1749; 
Eunice. July 24, 1732; Ephraim. mcntioneil 
below: .\nn, September 25. 1757: John Prml- 
den, .August 12, 17^)3 ; John, July 3. it'''' 

(V) Ephraim (.5). son i>f Hon. F.p 
(2) Strong, was iKirn at Northampton. I 
1734, died .September, i8}_5. He was a 1,1;;... 
lie married Hannah Piatt, Ixirn 1738. died 
October 12, 18 12. daughter of Deacon Joseph 
Piatt, "if Milford. Children. l)orn at Mil- 
ford: William, January 16, 17R1. mentioned 
lielow: Sarah, married .\rlam Pond: Ennice. 
Imrn June 2, 1787. 

( \ I I Hon. William, son of Fi'bj.iiin i i< 
Strong, was born at Milfor«l. 
January 16, 1781. His family 
the pn^minenl families of Milford. Ik .. 
successful merchant of Milforil. Conne. ti. it. 
prominent in public atTairs and reprc ■ ' 
the town in the general assembly. !!■ 
judge of probate many years. He ni.i 
in 1800. Mary Hubbard. l>irn June 13, 177'/. 
flie>l April 3, 184 1. daughter of ("b,irlcs Pond 
Chililrcn. born at Milfor.I 
September 4. 1801 : Mary 

180.5: Charles Pond (twin). ; 

Martha Miles (twin). .March 24. 
married: Hannah Piatt. June 13. 
married ; Catharine Pond, ScplcmlKr 17. i.Si 1, 
never marrie<l : Sarah, July tj. 1813: William, 
July 9. 1813: Charloitc. August 12. 1817; 
i ieofije. I'ebruary 12. i8ir;; John Carrington. 
September 5. 1821. never niarrie<l. 

(\in Charles Pond, son of Hon. W 
Stronvr. was Uirn at Milft^rd. ^farch 24 



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died March 21, 1870. He was educated in 
the public schools of his native town. He 
was in the grain business in New York and 
at Loganspo'rt, Indiana, and in the latter city 
owned and operated a large flour mill. He 
married (first) Caroline, daughter of Samuel 
Merwin, of Milford. He married (second) 
Clarissa Lewis Chatfield, born at Stratford, 
died at Bridgeport. Children of first wife: 
Charles, died aged four years ; Charles Will- 
iam, ]March 12, 1833; Caroline ]\Ierwin, March 
II, 1844. Children of second wife: Clarissa, 
died young; John Lewis, born March 20, 
1845: Edward Henry, February i, 1847; 
Clarissa Chatfield, April 8, 1850: Sarah 
Martha, July 11, 1855, married Charles Birds- 
eye Curtis (see Curtis IX) ; Anna Pond, Feb- 
ruary 27, 1857, married George Benham 
Thompson. 



■ Ralph Hemingway, the 
HEMINGWAY immigrant ancestor, was 
born in England and set- 
tled early at Roxbury, Massachusetts. He 
was a member of the Roxbury church as early 
as 1633, and was admitted a freeman, Sep- 
tember 3, 1634. He was a proprietor of the 
town. He died June i, 1678. His will was 
dated May 4, 1677, and proved July 11, 1678, 
bequeathing to wife Elizabeth, and children 
John, Samuel, Joseway, and Elizabeth Hol- 
brook. 

He married, July 5, 1634, Elizabeth Hol- 
brook, who died February 4, 1684, aged 
eighty-two years. Children, born at Roxbury : 
Marah, born and died in 1635 ; Samuel, June, 
1636, mentioned below: Ruth, September 21, 
1638; John, April 27, 1641 : Joshua, April 9, 
1643 : "Mary, April 7, 1644: ;\Iary, April 7, 
1647. 

(II) Samuel, son of Ralph Hemingway, 
was born in Roxbury, in June, 1636. The 
name is also spelled by various branches of 
the family Hemingway, Hemmingway, Hem- 
enwav and Hemmenway. Fie settled in New 
Haven, Connecticut, and later at East Haven, 
1660, where many of his descendants have 
lived. He was a man of considerable educa- 
tion and refinement. The town records which 
he kept as clerk for a long time show his 
admirable handwriting. He married, in 1662, 
Sarah, daughter of John Cooper, a magis- 
trate and early settler. Children : Sarah, born 
July 26, 1663; Samuel, December 13, 1665; 
Mary, July 5, 1668; Hannah, September 14, 
1670: Abigail. February 16, 1672: John, May 
29, 1675 : Abraham, December 3, 1677, men- 
tioned below: Isaac (twin), December 6, 
1683: Jacob (twin), December 6, 1683, first 
student in Yale College, B. A., 1704, and 



pastor of the church in East Haven for fifty 
years. 

(HI) Abraham, son of Samuel Heming- 
way, was born at East Haven, December 3, 
1677. He married, November 11, 1713. Sarah 
Talmadge, his second wife. Child of the first 
wife: Sarah, married Enos Potter. Children 
of the second wife: Abraham, born January, 
1715, died young; Ehzabeth, October 3, 1716; 
Abigail, March 17, 1719; Isaac, February 17, 
1721 : Anna, February, 1723; Hannah, Octo- 
ber 22, 1724: Abraham, April i, 1727, men- 
tioned below. 

(I\') Deacon Abraham (2) Hemingway, 
son of Abraham ( i ) Hemingway, was born, 
at East Haven, April i, 1727. He married 
there, April 24, 1746, Mercy, born April 17, 
1730, died January 12, 1812, daughter of 
Joseph and Mercy (Thompson) Tuttle, grand- 
daughter of Joseph and Elizabeth (Sanford) 
Tutde and of John and Mercy (Mansfield) 
Thompson: great granddaughter of Joseph 
and Hannah (Munson) Tuttle, Thomas and 
Elizabeth (Paine) Sanford and of John and 
Priscilla (Powell) Thompson. Children, born 
at East Haven: Isaac, February, 1747; Sarah, 
February 17, 1749; Abraham, April 10, 1751 ; 
Abigail, i\Iay 17, 1753; Enos, September 17, 
1755, mentioned below; Mercy, July 5, 1757; 
Elizabeth, May i, 1760; Isaac, May 3, 1762; 
Jacob, 1764. 

(\') Enos, son of Abraham (2) Heming- 
way, was born, at East Haven, September 17, 
1755, and died in 1845. He was a represen- 
tative to the general assembly from 1797 to 
1809, twenty-one sessions, the longest record 
'in the history of the town. He was a soldier 
in the revolution, in the Sixth company, Cap- 
tain William Douglas, in 1775, in the northern 
department, under Colonel David Wooster of 
New Haven. In 1832 he appears on the list 
of government pensioners and again in 1840, 
when he was living at East Haven and his 
age then was stated as eighty-five. Accord- 
ing to the census of 1790, he was of East 
Haven and had two sons under sixteen and 
four females in his family and owned one 
slave. 

Fle married, April 23, 1777, Sarah, born 
May 18, 1758, daughter of Samuel and 
Mehitable (Denison) Hemingway. Her 
father was born March 12, 1713, died October 
25, 1779, son of John and Mary (Morris) 
Hemingway. John was born May 29, 1675, 
son of Samuel and Sarah (Cooper) Heming- 
way (see Hemingway II). Children, recorded 
at East Haven: Samuel, born April 25, 1778; 
Sarah, September 17. 1780: Betsey, October 
25, 1782: Nancy. May 7, 1785; Anson, Octo- 
ber 10, 1787; Willett (twin), January 29, 



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•79 



1791: \\ vllis (twin), January 30, 1791, men- 
tioned lichjw. 

( \ 1 1 Wyllis, son of F.nos Jlcminpway. was 
Ijorii. at East Haven, January 30, 1791. He 
married, \ovenil)er i^, iHcfj, Mary Mrown, 
liorn December 21. 178S, daui^hter I)f Daniel 
ami llannali t En^lisli ) lirown. Daniel 
IJrciwn was liorn in 1743. died 1788, son of 
Eleazer and Sarah (Rowe) Hrown. Eleazcr, 
horn i6(/», died i7'»8, was son of (icrshoni 
Ilruwii anil grandson of Eleazer and Sarah 
( r.ulkeley ) lirown, .i,'rcat-Kraiidson of Francis 
and Mary (Edwards) Itrown and of John 
Unlkeley. Sarah Rowe was horn in 1700, 
dauiihter of John and .\hi;,'ail ( Alsop ) Rowe, 
and t;rand(laui,diter of Matthew Rowe. Han- 
nah English, horn 1749, was daui^hter of IJen- 
jaiiiin and Sarah (Dayton) Eufjlish, jjrand- 
datii,dUer of r.enjamin and Reiiecca ( lirown) 
Eni,dish. llenjaniin l-inj^lish was Iwrn in ii>jf>, 
died 17^5. >on of Clement anl Mary 
(Waters) Eni^lish and grandson of Richard 
Waters. Sarah Dayton ( En.t,dish ) was Ixirn 
17K1. died I7(K>. daui;hter of Isaac and Eliza- 
heth (Todd) Da\ ton, ,t;randdau<,diter of Isaac 
ami Rehccca (Tuttle) Dayton and of Michael 
and Elizaheth (lirown) Tinld : threat s^rand- 
daujjhter of Samuel Dayton or Deighton and 
of Jonathan and Rehecca (Hall) Tuttle. Will- 
iam Tuttle was father of Jonathan. Chihlren 
of Wyllis and Mary (Itrown) IlennnRway: 
Sanuiel, mentioned hclow ; Jane: .\nson. 

(\J1| Sanuiel (2), m.u of Wylli> Heming- 
way, was horn .March 14. iSii, and died Dc- 
cemher 31, 1881. He lived at l-air Haven, 
was in the mercantile husiness until 18/17, 
when he hecame iiresidcnt of the Second Na- 
tional liank of New Haven, and held that of- 
fice until his death. In relij^don he was a (."on- 
gregationali>t, in |)olitics a Repiddican, and he 
was a cljrector in many concerns. He married 
(first) Mary Ilrown. Children: Charles W. ; 
George S. : Jane Clarinda. He married (sec- 
ond) Marietta Smith, daui^hter of Daniel 
Smith of East Haven. ChiMren : Samuel, 
mentioned helow, and James Smith, mentioned 
lielow. 

(\TII) Samuel (3), son of Sannicl {2) 
Hemingway, was born at New Haven. No- 
vember 2, 1858. He was educate<l in the 
public schtxils of his native city, graduating 
from the New Haven high scluml. class of 
i€^78. He is one of the most prominent finan- 
ciers and hankers of New Haven, having been 
president of the Second National Dank of 
New Haven since January, i!^</). He is a di- 
rector of the New Haven Water Company: 
the lloston & Maine Railroad: the .Maine 
Central Railroail (."omjiany ; and trustee of the 
New Haven Savings liank. He is a memlier 



of the ('■••■■ ' . > 
Count 1 

Hisloi) 

publican, 111 reitg: 

a member of i; 

Church. His home 1- ai 3J7 Kiuijlt direct, 

.New Haven. 

He married, ( )ctobcr 1" ■'^'-'' ^' ' 

Hart. Inirii .Nnvemlx-r <i 

daughter of Ri-y. Hu: 

Haven. Children, Ijorn in .\«.w Huvi-ti; 1. 

.Samuel I'., .ScpieniUT R, iKK^; ,Ttt.«nd<'d the 

New Haven ' 

Watertow ti, ' 

Vale Collcgi 

now an instructor in ^ . 
Lee. born .April 25. !•'■''- 
kins (irammar Scl 
College (li. .\., I 
.National Hank oi u ji; 
dent. 3. Donald Hart, 
educated in Hopkins < 
dent at Phillips Acadei 
chusetts. 

( \III ) James Smith. ■ n 
Hemingway, was born, in N 
ruary 4, 1861. ll<- ■"• ■■ '■ ^ 
there. He is a 1 
and trustee of thi 

at 170 Orange street. 11*. i> a diicxi..i t.i 
the New York, New Haven X- Hartforil Rail- 
road Company : of the \ ' • • ■ 
tion Company : of the > 

of New Haven; New Il.i 

pany : the -Security Insurance ' lus- 

tee of the I'nion New Ha\ ni- 

pany. He is a member of ■ 
Club, the New Haven t"ornir\ 

Club, and tli. '^ " < 

."^I'cietx. Ill in 

religion at' 1 the 

Center Church, .\ew Haven. 

He married, NovemK-r 2j. »8ot. I.onise 
Watson ludington, of ! !.ind, 

born there, January .• ; of 

Jesse C". and Nancy il :on, 

l)oth of t'onnecticut, but rc^ my 

years of I'altiniore. Mr. Hen ■ ^mc 

is at 325 Temple street. New Haven. Chil- 
dren: Harolil l.udingti n. l.orn Mav za. 1893. 
graduate of the llo|kiii '1 of 

.\ew Haven, ami now Hips 

.\cademy, .\n lover. Ma.— - . ^arct 

Louise, March 30, 189b: James .smith, Jr., 
July 9. 1899. 



Robert Potter, immigrant an- 

POTTER cestor. came from Coventry. 

England, in i''34. and was 

made a freeman of the Massachusetts Hav 



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colony, September 3, 1634. He is spoken of 
first as a farmer at Lynn, Massachusetts, and 
then he moved probably to Roxbury, and 
soon after was made a freeman. His first 
trouble with the church at Roxbury finally 
resulted in his being compelled to leave the 
colony, and he then settled at Portsmouth, 
Rhode Island. At this time he had become 
a follower and friend of Samuel Gorton, the 
great religious disturber, and they and their 
associates purchased a tract of land called 
Shawomett Purchase, Rhode Island, which 
was afterwards named by them Warwick in 
honor of the Earl of Warwick who had be- 
friended them during their troubles with the 
Colony of Massachusetts. "Samuel Gorton, 
the great religious disturber, came from Gro- 
ton, England, where his family had loeen many 
generations. He was born about 1600, came 
to America before 1638, Plymouth, Massachu- 
setts, thence to Rhode Island, and was ad- 
mitted an inhabitant June 27, 1638." 

In 1638 Robert Potter was also admitted 
an iqhabitant of the island of Aquidneck, 
Rhode Island, and April 30, 1639. he. with 
twenty-eight others, signed the following com- 
pact r "We whose names are underwritten 
do acknowledge ourselves the legal subjects of 
his Majesty King Charles, and in his name 
do hereby bind ourselves into a civil body 
politicke, unto his laws according to matters 
of justice." In his belief he agreed with the 
Quakers in the rejection of church ordinances 
and a few other points, but he differed with 
them in points which were considered the 
most essential. It seems from the records 
that he and his associates did not get on well 
in Portsmouth, and the following is from the 
records of the Colony of Rhode Island, March 
16, 1642: "It is ordered that Robert Potter, 
Richard Garden, Randall Houlden, and Samp- 
son Shotton be disfranchised of the privileges 
and prerogatives belonging to the body of this 
State, and their names cancelled from the 
records." The next day the colony ordered 
that these same men should not come upon the 
island armed, and if they did so, they were 
to be taken before the magistrate. In 1642 
he sold his house and land at Portsmouth to 
his brother-in-law, John Anthony. On Janu- 
ary 12. 1642, Samuel Gorton. Robert Potter 
and others of Warwick, were deeded land by 
the Narragansett Indians. In 1643 '^^ ^nd 
others were summoned to appear at the gen- 
eral court at Boston to hear complaint of 
Pomham and Socconocco because of some "in- 
jurious dealing toward them by yourselves." 
They refused to obey the summons, declaring 
that they were legal sulDJects of the King of 
England and beyond the limits of Massa- 



chusetts colony. Captain Cook and a com- 
pany of soldiers were sent to get 'them, and 
they besieged the house in which they were 
sheltered and finally captured them, and all 
except Shotton were taken to Boston for trial 
and condemned to confinement in several dif- 
ferent towns. Their wives and children were 
forced to live in the woods and suffered hard- 
ships that resulted in the death of at least 
three women, one of whom was Robert Pot- 
ter's wife. He was taken to Rowley and set 
to work under guard, and threatened with 
death if he attempted to talk of the heresies 
he believed in. Hebard Gorton and some of 
his associates then went to England and 
presented to the commissioners of foreign 
plantations, appointed by parliament, a mem- 
orial against the Colony of Massachusetts for 
their violent and unjust expulsion of them- 
selves from the Colony. In 1646 an order re- 
inforced them in their possession of Shaw- 
omet (Warwick), forbidding the Massachu- 
setts Colony to interfere with them. 

In 1643 Robert Potter was arretted and 
tried in Boston and was also excommunicated 
from his church. The date of his coming to 
England first is not known, except that he 
was a passenger with the Rev. Nathaniel 
^^''ard who was afterwards minister at Ips- 
wich and is supposed to have sailed from 
England in April, 1634. In 1649 Robert Pot- 
ter was licensed to keep an inn. In 1651 he 
was commissioner, and on May 25. 1655, he 
was again appointed by the court of commis- 
sioners to keep a tavern. The inventory of 
his estate, forty-two pounds, was taken !May 
14. 1656, and on June 11. 1636. the town 
council found that it was necessary to sell 
some of his land to discharge debts. On 
March 16, 1686. his will was made, and it 
was proved May 4, 1686. His wife was 
Sarah, who married (second) John Sanford, 
of Boston, and the executors were William 
and John Mason Jr. He bequeathed to 
daughters of his brother. Robert Sanford, 
sister Mary Turner, to the children of John 
Potter. Elizabeth Potter, and Deliverance 
Potter, and to executors. Robert Potter mar- 
ried (first) Isabel, who died in 1643, and he 
married (second) Sarah, who died in 1686. 
Children, by first wife : Elizabeth, born in 
Roxbury. jNIassachusetts : Deliverance, born in 
Portsmouth, Rhode Island, 1637; Isabel, born 
in Portsmouth: John, mentioned l)elow. 

(II) John, son of Robert Potter, was born 
in Portsmouth in 1639. He was made a 
freeman in 1660. He married (first) Ruth 
Fisher, and married (second) 1684. widow 
Sarah Collins. He was married by Mayor 
John Greene who was afterwards deputy gov- 



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cnior. lie was (lci)iit\- in iG>j-ji-/j-i^o-i^T^, 
ami on An^ust J4, \<>/(t, lie was a ineiiil)cr 
of the court martial held at NewiX)rt for the 
trial of certain Indians cliars^ed with lieinj; 
cn<^ajie<l in Kinif I'hilip's dcsij^ns. ( )n May 
7, if)79, he was (^ranteil. by iietition. thirty- 
six sliillin^^s due him lor service --ome sears 
before, when he was consiahle, in securing; 
anrl sendinij Indians to .\ew|)ort. In if)S5-Sf) 
he was assistant. On October to. KtSj. he 
deeded to his eldest son Robert, two hundred 
acres for love, and on A|)ril 2S. iCiSS. he and 
his son Robert sold John Anthony, of Ports- 
mouth, buildini^s. orchard, and twenty-eight 
acres in I'ort>m(>nth, for .sixty jiounds. On 
October 6. kV^jj, he deeded to sons Fisher 
and John, one hundred acres each, and h'cb- 
ruary 14, i^iQ.^ he deeded to his son .Samuel 
cisjlUy acre>. He died intestate, and on April 
10, if)04. his son Robert disposed of the es- 
tate, to the two youni^est brothers, Kdward 
and Content. Chib'ren. born in Warwick: 
Robert. .March 5. iCiOj ; Fisher, July 12. it)«\~: 
John, November 21. Kjtf). mentioned below: 
William, Nfay 23, ir>7i : Samuel, January 10, 
i()72: Isabella. October 17, 1(174: Ruth, No- 
vember 20. iCi/fi: Edward. .November 25, 
1678: Content. October 2. ih8o. 

(Ill) John (2), son of John (i) Potter, 
was born at Warwick, November 21. if/ic). 
He marrieil Jane, daughter of Roger and 
Mary I'.urlinj^hame. He was killed Eehruary 
3, 171 1, by the fallinir of a tree, and his 
widow married (second) December 27. the 
same year, his brother I'dward. an<l these two 
brothers both had a son John who grew up 
to maturity, and both by the same mother, 
Jane. Children, liorn in Cranston, Rhode 
Island: John, born before ifioj: Fisher. Sep- 
tember 20. i7of>: Mary: William, mentioned 
below: Amy: .Mice. John. 

(I\"l William, soil of John (2) Potter, 
was born in Cranston, Rhode Island. He 
marrietl. I'ebruary to, 17-0, Martha TilliuR- 
hast. l^'hildren : .\lniy. horn .\pr\\ 17. 1721: 
Ruth. November 24. 1722: Cajitain William, 
September 24. 1724; Marth.i. I'eliruary 2j. 
1727: Sarah, .\\ni\ 15, 1721): ( )liver, men- 
tioned below : Keziah, horn in I'ranston. 

(\') Oliver, son of William I'otter, was 
born in Cranston, Rhode Island. He mar- 
ried. October 17. 1757. Mary Colvin. Chil- 
dren, born in Coventry. Rhode Island : Col- 
onel .\ndrew. October 18. 1757. mentioned 
below: Robe, .\pril 11. 1750: Noel. June 4. 
I7('>i : Sarah. December 2f^. 17(1.^: Freelx>rn. 
December 11, 170;: Huldali. januarv 16, 
1708. 

( \'I ) Colonel .\ndrew Potter, son of Oliver 
Potter, was born in ("oveutr\, Rhode Islau '. 



< Ict'iber 18, 1757. uH.i .\i;ii,n .1. iRi'j. He 

married .Nancy Remington, who dieil ni 1827. 
(.hildren: .\manda. married ( )rrm lairman: 
Edmund, Iwirn 1791: Nicholas (',., SepicmlH-r 
I, 1792. mentioned below; Rev. Ray. Ix>rn in 
Cranston. June 22. 1795: Caroline, married 
Elislia OIney; Samuel, married I'emperance 
.Stone: .Nancv R.. iMtrii ' ' '■' i 

(\ II I Nicholas C... Ircw 

Potter, was l)orn in W ' .-r i, 

170^. died in 1846. He nianicd (lirst) Jan- 
uary 8, 1815, .\nna I'., Ix.rn in I7<;<>. die I 
1834, dan-^luer of Dr. Ilardini.; Harris. He 
marrieil (second) .\pril 2<>, 1844. (. harlotle. 
dauj,'hter of Caleb .\twood. Childr- •■ 1 •■■ • 
wife: Ilardinj; Harris, Jiorn in I 
Rhode Island, ( Vtober It. 1815: i 
horn in Johnson, Rhoilc Island, March <>, 
1819 (the remainder of the ehildrfn were 
born in Johnson I : Henry T.. ' ' |8_»|. 

mentione 1 below: .Ann l-"rai: 13, 

182.V. Phebe .Sophia. March .... died 
.Se))tembcr 24. 1827: William 1... .\|iril 2,V 
(830: lohn, lulv 28, 1834, die<l Otoher 14, 
1834: 'Phebe' 11.. December 27, 1838. died 
\omii,'. 

(\'lll) Henry T.. son of Rev. V ' ' ' 
Potter, was born at Johnson. Rb 
October i. 1821. He (^'raduated 
Smithfield Seminary at North .Seitnaie. 
Rhode Island. He was gifted with mechanical 
ability of a high onler and when a young 
man engaged in the manufacture rif cotton 
machinery of all kinds in Rhode Islaii I. 
.Afterwards be came to making ihe coiiNiruc- 
tion of mills, dams ami machinery and the 
laying out oi mill villages a s|HTialty. His 
undertakings were, at the time, the largest of 
the kind in this country. He devb: 
himself an engineer, though he lo< •' 
in the engineering (irofession. lb 
to designate himself as a builder 
signer of engineering works. H< 
man in a machine shop at the age 
In 1852 he built the .Arctic mill at 
Warwick. Rhode Island. He weni i • 1 
when the jdace was a comparative wildcriic -- 
laid out a villaje. made the necessary plm- 
and superintended the construction of the 
big dam and mills there. In i8r>3 he came 
to Norwich. Connecticut. In 18^14 he built 
a canal and dam for the Occum Company. 
He built for Edward P. Taft the village of 
Taftville. laying out the streets. erectinR the 
houses and planning the dam and canal. The 
cornerstone of the big mill was laid .April 
17. i86fS. hut when the work reached the sec- 
ond story, financial disi own- 
ers an I coiivtnution Mr. 
■ '■"..,• xvas engaged i" ' ii'-r 



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Company of Birmingham to build a dam 
across the Housatonic river. This vast work 
inckiding the locks and canal was completed 
October 5, 1870, and the event celebrated 
with music, a parade and formal addresses. 
In the history of Derby fifteen, pages are 
devoted to the enterprise. Of ^Ir. Potter 
the history says: "The engineer, Mr. H. T. 
Potter, received most hearty commendation 
and praise. He was a man of no specious 
pretense, yet very able; patient as most men, 
often more so ; seeing at a glance what he 
could do, and always did what he promised ; 
many times under censure, and yet he went on 
his way steadily, pushing to the end, beat- 
ing back one and another difficulty, until 
finally the work under his hands grew to final 
completion, a monument to his engineering 
skill." 

The dam on the Shetauket river built by 
him has a drainage area of four hundred and 
fifty-nine square miles and is twenty-five feet 
high. Another dam the same height on the 
same river has a drainage area of four hun- 
dred and seventy-seven miles, and a third fif- 
teen feet high has an area of five hundred and 
twenty-six miles. The dam on the Housatonic 
has a drainage area of one thousand five hun- 
dred and sixty miles and is twenty-four feet 
high. All these dams were built on a rather 
poor gravel foundation and much was learned 
by the builders in the course of construction. 
He was appointed in 1878 to the state board 
of civil engineers for the supervision of dams 
and reservoirs and continued in that office 
until he resigned on account of ill health in 
1897, a few months before he died. 

The first dam approved by him was that at 
Greeneville to take the place of the structure 
built in 1830 by the Norwich Water Power 
Company. The new dam was built in 1881- 
82 and develops the largest power in eastern 
Connecticut. The second was a dam on the 
Quinebaug river in the town of Thompson at 
the village of Reedsville. This dam has a 
timber rollway and a long earthen embank- 
ment over which a highway passes. The third 
was a dam in Woodstock, built without state 
supervision in an improper manner and 
strengthened by the addition of ten feet in the 
width of the base, as recommended by j\Ir. 
Potter. The fourth was the new Slater dam 
at Jewett City, built to take the place of the 
one carried away in the freshet of 1886. It 
is of stone masonry with granite face, founded 
on a large led^e and said to be the finest 
structure of its kind in the third congressional 
district. He approved another dam at Jewett 
City above the Slater dam, to take the place 
of one that was destroyed in 18S6. and a sixth 



at the Pachaug reservoir to take the place of 
a wooden dam that has become rotten. The 
seventh dam was a timber dam at Moosup, the 
eighth for water power for Lebanon, and the 
ninth for the Pomonah water supply. Dur- 
ing his later years he was a consulting engi- 
neer and expert in mill construction. His 
advice was often sought, and great confidence 
was reposed in his judgment. 

In 1862 he represented the town in the 
general assembly of the state. He was elected 
an honorary member of the Connecticut Asso- 
ciation of Civil Engineers and Surveyors, 
June 7, 1887. Mr. Potter was well informed 
in many fields of thought and was a gifted 
public speaker. His integrity was never ques- 
tioned. He detested shams of all kinds. His 
home was his chief delight in life and there 
his best personal qualities were revealed. He 
was kindly, considerate and charitable in deal- 
ing with men and was highly esteemed bv his 
neighbors and friends. He died September 
20, 1897. He was buried in the Yantic cem- 
etery. He purchased a home on Washington 
street, Norwich, and lived there the remainder 
of his life. 

He married. November 16, 1S48, Sarah Ba- 
ker, who died January 26, 1903, daughter of 
Dr. Daniel Baker, of Fiskville. Children : i. 
Daniel Baker, died August 16, 1901 : unmar- 
ried : was a jeweler in Norwich. 2. \\'alter 
Harris, married Julia Lathrop, of Norwich ; 
child, Ruth Potter. 3. Jennie, resides in the 
old home on Washington street. 4. Harry, 
died January 17, 1893: was clerk in the Dime 
Savings Bank of Norwich. 



George Potter, immigrant an- 
POTTER cestor. was born in England, 

and came as early as 1638 to 
Portsmouth, Rhode Island, and was admitted 
as an inhabitant of what was then called the 
island of Aquidneck. He and twenty-eight 
other settlers signed the compact regarding 
their government, April 30, 1639. His widow 
married Nicholas Niles. He had a son .\bel, 
mentioned below. 

(II) .Abel, son of George Potter, was born 
about 1640. died in 1692. When a youth he 
was bound out as an apprentice for a term of 
eighteen years to William Boylston or Baul- 
ston. He bought a right in the town of Dart- 
mouth, ;\Iay 3, 1667, and also owned land 
in Providence, Rhode Island. He was admit- 
ted a freeman. May i, 1677. His will was 
proved March 9, 1692, his widow Rachel being 
executrix. He married. November 16, 1669, 
Rachel, daughter of John and Priscilla \\'ar- 
ner. Children, born at Warwick, Rhode 
Island: George, died ^lay 3, 1712: John, 



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liorii i(>S<): .\l)fl, inciitiuncd liclcus ; licnjainin ; 
Marv ; Ichabud ; Job. 

(Ill) Abel (2), son of Abel (i) Totter, 
\va> l)i>rii about litcjo, died January lo, 1727. 
He married (first) January i. 171.?. Keliecca 
raine: (second) April 30. 1719. Martha, 
widiiw 111 John I'aiue. ChiM of first wife: 
I'lCnjainin. inentinncd below. 

(1\) -Major lienjaniin Potter, son of .\bel 
(2) Potter, was iiorn October 18, 1713. He 
settled at Lranston, Rhode Island, lie niar- 
rieil, December 25, 1735. Jemima, dautjhter of 
Josepli Williams Jr. Children, horn at Cran- 
ston: Znriel, .\pril S. 1740: .Meshach. men- 
tioned below: llonneyman. M. D. ; llolliman, 
July .S, 175.=) : Susanna; Rebecca: Jemima. 

(\') Meshach, son of Major Benjamin Pot- 
ter, was born at Cranston. 1744. died Sejitem- 
ber iS. i8iy. He married, .\pril 10. 1774. Tem- 
perance, born 1750, ilied 1S2S, dauj^liter of 
Josiah and Sarah P>urlini;ame. Chihlren. born 
at (."ranston : Lydia. .May 29. 1775; Henry H. 
Jamiary i.S. 1777: William .Vnson, mentioned 
lielow : Thomas Rumeril. .March 6, 1781; 
h'reelove, .May 10, 178^^; Hamiah, June 22, 
1780: .Meshach, May 2y. 1788; married three 
times; Abedneijo, Jimc 2S, 1790; Simon W'., 
September 17. 1792. 

( \ I ) William .-\nson. son of Meshach Pot- 
ter, was born I'ebruary 3, 1770. He married, 
in 1S05, Sarah. <lani;htcr of John and Hope 
(Harris) ( Parkluirst I Smith. Children, horn 
at Warwick: Alfre<l W., July 10. 180*); Re- 
becca W'.. January 13. 1808; Kliza Harris, 
twin of Rebecca W'. : Maria Smith. N'ovem- 
ber 28. i8(x>: William Pitt, mentioned below: 
Job Harris. I'cbruary 28. 1817. 

(\II) William Pitt, son of William .\nson 
Potter, was born .\u^nst I'l. 181 1. died Feb- 
ruary 14, 1887. He was sujierintendcnt for 
many years of the Xorwich I'deachinij. Hyeinj; 
and C'alenderinj; Company, now the I'niteil 
States I'inishinij Company, and was at one 
time treasurer of the corjx'ration. He lived 
It .\orwich. He married. July 15. 18.^5. 
>.irah n.. ilauyhter of Nicholas Hawkins. 
I hililren : i. Cliarles H.. Iwrn at Warwick. 
June I, 1836; married (fir.st) July 22. 1863. 
.Marion Waters, horn 1837, ilic<l i8(h^. daui;h- 
ter of Jeilcdiah Waters: marrieil (second) 
May K). 1874. Ainia M.. daughter of David P. 
' 'tis. J. \\illiam Pitt, mentioned below. 3. 
I'rank H.. born at \i>rwich, November 17, 
1 83^1; married. Anijust 24. 1881, Minnie K.. 
Ixirn 1852, danuditer of David P. and Julia 
Ann Otis. 

(\Tll) William Pitt (2), son of William 
i'itt ( 1 ) potter, was born at Norwich. Mdy i. 
1S50. He married. .\uj;ust 14. 1873. Ellen .\.. 
'lau,i;htcr of Georjie H. and Lucinda Waldo 



I'itt 

of 
rcc 



(Cheney) Ciriswold t .n.i.i,,, 

(iriswold, of Win " 

(iris wold came to \\ 

shire, when ab<jut Iwtiii) luiir 

ried Trvphena. dnuuhter of 

a I '• ■' ■ •■' ' •- ' ' - 

ni 

Al ■ , 

ter oi .Xbn.-! C lieney Jr.. 

Sr. .\bi>,'ail PahoH-k w > 

than Habcock, of Wiii' 

Ptjtter was eclucated in 

Norwich and ■•' ■ '•• i- ■' 

.\c.ndeniy. I .as 

Iwokkeeper !• ' , >■- 

injj and Calemlcrnin Compaij 

Norwich, Anjjust 13, iik>i I! 

Ikt of the (ireeinille ( ■ 

and was superintendent 

for fourteen \e.ir-. Hi .... 

Somerset Loilijc. l"ree and .\i 

Royal .\rch Masons; Roynl : 

tcrs : Cohnnhian Coinmai' ;i;. 

plar. In politics he wa- ii|- 

dren: i. Ernest < i- h, 

Au),'ust (\ 1874. .; 2. 

Charles Palmer, .A; , .11- 

ist of the Second Con;;re};ati' 

Norwich twelve years, of the ' 

i^aeijational Church six \ .m 

or!.;ani-t in I'.oston; i;ra' ich 

.\cademy and a pupil wi :,,, ,nd 

Conservatory of Music; he the 

(iale-Sawyer Conifiany of P.o- in 

office supplies. He niarric«I. libiiiaij. 2", 

1903, lilanche Louise SpauKling. of Norwich. 

This family for centuries 
H.X.MILTON has been one of the most 
distinv^uisheil in .'scotlaml 
and Englanil, anil closely relale<l to royalty in 
both countries. Hcfore 131X) the family was 
established in Scotland in Eanark-hire, Ren- 
frewshire and .\yrshire. r- ' ' ' cr- 

ous ever since, lite nan of 

Norman ori.i;in. The fan 

scsscs the titles to the diiki-i 

ton ( antl of Chatelher.Tuli in 

quisates of Clyile-'" I 

(ionis of .\rnn. ll.i' e. 

Orkney. Roth.- i-' 

wall: lordshii 

ninninp. lt>'' 

Patrick, Mach.in-lnn 

IVilmoimt. Riccari.m 

I'.elhaven ami Stenton 

ily. whoso scat was in in 

whom the .Xmerican i'; ^ icfl 

below is .said to have spnini;. Uire these arms: 

(lules, three cinipiefoils ernnne. with a h«ir- 



'k- 

■sil- 
.\l.;:ii!v,(-iii. r.ii>ley, 
baronies of I'artrenv, 
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der counter point of the second and first. 
Crest: A hand grasping a lance in bend 
proper. Motto: "Et Anna et Virtus." Many 
famihes of this name emigrated to Ireland 
and settled in the counties of Tyrone, Antrim 
and Londonderry. 

(I) David Hamilton, the immigrant an- 
cestor of this branch of the family, lived in 
the township of Hamilton, near Glasgow, 
Scotland. He was taken prisoner by Crom- 
well at the battle of Worcester, September 3, 
1 65 1, and with many others was sent to this 
country by Cromwell as prisoner of war, and 
sold into slavery. David Hamilton sailed on 
the ship "John and Sarah," from Gravesend, 
near London, November 8, 1652, arriving at 
Charlestown, jMassachusetts, in the April fol- 
lowing. He worked from five to ten years 
for his liberty, and then went to Dover, New 
Hampshire, and settled in what is now the 
town of Rollinsford, on the west bank of the 
Salmon Falls river, at a place called Newicha- 
wannock, and which he bought in 1669. Here 
he lived until he was killed by the Indians, 
September 28, 1691. His name appears Feb- 
ruary 20, 1689, on a petition for defense 
against the enemy. He married at Saco, 
Maine, July 14, 1662, Anna Jackson, daugh- 
ter of Richard Jackson, who came to America 
on the same ship and wdio was also a prisoner. 
Children: Solomon, born August 10, 1666; 
Jonathan, born December 20, 1672 ; Abel, born 
1676; Jonas, born 1678; Gabriel, born 1679, 
mentioned below ; David, died without issue ; 
Abiel, born 1680: James, born 1682. 

(II) Gabriel, son of David Hamilton, was 
born in 1679, and lived in Berwick. ]\Iaine. 
He owned much property in Berwick, and also 
some in New London, Connecticut. He and 
his wife Mary joined the church at Berwick, 
September 6. 1713. His will was dated Sep- 
tember 22, 1729, and proved April 6, 1730. 
He married (first) about 1705, MaiT Hearl, 
wh.o died before August 9, 1718, daughter of 
William. Sr. and Elizabeth Head. He mar- 
ried (second). May 24, 1721, Judith (Lord) 
Meeds, born March 29, 1687, daughter of Na- 
than and Martha (Toxer) Lord, of P.erwick, 
and widow of P)enjamin Meeds. Children of 
the first wife, the first five baptized September 
6, 1713: (jabriel ; Mary, died young; Han- 
nah : John : Patience ; Jonathan, baptized Au- 
gust 4, 1715, mentioned below; Katherine, 
baptized May 29, T718. Children of the sec- 
ond wife: Mary, baptized August 27, 1724; 
Martha, baptized same day : ^Iargaret, bap- 
tized same day; Olive, ba]5tized May 6, 1731. 

(Ill I Jonathan, son of Gabriel Hamilton, 
was ba]itized in the first parish of Berwick, 
Maine, .\ugnst 4, 1715. He removed about 



1736 to New London, Connecticut, and mar- 
ried there, July 26, 1735, Elizabeth Strick- 
land. It is said that he had a second wife, and 
that Phebe, who died July 26, 1786, was his 
third wife. In 1760, with his wife, Phebe, he 
removed to Horton, Nova Scotia. He was 
the first high sheriflf of King's county. He 
died February 24, 1778. Children of Jona- 
than Hamilton : John ; James, born Febru- 
ary 2, 1763, mentioned below; Jonathan, born 
February 10, 1767; Sarah, born March 24, 
1769, died young. 

(R") James, son of Jonathan Hamilton, 
was born February 2, 1763, and married, Feb- 
ruary 10, 1796, Nancy Flarris. He died De- 
cember 9, 1843. They had one child, James 
E., mentioned below. 

(\') James Edward, son of James Hamil- 
ton, was born in Norwich. He married Anna 
Maria Gesner, whose ancestors were of 
Knickerbocker and French Huguenot stock, 
Konrad Gessner, the Zurich scholar and phil- 
osopher, was an ancestor. Her father was 
Henry Gessner, a farmer and trader of New 
York, who lived to the advanced age of nine- 
ty-four years. She was a faithful member of 
the Protestant Episcopal church. .She died 
at the age of seventy-four years. James E. 
Hamilton was a merchant in the West India 
trade. He lived to the age of eighty-four 
years. Children : J. Henry, professor in 
Polytechnic Institute of Firooklyn, New York; 
Charles Storrs ; James ; Nicholas L. 

(\'J) Charles Storrs, son of James Ed- 
ward Hamilton was born in New York City, 
January 3, 1848. The family removed to 
Grand Pre, Nova Scotia, and he went to school 
there. A branch of this Hamilton family lo- 
cated in Nova Scotia some generations before, 
having grants of land for their service in the 
capture of Louisburgh. He prepared for col- 
lege under a private tutor and entered Kings 
College at Windsor, Nova Scotia, the oldest 
chartered college in the Dominion of Canada. 
He was graduated with the degree of A. B., 
in the class of 1873, and then came to Boston, 
where he began the study of law in the office 
of Hon. Samuel Clark, a congressman from 
that city. After two years of study he en- 
tered the Yale Law School and was gradu- 
ated with the degree of LL. B. in 1875, after 
eighteen months. He had previously studied 
medicine to some extent in the office of his 
uncle and while at New Haven he took some 
courses in the Yale Medical School, and he 
has made a specialty of law cases requiring 
some knowledge of medicine and surgery, es- 
pecially actions of tort and suits for damages 
for injuries. He was admitted to the bar in 
1875, after an extended tri|) through the 




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sdiitlurn stales. In May, 1875. lie opened an 
cifticf in the Vale National I'.ank I'nildinK, 
where he has lieen liLated ever since, lie lias 
taken liii,'h rank anun;; the lawyers ol Con- 
necticut, and is especially in demand as an 
advocate on acc(.)iuit of his sncccss as a trial 
lawyer. In recent years he has had an exten- 
sive liitsiness in the courts of Massachnsetts, 
Rhode Island and New York in tryini; heforc 
juries cases for daniages. In Connecticut this 
class nf cases is not tried hy jury. He has had 
Iroin one to four cases in every state report in 
Connecticut since \Ohnne 41 was puhlished. 
He is in much demand as puhlic speaker. 
N'olwithstaiidini; his husy life, he has inain- 
taincfl his ac(|uaintance with the classics and 
reads Latin and Greek for a pastime. He 
speaks I'rench and ( ierman tlueutly. In addi- 
tion to hi- law j)r:ictice, he has extensive in- 
terests in shiiipinfj and real estate. 

lie was a Republican until i8go, when he 
differed from his party in some essential 
jioints. and since then he has been independ- 
ent. In 1888 he was a member of the com- 
mon council of New Ha veil from the second 
ward, and in the following year was an al- 
derman of that city. In i8<)o he was nomi- 
nated for state senator and ttiouj.;h his party 
was in the minority, he ran ahead of the ticket. 
In the same year, he was chairman of the 
commission to revise the city charter and ordi- 
nances of New Haven and ilid his work thor- 
oiij^dily and well. He takes a keen interest in 
the letjislation of the state from year to year, 
an<l has drafted many important statutes that 
have been enacted in recent years, lie has 
held various other offices of trust and responsi- 
bility, lie was at one time a director of the 
New I laven Free Pulilic Library and chair- 
man of the I5oard of Registration of New- 
Haven for five years. He has held the office 
of justice of the peace. He has written arti- 
cles on legal topics for various jierioilicals and 
newspapers of New Haven and New \ov\<. 
He wrote an article on "The Use and Effect of 
a Seal on a Written Instrument." for the 
nciuh and Bar A'crvVti' (now Tlic Forum). 
He has taken out three patents for marine in- 
vention — for a new adjustable centre boanl. 
a rudder liinsie and a moorini^-linc attach- 
ment. He was a trustee of the New Haven 
Yacht Club, member of the .Shelter Isl.ind 
Yacht Club, and a skillful yachtsman. In the 
summer of 1901 he carried the tlag of this 
yacht club for the first time into the British 
|>rovinces on his schooner yacht "Fearless." 
He is also fond of fishinsj and huntini;, and 
takes much of his recreation with rod and 
line, or with his gun. He has an interestinir 
collection of birds, made bv himself and lian<l- 



snmely mounted. He i- 1 ni.n I . • ... ;i , 

L<)d|,;e. No. I, Free and 
has taken all the dc^i 

.\!as«>nry. inchKliny tin lit t» 

a member of the Itar of Con- 

necticut. I'ur many ye.o - ii> u.i- a vestry- 
man of St. Paul's' I'rotestmt HpiHCoial 
Church. 

He marrie«l. August i.i. iHjH. .Mary Kliza- 
bcth. dau^'htcr of Williniv (liiprvmi. of 
Itrooklyn. Cliildren: M ' latc 

of thc'Orton & Nichol- Ha- 

ven, and W'oodsidc ^- ■ ' 

William Slorrs \\ 
the honor men in 
of \ale College in 

(II) I'liiiip i 

JCDI) Jud.I (q. V. 

baptized .Sei'i-; .. . ,, 

married Hannah, daughter ot 1 homas Loo- 
mis, of Windsor, by his first wife. He lived 
in Farmington, t onnecticut. until a lew years 
before his death, ami then removed to Water- 
bury, where he died in ' ' • ' " The 
inventory of his estate Ijcr 
2, iftf^cj, and presented 1 l.irt- 
ford, November 11. The widow was adminis- 
tratrix, but she seems to have brrn m.irried 
again, before if*)], to sonu 'losc 
name has not been found, ami nas 
Ju«!d and Thomas Jiuld. the ap- 
pointed administrators, and to the 
chiblren. March, tfiC)i. The i uich 
in debt, and considerable was t.\|>^n<lc<l for 
the children. One hundred and forlv-four 
iviunds were left to be divi! ' ' ''ren: 
Philip, mentioned below; Ti i/cd 

May 27. i(>S^, died young; II..: ., :ized 

October to, \<>^. five years old ; \\ dliam, l>ap- 
tized July 3, 1^187. two years oM ; Henjamin, 
baptized Mav 4, KiQO, three months old. 

(Ill) I'hi'lip (2 1. son of Philip fi) Judd, 
was born in 1(173, bapti-' ' ^' • ' ■• i'i8l. 
He livcil in that part of I ' iicl. 

and dicfl ageil over ei:., een 

17^10 and I7^>5. He ami Ins second wife 
Lydia were members of the clnirch in Rcth- 
el in 17(10. That church seems to have been 
organized in i7(>o. He had three s<mis. and 
Deacon F. Taylor thought he had five daugh- 
ters. Chiblren : Philip; Thomas; Samuel, 
mentioned below; Hannah; Rebecca. 

(I\') Samuel, son of Philip (2) Judd. of 
Danbury. in Hetliel StH-icly. was Ixjni there 
in 1700. He married Hannah Knapp. Tlicy 
were both membiTs of the church in iTfio. 
(."hildren: Fbene/er, iHirn aliout 1743-44: 
Samuel, twin of Elienczer. mentioned l»elo\v ; 
Comfort. ah<iut 1745; James and Jonathan, 



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both Tories in the revokition, joined the lirit- 
ish on Long Island, and died without issue ; 
Ehjah, June 19, 1759. 

(V) Samuel (2), son of Samuel (i) Judd, 
was born about .1743-44. He married Lucy 
Hawley, and had one child, Benjamin, men- 
tioned below. This wife died and he married 
a second. He lived some years in Cornwall, 
and is believed to have died there. 

(VI) Benjamin, son of Samuel (2) Judd, 
was born in Bethel, in 1769, died March 6, 
1826. He married (first) June 13, 1790, 
Zilpha Williams, of Bethel. She died April 
15, 18 19, and he married (second) Elizabeth 
Sturdevant, April 30, 1820. Children by first 
wife : Samuel, bom November 2, 1791 ; Lucy, 
December 15, 1792, married Abel Crofut ; 
Polly, August 15, 179s, married Stephen Ad- 
ams ; Hawley, September 13, 1797, mentioned 
below ; Hiram, May 14, 1803. By second 
wife: George B., January 24, 1821. 

(VII) Hawley, son of Benjamin Judd, was 
born September 13, 1797, in Bethel. He mar- 
ried, December 31, 1818, Eleanor Adams, of 
Redding. Connecticut. He removed to Pem- 
broke, New York, and from there to Michi- 
gan. His first wife died and he married a 
second wife. Children, all born in Bethel : 
Betsey, March 29, 1819; Grant, June 29, 1821, 
mentioned below; Hiram Benjamin, April 3, 
1823: Harrison, June 2, 1825; Henry, July 
20, 1827; Amelia, February 22, 183 1 : Frank, 
December 18, 1833; Mary, January 28, 1839; 
Edgar, March 10, 1841. 

(VIH) Grant, son of Hawley Judd, was 
born June 29, 182 1, in Bethel. In 1843 he 
removed to Stamford, where he passed the 
remainder of his life. He was one of the or- 
ganizers of the Phoenix Carriage Manufac- 
turing Company, of Stamford, with which he 
remained until the company dissolved. Dur- 
ing his life he was much respected, and had 
many fine characteristics. He died January 
3, 1892. He married, March 26, 1845, Han- 
nah M. Knapp, born June 26, 1827, daughter 
of Luther and Hannah fSelleck) Knapp (see 
Knapp VI). Child, William Hawley, men- 
tioned below. 

(IX) William Hawley, son of Grant Judd, 
was born at Stamford, Connecticut, February 
10, 1850. He was educated chiefly in the pri- 
vate .schools of his native town. At the age 
of eighteen years he began his business career 
in the employ of Fox & St. John, lumber 
dealers, Stamford. Upon the death of Mr. 
Fox in 1868, the firm name was changed to 
St. John & Hoyt, Harvey Hoyt succeeding 
to the interests of Mr. Fox. Mr. Judd con- 
tinued with the new firm as bookkeeper, sales- 
man and manager until 1878, wlien he was ad- 



mitted to the firm and the name changed to 
St. John, Hoyt & Company. Early in 1888 
Mr. Getman, of Oswego, New York, was ad- 
mitted to the firm and the name changed to 
Hoyt, Getman & Judd and continued thus un- 
til 1897, when Mr. Bogardus became a mem- 
ber of the firm and the name became Getman, 
Judd & Company. Mr. Getman died in 1897 
and the concern was incorporated the follow- 
ing year under the name of the Getman & 
Judd Company, Mr. Judd being president of 
the company. Mr. Judd is secretary and 
treasurer of tlie St. John Wood Working 
Company ; secretary, treasurer and director of 
the East Branch Dock Corporation ; treasurer 
and director of the Victor Steamboat Com- 
pany ; director of the Stamford Trust Com- 
pany, the Stamford Hospital, Manufacturers' 
Association of Stamford and the Woodland 
Cemetery Association ; trustee of the Stam- 
ford Savings Bank ; delegate of the Eastern 
States Retail Lumber Dealers' Association, 
and has served as president of the Connecti- 
cut Lumber Dealers' Association. He is a 
Republican and somewhat active in politics 
and city affairs : he was a burgess of Stam- 
ford under the borough government. He is 
a member of the Church Club of Connecticut, 
the Republican Club of New York, the Sub- 
urban Club of Stamford, the Stamford Yacht 
Club and the Lumbermen's Club of New York 
City. Mr. Judd married, November 11. 1873, 
in New York City, Anna Moores, born .\pril 
3. 185 1, daughter of Charles W. and Susan 
(Mallory) Moores. ^Ir. and Mrs. Judd are 
members of St. Andrew's Protestant Epis- 
copal Church of Stamford ; he has been a 
vestryman for many years and for the past 
ten years has served as junior warden of the 
church. 

(Tlie Sears Line). 

(H) Caleb Knapp, son of Nicholas Knapp 
( q. v.), was born January 20, 1636. He set- 
tled at Stamford. Children, born at Stam- 
ford : Caleb, November 24, 1661 ; John, men- 
tioned below. 

(Ill) John, son of Caleb Knapp, was born 
at Stamford, July 25, 1664. He married there, 
June 10, 1692, Hannah Ferris. Children, born 
at Stamford : Samuel, August 27, 1695 ; John, 
August, 14, 1697; Hannah, March 10, 1698- 
99: Peter, August 15, 1701 ; Charles, men- 
tioned below; Deborah. June 28. 1707; Moses, 
.August 6, 1709. 

(I\') Charles, son of John Knapp, was born 
May 9, 1705, at Stamford. He married there, 
June 17, 1731, Bethia Weed. Children, born 
at Stamford: Charles, July 18, 1732; Sarah, 
.\pril 2. 1734; Hannah, March 29, 1736; 
Bethia, June 12, 1738; Jonas, .August 25, 



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1740: I'ipfiK-m-, M:i\ I'j. 174-': ' inii'i'ii, Dc- 
(.rmlitr I, 1744: Silvaiius, November 30. I74'>; 
I Iczckiah, iiicntioiicd liolow. 

(\') Ilezekiali, son of C'liarlos Knapi), was 
Ixirn at Stamford, October 14, 1749, <lif<l at 
Stamford. Deccmlier 11. 1S40. He married. 
in (irecmvidi, (."oimecticut. September 7. 1775, 
Mary IVck, bom \oveml)i-r 13. 1732. <bed 
^rptcmbor iq. 184J. He was a soWlier in tlic 
M vohilion in I'aptain Jnnatlian \\ bitney's 
ii'Mipany, Colonel (General) Wooster's re^ji- 
ment in 1776, and was in tlie New York cam- 
paign after tbe battle of W'bite [Mains. Me 
was a pensioner in 1S40. tben aged ninety 
{padres 485 ami (162 Conn. Rev. Rolls). Chil- 
ilren. born at .Stamford: Polly. July 18, 1776; 
liannali, March u. 1778; Rufus. Angnst 19, 
1781 : Sally, November iS. 1785 ; Luther, men- 
tioned below: r.ctbia, January 15. 1795. 

(\'l) l.utl'.er. son of llezekiah Knapp, was 
liorn at Stamford, August 21, 1789. died there 
December 5, i8f>6. lie married there, Octo- 
lier 25, 1814, Hannah Selleck, born April 23, 
1793, died there August 26. iSrii. ilaughtcr of 
losei'h .Selleck, born bebruarv 14. 1759, died 
March 16, i84r., and I'hocbe (Clock) Selleck, 
liorn November 17, 1772, died March 21, 1853. 
( bildren, born at .Stamford: Phoebe Selleck, 
Inly 19, 1815; Joseph Selleck, March 15, 
1818: Mary Peck, June 6, 182 1 : .\nn Eliza, 
May 2^1. 1823 : Charles Hezckiah, August 23, 
1825: Hannah M., |ime 2f), 1S27: married, 
March 26, 1843, (".rant Judd (see Judd \'Ul). 



Hiugham. Massachusetts, is 
LI NCt >LN (listingui'ihed as the home of 
all the first settlers of the 
iirname Lincoln. From these pioneers are 
descended all the colonial families of the 
name, inchiding President Lincoln and more 
than one governor and man of note in all 
walks of life. The surname was variously 
spelled I-iTikhorn. Linkoln. Lincou, and was 
common in old Hingbam. in P.ngland. for 
more than a century before immigrant ances- 
tors made their home in Massachusetts. The 
origin or meaning of the name has been a 
theme of discussion. Some have maintained 
that it is a relic of the .\nglo-Saxon-Norman- 
Conquest period, when, near some waterfall 
(Anglo-Saxon "lin") a colony (Roman "col- 
onia") was founded, thus .giving Lincolonia or 
finally Lincolnshire. Eight of the name were 
among the first settlers of Hingbam. coming 
thither from W'ymondham. county Norfolk. 
England. Tliree brothers. Daniel. Samuel and 
Thomas, came with their mother Joan. There 
were no less than inur naincil Thomas Lincoln, 
adults and heads of families, all doubtless re- 
lated. Thev were distinguished on the records 



and in I<K-al speech by tinir tia^.s 1 bey 
were known as Thomas, the miller: Thomas, 
the cooper; Thomas, the hn-l'"'"''" ;ind 
Tliomas. the weaver. There w en 

Lincoln who came with his wiii Ste- 

phen, from Wymond. England, in Kj^.S. This 
name is spelled also Windham and Wymond- 
ham. 

( L) Thomas Lincoln, the miller, was bom 
in Norfolk county. FiiLhuid in 1603. He 
came to Hingham. ttls, in 1635, 

and was one of the lie <:imc rear. 

He drew a house-lot .1 i; nn, 

July 3, 1636, on what '. ct, 

near .Main, an ' ^■■'■- • igj. 

Before 1630, 1: ts- 

sachusetts, an. re 

on Mill river at a (xiiht ni iJic vll^ 
the present city, near the street lea! 
the railroad -tation to City Si|u.iro. it : .M 
that King Phili|) and lii^ iliicfs omi- met the 
colonists in conference in this ni'" ''- • ^ved 
in Taimton on the jury in 1631 ly 

surveyor there in 1630 and tl lul 

owner. He Ix-came one of tl rs 

in the famous Taunton iron \vo u-d 

October, 1632, as a stock con: ng 

other stf>ckholders were Ric' iis, 

Richard .Stacy and George W > se 

works were operated until 1883, and the dam 
and foundation still mark one of fbe most 
interesting sites in the I .in 

industry. He married ( li iid 

(second) December 10. k-'-.. , ,i..ii-i,, ■ li.tr- 
vey) Street, widow of Francis .Street. Ijn- 
coln gave land in Hingham to his son Thomas, 
who sold it October 11, 1662, specifying the 
history of the transactions. Lincoln's will 
was (latcd August 23, 1683, when he stated 
his age as about eighty years. Tlie will was 
proved March 3. 1U84. (Iiildren: John, 
baptized February, 1639, married Edith Ma- 
comber: Samuel, mentioned below: Thomas 
Jr., February, 1637-38, at Hingham : Mary, at 
Hingham, (October 6. 1642, married William 
Hack and Richard Stevens; Sarah, December. 
1643, married Joseph Wills, of Taunton, and 
settled in Scituatc. 

(H) Samuel, son of Thomas Lincoln, the 
miller, was bom at Hingham. England, or 
vicinity and baptized in Hinpham, Massachu- 
setts, in I '137. He married Jane . and 

settled in Taunton, Massachusetts. Children: 
.^anuiel (<|. v.) liorn June 1. i'i'm: ILm- 

nah, married Owen; Tamscn, married 

Jonah Austin Jr.; Elizabeth, married William 
Briggs. 

(Iin .*^.ninuel (2^. -.on of Samuel (i) Lin- 
coln, was born at Tatmton. June i, 1664; 



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Norwich, Connecticut, later in Windham in 
that state. He married, June 2, 1692, Eliza- 
beth Jacobs, also of an old Hingham family. 
Children : Samuel, mentioned below, Jacob, 
Tho;vas, Jonah, Nathaniel, died in infancy, 
and Elizabeth. 

(IV) Samuel (3), son of Samuel (2) Lin- 
coln, was born in Windham, Connecticut. No- 
vember 29, 1693; married, August 23. 1723, 
Ruth Huntington. Children : Samuel, John, 
(mentioned below), Nathaniel, who lived to 
be one hundred and five years and five months 
of age, Joseph, Eleazer and David. 

(V) John, son of Samuel (3) Lincoln, was 
born at Windham, July 28, 1726, and died 
June 7, 1810. He married (first) Rebecca 

; (second), May 30, 1758, Annie Sto- 

well, widow. Children of first wife : Two died 
in infancy. Children of second wife : Annie, 
Eleazer, Jonah and lerusha (twins), and 
Olive. 

(AT) Jonah, son of John Lincoln, was born 
at AYindham, November 15, 1760. For many 
years in addition to farming on an extensive 
scale, he was a wool manufacturer at North 
Windham. One of the products of his mill 
was satinet that was used in making uniforms 
for the revolutionary soldiers and felt for 
paper machines. For a time the business flour- 
ished, but after the war the commercial crisis 
caused heavy losses. For a number of years 
his sons were associated with him and the 
business was finally taken by his son Stowell. 
The later years of Jonah's life, he spent in 
farming and at the time of his death he had 
a handsome competence. In politics he was 
a John Quincy Adams Democrat and took a 
keen interest in national, state and town af- 
fairs. He was for many years representative 
to the general assembly and for a long time 
served the district, comprising the towns of 
Hampton, Windham and Chaplin, as now con- 
stituted, as judge of probate. He was active 
in organizing the Christian Church at North 
Windham. He died May 14, 1845, ^"d was 
buried at North Windham. He married. May 
I, 1783, Lucy Webb, born May 31, 1763, died 
July 23, 1846, at the age of eighty-three years. 
Children, born at Windham: i. James, May 
31, 1784; married Asenath Flint. 2. Dan, 
mentioned below. 3. Stowell, October 28, 
1788, for many years a manufacturer at North 
Windham, captain of the artillery company ; 
married Maria Welch and died March 29, 
1870. 4. John, February 17, 1791 ; married 
Millany Huntington and was a farmer in 
Berks county, Pennsylvania, where he died. 
5. Ralph, December 22. 1792; married Almira 
Trumbull, was a manufacturer at North 
Windham and died June 24, 1876. 6. Elisha, 



January 12, 1795: married Eliza Aplin, was a 
farmer in Berks county, then in Ohio, and 
finally in \'an Buren, Arkansas, where he died. 
7. Lucy, July 11, 1797; married Benjamin 
Perry, a carpenter. 8. Marcia, November 2;^, 
1799: married Luther Burnham, a farmer of 
Hampton and finally at North Windham 
where he died. 9. Albert, September 9, 1802, 
graduated at the military academy at West 
Point and while on his way to Fort Anthony, 
now Minneapolis, Minnesota, died, October 
13, 1822, at St. Louis, Missouri. 10. Burr, 
October 2, 1804; married Elmira W^ood. 

(VII) Dan, son of Jonah Lincoln, was 
born July 27, 1786; died December 31, 1864. 
In early manhood he entered his father's 
mill at North Windham, became an expert 
clothier and later a partner of his brother 
Stowell. 

In middle life he bought the Tucker 
farm, just over the Windham line in Chaplin, 
and built thereon the Clover Mill. Later he 
removed to Scotland and followed farming. 
His last years were spent on the Burr Lin- 
coln place, later William Sibley's, in North 
Windham and he died there. For many years 
he was captain of militia and was widely 
known as ''Captain Dan." He was a prom- 
inent citizen in this section ; was selectman of 
both Windham and Qiaplin. He was of sound 
judgment and strong character. His counsel 
and advice were sought by many and he had 
many friends in all classes of people. He mar- 
ried, February 6. 1812. Mehitable Flint of 
North Windham, born November 3, 1787, died 
September 3, 1875. Children: 1. Amanda, 
born November 10, 1812; died January 12, 
i8go: married Edwin E. Burnham of Wind- 
ham, a prominent merchant and real estate 
dealer in later life at Willimantic. 2. Mason, 
March 26, 1816, a blacksmith at North Wind- 
ham, afterward a banker and real estate broker 
at Willimantic: died July 10, 1889. 3. Allen, 
of further mention. 4. Albert, September 
15, i8ig, blacksmith until the civil war. en- 
listed and returned disabled, engaged in 
farmine. died at Coventry, January u, 1885. 
5. Jared \A'., September 8, 1823, still living 
( igi I ) in Chaplin : was a school teacher, then 
a farmer in Windham and Scotland, Con- 
necticut ; bought Allen Lincoln's store 
in Chaplin in 1857; was appointed post- 
master bv President Lincoln and except dur- 
ing two Democratic administrations was post- 
master until he retired and was succeeded by 
his son : was town clerk and treasurer in 
1863 and continually until 1905, thereafter 
represented the town of Chaplin in the gen- 
eral assembly in 1862: clerk and treasurer of 
the Congregational Society until 1908. 6. 



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r^i 



Earlc. died yl)lln5,^ 7. Imiali, died yminj^. 8. 
Dan Jr.. died xoiinj,'. 

(Mil) Allen, >c,n of Dan Lincoln, was 
born in the north end of the town of Wind- 
ham. Connecticut. October 16. 1817. lie at- 
tendetl the district schools and worked during 
his hovhood on the farm. Fn i8,^i his parents 
removed to the Tucker farm over the line in 
the town of Chaj)lin and lie was "bound out" 
ami had more than his share of hard work 
and driidj,fcry. lUit his schoolinf,-- was not neg- 
lected and in the course of time he was found 
competent to teach. When he came of age he 
purchased the Tucker farm, where he had 
lived when a hoy, goingf in debt for the entire 
amoiuit of the purchase price and making,' the 
place pay for itself. Wlieii a vovni,' man he 
bou,L;iil wool in the west and sold woolen f.;cio(ls 
there, in addition to his farming. Twice be- 
fore he was thirty-five he met with reverses 
and lo.-t all his property, but he was never 
discouraged. In 1833 he removed to Chaplin 
and opened a general store. Four years later 
he opened a similar store in Willimantic. in 
what was then the principal part of the vil- 
la|,'e. at the corner of Bridge and Main streets, 
and retained his store at Chajilin. but finally 
sold it to his brother Jareil W. Lincoln. In 
i8'>4 he made his home permanently in Willi- 
mantic. In jiartnership with I. Lester Eaton, 
also of Chaplin, he opened a general store 
in the old "jlrainard House" and carried on 
business there r.ntil. in company with F,. F.. 
Rurnham and J. G. Keigwin, he built Union 
I'.Iiick and removed to the sture that was in 
later years occupied by John M. .Mpangh, his 
son-in-law. to whom he tinall\ sold his busi- 
ness. .After leaving Chaplin, he bought the 
Howes property on L^nion street, opened Tem- 
ple. \'alley and Center streets and sold lots 
and built dwelling houses there. He erected 
the brick house on Center street. For a long 
time he and F. F. Ilurnliam were in part- 
nershi]! in the real estate business in which 
they were very successful. In 1860 he pur- 
chased the Hassett Block and soon afterward 
a large tract of land on Prospect Hill. In 
1876 he formed a partnership with E. .\. 
Buck and E. M. Durkce in the flour and 
grain business. This firm was dissolved in 
TS71). Soon afterward he took into partner- 
ship his only son. .Mien B. Lincoln, under the 
firm name of A. Lincoln & .Son, and con- 
tiinicd in business to the time of his death. 

lie was elected to various offices of honor 
and trust and filled them with characteristic 
zeal and faithfulness. In Chaplin he was 
postmaster and town clerk and in 1855 rep- 
resented the town in the general assembly. 
In Windham he was selectman. t'>wn clerk 



nil'! trrrt-nrcr seventeen yciirs, and f. .1 ri.ins 
ivc trial justice, lie 
liners In establish an.: 
I..-, .^.u<l^,.,r^s : - • - 
lave C.I Williinai' 
and Useful in In.r. 
he was a director of tiic U ilinnai 
Institute and for a time was pre- 
Willimantic Trust Company. ]]■ 
inally a Democrat, but in 1836 vol. 

Soil ticket and joined ''•• '' 

at its organizati(jn. li 

tionalist he served tlu 

was a member in varioii, ..iViccs and was 

active in the movement that resnl(n<l in n nf\v 

church building .it Wi" 

member of I".;isterii S; 

Accejited .Masons. IU ,; 

and was buried in the cemetery at ' 

The following tribute to his rbnr 

of nvmy: "Mr. Allen l.ino.ln 

years a director of this banl 

tute), having been suddenly rem .m.i ir..m ■ :r 

midst by death. UesoKcd. that in the death 

of Mr. Lincoln, who met with us at the last 

meeting of the l)oarn, we feel that this bank, 

in common with other public interests with 

which he was connected, has lost a valuable 

helf)er, and that as fellow officers, we take 

this opportunity to exprc-s or- • • •• ■' 

his uniform and prompt .r- 
ways, and the valuable advi. . 
he has rendered in this manageincni .w the 
affairs of the bank. We miss his kinHlv pres- 
ence from our councils, and honor " ' 'i 
his memory as a pleasant compani. 
citi/en. who discharged any trust 
private, to which he was called. -. 
and ability. Resolved, that these 
be placed in the records of the b.mk. .m.; a 
copy fielivered to the invalid widow and the 
family of the deceased, as an cxpre~.-ion of 
our sympathy with them in their affliction. 

He was an able and successful bnsine-.- man. 
facing loss an<l misfortune with c<iurage and 
honor, |)aying his dthts in full and nskinij no 
favors. He was considerate and - 
with others in mi^ifortune and ■..: 
charity. His manly, -lerling ''■ ■• 
exam])le and inspiration in th 
he moved. He was a devot. ■ i 

father. He married. May 23, 1841, in Clw|)- 
lin. .^allinila Beimett, who was Iiom. in that 
town lanuar\ j8. i8iS" • ■ ]\',i- 

con Origen ami .Sallin.' nclt. 

The BalKocks were a . the 

Bennetts of Stoninglon, t onnecticut. l^eacon 
Origen Bennett was a farmer and for years 
was deacon of the Baptist church at Spring 
Hill, Mansfield, Connecticut. Mrs. Lincoln 



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was one of the four children of his second 
marriage. Origen Bennett Jr. taught school 
at Chaplin for more than forty years. Mrs. 
Lincoln died December 26, 1900, and is buried 
at Willimantic. A memorial baptismal font 
of bronze and marble has been erected in 
memory of yir. and Mrs. Lincoln in the First 
Congregational Church, of which they were 
members. Children of Allen and Sallinda 
(Bennett) Lincoln: i. Martha Sallinda, born 
in Chaplin, April i, 1847; married John M. 
Alpaugh, of ^Villimantic. later of Providence, 
Rhode Island ; children : Frank L. and Clif- 
ford J. Alpaugh. 2. Janette (twin), born De- 
cember 22, 1848; married Frank F. Webb, 
of Willimantic. 3. Lila, twin of Janette, mar- 
ried Edward H. Brown, of Providence, and 
has three children — W'ard L., Preston and 
Mabel B. Brown. 4. Allen Bennett, mentioned 
below. 

(IX) Allen (2) Bennett, son of Allen (r) 
Lincoln, was born August 2, 1858, in the house 
that stood formerly near the corner of Church 
and Main streets. His schooling was begun in 
Miss Rose Dimock's private school. In 1865 
he entered the Natchaug School, which was 
founded in that year and graduated in 1875. 
He then entered the Williston Seminary at 
Easthampton and was graduated in the class 
of 1877. He graduated from Yale College 
with the degree of A. B. in the class of 1881. 
For about a year he was associated in busi- 
ness with his father, but his tastes were liter- 
ary and he accepted a position as editorial 
writer on the stall of the Providence Evening 
Press, under Z. L. White. Afterward he held 
a similar position on the Providence Journal, 
under George W. Danielson. In 1885 he re- 
turned home, on account of ill health, 
and soon afterward was elected temporary 
clerl- of the state board of education in place 
of A. J. Wright, who was absent on sick 
leave. In the fall of 1886 he established The 
Connecticut Home, at Willimantic, making it 
the state organ of the Prohibition pirty. Four 
years later, he removed the office to Hartford 
and combined his paper with the Worcester 
Times, a similar newspaper, which he bought, 
and continued the amalgamated journals under 
the name of The Neiv England Home, which 
took high rank among the Prohibition news- 
papers of the country. The Prohibition party 
strength was undermined by political changes 
and the support of the party newspapers weak- 
ened. In November, 1894, Mr. Lincoln sold 
his paper to what was afterward The Neiv 
Voice, published in Chicago. In 1895 ^''^ es- 
tablished in Willimantic a branch of the Co- 
operative Savings Society and also carried on 
a fire insurance a2;encv. He added life 



insurance to his business. In May, 1901, he 
sold his other business and has since devoted 
his attention chiefly to life insurance. He 
developed successfully the district agency of 
the Northwestern 3,Iutual Life, in eastern Con- 
necticut, and May i, 1909, he was appointed 
manager of the district offices of the same 
company in New Haven, Connecticut and in 
September, 1909, removed his residence from 
Willimantic to New Haven. His literary work 
has not been confined to newspapers. He was 
while in college an editor of the Yale Courant 
for three years. In 1883 he wrote a history 
of the Natchaug School and in 1885 a "His- 
tory of all the Fire Companies ever formed 
in Windham," both of which were published 
in pamphlet form and were valuable contribu- 
tions to local history. In 1885 he wrote a 
series of articles on civil service reform which 
were personally commended by George Wil- 
liam Curtis and issued in pamphlet form by 
the Willimantic Civil Service Reform Asso- 
ciation. He developed ability as a public 
speaker and during various political campaigns 
spoke at rallies of his party in more than a 
hundred towns in Rhode Island, Connecticut 
and New York. He was chairman of the 
Prohibition State Committee for several years 
and a number of his addresses were published 
as campaign documents of the Prohibition 
party. In 1892 he was chosen historian of 
the town of Windham at tlie bi-centennial 
celebration, and was editor and compiler of the 
Memorial Volume, published in 1893. In 
June, 1900, The Hartford Times published an 
article on "A New Democracy" written by 
Mr. Lincoln, and said editorially: "His 
conclusions must appeal powerfully to all 
patriotic Americans, and presentation of 
them has not been excelled in force or 
precision by any writer on public ques- 
tions who has recently addressed the 
American public." He cast his first vote 
for the Republican party, but in 1884 sup- 
ported Cleveland. In 1886 he joined the Pro- 
hibition party and in recent years he has been 
independent of all parties in his political 
action. He has served on the school board of 
Willimantic and was charter member of the 
W^illimantic Board of Trade. He is a mem- 
ber of the executive committee of the State 
Civil Service Reform Association, delegate- 
at-large in the State Brotherhood of Congre- 
gational Men's Clubs, and member of the New 
Haven Chamber of Commerce and the Grad- 
uates' Club. He and his wife are members 
of the Congregational Church, Willimantic, 
of which he was superintendent of the Sun- 
day school for ten years. He married, Decem- 
ber 18, 1883, Caroline Laura Buck, born 



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Marcli _'5. iS^q, dauiilitcr of Kdwiii A. and 
Delia Lincoln I'.uck. Ilcr father was formerly 
^talc treasurer of Connecticut, residinj^ at 

\sliiiinl. Mrs. Lincoln was active in church 
and Micial lirdes in Williinantic. Children: 
I. Marion liuck, horn January 2, i88S. 2. 
l-'.lsie lieiniett. November 2"], i8y2. 3. Har- 
lara < irace, ( 'ctolrer 15, 1896. 4. Julia 

\rmour, June 27. 1899. 



William Buck, the inimij^rant an- 
PiL'CK ccstor, came from I-'ngland on the 
ship "Increase," which sailed, 
.\])ril. 1633. and landed in a month at I'os- 
ton, Massachusetts. At that time, he ijavc his 
age as fifty years, and so he was bom in 
1585. His son Roger, then eighteen years old, 
was with him. lie settled at Cambridge, ^L^s- 
-.iclni setts. He ha<l a grant of land of twenty 
acres in 1652, which was lot No. 91 in the 
ri-called Cambridge Survey. The new home 
was situated in what was called the west field, 
now Raymond street, Jiorthcisl from (larden 
-treet. He was a plough-wright. He died, 
intestate, January 24, 1658. He was buried 
n the old cemetery at Cambridge. His son 
Koger was administrator. 

( H) Roger, son of William Ruck, was born 
II iC)!", in Pingland. He came with his 
lathcr to Xew England on the "Increase." 
Xpril 15. 16.^5. His mother was probably 
lead at this time. It is supposed that Lnoch 
. iid Emanuel Hiick who settled at Wethers- 
lield, Connecticut, were relatives, and were 
perhaps sons of William Buck. Roger Buck 
was a plough-wright and a farmer. He set- 
tled near his father at Cambridge, and when 
bis wife Susannah died, he moved to Woburn 
where sonic of bis children lived, fie died in 
Woburn. November 10, if>9.V Children: John, 
lorn ."September 3, 1644: Ephraim, July 26, 
\<\i,G. mentioned l)clow : Mary, born January' 
J3, 1648; Ruth. November (\ 1633; Elizabeth, 
July 3. i'i3~: Lydia. married November 3, 
1672. Henry .Smith; Samuel, March 16. 1669. 
(Ill) Ephraim. son of Roger Buck, was 
born at Cambridge, July 26, 1646. He mar- 
ried. January 1, 1671. Sarah, daughter of 
John and E.unice ( Mousall ) Brooks of Wo- 
burn. He t!oubtless settled there a few years 
before he married, as he is mentioncfi in the 
will of John Mousall, whose granddaughter 
he married, and Mr. Mou.sall died March 2"/, 
1663. He was a man of much distinction. 
He was appointed local magistrate by the gen- 
eral court, to try small causes. He was a 
farmer. His grandson Jonathan was the 
founder of Bucksport. Maine. He died, Jan- 
uary, 1721, at Woburn. Children: Sarah, 
born January 11. 1673: Ephraim. July 13. 



1676; John, Januar 

John, l-'ebruary 7. 

bcr 13, 1682. mentii.tii-cl !k;I-'\s ; ],■ ■ 

7, 1685: Ebenczer, May 20, 1689; M . 

ber 28, \()f)\. 

(IN) Samuel, son of Ephraim Buck, was 
born at Woburn, November 13. \fS^2. Alxjut 

1708, he married Hannah "'cd 

at Woburn. and was a fam. n: 

Hannah. • ' ' 1710; .■^ainiu-,. ..lay 

7. 171 1 . ; Sarah. April 16, 

1716: Z> ., j.^, 1719. 

(V) Samuel (2j, son of Samuel (l) Btick. 
was born at Woburn. >fnv 7. 171 t, nnd d-rd 
at Killingly, Com 
From records in C 
tween the Thorn)' 
is found. Samuel 
with n)any other 1 
lingly and Thom;--..n, < 
Batcman joined the KH'i 
ber 15, 171 3. ■ 
from \\'cst ' 

May 23, 1716 

ard of Lexington. ' he 

stream of emigraf > ral 

years from Woburn to TlK.iiip.Nun. Jair.o W'il- 
son and Ivory L'pham joined the church in 
1729. from Woburn. \'cr ' ' ' ' " ;ck 

came with relatives in -re 

is nothing but a rccor ^ . of 

Robert Buck, in 171 3, and he may have 
been one of the Wcthcrsficld family. Sam- 
uel was one of the heads of families 
who signed the covenant on November 
19, 1743. an'' • 'I ' 'Vv. Perley Howe of 
Dudlcv, Mas- settle as minister at 

Killingly. 11. : farm .n K;!t::-!v 

Hill in 1736, of Kiienczcr, on ^^ 
The Rev. Mr. Howe kept no > 
so that information about ^ : s 

family is bard to find. For • 
was deacon of the church. Iv 
succeeded by Lieutenant Ben 
who may have Ixjen related t 
from Woburn. The son of > 
Jr., married a Miss Blo^s. wIk nie 

from W ■" ' is 

good n v- 

ing nauT. uie 

ccrtainlv are. Cinidren: 1. /crviiili, married 
Giles Roberts, .April 3. 1734. 2. OaviH men- 
tioned below. 3. Samuel, \v ha 
Bloss, January i. \~(yo. 4. J' in 
the revolutionary w"- ■ "M cd 
at the battle of Har er 
15, 177^). 3. .'\ap : -35. 
(i. Child, died OctoUr 3, 173O. 7. Ktiibcn, 
married Elizabeth, joined the church, 1769. 

(\T) David, son of Samuel (2) Buck, mar- 



he 



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■el 



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ried Anna Russell, June 22, 1756. He came 
from Massachusetts to Putnam, a part of 
Thompson or Killingly township, where he 
settled. He was a farmer and a joiner. Chil- 
Jren, by first wife: David, Jonathan, Aaron, 
mentioned below ; Mrs. Josiah Dean, ]\Irs. 
Benjamin Cutler, two daughters who succes- 
sively married Resolved Wheaton. By second 
marriage : David ; Eliza, married Henry 
Adams. 

(\TI) Aaron, son of David Buck, was born 
at Killingly and lived on the old homestead. 
He married Annie, daughter of Asa Lawrence, 
of Killingly. Children : Lucy, married Calvin 
Leffingwell ; Rosamond, married Calvin 
Boyden : Mary, married Jesse Herenden ; 
Anne, married Caleb Howe : Erastus ; Elisha ; 
Augustus, mentioned below ; George, born 
October 13, 1810. 

(A''HI) Augustus, son of Aaron Buck, died 
of scarlet fever at the age of thirty-seven, 
after a few days' illness. On February 15, 
1827, he married Lucy Knowlton Brooks, who 
died February 8, 1856, and was buried beside 
her husband in the Baptist Cemetery at West- 
ford. She was born February 27, 1801, daugh- 
ter of Simeon Brooks, who vv^as born in 1767, 
and died in 1844. Simeon Brooks married 
Eunice Bass, and had three children, Juliana, 
Lucy Knowlton. and Maria. Simeon, was son 
of Deacon Abijah Brooks of Ashford, Con- 
necticut, who married Lucy Knowlton and had 
twelve children. He was a deacon in the Ash- 
ford Presbyterian Church, and was a prom- 
inent man. His wife was distinguished in the 
community for her many excellent qualities. 
It is said of her. that a short time before her 
death as she was about to retire for the night, 
she saw a light flash up before her, at times 
brilliant and then fading away, and she called 
this a warning of her approaching death. She 
lived but a few days longer, dying April 16, 
1820. She was daughter of William Knowl- 
ton, who was born in 1706, and married, in 
1728, Martha Binder of Boxford, who was of 
a noble ancestry. Colonel Thomas Knowlton, 
the noted revolutionary soldier, and Lieuten- 
ant Daniel Knowlton, were sons of William. 
He was born in Ipswich, but removed to West 
Boxford. He spent his last days in Ashford, 
where he moved about 1740. He was son 
of Nathaniel Knowlton Jr., who was born 
in 1683. In 1703 he married Mary Burnett, 
and they had six children. Nathaniel Knowl- 
ton, father of Nathaniel Jr., was born in 1658, 
and married Deborah Jewett in 1682. They 
had seven children. He was a very prom- 
inent man, and held a high position in the 
colony. An old historian says of him : 
"Though honored by men he did not forget 



to honor his God." He died in 1726 and his 
wife in 1743. He was son of John Knowlton 
Jr., who was born in 1633, and married Sarah 
Whipple. They had ten children. His father, 
John, was born in 1610, and married Mar- 
jery Wilson, and they had three children. 
Captain William Knowlton, father of John, 
was at least part owner of a vessel in which 
he, with his wife and children, sailed to 
America. He died on the voyage, and a 
gravestone erected to his memory still stands 
in Shelburne, Canada. His wife and children 
moved to Hingham, Massachusetts. Captain 
William Knowlton, father of Captain William, 
was born in 1584, and married Ann Elizabeth 
Smith. He was son of Richard Knowlton, 
who was born in Kent in 1553, and married 
Elizabeth Cautize on July 15, 1577. They 
had four children. The coat-of-arms of the 
Knowlton family is: "Argent, a chevron, be- 
tween crowns and ducal coronets sable." The 
crest is a demi-lion, rampant. The motto is : 
"Vi at Virtute." 

(IX) Edwin Augustus, son of Augustus 
Buck, was born in Ashford, Connecticut. Feb- 
ruary II, 1832. He married, May 9, 1855, 
Delia A., daughter of George and Laura (Ash- 
ley) Lincoln of Ashford. She was born here 
November 27, 183 1, in Westford Society, and 
died at Willimantic, February 28, 1906. Mrs. 
Buck was always very active in church and 
social work, both in Ashford and Willimantic. 
Her father, George Lincoln was a tanner by 
trade, and a well-known citizen in Ashford 
representing that town in the general assembly 
of 1847. Mrs. Buck belonged to Anne Wood 
Elderkin Chapter. Daughters of American 
Revolution. Edwin Augustus Buck received 
an elementary education at a neighboring 
school, and then attended the Ashford Acad- 
emy. WHien eighteen vears old, he began to 
teach school at the school which he had at- 
tended as a scholar, having many of his form- 
er schoolmates as pupils. He received a dollar 
a day and boarded at home. He taught for 
three terms in district No. 4, two in the Woods 
district, and one in the Knowlton district. 
When he was twenty-four he began business 
for himself. He furnished sawed lumber for 
various trades, such as car timber, plough 
beams, and finished lumber in chestnut. His 
business soon became large. The Collinsville 
Axe Company which was making at that time 
a cast-steel plough, bought of him many thou- 
sand plough beams. In Boston and Worces- 
ter, Massachusetts, he had customers who gave 
him ver\- large orders, also, and he supplied 
many thousand feet of chestnut lumber for 
furniture. In the later fifties he purchased the 
bankrupt stock of the Westford Glass Com- 



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paiiy, and the late Senator John S. Dean and 
his son (afterwards Mayor Cliarles L. Dean 
of Maiden. Mass.) were associated with Mr. 
Buck in the carryinjj on of that business. .Soon 
they o])ened brancli lioiiscs in N'cw York and 
Boston. After about twenty years Mr. Buck 
retired from the firm and moved to WilHman- 
tic, where he became associated with the late 
.Alien Lincoln in the grain business. The 
firm was called Lincoln, Buck & Durkce, in 
1876, when the late Everett M. Durkce of 
Ashford joined it. It is now Stiles and I lar- 
rin},'ton. Before leaving Ashford he had been 
identified with the business interests of Staf- 
ford Springs, where he was a director of the 
St.itTord National Bank, and president of the 
Stafford .Savings Bank from 1874 to 1877. 
He bought the hardware business of Craw- 
forrl it r.anford at .StafTord Springs, and put 
it in charge of his oldest son, George E. Buck, 
giving it the firm name, E. A. Buck & Co. 
In 1900 this was sold out. He and his son 
established in Palmer, a hardware store and 
oil business which was carried unrler the name 
E. A. Buck & Co.. also. His younger son, 
W'illiam .\. Buck, was a partner with him in 
Hour and grain in W'illimantic and still carries 
on the business under the name of E. A. Buck 
& Co. Edwin Augustus Buck was also inter- 
ested extensively in lumber for many years. 
He died in W'illimnntic, May 12, 1905. He 
wa^ a man of sound judgment and good busi- 
ness ability. He held many positions of trust 
and importance. Me was a trustee of the 
W'illimantic Savings Institute: a director in 
the W'illimantic Machine Company : a trustee 
of the A. G. Turner estate ; assignee of the J. 
Dwight Chaffee property ; a trustee of the \V. 
G. and .\. R. Morrison estate, all large es- 
tates. He acquired much real estate in Willi- 
mantic, and much landed property in Willi- 
mantic and .\shford. He was active and 
pr>>minent in politics all his life. WHien a very 
young man. he became town constable. When 
he was twenty-four he was sent to the gen- 
eral assembly from .\shford. although the op- 
posing candidate was Ebenczcr Chaffee, a 
prominent citizen. He was the yotmgcst mem- 
ber of the assembly at the time. In i86j he 
was again elected by a coalition of I'nion 
Democrats and Republicans. He was of great 
help to the I'nion cause during the war. and 
secured many pensions for soldiers after the 
war. He was elected to the legislature in 
1865 by the Democrats. In 1874 and 1875 he 
was in the general assembly, and in both ses- 
sions was on the judiciary committee. .-Kfter 
he removed to W'illimantic he was chosen a 
member of the state senate, and in 1876. state 
treasurer. The session in which he served in 



the senate was the last in the old Stale House. 
In 1878 he was nominated for re-election as 
treasurer, but the entire i>artv tiri<.f wn- de- 
feated in that election. \' 
a borough, he served 
selectman for the town 
appointed state bank c 
Morris. He was not a 1 

but contributed liberally to the 3\nt\n,n .ji all. 
He hclpe<l many men over har<l yil.irp«. and 
few realize the extent of 1 ' 
Children: i. Ger^rgc E.. re 

Massachusetts. 2. Lucy .M., :, 

3. Charlotte E., married Dr. T. K. I'arkcr of 
Willimantic; member of the na;c^itnrs of 
American Revolution 4. Car- nar- 

ried Allen B. Lincoln of \Vi' \ of 

New Il;iven ( si-o liiuohn. - v.i: :: A.; 
member of E. .A. Buck & Co. ; married Mary 
J. Phillips of W'illimaiitir >'. Bertie I^, died 
youn. 7. ilia 1 . 'mr 1. Bill 

of Willimantic. 

John Plum was a yeoman of 
PLL'ME Toppesfield, county Essex, Eng- 
land. In the visitation of Essex, 
in 1634, John Plumer is reptirtcd as father 
of Robert, of Great Yeldham, in Essex, hut 
no other children are mentioned. lohn in his 
will mentions Robert, T' ' ' 

dren of son John, dece 1 
ters. The will is dated . , _:. .. ... 

Then we have the will 01 Rotjcrt, the elder, 
dated January 9, 1611-12, wherein he gives to 
his children and his seconri wife's children, 
and to sisters Alice Enstcrford's and .Margaret 
Edgeley's children, naming them, and then "to 
Thomas Plume my eldest brother'' ^on" and 
to the children of John Plume, who was his 
eldest son. It is thought that his eldest 
bntther was named John, and the }'-,U<y lhr»t 
was his eldest son was born before t! 
field register begins, 1560. and ■; 

Robert's will, in 1611-12. He mar:;* . 

beth . who was buried October i. 158O. 

Children : R<ibert, mentioned below : John, 
bom about 1332: .Mice, about 1534: Margar- 
et, about i.v^'i: daughter, about 1538; Thomas, 
about 1540; daughter. al>out 1542. 

(II) Robert. sf«n of John Plum, was l>om 
about 1330, at Toppesfield. He was a yeoman. 
He lived at Great Yeldham, county Essex. 
He owned much land in Grfrit Yc'dhnm. Little 
Yeldham. Toppesfield. \'. Bul- 

iner. C.istle I ledin'.,'h.ini ind 

Halstcd, in county Essca ■■< ^ .i< , |..vnes 
and Butlers manors and much other land to 
Robert, his eldest son. Yeldham Manor to 
Thomas. Hawkd<in Hall, in Suffolk, to Ed- 
mund, and other land to a married daughter. 



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and bequeathed also to children of his brothers 
and sisters. He married (first) Elizabeth Pur- 
cas, who was buried June 25, 1596; (second) 
Ethelred Fuller's widow, who died in Alay, 
1615. He was buried May 18, 1613. Chil- 
dren: Margaret, born about 1556; Robert, 
mentioned below ; Elizabeth, baptized Decem- 
ber 9, 1560; Thomas, March 12, 1563-64; 
Mary, baptized October 9, 1566; Anne, bap- 
tized May 2, 1569; Edmund, baptized Septem- 
ber 2, 1571 ; infant son, born about 1575; 
Joseph. 

(HI) Robert (2), son of Robert (i) Plum, 
was born about 1558, and settled at Spaynes 
Hall, Great Yeldham. His son Robert was 
eldest and the heir; his son John, mentioned 
below, received only a small estate with Ridge- 
well Hall, Essex. He was buried at Great 
Yeldham, August 14, 1628. He married Grace 
Crackbone, buried July 22, 161 5. Children, 
born at Great Yeldham: Robert, 1587: ^lar- 
tha, baptized March 20, 1592-93 ; John, men- 
tioned below; Thomas, about 1596; Mary, 
about 1598; Ethelred, baptized April i, 1599; 
Frances, baptized November i, 1601 ; Hannah, 
baptized August 26, 1604. 

(IV) John (2), son of Robert (2) Plum, 
was baptized at Great Yeldham, July 28, 1594- 
He resided after his marriage at Spaynes Hall, 
Great Yeldham. He was living there, ac- 
cording to the official visitation, in 1634. He 
came to Wethersfield, Connecticut, as early as 
1635, and died at Branford, Connecticut, in 
July, 1648. He owned a vessel, in which he 
probably came to Wethersfield, and in which 
he made trading voyages on the Connecticut 
river. It is surmised to have been his vessel 
which was employed to carry Captain John 
Mason's little army in the Pequot war around 
Narragansett Bay to the point of their attack, 
and that he took part in that fight and received 
therefor a grant of land. He was the first 
ship-owner in Wethersfield. He was a juror ; 
representative to the general court in 1637-41- 
42-43; collector of customs in 1644; nomin- 
ated as assistant, but was defeated. He sold 
out at Wethersfield in 1644, and removed to 
Branford, where, in 1645, ^^^ ^^^^ chosen to 
keep the town's books. He died August i, 
1645. His will was proved August i, 1645. 
His wife Dorothy was living as late as 1669. 
Children : Robert, baptized at Ridgewell, De- 
cember 30, 1617; John, baptized May 27, 
1619; William, born May 9, 1621 ; Ann, bap- 
tized October 16, 1623 ; Samuel, mentioned 
below; Dorothea, baptized January 16, 1626; 
Elizabeth, born October 9, 1629; Deborah. 
July 28, 1633. 

(V) Samuel, son of John (2) Plimn, was 
baptized at Ridgewell, county Essex, England, 



January 4, 1625-26. He settled at Branford, 
Connecticut. He sold out his land at Bran- 
ford, June 23, 1668, and removed to Newark, 
New Jersey. The name of his wife is not 
known. He died January 22, 1703. Children: 
Elizabeth, born January 18, 1650-51; Mary, 
April I, 1653; Samuel, March 22, 1654-55; 
John, mentioned below ; Doratha, March 26, 
1655-56; Joshua, August 3, 1662; Joanna, 
i\Iarch II, 1665-66. The name is spelled 
Plum, but most of the descendants follow 
the spelling Plume. 

(\T) John (3), son of Samuel Plum, was 
born at Branford, October 28, 1657. He lived 
in Newark, died there July 12, 1710. He mar- 
ried, in 1677, Flannah, daughter of Azariah 
Crane. Children, born at Newark : Mary ; 
Sarah ; Jane ; Hannah ; John, mentioned below. 

(VII) John (4) Plume, son of John (3) 
Plum, was born 1696, at Newark. He was the 
first to use the present spelling. Plume. He 
married Joanna Crane, who died March 9, 

1760. He married (second). Mary . 

who was living in 1784. Children : Isaac, born 
October i, 1734; Stephen; Mary; Jane; Phebe ; 
Joanna; Joseph; John (mentioned below). 

(VIII) John (5), son of John (4) Plume, 
who was born about 1743, died about Jan- 
uary, 1 77 1. He married Susan Crane. Chil- 
dren, born at Newark: Joseph R., July 30, 
1766; Matthias, 1768; David, mentioned be- 
low ; Robert. 

(IX) David, son of John (5) Plume, was 
born at Newark, 1769, died there August 27, 
1835. He was a prosperous farmer. He mar- 
ried Matilda Cook. Children, born at New- 
ark: Margaret, 1795; Robert, mentioned be- 
low; Amzi, married Phebe Peach; James C, 
born 1801, married Anna Maria Ross. 

(X) Robert (3), son of David Plume, was 
born in 1799, at Newark, New Jersey. Early 
in life he learned the trade of carriage maker, 
and came to North Haven, Connecticut, to 
follow his trade. After his marriage he re- 
turned to Newark to live. He married Au- 
relia Hulse, a descendant of the Barnes family, 
one of the prominent families of North Haven. 

(XI) David Scott, son of Robert (3) 
Plume, was born at New Haven, Connecticut, 
August 22, 1829. He received his early educa- 
tion in Lovell's Lancastrian School, and after 
the return of the family to Newark, in 1835, 
attended a private school in that city. When 
he was fifteen years old he entered the employ 
of a manufacturer of brass goods at Newark, 
to learn the business. He won promotion 
rapidly, and soon occupied positions of large 
responsibility. When he was twenty-two years 
old, in 1852. he embarked in business for him- 
self as a brass manufacturer in Newark, with 



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a store in New York City. Watcrlnirv being 
the centre of brass niannfacturinj,' at tliat 
time, and in the cmirsc of iiis business he came 
to know the manufacturers there. In iS'/) he 
bought an interest in the Thomas Manufac- 
turing Company, at Plymouth Hollow, Con- 
necticut (now Thnmaston), anil removed to 
that village to take charge of the plant. In 
1869 he was one of the founders of the Plume 
& Atwood Manufacturing Company, of Water- 
bury. It was a joint stock company, and his 
associates were Israel Holmes, John C. Booth, 
Lewis J. Atwood. .Xanm Thomas, George W. 
\\'eiton and I'.urr Tucker. The name origin- 
ally adopted was the Holmes, Booth & At- 
wood Manufacturing Company, but on Jan- 
uary 1, 1871. this was changed to its present 
form, the Plume & Atwood Manufacturing 
Company. Israel Holmes was the first presi- 
dent, John C. Booth secretary, and Mr. Plume 
treasurer. Soon afterward the company 
bought the Hayden & Griggs Manufacturing 
Company, and in June following purchased 
the brass rolling mill of the Thomas Manu- 
facturing Company, at Tliomaston. The capi- 
tal stock was then ?400,ooo. During the same 
year the erection of tlic factory on Banks street 
was begun. This plant aiid that at Thomaston 
have both been enlarged from time to time, 
anrl the con-i'n lias lield its jilace among the 
foremost brass manufacturers of the country. 
It manufactures sheet brass, brass wire, lamp 
burners and trimmings, copper rivets, pins and 
similar goods, .\fter the death of Mr. Holmes, 
in July, 1874. Mr. Booth was elected presi- 
dent and Lewis J. Atwood secretary. The 
company was incorporated by the general as- 
sembly in January. 1880. .\fter the death 
of Mr. Booth, in July. 1S86, Burr Tucker was 
clcctetl president, and Robert H. .Swayze. of 
New York City, secretary. Mr. Plume con- 
tinued as treasurer of the concern. Mr. Pltune 
was also treasurer of tiie .American Ring Com- 
pany, another of the great manufacturing con- 
cerns of W'aterhury. Me removed- his resi- 
dence from Thomaston to Waterliury in 1873. 
In politics he was a Whig until the civil war, 
and afterward a Republican. He never sought 
public office, however, though he held a num- 
ber of places of trust and h'>nor. He repre- 
sented the town in the sjener.il assembly in 
1 87^1. and was re-elected in 1S78. He ranked 
easily among the foremost men of tlie city 
in business and civil life. He was a director 
of the Xew York & New England Railroad 
Company, formerly the Hartford. Providence 
& Fislikill railroad, and now a part of the 
New 'S'ork. Xew Haven & Hartford system. 
Mr. Plume was one of the organizers of the 
W.-it.M-linrv H,ir~.- Raili, ..kI Cc,inii:mv, .tikI held 



the oflice of president *'•• — *'— '•••• ■ ••■ 

corporation imtil it ■. 

Waterbury Traction ( ■ : 

ticut Electric Company was the liisl i-j iuini>li 

electricity for lighting and p«iw<-r in W.hit- 

bury. and he was ele. i 

it w:is organized, in 

Traction Company caii> 

of which he was prcs 

merged with the Conn' 

and Lighting Company he Mas a Uiieclui and 

vice-president of the corporation. He was 

also the most act! ■ " ' »■ ^■ 

building the first t 

bury, and the 01:, 

came pjirt of the Southern 

tern. When the Colonial T- 

inci)r|)(irated he was 

office he held till the i 

was a director of the 1 n 

Insurance Company, of H:i- 

Waterbury Hospital. Mr. I' 

her of the Union league Club, of New \ ork 

City ; also the Waterbury Club and the H^rrc 

Club, of Waterbury. He w ■. 

of the Protestant Episcopal ' 

ricd, C)ctober 16, 1855, .\h\<\^ * 

ardson, of Newark. Children : I 

enm. i(|.v.i : David .\'.. died '>c\>u 

F.iiiily Alansfield, married John Gaiv Lvaiis. 

toriuerly goverunr of South Carolina. 

(XII) Frank Cameron. - ' ' ' " ;i 
Plume, was born at Wati 

1856. He married, July 7 

drews, born in Waterbury, Septcml)cr 1 1 , 

18^2, daughter of General Stephen Wricrht 

Kell.igg (see Kcll'>ug IX). He ^ ! 

in the public schools and bccan 

with his father in busincs- 

phen Kellogg, born at W: 

1881, mentioned below; An- 

at Thoina-ton, Julv n, 18144, ^'cd Occcnibcr 

(XIII) Stephen Kellogg, son of T 
Cameron Plume, was l>orn at Waterbur 
16. 1881. He n""'- ' •:■ ' '• - 
U'atertown, and 

He became ass' 

in the Plume & Atwoud Maniiia. 

pany, and is now general man 

Thomaston plant. His honi^ 

He is a director of the Tl ! 

Bank and of the Plume & . . - 

luring Company. In politics he is an active 

and infiucntial Republican. He is unmarried. 



(TV) John Kellogg, son of 
KELLOGG Lieutenant Joseph Kr"— 
(q. v.). was baptized in 
iuL'tc-in. December 20. 1656. and marr 



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Hadley, Massachusetts, December 23, 1680, 
Sarah, daughter of Samuel and Sarah (Dem- 
ing) Moody. She was born 1660, died in 
Farmington, September 10, 1689. He mar- 
ried (second) Ruth — ■ , who survived him, 

and died after 1732. He Hved in Farmington 
and Hadley, and succeeded to the ferry in the 
latter town, which had been formerly operated 
by his father. In 1720 his name appears in a 
list of those owning the largest estates in Had- 
ley. At that time his estate was valued at 
one hundred and fourteen pounds sixteen shil- 
lings. He lived at one time in the Hopkins 
school house in Hadley. Children, of first 
wife, born in Hadley : Sarah, May 2, 1682 ; 
John, March 21, 1684, died March, 1691 ; Jos- 
eph, November 6, 1685, mentioned below ; 
Samuel, April i, 1687; son, born and died 
September 9, 1689. Children of second 
wife: Ruth, April 5, 1693, died November 15, 
1705; Joanna, June 12, 1694; Esther, Feb- 
ruary 17, 1696; Abigail, September 26, 1697; 
John, October 26, 1699; James, July 10, 1701. 

(V) Joseph, son of John Kellogg, was born 
November 6, 1685, in Hadley, married, March 
15, 171 1, Abigail, daughter of Ebenezer and 
Abigail (Broughton) Smith, born July 11, 
1688. He was a weaver by trade and lived 
in South Hadley. Several years after his death 
his son John was appointed administrator of 
his estate. Children, born in South Hadley : 
Abgail, December 8, 171 1; Sarah, January 8, 
1714; Ebenezer, December 26, 1715; Ruth, 
January 18, 1717; Martha, May 21. 1720: 
Esther, September 19, 1722; Joseph, Decem- 
ber 24, 1724; John, October 13, 1727; Rachel, 
September 15, 1730; Jabez, February 11, 1734, 
mentioned below; Eunice, December 4, 1736. 

(VI) Jabez, son of Joseph Kellogg, was 
born February 11, 1734. He was a private in 
Captain Samuel Smith's company, which 
marched from South Hadley to the relief of 
Fort William Henry, August, 1757, served 
thirteen days, travelled one hundred and eighty 
miles; also in Captain Elijah .Smith's com- 
pany. Colonel Israel ^Villianis' regiment, in 
the expedition against Canada at Crown Point, 
April 26 to December 7, 1759; furnished him- 
self with arms. He served in the revolution. 
Captain Kendricks' company. Colonel Lovell's 
regiment, in Charlestown, Massachusetts, 1776, 
as corporal ; Captain Chapin's company. Col- 
onel Porter's regiment, September 24 to Octo- 
ber 4, T777, sergeant; Captain Wait's com- 
pany. Colonel Woodbridge's regiment, Ben- 
nington Alarm, August, 1777, private. In 
1875 he removed to Hanover, New Hampshire, 
and died there, 1791. He married Abigail 
Catlin, who died in Hanover, 1788. Children 
born in South Hadley: Phineas, January 6, 



1759; Enos, July 28, 1761 ; Jabez, April 22, 
1763; Julian, September 27, 1765, mentioned 
below; Noadiah, October 26, 1767; Joseph, 
February 26, 1770; Abigail, March 20, 1772; 
Erastus, October 27, 1774, died May 12, 1775; 
Erastus, April 4, 1776; John, November 17, 
1778; Rachel, July 23, 1781. 

(VH) Julian, son of Jabez Kellogg, was 
born in South Hadley, September 27, 1765, 
married, February 14, 1788, Molly, daughter 
of Lieutenant Jacob and Mary (Kellogg) 
Pool. She was born February i, 1771. Her 
father, Jacob Pool, was an officer in the revo- 
lution, and died of smallpox in the early part 
of the war. Her mother, Mary (Kellogg) 
Pool, was the daughter of Stephen and Martha 
(Wells) Kellogg, and was baptized July 30, 
1753' i" Colchester, Connecticut. Martha 
Wells was the daughter of Jonathan and Mary 
(Newton) Wells, of Colchester. Her mother 
married (second) Captain John Fellows, born 
175 1, son of Deacon Samuel and Eunice 

• Fellows, of Harvard, Massachusetts. 

Her grandfather, Stephen Kellogg, was the 
son of Jonathan, born December 25, 1679, in 
Hadley; married, January 3, 1711, Ann, 
daughter of James Newton, of Kingston, 
Rhode Island, born April 13, 1692, in Col- 
chester, died August 14, 1769. Her great- 
grandfather, Jonathan Kellogg, was a son of 
Lieutenant Joseph Kellogg. Julian Kellogg 
was a blacksmith by trade, and when si.xteen 
years of age, removed to Shelburne, where he 
learned his trade of Major Nash. He was a 
representative to the general court in 1808. 
From the public prints of the day we read : 
"His character was reputable and his life use- 
ful. In his death the church lost a cordial 
friend, and the town a valuable inhabitant." 
He died in Shelburne, August 4, 1813 ; and his 
wife in Bernardston, Massachusetts. Septem- 
ber 7, 1833. Children, born in Shelburne: 
Abigail, November 12, 1788; Polly, Decem- 
ber ID, 1790; Jacob Pool, February 16, 1793; 
Flam, July 14, 1795; Henry, April 26, 1797; 
Julia, March 10, 1799; John, December 10, 
1800 ; Rachel, April 14, 1802, died January 
22, 1803 ; Samuel Otway, July 22, 1809, died 
luly 12, 1810; ]\Iarv Abigail, August 24, 
"i8i"i. 

(VIII) Jacob Pool, son of Julian Kellogg, 
was born February 16, 1793, in Shelburne, 
married, October 20, 1820, Lucy Prescott, 
daughter of Stephen, born May 24, 1764, and 
Sarah (Prescott) Wright, born March 31, 
1765. She was born August 4, 1795, in Ashby, 
Massachusetts. He was a farmer by occupa- 
tion and lived in Shelburne, where both he and 
his wife died. He died October 6, 1843, his 
wife, Ma^• 2S. 1882, aged eightv-seven. Chil- 



> < 'A A i'.i 1 i< i 



drcn : Stephen WVi^jlit, liorii April 5, if^jj, 
mentioned below; Ai. I-'ehniary 15, 1S24; 
John, January 6, 1826, servcil with distinction 
in Mexican and civil wars, on General Sheri- 
dan's staff as chief of commissary, with rank 
of colonel; Sarah Prescott, Ixjrn September 1 1, 
1829. 

I IX I (ien. Stephen Wri^jht KelloKjj. son of 
Jacob Pool Kellogg, was born April 3, 1822, 
in Sholhurne. llis early life was spent on his 
father's farm, where he worked in the sum- 
mer until twenty years old. After he was six- 
teen he taught school in the winter months, and 
attended ,'m academy at Slu'Ihiinie Falls for a 
>liort time. At the age of twenty he entered 
Amherst College, where he remained for two 
terms, then, at the beginning of the third term, 
entered Vale. lie graduated from the latter 
in 1846, with one of the three highest honors 
of his class. In the fall of that year he hc- 
lanie principal of an acadcTuy in Winchendon, 
Massachusetts, but the following winter re- 
turned to New Haven and entered tha ^'ale 
l^w Schix)l. In June, 1848, he was admitted 
to the New Haven bar, and immediately 
opened an office in Xaugatuck. where he re- 
mainerl until 1854. In that year he was elect- 
ed judge of probate for the Watcrbiiry dis- 
trict, which inclu<led Xaugatuck, and removed 
to W'aterbury, where he has since had his law 
office. In 185 1 he was clerk of the Connecti- 
cut senate; 1853 a member of the senate fmm 
the W'aterbury district, and in 1856 a member 
of the h<iuse. In 1854 he was appointed by the 
legislature judge of the New Haven county 
court, and hekl the office of judge of probate 
for seven years. From 1866-69 he was city 
attorney, ar.d duriiv^ that lime secured the 
first legislation for supplying the city with 
water. From 1877 to 188^ he was apain city 
attorney, and drew up a bill for the establish- 
ment of a sewerage system for the city, pro- 
curing its passage by the legislature. In i860 
he was a delegate to the Republican national 
convention, and a member of the committee in 
that convention which drew up the "platform" 
upon which Abraham Lincoln was first elected 
president. He was also a delegate to the na- 
tional conventions of 1868-76. and in the latter 
chairman of the Connecticut delegation. In 
the civil war. from 186.^ to iS6<i. he was col- 
onel of the Sccoufl Regiment of the Connecti- 
cut National Guard, and from 1866 to 1870. 
bripadier-Lreneral. In i860 he was elected to 
the forty-first congress and re-elected in 1871- 
73, During his six years of senice in con- 
gress he was a member of the oimmittees on 
the judiciary, patent*, war claims and Pacific 
railroads, and chairiuan of the committee on 
civil service refomi in tb<' fnriv-tliird. He wa<; 



thouglll I.. M, .„n: i.f tllr 

the district ever had, w;' 
fur the practical sid.- .: 
organization of tin 
has h«'en one ••f t! ■ 

gi' 



->he 



ment from i 

himself to tli. 

has never lost In^ initnsi in p 

has frequently written arlirl. 

upon fxilitical ami ' 

He marrieil, S' 
daughter of Majui 
8, 1782, and Sara 
August 4. 1794. an 

Justice Hosmer, ui .Mi.hilciwrtu. .^lit 
ijorh March 11, 1829, in Muffalo. New V 
Children, born in W'aterbury: "^^ ' ' ' 
September il, 1852, marrieil 
Plume (see Plume XIH ; I.i: 
ary 14, 1855; Frank \\'< 
John Prescott, March .^ 1 . ■ 1 

mer, March 14, 1864; Stephen \\ rij^lit, M 
8, iS(^«.: t'harlev I'oi-le, April 27. I«'i8. 



■ted 
He 
and 

rcss 

I. 

■ia. 



Mas 
ork. 



los- 
irch 



Thomas Brush, the immigrant an- 
BRl'SH cestor, was born in Rngland 
about 1610 and came to this 
country before 1653, in which ve.qr hr i« ns 
corded as owning a lot in S 
county, I."ng Island. In !'• 
a will in Southold and attcmU., .. ; ^s,, ,,.,<- 
ing there in 1660. Octolx;r, i66n. it was agreed 
that "Gudman Rnish" shall keep "the ordi- 
nary." He was made a freeman of Connecti- 
cut in 1664. In 1656 or 1657 he removed to 
Huntington, long Island, havini; "sold his 
home at Smithold to Thomas Mapcs. his wife 
Rebecca assentintj." .About 1665 he with two 
others was sent by the "Inh.ibitants of Hunt- 
ington with an Indian called Cliickinoc to The 
South Meadow" to find and fix the Iviundaries 
of a piece of land bought from the Massa- 
pague Indians. This land was South Neck, 
and upon it was a marked tree which was to 
serve as a witness to the bargain. The while 
men met there some twenty Indians with their 
sachem, who was at first very reluctant to 
conclude the transaction. They finallv agreed 
to point out the tree, however. Thomas Bru-ih 
was ahead of the other white men. and went 
past the said tree without noticing it. "Then 
an Indian called him backc and shewed him." 
He was one of the proprietors of Hunting- 
ton in 1672. He was also chosen one of the 
overseers of the town and finally constable. 
He exercised his authority in the latter posi- 
tion u lion fill- tr>\vn Fclirnary 21, 1670, "refuse 



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to Repair the Fort" at New York because they 
feh deprived of the liberties of EngHshmen. 

His wife was Rebecca, daughter of John" 
Conkling or Conclyne, who was said to have 
come from Nottinghamshire, England. He 
was received as an inhabitant of Salem, Mas- 
sachusetts, September 14. 1640, and had four 
acres of land allotted to him in 1649. He was 
an active man, who "Identified himself with 
ever}^ new enterprise with zeal and energy, and 
soon became the cynosure of all the village." 
He moved later to Southold, and about 1660 
to Huntington, where he is numbered among 
the founders of the town. He is believed to 
have been born about 1600. 

Thomas Brush died in 1675 and his son 
Thomas administered upon his estate in 1677. 
It was valued at 306 pounds, which was a very 
fair sum for those times. Children : Thomas ; 
Richard, mentioned below ; John, born about 
1650, and Rebecca, married February 8, 1682, 
Jeremiah Hobart or Hubbard. 

(II) Richard, son of Thomas Brush, settled 
on West Neck, on the south shore of Lloyd's 
Harbor. This property remained in the pos- 
session of his descendants until 1898. Like his 
father, he was a town officer, a commissioner 
to lay out lands and roads, and in 1683 one of 
the seven trustees annually elected under the 
new patent. He married Hannah or Joanna 
Corey. Following a common practice of his 
time he divided his real estate among his sons 
during his life-time. In 1700, he gave a farm 
to his son Thomas, with the consent of his 
wife. In 1709 he gave Richard and Thomas 
"meadows and uplands," and in 17 10 his son 
Robert his home lot with other property in- 
cluding one-half one hundred pound right of 
commonage. Children : Richard ; Thomas ; 
Robert, mentioned below, and Reuben, mar- 
ried February 11, 1739. 

(III) Robert, son of Richard Brush, was 
born in 1685 and married. He was also a 
town trustee, and when a new meeting house 
was built was among the most liberal sub- 
scribers, giving the sum of twenty pounds. He 
was executor of the will of Jeremiah Hub- 
bard Jr., his nephew, in 1730. He had four 
sons, of whom Reuben married Ruth Woods, 
February 11, 1739, and was a prominent citi- 
zen ; and Jonathan, mentioned below. 

(IV) Jonathan, son of Robert Brush, was 
born and lived at Huntington, Long Island. 
He married Elizabeth Smith. Among their 
children was Joshua, mentioned below. 

(V) Joshua, son of Jonathan Brush, was 
born at Huntington and always lived there. 
He married Margaret Ireland, of ^^'est Hills, 
Long Island. Among their children was 
Philip, mentioned below. 



(VI) Philip, son of Joshua Brush, was born 
at Huntington and lived in that town. He mar- 
ried Ruth Brush, a distant relative. Among 
their children was Jarvis, mentioned below. 

(VII) Jarvis, son of Philip Brush, was bom 
January 6, 1797, and died in 1883. He was 
a merchant in Brooklyn until 1835, when he 
retired from business and made his home at 
Danbury, Connecticut, but in 1841 returned 
to Brooklyn to live. He married Sarah 
Keeler, born at Ridgefield, Fairfield county, 
Connecticut, June, 1797, daughter of Timothy 
and I.urany (DeForest) Keeler. Children: 
Joseph Beale Brush, merchant in New York, 
born September 2^, 1828, died Julv 23, 
iSfig: Georf^e Jarvis, of whom further. 

(VIII) George Jarvis, son of Jarvis Brush, 
was born in Brooklyn, New York, December 
15, 1831- He received his early education in 
the schools of Danbury, Connecticut, where 
his father moved in 1835, and in Brooklyn, to 
which he returned in 1841. It was not, how- 
ever, pntil 1846, when he was sent to a school 
in West .Cornwall, Connecticut, that he had 
an opportunity to pay any special attention to 
science. This school was kept by Mr. Theo- 
dore S. Gold, who was an enthusiastic stu- 
dent of mineralogy, botany and of various 
other departments of natural history, and he 
not only gave instructions to his pupils in 
these subjects but succeeded in inspiring them 
with a taste for them. Although young Brush 
was at this place only six months, he remained 
long enough to acquire a fondness for natural 
science, which in the end resulted in changing 
his course in life. He intended to pursue a 
business career, and, accordingly, on leaving 
the school at West Cornwall entered, in the 
latter part of 1846, the counting-house of a 
merchant in Maiden Lane, New York City. 
There he remained for nearly two years, but 
the taste for scientific study already acquired 
did not desert him, and in particular he took 
advantage of every opportunity that came in 
his way to go off upon mineralosjical excur- 
sions. A severe illness that befell him in 1848 
rendered it necessary that he should abandon 
the mercantile profession and it was decided 
that he should take up in its place the life of 
a farmer. 

Just about this time Professor John P. Nor- 
ton returned from England and Holland, and 
in conjunction with Professor Silliman Jr., 
opened at Yale College a laboratory^ for the 
purpose of practical instructon in the applica- 
tions of science to the arts and to agriculture. 
At the same time he began a course of lec- 
tures on agriculture and agricultural chemis- 
try. To attend these lectures, to fit himself 
as thoroughly as possible for the life of a 



ei i.XNLl 111 L 1 



^*f) 



farmer, I'rofcssor lirnsli, not as yet seventeen 
years old. repaired to Xew Haven in October, 
i8^8. This event clianjjcd his career. He 
came to attend a single course of lectures on 
afjricultiire. lie remained two years as a stu- 
dent of chemistry and mineralogy. In Oc- 
tober, 1850, he went to Louisville, Kentucky, 
as assistant to I'icnjamin Silliman Jr., who had 
been elected Professor of Chemistry in the 
university of that city. There he remained 
the following winter, and in March. 1851. 
made one of the )iarly who accompanied the 
elder Silliman on a somewhat extended tour 
in Europe. Returning to Louisville in the au- 
tumn of that year he continued acting in his 
old capacity until the spring of 185J, when he 
returned to New Haven. .At the time he was 
student, no dei;rees were granted by the col- 
lege merely for pn.tieicncy in science. There 
was a general feeling that the pursuit of it, 
like the ]iur-;uit of virtue, was its own reward. 
I'.ut throu h the exertions of Prof. Norton 
the corporation of the college voted to create 
the degree of Bachelor of Philosophy and to 
grant it to those of the old students in the de- 
partment of science who would come back and 
pass a satisfactory examination, .\ccordingly, 
Mr. Urush returned, and after undergoing ex- 
amination received, with five others, at the 
commencement of 1852 the degree of Ph. B., 
thi- tir-t time it \\as given by the c>lle.:e. 

The acatlemic year 1832-5,^ was now spent 
by him at the University of Virginia, where 
he was employed as assistant in the chemical 
department. Here he was associated with 
Professor J. I^nwrence Smith in a series of 
special studies, the object of which was to re- 
examine a number of American minerals 
which had been described as new species. The 
results of their joint investigations were pub- 
lished in the fifteenth and sixteenth volumes 
of the American Journal of Scu'iicc. second 
series. At the end of the academic year Pro- 
fessor Brush w cnt to New York, where he was 
associated with Professor Silliman Jr.. in 
charge of the mining and mineral department 
of the I'niversal Exposition held that year in 
the city. But he now began to feel tlie neces- 
sity of pursuing his studies to an extent which 
he was ni't able to do in this country, especially 
at that time. .Vccordingly. in 1853 he sailed 
for Europe, and during one year at the L'ni- 
versity of Munich devoted himself to chemistry 
and mineralogy- under Liebig. \'on Kobcll and 
Pettcnkofcr. The year following — that of 
1834-53 — he spent at the Royal Mining .Acad- 
emy in Freiberg. Saxony. 

just about this time an effort was Iwing 
made at New Haven to put the scientific 
department of Yale College in a more 



satisfactory |iosition than it li 1 1 f»r.\i.,iislv 

held. To building it up 1' 

hafi sacrificed time and 1 

last his life; and after tl 

taincd in his earlv death it 1 

tinned to ex' • • ■' ■ •' •■ • 

of a very sii 

it might at .r 

out of being and llic 

academir world wnnbl ii 

of it < 

ence i 

a |)osii; , 

education, that it : 

how low wa< til. 

held in this • 

ago. The .1 

lege nrr ' 

the n:. 

held in 

reputation, in tar' 

of most of tbe-r ■ 

Still, .so str. 

tr.Hliii, ,- 1!, 

reflected tin 

very little tli 

to have even 

in the future. The >iii.iciii 

not learn L.Ttin and r,r<'<-k. I 

the case he I. ' ' 

respect f< ir 1 

of his respLw 

degree of his ignoranc 
in the cri'r of the nnt'- 
the e 

in the 

then till ir 

termed the 

munity of I 

share, which renders 11 

of them to he nndnlv .' 

ingsomeiu! ' " ■ i:i' n tin 'h \(:'i:ii< iit 

of all the r. 

Still the . '■■• "■•^'••" '■■• 

than had !•< 
and in a fi< 
prepare for what tlie 
to see was the inevital' 



where else, and an in*-! 
what imf-^inc r^nn^(• 
Scho. 
then I 

that, ii.iM u.i ,. 
voted. But in op 
a service to the r; 
ated. greater than 
any pecuniary 



■I'tn rent 
.It lav i 



e.l by 
their 



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power. At the commencement of 1855 they 
elected Mr. Brush to a professor.ship. 

He was first offered the chair of mining and 
metallurgy, but this he declined as embracing 
too much and the title was limited to that of 
metallurgy alone. This, several years after, 
was exchanged for that of mineralogy. To 
qualify himself still further for the position, 
the newly-elected Professor went in the au- 
tumn of 1855 to London, where he pursued 
his studies in the Royal School of Mines. The 
following year he made an extended tour 
through the mines and smelting works of Eng- 
land, Scotland, Wales, Belgium. Germany and 
Austria. In December, 1856. he returned to 
this country, and in January, 1857, he entered 
upon the duties of his professorship. 

From this time on the history of Professor 
Brush has been the history of the special sci- 
entific department of Yale College, which in 
1861, owing to the liberal benefactions of Mr. 
Joseph E. Sheffield, received the name of Shef- 
field Scientific School. He came to it while it 
was not only without reputation, but without 
appreciation or expectation. He came to it 
while it was poor beyond even that decent pov- 
erty which apparently belongs, in the nature of 
things, to institutions of learning, while it was 
in a state so unorganized that as a whole it 
could hardly be said to have a being at all. 
It exhibited, indeed, a good deal of life in the 
college catalogue but beyond that its vitality 
did not extend. There was vigor enough in 
certain of its departments, especially in that of 
civil engineering, under the charge of Profes- 
sor William A. Norton, but in such cases it 
was a vigor due to the energy of the individual 
instructor and therefore almost certain to dis- 
appear whenever he disappeared. To bring 
these scattered units into an organic whole, to 
build up a complete and consistent scheme of 
scientific education, which should have both 
definite and lofty aims, which should train men 
thoroughly in scientific methods, and which 
should continue to exist by its own inherent 
vitality after the men who established it should 
have passed away — all this became by degrees 
the main work of Professor Brush's life. His 
energy, his judgment, his executive capacity 
and his devotion soon gave him the leading di- 
rection in the affairs of the institution. He 
was for a long period its secretary ; he has al- 
ways been its treasurer, and when, in 1872, a 
more formal organization of its faculty was 
felt to be desirable, he was elected as its presid- 
ing officer, a position which he re- 
tained until his retirement in 1898. Others 
have done their part toward developing 
various departments of the school, but its 
growth, as a whole, and the position which it 



has acquired among scientific institutions, 
whatever that position may be, has been due 
to him very much more than to any other one 
man connected with it. None are more willing 
to admit this than the colleagues who have co- 
operated with him, and it is a gratification for 
them to have an opportunity of saying here, 
without his knowledge, what would never be 
suffered to be printed were it submitted to his 
inspection. 

Nor has Professor Brush been idle in his 
special work, in spite of the exhausting de- 
mands made upon his time and thought by 
the management of the Sheffield Scientific 
School. The series of investigations made 
by him on American minerals, in con- 
junction with Professor J. Lawrence Smith, 
have already been mentioned. He co- 
operated with Professor Dana in the 
preparation of the fifth edition of his 
treatise on "Descriptive Mineralogy" published 
in 186S. and an account of his special 
services in connection with tliat will be found 
stated in the author's preface. To the two 
editions preceding, as well as to this one, he 
contributed analyses of minerals. He also 
edited the eighth, ninth and tenth supplements 
to the fourth edition, as well as the appendix 
to the fifth, published in 1872. In 1875 he 
brought out also a "Manual of Determinative 
Mineralogy and Blowpipe Analysis." In ad- 
dition to these he has been a constant con- 
tributor to the American Joiiriia! of Science, 
as will he seen by the following list 
of articles furnished by him to that 
periodical, second series, "Analyses of 
American Spoduirene ;" "On the Chemical 
Composition of Clitonite fSeybertite) ;" "On a 
New Test for Zirconia ;" "On Prosopite :" "On 
the Chemical Composition of Antigorite;" "On 
Dechenite and Eusynchite ;" "Note on Para- 
thorite;" "Chemical Composition of Chalco- 
dite ;" "Analyses of Gieseckite ( ?) from Diana, 
Compact Pyrophillite, LTnionite, Danbury Feld- 
spar;" "Chemical Examination of Boltonite ;" 
"On Crystalline Hydrate of Magnesia ;" "On 
Amblygonite from Maine;" "On Tfiphylins 
from Norwich, Massachusetts ;" "On Children- 
ite from Hebron, Maine ;" "On the Tucson 
Meteoric Iron ;" "On Tephroite ;" "On Arti- 
ficial Diopside ;" "On Cookeite and Jefferis- 
ite ;" "On Native Hydrates of Iron ;" "On Sus- 
sexite ;" "On Hortonolite :" "On Durangite ;" 
"On a Meteoric Stone from Frankfort, Ala- 
bama ;" "On Magmetite in the Pennsville 
Mica." Third Series : "On Gahnite from New 
Jersey ;" "On Ralstonite ;" "On Compact An- 
glesite ;" "On Durangite ;" "On American 
Sulphoselenides of Mercury." 

In 1878 a new and remarkable mineral lo- 



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cality at Braiiclnillc, Fairfield county. Con- 
necticut, was discovered, and in connection 
witli Professor Edward S. Dana, Professor 
Brush produced a series of papers in the 
.hncriiun Jmiiiuil of Siiciuc. I third series, 
vol. XV, pp. 398, 481 ; vol. X\'I, pp. ■^7,. 114; 
vol. XVII, p. 359; vol. X\III. p. 45. and vol. 
.XL'''. |>. .?iii). and in tluin arc <lc--crilitd the 
new phosphates — Kosphoritc, Triploidite, Dic- 
kinsiinitc, Lith'iphilitc. Rcddingitc, Fairfielditc 
and I*"illowitc. In conjunction also with Pro- 
fessor E. S. Dana he contributed to the same 
journal a memoir on "Spudumenc and Its .Al- 
terations" (XX, 257). and a paper on "Cry- 
stallized Danburite from Russell. Xew York" 
(XXI). 

In 1862 Professor Pirush was a correspond- 
inj,' member of the Royal P>avarian .Academy 
of .*>cicnci's : in 1866 a member of the Imperial 
Mincraliifjical Society of St. Petcrsburj;, and 
in 187- a foreign correspondent of the Geo- 
logical Society of London. 1 le is also a mem- 
ber of the .American Philisophical Society, of 
the Xational .Academy of Sciences, and of 
various other scientific bodies in this country. 
In 1880. at the meeting of the .American Asso- 
ciation for the .Advancement of Science held 
at Boston, he was elected its president for the 
following year, and in that capacity presided 
over the meeting held in .August. 1881, at Cin- 
cinnati. He was director of the SbetTield Sci- 
entific .School from 1872 to i8t)8 and recciveil 
the lic'jree of 1.1.. I ). from Harvard in iS8(i. 
-Alter his retireu'ent in iSi>8 he w;is made 
professor emeritus of mineralogy in Vale I'ni- 
versitv. He is still jTesident of the board of 
trustees of the SbetTield Scientific .School, and 
al-o one of the trustees of tiie Pcabody 
Museum nS Y;\\v I'niversity. 

He married, in i8<)4. Harriet Silliman, 
daughter of John Trumbull, who was the 
grandson of the first Governor of Connecticut. 
Children,; i. Sarah, married Professor Ed- 
ward Thompkins Mcl^iughlin, professor of 
English at S'ale College. 2. Eliza, married 
Louis G. Pirsson, professor, a graduate of 
Yale College. .'Sheffield Scientific School. 3. 
Bertha, married Rev. Edward L. Parson, of 
South i'.erkelev, California: three children. 



Thomas Barbour or Barber, 
B.ARBOl'R the immigrant ancestor, came 

to Xew Englan'l in the ship, 
"Christian," March i6, 1634. He settled in 
Windsor. Connecticut, in 1635, at the age of 
twenty-one, with the Saltonstall party, under 
Francis Stiles. He was a soldier in the I'e- 
quot fight. He married. October 7, 1640. Jane 

, who died ."September 10, i'i62. He died 

September 11, 1662. Children: i. John, bap- 



tized July 24. 1642: married lflr^l 1 r;.iihslul);i 

Coggins; (second) Widow II 

2. Thomas, sec forward, t, 

July 19, 1^146; married I '-■ .un- 

uel, baptized October i, rst) 

Mary ' V 

Mercy. ricd 

(first) 1 ton. 

6. Josiab, liorii l-cbruary 5, 1033-54, married 
(first) .Abigail LtK.mis; (second) .Sarah (Por- 
ter) Drake. 

(II) Lieutenant Thomas (2) Barber, son of 
Thomas ( 1 ) and Jane Barlicr, was Iwrn July 
14, i''>44, died May 10, 1713. He removed to 
Simsbury, and was a carpenter by trade, build- 
ing the first meeting house there. lie mar- 
ried. December 17, i'''>3, .Mary, who ilied in 
U18-. dau' hter it| William and .Mar> ( l>.ivcr) 
Phelps, the immigrants. Cliildrcn : John, 
bom Xovembcr i. 1664. married Mary Hol- 
comb; Mary, born January 11. 1666; Sarah, 
boni July 12. 1669, married .Andrew Robe; 
loanna, born KC). married 1 lir^t 1 lo^iah .\i|- 
kins. (second) Benjamin Colt; Thomas, l>om 
October 7. 1671, married Abigail Buell; Sam- 
uel, see forward; .Ann, married Jonathan 
Higley. 

(HI) .Sanuiei. son of Lieutenant Thomas 
(2) and Mary (Phelps) Barl>er. was Ixirn 
May 17, i''>73. died December i8. 1725. He 
married, December 17. 1712, Sarah jlolcomb, 
born 16(71. died 1787. aged ninety-six. •laugh- 
ter of Xathaniel and Mary ( I'.li-- 1 Holcomb. 
She removed from the old parish to West 
Simsbury in 1738 with her four sons, Samuel, 
Thomas, Jonathan and John, and daughters, 
Mercv and Sarah, the sons settling on the l>cst 
land in the "centre school district." They 
were among the earliest and most prominent 
settlers of West Simsbury. Children: i. Sam- 
uel, liorn 1714: married (first) Tryphcna 
Humphrey: (second) Hannah (Humi.hrcy) 
Case. 2. Thomas. l)orn ijjf>: married Eliza- 
Ixrth .Adams. 3. Jonath.in, bom 1717; mar- 
rieil Jemima Cornish. 4. John, see forward. 
5. Sarah, born .April i, 1722; married John 
Case. 6. Mercy, married Ephraim Buell, Jr. 

(IV) John, son of Samuel and Sarah (Hol- 
comb) Barber, was born December 4. 1719, 
died December jy. 17<)7. He married, Jan- 
uary 22. i74'>-47. Lvdia '•' ■' - '- " - '"■'^•' 
XovemlK-r 18, i72<>. <l 
a daughter of Jacob 
Reed. Children: Lydia, U»rii December 26. 
1747, marrie<l Samuel Olcott; John, see for- 
wanl: Renlien, Ixim Decemlier 7, 1751. mar- 
ried Elizabeth Case: Sarah. Ixim July i, 1754. 
died .April 15, 1761 : Rho<la. Ixim .April 25. 
1756. died June 1. 1761 ; Benjamin, bora 
March 3. 1760. married Lydia Case; Jona- 



COXXECTICL'T 



than, born 1763, married Abi ^lerrell ; /\bel, 
born 1765, married Chloe Case. 

(V) John (2), son of John (i) and Lydia 
(Reed) Barber, was born November 29, 1749, 
died November .3, 1825. He married, in 1773, 
EHzabeth Case, born April 20, 1752, died May 

26, 1817, daughter of Captain Josiah and 
Esther (Higley) Case: Children: Infant, born 
1774, died same year; Elizabeth, born March 

27, 1775, married Roswell Barber; Rhoda, 
born 1777, married Gurdon Hurlbut; Cyntha, 
born i\larch 1 1, 1773, married Chauncey Sadd ; 
John, see forward; Abi, born March 4, 1784, 
married (first) Elisha Case, (second) John 
Brown; Sylvia, born 1785, died 1786; Sylvia, 
born 1787, married Dan Case; Luke, born 
iybij. married (first) Clara Foote, (second) 
Lavinia Hosmer; Austin, born 1792, married 
Lucy Allen. 

(VI) John (3) Barbour, as the name is now 
spelled, son of John (2) and Elizabeth (Case) 
Barber, was born February 18, 1783, died No- 
vember 24, 1865. He married (first) October 
13, 1803, Delight Griswold Case, born October 
15, 1783, died April 13, 1811, daughter of 
Elisha and Delight (Griswold) Case. j\Iar- 
ried (second), June 15, 1812, Fanny Hunt, 
born August 30, 1792, died November 6. 1858, 
daughter of George and Jemima (Hollister) 
Hunt. Children of first wife:,i. Lucius, born 
July 26. 1805 ; see forward. 2. Eveline G., 
born July 22, 1807; married Abel G. Buell. 
3. Edwin .Case, born May 26, 1810; married 
(first) Harriet Newel Hinman ; (second) Wi- 
dow Ann ^laria Hinkley. Children of second 
wife: 4. Selden, born October 5, 1813, died 
April 20, 1814. 5. Fanny Maria, born Febru- 
ary 7, 1815; married Lawrence S. Parker. 6. 
Fidelia Gates, born March 16, 1817; married 
George C. Baldwin. 7. Herschell, born April 

I, 1819, died April 22. 1819. 8. Theodore 
Dwight, born June 28, 1820; married Angeline 
Dodge. 9. Silvia, born January 28, 1822, died 
February 12, 1822. 10. Goodrich Hollister, 
born June 28, 1824 ; married Harriet C. Ward. 

II. John Newton, born June 22, 1828; married 
Electa Houghton. 12. Theron Laselle, born 
February 20, 1832, died July 21, 1864, unmar- 
ried. 13. Juliet Louise, born September 28, 
1834: married (fir.st) George Davis; (sec- 
ond) Hiram Peck; (third) Noel Mattison. 

(VII) Lucius (2), son of John and 
Delight Griswold (Case) Barbour, was 
born July 26, 1805, in Canton. Connecti- 
cut, died February 10, 1873. When about 
fourteen years old he went with his 
parents to western New York. For a num- 
ber of years he traveled in the south and 
west, where he was en'^a'^ed in business and 
investing in western lands, especially in Indi- 



ana. He finally settled in Madison, Indiana, 
and engaged in the wholesale dry goods busi- 
ness. Afterwards he became interested in the 
same line'in Cincinnati, Ohio. About 1845 he 
removed to Hartford. Connecticut, where he 
afterward lived, although he kept his business 
interests in the west. He possessed excellent 
business habits and ability and his efforts met 
with success. He was greatly esteemed by all 
who knew him. He was deacon of the Second 
Congregational Church of Hartford from 1858 
to 1865, and in the First Congregational 
Church from 1869 until his death. He was a 
trustee of the Hartford Theological Seminary, 
a director of the American Asylum for the 
Deaf and Dumb, and of the Charter Oak Bank. 
He married, April 23, 1840, Harriet Louise 
Day, born February 2. 1821, died September 
26, 1886, daughter of Deacon Albert and Har- 
riet (Chapin) Dav (see Day VII !. Children: 
Harriet Louise, born June 22, 1843, died No- 
vember 7, 1848; Lucius Albert, see forward; 
Mary Adelia, born February 23, 1851, died 
March 6, 1851; Hattie Day, born July 18, 
i860, married Richard Storrs Barnes. 

(VIII) Lucius Albert Barbour, son of Lu- 
cius and Harriet Louise (Day) Barbour, was 
born January 26. i8-|6, at ]\iadison, Indiana, 
and came when young with his parents to 
Hartford, Connecticut. He attended the public 
schools and graduated from the high school in 
1864. Later he became teller in the Charter 
Oak Bank, resigning in 1870 to make an ex- 
tended tour of Europe. He enlisted Septem- 
ber 9, 1865, in the Flartford City Guard, then 
attached to the First Regiment as Battery D. 
His military advancements were rapid, receiv- 
ing wide notice in the state. He was by na- 
ture a leader, well fitted for military honors. 
He resigned from the Guard in 1871. but re- 
turned some years later, and in February, 
1875, was chosen major of the First Regiment. 
He was elected lieutenant-colonel, December 
28, 1876, and was advanced to the command 
of the regiment, June 26, 1878. Colonel Bar- 
bour was in command of the First Regiment 
at the Yorktown Centennial in i88t, and won 
a national reputation by the splendid efficiency 
and discipline which his organization dis- 
played. In this connection the command vis- 
ited Charleston, South Carolina, and gained 
the highest military praise. Archibald Forbes, 
the celebrated London war correspondent, paid 
a high tribute to Colonel Barbour's command. 
Colonel Barbour was one of the most popular 
officers connected with the National Guard and 
his selection later as adjutant-general of the 
state met with popular approval throughout 
the state. He resigned as colonel. November 
12, 1884. In politics he is a Republican, and 





'{/UH-vl^J i//, (^^Jathi^v: 



was a member of tlic Ivmso of representatives 
in 1879, and proved an efficient member of 
that liody. He was prominently identified 
with "Battle Flap Day," being a nieinlK-r of 
the ietcislativc committee wlncit had ciiar^-e <>f 
the arrani^enients. As a distinguished repre- 

• ntMtivc of the .National Ciiiard, he is honored 
throiij^hout Connecticut, lie was for many 
years president and treasurer of the Williman- 
tic Linen Company, of Willimantir. and ha<: 
the reputation of beinf,' an ah" 
aper. He is president nf the ' 
tional liank- of Hartford, lie 

e I-irst Contircpational Church ol llartlord. 
He married. February 8, 1877. at I'.rooklyn, 
'ew York. Harriet E. Barnes, born December 
1S40. diei' \ii\en'''cr S. iSijij. ilaughter of 
Alfred Smith and Harriet F.lizal)cth (Burr) 
r..irncs. Hir father was the ftiundcr of the 
publishing house of .A. S. I'arncs & Company 

f New York City. Children: i. Lucius 
i ;,irnes, born February 1. 187S; married Char- 
1 'Ue Cordelia Hilliard; children: Lucius Hil- 
liard, born .April 5, 1903; .Alice Cordelia. lx>rn 
April 30, 1907. 2. Harriet Burr, born July 22. 
1 S7C) ; married George Alexander Phelps. 



Robert Day, immigrant ancestor, 
n.\Y came to New England in the ship, 
"Elizabeth." from Ipswich, Eng- 
iid. to Boston. He was bom about 1604. 
' ith him came his wife Mary, aged twenty- 
-:ht. He settled first in Cambridge, and was 
■iniitted a frecninn. May 6. 1635. He re- 
moved to Hartford. Connecticut, where he 
was living as early as 1639 and was one of 
the first settlers there. He niarricd (second") 
Editha Stehbins. sister of Deacon F.dwar<l 
Stebbins. He died in Hartford in 1648. aged 
forty- four. His widow married (second) 
Deacon John Maynard; married (third) in 
1638. Elizur Holyokc. of Springfield, and died 
there October 24. if>88. Children: i. Thomas. 
see forward. 2. John, married Sarah Butler. 
3. .^arah. married (first) Nathaniel Gunn ; 
(second) .'^amuel Kellogg. 4. .Mary, married 
(first) .Samuel Ely; (second) Thomas Steb- 
bins; (third) John Coleman. 

( H) Thomas, son of Robert Day. married, 
tober 27. 1650. Sarah, daughter of Lieuten- 
.,11 1 Thomas Cooper, who was killed when 
Springfield was burned by the Indians. He 
died in Springfield. Decemlicr 27. 171 1. His 
will was dated May 20. 171 1. and proved 
March 23, 1712. His widow died November 
21. 172^. Children: !. Thomas, born March 
2^. i(V')2; married Elizabeth Merrick. 2. 
Sarah, bom Jime 14. 1664; married John Burt. 
3. Mary, bom December 13. i6fi6; married 
John Merrick. 4. John, bom February 20. 



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(.\l;ir.-h» l\cii!. 7. LLeiitzti. {...rii 1 ii*ru- 
18. 1676. died June 12. 1676. 8. Elx-nczcr. 



ricd 
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dan 

bletoii. Cliil.litn; S, 

lf)o8, married Mai' .<• 

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ma: ; 

ig, 1708, man; 11 

March 19. 17' 

gail, bon 

Woodbii 

married 1 m -i 1 .^v mi . i- 

sannali Stanley. 

(I\ ) Josi.ah. son "f - 
(Diunbleton) Day, 
died January 13. i~ 
February 23. 1731. 
marv 11. 1704. dii 

thir'- •"•■ 1 '■• ■• 

(II 

ceni 

sided at West Spriiigikld. C 1 

bom Januar\- 7. 1732. died Ian 

Gideon, sec forward ■ ' • ' -^ 

31, 1736, married 1. 

born June 2. 1738. : 

(V) Gideon, son of josiah and i 
(Bliss) Day. was bom September 
He resided several years in W'l 
and afterwards removed to \V( 

chusctt*. Hen "■ ' '' ' 

abcth Duncan. 

(Ingham) Dni' 

October 23, I7<»3; married I'olly Carew. -'. 

Jemima. Ix^m September 24. i"'*': marru-d 

Peter Rose. 3. \mbn>'-e. <;»< j. 

Asenath. Iiorn l^ebntarv jj. 177 

ricd. 3. Electa, born Jtily 13. ;,, , cd 

Gains Searle«. '>. Martin. lv>rn .March 22. 
1777; married Mary Noble. 7. Calvin, l>om 
March 19. 1779: married Polly Famhani. 8, 
Gideon Bliss. Ix)rn Fcbmar>- 8, 1781, died 
young. 

(\'I") Ambrose, son of Gideon and Eliza- 
beth (Duncan) Day. was l>orn V.:]\ - irfij. 
He resi'Icd in Wcsffield. He ni.i ;. 

1791. Mary ( Polly 1 Ely. who . ,ty 



704 



CONNECTICUT 



27, 1839, aged sixty-nine. Children : Ambrose, 
born February 9, 1792,* married Sarah Spen- 
cer; Robert, born December 18, 1794; Albert, 
see forward; Mary, born October 26, 1801, 
married Alfred Topliff; Calvin, born Febru- 
ary 26, 1803, married Catharine Seymour; 
Horatio Ely, born June 18, 1814, married 
Adelia Burt. 

(VII) Albert, son of Ambrose and Mary 
(Ely) Day, was born November 29, 1797. He 
resided in Hartford, Connecticut, where he 
was a prominent man. He was a member of 
the firm of A. & C. Day & Day, Griswold & 
Company. He was lieutenant-governor of 
Connecticut, 1856-57. He married, November 
II, 1819, Harriet Chapin, of Chicopee, daugh- 
ter of Frederick and Roxalany (Lamb) Cha- 
pin. Children : Harriet Louise, born February 
2. 1821, married Lucius ISarbour (see Bar- 
bour Vn ) ; Albert Frederick, born July 19, 
1824, married (first) Annie W. Bulkley, (sec- 
ond ) Caroline Ballard : Charles Gustavus, 
born .April 19, 1829, married Sarah F. Davis. 



This, the Norwich branch of 
GREENE the Greene family, comes from 
the Boston branch of the Rhode 
Island family, descended from John Greene, 
of Warwick, of that state. John Greene was 
descended from the family of Greene of 
Greene's Norton, Northamptonshire, England, 
which flourished in that county from 1319 un- 
til the time of Henry VIII. Sir Flenry 
Greene Knt., lord chief justice of England in 
1353, was the head of this family in his time. 
His younger son, Sir Henry Greene, was be- 
headed in 1399 for his attachment to the cause 
of Richard II. Queen Catl>erine Parr was 
a member of this family, her mother being 
Matilda Greene, daughter and co-heiress ot 
Sir Thomas Greene, of Greene's Norton. By 
the marriage of Matilda Greene and her sis- 
ter Anne, respectively, to Sir Thomas Parr 
and Baron Vaux, the Northampton estate 
passed into other families. 

A branch of this family, from which the 
American Greenes are descended, owned and 
occupied the estate of Bowridge Flill, in (lil- 
lingham parish, in Dorsetshire, in the reign 
of Henry VIII., and so continued until 1635 
and after. Many records of births, marriages 
and deaths of the family appear in the par- 
ish records, and various curious wills of theirs 
are e.xtant. Their old stone house is still 
standing. The John Greene, of Warwick, 
Rhode Island, referred to in the foregoing, 
and who is treated in what follows, was a 
younger brother of the owner of Bowridge 
Hill, at the time of his emigration to the 
American colonies in i(>^S- From this source 



came the Greenes under consideration, and 
their lineage from the American ancestor fol- 
lows, each generation being designated by a 
Roman character. 

(I) John Greene, of Salisbury, county Wilts, 
England, sailed from Southampton, England, 
in the ship "James" to Boston, in 1635, bring- 
ing with him his family. J\Ir. Greene was 
probably born at Bowridge Flill, Gillingham, 
Dorset, where his father, Richard (2), and 
grandfather, Richard (i) Greene, resided, 
riis great-grandfather was Robert Greene, of 
Bowridge Hill. He was of Salem, Massa- 
chusetts, for a short period, and of Providence 
in 1637. He was one of the twelve persons to 
whom Roger Williams deeded land bouglit of 
Canonicus and Miantonomo, in 1638. He was 
one of the twelve original members of the 
First Baptist Church. In 1643 he and others 
purchased a tract of land now called \\'ar- 
wick. He was commissioner during 1654-57; 
was made a freeman in 1655. John Greene 
was a surgeon in Salisbury, and there made 
his first marriage at St. Thomas Church. This 
was on November 4, 1619, and to Joan Tat- 
tersall. His children and the dates of their 
baptism were: John, August 15, 1620; Peter, 
March 10, 1622; Richard, March 25, 1623; 
James, June 21, 1626; Thomas, June 4, 1628; 
Joan, October 3, 1630; Mary, May 19, 1633. 
He married (second) Alice Daniels, a widow; 

married (third)- Phillipa . His death 

occurred in 1658. Some of the conspicuous 
descendants of John Greene, of Warwick, 
Rhode Island, have been General Nathaniel 
Greene, of revolutionary fame ; John, deputy 
governor of the colony ; William, lieutenant- 
governor and governor of the colony : Wil- 
liam (2), chief justice and governor of Rhode 
Island ; Ray Greene, United States senator ; 
and the latter's son, William, lieutenant-gov- 
ernor, and graduate of Brown LTniversity : and 
General George S. Greene. 

(II) Thomas, son of John Greene, born 
June 4, 1628, married, June 30, 1659, Eliza- 
beth, daughter of Rufus and ^largaret Bar- 
ton. Mr. Greene was a freeman in 1655 ; com- 
missioner in 1662; deputy in 1667-69-70-71- 
72-74-78-81-83-84; ancl assistant in 1678-79- 
80-84-85. He died June 5, 1717. Children: 
Elizabeth, born July 12, 1660; Thomas, Au- 
gust 4, 1662; Benjamin, January 10, 1666; 
Richard, March 5, 1667: Welthian, January 
23, 1670; Rufus. January 6, 1673; Nathaniel, 
mentioned below. 

(III) Nathaniel, son of Thomas Greene, 
born April 10, 1679, married, February 27, 
1703, Anne, daughter of Thomas and Frances 
Gould, of Boston. Mr. Greene removed to 
Boston where he was engaged in mercantile 



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70s 



].ur-iiit-. riicir thililrfii, wlm-c births arc 
recorded in Warwick, were: Riifiis, Imrn May 
30, 1707; Natlumiel, l)<»rn NFay 14, 1709, "at 
Boston." Mr. (ireene lived and died in Bos- 
ton, leaving Thomas, Nathaniel, Rufus, I'.cn- 
i.iinin ancl William. 

(1\ ) llenjamin, son of Nathaniel Greene, 
il-o resided in ISoston, and was there en- 
'.tgcd as a merchant. 

(\) Gardiner, son of Benjamin Greene, 
was the merchant jirincc of Boston .and one of 
the foremost men of New F.nijland of his 
time. Ixith in business and social life. The 
I'iillnwiii):; e.xtracts concerning; him, his fam- 
i.tmil\ and estate are from "The Memorial 
History of Boston" (1881). His house stood 
on the site of the new court house. Pember- 
• >n S(|iiarc. and his estate was the most fa- 
in )iis in lloston. .A view of the house is in 
liie mayf>r's ofTice at the City Hall. The build- 
ing was of wood, three stories in heitjht, four 
larpc rooms on each tlo<jr. with an L. The 
woodwork of the drawinij room was elalro- 
rately carved, and in this respect it differed 
trum the Faneuil house, which had plainer 
orn;imentation. Mr. Greene had resided in 
Hemerara for many years after 1774, and had 
laii! there the foundation of a lar<ic fortune. 
In 1775 he married Miss Ann Reading, who 
I lied in 17S6. Two years later he visited Bos- 
ton, and married Rlizabcth. danijhter of Dan- 
iel Hubbard, who died in 1707. In July. 1800. 
while in London, he married Klizabetli Clarke, 
danijhtcr of I'opley the painter, and si>in took 
lip his permanent residence in Boston, and 
iiere died December 10. 1832. 

The most cons|iicuous, extensive and ele- 
•_;ant garden in the early part of the nineteenth 
century was that of Gardiner Greene, who 
also had one of the early greenhouses in Bos- 
ton. The grouiuls were terraced, and planted 
with vines, fruits, ornamental trees, flower- 
ing shrubs and plants, and were, sixty-five 
>cars ago. says the author of the "Memorial 
History of I>oston," a scene of beauty and 
enchantment which I shall never forget. Here 
were i^irowing in the open air, lilack Hamburg 
and White Chasselas grapes, apricots, necta- 
rines, peaches, |icars anrl plums in perfection, 
presenting a scene which made a deep impres- 
■^ion on my mind, and which gave me -iome 
of those strong incentives that governed me 
in the cultivation of fruits and flowers. Here 
were many ornamental trees brought from 
foreign lands: one of which, the "Salishuria 
adianti folia." the Jajtan Ginko tree, was re- 
moved throtiijh the personal efforts of the late 
Dr. Jacob Piigelow. and planted on the upper 
mall of the coMunon. where it now stands. 
( \T I William Parkinson, son of Gardiner 



sa- the 

(Hub- 

•-05- 



Greene, \\.i- i.ue ■ i -n..iaiiii ! *' ' .'.il- 
kins' "History of Ni>rwich" 1 vrs 

the following notice of .\Ir. (>• .is 

mayor of the city in 1842: "M .is 

a native of P.oston, bu? .in tnh 1' 
wich for more than 
second son of Gan! 
bavi ■ '■ 

H. Md 

aft. ng 

equal lu the re<tuiieinini:. ul (he Ic^iil pro- 
fession, he remove<l in 1824 to N'nrwirh, and 
engaged at once in 1 ind 

agent of the Thai m- 

pany, which had in ^ , . ..! in 

the purchase of mill privileges ai the Falls. 
In this city he soon acqittm! nnd retained 
during life the esteem an. the com- 

nuinity. He was an 1 ! large- 

hearted man; literary in ' ■ vith 

profound sagacity in fm ess 

concerns. These qualitu vith 

a pure life and an entire absence of ustcnta- 
tion. .As a beautiful result of his unobtru- 
sive life and liberal dis|»sition. he sccme<I to 
have no enemies. Slander never made him 
its mark, and his name was n<' •■■ t,,,.,,t,,,„c(j 
with disrespect. He was ne\' of 

robust health, and therefore - ■ to 

give his personal services in ai<i of public 
measures, but all charitable and noble un- 
dertakings having for th. ■- ' " ' e welfare 
of man and the honor sure of 

his liberal aid and cordia' , In 1825 

he was chosen the president 01 tiic Thames 
Bank, and held the office for sixteen years. 
With this exception, anrl that of the single 
year in which he was mayor of the city, he 
steadfastly declined, on account of his health, 
all appointments to public office. He died 
June 18. i8r>4, aged sixty-eight. Seldom had 
the death of a citizen excited in the place so 
deep an interest and such profound regret. It 
was a loss that wa^ felt in the circles of busi- 
ness and of public improvement ; in the de- 
partments of education and philanthropy." 
Mr. Greene was one of the incorporators 
of the Norwich Free .\cadeniy in 1854. He 
was the second president of the Iward of trus- 
tees of that in^^titution, serving from 1857 
until his death in i8/>4. His ■ ' ■■ '^yg, 
gave to the academy a house .r for 

the use of the principal. .\t v.r the 

gifts of Mr. and Mrs. Greene to the acad- 
emy amounted to $40,000. .After Mr. Greene's 
removal to Norwich in the early twenties, he 
was wholly identified with the place, and by 
his enterprise and liberal and enlightened 
course as a citizen, contributed largely to its 
prosperity. He was one of the founders of 



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the Thames Manufacturing Company in 1823. 
The company purcliased the mill of the Quine- 
baug Compan}', which in 1826 built a mill on 
the Shetucket river for the manufacture of 
■cotton and woollen goods, before it went into 
operation. The Thames Company likewise 
purchased the mill at Bozrahville, and in its 
best days had the three large mills in success- 
ful operation. Two new companies were 
formed and went into operation between 1838 
and 1842, under the auspices of Mr. Greene 
— the Shetucket Company and the Norwich 
Falls Company. The latter company pur- 
chased the mill at the Falls, which had for- 
merly belonged to the Thames Company. 
These companies were established by Mr. 
Greene chiefly upon his own credit, and were 
kept, while he lived, under his management 
and direction; each mill had 1,500 spindles in 
operation. 

Mr. Greene was the prime mover and the 
largest subscriber to the stock of the Water 
Power Company, incorporated in 1828 "for 
building a dam and canal in order to bring 
the waters of the Shetucket river into manu- 
facturing use." He had previously purchased 
land on the Quinebaug above the union with 
the Shetucket and on the latter river from 
Sachem's Plain downward, nearly three miles 
in extent on either side of the river, in Nor- 
wich and Preston. The Shetucket dam was 
built, a canal dug, and a village was laid out 
by this company, and properly named Greene- 
ville in honor of William P. Greene, who had 
been the active promoter of the enterprise. 
On July 14, 1819, Mr. Greene married Eliza- 
beth Augusta Borland, of Boston. 

(VII) Gardiner (2), eldest son of William 
Parkinson Greene, was born in Boston, Mas- 
sachusetts, September 19, 1822, and came 
with his parents in 1824 to Norwich, Connecti- 
cut, where he attended school, after which he 
entered Yale College, graduating in 1843. He 
then attended the Law School of Harvard Col- 
lege, and graduated with the degree of LL. B. 
in 1845. Returning to Norwich, his health 
not permitting him to practice his chosen pro- 
fession, he became engaged in manufacturing 
with his father, assisting him in establishing 
the Shetucket cotton mills at Greeneville. also 
the cotton mill at the Falls, and was for many 
years manager of both, also filling the office 
of treasurer of both companies, and conduct- 
ing the business with marked ability and suc- 
cess. He retired from business a few years 
before his death, which sad event occurred at 
his home in North Washington street, Nor- 
wich, October 30, 1895, and he was buried in 
Yantic cemetery. He was a Republican in 
politics, and was a staunch supporter of his 



party ; while he never sought office, he took a 
deep interest in the growth and improvement 
of his adopted city, and was ever ready to aid 
in whatever tended to the advancement of 
Norwich and its institutions. He was a con- 
sistent member of Christ Episcopal Church of 
Norwich, and for many years held the office 
of vestryman, and still later was senior war- 
den of the church. He took a deep interest 
in all church work. Mr. Greene was a gen- 
tleman of culture; his refined taste and pleas- 
ant, unassuming manner won for him the ad- 
miration and respect of his fellow men. He 
was the soul of honor, detesting shams of all 
kinds ; was kind and charitable, and delighted 
to relieve suffering wherever possible. His 
home life was one of happiness and content- 
ment, and it was there that his fine personal 
characteristics were best reflected. Mr. 
Greene was a director in the Norwich Water 
Power Company, and he was also interested in 
banking matters. 

He married, June 26, 1850, Mary R. Adams, 
of Alexandria, Virginia, daughter of Francis 
and Mary R. (Newton) Adams; she was much 
devoted to her husband and family, and like 
him is a member of Christ Episcopal Church. 
They had two children : Gardiner Jr., and 
Leonard V., who died at Cedar Rapids, Iowa, 
September 18, 1895. 

(\TII) Gardiner (3), son of Gardiner (2) 
Greene, was born August 31, 1851, in Nor- 
wich. He was graduated from the Norwich 
Free Academy in 1868, from Yale College in 
1873, and from Columbia College Law School 
in 1877. 

He was admitted to the bar in New York 
City, in May, 1877, ^"^ ^t New London,. 
Connecticut, in March, 1878. In the latter 
year be became associated in the practice of 
law with the late Hon. John Turner Wait, 
of Norwich, a partnership that only terminated 
with Mr.Wait's death in 1899. Mr. Greene was 
a member, from Norwich, to the lower house 
of the general assembly of the state in 1891- 
92 and in 1895-96. He was chairman of the 
committee on canvass of votes for state offi- 
cers in the memorable deadlock session of 
1891-92. The house having ordered that no 
business should be introduced except through 
this committee, he was placed at the head of 
the Republican party in the assembly during 
that contest. He was a member of the com- 
mission for the revision of the statutes of 
Connecticut, whose labors are represented in 
the general statutes of 1902. Mr. Greene was 
appointed a judge of the superior court of 
Connecticut in 1909. He married, .^pril 4, 
1894, Louise Eustis Reynolds, of Norwich, 
daughter of the late Henry Lee and Mary 



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(Ilill) Reynolds, liotli Mr. and Mrs. Greene 
arc members of Clirist Episcopal Church. 



Harmaniis Madison Welch, son 

WELCH of George and Zelinda (N'ilcs) 
Welch, was born July i8. 1813, 
in East Hampton, Connecticut, died May 29, 
1889, in .\\\\ Haven. ( in his fallier's side he 
was of Scotch- Irish descent, his mother's an- 
cestors were En;,dish. 

.\t about sisteen years of aj^e, he went to 
Amherst witii the intention of fittinjj himself 
to i)racticc medicine, but was induceil instead 
ti> enter upon a commercial life, and before he 
bfcame of age he had commenced in his own 
name a business career which was extended 
over half a century and was one of unswerving 
rectitude and marked success. He started in 
Bristol and I'lainville, Connecticut, and later 
became interested in .some of the most pros- 
jierous man u fact uriiif^ cnterjjrises of the state. 
In iutlustry and thorontihness, and in williufj- 
ness to serve tiie i)ublic in positions where the 
duties were arduous and e.xactinj;, his career 
miyht well serve as a model one. While liv- 
ing:; in Plainville, he was chosen to represent 
Hartford county in the state .senate, and serveil 
also at dift'erent jieriods in the ijeneral assem- 
bly. In 1848 he removed tf> New Haven and 
became the partner of Hon. James E. English, 
uho was afterwarils member of congress, gov- 
1 rnor of Coiniecticut, and Cnited States sen- 
iior. This partnership continued until his 
A-alh. In 18^0 .Mr. Welch was elected mayor 
md continued in that office imtil 1863, and 
uhile mayor his equipment and forwarding of 
triKips were cs|>ecially ci^nspicuous. His great- 
est service to the country was the promptness 
with which he and his associates tendered fi- 
nancial aid to the government in the time of 
its greatest neetl in 1863, by the formation of 
the I'irst National I'.ank of Xcw Haven, of 
which he was the organizer and for over 
twenty-six years the president. This bank, 
though numbered tw<i on the list of the ctnup- 
troller of the currency, was in reality the first 
to comply fully with all the required conditions, 
and the mor.Vl effect u|>on others of his early 
action was. in view of his well-known conserva- 
tism and that oi others connected with him. 
very beneficial. 

For the last thirty years of his life. Mr. 
Welch was constantly entrusted by the people 

f New Haven with positions of rcs|OTnsibility. 
Most of that time he acted as town and city 
treasurer, but will perhaps be best remembered 
locally, by his services uixm the board of 
I ducation. When he assumed office the credit 

f the scho<il district was at its lowest, and its 
notes had gone to protest. He advanced the 



ib- 
is. 
lie 
in 
•I, 
ry 
njui for 
1 of its 



money to complete the Eiiloti - 

instnimcntnl in the m-afi")! ••• 

lie 

H. 

eiliu 

which he found it t". 
which at his death \ 
schcM)I /or the ' 
the thorougbi 
pupils. He IK It .1 ■ .ry 

education, but was ; .n 

that through such in. , cm 

of immigration would Ik- solved. l*ew men 
outside of those coiMiertc! with <"f|iimtt'>iinl in- 
stitutions ha\i a 
period and to .: . h 

was also a tni^.v. ■■, ,,..i, ..,>.,- ...-ii- 

tute, which until within a few \cars furnished 
the only available i>ublic library. The general 
public was singularly iiulifTerent to its needs, 
but Mr. Welch, by wise judgment in invest- 
ments, succeeded in ' ' ' ' wn 
building, and in mal 

The cpiality whii.i; . •.111- 

guished Mr. Welch was the keenness with 
which he felt the responsibility i^f any private 
or public trust confided in him. These trusts 
were many, but large or small, each received 
the same attention to the last ' • •' '• vas 
this acute sense of his duty \'. ed 

his ever taking neede<l rest an^i rnt 

of a trip abnxjd. He was | an 

active mind, gifteil with a rema: ry, 

and as he spent his entire leisure inu- m his 
library, his intellectual attainments iK-camc of 
a high order. 

He married, on May 21, 1834, Antoinette, 
daughter of Noble ,\braham .nnd 1 vdia Grid- 
ley Pierce, of Bristol, < < )f the 
family of eleven chiKlren. infancy. 
The others are: I. Colonel - As- 
sistant (luartemiaster, l m- 
tecrs. <Iied I'\'liruary 11. ; An- 
toinette, married Professor Aie\.-m"ier van Mil- 
lingen, of Robert College. Constaiuinoplc. July 
16, 1879, died November 2.'. i8-,2. 3. Pierce 
Noble, mentioned bci-'W. 4. VAh Marian, 
married Edwin S. W ' ■ ■ '■ • • ^■- n ,vcn, 
January 12, 1870. >8. 
5. Grace, married ' of 
New Haven. May i<». 184.7. ''• ''-thnda Ly- 
dia, \'assar A. B.. 1873: married William J. 

I.saacson, of Cincinnati. ' '' ' '"'**2, 

died func 9, 1888. 7. i n. 

M. D!, Yale. B. A., 1875. , 18, 

1877. 

( Iin Pierce Noble, son of Harmanus Madi- 
son and .Xntoincttc (Pierce) Welch, was bom 
in Plainville, Connecticut, June 27, 1841, died 
October 26, 1909, in Berlin. (■.(••••"^•<> The 



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greater part of Mr. Welch's boyhood was spent 
in New Haven, where he attended General 
Russell's Militar_v School, in preparation for 
Yale College. After receiving the degree of 
B. A. in 1862, he spent two years in travel, 
and in study at the Universities of Berlin and 
Gottingen. In 1867 he began his business life 
in New York City, as partner in a wholesale 
grocery house. Returning to New Haven in 
1870, Mr. Welch became interested in the or- 
ganization of the New Haven Rolling Mill 
Company, with which he was connected as 
treasurer and president until 1890. Succeed- 
ing his father, he was president of the First 
National Bank from 1889 until his death ; he 
was also president of the Bristol Brass Com- 
pany, vice-president of the Bristol Manufac- 
turing Company, and of the New Haven Gas 
Light Company, a director of the New Haven 
Clock Company, a trustee of the New Haven 
Trust Company, and of the National Savings 
Bank, a director of the Security Insurance 
Company, and of other business, as well as 
philanthropic organizations of the city. Mr. 
Welch was a generous promoter of many char- 
itable and religious movements, and made large 
contributions to the Young Men's Christian 
Association, of which he was president for fif- 
teen years. He was also president of Mt. 
Meigs Institute in Waugh, Alabama, a school 
for the education of the negro race, and was 
treasurer of the Yale Foreign Missionary So- 
ciety, which has in charge the Yale Collegiate 
School and hospital at Changsha, China. In 
1892 he presented Yale University with Welch 
Hall, erected in memory of his father. In col- 
lege. Mr. Welch was a member of the Alpha 
Delta Phi fraternity, and later an honorary 
member of the Senior Society, Wolf's Head. 
He belonged to the Yale and Reform clubs 
of New York, and the Graduates Club of New 
Haven. From early manhood a member of the 
First Baptist Church, he shared in its activities 
and privileges, and for nearly a quarter of a 
century served as superintendent of its Sun- 
dav-school. In later years he was also greatly 
interested in the work of his denomination 
among the Italians of the city. A man of broad 
sympathies and generous deeds, unfailing in 
patience and courtesy, and in unselfish devo- 
tion to duty, Mr. Welch will long be remem- 
bered in the community as an inspiring exam- 
ple of Christian manhood. 

He married, February 28, 1867, Emma Cor- 
nelia, daughter of John and Cornelia (Mon- 
tague) Galpin, whose ancestors came from 
England to Connecticut, in the early days of 
its history. 

Their children are: i. Cornelia Galpin, wife 
of John Marshall Gaines, of New York City, 



Yale, B. A., 1896: Ph. D., 1900; children: 
John Marshall, Jr., born October 31. 1902; 
William Welch, June 12, 1904; Pierce Welch, 
August 13, 1905. 2. Ella Marian, Vassar, 

A. B., 1895 ; wife of Henry Solon Graves, Yale, 

B. A., 1892, director of the Yale Forest School, 
and chief forester of the United States. 3. 
Pierce Noble, mentioned below. 4. Hilda 
Frances, Vassar, A. B., 1901 ; wife of Charles 
Welles Gross, of Hartford, Connecticut, Yale, 
B. A., 1898. Harvard, LL. B., 1901 : child, 
Spencer, born December 22. 1906. 5. Cora 
Deming, Vassar, A. B., 1904. 

(I\') Pierce Noble (2), son of Pierce Noble 
(i) and Emma Cornelia (Galpin) Welch, 
was born March 14, 1877, in New 
Haven. Connecticut. He attended the pub- 
lic schools of his native city and Phillips 
Academy at Andover. After graduating 
from Yale, in 1898, he spent two years 
at the Harvard Law School, and a year 
and a half as a clerk in the First National 
Bank of New Haven. Returning from a trip 
around the world in 1902, Mr. Welch became 
connected with the Peck Brothers' Company, 
of which he is vice-president and treasurer. 
He is a director of the First National Bank, of 
the New Haven Clock Company, of the Bris- 
tol Brass Company, of the Bristol Manufactur- 
ing Company, and a trustee of the Young 
Men's Christian Association. He is a member 
of the Graduates Club, of the Yale Club of 
New York City, and of the Alpha Delta Phi 
fraternity of Yale University. He belongs to 
the First Baptist Church. 



The Scofield family is of an- 
SCOFIELD cient and honorable lineage, 

representatives thereof being 
prominent in the various walks of life, per- 
forming conscientiously and faithfully the du- 
ties and responsibilities which fell to their lot. 
The first ancestor of the family was Sir Cuth- 
bert Scofield. of Scofield Manor. 

(I) Daniel Scofield. grandson of Sir Cuth- 
bert Scofield, was born in the parish of Roch- 
dale, Lancashire. England. In 1609 he emi- 
grated to America, sailing in the ship, "Susan 
and Ellen," and after residing for a time at 
Ipswich. Massachusetts, located at Stamford, 
Connecticut, where he died in 1670. He ap- 
pears to have been a man of prominence in the 
colony, and in 1658 served as marshal of 
Stamford. He married Mary, daughter of 
Rev. John Youngs. Children : Daniel ; John, 
see forward; Richard: Joseph: Mary, born 
November. 1657 ! Sarah. 

(II) John, second son of Daniel and Mary 
(Youngs) Scofield, was born in 1650. died 
March 27, 1699. He married, at Stamford, 




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709 



July 12. i''"7. Hannah Mca'i. Cliiklrcii, Ixjrii 
at Stamford: i. Samuel, July 10, 1678: mar- 
ried, February 10, 1703, Eunice Buxton. 2. 
John, January 15, 1680, died 1758; married, 
Xo\ ember 17. 1743, Mary Mead, of Green- 
wich : no children ; he was known as Serjeant 
John. 3. Ebenezer, June 26, 1685. 4. Na- 
thaniel, December 10, 16S8, sec forward. 5. 
-Mercy, October 30. 1690; married Henry 

. 6. Mary, August 4, 1694. 7. 

Susanna. March 2. i()98; married. February 
1 1. 1720. Caleb Smith. 

(Ill) Nathaniel, son of John ami Hannah 
(.Mead) Scofielil, was born in Stamford, Con- 
necticut, December 10, 1688, died 1768. He 
married. January 21, 1713-14, Elizabeth Pet- 
tet. Chilrlren : John, born, October 4, 1714, 
see forward; Nathaniel, March 7, 1717: Jona- 
tiiaii. .May 2. 1719 : Josiah. June 26. 1721 ; Eliz- 
abeth. .\iif,'ust 11, 1726; David. .May 13, 1727; 
.Silvaiuis. .May i. 17^9; Thankful, October 11, 
1731: .Silas, December 10. 1735; .■\!)rahain, 
I'ebruary 17. 1737. 

( I\) John (2) son of Nathaniel and Eliz- 
•ibetli ( Pettet) Scofield, was born in Stamford, 
Connecticut. ( )ctober 4. 1714. He was a team- 
ster in the revohitionary war. He married, 
.March 4, 1744, Hannah Mills. Children: Sil- 
vanus and Epenetus, twins, born December i. 
1744: John, see forward. 

(V) John (3). son of John (2), and Han- 
nah (Mills) Scofield, was born in .Stamford, 
Connecticut. September 4, 174^1, died .^pril 17, 
1S33. He was a substantial citizen and prop- 
erty owner at Sbippan, town of Stamford. He 
married (first) I'ebruary 18, 1768, Susanna 
Weed: (secon<l), January 14, 1773, Sarah 
Nichols, who died in 1818, aijed sixty-fi%e 
years : (third) Martha Lounsbury. Chiblren 
by second wife: i. Susanna, born December 
'0. ^77Z: married, March 31. 1796, William 
Bishop, father of .\lfred Bishop, of Bridcje- 
port. who built the New York & New Haven 
railroad (see r.ishop family). 2. John. Janu- 
ary 14, 1775 : married. Februarys. i8o(). Sally 
Knapj). 3. Silas, .\pril 2, 1776; married. Feb- 
ruary 4, 1803. Rebecca Holmes. 4. Robert. 
July 14, 1777. sec forward. 5. James, Sep- 
tember 22. 1778, see forward. 6. Elizalieth, 
July 15. 1781 : married. February 7, 1804, Ru- 
fus Knapp. 7. I'.cnjamin. June 21. 1783. died 
October 20. 1801. 8. .Sarah Nichols, Septem- 
ber 4. 1788. died January 7, 1700. 

(\'I) Robert, third son of John (3) and 
-Sarah (Nichols) Scofield, was born in Stam- 
ford. Connecticut. July 14. 1777. <Iied May «). 
1817. He was a farmer by occupation. He 
married, .\pril 13. 1708. Haimah Ik-U : she 
died December IQ. 1843. Children: Eliza, 
born July 15. \~<Y). died January z^, 1846; 



Darius. ' ■'• — •'-■ ■ '• ' -.-o- 

Sally, ' -S3; 

(jcorRe. .31. 
1881 ; James B., May lo, Jiio/, sec ii^rward; 

Oliver, June 13, 1809, <lird Inw 2fi, 1870; 

Emily, May 15. 1811; H " '. 6. 1813, 

died .April 18, 1871 : W.v ry, 1815, 

died Januarv a, 1837; \\J. ,...: 10, 1817. 

died October 15, 1894. 

(VH ) lnirr<; B.. ton nf Rnhrrt arid Hannah 
(Bell) - ■ 
Stamfoi 

tobcr 15, i.-K,. 1,1 ..i;n .-.ir rir 

trade of blacksmith, but -;cd 

in the foundry busim s- I) 
Warren and Isaac \\ 
firm name of J D. \\ 
later Mr. Wai: 
field formed v. 

Foundry Coii.j .. 

continued up to the time of 

was a lo.idiiii; nT'ii' I r f t!i. 

ciety at ^ 

of the '- 

marricil 1 111^; 1 .\],i ;i : 

Raymond, liorn at \j<' 

Connecticut. Novcmlur 

1839. Married (.se 

drcn by first wife : ■ 

4. 1831. see forward; Cewis i 4, 

1833. died June 13, 1863, at tis. 

while serving as n ' ■ • '" 

Twenty-eighth Ci'i 

try; Haimah M.. b • 

Feliruary 6, i8<'i3. CliiUireii 1 it: 

Mary .\.. June 14, 18 ji, marrii !:is- 

1am. now ' .... ,^^^ 

M.. .Vg. n- 

ily B. li -,. .^45- 

married Cyrus V\ . i)eart>orn; no children; 
Elizabeth H., bom January 14. 1855, married 

.\llen J. Finny ; children : Lillian and James 
.\. Finnv. 

(VH'n George E., s ■ ■ ' " nnd 
Betsey .\nn (Raymond) in 
Stamford, Connecticut. I In 
early manhood he learnetl lite •■ ■ n- 
ter with Thomas P. Pir-Mv sor r-n- 
ticeship of four y< 'n- 
nccted with the St ly. 
f.,-,,,' •.■•:.'■■ "> their » .1 , . . 's, 
di ter part of whi \as 
a .\bout 1874 ! of 
his inicit,-.i in that business, asi.l .a v.i-.ious 
times has been connected with imtx>rtant con- 
cerns in his I . - .■ - . - jj 
treasurer of :n- 
pany. and vict , ^'iv- 
ings r.ank for some years. He is a staunch 
Republican, and has fille<l offices of tnist 



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and responsibility, among wliich was that 
of deputy assessor under the internal 
revenue act appointed by United States 
government for the towns of Stamford, Green- 
wich and Darien, which he lield for about two 
3-ears ; deputy collector and inspector of cus- 
toms for the district of Fairfield for seven 
years ; collector of town, school and borough 
taxes : town and borough assessbr ; Republican 
register of voters, serving for twenty-one 
years ; appointed by President Arthur, post- 
master of Stamford, which appointment he de- 
clined : clerk in probate court, serving for ten 
years. He has always taken an active part in 
the Universalist society at Stamford, serving 
for thirty-six years in the capacity of treas- 
urer. He enlisted as a private in 1862 in Com- 
pany B., Twenty-eighth Connecticut \"olun- 
teer Infantry; was promoted in January, 1863, 
to commissary sergeant, and served as such un- 
til he was mustered out at New Haven, August 
28, 1863. He married (first) :\Iay 19, 1858, 
Lydia E. Ferris, of Stamford, Connecticut, 
born May 7, 1833, died November 13. 1867 ; 
married (second) June 15, 1869, Emma E. 
Rose, of Suffield, Connecticut. Child of 
first wife: Arthur F., born May 20, 1859, 
married Lillian E. Simmons : no children. 
Children by second wife: Julia Rose, born 
March 5. 1871, married Dr. Charles P. Haller, 
of Bridgeport, Connecticut : no children ; 
James Bell, born April 12, 1875, died ]^Iarch 
30, 1876. 

(\"I) James, four son of John and Sarah 
(Nichols) Scofield, was born in Stamford, 
Connecticut, September 22, 1778. He was a 
farmer by occupation. He removed to New 
Jersey during the latter part of his life, and 
his death occurred there. He married, April 
17, 1803, Anna Jones. Children : James Jones, 
born August 22, 1804; John William, April 10, 
1805; Sarah Ann, October 13. 1806; Edward 
R.., ':\Iarch 17, 1808; Albert Henry. July 29, 
1809 : Lydia Emeline, February 22. 181 1 : Eliz- 
abeth Nichols, August 26, 1812 ; Hannah 
Maria, October 7. 1814; David Lyman, July 
22, 1816, see forward : Charles Ephraim, De- 
cember 7, 1 81 7. 

(^'II) David Lyman, son of James and 
Anna (Jones) Scofield, was born July 22, 1816, 
died January 19, 1883. He was for some years 
associated with the late Alfred Bishop, of 
Bridgeport, in building and contracting enter- 
prises, they having built many miles of the 
present New York & New Haven railroad in 
addition to various others. During the latter 
part of his life ^Ir. Scofield was engaged as a 
civil engineer, deriving therefrom a lucrative 
livelihood. After his marriage he took up his 
residence in Stamford, remaining there until 



his death. He married, January i, 1S50, in 
Stamford, Connecticut, Josephine Webb, born 
in New Rochelle, New York, July 8. 183 1, 
daughter of Augustus and Naomi (Water- 
bury) Webb, her mother having been a daugh- 
ter of \Mlliam Waterbury. jMrs. Scofield came 
to Stamford, Connecticut, from New Rochelle, 
New York, at the age of five years, accompany- 
ing her parents, w-ho purchased the home 
where she now resides with her son. Henry 
Clay Scofield, in which she was married, and 
where she has lived for over seventy-four 
3"ears. Children : Annie Louise, born ^Iarch 
22, 1851, died April 28, 1881. unmarried: Sar- 
ah Frances, September 16, 1854, died Novem- 
ber 3. 1880, unmarried ; Henry Clay, Novem- 
ber 26, 1856, see forward; Edward Everett, 
August 29. 1861, died October 24. 1863 : Emily 
Augusta, May 27, 1864, married, June 9, 1897, 
Samuel M. Burroughs; Josephine Webb. June 
8, 1867, died iMay 10, 1910 ; married, June 3, 
1902, James B. Bonney; child, Henry Scofield, 
born in Boston, Massachusetts, January 24, 
1907; Augustus \\'ebb, February 21, 1870. 

(VIII) Henry Clay, eldest son of David 
Lyman and Josephine (Webb) Scofield, was 
born NovemlDer 26, 1856, in Stamford, Con- 
necticut. 

He attended the old Broad street school, 
known as the Center school, acquiring a 
practical education which qualified him for 
the active duties of life. For a short time 
after completing his studies he was associated 
with his father in civil engineering. In 1875 
he entered mercantile life in New York City, 
and at the present time (1910) is serving in 
the capacity of treasurer and secretary of the 
C. H. & E. S. Goldbury Company, Incorpor- 
ated, wholesale dealers and manufacturers of 
wooden ware in New York City. He attends 
the Universalist church of Stamford, of which 
he is treasurer and a member of various com- 
mittees. He is a member of the ]^Iunicipal Art 
Society of New York City and of the ]\Ietro- 
politan Museum of Art of New York Cit)'. He 
resides with his mother in Stamford. 



John Jenkins, immigrant an- 
JENKINS cestor, came from Judbury, 

Scotland, to America about 
1750. He settled in New York. He married a 
Miss Gordon, niece of Sir John Sinclair, the 
Scottish statistician and agriculturist. They 
eloped and came to America, where they set- 
tled. They had a son, James. 

(II) James, son of John Jenkins, was born 
1755, died 1817. He was a corporal in the 
revolutionary war, attached to the North Jer- 
sey Continental line, served under Captain 
Outwater, honorably discharged at end of 



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war. He married Susanna \an Geldcr, and 
they had a son. James. 

(Ill) James (2), son of James (i) Jen- 
kins, was born in 1789 in Xcw York 
City. He was a very prominent mer- 
chant of Xew York City, and engayed 
in the wholesale hardware busine-^is. He 
was identified witli many institutions. 
He was a director of the- Nc.rtli River 
Bank, and had various offices of trust. He 
died in Xcw York City duriii;; tiu- <\.-.'r-; ^.■ ,,i 
cholera in 1840. He married Han: 
son. Children: i. James W.. wh 
luriuK the ^'old excitement of iS4y, m Culi- 
rnia. but later returned and settled in Madi- 

•■ '■'■'•.■■■. ■■I--- '••■ 'icd. J. Jolr- ■ ' 

York all ; 
il years wit! 
.lit>4e ; lie tlitd iiHy7. uinnarried. ,5. Ciiarles 
. who went to California, but later returned 
: 1 settled at Salem. Massachusetts; he mar- 
■ d Lucy Weston, and i1k\ had one child, 
iwrence W.. whn Is cnr.itor <if X.Ttur.il His- 
:y in the nui>eiiiii at Salem. .Ma--.ii.liii<elts. 
George Washinytmi .Mlston, nieiiiiiMicd bc- 
X. 5. Hannah, married Rev. Dr. .\bram D. 
llette. a Baptist cleri^yman. 6. Susan, mar- 
ried Dr. Pitcher, of Madison. Indiana. 

(I\') George Washiniitoii .Mlston. son of 
Tames ( 2 1 Jeiikin>. was born in Xew York 
;y, I'ebruary 20. i8i'>. and was reare<l there. 
il- received a l^imkI education, attending; board- 
ing school at Xew Canaan. Connecticut. In 
early life he became an artist and sj>cnt several 
years in Eur- • ■ '■ ••i>j art in Paris. Brus- 
sels and Dii- r his return lie fitte<l 
up a fine st' •• ilt expensively in im- 
rted paintings and works of the old masters 
Xew York. He was also one of the found- 
ers of the Xatiniial .\cadcmy of Desi-jju in Xew 
York City. In 18/15 settled in Stamford, where 
he botight antl inipri>ved real i--* •' '■'■ ••■ He 
died I'ebruary 23, i</xi. He ^^. 
in Stamford. Emma Clarke. 1;: rr of 
Ciiarles Pitt, of Stamford, and daughter of 
John Clarke, of Ilo-ton. Children, born in 
Stamfonl: 1. James Sinclair. 1871. mentioned 
below. 2. ("le^'rure .\ll-t<'n. txirn in 1870: en- 
gaged in the real estate and insurance business 
in Stamford ; married Ethel Ford, of Stam- 
ford. 

(\') James Sinclair, son of George Wash- 
ington Allston Jenkins, was born in Stamford. 
< "nnccticut. October 31. 1871. He prepared 
• ci:>llege at St. Mark"? Schixil. Southlxir- 
:gh. Massachusetts, and entered Yale Uni- 
versity, graduating with the degree of A. B. in 
the class of 1894 and from the Yale Law- 
School with the degree of LL. B. in 1896. In 
the same vear he was admitted to the bar 



and began [imcticc at Stanif..rd iii |..^rlI.t•r^hip 



cejr 

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He ie I 
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the Viii. 
Club . 
Club fi 1 
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Senior > 
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-MORK 

from tlu- 

sjKrll. ,! 

ric< 

and 

sions a.-. 

these latt. 

Maurice, 

origin. .'^ 

liam the ' 

means warlike nr p- 

signify a chieftain. 

Essex. Ei . ' 

Morris, \' 

i^trr '•• 

of I \ as the sc.i 

ris t 



bom Apni i, 1074. 

(II) Daniel, son of Dorman and Elinor 
Morris, was boni February 13, 1672. died in 
1749. buried in Bridgeport. Connecticut. He 



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married Polly Benjamin, born in Stratford, 
Connecticut. Child : Daniel, mentioned below. 

(III) Daniel (2), son of Daniel (i) and 
Polly (Benjamin) Morris, was born in Bridge- 
port, Connecticut, May 7, 1715, died March i, 
1792, in Gray's Plains, Newtown, buried at 
Walker's Farms. He moved to Newtown 
about 1782. He was a farmer and joiner. He 
was appointed guardian of the Golden Hill In- 
dians and to report to the probate court of 
Fairfield in February, 1768. He married 
(first), July 9, 1741, Sarah Fayerweather 
Mackhard, widow of Matthew Mackhard ; she 
was born in Scotland, 1712-13, died April 16, 
1761, and was buried in Stratford. He mar- 
ried (second) Mrs. Jackson, widow. Children 
of first wife: Mary, born December i, 1742; 
Sarah, September i, 1745; Amos, November 
30, 1747, died young; Daniel, March 8, 1749, 
died ]\Iay 7, 1749; Daniel, December 13, 1750, 
mentioned below ; James, June 14, 1753, 
moved to Halifax; Matthew Mackhard, July 
25, 1757- Child of second wife: Amos, born 
September 28, 1762. 

(IV) Daniel (3), son of Daniel (2) and 
Sarah Fayerweather (Mackhard) Morris, was 
born in Fairfield, noW Bridgeport, December 
13, 1750, died in Newtown, March 15, 1828, 
buried at Walker's Farms. He attended the 
Lexington alarm. He conducted a saw and 
flour mill in the Gray's Plains district of New- 
town, and also conducted agricultural pursuits. 
He was active in local afifairs. He moved to 
Huntington about 1790, to Roxbury about 
1817, and later to Newtown. He married 
June 12, 1774, Elizabeth, born 1757, daughter 
of Israel and Mary (Salter) Burritt. Mary 
(Salter) Burritt was born June 23, 1725, in 
Antiego, one of the West India Islands, and 
came from there to Bridgeport, Connecticut. 
Children of Mr. and Mrs. Morris : Israel B., 
born in Newtown, July 26, 1775 ; Sally (or 
Sarah), born in Bridgeport, married (first) 
Abraham Blackman, (second) Abel Curtis; 
James, born in Bridgeport ; Daniel, born in 
Newtown, January 27, 1781 ; Eli Gould, June 
6, 1783, mentioned below; Polly, born August 
I, 1786, married John Blackman; Nancy, born 
July I, 1790, married Silas N. Glover; Eliza- 
beth (or Betsey), born January 30, 1792, mar- 
ried Fairchild Burritt ; Eunice, born June 6, 
1793, married John Blackman; Winthrop, 
lived in Woodbury and Roxbury. 

(V) Eli Gould, son of Daniel (3) and Eliz- 
abeth (Burritt) Morris, was born in Newtown, 
June 6, 1783, died there January 3, 1856. He 
was a successful farmer in his native town. In 
1819 he bought a farm of eighty-five acres, 
which he afterward increased to about one 
hundred and thirtv acres. He was a member 



of the Episcopal church at the time of his mar- 
ria'ge ; he was a Democrat in politics, but never 
held public office. He married, March 21, 
1821, Lydia Bennett, born in Trumbull, Con- 
necticut, June 4, 1794, died July 2, 1879, in 
Newtown. Children : Eli James, born Decem- 
ber 20, 1821, died Newtown, November 10, 
1901, married, September 2, 1850, Jane E. 
Chambers ; Luzon Burritt, April 16, 1827, 
mentioned below ; Martha Jane, December 14, 
1834, died in Newtown, June 12, 1877. 

(VI) Hon. Luzon Burritt, son of Eli Gould 
and Lydia (Bennett) Morris, was born in 
Newtown, April 16, 1827, died in New Haven, 
August 22, 1895. He attended for a time the 
common schools of his neighborhood. At the 
age of sixteen he began work for a black- 
srriith in Roxbury. Later in the same year he 
worked in the edge tool factory of Raymond 
French, of Seymour. Being ambitious, 
he saved his earnings and used them 
for an education. He attended the Con- 
necticut Literary Institute at Suffield, 
where he prepared for college. He then 
entered Yale College, graduating in 1854. 
He then prepared for the profession of 
law, partly in the Law School and partly in 
an office, and was admitted to the bar in 1856. 
He began practice in Seymour, and entered at 
once into political life, identifying himself with 
the Democratic party. In 1855-56 he was a 
representative from the town of Seymour to 
the legislature. In 1857 ^^ was appointed 
judge of probate for the New Haven district, 
to which office he was elected six times. His 
wide experience gained in this office was the 
cause of his being made chairman of the com- 
missioners appointed by the legislature to re- 
vise the probate laws of the state. In 1870 
he represented New Haven in the legislature, 
and in 1874 hf served in the state senate. In 
the former body he was chairman of the com- 
mittee on railroads, and in the latter chairman 
of the judiciary committee and also president 
pro tern. He was returned to the lower house 
in 1876, also in 1880-81, and in the last two 
sessions was active in the discussions on the 
question of the boundary line between Con- 
necticut and New York, and served again on 
the judiciary committee and as chairman of 
the committee on incorporations. The com- 
mission to which the boundary line dispute 
was referred agreed to fix the line in the 
middle of the Sound, a decision which pre- 
served to Connecticut lands of immense value 
to the oyster producers along the coast. 

Throughout his long period of public service. 
Judge Morris gained a thorough knowledge of 
legislation and administration, and his experi- 
ence, probity and faithfulness to trust com- 



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man<lcfl for Iiiiii an inMiiciitial place in his pro- 
fession and in the ])u1ilic councils, and jjained 
for him the esteem of his fellow citizens, with- 
out regard to ])artisan flitTerences. I'or twenty- 
five years or more hefore his death he was a 
distinguished memhcrof the New Haven coun- 
ty bar, his practice being connected largelv 
with the settlement of estates. As the agent 
of Daniel Hand, he handled for him more than 
a million dullars, and was instrumental in cs- 
talilishing the Hand Academy at .Nfadison. 
Connecticut. In tin- eighties,' Judge Morris 
began Id be talked alxiut as a good and avail- 
able man for governor, and in i,S88, he was a 
candidate of the UcnvKratic ])arty for that 
office. He received at the election following a 
plurality of the votes cast, but not a majority, 
which the state requires to elect, and the Icg- 
isl.iture. beirg Republican, his opponent was 
chosen. He was again a candidate at the next 
election, and although he received a majority 
of the votes was restrained from assuming the 
duties of the office through technicalities. In 
i8<)2 he was for the third time a candidate 
and won. He gave the state one of the best 
administrations it had ever had. His career 
was one of his own shaping and forging, and 
is a good example o( what may be accom- 
plished by men of genius and perseverance. 
For years before his death he was one of the 
most trusted cmmselors of the state. He was 
for more than twenty years prominently con- 
necte<I with the Connecticut Saving* Piank of 
New Haven and was its president at the time 
of his death. He was always greatly interested 
in the schools of New Haven, an interest pro- 
ductive of much good. He served on the New- 
Haven hoard of education an<l also on the 
board at W'estville. and in each body was 
president. 

judge Morris married, June 13, 1836, Eu- 
genia Laura, horn October 3. 1833, daughter 
of Lucius and Laura Tuttle, of Seymour, Con- 
necticut. Children : Robert Tuttle, born May 
14. 1837, mentioned below; Mary Seymour, 
December i, 1838, a graduate of X'assar Col- 
lege in 1880. married Charles M. Pratt, of 
Brooklyn. New York; Helen Harrison, May 
12. i8'>^ graduate of \'assar, 1883, married 
President .Arthur T. Hadley, of Yale Col- 
lege: Emily Eugenia. June 2f->, 18^, graduate 
of \assar, 1890: Charles Could. February 4, 
1871, mentioned below; Ray. June 4, 1878, 
mentioned below. 

{ \'in Robert Tuttle, son of Hon. Luzon 
Burritt and Eugenia Laura (Tuttle) Morris, 
was bi^rn May 14. 1837. He graduated from 
Cornell College. i87<). and later gra<luated 
with the flegree of M. D. from the College of 
Physicians and Surgeons of New Yorlc; now 



practic"'- ••• V... v ,1 / 
June i 

(Vli ■ 
Burritt and l:lu|^cnta l^ura 
was lK)rn at WVstvillr. Cnw 
4. 1871. H • • • 

fitted for . 
schixjl of .\ 
Yale College m t 
Ihf N'ale Lnw S- ' 



ConiKcticut 

grades anil 

tcered in the navy in 1 

American war iK-gaii :v 

acting B. M., fir-' 

Newtown since n. 

ocrat. He !•; ' " . ; 

Christ of ■ . known 

Church M tl). Hr ' 

Hiran' i iS, Free :r 

sons : I >h War \i 

cut S>M( I'. • •' ' 

and to the ' 

is secretary 

Reform Association. He 111. 

lyn. New York, ."^epteinlier 2~ 

\\'oodbridgc. 

(\Tn Ray, son of Hon. Luzon Burritt and 
Eugenia I^nura (Tuttle) Morris, was I)om in 
New Haven. June 4. 1878. He graduated 
from Yale College, class of i</5i. He is a 
banker in New York City. He married. Oc- 
tober 4, i9o^», Katharine (jrinnell. of New- 
York. 



Matthew Morris, the rcvlu- 

MORRIS tionary ancestor of this family, 

was the first of the rn?ve in 

W.-Midbury, Connecticut. He was 

Captain Nathan Hinc's company, wr 

of corporal, in 1776. In 1790, hi 

sons under sixteen and two fen'. 

family, according to the first fcdc 

He married Mehitahle, l)orn May ^j. 171.J. 

daughter of B<'nianiin ItiHsnn, nf VVnodbnrv. 

Among his . " ' ' 

wife (lied at 

twenty-seven. 

1S21 : Judson, mentioned below. 

(ID Judson. son of Matthew Morris, wns 

born at Woodbury. He married ' 

hitable Peck, who died .\pril 8. 

thirtv-two years. He ' 

i8!.v Jentsha, l>orn Jv 

of Reuljen and Thank 1 

Morris was a prominent cm —do 

farmer and large land owi'. of 



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first wife : Almira, Eliza, ]\Iehitable, Alarcus 
and Sally. Children of second wife : Henry ; 
Hobart Hotchkiss, mentioned below; Betsey, 

married Church; Ruth, married Le- 

grand Judson ; Imogene, married Charles S. 
Crane. 

Reuben Hotchkiss, son of David Hotchkiss, 
was born at Woodbury, March 8, 1756. He 
was a soldier in the revolution in Captain Na- 
than Hine's company in 1776 and in Captain 
Stoddard's company in 1777, and was living 
in 1832 in Litchfield county, his name appear- 
ing on the pension list at that time. Reuben 
Hotchkiss married in 1783, Thankful jMinor, 
.who died May 4, 1842 ; their children : Jerusha, 
born April 25, 1784, died young; Jerusha, June 
20, 1785, mentioned above; Josiah, November 
4, 1787; Harvey, February 13, 1790; Betsey, 
July 16, 1792; Reuben Harvey, June 11, 1794; 
David, November 5, 1796, Gervase, July 2, 
1801 ; Ruth, December 16, 1803. David Hotch- 
kiss, father of Reuben Hotchkiss, settled in 
Woodbury, in 1740; married, November 10, 
1747, Submit, daughter of Isaac Hill. She 
died in March, 1756 ; their children : Sibil, born 
May 29, 1749; David, baptized January 20, 
1751; Huldah, April 16, 1752; Eliza, Febru- 
ary 3, 1754 ; Reuben, March 8, 1756, mentioned 
above. 

(Ill) Hobart Hotchkiss, son of Judson 
Morris, was born at Woodbury, Connecticut, 
May 24, 1817; died February 2, 1891. When 
a young man he learned the trade of finish- 
ing cassimer and followed it for a number of 
years in the woolen mill in Hotchkissville, in 
the town of Woodbury. He then entered the 
employ of Allen & Dayton, general merchants, 
Hotchkissville, and held positions of responsi- 
bility under different firms conducting that 
business for a period of twenty-eight years, 
and until he retired from active business. He 
was an able business man, thoroughly reliable 
and of strict integrity, and possessed the es- 
teem and confidence of the community. He 
was active in public affairs and served with 
ability as justice of the peace, as postmaster 
and in various other offices of trust and honor. 
He was a prominent member of the Congre- 
gational church. 

Hobart Hotchkiss married, October 18, 
1842, Sarah M., daughter of George and Sally 
(Way) Hurd. George Hurd was a native of 
Monroe, Connecticut, was a carpenter and join- 
er by trade, and died in the prime of life, at 
the age of thirty-four years. Children of 
George and Sally Hurd : Lewis C, Sarah M., 
Harriet I., Margaret H.. Frederick, i\Iartha, 
who died young. Sally (Way) Hurd lived to 
the advanced age of ninety-five years. Mrs. 
Morris resides in Woodburv at Hotchkissville. 



Mr. and ^Nlrs. Morris had one child, George 
Franklin, mentioned below. 

(IV) George Franklin, son of Hobart 
Hotchkiss Morris, was born September 21, 
1844, in Hotchkissville. He attended the pub- 
lic schools of his native town, and at the age 
of si.xteen became bookkeeper for the firm of 
Allen & Dayton, merchants, in the native vil- 
lage. Four years later he went to jNIarshall, 
Michigan, where after working for a year and 
a half as clerk, he returned home. When he 
returned to his native place, he was employed 
as bookkeeper by R. J. Allen. After five years 
he embarked in business with George M. Al- 
len and remained for eleyen years. The firm 
was dissolved and Mr. Morris worked for a 
year in the office of American Shear and Knife 
Company. He then became a partner in the 
firm of Morris & Dawson, general merchants 
at North Woodbury, and this firm continued 
for nine years. He purchased his present 
store, the old stand of R. J. Allen, in Hotch- 
kissville, November i, 1893, and built up a 
large and flourishing business. He has one of 
the largest and best stores in this section and is 
enterprising and progressive in his business 
methods. Mr. Morris has been active in public 
life. In politics he is a Republican. He was 
town clerk of Woodbury for ten years and 
auditor six years. He represented the town 
in the general assembly of Connecticut in 1881 
and 1901. In his first term he served on the 
committee, on temperance, in the second on the 
committee on new towns and probate districts. 
He was for four years postmaster of North 
Woodbury and for a number of years post- 
master at Hotchkissville. He holds a com- 
mission as notary public. Fle is one of the 
incorporators of the Woodbury Savings Bank 
and is a trustee of several estates. He is a 
member of the Congregational Church and has 
held the office of deacon since January 5, 1882. 

He married, in 1868, Sophronia, born in 
New York state, daughter of Francis Dawson. 
Children: i. Carrie, born May 12, 1871 : mar- 
ried Ryce L. Clark ; children : Mrginia, born 
June 21, 1900; Morris Dawson, September 30, 
1905 ; Alary Esther, April 24, 1907.. 2. Hobart 
Dawson, May 11, 1879; educated in the pub- 
lic schools and Wilbraham Seminary : associat- 
ed in business with his father. 



Richard Goodman, immi- 
GOODMAN grant ancestor, came from 

England and settled first in 
Cambridge, Massachusetts, where he was a 
proprietor in 1633. He was admitted a free- 
man. May 14, 1634, and brought a suit in 
Plymouth court, March 4, 1638-39. He re- 
moved to Hartford, Connecticut, with Rev. 



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Mr. 1 looker's company and was one uf tlic 
tirst sctllt-rs there. Later he removed to Had- 
ley, Massacluisttts. and was killed hy the In- 
dians in Kinj,' Philip's war. April i, i(>j(>. 
Jle married, at Ilartfcird, Dccemher S, i'>5<;, 
^[ary Terry, and administration on his estate 
was granted her September 26. 1676. Chil- 
dren: jolin, Uirn Octoher 13, 1661 ; Richard. 
Inrcli 23, i(i<)3. nientit)ne<i below; Stephen, 
rhruary 6, 1^)64: .Mary, .\ovember 5, if>i>$, 
iiuirricd John .Voiilc ; Thomas. March 20, 
i(i/)S. died yomiij: Mli/alieth, I'lbruary 5, i(>7i, 
in.irried Jao.ib Warner; Thomas, September 
I, I'i73; .Samuel, born May 5, 1^)75. 
(II) Richard (2), son of Richard (i) 
Goodman, was born March 2^, i<jCit^, in I lad- 
Icy. .Massachusetts, died at Hartford. May 14, 
1730. The inventory of his estate was file(l 
June II. 1730, showing an estate of one hun- 
dred and thirty-seven poimils, seven shillings 
and eight pence. He married Abigail Pan- 
try, born January 11, i(t~S-jq. died January 
2f), 17118, (laughter of John, gramldaughler of 
John, ami grcat-granddauglilcr of William 
Pantry, (.hildren : Mary, baptized March 7, 
1702. died young; Mary, baptized Moy 10, 
1703; Richard, born Xovember 4, 1704; Tim- 
othy. September 22, 1706, mentioned below ; 
.Abigail, married Daniel Ensign ; listher, Iwrn 
October 30. 170). 

(HI) i imothy, son of Richard (2) Good- 
man, was born September 22. 1706, died 
March 12, 1786. He had land given him by 
his grandfather, John Pantry. March 4. 1729, 
in U'cst Hartford, near Farmington. The 
Boston Clironkh- of May 2. I7^>8. states that 
on .\j)ril 7. 1768. the house of Timothy Giood- 
man in West Hartford was burned with all 
the furniture and clothes, which were very 
rich and costly, and that Jerusha, daughter 
of Daniel Ensign, who liveil in the family, ten 
years old, was burned to death. He married 
( first t Max 7, 1735. Joanna Wadsworth, who 
died March 10, I7'')8. aged fifty-three, daugh- 
ter of Josei)li and Joanna XVatls worth and 
grandflaughtcr of Captain Joseph Wadsworth. 
of Charter Oak fame. He marrie<l (second) 
November 20. 17*19. Widow Eli/.aiieth Wads- 
worth. of Hartford. Children: Joamia ; Tim- 
othy, baptized March 7. 17,^^1; Thomas, born 
March 18. 1739: .\bigail, (\-tober 4. 1741: 
Mary. February 12. 1744; Elizabeth. March 
!6 1746; Richard, .\pril 10, 174S, mentioned 
below; Mehitable (twin) baptized June 24, 
1750, die«l May 2. 1758; Moses (twin), bap- 
tized June 24. 1730. 

(IN) Richanl (3). son of Timothy G<x>d- 
man. was born .\pril 10, 1748. died in Wot 
Hartford, in May. 1834. He was in the revo- 
lution in Captain Seymour's company. He 



married, in 1771. \.m 
ruary i6. 1751 
nary ?7. i7<>.> 



7'5 

■ rn IVb. 



iR, 

Ri.l 

18.,, 

Iht 1.;. ; , julv 12, 

I77«: M' I. I'dv !-• 

July r,, 1; . . 

vember 1 

vembcr 11. . , _ , 

Joatnia. t )ctol)er 2, 

178*:); Childv, \-MVf 

(\) A. 
was lx)n: 
He was 1' 
and held 

'«3-^ II' 

sitt. born .u Gi.uilix. t oihu-iikiii. i 

ID, 1780, died in Plainfield, .\iw li- 

vemlx-r 13, i8<>S, daughter 01 \ 

(Cole) C'ossilt. Childrin: Edu 

cember 10, 1805, died Jidy 2?^ i, 

March 14, J809; Julia. June 1 1- 

uel, Iwrn June 12, 1818. died .\l: ,: 

Aaron Cossitt. mentioned below. 

(\'I) Aaron Cossitt. s«^)n of A.ir. • 
man, was lK)rn in W • '" ' 5. 

1822, died July 29, 1" .f 

thirteen, in 1835. In li- 

ner's book store in liartinrd. In 1H41 iie went 
to Philadelphia. Pennsylvania, to frd;c a posi- 
tion in the house o|>etu'd there h: cs 
& Coinjiany. but returneil the i .ir 

and went into p.irtiic^'''' '■ 1- 

ployer under the firm 1- 

man. In 1848, he b 1- 

terest in the firm and Ciiniiiu. il 

1852, when he embarked it) the ; —s 

in Xew York City. He was oiu- "i tin' ttg- 
inal stockholders and directors in the Phm-nix 
Mutual Life Insurance Company of Hartford, 
and became its president in 1875, having se- 
cured a controlling interest in its stock. In 
18S9 the company was reorgam'zed and he s«:>Id 
out and dissolved his connection with the 

company. I'roni tli.Tt f- '^ ' • ' '"-nn 

lived (|uietl\. giviuL; hi'- n to 

private interests atiil t.> ; k. 

He was a mem1)er of the luilcpt ■>{ 

( )dd Fellows and the Fn-e .tp"! ,1- 

sotis. in St. Joli: 
a member of ' 
pany in il" <• 

of the II <n 

the staff - a 

memlKT ol liiii:i> t.hu:i.li. I k- lu.iriitd. .\pril 
to, 1857, .\nnic M. Johnston, l)orn in Xew 



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York City, daughter of Robert R. and Mary 
Sears (Hatch) Johnston, and tliought to be 
descended from Dr. John Johnston, who came 
from Scotland in 1685 and settled at Perth 
Amboy, New Jersey. One of her early an- 
cestors was John Alden, of Plymouth, who 
came in the "Mayflower". Children : Eniilie, 
married Rev. Richard Wright, of Windsor 
Locks; Edward, died 1872; Annie G., mar- 
ried Rev. John F. Plumb, of New Mil ford, 
Connecticut ; Mary A., Richard J., mentioned 
below. 

(VII) Richard Johnston, son of Aaron Cos- 
sitt Goodman, was born in Hartford, March 
23. 1875. He was educated in the public and 
high schools of his native town, and at Yale 
College, graduating in 1896, and from the Yale 
Law School in 1899. During his last year at 
the Law School he also practiced law in New 
Haven. He was admitted to the bar in Jan- 
uary, 1899, and began the practice of his pro- 
fession at Hartford in October, 1899. Since 
1905 he has been associated with Leslie W. 
'Newberry under the firm name of Newberry 
& Goodman. In addition to this he is the 
president and general manager of the Bush 
Manufacturing Company of Hartford, manu- 
facturers of automobile radiators and auto 
parts. This corporation was organized in Ap- 
ril, 1908, and has been very successful. -His in- 
terest in politics began at an early age, and 
his activity in party matters began immedi- 
ately after his graduation from college. In 
1903 he was elected to the common council, 
serving two terms ; was on the Republican 
town committee from January, 1904, to Jan- 
uary, 1908, and has served as health commis- 
sioner since 1908. He is a member and vestry- 
man in Trinity Church (Episcopal). He is 
prominent in Masonic circles, being a member 
of St. John's Lodge, Free and Accepted Ma- 
sons, and of Washington Commandery, 
Knights Templar, of Hartford. He is a mem- 
ber of the Connecticut Historical Society, So- 
ciety of Colonial Wars, State of Connecticut, 
Municipal Art Society, Hartford Club, Hart- 
ford Golf Club. University Club of Hartford, 
Republican Club, Graduates Club of New Ha- 
ven and Yale Club of New York. Mr. Good- 
man enlisted as a private in Company K, First 
Infantry, Connecticut National Guard, in 1899. 
He was made second lieutenant in November, 
1902; captain. December, 1902; major, 1907; 
lieutenant-colonel. November, 1908, which po- 
sition he still holds. He was an aide on the 
staff of grand marshal General Chafifee at the 
inauguration of Theodore Roosevelt as presi- 
dent of the LTnited States. He has always 
taken an active interest in out-door sports, be- 
ing especially fond of boating, fishing, tennis. 



and horseback riding. His home is at 834 
Asylum Avenue, Hartford. He is unmarried. 

(The Sears Line). 
The first edition of the Sears genealogy gave 
what purported to be the English ancestry of 
the family, but the second edition by Samuel 
P. May, in 1890, shows that the ancestry was 
conjectural and erroneous. The parentage and 
ancestry of Richard Sears, American immi- 
grant, have yet to be established. The sur- 
name spelled Sares, Scares, Sayer, Seers and 
Seir, in this country, and many other variations 
in England are to be found in the records. 
The surnames Sawyer and Sayer furnish al- 
most identical variations in spelling and make 
the work of the genealogist very difficult. 
There is a belief in the family that the Sears 
family is of Norman origin. The eastern par- 
ishes of London and vicinity had many fami- 
lies of this name about 1600. The name is 
common in the islands of Guernsey and Jersey, 
from which many emigrants came with the 
early settlers at Marblehead and vicinity. 

(I) Richard Sears, immigrant ancestor, was 
a taxpa3-er in Plymouth colony as earlv as 
1632. He removed to Marblehead, where he 
was a landowner in 1637, but i-eturned to the 
Plymouth colony about 1638, and settled at 
Yarmouth. He took the freeman's oath June 
7, 1653. Commissioners were appointed to 
meet at his house, on Indian ai?airs, October 
26, 1647. He was one of the settlers and foun- 
ders of Yarmouth. He was buried August 26, 
1676. His widow Dorothy was buried March 
19, 1678-79. Children: Silas, died at Yar- 
mouth, January 13, 1697-98; Paul, born 1637- 
38, mentioned below ; Deborah, born at Yar- 
mouth, September, 1639, died August 17, 
1732. 

(II) Captain Paul, son of Richard Sears, 
was born probably at Marblehead, Massachu- 
setts, in 1637-38, after February 20, and died 
at Yarmouth. February 20, 1707-08. He took 
the oath of fidelity in 1657. He was captain 
of the militia at Yarmouth, and was in the 
Narragansett war. He was one of the original 
proprietors of Harwich, which was laid out 
between Bound Brook and Stony Brook as 
Wing's Purchase. He married, at Yarmouth, 
in 1638, Deborah Willard, baptized at Scituate, 
September 14. 1645, died May 13, 1721, daugh- 
ter of George Willard. Her mother was prob- 
ably Dorothy Dunster. Children : jNIercy, 
born July 3, 1659; Bethia, January 3, 1661-62, 
died July 5, 1684 ; Samuel, January, 1663-64, 
mentioned below ; Daughter, 1666, perhaps 
Lydia. who married Eleazer Hamblin ; Paul, 

June 13, 1669: , October 24, 1672, 

probably Mary, who married . Colonel John 




(Ma^ 




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Kti'iwlcs: Aim. M.ircli .'7. H'J.v 'l'»ci Nuvcni- 
liir 14. 1-45: J.-hii. if.;7-7H."(licd May 24, 
171S; Daniel. I'lSj-.S^, <licd .Xiij-ust 10. 175*1. 

(Ill) Captain Samuel, son of Captain Paul 
Sears, was Ixirn at Varmoiitli in January. 
i<rfiV'>4, died January S, 1741-42. He was oiic 
of tlic earliest inhal)itants of Harwich. His 
first linuse there was just over the line that 
separates the part of Harwich, which is ix.w 
West Mrcwster. from East Dennis. It stood 
until after i8<x). and was occupied hy his sons. 
I lis w ill was dated April 7, 1740. He was con- 
stahle in 1702, lieutenant 170*1. and later ca|>- 
tain. He married Mercy Ma><). Imrn ir/14, 
<Hed JaiMiary jo. i748-4«^, dau>;hter of Dea- 
con Samuel and Tamzin ( Lum[ikin ) .Mayo, 
and jjranddauj,diter of Rev. John .Mayo; chil- 
dren: Haimah. Imrn July 1. 1*1X5; .Sauuicl, 
Se|iteinher 15, 1*187; Nathaniel. Septemher J.?, 
i*>8<): Tantseii. Xoveniher i.v i*><ji, ilied July 
17, 17*11; Jonathan, Septenil)er .^ I'XA^; Caji- 
tain Joseph, July 15, 1695; Joshua, Slay 3, 
l*Hj7; Judaii, ( )ctol)er 2y), ifxji). mcntiimed In 
low ; John. July 18, 1701 ; Scth, May 27, 170^ . 
P.cnjamin, June i*'i. 170*'!. 

( I\') Jutlah. son of Captain Samuel Sears, 
was Ixirn < )ctol)er 2y, iCK)i), died at Rochester, 
.Massachusetts, about 177<>. He lived in Har- 
wich, now West nrewster. and his house was 
standing recently. He removed to Rochester 
and joined the church there in 17'H). and was 
t\ thini^'man in I7*i4-<'i7. His will was dated 
I'ehruary 5. 177.^ proved Septemher 2. I77<^>. 
his son Judah being executor. He married, at 
Yarmouth, in Xovcmlwr. 17.^1. Mary Paddock, 
liorn 1714, daughter of Judah and Alice ( .M- 
den I Paddock, grancldaughter of David Aldcn 
and great-graixldaughter of John and Priscilla 
(Mullens) .\Men. who came on the "May- 
flower." Children : Ann. iKirn March 31, 1733 ; 
Judah. N'ovenilxr H). 1734; Mary, l)aptizcd 
November 7, 173'i. died young; .\ldcn, born 
February 24, 1738-30; Nathan. June 18. 1741 ; 
David. May 10. 1744; Richard. June 8. I74'»; 
Mary. April 15. 1750. married, at Rochester, 
November 13, 17^1*1. Jonathan Hatch, of Fal- 
mouth, his son, .\lden Hatch, had a daughter, 
.Mary Sears (Hatch) Johnston, whose daugh- 
ter, .\nnie M. Johnston. marrie<i .\aron C. 
(iixidman (sec Goodman \'I) ; Elizabeth, bap- 
tized July 8, 1752; .Mice, married Charles 
Church; Sarah, baptized March 30, 1755. 



Klesworth, Elsworth, EIIc»worth and Av 
worth. 

, I , •».., I I ., ._ I. It ,.1. .1 

K< 
ail 

Ellsvwiiii, II. 
sided in ( anil 



till.,.'. 

Connecticut .. 

Ixiught a hou" 

Rivulet, near the oM null, uii wl1.1l w<t!> di 

wards known as the t'lillrtt pl.iri* In 1^15; 

1h. ■ ■ ■ • 

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ih, 
hn 



ih. 

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he 
the 
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;l)e 

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The surname Ellsworth is 
F.1.I.S\\( >UTH .lerivcd from that of a 

small village a few miles 
from Cambridge. England. The village is on 
a small stream once remarkable for its eels, 
hence the name of the village, place of cols. 
The name is spelled in various ways — Elswort, 



liii.:.;.-. I'-' lliL i. • ■luu^ IK !.■ ;hc 

|KMir of other colonies. 20. 

I(.V. ' • T- • ■ ' 

a: 

'' 

tcnibci 18. 1712. C iit)drt-ii . i 1)1- 

cemlKT 5, I'l??: Elirilvib. ii. 

i*>57; Mar\. ' " ' " lier 

7. 1*1* .2: Ser^;. '-5; 

Jonathan. Jiii.t -■ w ; 

Lieutenant John. < icioIkt 7, i'.- 11. 

.\pril 13. 1*174; I'.enjamin. J;ii ■7*1, 
died April 14, i*><>i. 

(H) Captain Jonathan Ellsworth, son of 

Scrgear' ' " ' ' ""'" ■ ' ' '*''ii(|- 

sor, Jill ily 

record. ■ pt 

a tavern and a small store ui \\ ds, 

and was engageil in nianv snv, ,n- 
tiircs. He was a r 
but was of such w 
by the name of "Hiv. . 

tall and strong. His dr.. his 
being thrown from .i ' 13. 
1749. when he wa- 11. He 
married. < ktober . rn Sep- 
tember 10. '^'"5- "'<" N. ■^' i'"t «J, I"55' 

<laughter of Tahan dranl. Cliildrcn: Jona- 
than. l)orn March 11, i'>95-</>; Sarah, January 

8, iTxjS; |ohn, 1701; Ciilcs, .August f>. 1703; 
Mary. MnVch t. f7n*>: Esther. March 9. 1708; 
I")avid, i7o<i. menlione<l below; 
Hannal 10. 1713; Jonathan. Au- 
gust 2^ ^ '-' ' ' '"'" 

(HI ' of Cap- 

tain Io> "> Wind- 



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sor, August 3 (June 17, according to the fam- 
ily Bible), 1709. He inherited from his father 
a hundred pounds, and acquired a handsome 
estate through his own industry. He was a 
farmer. "He had much cunning, or quick wit, 
and very sound judgment; was a selectman 
nearly all his active life, and commanded a 
company of Connecticut men at the Siege of 
Louisburg, hence his title of Captain." He 
died March 5, 1782. He married, July 8, 1740, 
Jemima Leavitt, of Sulifield, born July 9, 1721, 
"a lady of excellent mind, good character, and 
pious principles," daughter of Joshua and Han- 
nah Leavitt. She married (second) June 4, 
1784, Captain Ebenezer Grant, and died Feb- 
ruary I, 1790. Children: David, born March 
27, 1741 ; Oliver, April 29, 1745, mentioned 
below; Martin, January 12, 1750; Jemima, 
March 13, 1751. 

(IV) Chief Justice Oliver Ellsworth, son of 
Captain David Ellsworth, was born in Wind- 
sor, April 29, 1745. At an early age he was 
placed under the instruction of Rev. Dr. Bel- 
lamy, and in 1762 entered Yale College, re- 
maining there two years. At Nassau Hill, now 
Princeton, New Jersey, he attained high rank 
as a scholar, and there received the degree of 
A. B. in 1766. After his graduation, his father 
placed him under the instruction of Rev. Dr. 
Smalley, to educate him for the ministry. Af- 
ter a year's study, however, he abandoned that 
calling for the law, and studied first with the 
first Governor Griswold of Connecticut. He 
completed his course of reading with Judge 
Root, of Coventry, and was admitted to the 
bar of Hartford county, in 1771. The debts 
which he incurred while studying he paid by 
cutting and selling wood from land which he 
owned, not being able to sell the land. 

His father gave him a house and farm in 
Bloomfield (then Wintonbury), and for about 
three years he divided his time between farm- 
ing and the law, the income from his practice 
being very small. His skill in handling an im- 
portant case given him by a neighbor secured 
a verdict for his client and won him at once 
a high reputation. His practice rapidly in- 
creased, and in 1775 he was appointed attorney 
for the state. He sold his farm and removed 
to Hartford, and his practice soon became 
larger and more remimerative than any of his 
contemporaries in the state. His resolute will, 
and power of concentration, together with the 
concise statements of his cases, and his lucid 
and forcible arguments, gained for him a com- 
manding position at the head of his pro- 
fession. He was a Whig in politics, and at 
the beginning of the revolution represented 
Windsor in the general assembly of Connecti- 
cut. \\'hile in that bodv, he served activelv in 



the militia, and was one of a committee of four 
called the "Pay Table." This committee at- 
tended to the military expenditures. In Octo- 
ber, 1777, he was elected a delegate to the 
continental congress, and served as a member 
of the marine committee, acting as a board of 
admiralty, and also on the committee of ap- 
peals, and took a prominent part in all dis- 
cussions and political measures. From 1780 to 
1784, by yearly elections, he was a member of 
the governor's council. In June, 1783, he left 
his seat in congress, and although re-elected, 
declined to serve. In 1784 he declined the ap- 
pointment of commissioner of the treasury to 
take the position of judge of the Superior 
Court of Connecticut. He conducted the duties 
of this office with rare ability and great repu- 
tation until he was a member of the Federal 
Convention at Philadelphia in May, 1877. In 
this body he bore a distinguished part, and 
became conspicuous as one of the ablest advo- 
cates of the rights of the individual states. 
To him we are largely indebted for the Federal 
element of our constitution "by which so many 
sovereign States are kept in distant activity, 
while included under a higher sovereignty." 
He moved in the convention to expunge the 
word "National" from the constitution, and 
substitute the words "Government of the 
United States," and this was finally agreed to 
without a dissenting vote. Upon the organiza- 
tion of the new government at New York in 
1789, Mr. Ellsworth was one of the senators 
from Connecticut, and was appointed chairman 
of the committee to organize the judiciary of 
the United States. The original bill, in his 
handwriting, passed with but slight alteration, 
and its provisions are still in force. He was 
particularly watchful over the treasury, and 
was called the "Cerberus of the Treasury." He 
was spoken of by John Adams as "the firmest 
pillar of Washington's whole administration." 
By common consent he was yielded precedence 
in the Federal ranks in the senate, then com- 
posed of the elite of the Republic. The mission 
of John Jay to England in 1794 was due to his 
suggestion. March 4, 1796, he was made the 
successor of Mr. Jay as chief justice of the 
Supreme Court of the United States, and by 
an extensive course of study, freshened his 
memory on points of law in which he felt him- 
self deficient. His dignified bearing, courteous 
impartiality and acknowledged ability won for 
him everywhere the confidence and esteem of 
the bar. In 1799 President Adams appointed 
him one of a committee to negotiate with 
France as an extraordinary commission to 
avert a war between the two countries, if pos- 
sible. Of the other members of the commis- 
sion, Mr. Henrv declined to act, on account 




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of <ngc, and Mr. Ellswnrtli did so reluctantly, 
but went to }-"ranci-, rcacliyif; tlicro .Marcli -j. 
iS<)o. acconipaiiii'd by thi- two other uicuilH-rs 
of the coininissioii. A tnaty was couchuled 
wliicli niL-t willi much opixjsition from con- 
gress, but which time has proved was wise. 
Ju(I);;e [•'ilswortli's heahli liad l)ecn seriously 
impaired, and travel only iiicreaseil his malady. 
Me was carried to l'"n;;land on the "Ports- 
month," an<l there to<»k the mineral waters at 
r.atii. with some benefit, lii^ son ( )liver. wh'i 
had accompanied him as secretary, returncti 
home with his father's resi(.;nation of the office 
of chief justice. Jud^e F.IIsworth sailed from 
Bristol in April, 1801, and after a painful voy- 
ap;c was laniled at I'oston. In iSt)J he was 
again elected a member of the ii^overnor's coun- 
cil which acted as a superior court of errors 
in Connecticut, beinjj the final court of appeals 
from all inferior state jurisdictions. Flere his 
intluence was controlling. In May, i8*>7, he 
was appointed chief justice of the Supreme 
Court of Connecticut, but he resigned the office 
soon. He died November 2f>, 1807, anil was 
hurieil in the Windsor cemetery. A morm- 
ment marks his grave. Judge Ellsworth was 
tall and erect. His eyes were blue, large, tine 
and jienetrating, and his brows were arched and 
heavy. His expression was pleasant. His 
manners were simple and unatTected, and his 
bearing was dignified and courtly. He was 
I)articular about his personal appearance, and 
never hurried his toilet. In public he always 
af)peareil in black silk stockings, with silver 
knee buckles, and wore a fine ruftled shirt. His 
silk justice's robe and powdered hair greatly 
hcighteneil his natural advantages. His life 
was regular and strictly temperate. Daniel 
Webster once in the senate referred to Ells- 
worth as "a gentleman who had left behind 
him. on the records of the : • of his 

country, pnxifs of the clear i-e and 

of the utmost purity and i: :_ . charac- 

ter." In 1700 he received the degree of LL.D. 
from Yale College, and in 1707 the same de- 
gree from Dartmouth and Princeton. 

Judge Ellsworth married. Dcccmljcr to, 
177.2. .\bigail Wolcott. lM->rn February S. 1755. 
died .\ngnst 4, iSiS. daughter of William. 
Esq., and .\bigail Wolcott. Children, l>orii in 
Windsor: .Abigail, bom August if>. 1774: 
Oliver. October .?3. 177(1. died May 20. 1778: 
Oliver, .\pril -'7. 1781: Maior Martin, .\pril 
'7' i"'*'3 : William, June 25. died July 24. 1785 : 
Frances, August 31. 178^1; Delia. July 2^, 
178(1: William Wolcott. November 10, 1791. 
mentioned below: Hon. Henry Lcavitt (twin), 
born November 10. 1701. 

(\') Ciovenior William Wolcott Ellsworth, 
son of Oliver Ellsworth, was born in Wind- 



..i;h 
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and Ai 
of the 



M>. «1...M 

none at tl 



:lul lime 
I bar. wait 



tins tunc .Mr. I'.liswortii had ai r.ic- 
tice of his own and lie mntji- t,,|ly 
to practice in Han ■ He 
was a Wliig in jvi! ■ .in- 
gress in 1827. and 

at the end of the • 
legislative record v 

self and satisfactory lu U\>> c>iUAtitueni>. A> a 
nl)er of the iiuliriarv mmmitto*' he was 

ef. 
linst 

He 
i.urs 

To 

_ due the 

extension of the copvright law. He was a 
I" ■ ■ ■ • ■ ■ • ' ■ ^ • - 



memi 
active i 
feet P'. 

the Niil 

was on the coinmr 
of the L'nite<l .Stat< 
him, more than to any wilici sii.iii. 



Tevenne tor the govemmeiil. Krinrmng lo 
Hartford in t8't. h<- rc««(nvd fiv pnietirc of 
law. and it \' >' in 

18^8 he wa- late 

f.-- ihy 



execiiliw Willi i..iisi'ici; 
Dnrinij this jioriod he 



rr- 

hief 

.ind 



bv the legislature a jufigc ni the ^ui>t.rn>r 
Court and of the Supreme Court of Errors. He 
remained on the licnch as an associate judge 
of the Supreme Court until i8''ii. when he re- 
tired by age limitation. '"'■•" < ■" .' i'..'<..rc 



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and still possessed of his great intellectual 
powers, he retired to private life, though he 
never ceased to take a keen interest in public 
afTairs. He received the honorary degree of 
LL.D. from Yale College in 1838. He was 
professor of law in Trinity College, Hartford. 
He was one of the original incorporators and 
at the time of his death president of the board 
of directors of the American Asylum for the 
Education and Instruction of the Deaf and 
Dumb, at Hartford. He was president of the 
board of directors of the Hartford Retreat for 
the Insane. 

The following estimate of his character and 
delineation of his personality is from a sermon 
by Rev. George H. Gould, pastor of the Centre 
Church of Hartford, preached at the funeral 
of Governor Ellsworth : 

"He was a Puritan of the best stock. His 
honesty was of perfect whiteness. Rufus Choate 
once spoke of him, in a speech before a legis- 
lative committee of Massachusetts, as 'a man of 
hereditary capacity, purity, learning and love of 
the law,' adding, 'If the land of the Shermans, 
and Griswolds, and Daggetts, and Williams, rich 
as she is in learning and virtue, has a sounder 
lawyer, a more upright magistrate or an hon- 
ester man in her public service, I know not his 
name.' In Judge Ellsworth were hereditary qual- 
ities of great mental and moral worth. Like his 
father, the Chief Justice, he was remarkable for 
the simplicity of his tastes and habits. In man- 
ner he was dignified; in person he was tall and 
finely proportioned with as fine a personal pres- 
ence and bearing as any man of his time; he 
was a good speaker and had a fine voice; in 
conversation he was earnest and sincere, and all 
his intercourse was marked by kindness and in- 
tegrity of nature. The crown of his enduring 
character was his Christian walk and conversa- 
tion. He early professed Christ and ever after, 
through all his membership in the old Centre 
Church of Hartford, was an humble and faithful 
follower of his Lord. 

"He delighted in theological studies and dis- 
cussions and took a very active part in relig- 
ious movements. He was a prominent friend 
of the great charitable and missionary enter- 
prises ; was much interested in Sunday schools 
and even after he had attained a high official 
position, he continued his duties as a teacher 
in the school connected with his church. From 
1821 until his death, a period of forty-seven years, 
he held the office of Deacon in the Centre 
Church. In all things he was an admirable rep- 
resentative of New England, a man of old-time 
integrity, sincerity, solidity of character." 

Governor Ellsworth married, September 14, 
1813. Emilv Webster, born August 4, 1790, 
died August 23, 1861, daughter of Noah Web- 
ster, the lexicographer (see Webster VI). 
Governor Ellsworth died January 15, 1868. 
Children, born in Hartford : i. Pinckney Web- 
ster, December 5, 1814; mentioned below. 2. 
Emily, September 27, 1816; married. .Kpril 2". 
184T, Rev. Abner Jackson, president of Trin- 
ity College. 3. Harriet, July 4, 1818 ; married, 



December 23, 1845, Rev. Russell S. Cook, sec- 
retary of the American Tract Society ; she died 
February 24, 1848: 4. Oliver, September 13, 
1820. 5. Elizabeth, November 17, 1822: died 
January 20, 1823. 6. Elizabeth, June 8, 1824; 
married, December 14, 1853, Hon. Waldo 
Hutchins, congressman from twelfth New 
York district, lawyer of New York City. 

(VI) Dr. Pinckney Webster Ellsworth, son 
of Governor William Wolcott Ellsworth, was 
born in Hartford, December 5, 1814. He was 
descended from Governor William Bradford 
of Plymouth : of John Steele, who was in Hart- 
ford before Hooker and other pioneers of Mas- 
sachusetts and Connecticut. He attended the 
public schools and entered Yale College, from 
which he was graduated in the class of 1836. 
He took up the study of medicine and attended 
medical schools in Philadelphia and New York, 
graduating from the College of Physicians and 
Surgeons of New York with the degree of 
M.D. in 1839. His medical studies were after- 
ward continued in Paris, London and Dublin. 
He settled in Hartford in 1843 and began to 
practice his profession, becoming in a few 
years one of the leading surgeons of the state. 
He was the first to perform a surgical oper- 
ation with the use of anaesthetics, outside of a 
dental office. He was in partnership with Dr. 
Amariah Brigham, who became subsequently 
superintendent of the Retreat for the Insane 
in Hartford, and later superintendent of the 
Insane Asylum at Utica, New York. Dr. Ells- 
worth was for a considerable time one of the 
visiting physicians of the Retreat. He was one 
of the organizers and a prominent member of 
the City Medical Society of Hartford, and a 
leading member of the Hartford County and 
Connecticut Medical Societies, and honorary 
member of the New York State Medical So- 
ciety. During the civil war he was appointed 
brigade surgeon by Governor Buckingham, 
and served on the staff of General Isaac T. 
Stevens of the Army of the Potomac, who was 
shot and killed at the head of his command in 
the second battle of Bull Run. Dr. Ellsworth 
was examiner of recruits for the service, and 
made personal examination of about nine thou- 
sand soldiers. Later he held the office of pen- 
sion examiner, in Connecticut, for nine years 
under Presidents Johnson. Grant and Cleve- 
land. He was a member of the Centre Church 
of Hartford for many years. In politico he 
was always independent and never sought pub- 
lic office of any kind, and even in the church 
he alvvavs declined to hold office. A lifelong 
student, not only of medical, but of theological 
and philosophical subjects, his learning was 
profound. He was es]5ecially interested in 
reading and comparing the Greek scriptures. 



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He wrote a numl)cr of papers 011 his tlu-oloKical 
research aiul pubHshed "Iinmamicl. God with 
lis." etc. The busiest part of the doctor's life 
A. IS spent in his home and office f>n the site 
1 the F'hoenix Life Insurance Company's prcs- 
i lit ortlcc huildin)^^. 

Me married (first), Octoljcr 11. 1842, Julia. 
horn February. 1822, died March 18. 1854, 
l.iii^liter of Jesse Sterlinfj, of liridReixirt. one 
I the first treasurers of tlie Housatonic Rail- 
road Company. He married (second) Decem- 
ber 7, 1857. Julia Townseiid. born at New 
Haven. March 5. 1837, ""^^ livinj,' at Hartford, 
i.iughter of Lucius K. Dow. Child of first 
wife: I. William SteriinK. born .-\upiist 11, 
i>!4<j: died April lO, 1832. Children of the 
' cond wife: 2. Julia Sterling. Itorn June 27, 
1S60; married, December 21. 1882, .\upustus 
Julius Lyman, son of I'.ishop Lyman, of Ashe- 
ville. North Carolina. 3. Emily Webster, born 
May 21, 1864. 4. Harriet, born June i^^), 18^)3; 
!icd October 31. i8r>8. 5. Wolcott Webster, 
horn October 23. 1867. prarluate of Vale Col- 
leU'e. (<. Ernest IJradford. born .April 2~. !870. 
7. Edith Townsend, born February 4, 1872. 
V Alice Greenleaf, born October 6. 1877. 

(The Webster Line). 
John Webster, the immigrant ancestor, 
'.IS one of the original settlers of Hartford, 
' ■iimecticut. He was magistrate of the colony 
rom 1639 to 1639; deputy governor in 1655. 
iiid govcrnf>r in ](^-,f^. During the next three 
ears he was first inagistrate of the colony, or 
1 l)ublic, as his descendant Noah Webster calls 
1. On account of a controversy with the min- 
uter of Hartford, the settlement af Hadlcy, 
Massachusetts, was plamied and John Webster 
e.'uled the list of fifty-nine signers who agreed 
■ ' locate there. His son Rohert was another 
Mgner. Governor Webster lodged at North- 
ampton, Massachusetts, fell sick soon after- 
ward, but recovered and became one of the 
judges associated with John Pynchon and 
Samuel Chapin. His home was on the east 
side of the highway, near the late residence of 
' ieorgc Wyllys. in Hartford. He died April 
;. i'>83, and was buried at Hadlcy. His will 
was dated June 23, i<)39. He gave to his 
wife, .\gnes. the use of his estate at Hart- 
ford during her life, and he also bequeathed 
property to his four sons. Oiildren : Robert. 

mentioned below : Mary, marrii-d Hunt. 

who died in 1639: Mathew settled in Farming- 
ton; William, who-ic wife was tried for witch- 
raft in 1(^84-83, married. 1^)71. Mary Reeves, 
11(1 roided at lladley: Tboma-;. married Abi- 
;;ail .Mexander: .\nne. settled at Northfield. 
Slassachusetts. married John Marsh, of Hail- 
lev. 



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married John Seymimr; Sarah, marrii 




Mvgatt. 




"(Ill) John (2). v.n . 




nah Webster, was Ix'rn in 1 


•'. 


and died in i^k>4- ' ' 


1: 


John, married, 171 -■ 


in 


1733, lived in Southii..,. 


• n- 


ezer. lived to advanced 


in 


1728, married Elizalu-th \ 


rn 


1693. mentioned below; Sarah; .Aim. 


Abigail. 


married, 1710. Jacob Merrill. 




fl\') Daniel, son of John (21 " ' 


A as 


bom in i'>93, at Hartford, aiv 


in 


1763. He married, i-i. \l 


■«• 


Children : Daniel, 


;n 


March 23, 1721, mo 


.di. 


June I, 1724, died in .M 


Abram, 


died in 1731 ; Miriam, \> 


1. I7.29. 


married ( first ) William 


...- .,,.1 1 


Marsh, of New II 





age at home of her son. 

\\'cst Hartford: Daniel. Sc|.itmU;r 

died in 178^: Flihn. died in voulh 

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logg) W 



t;ei. 
.h 



25. •-^'- 

one years seven niontiis 
Mercy Steele, dauglurr 
Children, U>rn at I ' 
November 8. I74<>; 
den. and <lie.! ' 
l)orn in 1731 
( second ) D' 
Eunice Chibl- 
in 173'': man 
removed to |lnnli\ 
ruarv 21. 1821. 4 

i75«-"' ' '■ 

tember j 
ruflf; (-. 

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(third) 

la, l>orn 

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A Xijali 



; I > and 
Mercv (Steele) Webster, was born in West 



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Hartford, October i6, 1758; married, October 
26, 1789, Rebecca Greenleaf, of Boston. He 
served as a private in his father's company in 
the campaign against General Burgoyne, in 
the fall of 1777. He studied law and was ad- 
mitted to the bar in 1781, but he preferred 
teaching to law, and in 1782 opened a classical 
school at Goslien, New York. In 1783 he pub- 
lished at Hartford the "First Part of a Gram- 
matical Institute of the English Language," 
followed by a second and third part in the 
' two years following. He published "The 
American Spelling Book" in 1783, and JVin- 
throp's Journal, which until then had been 
preserved only in manuscript. He wrote vari- 
ous political essays in the Connecticut Courant 
in 1785, entitled "Sketches of American Pol- 
icy." He was interested in public questions, 
and in 1785 visited the southern states to ad- 
vocate the enactment of state copyright laws. 
In 1786 he delivered a course of lectures in the 
principal cities and towns on subjects relating 
to the English language, and these lectures 
were published in 1789 under the title of "Dis- 
sertations on the English Language." In 1787 
he taught English grammar and kindred sub- 
jects at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. After the 
Federal constitutional convention adjourned, 
he published a work entitled "Examination of 
the Leading Principles of the Federal Consti- 
tution." In 1788 he published for one year 
the American Magacinc, but the venture was a 
failure finanically. Returning to Hartford in 
1789, he took up the practice of his profession 
and gained a prominent position at the bar. In 
1793, at the request of the president, he estab- 
lished a daily newspaper in New York City 
to support the administration. This paper was 
called the Minerva, and after a short time he 
added a semi-weekly called the Herald. These 
were subsequently called the Commercial Ad- 
vertiser and the Netv York Spectator. The 
Advertiser is still published, though the name 
was changed again to The Globe a few years 
ago. Webster's articles in these papers under 
the nom-de-plume "Curtius" ably defended 
Jay's treaties and other controverted policies 
of the young government. 

In 1798 he removed to New Haven, and in 
1799 he published "A Brief History of Epi- 
demics and Pestilential Diseases" in two octavo 
volumes. In 1802 he published a work on the 
rights of neutrals in time of war, and "Histor- 
ical Notices of the Origin and State of Bank- 
ing Institutions and Insurance Offices," and in 
1807 his "Philosophical and Practical Gram- 
mar of the English Language." He had in 
1806 published a "Compendious Dictionary," 
and in 1807 commenced the great labor of his 
life, "A Dictionary of the English Language," 



the first edition of which appeared in 1828 in 
two quarto volumes, and a second in 1840 in 
two royal octavo volumes. While preparing 
this stupendous work he lived at .Amherst, 
Massachusetts, and he was one of the most 
active and influential founders of Amherst Col- 
lege. He was for a number of years a repre- 
sentative to the general court from Amherst. 
He had served his district in New Haven in 
the Connecticut legislature several terms previ- 
ously, and for a time was judge of one of the 
state courts and one of the aldermen of the 
city. He returned to New Haven in 1822 and 
visited Europe in 1828. Early in 1843 lie Pub- 
lished "A Collection of Papers on Political, 
Literary and Moral Subjects," and an elabor- 
ate treatise on "The supposed change of tem- 
perature in Winter." His last literar}' labor 
was the revision of the Appendix to his dic- 
tionary, completed a few days before his death. 
He died at New Haven, May 28, 1843. Of 
the "Elementary Spelling- Book" nearly fifty 
million copies have been sold, and during the 
preparation of the dictionary the income from 
this work supported his family. His dictionary 
was revised after his death by his son-in-law, 
Professor Goodrich, and from time to time by 
others. The Merriams of Springfield have 
been the publishers for many years. In 1823 
he received the honorary degree of LL.D. from 
Yale College. Dr. Webster's works, besides 
those mentioned, were : "History of the 
Ignited States," revised in 1838 ; "Letters to a 
Young Gentleman Commencing His Educa- 
tion," published in 1823; "Manual of L'seful 
Studies," in 1832 ; "The Prompter," and a 
"History of Animals." 

In many respects Dr. Webster was the most 
famous scholar of his period in American liter- 
ature. He performed a work of lasting value 
to the English-speaking people and blazed the 
way for other lexicographers to follow. That 
he was a genius cannot be disputed. His ver- 
satility in literature was as remarkable as his 
learning was profound. 

Children of Noah and Rebecca (Greenleaf) 
Webster : i. Emily, born August 4, 1790 : mar- 
ried William Wolcott Ellsworth, September 
14. 1813 (see Ellsworth family). 2. Frances 
Juliana, February 5, 1793: married, October i, 
1816, Chauncey Allen Goodrich. 3. Harriet, 
April 6, 1797; married (first) Edward H. 
Cobb, of Portland, May 22, 1816, and (sec- 
ond) July 26, 1825, William Chouncy Fow- 
ler. 4. Mary, January 7, 1799; died February 
28, 1819; married Horatio Southgate, of Port- 
land. 5. William Greenleaf, September 15, 
1801 ; married Rosalie Eugenia Stuart, of A^ir- 
ginia. May 5, 1831, and removed in 1833 to 
Cincinnati, Ohio. 6. Eliza Steele, December 



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I'i 



21, 1803; iiijirricil, SciiU-mber 5, 1823, Henry 
Jones. 7. Henry liradford, Xovcnibcr 20, 
1806; (lied aj^ctl ten weeks. 8. Lmiis-i. Xnril 
12. i8<>S. 



The name ^l \\ liitlle>L\ 
Will III. K.SEV was first taken Ijy the 
|ie()|)le livini^ in Cam- 
bridgeshire, Knpland. on the Whittlesea l-'ens, 
at no later date than the tenth ccntnry. In 
the year 1 187 William Whittlesey led a for- 
lorn hope at the siefje of .\crc. He followed 
his kins' •" t'''" elTort to rcscnc the tomb of 
Christ from the Jews, and was one of abimt 
fifty men who withstood the famine of fire and 
water and returned to finj^land with the kinp, 
by whom he was knighted in i i()o. In 1 192 
he fell at the battle of Malta. Cambridgeshire 
was the birthphce of the iMiglish and .Ameri- 
can families of the name of Whittlesey and 
there are still many of the name living in that 
comity. The coat-of-arms of the linglish fam- 
ily is described as follows: .Aznre; a fess. er- 
mine, between three escaloj) shells. ( )r. An 
Esqnire helmet on shield. Crest : Lion ram- 
pant. .Motto: Animo ct fide (Courage and 
Faith ) . 

( I ) John Whittlesey, immigrant ancestor, 
was born Jidy 4, 1623, in Cambridgeshire, 
England, near Whittlesea, the son of John, 
born in 1593. and Lydia (Terry) Whittlesey. 
The lalter's mother's name was Wesley, ami 
she and her husband were married in London, 
October, iri2i-22. John Whittlesey, the son. 
came to .Xirerica with the Lords .Say and Seal 
Company in i')35. The company landed in 
Boston. Massachusetts, but as early as 1636 
were in Saybrook. Connecticut. The records 
of Savbrook from this time to 1670 were de- 
stroyed by fire, but the Whittlise\s arc men- 
tioned as among the iidiabiiants of Middlesex 
county. Connecticut, in 1(148. In 1662 John 
Whittlesey and William Hudley. of Saybrook, 
contracted with the town to keeji a ferry across 
the Connecticut at Saybrook from Tilly's 
Point. They were also to build a road to the 
point and a b.orse canoe or boat large enough 
to carry three horses at once and such passen- 
gers as desired to cross. In if>77-78-79 John 
Whittlesey is mentioned as buying lands. He 
represented the town of Saybrook in the gen- 
eral assembly between 1644 and i'>85. and was 
also elected in If')</v97-t>^-i703. In if>78 be 
was afipointed collector of minister's rates, and 
again in iC>8i-82: townsman in ir>88-89-97. In 
ir>84 he was oi'e of the attorneys, ^a lister in 
ir»85. and frequently one of a committee to 
surve\ and lav out Innd and to seat people in 
the meeting house. He was made freeman. 
.\pril |. 1 -o I \V\^ lion^c u:is Iniill re'\r the 



ferry, on tiu- ui-i Ii.hik "I 'iir "le 

site remained in the family until 

He married, :ii ^i'. l.t... ,k 1 ;, 

Ruth. l)orn \\' \. 

liam and Jane 
William DudU 

erl\ .'^lK•en, in ;.> 

(inillord, < ■ 

Henry \\ 1 

Hopkins 1 1 ; :- 

man. of W *jrtx-n, AuKxist 24. M>3"- 

He was : \e in the general court 

for Cuilfoni. .in.i .ii.d .March 16. 1683-84. His 
wife died Mav i. i')74. He was the son of 

David Dudley', of D:.'L -- ■ v,,rr..v, 

1^)30. a wheelwright .s 

the son of Squire Tb' .it 

I58<». of Darking. His wiu .■> n.ni.i iwi.'* 

VVhite. He was married in Km 2 and died in 
1649. He was • ' ' ' ' " \t- 

ert Dudley, b rt 

, Dudley was_thi. a' 

Leicester, who married i third » I h- 

tcr of Sir Francis Knolles. wi'l -^t 

Devcreux. Earl of Essex. He \' i 

John Dudley, Duke of Northun 11 

1502. beheaded 1533. married Lii.. i...ii...id, 
iKirn 1504. died 1555. daughter of .Sir Edward 
(iuilford. John Dudley was the son of Edward 
Dudley, born I4(>2. beheadetl 1510, married 
Elizabeth, heir to Sir Edward tiray. Edward 
Dudley was the son of .Sir John Dudley, born 
at .\rimdel Castle, .Sussex county, «licd 1500, 
married Elizabeth Bran.shot. ilie<l I4'»" ^'^ 
John Dudley was the son of Sir John 
Lord Dudley. K. <i.. Iwrn I4Q<>. died 14- 
ried Elizabeth, daughter of Sir John Mtrklc), 
Knight. John Whittlesey died .\pril 15. 1704. 
Children: John. l)orn December 11, i'V.5; 
Stephen. .\\ir\\ 3. UHij : I-'benezcr. DeccmlHT 
II, ifVx): Joseph. June 13. i'>7i ; Josiah, .\ii- 
gxi.st 21, 1673: Jabcz, March 14, 1^75: David, 
Tune 20. 1^)77: Eliphalet, July 24, 1670: Kuth, 
April 2V i(>8! : Sarah. .Mav 2?., 1^183: Sam- 
uel. i^STi. 

(II) Eliphalet. son of John Whittlesey, was 
born July 24. if)79. at Saybrook. In 1707 he 
removed to Xewington and purchaseil seventy- 
two acres of land from his brother Jabez. On 
this land he erected his house and bam and 
started farming. In 1723 and 1727 he was 
one of the "prudential committee" in the so- 
cietv. His name a|)pears on the list of Xew- 
ington church members in 1747, on the com- 
mittee to suiierinteml letting the school money 
during the year 1748; on the conimittee to 
"seat the meeting house." t-^rt. He married, 
Decemlx-r I, 1702. Mary P'" '■ —' '^' • v}. 
1677. at Saybrook. He die. 
and hi< wife. March 22. I75> 



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CONNECTICUT 



born October i. 1703; Hannah, May 13, 1711 ; 
Eliphalet, mentioned below. 

(lllj Eliphalet (2), son of Eliphalet (i) 
Whittlesey, was born in Newington, May 10, 
1714. He was a farmer by occupation, and 
his farm was one of the best known and most 
productive in the vicinity of Newington. He 
was also prominent in public affairs. In 1761 
he removed with his family to Washington, 
Connecticut, and united with the church there 
the same year. He was soon after chosen 
deacon. In May, 1775, he was appointed a 
member of the general assembly from Kent, 
Connecticut, also at a special session held at 
Hartford, by order of the governor, called to 
provide for the defense and safety of the in- 
habitants and to supply troops. He took an 
active and important part in the colonial wars. 
October 13, 1748, he was commissioned by the 
general assembly to be ensign of the Tenth 
Company or train band in the Sixth Regiment 
of the colony of Connecticut, and on May g, 
1 75 1, was commissioned lieutenant of the same 
company and regiment. Alarch 7, 1756, he was 
appointed and commissioned captain of the 
Si.xth Company of the Fourth Regiment. Feb- 
ruary 9, 1757, he was commissioned captain of 
the Tenth Company of the Sixth Regiment, 
and March, 1758, commissioned captain of the 
Fourth Company in the First Regiment under 
Phineas Lyman, colonel; 1759, captain of the 
Fifth Company, First Regiment; 1760, captain 
of Fifth Company, First Regiment. In 1760 
he was placed at the head of a company which 
was raised on the call for twenty-five hundred 
men for Major-General William Shirley's com- 
mand, to operate at Crown Point and Iroquois 
Lake. He participated in the battles and re- 
mained in service during the war. In the 
campaign of 1757, which- resulted in the sur- 
render of Fort William Henry to Montcalm's 
forces. Captain Whittlesey had the command 
of a picked company of one hundred men, 
mostly from Wethersfield, Connecticut. In 
1758, when Fort Edward was the base of oper- 
ations, and Ticonderoga the objective point, 
he was always in the thickest of the battles and 
led his men with great bravery. 

He married, December 16, 1736, Dorothy, 
born December 24, 1716, died April 14, 1772, 
daughter of Captain Martin Kellogg, who 
settled in the first society of Wethersfield, but 
afterwards removed to Newington. where he 
died. As a boy he lived at Deerfield. Massa- 
chusetts, with his father, stepmother and three 
other children. During Queen Anne's war, 
February 29, 1704, he was captured by the 
Indians, together with his father and the other 
children, but they were afterwards allowed to 
return. He was several times captured, but 



was returned. He was often employed by the 
government as interpreter of the Indian lan- 
guage at the Indian treaties. He was commis- 
sioned captain in the Sixth Company of militia 
of Wethersfield by the general assembly, and 
in 1746 was engaged to be pilot for the ex- 
pected British fleet in the St. Lawrence. In 
1 75 1 he was the colony's agent to the chief of 
the Mohawks to supply them with clothing. 
He married, January 26, 1692, Dorothy Ches- 
ter, died September 26, 1754. His father was 
Martin Kellogg, born October i, 1660, prob- 
ably at Farmington. He was often employed 
as an Indian interpreter and was a courageous 
and active man. He was a weaver by trade. 
He survived many captures and much hard 
treatment by the Indians. 

He married (first) December 10, 1684, 
Ann, daughter of Samuel and Mehetabel John- 
son, born at Hadley, Massachusetts. February 
22, 1667, died at Deerfield, July 19, 1689. Sam- 
uel Johnson was born March 5, 1642, at Had- 
ley, and was killed by the Indians at Deerfield, 
September 8, 1675. Mehetabel, his wife, was 
the daughter of Humphrey Johnson, born in 
England, son of John Johnson, who came from 
England in the fleet with John Winthrop, and 
was a representative in the first general court, 
1634, a member of the Ancient and Honorable 
Artillery Company, 1638. He lived in Rox- 
bury, Connecticut, where he died September 
30, 1659. Martin Kellogg married the third 
time in 1732. His father was Joseph Kellogg. 
Dorothy Chester, wife of Captain Alartin Kel- 
logg, was the daughter of Stephen and Jemima 
(Treat) Chester. Her father was born May 
26, 1660, son of Captain John Chester, born 
August 5, 1635, married, February, 1653, 
Sarah Welles, born in 163 1, daughter of Gov- 
ernor Thomas Welles, the fourth governor of 
the Colony of Connecticut, 1655-58. He died 
February 23, 1698, and his wife, December 12 
or 16, 1698. He was the son of Leonard Ches- 
ter, born July 15, 1610, married, in England, 
1634, Mrs. Rlary (Sharpe) Wade, born about 
1608. daughter of Nicholas Sharpe. He died 
in Wethersfield, Connecticut, December 11, 
1647. '"''f' t'''^ family arms are on his tomb 
in the old Wethersfield burying-ground. His 
wife died November 30, 1688. He was the 
son of John Chester, of Blaby, England, who 
married Dorothy Hooker, sister of Rev. Thom- 
as Hooker, founder of Hartford, and daugh- 
ter of Thomas Hooker, mentioned elsewhere 
in this book. John Chester was the son of 
Leonard and Bridgetta (Sharpe) Chester, and 
grandson of Sir ^^''illiam Chester, baronet, of 
London. Eliphalet Whittlesey died July 12, 
1786, at Washington, Connecticut. Children: 
Martin, born October 5, 1737; Lemuel. ^lay 



CONNECTl'- 



I'l, 1740: John, December 23. 1741, mcmiDHcd 
below; Aniui, January J7, 1744; Abiier, May 
I, 1746; Elijibalet, July 2. 1748: Daviil. Au- 
gust 18, 1750; Asaph, May 12, 1753; Dorothy, 
September 5, 1755; I'-lisha, January 8, 1758; 
Roger, < >ctuber 6, 1760. 

( I\) John (2), son of Eliphalet (2) Whit- 
tlesey, was born at Xcwington. December 23, 
1741. He removed in 17O1 with his father to 
New Preston, Connecticut, lie left a diary 
which shows that he served as a servant to 
his fatlier in the colonial wars. His discharge 
shows that he served for three years in his 
faihir's CKUipaii). May 9, 175''. he assisted in 
furwardiiii,'' stores fri>m Connecticut to tireen- 
bush, opposite .\lbany, .New York, h'rom the 
memoranda left by Mr. Whittlesey we tind that 
the "spirit of the times'" and the "safety of 
the people" jirednminated above all else in his 
mind, and after placing; his farm in jicrlcct 
working order, he devoted iiis alteiition tn the 
revolution. In 177^) he was a private in Cap- 
tain Tibbetts' company, August 18 to Septem- 
ber 14. 177'). at New York, in Captain John 
Ilinman's i. pn'|i;iiiy ; ( )ctobiT 28, he marcheil 

Stanif'>ri!. ( ■ niiiccticut. in L'aptaiii Moselcy's 

uipany. Xnvciuber '>, the re:,'imeiit was at 

I l'>rse Neck; Xovember 12, marched to Rye: 

'■ cember 2. was at Saw Pitts, under General 

A 1 Mister. March 21, 1777, he was commis- 

■ned ensign hy Jonathan Trumbull, and 
served in the regiment of Lieutenant-Colonel 
N. Parsons, lie recruited the (|uota of men 
for New Preston and collected and forwarded 
supplies and ammunition. After the revolution 
he was a justice of the peace, and was re- 
'I'cted to the Connecticut legislature for sev- 

teen consecutive sessions, and was also a 
member of the cotnmittee of safety. He was 
chosen deacon of the church in 1788, but de- 
clined to act. He was chosen and made a 
member of the convention to ratify the Con- 
stitution of the United States, and gave his 
vote, January _v i"88. 

He iTiarried. Novetnber 14, 1765, Mary, bom 
August 24. 1745. at New Preston, died Sep- 
tei^ber 30. 1802. daughter of Matthew and 
Hannah Beale. Her father. Matthew Beale, 
was born .Xjiril 13. 17 19. He inarried (first) 
March 17. 1738, at New Preston, Hannah 
Cogswell, and removed to Salisbury in 1792. 
He tnarried (second) Hannah Sweezey. Sep- 
tember I. 1777. and removed to Long Island. 
His father. George Beale. was born in Eng- 
land, 1675, died 17^10. He came to America 
with his son Matthew when the latter was 
eleven vears old. Hannah Cogswell was the 
daughter of Edward and Hannah (Brown) 
Cogswell, born at Ipswich. .\|iril 13. 1710. died 
in 1776. of dumb ague. Her father. Edward. 



wa~ 
th. 
Job. 

dren : Matthew 
January 11. i-' 
Chester. " 
teml>er 2: 
phalet, >' 
1781 ; El. 
(\) .\l. 
tiesey, was bom ai 
176^1. He practiced ' 
cut. ' ' 
rep' 

att' I... 

sitions with 11 1 
was first presi. 
tion. Me was a man of 
skill in his profession, an'! 
manners and princi- ' 
He married f tirst ) ! 
13, 1772, died .May 7. 
ter of Ebenezer Russell an 
White. He married (sc 
1824. Mrs. Caroline H<1 
March 25. 1773, widow ■ 
and Betsey ( Brownell ) 
Beale Whittlesey died Oct 
dren : William .Augustus. 



Whit- 



A. M. 

latthew 
7. Chil- 
t. 1796: 



Eliza, .April 16, 1798; John. 1 i.l.:iiary 16, 1800; 
Oliver, March 31, 1803: Marv Anna. Febniary 
9, 1805; Amelia (tw: ' ... . i ,!;j 

(twin) ; Ebenezer R 

(\'I) Eljenezer 1\ jw 

Beale Whittlesey, was bom at Danbury, Jan- 
uary 30, 181 5. When fifteen ve?re of n^e he 
went to New York, where 1 n- 

ticeship to a jeweler, an! !e 

for ten years. He then v d, 

and became interested i' -'g 

and the milk business. In • -e- 

tumed to Danbury and assuiiicvl charge ui his 
father's farm. He alsn Hid business as a con- 
tractor and as - ' ' • ' ' xn. He 
was associated !1 under 

the firm name . Tliey 

built a portion of the Fourth a\ in 

New York City, and St. Jan. in 

Danbury. In the early seventies .M:. \\ Imtle- 
sey retired from active business, and devoted 

his time to tbr -- • ''^ •— " He 

was at one ti- t- 

man and a mi i cs. 

He was a memUi oi the i..'n^rt)4.iti.>nal 
church and with "fher* nrtr^ini/ed the Second 

C- 'to 

tli( I>- 

erii.;> .,..., :• ■■■ ty- 

six vears. He was a man of integrity and 
sound iudgment. He died October 6, 1892. 



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He married, at Newtown, Long Island, Febru- 
ary 19, 1840, Ann Eliza, born January 16, 1822, 
at Cairo, Greene county, Xew York, daughter 
of Jacob and Permelia (Carmen) White. Her 
mother, Permelia (Carmen) White, was the 
daughter of George Washington and Betsey 
( Buckbee) Carmen, of Westchester, New 
York. On her father's side she was a direct 
descendant of Peregrine White, of Plymouth. 
Children : Frank, born January 20, 1841 ; Mat- 
thew Beale, November 2, 1842; John Jacob, 
November 12, 1844 ; Mary, December 23, 
1846; William Augustus, February 21, 1849; 
Elmira Carmen, August 9, 1851 : Frank Rus- 
sell, August 28, 1858 ; Charles White, June 30, 
1861 ; Granville, mentioned below. 

(VII) Granville, son of Ebenezer Russell 
Whittlesey, was born at Danbury, July 11, 
1864. He studied law with Brewster, Tweedy 
& Scott, and was admitted to the bar in Febru- 
ary, 1889. He remained w-ith this firm until 

1892, when he was made clerk of the city court. 
He served in the latter capacity until March, 

1893, when he became a member of the firm of 
Tweedy, Scott & Whittlesey. He is a member 
of the Sons of the American Revolution, of 
the New England Society, New York, and of 
the Congregational church. Danbury. In poli- 
tics he is a Republican. He married, January 
19, 1903, Julia Delliker, born September 29, 
1876, daughter of Ebenezer and Julia (Del- 
liker) Hill. Children: Granville, born in 
Danbury, December 5, 1903 ; Julian Hill, 
Greenwich, October, 1905. 



William Beardsley, the 
BEARDSLEY immigrant ancestor, was 

born in England in 1605. 
He came to this country in 1635 in the ship 
"Planter" with his wife Mary, aged twenty- 
six, children Mary, aged four, John, aged two, 
and Joseph, aged six months. According to 
the family tradition, he was a native of Strat- 
ford-on-Avon, the home of Shakespeare, and 
it is believed that he gave the name of Strat- 
ford to the settlement in which he made his 
home, now Stratford, Connecticut. One of his 
descendants who settled in western New York 
named the town in which he located Avon in 
honor of the Beardsley who came with Rev. 
Adam Blakeman from St. Albans, England, 
and settled first at Hadley, Massachusetts. In 
1638 he removed to Hartford, Connecticut, and 
in the following spring to Stratford, of which 
he was one of the first settlers. He was deputy 
to the General Court seven years. He was a 
mason by trade. His will was dated September 
28, 1660, and proved July 6, 1661. His inven- 
tory, dated February 13, 1660-01, amounted to 
three hundred and thirty-three pounds fifteen 



shillings eight pence. He died at the age of 
fifty-si.x years, leaving several young children. 
Children : i. Mary, born 163 1 ; married Thom- 
as Wells. 2. John, born 1632; captain; died 
November 19, 1718. 3. Joseph, born 1634; 
mentioned below. 4. Samuel, born 1638 ; had 
land in what is now Bridgeport. 5. Sarah, born 
1640 : married, June 8, 1668, Obadiah Dickin- 
son. 6. Hannah, born 1642; married Nathan- 
iel Dickinson. 7. Daniel, born 1644 : died 1730. 
8. Thomas, mentioned by Savage. 

(II) Joseph, son of William Beardsley, was 
born in 1634. He inherited half the estate of 
his father, on condition that he should lead 
a seafaring life and care for his mother. He 
fulfilled the conditions. He was living in 
Brookhaven, Long Island, when, July 31, 1684, 
he exchanged his property in Stratford for the 
property of Andrew Gibb at Brookhaven. 
Later he returned to Stratford, however, and 
died there in 1712, aged seventy-seven years. 
His inventory was dated May 29, 17 12, and 
amounted to seven hundred and eighty-two 
pounds six pence. He married Abigail Day- 
ton. Children: i. Joseph, born June 16, 1666. 
2. John, born November 4, 1668. 3. Hannah, 
born April 30, 1671 : married Thomas Har- 
vey. 4. Elizabeth, married Edmund Pulford. 

5. Thomas, married Sarah Deming. 6. Eph- 
raim, married Mehitable Osborne. 7. Jona- 
than. 8. Josiah, mentioned below. 

(III) Josiah, son of Joseph Beardsley, was 
born in Stratford or Brookhaven about 1685- 
90. He married, November 4, 1712, at Strat- 
ford, Mary Whittemore, probaljly daugliter of 
Samuel. Children: i. Kate, born Alarch 23, 
1714. 2. Hannah, born February i, 1715. 3. 
Josiah, born December 31, 1716. 4. Samuel, 
born June 30, 1719; mentioned below. 5. 
Israel, born March 13, 1721. 6. Benjamin, 
born July 12, 1723, died 1726. 7. Isaac Jud- 
son, born October, 1725. 8. Benjamin, born 
February 28, 1727-28. 9. Jonathan, ba])tized 
August, 1734; settled at Newtown. 

(IV) Samuel, son of Josiah Beardsley, was 
born in Stratford, June 30, 1719. He married 
(first) Ann, daughter of Samuel and Mary 
French; (second) Thankful Doolittle. Sam- 
uel Beardsley was in Lieutenant Colonel Jona- 
than Duncan's regiment at Peekskill in 1777, a 
captain in rank; also captain in Colonel Sam- 
uel Whiting's regiment in 1777. Children : i. 
Catherine, born July, 1742. 2. Josiah, born 
February 6, 1750. 3. Daniel, born July, 17,^2; 
married .\nn Hawley. 4. .\nna, married Eli 
Smith. 5. Sarah, baptized August 13, 1758. 

6. Joseph, baptized, August 13, 1758. 7. Sam- 
uel, born May 14, 1760. 8. Eliot, bantized 
August 29, 1762; mentioned below, q. Sarah, 
baptized August 29, 1762. 10. Hall, born 



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i-f>7. n. L.itlicrine, born March 2, 1770; 
married Stephen IJeardslcy, uf Truniljiill. Con- 
necticut. 

(\') Eliot, son of Samuel Itearclsley, was 
horn in Stratford in 1762, and was baptized 
there with his twin sister, Sarah, Au].^ust jq, 
\~(>2. He settled at Southbury, Connecticut, 
,md many of his descendants have lived at 
W insled and vicinity. In 1790 he was livin;; 
.it lluntinf.;ton, L'onnecticut, and had one fe- 
male in iiis family. He married, April 20, 
178X, Hannah Heach, who died June 10, 1799. 
He married (second), October i(\ 1800, .Abi- 
gail Patterson, widow. Children: i. .-\bi).;ail, 
born ,nt 1 luntinjjton, .April 25. 1792. 2. Han- 
nah, born .May 17, 179S. 3. ICliot, born De- 
cember 26, 1 80 1. Perhaps others. 

(VI) Eliot (2), son of Eliot (l) Beardsley, 
born December 26. 1801, at Huiitin{;ton. He 
marrii'd Delia Rockwell. They lived at Win- 
chester. Connecticut. 

(\ 111 Edward Rockwell, son of Eliot (2) 
I'.cardslcy, was born at W'insted, Comiecticut, 
January 10, 1839. He was educated in the 
public schools and Vale Colle-je, where he 
irraduatcd in 1859. He was treasurer of the 
I'.eardsley Scythe Company from 1S59 to 1S74. 
I'roni 1S74 to 1S77 he conducted a private 
banking business in W'insted, and in 1877 be- 
came secretary and treasurer of the Central 
\ew England ami Western railroad, which po- 
sition he occupied for twenty-nine years until 
his death, .May 19, hjo^l He removed from 
Winsted to Hartford in 1881, and passed the 
remainder of his life in that city. In religion 
he was a Congregatiopalist, in politics a 
staunch Rejiublican. He was a member of 
the .\syluni Avenue Congregational Church of 
Hartford: secretary and treasurer nf the 
Pcnrdsk-y Library of Winsted: and a director 
of The Empire Knife Company of Winsted. 

He married, January 10, 1867, Emma .•\<le- 
laide. born January 30. 1840 ( see Lyman and 
Wetmore families). I'aiigliter of Thomas Wat- 
son. She is living at Hartford. Connecticut. 
Children: 1. Elliot Gay, lK)rn June 4. iSTiS. 2. 
Edward Wat.son, born June 4. i8f>8, ntentioned 
below. 3. Eaith. died in infancy. 4. Grace 
Rockwell, born at Winsted, April 5, 1876. 

(XIIIi Fdwanl Watson, son of I-'dward 
Rockwell Peardsley, was born in Winsted, 
June 4, 1868, and attended the public schools 
there. He went with the family to Hartford 
in 1 88 1 and there attended the public schools, 
taking a two years' cour.se in the Hartford 
iniblic high scliool. In December. 1885. he 
entered the employ of the D. H. nuell Jewelry 
Company, resigning that position. Jidy. iSS/t, 
to become a clerk in the office of the Phoenix 
Fire Insurance Company, where he continue' ! 



until .March, ■cd 

local agent 01 'so 

representing \ .. com- 

panies. He !• isurance 

business in hi- 1 I, 1^99, 

and then entered a |>.kru)cr.>!iip vvith General 
1-. .\. Dickinson and C. I. Heardsley. under 
the firm nan ■ • ■ 1. , • ^ 

l'.eard>l(y in i nce 

tieiicral Dicki: , /H, 

the firm name has been . iieards- 

ley. They arc the l^x-n! ' •• Aetna 

Fire Insurance C' the 

Phoenix I'ire Insur rd, 

the Home Insurani rk, 

and the .Alliance li da- 

delphia. .Mr. lieard I in 

business and is well knuwn liiruUKliutit the 
coimtry as an able, progressive and enterpris- 
ing imdcrwriter. He w " it of the 
Comiecticut .As.sociation c Insur- 
ance Agents in 1902 an' - at pres- 
ent ( 1909) the president nal Asso- 
ciation of Local Fire In- !its. He 
was vicc-f)resident of the ll.uiii.;.! I'.oard of 
Fire L'nderw riters in 1899. and re-elected for 
a second term in 1900. He is an active and 
prominent Republican. He was fire commis- 
sioner of the city of Hartford 1902-05, and 
has been for several years clerk of the west 
middle school district of Hartford. He is a 
member of the Republican Club of Hartford. 
He is a member of the .Asylum .Avenue Con- 
gregational Church of Hartford. He belongs 
also to the Hartford Golf Club; the Connecti- 
cut Society, .'^ons of the American Revolution ; 
the Pi. H. Webb Council, Royal .Arcanum, and 
St. John's Liidge of Free M,Ti<-in« He niar- 

ried. October 15. 1889. I. n-.on, l)orn 

September 28. i8fi9. Tb -hild. Ar- 

line Johnson, bom July . ., ,,, 

(The Lyman Line). 

H) .Alfred the Great, King of England, 
married Ethelbirth, dauglUer of Earl Ethel- 
ran; their .son — 

(ID Edward the Elder was King of Eng- 
land. 

I HI) Edgina. daughter of Edward, married 
Henry <le X'erandois. 

f IV ) Hubert fourth was Count de Vcrman- 
dois. 

i\') .Adela. daughter of Hubert, married 
Hugh Magnus, fifth Count de Vcnnandojs, 
and son of Henry I.. King of France. 

(\'n Isabel, daughter of Hugh, married 
Robert, Earl of Millent and Leicester. 

{\'\\^ Robert was second Earl of Leicester. 

(\Tin Robert, his s.-)n. was third Earl of 

I cii-istcr 



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(IX) Margaret, daughter of Robert, mar- 
ried Saier de Quincy. 

(X) Roger was the Earl of Winchester. 

(XI) EHzabeth, daughter of Roger, married 
Alexander Comyn. 

(XII) Agnes, daughter of Alexander, mar- 
ried Gilbert de Umfreville, called the famous 
baron, the flower and keeper of the northern 
parts of England. 

(XIII) Gilbert de Umfreville was an in- 
fant at the time of his father's death and was 
made a ward of Simon de Mountford, Earl of 
Leicester. He was the Earl of Angus, having 
married Matilda, Countess of Angus, a lineal 
descendant of R^alcolm III., King of Scotland, 
three of whose sons succeeded to the throne. 
Gilbert died in 1307. 

(XIV) Robert de Umfreville, second son of 
Gilbert, had livery of his lands. He was one 
of the governors of Scotland and was a mem- 
ber of parliament under Edward II., until the 
eighteenth year of his reign, when he died. 
He was the second Earl of Angus. 

(XV) Sir Thomas de Umfreville, son of 
Robert, was heir to his half-brother. Gilbert, 
and lived at Harbottle. He married Joan, 
daughter of Lord Rodam. 

(XVI) Sir Thomas de Umfreville was sec- 
ond son of Sir Thomas (i) and heir to his 
brother, Sir Robert, and was living in the time 
of Henry IV., at Kyme. Children: i. Gilbert, 
a famous soldier in the French wars in the 
time of Henry IV. and V., and was slain with 
Thokas, Duke of Clarence and others. 2. Jo- 
anna, mentioned below. 

(XVII) Joanna, daughter of Sir Thomas de 
Umfreville, married Sir William Lambert, son 
of Alan 'Lambert. 

(XVIII) Robert Lambert, of Owlton, was 
his son. 

(XIX) Henry Lambert, Esquire, of Ongar, 
county Essex, was living in the twenty-fifth 
year of the reign of Henry VI. 

(XX) Elizabeth, daughter of Henry Lam- 
bert, married Thomas Lyman of Navistoke. 

(XXI) Henry Lyman, of Navistoke. was his 
son. 

(XXII) John, son of Henry Lyman, lived 
in High Ongar. 

(XXIII) Henry, son of John Lyman, lived 

in High Ongar. He married Elizabeth , 

and had nine children. 

(XXIV) Richard, third child of Henry Ly- 
man, was born at High Ongar, county Essex, 
England, and baptized October 30, 1580. In 
1629 he sold to John Gower lands and orchards 
and a garden in Norton Mandeville, in the par- 
ish of Ongar, and in August, 163 1, embarked 
with his wife and five children in the ship 
"Lion." William Pierce, master, for New Eng- 



land. In the ship, which sailed from Bristol, 
were Martha Winthrop, third wife of Govern- 
or Winthrop, the governor's eldest son and 
his family, and also Eliot, the Indian apostle. 
They landed at Boston, and Richard Lyman 
settled first in Charlestown, and with his wife 
united with the church of which Eliot was 
pastor. He was admitted a freeman, June 11, 
1635, and in October of the same year, join- 
ing a party of about a hundred persons, went 
to Connecticut, and became one of the first 
settlers of Hartford. The journey was beset 
by many dangers, and he lost many of his 
cattle on the way. He was one of the original 
proprietors of Hartford in 1636. receiving 
thirty parts of the purchase from the Indians. 
His house was on the south side of what is 
now Buckingham street, the fifth lot from 
Main street, west of the South Church, and 
bounded apparently by Wadsworth street 
either on the east or west. His will was dated 
April 22, 1640, and proved January 27, 1642, 
together with that of his wife, who died soon 
after he died. He died in 1640. His name is 
inscribed on a stone column in the rear of the 
Centre Church of Hartford, erected in mem- 
ory of the first settlers of the city. He mar- 
ried Sarah, daughter of Roger Osborne, of 
Halstead, in Kent, England. Children: i. 
William, buried at High Ongar, August 28, 
1615. 2. Phillis, baptized, September 12, 161 1 ; 
came to New England and married William 
Hills, of Hartford ; became deaf. 3. Richard, 
baptized July 18, 1613; died young. 4. Wil- 
liam, baptized, September 8, 1616: died No- 
vember, 1616. 5. Richard, baptized February 
24, 1617; mentioned below. 6. Sarah, bap- 
tized February 6, 1620. 7. Anne, baptized, 
April 12, 1621 ; died young. 8. John, baptized, 
1623; came to New England; m"arried Dorcas 
Plumb ; died, August 20, 1690. 9. Robert, born 
September, 1629: married Hepzibah Bascom. 
(XXV) Richard (2), son of Richard (i) 
Lyman, was baptized at High Ongar, Febru- 
ary 24, 1617. He and his two brothers, John 
and Robert, were taxed in 1653 in Hartford 
for a rate assessed to build a mill. They prob- 
ably removed the same year to Northampton, 
where in December, 1655. Richard was chosen 
one of the selectmen. He sold his father's 
homestead in Hartford in 1660. He married 
there Hepsibah. daughter of Thomas Ford, of 
Windsor. She married (second) John Marsh, 
of Hadley. Richard Lyman died June 3. 1662. 
Children : i. Hepsibah, married November 6, 
1662, Joseph Dewey. 2. Sarah, married, 1666, 
John Marsh. 3. Richard, married Elizabeth 
Coles. 4. Thomas, mentioned below. 5. Eliza, 
married, August 20, 1672, Joshua Pomeroy. 
6. John, settled in Hadley. 7. Joanna, born 



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i(j5.s. 8. Hannali, twrii nxio; iii;irrif<i. June 
20, i')77. Job Pomeroy. 

(XX\'Il Ensign Tliomas, son of Kichanl 
j) Lyman, was born in Windsor, Connccti- 
. lit, in 1647, and died July 15, 1725, aged 
seventy-five years. He removed to Northamp- 
ton in 1636. and in 17(18-09 to Durham. Con- 
necticut. His wile Ruth and part of tlie cliil- 
dren came to Durliam with him. Me was one 
of the early settlers tliere, one of the first 
deacons of the church and represented the 
town several sessions in the ijcneral assembly. 
Both he ami his wife renewed their covenant 
with the church at the settlement of Rev. 
N'athanicl Chauncey, December _^o, 17 10. 
They were dismissed by letter from N'orthamp- 

11 church under date of Jannnry :>'\ 1710-1 1. 
i U' was ensij;n of the militai He 

irried. in 1^78. Ruth. wid. iv '..iker 

:i<l daughter of William H'ui.i; -n,- had 

\ children by her tirst husband. t"hildren of 
1 homas and Ruth Lyman: i. Thoma.";. liorn 
1078. 2. Mindwell, born 1680: married John 
Harris. 3. Ebenezer. born iCiS2: mentioned 
below. 4. Elizabeth, Iwrn about 1^)84. 3. 
Noah, born \(>^>: died 1728. 6. Enoch, born 
January 18. i'k;)!. 

( XXV'H ) Deacon Ebenezer, son of Ensign 
I iiomas Lyman, was born in Northampton in 
I '"82. and died in 1762. at the age of eighty. 
He removed to Durham, Connecticut, after his 
father and settled near the north Ixmndary on 
the west road, or Cooked I^mc. about 1719. He 
bought land in 1737 over the line in Middle- 
field with his brother Noah, and in 1740 re- 
Mioved to Tiirrington. He and his son Eben- 
■■er were original members of the church. Oc- 

tier 21, 1 74 1, and he was elected deacon Jan- 
uary I. 1742. He was representative from 
Durham in the general assembly in 1737. He 
married. January 2, 1706, Experience Pom- 
eroy. Children: i. Moses. 2. Experience, 
lx)rn .\pril 17, 1708. at Northampton. 3. Eben- 
ezer. born Se|itember 20. 1700; mentioned be- 
low. 4. Stephen, born August 14, 171 1. 3. 
Fxpcrience. born December 23. 1712. 6. Mind- 
ell, horn July 13. 1714. baptized at Durham; 
Married. October 29. 1741. Jacob Strong. 7. 
John, born 1717: died 1763. 8. Hannah, bap- 
tized June 30. 1723; died February 19. 1771 ; 
married .\sahel Strong. 

(XWlin Ebenezer (2). son of Ebenezer 
I I) Lyman, was borni n Nrthhampton. Sep- 
tember 20, 1709. He removed to Durham with 
his parents about 1709. He was the first settler 
in Torrington. Connecticut (1737), whither he 
went with his "young family of three pers<->ns," 
He owned a large tract on what was later 
called I.vman P.rook. and his house was used 
fur t,'arriv,in purpn^e^ during Indian troubles. 



He .,- 

N.' ,h 

— . •! 

1810; m.i r. 

bom Ntai .1 

in N'ermont. .i. ^,.l:,l!l, \»r.i, 1; 

aged ninctv-two years: married .•3, 

,.,,. , . ,> ;.. ,_ 

4- I 'h. 

ma' .-I 

Nathaniel Haydcn. 7. .Mary, marne<i 
Tuttle and lived at Windsor. 

(Hie VVetmore Line). 

The W- ■■ ■■■•"•i- -• -^ - •" -he 

.same as \' . d 

in the 1 ■ 

family. 

(I) Thomas VVetmore. 
cestor, \\a ' ■ -, ■ - , 

counties i- 

dition. 1 : g 

from Hristol, and settled m \\v 1- 

necticut. where in i^<;?o-;o I- d 

owner. He r> 

ward, and in i '•> 

of Massabeseclx. «.i.. u is 

the town of Middletown. 1 - 

her 23, 1633. Hcwasadni <> 

20, 1632. and must have tlim ' <r 

of the orthndox church .iiiil ■■•t 

two huni ■ • • ■ ,,. 

town in t i le 

died Dec. _ 

will was dated July 20. nw^i Ht 

(first) Sarah. (!nTich*<-r m' t^-hv 

(Willicke) H.tI' 

December 7. 

ond ). Januarx 

daiiglitiT <it 1\ 

Atkinson. Sl:> 

married (third) K.r isoUirds, 

widow, whrt (lied ' 1" 'he 

pr-' ''It: 

cb:' -: 

Jolii,. ,v 

23 : Ben 

siah, 13 

31 : Hannali. 

.•\bicnil 1: H 

fir-' • ' 

S«' ■ 

l(^i^ ■ ■■' 

1640: married John Stowe. 4. Sandi. liaplized 
.\pril 20. :^-i ■ d-H t'>«3 Rom at Middle- 
town: ; October 19. 1632; 
married ' ^' Hannah, bom 

Fehruar ' '• -" <>,,-om- 

ber to. 'h. 

bom Ma- '^o- 



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veniber 2, 1659 ; married ]\Iargaret Stowe. 10. 
Xathaniel, born April 21, 1661 ; married Dor- 
cas Allen, widow. 11. Joseph, born March 5, 
1662: married Lydia Bacon. 12. Sarah, born 
November 27, 1664. Children of the second 
wife: 13. Josiah, born March 29, 1667. 14. 
Mehitable, born June i, 1669. Children of 
the third wife: 15. Benjamin, born November 
2"], 1674. 16. Abigail, born November 6, 1678. 
17. Hannah, born January 4, 1680. 

(II) Samuel, son of Thomas Wetmore, was 
born September 10, 1656, and died April 12, 
1746. He removed to the Middlefield Society 
in 1700, and was one of the first settlers there. 
He married, December 13, 1687, Mary, born 
April 7, 1664, died May 24, 1709, daughter of 
Nathaniel and Ann Bacon. Her father was a 
native of England, and his family lived in 
Stratton, county Rutland, England. Children : 
I. Mehitable, born November 14, 1689. 2. 
Samuel, born ]March 13, 1692; mentioned be- 
low. 3. Mary, born June 29, 1694. 4. Benja- 
min, born Alay 17, 1696. 5. Thomas, Ijorn Au- 
gust 26, 1698. 6. Daniel, born ]\Iay 9, 1703. 
7. Beriah, born January 22, 1706-07. 8. 
Jabez, born May 14, 1709. 

(III) Samuel, son of Samuel Wetmore, was 
born in Middletown, Connecticut, March 13, 
1692, and died December 30, 1773. He was a 
member of Middlefield Society and removed 
with his family to Winchester, Connecticut, on 
election day, 1771, where he purchased land. 
He was the first person interred in the old 
Winchester burying ground. His farm in 
Winchester remained in the famil}' for many 
generations. He married, June 21, 1722, Han- 
nah Hubbard, born July 21, 1700, died June 
4, 1794. Children, born in Middletown: i. 
Deacon Samuel, born December 24, 1723 ; died 
September 22, 1804. 2. Hannah, born Decem- 
ber 18, 1725. 3. John, born October 27, 1727. 
4. Rev. Noah, born April 16, 1730; died March 
9, 1796. 5. Mehitable, born August 5, 1732; 
died 1816. 6. Sarah, born March 31, 1734; 
died 1803. 7. Lois, born March 6, 1736. 8. 
Toel, born March 9, 1738: mentioned below. 
9. Milicent, born September 15. 1739. 10. 
Maru, born July 23, 1741. 

(IV) Joei, son of Samuel Wetmore, was 
born in Middletown, March 7 or 9, 1738, and 
died in Torrington, in February, 1814, aged 
seventy-five. He resided in Torrington, Con- 
necticut, and married, and his wife owned the 
covenant in the church there, March 10, 1765. 
He married, November 23. 1763, Sarah, 
daughter of Deacon Ebenezer Lyman, of Tor- 
rington (see Lyman family). She died in 
1832, aged ninety-two years. Children: i. 
Olive, born March 10, 1765 ; died November, 
1848. 2. Ebenezer Lyman, born 1766. 3. 



John I'omeroy, born June 15, 1770; died Au- 
gust 22, 1853. 4. ]\Ielicent, born January 10, 
1772; mentioned below. 5. Sarah, married 
Giles Whiting. 

(V) Melicent, daughter of Joel Wetmore, 
was born in Torrington, January 10, 1772, and 
died September 19, 1848. She married, Jan- 
uary I, 1797, Captain Thomas, born in New 
Hartford, October 15, 1763, died January 23, 
1850, son of Levi and Abigail (Ensign) Wat- 
son. Children: i. Roman, born September 27, 
1797; died unmarried, February 12, 1848. 2. 
Thomas, born February 5, 1800; married, No- 
vember 10, 1829, Emeline, born August 3, 
1807, daughter of Elizur and Amanda (Steele) 
Curtis ; children, born in New Hartford : i. 
Caroline Amanda, born October 7, 1831 ; ii. 
Charlotte Ellen, born January 8, 1835 ; iii. 
Emma Adelaide, born January 30, 1840, mar- 
ried Edward R. Beardslev (see Beardslev fam- 
ily). 



(Ill) Thomas, third son 
BEARDSLEY of Joseph Beardsley (q. 
v.), married Sarah Dem- 
ing, July 18, 1707, and removed to Ripton, 
now Huntington, in 1729, where he died in 
1773. His chil'h-en were: Israel, December 
3, 1708, mentioned below ; Sarah, March 24, 
1709-10: Hannah, May 26, 1715 : Elizabeth, 
October 26, 1716; Esther, married Benjamin 
DeForest; Thomas and Henry (twins). Alay 
19, 1720, both died young; Thankful, July 8, 
1729. 

(IV) Israel, son of Thomas Beardsley, was 
born December 3, 1708. He married Eliza- 
beth, daughter of Samuel Blagge, May 30, 
1730. They removed to Newtown, Connecti- 
cut, before 1761, where he died in 1791. Chil- 
dren : Samuel Blagge, bom January, 1731-32; 
Israel, September 30, 1733; Elisha, August 17, 
1735, mentioned below; Urania, baptized April 
9, 1738; Lemuel, June, 1740: Abel, April, 
1743 ; Jared, 1744 ; Katharine, February, r753 ; 
Price, May 19, 1761, in Newtown. 

(V) Elisha, son of Israel Beardsley, was 
born August 17, 1735. died in Monroe, April 
6. 1824. He married ?\'ehetahel. daughter of 
Ebenezer and Abigail Hurd. He was a farmer 
by occupation ; a large landholder ; a communi- 
cant in the Episcopal church, vestryman and 
clerk, 1768-1812, and warden from 1812 until 
his death. Children : Abbe Betsey, baptized 
August 5, 1770: Ebenezer, baptized April 26, 
1772: Elisha Hubbard, baptized December 5, 
1773; Ezra Abel, baptized January 14, 1776; 
Elihu, baptized September 7, 1777, mentioned 
below; Agur, baptized August, 1779; Roswell, 
born in 1782. 

(\'I) Elihu, son of Elisha Beardsley, was 




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it W'l-ston. 
While a 
the district 
I le went u> the Epis- 



Ijiirii ill .\i:i\, 1777; liaiiti/cl ><|itcnilK.T 7. 
1777, (iiid l'ul)riiary Hj, 1844. He iiiarrii<l 
(first) rriscilia, <lau),'htcr of Deacon Deo«latiis 
SiMiiiian, of Munrue; she was l)orn in 1778, 
died Septeinhcr 9, 1803, aged twcntv-fivc. He 
married (second) .September I, 1805, Ruth, 
daiitrhter of \\ iliiam Kd wards, wlio was lK)rn 
Septenil>er 10, 1781, died March 30, iST^. 
Children of second wife: ['riscilla ; IC1h:ii K<I- 
wards ; Agur; Ambrose; Sylvia, married Lu- 
cius 1!. lUirroiighs; Rufus, died September 21, 
1863. 

(VII) Rev. Ebcn Edwards Bcardsley, D.D., 
LL.D.. son of Elihu Ueardsley. was 1»orn at 
what is now the town of Monroe, I-'airfield 
county. Connecticut, formerly the towti of 
New Stratford. January 8, 1808. His boy- 
hood was spent largely on his father's farm and 
in the district schools. .\t the at;c of sixteen 
he was sent to the StapK 
where he began his da^ 
Student he taught a feu 
schools of the vicinity. 

copal Academy at Norwalk to prepare for col- 
lege under Rev. Reuben Sherwoinl, then rec- 
tor of ."^t. Paul's Cluirch at Xorwalk, when 
Rev. Allen I.. Morgan was head master of the 
academy. 1 le eiucreil Trinity College in |8.'S, 
and took the academic course of four years. 
He was csi)ecially fond of literature, and he 
took a place of honor at graduation. AlK)ut 
the same time lie received pay for a maga- 
zine story that had laen accepted, and this 
money, he often said, seemed the best to him 
of any that he ever earned or received. He 
taught school for one year in Hartford, and 
for two years was a tutor in Trinity CollcBe. 
pursuing at the same time the studv of tlieol- 
Ogy by liitr.- ' ' ' < - < < < 1 > 

from till- ci'!' 

deacon by !'■ . . , ,, . 

and immediately placed in charge of St. Peter's 
Church at Cheshire. Connecticut. In 1838 he 
was called to the position of principal of the 
Academy at Cheshire, and he continued also 
as rector of the church there. Cnder bis man- 
agement the school iirosjierccl. He was anx- 
ious to have a new church built, and offered to 
gpvc his services without salary, if the under- 
taking were accomplished within a given time. 
The church was built. Soon afterward he re- 
M:,'ned as rector to give his iimlivided attention 
;.i the schc^M : but in 1844 the parish again had 
need of him. and he relinquished the academy 
for the church, and became rector once more. 
He continued his gotxl work in this field of 
labor from 1S35 to 1848. He then came to 
New Haven, as the first rector of the Third 
Parish. St. Tlioma-'s Church. This church was 
organized by men of modest means, and had a 



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history, and i- 

historv of hi- 

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his own chufi 

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with living witnesses to the facts of which he 
was writing. In later years he took a unique 
place as adviser and counsellor in the church. 
He was a constant and productive worker, tak- 
ing few and brief vacations. He went abroad 
in 1870, and was welcomed heartily in Eng- 
land and Scotland ; his history had made him 
known across the sea, and he formed many 
new friendships there. In 1868 he was a mem- 
ber of the general convention of the Protestant 
Episcopal church, composed of the house of 
bishops and the house of clerical and lay depu- 
ties, four from each diocese. He sat in eight 
conventions, and presided over the lower 
house in 1880 and 1883. He always served 
on the most important committees, and exerted 
a potent influence in the deliberations of the 
conventions, though he was not given to fre- 
quent speaking. He undertook the writing 
of a biography of Dr. Samuel Johnson, com- 
monly known as the Father of the Episcopal 
Church in Connecticut, and also the first presi- 
dent of Columbia College. He spent three 
arduous years in the preparation of this work, 
which was published in 1873. Dr. Johnson, it 
may be said, was the first in Connecticut to 
teach the Copernican theory of astronomy, 
when Yale College and the Pope at Rome still 
agreed that the sun went around the earth. 
Dr. Beardsley's Life of Bishop Seabury was 
finished in 1880, and in the same year he at- 
tended the provincial synod of the Church of 
England, at Montreal, as representative of the 
American Episcopal church. 

He loved his work, his church, and the ser- 
vices of the church, and often attended divine 
services in other churches. He was rarely dis- 
abled by sickness, and enjoyed uniformly good 
health all his life. The first Sunday of August. 
1890, was the first time in forty years, unless 
out of the country, when he failed to be pres- 
ent on the first Sunday of the month to admin- 
ister communion. A collection of his historical 
papers and addresses at various anniversaries 
was made at the request of his friends, and 
published under the title of "Addresses and 
Discourses." In 1884 he was one of a deputa- 
tion from Connecticut to Scotland and the 
Scotch Episcopal church to commemorate the 
consecration of Bishop Seabury, of Connecti- 
cut, at Aberdeen, and to renew and strengthen 
the bond between the two Episcopal chm-ches. 
He had many friends in Scotland then to wel- 
come him. He was interested in the new 
diocesan school called St. Margaret's for girls, 
established in Waterbury in 1875, and in the 
raising of the diocesan fund for the support 
of the bishop to one hundred thousand dollars, 
bringing much relief to the churches and par- 
ishes and improving the financial condition of 



the diocese. Friendship with Philip Marett, to 
whom New Haven owes in great measure its 
public library, led to placing Dr. Beardsley in 
a position of great trust and responsibility in 
the disposition of his estate at the death of his 
daughter, Mrs. Gififord. Many worthy insti- 
tutions were benefitted. Dr. Beardsley was 
the one man above all others in whom I3ishop 
Williams trusted, and on whom he leaned in 
later years. 

"Dr. Beardsley was a remarkably wise man ; 
shrewd in good sense, able to look at things in 
a quiet, judicial way, to see the probable 
course of things and the end from the begin- 
ning. It was New England wisdom of a good 
kind. He had his own way of judging men, 
and he felt strongly on many questions ; but 
he measured men quite accurately, and made 
not many mistakes. He knew well the Con- 
necticut parishes, and was in full sympathy 
with them in their desire to keep in the old 
paths. He knew how the people in the parishes 
felt, what traditions were behind them, what 
feelings and motives and desires appealed to 
them and were likely to influence them. Of 
course Dr. Beardsley was a conservative, a 
man not given to change, distrusting a good 
many new methods and ideas in the religious 
world. He trusted to the ministry of the Word 
and Sacraments, to the preaching of the Gos- 
pel, to ordinary parochial ministration, to 
build up the church." 

He died December 21, 1891. 

"He made no selfish stru.ggle for place or 
power. He did his work, and let it pass for 
what it might. He did the work close at hand, 
and took up one task after another as they 
came to him. * * * Of highest ideals as re- 
gards integrity and honesty and justice, a man 
of great gentleness and kindness, his life light- 
ened up with a sense of humor, a plain, ap- 
proachable, straightforward man of the best 
New England type, reverent. God-fearing, as- 
sociated in a helpful way with many institu- 
tions and interests, very useful in his day and 
generation, a man of unusual wisdom and 
judgment, a lover of truth in speech and in 
writing, and a lover of righteousness — having 
large if quiet part in many movements which 
make for religion and for common good. 
* * * He kept his interest in life, and he 
worked on to the end : no break in his useful- 
ness or his work, having the reward of tem- 
perate, orderlv, godly living and high think- 
ing." The foregoing is cited from the address 
of Rt. Rev. Bishop Edwin S. Lines, D.D., on 
the occasion of the presentation to the New 
Haven Colony Historical Society of a portrait 
of Dr. Beardsley, November 19, 1902. Dr. 
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Beanlsky was its vice-prcsitlcut |8( ._•-<. .,n.! 
its president 1873-84, and to him 
owes imicli uf its im|M>rtancc and ; 

Dr. i'.cnrdsliy jnihlished : "Hisi,.- , ..; \,[. 

dress at Cheshire" (1844); "History of the 

Episcopal Church iti Comiccticut, ' of which a 

second edition was published in iHikj in two 

volumes; "History of St. Peter's Church at 

' heshirc" ( 1837 ) ; '"Life and Career of Sam- 

• 1 jnhnM.n, n.D." (1874): "Life and Times 

I William Samuel Joluisun' (18701; and 

ihcr wnrks. He contriiuited a iiumhcr of 

iper> tiiat arc published in the pruceedings 

! the .\ew Haven Colony Historical Society. 

He married, in Cheshire, Jane Margaret 

.Matthews, born at St. Simon's Island, Gcorijia, 

March 20, 1824. died .Xujjust 30, 1851. daugh- 

'<T of Rev. Edmund Matthews, of St. Simon's. 

ii)rf,'ia; her father was born at Charleston, 

-"Uth Carolina. Mrs. licardsley was the only 

dauf^'hter. .^he had a brother. Dr. Henry \V. E. 

Mattluws. Mrs. Matthews and daughter came 

•rtli to live among friends in the village of 

lieshire. The only child of Dr. and Mrs. 

I ardsley was Elisabeth Margaret, born at 

'leshire, March 16, 1844. now living at 30 

Iin street. New Haven, and well known in 

iiurch and society. 



(Y) Josiali I _■ I. SI 111 lit 
I'.H.ARDSLEV .Samuel lieanlsky (q. v.), 
was born at Stratford, 
February 6, 1750. He was a tailor by trade. 
In 1805 he removed from Stratford to Butter- 
nuts. < >tscgo county. N'ew ^■ork. He married 
.■\bigail liulkley. Children: 1 laniel, born July 
15. 1770. mentioned below; Eli, .\ugust 26. 
17S1; Sally, July 17. 1783; Robert. .April 21, 
178(1; P.ulkley, February 27. 1791 ; Abbie, Jan- 
uary 1. I7(>S; Fainiy, l"ebrnary 10, 1803. 

(\T) Daniel, son of Josiah (2) Beardsley, 
was bom at Stratford. July 15, 1779. He was 
a farmer all his active life. In politics he was 
a Whig. He lived at Butternuts, New York, 
but with his wife made frequent visits to his 
old home in Stratford, and upon his return 
used to take a load of clams, then a great lux- 
ury at places distant from the shore. Their 
last visit was in 1843. He was a thrifty farmer 
and used to buy pork of all the farmers in 
the section where he lived, jiacked the |)ork, 
smoking the hams and shoulders. He found 
a good market for this meat anion? the men 
then building the Delaware & Hudson canal. 
He became well-to-do. "I have heard him 
speak uf it as a remarkable fact," says a de- 
sceiulant, "that one year he made clear over 
a thousand dollars, which was a large sum. 
when in those days the best dairy butter sold 
for fri>m three to ten cents a pound and brown 



sugar at over twenty cents a poui"i " "■• "lar- 

rictl. November 11. 1804, H.: ih 

Hurd. rhiMrcit: Flvirn, h-.n -.i«j, 

*!'«• J. iiicn- 

ti' : ~.):\Vil- 

liai.i ,11 -vv5_ 

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born Aul i le 

was a fariiiet in 

religion, and a i-J 

at 1: r.l 

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jail I- 

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and ui 1 ' it 

.'\menia, i- 

inin Woixi H ^o 

county, New N a, 

May 12, 1797. r. 

His wife Lodema eiied n ;1- 

dren : Pheb'-, iiK(rri<'d Fr:' 1- 

tioncd all 1". 
W'aite ; > 

staff. Ch;, ■..-... ...1.1- 

niin Franklin, l-'cbruary 28, 1841. nientinncd 
below; William Henry, .Vpril i. 1843; .Mary 
Achsali, January 15, 1845, ^'C<1 August 18, 

1848; Melissa Lodenia. May 25. 1840. died 

February, 189;, ■ ' ' '• ' ' ■-•;i. 

flied March 1 n, 

June 5. 1853: - 3. 

1855. died Februar\ 28. .\. 

March 10, 1859; Robert I!: -8, 
1861. 

(\Tin Dr. Benjannn Franklin Beardsley, 

son of Erastus Bear''- ' ' • '" r- 

nuts. February 28, i.^ '>- 

lie schools and lli. ' .J 

Delaware Col!' ^d 

from the mcdii ^y 

of Buffalo. New 1 ;. 
He began the practii 

New York. He reii: ' .v 

York. Since 188/1 n 

general practice at II r 

about si.\ months of t.icl. is 

been lecturing in various ; y 

on subjects rel.r--- • •'■ 'c 

an<I surgery, i ^8, 

since then a I' ' •' 

terms as coroner ui w 

York. He has hrt-ii ■ iie 

teir; • 'f 

lien' in 

|l>li> - --^o 

thousanil lectures in all part- <>f the coun- 
tr>' on the subject of tem|)crance. Dur- 
ing the civil war he paid a .substitute three 
hundred dollars to supjxjrt the govern- 



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ment, in order to continue his studies in 
the medical school. He is a member of St. 
John's Lodge, Free and Accepted Masons, of 
Hartford, and of the South Park Methodist 
Church. His family are members of the First 
Baptist Church. He mirried, at Sublette, 
Illinois, October i6, 1865, Anna Elizabeth 
Guy. bom at Greene, Chenango county, New 
York, August 16, 1843, daughter and only 
child of Rev. Albert and Anna (Allis) Guy. 
Children: i. Mary Allis, born July 2, 1872, 
at Coventry, New York ; graduate of Columbia 
College ; teacher in the Hawthorn School, New 
York City. 2. Guy Erastus, December 14, 
1874, mentioned below. 3. Howard Wood, 
September 7, 1889, at Hartford: graduated 
from Yale Universitv, 1910, receiving degree 
of Ph.B. 

(IX) Guy Erastus, son of Dr. Benjamin 
Franklin Beardsley, was born at Coventry, 
New York, December 14, 1874. He attended 
the public schools at Binghamton and the Hart- 
ford high school. He left the high school in 
his junior year to enter Yale College and he 
graduated there with the degree of Ph.B. in 
the class of 1896. He began his career in 
business as clerk in the employ of the Aetna 
Fire Insurance Company. After six years with 
this company, he went to Pittsburg, Pennsyl- 
vania, and remained a year as special agent 
for western Pennsylvania of the National 
Union Fire Insurance Company of Pittsburg. 
He returned to Hartford in January, 1903, as 
special agent of the Home Insurance Company 
of New York for Connecticut and Rhode Is- 
land. In July, 1905, he became a special agent 
for Connecticut, western Massachusetts and 
Vermont for the Aetna Fire Insurance Com- 
pany and he held thispo sition until May, 
1907. when he was elected to his present office 
as assistant secretary of the Aetna Fire Insur- 
ance Company. He is a Republican in politics : 
a member of the Asylum Hill Congregational 
Church, of the University Club, the Hartford 
Golf and Twentieth Century clubs of Hart- 
ford. He is a trustee of the Society for Sav- 
ings. He married, December 2, 1903, Jane 
Reed, daughter of John Reed Hills (see 
Hills II). "children, born at Hartford: John 
Hills, October 27, 1904, Guy Erastus, Jr., 
October 12, 1906, Roxanne, ]May 18, 1910. 

(The Reed Line). 
The name of Reed is found not only in Eng- 
land, where it has been conmion from the time 
surnames came into use. and as a clan name 
before that time, but in Ireland, Scotland 
and various countries on the continent of Eu- 
rope. The name at present is spelled generally 
in three wavs : Reed, Reid and Reade. The 



genealogy of the Read family of Kent, Eng- 
land, dates back to 1139 to Brianus de Rede of 
Morpeth, on the Wensback river in the north 
of England. 

(I) John Reed or Read was born in 1598, 
supposed to be son of William and Lucy 
(Henage) Reed. He was brother of William 
Reed, of Weymouth, Massachusetts. He came 
to America in 1630 and lived for a time in 
Weymouth, where he was in 1637. He was of 
Dorchester in 1638, and removed from there 
to Braintree. In 1643 or 1644 he went to 
Rehoboth with Rev. Mr. Newman and his 
church, and his name is third on the list of 
proprietors of that town. He was constable, 
and a man of affairs. He kept an inn. He 

married Sarah . He died September 7, 

1685, aged eighty-seven. Children : Samuel, 
William, Abigail, baptized in Dorchester, De- 
.cember 30, 1638: John, born in Braintree, Au- 
gust 29, 1640; Thomas, November 9, 1641 ; 
Ezekiel (twin) , died young; Zachariah (twin), 
died young; Moses, October, 1650; Mary, Jan- 
uary, 1652 ; Elizabeth, January, 1654 ; Daniel, 
March, 1655; Israel, 1657; Mehitable, August, 
1660; Josiah, mentioned below. 

(II) Josiah, probably the elder son of John 
Reed, was among the early emigrants from 
Massachusetts to Connecticut, and settled near 
New London as early as 1652. He had two 
sons, John, Josiah, mentioned below. 

(III) Josiah (2), son of Josiah (i) Reed, 
settled in Norwich, Connecticut. He married, 
in November, 1666, Grace Holloway, of 
Marshfield, Massachusetts, who died May 9, 
1727. He died July 3, 1717, at Norwich. 
Children: Josiah, born April, 1668: William, 
April, 1670: Eliazbeth, September, 1672; Ex- 
perience, February 27, 1675; John, August 15, 
1679; Joseph. March 12, 1681, mentioned lu'- 
low: Susanna, September 20, 1685: Hannah, 
July, 1688. 

(IV) Joseph, son of Josiah (2) Reed, was 
born March 12, 1681. He married, August 
25, 1708, Mary Guppie. Children : Joseph, 
born May 23, 1709; Mercy, November 28, 
171 1 ; Abigail, February 7, 1712: Esther, No- 
vember 22, 1714; J\Iary, August 19, 1717; 
Elizabeth. June 28, 1719; Samuel, mentioned 
below. 

(V) Samuel, son of Joseph Reed, was born 
October 16, 1721, at Norwich, died at Lisbon, 
Connecticfut, January 17, 1801. He married, 
October 3, 17.45, Mary Andrews. Children: 
Samuel, born October 28, 1746; Jonathan, 
February 12, i7-!9: ]\Iary, June 10, 1751; 
Elisha, January 5. 1753. 

(\^I) Samuel (2), son of Samuel (i) Reed, 
was born at Lisbon, Connecticut, October 28, 
1746. He married Lucy Kilham, of Preston, 



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Coniucticut, .Scptcmljcr ^4, 1769. Qiihlren : 
Sarah, horn at Norwich, August 12, 1775. 
flicd April 7, 1795: Lucy, Ijorn Juiu- >>. rrrS; 
I lijah. mentioned 1)cIo\v. 

(\ll) I'lijah. son of Sanuiil 
was horn Anj,'iist 5. 1780. Mc niarrir.i >ir.iii 
or Sally Peck, jamiary 3, 1805. They livc<l 
at Canferhury. Coiniccticut. thihlren : John 
". born December 24. 1805; Klisha, N'ovem- 
'T 3. 1807; ji'iiiima, ( )ctoler .'o. iSo.;, mar- 
ried William Flills (sec Hills 1); Thomas X.. 
AiiRust II, iSii ; Sally D., Jnly 8, 1814. 

(The Hills Line). 

( I ) \\ illiam Hills was born near Paisley, 

otland, about I78f). Me came to this coun- 
w ith some of his people when he was a 
Muall boy and located at \\\st I'.irms. West- 
chester courry, Xcw \'ork. iu>\\ the tlistrict of 
Harlem, New N'ork City. lii?routrh of the 
Bronx. Thence he came in later years to 
Hartford. Connecticut. The name was ori^;- 
inally Hill, the linal letter beinij added in this 
country to the surii.nne. He died in Hartford 
in 1857. He married Jemima, born ( >cto|)cr 
20, i8(v;, died .Vovember 30, i8i>3. daughter 
of Elijaii Reed, of Canterbury ( see Reed \ H ). 

' hildren: Wifliam, married Julia ; 

I liarles. married Josephine Pollard; Sarah 
Jane, married IMward b'rancis : John Reed, 
irentioiied below; Mary, marriecl Charles H. 
Tryon and had two sons. 

(H) John Reed, son of William Hills, was 
born at Hartford. ( )ctober 9. 1841. He was 
educated in the public schools of his native 
city, and throughout his active life has fol- 
lowed the trade of mason and the business of 
builder and omtractini; mason in Hartford. 
His oflice is on Nfain street, near Central row. 
He has constructed many of the business build- 
ini^s of the city, and for many years has been 
one of the foremost in his line of business. 
He has been honored with various places of 
tnisf and honor. In politics he is a Re|>ublican 
and he has taken an active and intluential 
part in public affairs. He was state senator 
for several terms and at one time senior sen- 
ator and member of the Yale College corpora- 
tii>n. rci>resintini,' the state. I le has rcpcatc lly 
ilcclirecl to take the nomination for mayor of 
the city and other offices to which he coidd 
have been elected. He is a member of the 
order of Free and .Accepted Masons. He is 
a director of the Travelers' Insurance Com- 
pany, the I'nited States National Rank, the 
Kcllog!.; & r.ulkeley Printing Company and 
trustee of the Pratt .Street Savings P.ank. 

He married F.lla Maria, born .\pril j;. 1844. 
died I'cbruary 14. 1897. (laujjhter of Charles 
Otis and Caroline Maria (Myers) Willis. 



Oii'-' •• ' '• '■ '■■ 

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niav 

sicy, 111 Ilaitioul tM. 

Her mnthcr was Uirn Ju' 

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15, 1828, sun wi lKi;r\ an 

.Myers of Rocky Hill. I 

aluMit I78''i, was from Pen ■ ... 1 ^ 1 

John Myers, of Wethersfielil, Connecticut, w 

died in 1803. 

Klizabeth (Wells) Mvcrs, l-orn lune 
1788. at Wethersfield. died nro-^lxr k\ !« 
was daughter of ( ' 
master mariner, lH)r' 
married ( first I l'.et>. 
had four children ; 
phrey, a native of \.r 
cut. who died at .Mmir.i. V. li> 
New York, in 1835, having ha.' 



The Mi-Neil family 
Mc.NKIL port, now nt.r.-. n. 
Archibald M 

sons, has been re.-^dent 

nearly two centuries. Tr 

ancestor to the yoimtrest ■ 

embraces sevo" ■ ■ - 

career the M. 

guished by p.i" 

honorably and inlliu-iiti.ili^ 

lie affairs and activel\ ar 

dated with the substanti.ii it. r. 

state of Connecticut. 

This family is descended n .n-. '.-.. 

land Protest.int stock. .\ 

"Landed Cmtrv". the rr 

(or McX 

onsay, C- 

challic. .1 

ancestor. 

in the fi. 

tic Sween. in the 

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position. The late eminent General Sir John 
Carstairs McNeill was of the house of iMcNeill 
of Colonsay. The immemorial heraldic device 
of the family is a silver lion rampant on an 
azure field, which usually is blazoned quarterly 
with the arms of notable allied families. 

(I) Archibald McNeil, founder of the Con- 
necticut line, was of Branford, where in 1735 
he purchased lands. Subsequently he was a 
prominent citizen of New Haven, was assessor 
in 1740 and surveyor of highways in 1746, 
and was conspicuous in real estate transac- 
tions. A circumstance of particular interest is 
his participation, as one of the "brothers" in 
founding the first Masonic lodge in Connec- 
ticut (now known as Hiram Lodge, No. i), at 
a meeting "held at Jehiel Tuttle's in New 
Haven on the festival of St. John the Evan- 
gelist, 1750". This was only seventeen years 
after the first institution of ]\'Iasonry in the 
American colonies (which occurred at Boston, 

July 3. .1733)- 

Archibald McNeil was successfully engaged 
in the trade with the West Indies, in part- 
nership with Samuel Cook (who was named 
as executor of his will), and was owner and 
supercargo of the ship "Peggy and Molly". 
He died in the island of Jamaica in the latter 
part of 1752 (see "Connecticut Colonial Rec- 
ords", vol. X, p. 577), and his will was pro- 
bated in July, 1753, by his widow, who was 
placed under bond of three thousand pounds 
sterling, indicative of a very considerable 
estate for those times. He married Mary, 
daughter of Rev. Samuel and Abigail (Whit- 
ing) Russell and widow of Benjamin Fenn. 
She was born in 1708. Her father. Rev. 
Samuel Russell, was one of the founders of 
Yale College. Issue: Archibald, born Sep- 
tember 20, 1736, see below; Charles, baptized 
January 18, 1739; Charles, baptized Novem- 
ber I, 1741 ; John, born August 2, 1745, bap- 
tized August 4, 1745 ; removed to Armenia 
precinct, Dutchess county, New York ; Sam- 
uel, baptized October 9, 1748, of Litchfield, 
Connecticut. 

(II) Archibald (2), eldest child of Archi- 
bald (i) and Mary (Russell) McNeil, was 
born in Branford, Connecticut, September 20, 
1736, and baptized October 10 following. He 
lived in New Haven and Milford, and was a 
large property owner; died before July 3, 
1782. when the executor of his estate was ap- 
pointed. On July 3, 1776, he enlisted in the 
continental forces. He married, in New 
Haven, Connecticut, May 2, 1758, Sarah 
Clark. Issue : William, see below. 

(III) William, son of Archibald (2) and 
Sarah (Clark) McNeil, was born in New 
Haven, May 13, 1759. He was a graduate of 



Yale College, class of 1777, and in the old 
Yale catalogue is described as a sea captain. 
During the revolution (January 30, 1782, to 
August 13, 1783; he served as gunner on the 
American privateer "Marquis de Lafayette", 
under Captain Elisha Hinman. In the brief 
war of the United States with France he was 
again on the same vessel, which was cap- 
tured by the enemy, and with others he was 
for some time confined in a French prison. 
On account of this event he was one of those 
who figured in the celebrated French spolia- 
tion claims. He was engaged in business in 
Derby, Connecticut. His death occurred in or 
before 1808. He married, in New Haven, 
Huldah Augur. Issue (the chronological se- 
quence not being exactly known) : Abraham 
Archibald, born July 21, 1802, see below; 
William : Maria, married, September 12, 1824, 
Russell Bradley, of New Haven ; John, had a 
daughter, Elizabeth, who married John E. 
Wylie, of New Haven: Henry; Nancy, mar- 
ried R. Dickinson. 

(I\") Abraham Archibald, son of W'illiam 
and Huldah (Augur) McNeil, was born in 
Derby, Connecticut, July 21, 1802. In early 
life he was supercargo of vessels in the West 
Indies trade, sailing out of New Haven. Re- 
moving after 1825 to Bridgeport, he became 
a prominent citizen of that community. For 
some time he was associated in the shoe man- 
ufacturing business with Samuel Hodges, his 
wife's uncle. He was the founder of the 
system of lighthouses in Bridgeport harbor, 
and for many years before his death was the 
keeper of the lighthouse at the entrance to the 
harbor. Mr. AIcNeil died in Bridgeport, May 
II, 1873. He married, in Bridgeport, No- 
vember 25. 1827, ilary Ann, daughter of 
Captain William Hulse, who in 1813 was lost 
at sea with all the crew of the brig "WiUiam", 
sailing out of Bridgeport. She was born No- 
vember II, 181 1, died July, 1892. Issue: i. 
Charles Hubbell, born December 14, 1828, de- 
ceased ; was engaged in business pursuits, 
being for many years associated with his 
brother Archibald ; twice married, but had no 
issue; his widow married (second) Captain 
Alvin P. Hunt. 2. John, born October 9, 
1830, deceased: many years harbor-master of 
Bridgeport and a highly public-spirited citi- 
zen, especially active in all movements for the 
improvement of the harbor ; married. 1865, 
Anna, daughter of James and Anna Maria 
(Barnes) Scofield, of New York, and is sur- 
vived by one daughter, who is the widow of 
Rev. Louis N. Booth, of Bridgeport. 3. Sam- 
uel William, born March 16, 1832, deceased. 
4. Eliza Maria, born January 9, 1834, died 
March 6, 1835. 5. Josiah Hoyt, born February 



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'J' ^^7,}" 'I'l^''' Auj,'ii>t 24, i)^y. f'aii.l 7, (twins), 
born Auf^ust 31. i.*<?7. Aiii;iistiis, «|ic»l Au- 
gust 18. 1S3S. and Siilni-y A<l<.l|>luis, deceased. 
wild was a citizen ui l!^id^;l.•|)')rt and keeper of 
the lii,dithi)itse. and is survived liy his widi)W. 8. 
Mnry Iloyt, \v^xn ()cti>lier Jo 1831;. died N'o- 

ttnlitT 2^. 1840. <j. Mary Hoyt. Ix)rn I)c- 

rinlier \2, 1840. dcceasc<l. 10. Archibald, 
born July 2, 1843, see below. 11. Maria 
Lonpwortli, born December 25, 1845. de- 
ceased; married Lester J. Bradley; no sur- 
\iviiij,' children. 12. Sarah. Ixtrn .-Kujfust 28. 
1848. dieil 1853. 

(\ ) Archibald (3). tenth child «if Abra- 
ham .\rchibal<l and Mary Ann (Hulse) Mc- 
Neil, was born in l{rid;;e|H)rt. July 2. 1843. 
I le received his early cflucation in Scllick's 
.Schoiil in l'.rid^'e|)nrt, snbsci|nenfly attendinjj 
the celebratecl Thonias .'^cll'")| in New Haven 
and the ni>i)kiiis (Irannnar .School of the same 
l>lace, and jjraduatinjj from the latter insti- 
tution in iSf'Hj. .After completing his studies 
Iir entered the ship chandlery store of his 

! other. Charles H.. then located op(>osite the 
• ■Id depot and steamboat landiujij, I5ridu;e|>ort. 
I'loin 18^13 t" 187(1 he was in partnership 
with his brother, niicier the firm name of .Mc- 
Neil Hrothers. in the wholesale fruit and 
produce business. In the latter year the 
brothers removed to New York and estab- 
lisheij themselves in the wholesale butter and 
> liee>e trade at 84 I'.roail street, the firm style 
beinji .\rcbibald .McNeil & CV)m]iany, and 
three years later they embarked in the expirt 
and import business with Cuba, dealing in 
bituminous coal and produce. The New York 
house was ijiscontimic! in 1888. when Mr. 
McNeil returneil l>> i;ridi;e|iort. where he has 
since been exteiisi\ely eiiL;age<! in the coal 
ide. The jirescnt style is the .\rchibald Mc- 

.\il & Sons Company. Incorporated, in which 
his three sons, .Archibald. Kenneth W. and 
Rinlerick C. are associated. ( )ne of the rep- 
••'•seiilativc men of aflfairs of I'lridfjeiHirt, Mr. 
McNeil enjoys the hij^best business and (ler- 
-"n.Tl reputation, is conspicuous for public 
.sjiirit, has been active and prominent in jhv 
litic.Tl life, ami with his family occupies a 
leadinsj jiosition in the .social circles of the 
city. 

From his earliest years warmly interested 
in political (piestiops and public jK>licy. Mr. 
McNeil became attached to the princii>Ies of 
the Oemocratic party, an 1 in that faith be 
has always contimied. Thonph never a seeker 
of imblic office, be has on several occasiojis 
accejited nominations, and bis record as a 
candidate before the people is one of excep- 
tional popularity and success. In 1872-73 he 
represented the old second ward in the Hridge- 



|)ort coil 

Bryan campaifn^. in 
for tile legislature, 
.some four hundred 
In the »prini!: of i 

niil: • - .1 

ll< 



»>rst 
te 
in 

it. 

''le 
d. 



elected, I'T 

in a disti n- 

servative, air in 

in the state. \ cd 

the 

tlu 

COl! 

( )f his cuurM.' mitl ret:urti la ; ac 

followinp was said: "It is wortl i.it 

there h;i\ ' if 

McNeil, l.y 

some 01 ; . st 

alone for some iiif;i 10 

be riRht, or aj;ainst .ht 

to be wrong- And ■ c- 

ord has been a stea. -.il 
to advocate or e>ui. 1. n.ip.. , .m, ■...y.-.-.xxxi 
which, in his opinion, would not l>e entirely 
for the fn-st interests of tin ^t.ite r is '■\\-\\- 
tutions". 

He was a charter mcnii 

tic Club of llii ■ ,1 

is a member ■ \l- 

gonquin Club .,, . tie 

latter for two years). I • be 

was commo«lore of the oi lit 

Club, ami he is now governoi e- 

port Yacht Club and was its n 
i8<)<;-if)00. He is a memlwr 01 mh < .< ncral 
.Silliman branch. Sons of the .American Revo- 
lution. 

Senator McNeil married, in New ^ 
October 2, 1881. Jean McKetirtf. .In' 
tieorgc J. Clan Ranald, ■ 

Their children are: 1. ;n 

New Y.-' I ^'-^ .f 

the Arch le 

received .f 

his native cit> aii<i tu 

the Park Avenue h • <. 

H, • • !i- 

ti< 111 

tl;e : -:... . :,T- 



ity. He is a n 
teefivr Orrlrr 
Mr 


uhul 


lu 


nd Pro- 

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le., 
cb. 

C.i! 


. and 

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in 

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of Wo- 



w. of Rc<| 

.Men, liie llii«ilvl.»ttn * luli. Sca.^ide CItib, 
and the .\rion .Singing S<Kiety. 2. Kenneth 



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Wylie, born in Bridgeport, September 14, 
1885 ; secretary and treasurer of the Archibald 
McNeil & Sons Company. Married, in New 
York City. November, 1907, Queenie Beatrice, 
daughter" of William H. Hall, of New York. 
They have one child, Kenneth Hall McNeil, 
born May, 1908. 3. Roderick Clan Ranald, 
born in Bridgeport. March 20. 1888; general 
manager of the Archibald McNeil & Sons 
Company. 



Dolor Davis, immigrant ancestor, 
D.-W^IS was one of the prominent pion- 
eers. He married in county Kent, 
England, March 29, 1624, Margery, daughter 
of Richard Willard, of Horsemonden, county 
Kent, yeoman. She was baptized at Horse- 
monden, November 7, 1602, and died before 
1667. He, with his wife, three children, and 
Simon Willard, his wife's brother, came to 
New England and settled prior to August 4, 
1634, in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Simon 
Willard was one of the founders of Concord, 
and he was captain of foot in 1646, major in 
1654, and at his death in 1673 "the colony 
.lost one of its most distinguished members." 
Dolor Davis was a carpenter and a master 
builder. He received his first grant of land 
in Cambridge, June 4, 1635, and others later. 
He removed to Duxbury, August 5, 1638-39. 
was admitted freeman, and was granted land 
there in 1640. He was a resident in Barn- 
stable in 1643, and was admitted a freeman 
there June 2, 1646. He held many public 
offices in Barnstable, including those of high- 
way surveyor and constable. He and his wife 
were dismissed from the Duxbury church to 
the Barnstable church, August 27, 1648. In 
1656 he left Plymouth Colony and returned 
to Massachusetts Bay, where he purchased, in 
Concord, one hundred and fifty acres with a 
house. In 1666 he returned to Barnstable, 
where he died in June, 1673. His will was 
made September 13, 1672, proved July 2, 1673. 
He mentions his sons Simon and Samuel as 
already having their portions ; eldest son 
John ; son-in-law Lewis, and Mary his wife ; 
and daughter Ruth Hall. Children: i. John, 
born in England about 1626, to v\'hom was 
bequeathed the Concord homestead. 2. Mary, 
horn in England about 1631. 3. Elizabeth, 
died young. 4. Lieutenant Simon, born in 
America, mentioned below. 5. Samuel, born 
in America and lived in Concord and Bed- 
ford. 6. Ruth, born in Barnstable. March 
24, 1645. 

(II) Lieutenant Simon Davis, son of Dolor 
Davis, was born in America and settled in 
Concord. His homestead was near his father's 
house, on a farm given him by his father. He 



was one of Captain Thomas Wheeler's troop- 
ers in the expedition of 1675 to the Nip- 
muck country, and he took command when 
the captain was wounded. He received his 
commission as lieutenant, July 2, 1689. He 
was admitted a freeman, March 21, 1699, and 
v\^as deputy to the general court in 1689-90-92- 
1705. He died in Concord, June 14, 1713, 
and his will was proved July 3, 1713. He 
married, December 12, 1660, Mary, born at 
Concord, July 12, 1640, daughter of James 
and Eleanor Blood. Children : Dr. Simon, 
born October 12, 1661, mentioned below; 
Mary, October 3, 1663; Sarah, March 11 or 
15, 1666; James, January 19, 166S: Eleanor, 
October 22, 1672; Ebenezer, June i, 1676; 
Hannah, April i, 1679. 

(Ill) Dr. Simon (2) Davis, son of Lieu- 
tenant Simon (i) Davis, was born in Con- 
cord, October 12, 1661. He settled there, and 
was one of the most distinguished physicians 
of his day. He married (first) Elizabeth, 
daughter of Henry Woodhouse, of Concord, 
and she died November 12, 171 1. He mar- 
ried (second) Mary Wood. Children by first 
wife: Dr. John, born November 19, 1689, 
mentioned below; Simon, September.7, 1692; 
Henry, February 23, 1694; Elizabeth, March 
28, 1695 ; JNIary, November 8. 1701 : Samuel, 
March 6, 1703; Eleanor, March 4, 1705-06; 
Peter, September 25, 1707. 

(I\") Dr. John Davis, son of Dr. Simon 
(2) Davis, was born in Concord, November 

19, 1689, died November 16, 1762. He lived 
in Concord and Acton. He was a physician. 
He married, December 17, 1713. Abigail Dud- 
ley. Children: i. John, born July 15, 1714, 
mentioned below. 2. Ezekiel, June 8, 1717; 
married Mary Gibson ; their son was Captain 
Isaac, killed at Concord. 3. Micah, February 
15, 1720. 4. Isaac, October 24, 1723. 5. Abi- 
gail, March 22, 1726-27. 6. Samuel, April 23, 
1730- 7- Sarah, married. May i, 1757, John 
Robbins. The will of Dr. John bequeaths to 
wife Abigail, sons John. Ezekiel, Micah and 
Samuel, daughters Abigail Melvin, Sarah 
Robbins. Mentions brother Simon Davis ; will 
was dated September 3, 1762. 

(V) John (2), son of Dr. John (i) Davis, 
was born at Concord, July 15, 17 14, died at 
Littleton, Massachusetts, October 6, 1753. He 

married Hannah . Children, born at 

Concord: John, June i, 1735, mentioned be- 
low. Born at Acton : Ezekiel, February, 
1736-37, settled in Shirley; Abel, May 14, 
1739: Hannah, February 28, 1740; Elisha, 
twin of Hannah; Silas, November 8, 1743; 
Jonathan, October 9, 1749. Born at Little- 
ton: Rebecca, July 9, 1750; Mary, February 

20, 1753. 



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(\1) John (3(. M.ii , , _.) Davis, 

was l)orn June i. 17.15. at LuiHunl. He lived 
at Acton an'l IJttlcton. MiiLlli^cx cnunly. 
Massachusetts, and settled ai)out the time of 
his niarriai,'e at Shirley, Worcester county. 
His hrother^, ICzekiel, lilislia, Silas and Ji>na- 
than. also settled in that town, lli^ home 
was the farm lately owned hy the \\'il.s<,)ns 
nd previously by Th<jnias Clark, where most 
1 his children were lx>rn. He served his 
nntry in the French and Indian war. He 
IS sergeant in Captain Henry Haskell's 
mpany of niiniite-iiien. Colonel James I'res- 
tt's regiment, uii the Lexinj^ton alarm. He 
T his son was a drinnmer in Captain Mills's 
company, Colonel Joseph X'ose's rej^jiment, 
1777-79. He or his son was in Lieutenant 
Holden's com|)any. Colonel Jonathan Reed's 
regiment, enlisting in -Septemher, 1777, in the 
•■■'ntinental army for three years; sergeant in 
iptain r.arnes's company. Colonel Timothy 
i-elow's regiment, from March to Decem- 
ber. 1777. crediteil to Wrcntham, residence 
Shirley, twenty months, twenty-seven days 
as sergeant, and ten months as private, then 
for three months sergeant again. He was 
sergeant in Sylvanus Smith's company, 
lonel I'.igelow's regiment, at Stillwater, 
,dle\ l"orgc %nd Providence. 1777-78. He 
IS sergeant in Cajitain Dow's company, 
lonel I'.igelow's regiment. January i. 1780. 
.March i. f'loth he and his son John seem 
have done long and faithful service in the 
ar. In 1788 he removed with that part of 
his family that had not passed their minority 
to Reading, \ermont, and erected the first 
saw mill in that section and turned a wilder- 
ness into a well-tilled farm. "He fulfilled the 
mission of life with admirable precision, and 
went down to his grave, leaving 1)chind an 
li>>norablc and useful memorv." He <lied in 
^'.ly. 1808. 

John Davis married, at .\cton, June 2, 
1757, Huldah Thayer. Children. Ixirn at 
."shirley: i. John, born atx^ut 1758-59; mar- 
ried Anna Ilolden: removed to Westminster, 
where he jiassed the first ten years of his 
married life, then returned to .Shirley, where 
he lived the rcmaimler of his life, and died 
February 8. 1827; had thirteen children. 2. 
Cornelius, born 1761 ; was in the revolution- 
ary army three years and wa« ensign in Shay's 
rebel army ; settled at Cavendish. N'crmont ; 
children: Hiram. Luther and Lucy, settled 
in Canada. ,v Hulilah. Iwirn at Shirley, No- 
vember 3, I7'>,i; married Philemon Holdcn. 
4. .Samuel. .March i.v •7^'3: married Phebe 
Spaulding and Mary Coijswcll. 5. Lucy, mar- 
ried. 1785. Xehemiah F-tabrin">k. C\ Ezekiel. 
mentioned below. 7. Thankful, .\ugust 21, 



1772: married i.,^,^,,, ,.dmcr- '■ • ' '•■'■ M, 

1858. 8. liliakim, March 1, 1 1 

Olive Hawlliorn, of Rcadin:;. " :-; 

removed front Reailing i ni the 

sanjc state; had oiijbt rbii 'tathan, 

OctolxT 11, 17: f 

Lexington ; h.i i 
farm at Wind 

''*•'■ '5. 1777; ' I 

.Sallv .Mien; <;- 

(XH) 1 
Ijorn at > 1- 

her 11,1 M 

when the 1- 

ing and h .g 

the forest atul cniiivaluig ilic farm. He was 
a farmer .11 Readinij all bi« active life and 
there all T " " At the age 

of twent 11- 17, 1 791, 

itethia Gi..:.... ... . , jq, 1770. died 

March 9, 1850. Children, l)orn at Reading, 
\ermont: I. Harry, .Vugust 7, 1792. died 
.August 10. 1793. 2. Fflmund, October 10. 
179,1; married. .November 2, 1816, Rebecca 
Pliilbrick and had nine chililren. 3. Betsey, 
Hctober II, 1795; married, .April 2, 1817, 
Sewall Shattuck antl had seven children. 4. 
Solomon, mentioned l)clo\v. 5. .Almond, 
March 24. 1799, died September 30, 1855; 
married (first) March 18. 1823, Semira 
Pratt; (second) Stisan Pratt, Febniary 18, 
1832: (third) Crace .Stearns, ft. Clarissa, 
July 7, 1801 ; marricfi, February 15, 1823, 
.America .Amsden ; one child. 7. Sophia, N*o- 
vember 5, 1803; niarricfl, February 15, 1822, 
Henry .Mcgrath and had eleven children. 8. 
Cynthia. January 28, i8<yj; married. May, 
1824, George Clyde and had seven children. 
9. John. .April 15. 180S: marricl l.>i i', _>^^ 
1834. Lydia Pratt and lived h. 

\'crmont : four children. 10. t ■ ., 

July 15, 1810; married Flvira Whcclci, 1 an- 
nie H. White and Polly Morcy : five chililren. 
II. Lorintha. .'^ci)tcmbcr 20. 1812; married. 
January' 19. 1836. Francis ("urtis and had ten 
children. 12. Lucy. October 2'>. 1811 mar- 
ried, Fcbruar)' 6. 1847, William G. (!• 

(\"HI) Solomon, son of Fzckicl D.i 
born at Readim:. April 3. 1707. He sct;!< 1 in 
St. Lawrence c<>tmt\. New N'ork. He mar- 
ried. May, 1824. I'anny ("iraiv'- • ' 'od 
October 15, 1841. Children: \1- 

pha ; Fanny; .Alpha Ezekicl, '■ <- 

low; Benjamin \\'.. June 5. 1831. m.iriied, 
1854. .Abbip Withev : children: Jenny J., born 
.August .; ' ' ' :ly 13. xRfu: 

Frank 1". nny I... Jan- 

uary 20. ! ~ ^ ', mbcr 8. 18/18. 

.Solomon r>avis died on the way to Illinois, 
where he intended to settle, and his wife con- 



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tinned to their destination and lived the re- 
mainder of her life there. 

(IX) Alpha Ezckiel, son of Solomon Davis, 
was born September 2, 1829, in St. Lawrence 
county, New York. He was educated in the 
public schools there, and worked on a farm 
until he was twenty years old. At the age of 
sixteen he went to Vermont and four years 
later came to Worcester, r\Iassachusetts. He 
went west with die family, but returned to 
Vermont and lived with an uncle four years. 
At Worcester he was employed in the State 
Hospital for the Insane for about three years, 
and then spent two years in Illinois. He 
started in the railroad business in 1859 and 
continued for a period of forty-eight years. 
He was employed on the old Norwich & 
\\'orcester railroad as brakeman, baggage- 
man, freight conductor and passenger con- 
ductor. He was well known for a generation 
by the patrons of this railroad and retired 
wath an enviable record of faithfulness and 
efficiency. He is a communicant of the 
Protestant Episcopal church of Norwich. He 
married (first) October 6, 1852, Jane E. 
Withey, born March 14, 1828, died July 17, 
1855. He married (second) January 6, 1858, 
Lucy Frances Withey. sister of his first wife. 
She was born September 23, 183 1. He had 
one child by his first wife, James Clarence, 
mentioned below. 

(X) James Clarence, son of Alpha Ezekiel 
Davis, was born February 19, 1854. He has 
been a member of the Worcester police force 
since 1896. He married, September 28, 1875, 
Sarah R. Cowan. Children: i. Alpha F., 
married Jennie Murphy, of Worcester, and 
has twin sons, Reginald and Winthrop. 2. 
Clarence Theodore, married Lillian Peter- 
son ; children : Clarence F. and Ruth. 3. 
IMarion Cowan, married John I. Hoyt ; chil- 
dren : Clarence J. and Charlotte Louise. 4. 
Charlotte Louisa, married William Hanna- 



The ancient home of the Skil- 
SKILTON ton (formerly Skelton) fam- 
ily is in Cumberlandshire, 
England, in the parish of Skelton, from which 
the family took its name. The name was 
written de Skelton as long as the family 
owned the Skelton estate, or parish, and re- 
sided there. The prefix was dropped by emi- 
grating portions of the family, and finally 
entirely omitted after the middle of the fif- 
teenth century. Some derive the name of 
the parish directly from the British language 
— Skell, water, and tone, town. Others be- 
lieve that the town was not named until the 
latter half of the Anglo-Saxon period, or 



possibly as late as 1090, when its cultivation 
began. Thus, they derive the name from the 
Anglo-Saxon language — Skaling, a hut. Huts 
were built in numbers in the forest of Ingle- 
wood to shelter the herdsmen who tended 
the vast herds which fed in the ancient for- 
est, forming in time a village; and, when 
cultivation began, the place was calle 1 Skal- 
ing-ton, tone, tune, etc.. having previously 
been adopted from the British into the Saxon 
language, and used as now in English in Skel- 
ton. 

The earliest de Skelton mentioned repre- 
sented Cumberland in Parliament, in the time 
of Edward I, about 1300. John de Skelton 
was knight of the shire in 13 16, reign of Ed- 
ward II. Adam de Skelton was member of 
Parliament 1318. John de Skelton was mem- 
ber of Parliament 1324-29. Richard de Skel- 
ton was member of Parliament in 1331, reign 
of Edward III. 

Thomas de Skelton was knight of the shire 
'" ^ZZ7^ reign of Edward HI. Sir Clement 
de Skelton, about 1350, married the heiress 
of Orton, of Cumberland, and in default of 
heirs a part of the property passed out of 
the family. He was four times knight of 
the shire, between 1375 and 1306, in the reign 
of Richard II. Between the reign of Edward 
II. and Henry VIII. several individuals of 
this family distinguished themselves in the 
Scotch and French wars. As a token of su- 
perior strength and valor they preserved, in 
Westminster Abbey, a large sword equal to 
that of Edward III., which it was said was 
worn by some of them in attendance upon 
the king in France. Hence came the family 
coat-of-arms, viz. : Azure, a fez between three 
fleurs de lis, or. It appears that such was 
the marked character of their prowess that 
several dififerences were granted in their arms, 
each indicating the individual personal suc- 
cess as a commander against the French. Sir 
Thomas de Skelton was steward of the Duchy 
of Lancaster. He died in 1416, and was 
buried in Hinxton, Cambridgeshire. He was 
probably father of Johannes de Skelton, who 
was member of Parliament 1401, 1406 and 
1422. Both he and his son John were noted 
among the gentry at the visitation of 1433. 
The latter was sheriflf of Cumberland in the 
tenth, nineteenth, twenty-fourth and twenty- 
ninth years of Henry VI., and was in Parlia- 
ment in 1450. For his prowess as a w'arrior 
he received a grant from the crown of one 
hundred acres at Armathwaite. His brother 
Richard was sherif? of Cumberland in 1427, 
and was with Henry V. in France at the 
battle of Agincourt, about 1416. He mar- 
ried the heiress of Branthwaite, and estab- 



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lislKil the family of Skcltons of LSranthwaitc, 
receiving a jjraiit of arms for his valor. 

Robert Skclton, Escjuirc, member of Par- 
liament for Carlisle, in 1471. 

John Skcllnii, Esquire, sheriff of Cumber- 
lam 1, in 151 1. 

Cieorj;e Skelton, Knif^ht, was sheriff of 
Cumberland in 1520. 

Sir John Skelton, of Norfolk, married 
Anne ISoleyn, aunt of Queen Anne Rolcyn. 

Rev. John Skeltnn, of Norfolk, was Poet 
Laureate of lienry \ III. 

John Skelton, .\rmif,'er, was sheriff of Cum- 
berland 1633 (Charles 1.). 

Sir John Skelton. one of the generals of 
Charles I. and Charles II., was lieutenant 
},'(>vernor of tiie city and fortress of Ply- 
mniith, i(*)2. At that time his son. Sir iJevil 
.Skelton. was captain of the guards, and soon 
after he was minister successively to the 
courts of Germany. Holland and !•" ranee. 

Charles Skelton, brother of I'.evil, not 
known to fame, lost his life in battle in the 
wars of the period. 

Charles .Skelton, Lieutenant (jeneral in the 
1-rench service, (Irand Croix, Conuii;mder of 
the Order of .St. Louis, married the daui;hter 
of Lord Dacre. She ilied 1741. 

Henry Skelton. of I'.rantlnvaite Hall. t,an- 
eral in the army, and .i;overnor of Portsmouth, 
was en(.;a!.;ed in blanders and in Scotland in 
1745. I)\ini; without issue, he l)e(|neatlie<l his 
estate to his friend, Jones, who had saveil his 
life in battle, the Jones family taking the 
name of Skelton. 

Rev. Dr. Philip Skelton. of Ireland, irom 
the .\rneathwaite famil\, was a noted Epis- 
cojialian ilivine and commentator. 

The name of Skilton l)eint; even now very 
rare in Enijland. it is probable that the chani^c 
from Skelton to<ik place about the bei^inning 
of the eii;hteenth century, one of the first of 
the name may have been John Skilton, men- 
tioned below.* 

(I) Dr. Henry Skilton, immigrant ances- 
tor, oldest child of John .ind Mary ( liennitt) 
Skilton. who were married January J3, 1717, 
in the parish of Saint Michaels, Coventry, 
EiiL;land. was there born .NovemlieT lo. 1718, 
and bajitized December 3. 1 7 18. He had sis- 
ters .Mary and .Sarah, and also a brother John, 
whose descendants were coinnuuiicaled with 
from .America as late as 1833. The family 
removed to Kumsey. Hampshire county, Eni;- 
land. about 17^5. and the mother died soon 
afterward. The father entered the P.ritish 
navy. Henry left home March 31, 1734, and 
enlere<l the navy. He sailed .\pril i. 1735, 

* (The ahovc w.is compiled from llic notes gath- 
ered !>>■ Dr. .\ver>' Jiidd Skilton .ibiuil 1850.) 



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receive an appointment and ai> 

surgeon. 

He married, July 9, 1741. 
chihl of Joseph and Tabitln 
ery, Ixjrn L'ebruary 25, 1; 
necticiit. In 1740 he !■ 
ton, C' li- • " 
practii. 
i7»:o h< 

and continued jiractice 1 
he removed to Watert- 

died there June 7, iX- .;r 

years. His wife died < ' Ho 

was an able, pious and 
the founilers of the "^ 
Church in what is now i 
He engaged in farming on .1 .uxl 

in other business as well. ( "•v, 

liorn .\i>ril 5, 1742, died .\pril 17. 1 
beth, l'"ebruary 11, 1743-44, died ^ 

I, 1749: .Mary, I'ebruary 12. 174' 

F.lisha .\twood ; .\very, .\pril 30, I74<'<, men- 
tioned below; James, Jiuie 1, 1750. ilied No- 
vember, 1755: Tabitha, .\ugust 26. 1752. fiied 
July 28, 1753: Tabitha, Decemlicr 12. 1754, 
died November J~, 1755; .Sarali, .April 11, 
1757, married .Abraham Richards, and died 
November 30, 1 79 V in Yates cotmty. New 
^■ork. 

(II) Avery, son of Henry and Tabitha 
(.\very) Skilton, was Ivirn at Preston, Con- 
nectictit. .April 30, 1748, died at Wateriown. 
Connecticut, .August 27, 1832. He livcl for 
a time at P.ethlehem, Connecticut. He mar- 
ried, March 2(). 1771. Parthenia Judd, Imrn 
.August fi. 1754: she <lied at Walcrtown, 
.March 30. 1831) (see Judd family ». Chil- 
dren: I. Millicent, Ixirn Octoln-r 5. 1772; 
married .Anthony (iiirnsey, who died Decem- 
ber 30, 1848: she died May 25, 1839; no 
chililren. 2. J.nines, bom April 10. 1777: 
mentioned IkIow. 3. Lucy. l)orn Julv 21, 
1780; niarrieil Jesse Mine: had two children 
who died tuunarricd. 4. Henry, Ixirn July 
17. 1783: had four son- •■ ' '■■- ' — '-ters. 
5. Mary. lx>rn May 22. it)cr 

25. 1822: unmarried. < • )c- 

tobcr 2. 1788; died SepleiiilK:r 12, 1830, at 
Lyons. New York : married Cyrus .Avery. 7. 



742 



CONNECTICUT 



Tabitha, born May 2, 1797; never married; 
died October 30, 1878, at South Farms, Con- 
necticut. 

(III) James, son of Avery and Parthenia 
(Juddj Skilton, was born April 10, 1777, in 
Bethlehem, Connecticut, and died April 9, 
1848, in Watertown, Connecticut. He mar- 
ried, June 30, 1799, Chloe, daughter of Eli- 
jah and Hannah (Scovill) Steele (see Steele 
family). Children: i. Elijah, born May 17, 
1800; married, April i, 1827, Elizabeth Wil- 
son; (second) March 25, 1738, Mrs. Sarah 
Remington, at Ravenna, Ohio. 2. Dr. Avery 
Judd, born February i, 1802; married, March 
2, 1828, Mary Augusta, daughter of Cyrus 
and Rebecca (Munn) Candee : he died March 
20, 1858, at Troy. New York, where he was 
a physician. 3. Julius James Gardner, born 
June 24, 1804; died unmarried, August 17, 
1858, at Troy, New York. 4. Henry Bennett, 
born August 29, 1806; died March 13, 1894, 
at Watertown, Connecticut ; married, Novem- 
ber 19, 1832, Julia Clark; (second) Novem- 
ber 19, 1838, Emily, daughters of Merritt Sr. 
and Katurah (Smith) Clark. 5. John Ches- 
ter, born April 30, 1809 ; mentioned below. 
6. Hannah Maria, born February 4, 1812 ; 
died January 18, 1897, at Middlebury, Con- 
necticut ; married, March 22, 1840, Gould 
Smith, son of Merritt Sr. and Katurah 
(Smith) Clark. 7. Samuel William South- 
mayd, born June 20, 1814; died April, 1894, 
at Morris, Connecticut ; married, November 
26, 1846, Mary, daughter of Joel and Emma 
(French) White. 8. Millicent Parthenia, 
born December 24, 1816: married, December 
2, 1842, Rev. Ebenezer O. Beers. 9. George 
Frederick, born February 11, 1820: died July 
18, 1895, at W'atertown, Connecticut; mar- 
ried. May 4, 1841, Wealthie JMunn, who died 
December 3, 1848; (second) Abigail, daugh- 
ter of George Thomas and Almira ( Richards) 
W'ilcox. 10. Mary Augusta, born November 
14, 1822 ; married, December 29, 1847, JMer- 
ritt Clark, Jr., son of Merritt Sr. and Katurah 
(Smith) Clark, of Prospect, Connecticut. 

(IV) John Chester, son of James and 
Chloe (Steele) Skilton, was born April 30, 
1809. in Watertown, died in Plymouth, Con- 
necticut, December 29, 1851. For twenty- 
five years he was identified with the Seth 
Thomas Clock Works of Thomaston, Con- 
necticut. He married in Northfield, Connec- 
ticut, Anna, born February 18, 1810, died at 
Hartford, Connecticut, July 14, 1891, daugh- 
ter of Levi and Anna (Guernsey) Heaton. 
Children : Anna, De Witt Clinton and Chloe 
Cornelia. 

(V) De Witt Clinton, son of Jolin Chester 
and Anna (Heaton) Skilton, was born in 



Thomaston, Connecticut, January 11, 1839. 
He began his business career in 1855 in Hart- 
ford, in the dry goods trade with C. S. 
vVeatherby. In October, 1861, he entered the 
employ of the Hartford Fire Insurance Com- 
pany as a clerk in the office. On August 19, 
1862, he enlisted for the civil war service in 
Company B, Twenty-second Connecticut Vol- 
unteer Infantry, and was mustered into service 
September 20 following, as second lieutenant 
of the company. The regiment was a part 
of the Army of the Potomac under Major- 
General Heintzelman, in brigade of General 
Robert Cowdin, and later Colonel Burr Por- 
ter. On February 16, 1863, he was pro- 
moted to first lieutenant, and served with 
honor until mustered out, July 7, 1863. On 
his return to Hartford he resumed his former 
position, and December i, 1867, was chosen 
secretary of the Phoenix Fire Insurance Com- 
pany. He held that position from December 
I, 1867, to August I, 1888, when he was 
elected vice-president of the company and 
acting president. On February 12, 1891, he 
succeeded Flenry Kellogg to the presidency, 
and under his management the business grew 
rapidly. When he entered the service as sec- 
retary in 1867 the capital was $600,000, the 
assets $1,234,195, and the surplus $113,683. 
On January i, 1910, the capital had more 
than trebled, the amount being $2,000,000; 
the assets had increased to $9,941,424.23, and 
the surplus to $3,066,837.38. The premium 
income for the year 1868 was $1,219,211, 
and for the year 1909 was $4,889,175.87. 

President Skilton's career has been con- 
temporary with the years of the great growth 
in American insurance, and he has been iden- 
tified with all the organized effort, and hence 
gave much time and thought to the upbuild- 
ing of the National Association. He was 
selected by the New York City Association 
of Underwriters to represent the Connecticut 
companies of the committee which prepared 
the standard policy for fire insurance. By 
many states this form has been adopted and 
made obligatory. The Phoenix Fire Insur- 
ance Company owes much of its success to 
his able management. He is a director of the 
Hartford National Bank, and a corporator 
and trustee of the State Savings Bank. He 
is a member of the Military Order of the 
Loyal Legion of the United States, of Robert 
Tyler Post, Grand Army of the Republic, 
and of the Hartford Club. He was secre- 
tary of the National Board of Underwriters 
three years ; vice-president seven years, and 
president three years. For seven years he 
was committeeman of the West Middle School 
district. Fie is a Republican in politics, and 



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7Ai 



is altiliatcd with the Asyhiiii Avcmic Con- 
grcj^aticjiial Churcli. 

Ho marriuil, August 8. 1865, Ann Jeancttc 
Andrews, burn Aiimi>t J5, iH^j, ilaugliter ui 
Lvman and Klizabctli (iJrown) Andrews, of 
Martforil. One child, John Lyman, horn 
June 4. 1868, <lied November i, 1887. 

(The Steele Line). 

(I) John Steele, immitcrant, was l>orn in 
coynty Essex, Lngland. and died at Farm- 
in^rton. Connecticut, November 25, 1655. He 
came to this country when a youni; man. about 
i6,^i-.^j. and settled lirsl in V'aiiibrid^'c, Mas- 
sachusetts, then in Hartford, Connecticut, and 
tinally in Farmington. His brother, Cieorge 
Steele, who also came to Hartford, <lied in 
1W13. very old. John marrietl (first) Rachel 

. in Kngland. She died in 1053. He 

married (second), soon afterward, .Mercy 
Seymour, sister of Ridiard Seymour, who 
survived him. Children : John, married 
Mercy W'arriner, who married (second) 
Thomas Hill: Lydia, married. March ,u. 
1657. James liird: Mar>-. twin with Lydia, 
married William Judd; Hannah, born 1655; 
Sar.di, born about i'\^8. married Lieutenant 
TliMmas Judd; .'^amueI. mentioneil below. The 
order of birth of the diildren is not known. 

(H) Samuel, son of John and Mercy (Sey- 
mour) Steele, was born in Fnglaml in 1626- 
27. and came witli his parents to .\nierica. 
lie was a le:idinij citizen of r'armington, Con- 
necticut ; deputy to the general assembly in 
i(/(8-(')9-72-77 ; lieutenant of the I'armington 
train l)and in i')74. He had a grant of land 
from the general court. May 9. 1672, of two 
luuulred acres. He marrie<l Slary, ilaughter 
of llun. JauKs ;ind .Mice linosey; her father 
was a i)romiiieiit citi/en i>f W'elherslieM. She 
was born .'September 10. U\^S- ''••^'1 »' l*'arm- 
ington, in 1702. Children: James, Iwrn .Au- 
gust 31, i('>44. mentioned below: Mary. De- 
cember 5, \(>-,2: Rachel. October .^o, 1654. 
livctl at W'ethersfield. married Jonathan 
Smith: Sarah. bai)tized December 29. i'»5f), 
flieil unmarried; Samuel, born March it, 
"'58-59. died young; John, baptized Decem- 
ber 10. KVji. died inimarried: Hannah, l)orn 
1688; F.benezer, August 13. |U)I, married, 
February 15. 1705. Sarah Hart. 

(HI) Captain James, son of Samuel and 
^^ary (I!otisey) Steele, was born .\ugust 31, 
1644. died May 15. 1713. He was a merchant 
in Wetliersfield. and captain of the train band. 
He married. July 19. "187, .\nna. <langhter 
of Captain Samuel and Elizabeth (Hollister) 
Welles. She was Ixirn in r^>8. at Wethers- 
field, and died in 1730. aged seventy-one. She 
ni.Trricil ( ^ccmid I Xovcmlitr 20. i~i8. I.iiiu-^ 



Dr. J.. 

Iieiow 

I' 

tobcr 28, 1702. married U dham Hooker; 

Davi'l. Jnrtc X. i^rvi 

•tain 

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ary 10, 1715. Li; 
Fr, and .^.Tmh it, 

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Sarah, July 17, 17 

mentioned below : 

married Nathan 1 

cut; Dr. .Samuel, I 

January 27;. 1724 _■;. 

I'bcnezer. .M.iy 18, 1727 

dletrin ; Jonathan, ma; 

Elizur, 1736. married, Novcnil)cr 17, 1705, 

^L^rv Rood; Lucy. June 24. 1737. married 

Jonathan Pitkin, residetl at I I 

(\) James, son of Dr. |. I/.t- 

beth (Hollister) Steele 
1719. ilifd July 27. 177; 
daughter o'f Caleb %i<j 

Cowles. granddaughter ui J..>cpii Ui«)diiiril, 
son of Thonias WmwIfMnl. whn cTme fniin 
Englaml to I . jn 

"Wm. She nM 

at lierlin, t .... .t 

Berlin: i. Mercy. 
1/(54, .Mexandcr i 
Connecticut; died in iS_^t,. j 
18, I74'>; married Lucretia 
scph. S ■ • • ' ■ - - - - 
Cliurclr 
cut. 4 

Eleazer .\^pulwali; she dicil .May 4. 1832. 
5. Thomas. Jtdv. 175?: '1'<»»t Vrvvcmlfr 13, 
1761. 6. Eliv ncd 

below. 7. J. icil 

August 3. i.s^.- ,. .,,.,. .,..,; De- 

cember. 177'!. 

(\n Flitnh. son of James and Mercy 
I < vas iKirn at Berlin. Jan- 

II. 1 1830. He was a soldier 

itl ini ■ .. I .--• . 

(\Tptairi 

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744 



CONNECTICUT 



York ; in Captain Thomas Converse's com- 
pany, Colonel Heman Swift's regiment of 
the Connecticut Line in the Continental army, 
1781-83. He married Hannah, daughter of 
Ezekiel and Alindvvell (Barber) Scovill. 
Their daughter, Chloe, born October 2, 1780, 
married, June 30, 1799, James Skilton (see 
Skilton). 

(The Judd Line). 
The surname Judd is one of the oldest Eng- 
lish surnames, and is identical with Jude, an 
old and now almost obsolete personal name. 
Judson and Judkins are formed from the 
same name. Henry Judde, of county Kent, 
and John Judde. of Oxfordshire, were men- 
tioned in the Hundred Rolls of 1275, and 
the family has been in Kent down to the 
present time. Sir Andrew Judd, a dealer in 
skins and furs, of London, son of John Judd, 
of Tunbridge, Kent, was mayor of London in 
1550, a man of wealth and influence. He 
endowed a grammar school in Tunbridge. His 
only child was a daughter Alice. The coat- 
of-arms of this family is : Gules, a fesse 
raguled between three boars' heads couped 
argent. It is likely that all the Judds are 
descended from this Kent family. The only 
other coat-of-arms of the Judd family is 
plainly of the same origin, and indicates re- 
lationship. The Judds of Middlesex bear: 
Gules, a fesse raguled between three boars' 
heads erased argent. Crest : on a ducal coro- 
net or, a cockatrice, wings displayed proper. 
The family was also prominent in county Es- 
sex, England. 

(I) Deacon Thomas Judd, immigrant an- 
cestor, came from England in 1633 o^" 1634, 
and settled at Cambridge, Massachusetts, 
where he had a home lot granted to him Au- 
gust, 1634. It was in that part of the town 
known as the West End, on the road to 
Watertown. He had other land granted in 
1635, and was admitted a freeman ]\Iay 25 
that year. He removed to Hartford, Con- 
necticut, in 1636, and had two acres for a 
home lot. near the "Charter Oak.'' He was 
one of the first proprietors and settlers of 
Farmington, Connecticut, and removed there 
from Hartford about 1644. His home lot was 
on the main street, and he was a substantial 
farmer and an influential man. He was dep- 
uty to the general court several times. He 
was a charter member of the Farmington 
chur-ch, and was its second deacon. He died 
November 12, 1688. aged about eighty. His 
first wife died in Farmington, and he mar- 
ried (second ) December 2, 1679, Clemence 
Mason, widow of Thomas Mason, of North- 
ampton, and resided in Northampton the re- 
mainder of his life. He was selectman there 



in 1682. Children, order of birth not known: 
Elizabeth, married, December 2j, 1653, Sam- 
uel Loomis ; William, mentioned below ; Thom- 
as, born about 1638, married Sarah Steele ; 
John, born about 1640, married Mary How- 
kins ; Benjamin, born about 1642, married 
Mary Lewis ; Mary, born about 1644, married, 
January i, 1663, Thomas Loomis: Ruth, bap- 
tized February 7, 1647, married John Steele; 
Philip, baptized September 2, 1649, married 
Hannah Loomis; Samuel, born about 1651. 

(II) Sergeant William Judd, son of Deacon 
Thomas Judd, married, March 30, 1658, Alary, 
daughter of John and Rachel Steele, of Farm- 
ington ; she died October 2, 1718, aged about 
eighty. He lived in Farmington, and was 
counted a well-to-do citizen for those days. 
The inventory of his estate was presented No- 
vember 5, 1690. His age when he died was 
about fifty-five years. Children : Alary, bap- 
tized July 22, 1660; Elizabeth, July 22, 1660, 
died young; Thomas, October 13, 1662; Wil- 
liam, January 8, 1665, died young ; Thomas, 
born 1663, mentioned below ; John, 1667 ; 
Rachel, 1670, died unmarried 1703; Samuel, 
1673 ; Daniel, 1675 : Elizabeth, 1678. 

(III) Deacon Thomas (2) Judd, son of 
Sergeant William and Mary (Steele) Judd, 
was born in 1663, and settled in Waterbury, 
Connecticut. He was a blacksmith by trade, 
and conducted a farm. He was town clerk, 
deacon of the church, captain of militia, jus- 
tice of the peace, and a deputy to the general 
court more than twenty years between 1696 
and 1733. His will was dated April 26, 1738, 
and bequeathed to his son William his silver- 
headed cane, which descended later to Syl- 
vester Judd, of Northampton. He died Jan- 
uary 4, 1747. He married, February 9, 16S8, 
Sarah, daughter of Stephen and Hannah ( As- 
trood) Freeman, who died September 8, 1738, 
aged sixty-eight. Stephen Freeman was one 
of the first settlers of Alilford, Connecticut, 
and later of Newark, New Jersey. Children : 
William, born Alay 7, 1689, mentioned below; 
Martha, September 11, 1692: Rachel, Novem- 
ber 13, 1694: Sarah, .April 23, 1697, died No- 
vember 3, 1725-26; Hannah, July 2, 1699, 
died Alarch 12, 1713 ; Alary, January 30, 1701 ; 
Elizabeth, July 23, 1704; Ruth, Alay 9, 1707; 
Stephen, November 30, 1709. died June 25, 
1715- 

(I\') Captain AA'illiam (2) Judd, son of 
Thomas (2) Judd, was born May 7, 1689, 
died January 29, 1772. He lived a few years 
in Kensington Society, Farmington, now 
Berlin, and removed to Waterbury. He final- 
ly settled near the center of Westbury parish, 
now the town of Watertown. His will is 
dated January 23, 1772. He was a captain of 



LDNM-dlLL T 



iiiiliii.i. .iinl .1 upu -riii.iM\ I I i till- j^'cncral 
ctiiirl many s«.>si<>n^. IK- niarrii-il ( hr>i i Jan- 
uary 21, 1713, Mary Kixit, who dicil l)cccni- 
licr 10, 1751, (lauj^htcr of Stcplicn and Sarali 
I W'ailswortli ) KoDt. of I'arniinyton. He 
married (sccomli Hope I.cc, widow. Chil- 
dren: TiniDtliy, horn Ucccinher j8, 1713. nicn- 
ticincd below; Stephen, Anj^ust 17, 1715; 
llannal), Scptenilicr 12, 1717, died youn^; ; 
lonatlian, Octnlier 4. 17117: DanKhter, <lied 
• 'inij; : I'llnathan, Aui^nst 7. 1724; Mary. No- 
inl)er 22. 17J7; William, January 12, 1730; 
>. trail, Xovemljer 30, 171,2, dieil April 27, 

( \' ) Timothy, son of Captain William (2) 
Jiidd, was horn Dccemher 2.S, 1713. died Jan- 
uary 2^, i/f/h lie ijraduated at Yale Col- 
lc'i;e in 1737, and lived in Westhury parisli. 
lie reprcM-iited Walerhury in the ijeneral 
cmirt twenty-one sessions. l74^'-73. He was 
ajipoiiited a justice of tile jieace every year 
from May, I7')5, to May, 17S3, and held other 
offices. He married (first) .March 2(), 1744, 
Mary Clark, who died November 8, 1744, 
daii^;iiter of Thomas Clark. lie marrie(r 
(second) Octoi)er 9, 1749, Millicent .South- 
mayd, dauphter of Samuel and Marj^aret 
( Soutiimayd ) Gaylord, anil widow of John 
.^outiimayd : she was lK>rn 1720, died March 
-•'), 17<'3. He married (third) .August 8, 
17^(4. .Ann Scdijwick, widow of I'.enjaniin 
.'^cdiiwick. This provetl an unhappy niar- 
ri.iL;e, and they se])arateil. He married 
( fourth) June h. 17S0, Mary I'oote. who died 
in October, 17S2. widow of Samuel l'\Kitc. 
He married ( fifth) a widow Clauson, of Stam- 
ford. Children: Mary, Imrn December 11, 
1751 : Parthenia, .August 6, 1754. married, 
March 2i>. 1771. .\very Skilton. son of Dr. 
Henry ."^kilton, of lui.ijland (see Skilton fam- 
ily), died .March 30, 1S39: .\llyn Southmayil, 
born October, 175'^): (iiles, lx)rn (X'tobcr 20. 
1758, died September 3, 1739: Millicent, born 
\ut;ust 21. i7r)o. died .Vu^^ust 30. 1762: Tim- 
othv, born lanuarv 21. 1763. died Mav 26, 



I'he names of our families 
\\ \RXI:R are the jjroduct (^f the Middle 
.Xses. To the world a hless- 
ini;, tc^ mankind a ])oint of distinction, names 
serve a beneficial use. In tlie delineation of 
names we see the character and habits of an 
ancient pi-ople e.xjircssctl : in them we trace 
the chani.;es they have undcr^;one from the 
most remote time. 

In the southwestern jiart of Knplan<l, near 
the iKtuudary of Wale>. dwelt a race of people 
ciii;a,!:;ed in ai^ricultural pursuits. Tiiese people 
in v,l|.,!,t'iii-e were forced to protect them- 



<T, who 
f War- 



. I he 

:<". nnd 



sel\. ' 

api 

atbl 

into the warn the 

appron'-l 'iiv llr'- 

"U. 

Dm 

col' 

ri\i 

hcl.i 

nei 

ihr. 

tanr. i;i 11. m. 

sliield>, and ai' 

1 art-, of the n ; ^ 

church of (Ireat \ 

Warner arms .ire 

their motto, ' 

terpreted. "\\ 

alone." The • 

tivcs of the f.r 

have l)een of .1 

authority has >t.iu<l ^tseial 

killeil in relij.;ii>us riot-, or ni;i 

liie .Man..i 

hiiinireil and < 

John Warner. >. 

tliani : his son John held it until 1473; ins 
son Henry seized of it .March 21. 1504; his 
son John, (ientleman. held it until his death 
in 1.352: he also held the .Manor of ilnisches; 
Henry, his brother, an heir, held it until his 
death in 155^1. when it jw.sscd to the heirs of 
his sister. 

Queen Klizabeth ({ranted in 150S lands to 
Sir Kdward Warner, Knight, in the M.mor of 
(iettin!.;ham. county Kent : also ^' i\- 

ley in the same county: he mar ih. 

third daughter of Sir Thoma- ;.. .. 

William Warner. Ksf|.. in tiie latter p.irt of 
the reii,'!! of Kini; Ivlward, liecame |x»ses>ed 
of .\orthwi>od .Manor, county Kent, and held 
it until his death in 1504; then his son Hum- 
phrey seized •>f if, and lie held it until 1513. 
when he willed it to his mhi \\ illiani. 

John U arner, of Fo»>t Cray. wa> sheriff i>f 
county Kent in 1442. He reccivc<l the |>osi- 
tion from his father John, who had received 
it from the government in 1395. 

Henry .\ Warner, capitalist ami real estate 
dealer, who>e business caieer from Imyhood 
has been passed iti New Haven, where he is 
widely and favorably kni>wn as one of the 
city's Icadiiij; business men and substantial 
citizens, descen<ls from one of Connecticut's 
earliest families. 

( 1) John Warner, the first of the line on 
this si.fe of the .\tlantic, ai the afre '<• t«. nt^ 
one \ears came from l-jiyland with 
who sailed in the ship "Increisc" in 



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1637 he performed service in the Pequot war. 
He became one of the original proprietors of 
Hartford in 1639. In 1649 he married (sec- 
ond) Ann, daughter of Thomas Norton, of 
Guilford. Mr. Warner became an original 
proprietor and settler of the town of Farm- 
ington, Connecticut ; he united with the church 
there in 1657, and was made a freeman in 
1664. In 1673 he went to Mattatuck (Water- 
bury) to ascertain if it was a desirable place 
to settle, and was a patentee of that place in 
1674. It was his intention to move thither, 
but he died in 1679, leaving a widow, Mar- 
garet. 

(IV) John (2) Warner, a descendant of the 
John Warner mentioned above, was a captain 
in the Connecticut state guards, and served 
in Governor Waterburv's state brigade, assist- 
ing in the defense of the seacoast in 1781. 
The long hill between Plymouth and the town- 
ship now known as Thomaston was for many 
years called Warner Hill in his honor. From 
him our subject is descended. 

(V) John (3), son of John (2) Warner, 
married and had a son Abijah. mentioned be- 
low. 

(VI) Abijah, son of John (3) Warner, 
married Betsey, daughter of Jason Fenn. 

(VII) Gains Fenn, son of Abijah Warner, 
was born in 181 1, in that part of the town 
of Plymouth known as Town Hill, in Litch- 
field county, and was the youngest of three 
children. He was but six years old when his 
fatlier died, and until his marriage remained 
at home with his mother. At the age of 
twenty-one he wedded Harriet Jackson, of 
Bethlehem, that county, and the young couple 
settled in their own home. For about three 
years Mr. Warner worked the farm, and then 
moved to Waterville. His two daughters, 
Helen and Harriet, were born during his resi- 
dence in Plymouth ; his son, Henry A., in 
Waterville, Connecticut. About the year 1847 
he found his life work. He met a man who 
was in the business of manufacturing malle- 
able iron castings, and who so urged him to 
enter this work that he finally decided to go 
with him to Straitsville and investigate for 
himself. He soon moved his family to that 
place, and so well succeeded in the new ven- 
ture that when the buildings were burned to 
the ground he removed the works to New 
Haven, many of the principal workmen going 
with him. In this line he had the monopoly, 
and his was the largest concern of the kind 
in the country. Mr. Warner passed the re- 
mainder of his life in that city, active alike 
in commercial, religious and benevolent circles, 
and widely known and beloved. 

It was during Mr. Warner's residence in 



Plymouth that the Congregational church in 
that village was built, and he threw his superb 
energies and strength into that enterprise. He 
hauled much of the timber from the woods to 
the mill, and from there to the church lot. 
At "raising day"' all the town turned out to 
help, and afterward all were served, as was 
the custom of the time, to doughnuts, raised 
cake and cider. When he removed to Straits- 
ville, at that time a very small village, Mr. 
Warner deplored the fact that no regular 
church services were held there, and he very 
soon made arrangements whereby theological 
students from New Haven should preach in 
the small chapel each Sunday for the sum of 
ten dollars and their board. His house was 
freely opened for their accommodation, and 
very often the compensation was largely given 
from his own pocket. As he grew in pros- 
perity he was ever ready to respond to numer- 
ous calls for benevolence, both public and 
private, which were made upon him, notably 
that of home and foreign missions, growing 
.stronger each year of his life. Mr. Warner 
was a man of few words, and while ever 
friendly to those who were so fortunate as to 
possess his love and confidence, he showed a 
true and loyal heart, to be relied upon in any 
extremity. In his family he was the faithful 
husband, the kindest of fathers, and his house 
was ever open to all his friends. 

In the year i860 ]\Ir. Warner decided to 
build a new residence, and purchased a fine 
lot on Chapel street of about one and a half 
acres, in the center of the city, opposite Yale 
College, where he erected the substantial 
house now occupied by the Union League 
Club, in the rear of which is now the Hyper- 
ion Theater, and on the western side Warner 
Hall, an apartment building, erected and man- 
aged by his son, Henry A. Warner. It is 
characteristic of Mr. Warner that, when ques- 
tioned by a member of the college faculty as 
to his venture in laying out this acre or more 
of ground, stocking it with fruit trees, foun- 
tain, grapery and ornamental shrubs, lest he 
should suffer invasion by mischievous boys of 
the college, to reply: "I shall not molest them, 
and I don't think they will ever trouble me," 
and they never did. After moving to his new 
home he gave his best Christian efforts to the 
welfare of the College Street Church, which 
building joined his land on the eastern side, 
and was an earnest helper and exemplary 
member until his death, in October, 1870. He 
died as he had lived, in full trust and faith in 
his Saviour and God, since when, in 1837, 
during a strong religious movement through- 
out the entire country, he and his young wife 
united \\-ith the clmrch in Plvmouth Center. 



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j (\ 111) Henry A., si.ii .,i (j;iiii> l-'enn War- 

I ner, was Ix.in .NIarcli lo, 184J, at Watcrville. 
in tile town ot W aterlniry, ami wa> six years 
■ Id when tlie family settled in Now Haven, 
riiere. in tlic puhlic ami private >cIuk>1s, antl 
I General Russell's and Hopkins jjrammar 
liool. he received his education, anil was 
|.repared for a business career. I'or many 
\cars he was an iron inanuiacturer, continu- 
inji his father's large concern, and he has since 
dealt in pipe, in which line his elTorls have 
met with deserved success. Returning east 
after the Chicago tire. .Mr. Warner stn|>pcd 
at .\kron. Ohio, and fomid a make of pipe 
which had not been introduccil east, where 
imported Scotch pipe ami a slip glaze pipe 
from .New Jersey were in use. However, 
they were soon superseded by the Ohio pipe, 
which Mr. Warner introduced and sold 
throughout -New England. For many years 
he received royalty on all i)ipes mailc from 
this clay and sold cast. He has also dealt 
lensively in real estate, and is proprietor of 
o Warner Hall .\partment Hotel, ^t No. 
14 Chapel street. New Haven. .\t the time 
the erection of this bniltling, which was 
t Hrst six-story building erected in Connec- 
iil. he gave it the name of "Warner Hall," 
lite imaware that there had been a "Warner 
i ill " at the Manor of F^ikeUham. which was 
^ anted to John Warner of "Warner Hall" 
in Great Walthani. Englaml. Mr. Warner re- 
sides at 61 J Whitney avenue, .New Haven, 
• "nnnccticut. 

Mr. Warner married Gertrude E. Morton. 
I r. and Mrs. Warner's religious connections 
are with the Plymouth Congregational Church 
of New Haven, which was formerly the Col- 
lege Street Churcii. of which he has been a 
deacon. Mr. Warner's pulitical atVdiations arc 
w ith the Repid)Iican jiarty : but w hile ever in- 
terested in politics and public affairs, he has 
kept aloof from party warfare, and has never 
held pidilic office. He is a member of the 
Union League. Voimg Men's Republican 
Clui>. Sons of the .\mcrican Revolution. 
Chamlier of Commerce. Country Club, and 
was sergeant major of the .'>econd Company 
Governor's Horse Guard. Mr. Warner has 
two sisters living. Mrs. Helen L. Cowles. 
widow of I.uman Cowles. anil Harriet W. 
Mcrwin. wife of Thomas P. Mcrwin. all of 
Now Haven. 



I John Eaton, the first of the line 
E.\TON here imdcr consiileration. is re- 
corded as taking the freeman's 
oath. May J5. irt^^i. Hi* wife. Abigail, ac- 
companied by tw'i children, embarked for 
\iu F'ngland in tb<' -l"i> "Elizabeth and 



All 
th. 



.\1. 



747 

tbic tiiat 
L-m. 

t.d 

.... 7t 



his wiic Alice I!, uul recorded. 

(Ill) Ih^ma-:. "ion of }nhn 121 and Mice 
E;.t ,..„, 

"T k. 

^'•^> d. 

where li. ,ri of his 1 !it. 

He mail {.orn in 1 m 

1748. tlfttcii d.i;, > .liter tile death tA hci Im,-.- 
band. daughter oi .Nathaniel Gav. 

(IV, - - ' ■■ ■ • :i., 

(Gay) I ,,. 

necticut. 1, , ,i^ 

to the ncighlMiring town 01 > m 

17^7. and lived therp flic iTen' us 

life. He held 1 " ' „, 

and for a tinu 

urer. He mar; -,,,,.. .i.n.^.u., .., y .^^^. 

tain John and Sarah Parry. 

(V) .Abel, son of .Nathaniel and Esther 
( Parry) Eaton, was liorn at WixidMock. Con- 
necticut, 1734. the youngest of thirteen chil- 
dren. He went to Concord. New York, in 
I7'>|). and there served as deacon of the church 
and captain of a military company. He later 
removed to Greene comity. I'.etwccn 1776 
and 1780 he was absent from h.mi- for a 
considerable period, and it is i;it 

he was then on service in tin yy 

war. He married .Ann .\zuba lim ,, .1 k.'x- 
bury. He died in Cairo. New York, in 1812. 

(\'l) .Amos, son of .\bcl and \nii \/:l..i 
(Hurd) Eaton, was born at Cli ■ 
bia county, New York, in I77'>. 
New York, May f\ 1842. \\ lien i ■ :rti;i.n 
years of age he was selected to deliver a 
Fourth of July oration in his native town. 
With his own hands he made the necessary 
instruments for surveying, and siH.n l>egan 
work as a surveyor of the neighboring farms. 
He was a student at Williams College, from 
which institution he graditaie<i in 1770. He 
became a lawyer, bni bis career a^ vucii ter- 
minated unfortunately, and m iSi; ! 1 ..: "icd 
natural science as his pr n 
became an interesting Ic' ■■ c« 
being in : -id. and 111 iSiu Ik was 
invited b DeWitt Clinton to lec- 
ture bef.1i> ,.,,,,,..> I ^ of t'"- ' ■■ ' ■ !Ic 

was afterward employed 11 

\'an Rensselaer to make a g- 

ricultural survey of the flistnci a.ljwiniiig the 
Erie canal, and his report, published in 1824, 
was one of the • ' ' ■ kind in 
.\merica. Th< iicd hi 

iS.>.) ibr m1„„ ;i as the 



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Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute at Troy, 
New York, and Mr. Eaton was made the 
senior professor ; here he spent the remainder 
of his life. He published many text books, 
and kindled in the breasts of many young men 
a love for science, which in time made their 
names famous and immortal. Professor 
Eaton was married four times. His second 
wife. Sally, daughter of Eleazer and Try- 
phena (Beebe) Cady, born at Canaan, New 
York, 1780, died at New Haven, Connecticut, 
July 13, 1810. 

(VII) Brevet Major-General Amos B. 
Eaton, son of Amos Eaton, was born in 
Greene county. New York, in 1806. He 
graduated from ^Vest Point in 1826, and was 
at once assigned to garrison duty, serving in 
the war with Mexico. At the breaking out 
of the civil war he was made chief of the 
commissary service, with headquarters at New 
York City, and was also purchasing commis- 
sary for the armies in the field. Millions of 
money passed through his hands in the dis- 
charge of the duties of the important posi- 
tions assigned to him, and in the selection of 
General Eaton the government was particu- 
larly fortunate. 

(VTII) Professor Daniel Cady Eaton, only 
son of Brevet Major-General Amos B. Eaton, 
was born at Fort Gratiot, Michigan Territory, 
in 1834. XAHiile a student at Yale, where he 
graduated in 1857, he was a zealous student 
of botany, and the three years after gradua- 
tion were spent in the Lawrence Scientific 
School of Harvard University, where he re- 
ceived the degree of Bachelor of Science in 
i860. In 1864 he was elected to the newly 
founded University professorship of botany 
at Yale, which he held until his death. He 
married, in 1866, Caroline, daughter of Tread- 
well Ketcham, of New York City. 

(IX) George Francis, second son of Pro- 
fessor Daniel Cady and Caroline (Ketcham) 
Eaton, was born in New Haven, Connecticut, 
May 20, 1872. He graduated from Yale Col- 
lege in 1894. and took up the study of oste- 
ology and palaeontology with Professor 
Marsh; he is now (1910) curator of the Os- 
teological Collection in the Peabody Museum 
of Yale University. He married, (October 24, 
1899. Julia Henrietta, daughter of Thorvald 
Frederick Hammer, of Branford, Connecticut. 
Two sons. Frederick Selden, of the tenth gen- 
eration, born July 15, 1900, and Richard Law- 
rence, April 17, 1906. 



(\ II) Daniel Cadv, son of Amos 
EATON (q. v.) and Sally '(Cady) Eaton, 
was born in the village of Cats- 
kill, New York, June 17, 1805. .A.s soon as 



possible he devoted himself to business. When 
a very young man he went to New York and 
found employment in the wholesale dry goods 
establishment of Doughty & Robinson, of 
Pearl street, where subsequently he was ad- 
mitted to partnership. In 1845 he retired from 
business and went to Evlrope. In 1847 he 
again went to Europe, accompanied by his 
family. From 1849 until 1852 he was in New 
York devoting himself to finance and politics. 
In 1852 he and John A. Dix were the leaders 
of the conservative side of the New York City 
Democracy. Under President Pierce Mr. Dix 
expected to be appointed Minister to France, 
and Mr. Eaton expected to be made Collector 
of the Port. Disappointed in their expecta- 
tions, they went abroad with their families 
and remained away until the death of Mr. 
Eaton in Paris, June 11, 1855, when the two 
families returned to America. Mr. Eaton was 
fond of France, devoted to the fine arts, and 
instilled his tastes into, his son. In addition 
to his son he left a daughter, who became the 
wife of George S. Brown, of Baltimore, of 
the banking house of Brown Bros. & Com- 
pany. The wife of Mr. Eaton was a grand- 
daughter of General James Livingston, of the 
well-known family and of revolutionary fame. 
(VIII) Daniel Cady (2), son of Daniel 
Cady (i) Eaton, was born at Johnstown, New 
York, June 16, 1837. He was at school in 
Paris, France, when ten years of age, and 
upon his return to the United States attended 
the Grammar School of Columbia College 
until 1852, when he again went abroad and 
pursued studies in Geneva, Gottingen, Rome 
and Paris until the death of his father in 
Paris, June, 1855. He entered Yale College 
in 1856 and was graduated in i860 with the 
degree of B.A. He entered the Columbia 
College Law School in i860: was admitted to 
the bar in Albany, New York, in 1861, a 
year ahead of his class, hoping for and ex- 
pecting the position of judge advocate on the 
staff of General John A. Dix. .Disappointed 
in this, he joined the Seventh Regiment New 
York State Militia, and was with it during its 
second term of service under the United 
States. After the return of the regiment from 
Baltimore he v^'as drill master of the One 
Hundred and Fifty-fifth New York \'olun- 
teers expecting to be appointed its major. He 
was, however, seized with a fever, contracted 
during his service, and for over six months 
was an invalid. During the New York City 
draft riots he served on the staff of General 
Miller. After the riots were over he was 
gazetted colonel of a regiment that was never 
raised. His military career was gloriously 
ended by hi:; name appearing in the list of the 



UJN.NELTICUT 



l;i-i ■ii.ni I'll I |>-. a draft wliich. unfor- 

iiinatcly tor liim. \va> not tnlorccd. In iK/jj 
he- received from \'alc the ileyrcc of M.A. 
After a residence of several years aliruad he 
was, in iH'xj, appointed to the newly «rstab- 
lishcd jjrofessorslii]) of the History and triti- 
cisrn of Art in \'ale Collej^e. He reNij^iuil lii- 
professorsliip in iHjt) hecause the cor|»pralioii 
would not Ljivc hin) a iKisition outside oi the 
art school, where his |)osition was sulxirdinate 
and disa;,'reeai)le and where his activities were 
of very little, if any, henefit to the collcRC. 
I'roni 1S7S until ahout HKX5 his time was 
pa>se<l in stndyiiii,' the history of the tine arts 
abroad and in writin;,' and lectnrinj; on the 
subject at home. When lladley was elected 
president of Yale L'niversity he was otTerccl 
ami accepted a university professorshi]). This 
he held until retired for aj^e in 1907 with the 
title of I'jneritus. Apart fronj pamphlets, 
magazine and newspaper articles on various 
subjects, he is the author of a "llanilbook of 
Greek and Koman Scilpture," Hoston, James 
K. Os},'ood & Company, 1884, and of "A 
Handbook of .Modern French I'aintinj;," 
Dodd, Mead & L'omj)any. New N'ork, I'jcx^. 
He is now ( tgiot at work on a "Handbook 
of I-'rench Sculpture", which he hopes to 
puMi-^h next year. 



This family sccnis to have been 
IIAKI-.K connected with various important 
afTairs of the colony from its 
lirst settlement. September 3, it/>4, Claes 
Jaiisen I 'acker was one of the signers of a 
petition to Ciovernor Stiiyvesant to surrender 
New .\msterdam to the ICuRlish on account of 
the defenceless condition of the town. Octo- 
ber 21. 1(1(14. amonij those who took the oath 
of allej^iance to the l-"n,uli~h in New ^'ork 
City were: Claes Jansen liacker, llendrick 
Janzen Hacker. Reinier Willemzen Hacker, 
and Jacob Macker. husband of Marijrict Stiiy- 
vesant. Decemlier 24. ifi/.V I'laes Jansen 
Backer and another are on rccortl in connec- 
tion with the sale of a house. March t", 
l(>~4. llendrick Willemse I'acker was worth 
two thousand guilders, and Reinier 1 '.acker 
was worth five thousand guilders. Jacoli 
Backer and Claes Jansen i'acker were not 
assessed at this time, and it is probable that 
they had already left the city for New Jer- 
sey. June 15, i'>74. llendrick ile ISacker and 
:i number of others petitioned that each of 
them may be ;,Mven anri granted a piece of 
ground on Stalen Island at the mouth of the 
Kill von Kull, and they were deferred in the 
matter of this reip'est to the time of the dis- 
pos.il of the lands. In \])ril, \h~fi, .Margriet 
Stt'vvcsanf Hackir obtained a patent for two 



lull 

Kb. 

7«. 
ami 



nan ' 
wa 

lb. N 

came, is 

and anioiu '■-■- 

we fimi the n 

Backer or llaki 

chasers in Bergm. m 

ifi6S. Littell. in his , s 

an account of '■- ' 

tion. Thomas n 

England and s, : ,,1 

from thence remove 

now I'nion. New J»-t .f 

Thomas Baker, the iinnn-rani m 

L^nion to the I'assaic valley, t f 

New Providence, and there 1. 

tracts of land. He married H 

son, on the Rahw.iy river. an<l 

Thomas : William, married Racial \ rtUiitiiic . 

Daniel: Nathan; Sarah: I-'lizal-eth. Henry 

Baker, who was not t. ' • ' \n 

to Thomas Maker. tn 

Wesifield Church t-'u r- 

ried I'hebe Hedges, of !.• ul 

children: naniel. Junr ^ 1 ,r- 

ried lemima W iiail'..iii. Jtitiiiiah; 

Jonathan: I'Ik The descendants 

of l)otb are Irai . 1 ■> ! 1. 11. 

(I) C'laes Jaiis/eri Kiist nnrric<l (first) 
Aechtje Comelis : ( second I July 21. i'«47. 
acconling to the record in the Hutch Re- 
formed t'hurch of New N'orW t'iiv, (Icprtjc 
Nanniiu'ks, wi " 

( II ) Claes (1 . n 

and (K-ertjc ' ) 

Kusf. was l>aptize<! d 

Church of New ^'oi ■ d 

June «. irif>8. 

(HI) Ilendricus, .s tic Itecker. 

was born ' " " ^' 

( I\ ) ' I of Hendricus dc Back- 

er, was li :; ^;aten Island, (Jctoltcr 3i. 

1707. 

(\"> Wiltinm Bnt-er. «"n of Ntmlitit* de 
Ba.' ■ ■ ,rd 

at 'It 

to 1 i , .-•.th 

his son John .M.. and died there. He married 
F-lizabeth Fose. 



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(VI) John AL, son of William and Eliza- 
beth (Fose) Baker, was born October 2, 1788, 
baptized in the Tappan Dutch Reformed 
Church, November 6, 1788, died in 1863. He 
ran away from his home during his youth, but 
must later have become reconciled to his par- 
ents, for they came to live with him. He had 
a nephew, Benjamin, living at Honeoye Falls, 
New York, who has children : Claude, Ed- 
ward, Frank and others. John M. Baker was 
a carpenter and cabinetmaker. He married 
Hetty Meddaugh, of La Grange, Dutchess 
county, New York, born in 1778. died in 
1853, and their gravestones may be seen in 
the Freedom Plains church3'ard. Children : 

I. Aaron, married (first) ; (second) 

Adaline Meddaugh ; children of first mar- 
riage : Melissa. John Peter, Edwin ; children 
of second marriage : Mary Ann, Amelia and 
Eugenia. 2. Levi, see forward. 

(VII) Levi, youngest child of John M. and 
Hetty (Meddaugh) Baker, was born at La 
Grange, Dutcbess county, New York, Au- 
gust 6. 1819, died in Kingston, New York, 
September 6, 1898. He received a common 
school education, and learned the trade of a 
merchant tailor in Poughkeepsie. New York, 
which he followed for many years, employing 
a number of journeymen. After his retire- 
ment from business he removed to Kingston, 
New York, where the last twelve years of 
bis life were spent. He was an earnest worker 
in the cause of temperance, was a charter 
member of the Dutch Reformed church of 
Poughkeepsie, also an elder. He married 
(first) August 23, 1841, Mary Ann Jewell, 
born April 30, 1824, died February i, 1843. 
He married (second) May 5, 1845, Emily 
Brown, of Rhinebeck, New York, born Jan- 
uary II, 1825, now living in Kingston, New 
York, daughter of Sebastian and Eliza (Bard) 
Brown, and a great-granddaughter of Major 
John Pawley, the famous officer of the colon- 
ial and revolutionary wars. Children, all of 
second marriage: i. Francis Marion, born 
March 24. 1848: lives at Providence, Rhode 
Island, and is a commercial traveler ; married 
(first) Kate Emighie and had children : 
Henry N.. Amy, Bertram Francis : married 
(second) Abby Perry Dennis, of Bristol, 
Rhode Island. 2. DcWitt Levi, January 31, 
1851, died ATarch 26, 1854. 3. Mary Helen, 
December 2, 1854 ; lives in Kingston. New 
York. 4. Willard, see forward. 5. Carrie, 
July 18, 1862 : married Edgar Eltinge Keator, 
who died June 18, 1894: has one son. Harold 
Eltinge. 

(VIII) Willard, third son of Levi and 
Emily (Brown) Baker, was born in Pough- 
keepsie, New York, October 27. 1858. He 



acquired his education in the public and high 
schools of his native town, commenced the 
study of law in the office of Hughes & Baker, 
at Amenia, New York, and was admitted to 
the bar of Litchfield county, Connecticut, in 
1880. In 1883 he was admitted to the bar in 
New York. At first he established himself in 
the practice of his profession at i\.menia. and 
later at Sharon, Connecticut, where he has had 
an office since that time, 1886. He has not 
confined his activities to the legal profession, 
but has been a leading spirit in a number of 
business enterprises, as well as taking a fore- 
most interest in the public welfare of the com- 
munity. He was one of the organizers, and 
until recently a director, of the Sharon Water 
Company ; an organizer and director of the 
Sharon Electric Light Company and of the 
Sharon Telephone Company. For a number 
of years he served as an officer of the first 
district, and is a trustee of the Sharon Library 
Association. As clerk of the probate court 
of his district he has done excellent service 
for many years. He was appointed post- 
master of the town in 1897, ^nd since that 
time he has filled that office v.'ith credit to 
himself and to the satisfaction of all who have 
its welfare at heart. He is active in the af- 
fairs of the First Congregational Church and 
since 1895 has been a memb^ of the stand- 
ing committee of the society. He is a mem- 
ber of the local council of the Royal Arcanum. 
Mr. Baker married. April 30, 1887, Nellie A. 
Hitchcock, of Unionville, Connecticut, daugh- 
ter of Elmer and Mary (Gorman) Hitchcock. 
Children : Mildred Hitchcock, born January 
3, 1895 ; Marion Brown, August 18, 1900. 



The surname Noble is of great 
NOBLE antiquity in England. It "first 
appears in the reign of Richard 
1., and has been common since then. Several 
noted merchants of the name lived in Edin- 
burgh. Various families of the name bore 
arms and the principal seats of the family 
were in Cornwall. Belson and Bishop's Ten- 
tor, county Devon, and Marming. near Maid- 
stone, county Kent. The latter family bore 
these arms: Or two lions passant guard, in 
pale azure between as many flaunches of the 
last ; over all a fesse gules charged with three 
bezants. Crest : A lion passant azure. 

(I) Thomas Noble, the immigrant ances- 
tor, was born as early as 1632, in England, 
and died in Westfield, Massacliusetts, Feb- 
ruarv 20. 1704, aged at least seventy-two 
years. He was an early settler at Spring- 
field. Massachusetts, coming thither from 
Boston, where he was an inhabitant, January 
5, 1653. He had an account at the store of 



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J ;:ii I'yiichon in Si)iini,'tield, and the account 
book shows tliat he visited England soon af- 
ter removing from Boston. In i<V)4 lie witli 
others was given leave to set up a saw mill 
on a "brook below Ensign Cooper's farmc 
over Agawam River." lie was an assessor 
of the town. lie had lands granted to iiim 
in W'estticld, in July, l666, on cf>nditiiin of 
settlement, and the grant was renewed Jan- 
uary 9, 1668. He settled there as early as 
January 21. \6(^. and was on a committee 
to decide the boundary lines. His homestead 
was al)Out two miles and a half fmm the 
present center of the town. lie served as 
constable, and took the oath of allegiance, 
January 23, 1678. He joined the Westtield 
Churcli, February 20, 1681, and was adnutted 
a freeman, October 12. \(&i. Me was fined 
five shillings at one time for traveling on a* 
fast day. His home was exposeil to Indian 
attacks during King rhiliji's war. kev. Dr. 
Davis says "One night during family pray- 
ers, (iray Lock (an olil Indian), ste])ped up 
and pulled the string and let the d(K)r swing 
open, and as soon as all was cpiiet. he would 
pull the string again. Mr. Noble was per- 
suaded l>y his friends to move into lown. (.iray 
Lock said he iiad several opportunities of kill- 
ing most of his children at a shot, but did not 
want scalps as much as captives." On March 
2. \(r^\, Thomas Noble was chosen county 
surveyor. He was a tailor by trade. His will 
was dated May 11. 1697, •'"^ proved Sep- 
tember 5, 1704. He marrieil, November i, 
1660. H;mnah. born in SpringfieM. .-Vugust 17. 
1643. only daughter of William and Joanna 
(Scant I \\'arriner. .She joined the W'estfield 
church. November 11, \(iki. She married 
(seconil), January 24. 1705. Deacon Medad 
Pomeroy, of Northampton. Children : John, 
born March 6, i6<i2: Hannah, born February 
24, ifi64: Thomas, born January 14, 1666; 
Matthew; Mark, mentioned below; Elizabeth, 
born February 9, 1673: Luke, born July 15, 
1675: |.nne<. born October 1. i'>77: .Mary, 
born June 20, 1(180: Rebecca, born January 
4. 1683. 

(in Mark, son of Thomas Noble, was born 
in W'estfield. aliout if 170, and died there, .April 
\(\ 1741. He was a farmer and was chosen, 
in 1718. surveyor for the town and county 
roads; in 1720 constable: and in 1722. to seat 
the meeting. In 1725 he was tythingman. On 
.•\pril 8, 1741, a few days before his death, he 
executeil a deed giving his property to his 
sotis John and Noah Noble. He married, in 
1698, Mary or Mercy Marshall, who died 
May T2. 1733, daughter of Samuel and Re- 
becca (Newberry) Marshall, of Northamp- 
ton. She joined the W'estfield church. De- 



cemlier 23. .,■■.% • i'l'"^-- ' ■•■ ^^ • 

fiebl: Noah, born M.i 
ber 7, 1703; Mary, \> 

.Vbigail, born July 7, 1704, J..li», l»ufh De- 
cember 21, 1706; Miriam, born Januar>- 4, 
1710; Noah, bom May 23. 1713. mentioned 
below. 

(Ill) Noah, son of Mark Noble, was t>om 
in W'estfield, May 23, 1713. He dic<I there 
alxiut 1781, aged ntw^nt irtv rir^^t He 
joined the W'e>-i! 
ing become a ."^^ 

uary 3, 17- ' 1 

the same i 

.Voble, all. 

uary 17, 1737, Sarah liarber, 01 
Massachusetts. She wri<; K.rn. i 
cembcr 4.1 
(Smith) I 

f'>. 1707. aL,^ . . .^.,. 

l>orn December 19, 1737: 

1730. mcntiiiiied below; M. 

1741; Zenas, November 30. i74.<. i 

December 18. 1745; Joel. I"ebrii;iry _••, 

.Sarah, June 30, 1750; I" 

(I\') Gad, son of ,, was born 

in W'estfield. .August j. . , li tlie<| there 

.March 9. 1823. He was among the ilrnfted 
men who during the .American n-vi^l-itinn 
went. September, 1776. to New '. • 

months. He resided alxmt nne • 

W'estfield Centre, nn the ri ' • 
field. He was a farmer, ,i' 
ern. He married, March ^ , <•. 

who was born .May l. 1744, daiii;bltr «>i Sam- 
uel and Catherine (Fowler^ Noble, of West- 
field. She dic<l January 23. 1810. Children: 
Lucy. b<irn .April 29. i/rtiS; Catherine, June 
2, 17^19 : Gad. June 20. 1771; Enoch, March 
5- ^77}>- inentione<l below ; Naomi. July 31. 
1775: Elijah. March 9, 1778: Elisha. Septem- 
ber 15. 1780. died young; Elisha. March 8, 
1782; Naomi, .August 31, 1784. 

(\') Enoch. «on of Gad Noble, was horn 
in W'estfield. March 5. 1773, and died in 
Richmond, or W'illiston, \'emiont. Januarv 
29. 1856. He resided in Bristol, Connecticut, 
from 1795 through 1800; in Hartland, Con- 
necticut, i8oo-i8<yi: in Richmond. \'ermont, 
1806-56. He married. Novemlier 18. 1795. 
Caroline Matilda, who was lxirn July 17. 
1771. daughter of lolnnol Seth .'^mith, of 
New Hartford. Connecticut. She dicil \ii- 
gust 8, 1849. He was a man of untir- 
dustry, both as a farmer and a bl.-»i ; 
He brought up his c' ' ' 
pressing on their mi- 

and economy. He u.: ^ 

eminently social in his habits, an 
tioned integrity. Never tied to , 



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variably voted for the candidate, in his opin- 
ion, best fitted for the place, without regard 
to his political sentiments. He was one of 
the first volunteers in the war of 1812. He 
was in the battle of Plattsburg, and performed 
service at Sackett's Harbor, for which he re- 
ceived a pension. The story is told of him 
that when on his way to Plattsburg, some one 
asked of him : "How long do you intend to 
stay?" "Stay," was his answer, "I shall stay 
as long as a Briton remains to invade our 
soil !"' Following the faith of his parents, at 
the age of twelve years he united with the 
Baptist church, but subsequently embraced 
the doctrine of universal salvation. Children : 
Amureth Smith, born March 3, 1800, men- 
tioned below ; Warham, September 28, 1802 ; 
Amelia, August 3. 1805 ; Alonzo, June 3, 
1805: Caroline Matilda, December i, 181 1; 
Maria, April 7, 1817. 

(VI) Amureth Smith, son of Enoch Noble, 
was born in Bristol, March 3, 1800. He mar- 
ried (first) September 5, 1826, Ruth, who 
was born in Williston, Vermont, January 24, 
1808, daughter of Calvin and Ruth Murray. 
She died in Richmond, February 2, 1827. He 
married (second), October 28, 1829, Susan, 
who was born in Hinesburgh, \'ermont, Feb- 
ruary 18, 1808, daughter of Captain Daniel 
and Susan ( McClave) Patrick. She died in 
Chester, Vermont, March i, 1875. He re- 
sided in Richmond until 1S37: in Hinesburgh, 
1837-65; in Rutland, 1865-69; and he moved 
to Chester in 1869. Children: Daniel Patrick, 
born August 12, 1830: Ruth Maria, born June 
20, 1832; Henry Smith, October 8, 1845, 
mentioned below. 

(VH) Dr. Henry Smith Noble, son of 
Amureth Smith Noble, was born at Hines- 
burg, Vermont, October 8, 1845, and attended 
the public schools there. He prepared for 
college in the Green Mountain Institute at 
South Woodstock, Vermont, and entered 
Tufts College, from which he was graduated 
with the degree of A.B. in 1869. He studied 
his profession in the College of Physicians 
and Surgeons of New York City and received 
the degree of M.D. in the class of 1871. He 
received the degree of LL.D. from Tufts 
College in 1905. He was an interne at the 
Hartford City Hospital for a time, and be- 
gan to practice medicine at Chester, Vermont, 
where he was located for seven years and a 
half. He was then appointed assistant super- 
intendent of the Hartford Retreat. Subse- 
quently he became an assistant in the Aliclii- 
gan State Asylum for the Insane at Kala- 
mazoo, and was afterward assistant physician 
of the Connecticut State Insane Asylum at 
Middletown. Connecticut, serving there 1885- 



98. He was then assistant superintendent of 
the same institution from 1898 to 1901 and has 
been superintendent since then. He is well 
known throughout the country as an able and 
successful alienist. He is a member of the Am- 
erican Medical Association ; the Connecticut 
Medical Society ; the Middlesex County Med- 
ical Society ; the American Academv of Medi- 
cine ; the American Medico-Phychological As- 
sociation ; the New York Neurological So- 
ciety ; Olive Branch Lodge, Free Masons, of 
Chester, Vermont, of which he was formerly 
senior warden. In religion he is a Universal- 
i.st ; in politics a Republican. 

He married, March 14, 187 1, Edna Jane, 
born August 12, 1846, daughter of John and 
Rose (Lowell) Chafifee. They have no chil- 



Franklin Pierce Carter, founder 
CARTER of the Carter & Hakes Ma- 
chine Company, of -Winsted, 
Connecticut, in which he holds a number of 
important offices, is possessed of many ad- 
mirable qualities which have drawn about him 
in public as well as private life a large circle 
of friends. While he has never sought public 
office, but allowed the office to seek the man, 
he has been honored in this respect a number 
of times by his fellow citizens, and has filled 
the offices to which he has been elected with 
honor and ability. The Carters came original- 
ly from England, and were among the earliest 
settlers in this country. In his maternal line, 
Mr. Carter traces his descent back to the 
"Mayflower" Puritans. 

( I ) Robert Carter, immigrant ancestor, 
was born in England about 1675, died at Kil- 
lingworth, Connecticut, November 6, 175 1. 
He sailed from Bristol, England, for Amer- 
ica, about 1700, was a shipwright by trade, 
and had a business as a ship builder at what 
is now Clinton, Connecticut. The name of 
his wife has not been preserved. Children : 
Benjamin, William, see forward, John, Sam- 
uel, Mary, Nathaniel, Joseph. 

(II) William, son of Robert Carter, immi- 
grant, was born at Killingworth, Connecticut, 
in 1702, and joined the church at that place 
in 1725. Not long after he removed to Guil- 
ford. Connecticut, and from thence to Wal- 
lingford, in the same state. In the latter 
town he married. May 3, 1733, Ann, daugh- 
ter of Theophilus and Sarah (Street) Yale. 
Children: 'Thaddeus, see forward: a daugh- 
ter, born November 20, 1738; William, born 
November 14, 1748 ; perhaps others. 

fllD Thaddeus, son of William and Ann 
(Yale) Carter,,was born at Wallingford, Con- 
necticut, April 8, 1735. Fie served as a sol- 



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dier during llic rLVolution, being in Cai)tain 
Isaac LVxjk's company in 1775, and removed 
to Litclificld, Connecticut, prior to I7'^3. lie 
marric<i Lucy, daughter of lilislia Andrews, 
granddaughter of Samuel Andrews, and great- 
granddaughter of William Andrews, the immi- 
grant ancestor. They iiati a number of chil- 
dren. 

(IV) Noah .^ndrews, son of Thaddeus 
and Lucy (Andrews) Carter, was born at 
Wallingford. Connecticut, in 1777, died in 
Barkhamsted in 1830. lie was a verv voung 
child wiicn his parents remove ' • ' '■ ■ ' ' 
and from thence he removed i 

he was one of tlic pioneer p' 
Methodist Episcopal church in Connecticut. 
Prior to this time he liad been adopted by his 
maternal uncle, tiic Rev. Noah Andrews, for 
whom lie had been name<l. His <ecular oc- 
ciipatiiin was that of fanning, and for many 
years the visiting clergymen of the Metliodist 
Episcopal denomination were entertained at 
his home in r.ristol. In 1815 he removed 
to r.arkhamsted, where he spent the remainder 
of his life. He married, in 1798, Lydia Gay- 
lord, of Plymouth. Connecticut, who \va> born 
in 1778. Cliiblrcn: Cidoc. Ixjrn (^ctuln-r 23, 
1799: Thaddeus Andrew*, March 29, 1802; 
Polly, .\ugust 24, 1804 ; Evitts, December 24, 
1806: Hiram, see forward; Joseph Henry, 
November i, 181 2: Caroline, May 2^, 1S15; 
Rispah ; Lydia. 

(V) Hiram, son of Noah .Andrews and 
L\dia (Gaylord) Carter, was l^^rn in Hris- 
tol, Connecticut, January 29, 1810. died in 
Barkhamsted, Connc-timf. rcbrnary 20, 
1861. He V. when he 
came tn Hat > nts. and 

receiveil hi-- i , ... !;l schools 

of the town. He carried the United States 
mail on hor.scback for many years between 
Lee, Massachusetts, and Hartford, Connecti- 
cut. In 1834 he went to Ohio with the view 
of settling in that state. ' ' ' ' time 

returned ti> riarkhani<teil. ng, 

with which occupation ]k iitil 

his death. Stanch in his adherence to the 
tenets of the Methodist denomination, he was 
for many years an active mendicr of the 
Methmiist church in Pleasant \"alley. a vil- 
lage near New Harf' -^ ' ••- •'''• town of Bark- 
hamsted. He mar; y 3. 1833, Eli- 
za Nancy Taylor. .• 'arch 18, 1895. 
at the home of her el-lot .-I'li. Edwin R.. in 
New Hartford. ChiKlren: Edwin R.. lx>rn 
in 1834: Mary. 1836; L\man, 1837; Hiram, 
1830: Eliza Jane, 1842: John Wesley, 1S44; 
George Taylor, 1S46: Philina Jcnettc, 1848: 
William Carvosso. 1S49: Franklin Pierce, sec 
forward ; Carrie. i8s6. 



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Mai 
wer. 
son 

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.Sarah ( ' 



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ter. 

cr.'" 

liani 

Prill r 

Thonuii .i!id i'.iiiciKc 

married John Freeman. 1 

ter . '■ ' '■ ' " - M. 

ma I' :- 

ter' 

mar r 

of 1 

ried \\ illt.im i 

(Vn Frankl I 

Eliza N.TT'-' -1 

Pleasant I, 

Litchfieiri s, 

1832. He wa.-> educated in i^ 

of hi<; native town until 1; <• 

age t 

yoit; 

thill;, 1 

and developed a di 
LTpon the complcfi'Tt 
to Hartford. 1 
ujwn his bu<;iii. 
termincd ti> le.uu i 
with this end in vii 
of the Pratt & Whii: 
ford, and remaincl witii tii.ii >• 
long pcrioil of thirty \c;\r< Dn 
be perfected hiin^clt '■■ " ' 
trai'e, and ro>;i- fror 
initil he had filled nn 
and res|>onsibility, ,i- 
conscientiiiusm-- •t 
prcciatcd. In 1!' 

ter severed hi* I 

in ,\pril of ili.it ■' ■ 
necticiit. wlu-rc bo i. • 

Machine Company, • il 

manager, secretary and ire.tMiier. I'lie <\i cl- 
ient fjuality of the output of this concern 



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soon gained for it a widespread reputation, it 
grew rapidly and consistently, and is in a most 
flourishing condition. In spite of the mani- 
fold demands made upon him by the duties 
of his business, Mr. Carter found time to 
devote to the public welfare of the communi- 
ties in which lie resided and has always been 
a staunch supporter of the principles of the 
Republican party. In April, 1891, he was 
elected councilman from the first ward of the 
city of Hartford, and was re-elected for the 
two succeeding years; in z\pril, 1894, he was 
elected alderman, serving for two years ; and 
in April, 1896, he was elected by the board 
of aldermen and councilmen as a member of 
the board of relief for a period of two years. 
He is a member of the board of directors of 
the Litchfield County Hospital of Winsted, 
was for many years a member of the Pearl 
Street Congregational Church of Hartford, 
and is now a member of the First Congrega- 
tional Church of Winsted. His fraternal as- 
sociations are as follows : St. Andrews Lodge, 
No. 64, Ancient Free and Accepted Masons ; 
Meriden Chapter, Royal Arch Masons : Ty- 
rian Council No. 31, Royal and Select Mas- 
ters ; all of Winsted ; also Charter Oak Lodge 
No. 2, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, 
of Hartford, Connecticut, in which he is one 
of the oldest past officers. 

Mr. Carter married, October 17. 1876, Ella 
Eliza Smith, of New Hartford, Connecticut, 
and has children: i. Ethel, born March 2, 
1880 ; married Clifford Wheeler, a traveling 
salesman for the Strong Manufacturing Com- 
pany, of Winsted. 2. Mills Taylor, born Au- 
gust I, 1882, is with the Carter & Hakes 
Machine Company. 



Tames Stewart Osborne, of 
OSBORNE the Osborne family which 

has been prominent in Fair- 
field, Connecticut, from the first settlement 
of the town, was born there March 9, 1802. 
He married Elizabeth Brown Guilford, born 
at Charlestown, Massachusetts, now Boston, 
November 10, 1806. Children: James, a 
farmer at Hull's Farms, Connecticut ; Cap- 
tain Samuel, a master mariner, lived at Brook- 
lyn. New York ; Mary, married LeGrand 
Sherwood : Oliver Stewart, mentioned below : 
Sarah Jane, deceased. 

(II) Oliver Stewart, son of James Stewart 
Osborne, was born in Fairfield, in December, 
1834, died in March, 1897. He enlisted in 
1861 in Company M, First Connecticut Heavy 
Artillery, and served three years in the civil 
war. He was badly hurt during the war by 
having his horse fall upon him. He was a 
member of the Grand Army of the Republic. 



He married, September 25, 1855, Ellen Lewis 
Sturges, born at Fairfield, July 9, 1837 (see 
Sturges VI). Children: born at New Haven : 
Oliver Thomas, November 14, 1862, men- 
tioned below ; Caroline, November 20, 1865, 
died October 27, 1868. 

(Ill) Dr. Oliver Thomas Osborne, son of 
Oliver Stewart Osborne, was born at New 
Haven, November 14, 1862. He attended 
both private and public schools in New Haven, 
and took the classical course at the New 
Haven (Hillhouse) high school, from which 
he was graduated, with honors, and with the 
rank of third in a class of more than fifty, in 
1882. He combined the study of medicine at 
the Yale Medical School with the work at the 
New Haven high school in the year 1882, 
thus saving a year of time, and graduated 
with the degree of M.D. in 1884. He then 
went abroad and studied a year in the Medi- 
cal University at Leipsic, Germany. He re- 
turned to New Haven in the fall of 1885 and 
began the practice of medicine, where he has 
practiced his profession since that time, mak- 
ing a specialty of internal medicine. After 
teaching in the Yale Medical School as assist- 
ant in the iledical Clinic, later as instructor 
in Materia Medica and Therapeutics, he was 
appointed assistant professor, and was made 
full Professor of Materia Medica and Thera- 
peutics in 1895. He received the degree of 
A.M. from Yale College in 1899, and re- 
ceived the extra title of Professor of Clinical 
Medicine in 1906. Fie was the instigator of 
the anti-tuberculosis movement in southern 
Connecticut, and was chairman for two years 
of the original committee for the furtherance 
of this object. After the incorporation and 
organization of the New Haven County Anti- 
Tuberculosis Association he became the chair- 
man of the medical board of the Gaylord 
Farm Sanatorium for 'the treatment of in- 
cipient tuberculosis, which position he has 
held since its inauguration in 1905. He is a 
director of the New Haven County Anti- 
Tuberculosis Association ; director of the Elm 
City Private Hospital Corporation : member 
of the council of the American Therapeutic 
Society : president of the New Haven Medical 
Association ; vice-president of the Lhiited 
States Pharmacopoeia] Convention for the 
term of 1910 to 1920; member of the Commit- 
tee on Revision of the 1910 Pharmacopoeia: 
chief of the Medical Clinic of the New Haven 
Dispensary ; director of the National First 
Aid Association of America. He is a mem- 
ber of the New Haven County .Medical So- 
ciety : The Connecticut Medical Society ; 
American Medical .'\ssociation ; American 
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the Stiuly ami rrcventiun of Tulx-TCiilosis ; 
Connecticut Society of Social llyKi«-*ne; Con- 
necticut Academy of Arts and Sciences, mem- 
ber of the New Haven Chaml)er of Com- 
merce, lie has been editor since July, 1907, 
of tile therapeutic department of the Journal 
of the .hncriidn Miuliinl .Isstuuilioii, a week- 
ly journal with a circulation of over 53,000. 
He is ex-president of the Hillhouse High 
School Alumni .Association, of the .Xmcrican 
Therai)cutic Society, of the New Haven 
County Medical Society, of the N'ale Medical 
Alumni Association. Rx-chairman of the 
Ther.i])eutic Section of the .\nierican Medical 
Associati'ii. and <<i the Committee on Creden- 
tials and Arranpcments of the United States 
Pharmaco]>ieial Lnnvcntion of iqio. Was an 
accredited delei^ate to the liUernatii>nal Me<l- 
ical Conijress at lludapest, |i/k">, an<l read a 
paper by invitation in the me<Hcal section of 
tliat congress. He is the author of a Ixwk 
on "Introduction to Materia Medica anri Pre- 
scription Writint;" : of a book on "Therapeu- 
tics" : of a thirteen-page article on Acrome}ialy 
and a short article on Fever in Muck's "Refer- 
ence HandliiHik of the Meilical Sciences": of 
the section on ( )rijan< "therapy in Cohen's "Sys- 
tem of Physiologic Theraiieutics" : and of 
more than fifty original articles published in 
various magazine> and journals. He is a Ma- 
son, a memlier of Hiram Lodge, Xo. i. New 
Haven; member of the (iraduates' Club, and 
of the I'nion League llub. New Haven. In 
politics a Republican : religious denomination 
Episcopalian. 

Dr. (Osborne married. .\])ril 18. i88«. .Mary 
Woodwanl Tyler, of l'a>t Haven. Connecti- 
cut, born (Xtober, 18^15. daughter of .\mmi 
and Harriet Tyler. Children: Marguerite 
Nichols. Iiorn January 23, i8S<^: dertrude 
Stewart. June '28, 1890! died July 21. 1890. 
Dr. Osborne resides at 232 York street. Xew 
Haven. 

(The Sturpcs Line). 

(I) John Sturges was b<irn in Kngland in 
1623, and came to Fairfield, Connecticut, in 
1660, in his thirty-seventh year. His name is 
often spelled Sturgc and Sturgee. He Iwught 
Richarij Fowles' homestead and various other 
property from time to time until be became 
one of the large property holders there. He 
was admitte<l a freeman. May 14, i<V)<>, and 
was a selectman the same year. His will, 
dated March 4, i(*)~. bequeathed to his son 
Jonathan the homestead, his sword and vari- 
ous parcels of land: to Joseph bis fowling 
piece, long gun and land: to John his little 
gun: to neb<->rah. wife of James Reilfield, 
several lots of land and bis negro woman 
Jenny: to his grandson Christopher; son-in- 



law, Richard Strattun. .md 
daughter Sarah; to •!.. 
Simon Couch, l»is n- 
maindcr of his n 
his daughters I 



M.h.l. In I, 



l>\\. Clid.Uci). 
below ; John, m 



lu-n i.iiiii- Ki'iiui'i. .-~.ir.iu, 
Stratlon ; .\bigail, married 



(H)Jo 
in if>52, <ii. ' 
Sarah, daughter ui J'j-l|)1i Ikt; -. lie mar- 
ried (second) Mary . His will men- 
tions bis •■■•■■ ^' -^ ' '■ '■' ' '-.T 

Lines. .\1 ! 

others. < 

topher : JoMpb; U.tud. 1 
with the three first nientioi 
Solomon, iKirn .May 15, i<"j>. ^.1:.. 
10. i<')'K>-i7oo: Fstber. .March 2. 1; 
.•\bigail, June 14, 1702; Jane, March i-, ., ., 
04; Dclxirah, June i, 1708; Benjamin, men- 
tioned below. 

(Ill) Benjamin, son of Joseph S' 
was l)orn at Fairfield, February 3, 17 • 
in 1739. He married Thankful \\'ar<l. » ui.., 
Seth, mentioned below; jjrobably others. 

( 1\ ) Seth. son of P.enjamin .^turges. was 
Iwrn at Fairfield. .April 28, 1733. died March 
20. 181 1. He was a carpenter by tra«le, hv- 
ing at Fairfield. He married, February 5, 
1761. Mary, born Scptcml)er 11, 1738. died 
.Vovember 0. 1800. daughter of Peter liurr 
(see P.urr 1\). Children, Iwrn at Fairfield: 
Benjamin. March ii, 1762, <lied .August 11, 
1832. married Thankful Harrow: Ward. No- 
vember 27, I7^>3. died -April i, 1812, married 
Rachel lloyt : Fimicc, .August 4, i7')3. dic<l 
February 21, i83(>. married .Abraham Cooper 
Woodhull; Seth, .August 27, 1767, mentioned 
below: P.arlow, .August 28. 17^19. cjicd 1819. 
married Eunice Osljorne ; .Aaron Burr, July 
iT). 1771. died Xovcmlwr 8, 1834. married 
Sclina Hill Wakcman : Cicrshom. June i. 1773, 
died March 17. 1833. marrie.l Kliz.nl)eth 
Davis: Ezra, I'ebruary 20. 1773. did .No- 
vember 13, 1840. married Lydia Ciill>crt : Jo- 
seph, .April 27. 1777, died .April 15. 1855, 
married Sarah Burr: Jeremiah, .April 30. 
1770. died December 12, 1843. marrietl Maria 
Sbelton: Peter, January 10. 1782, died 1844. 
married Xancy . 

(\) .Seth (2). son of Seth (i) Sturgc*. 
was born at Fairfield. .August 27. 1767. died 
March 20. 1811. He was a carpenter by 
trade, and lived at Fairfield. He married, De- 



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cember ii, 1791, Grissell Gould, who died 
February 28, 1832, daughter of Abel Gould 
(see Gould IV). Children, born at Fairfield: 
Ellen, August 31, 1792, died September 13, 
1868, married (first) Jonathan Lewis, (sec- 
ond) Edward Bennett; John Gould, July 5, 
1794, died August 7, 1864, married Lucinda 
Rust, Tamar Perry and Frances Vandeburgh, 
settled in Poughkeepsie, New York ; Judson, 
March 31, 1796, died November, 1868"; Mary 
Burr, April 11, 1799, d'ed May 13, 1822, 
married Edward Bennett ; Jonathan, February 
13, 1801, died January 24, 1875, married 
Sarah FIull and Laura Wilson; Racilla. Feb- 
ruary I, 1803, died November 29, 1823, mar- 
ried James Rust; Samuel Squire, January 23, 
1805, died February 25, 1848, married Lydia 
Hoyt; Seth Morehouse, May 19, 1808, mar- 
ried Mary Young; Peter, mentioned below. 

(VI) Peter, son of Seth (2) Sturges, was 
born June 22, 1810, died April 18. 1853. He 
lived at Southport, Connecticut. He married, 
August 30, 1833, Harriet C. Van Vreden- 
burgh, who died November 10, 1852, killed in 
a railroad accident at Southport. Children: 
William D., born June 16, 1835, died April 
13. 1878, married, February 29, i860, Corne- 
lia Lockwood, who died March 3, 1908, lived 
in San Francisco; Ellen Lewis, July 9, 1837, 
married, September 25, 1855, Oliver S. Os- 
borne (see Osborne II) ; Maria B., June 14, 
1840, married, December 16. 1869, Henry T. 
Hawley; Austin, May 26, 1842, married, 'Oc- 
tober 12, 1869, Emma A. Bennett, born March 
31, 1847; Jane S., March 19, 1846, died May, 
1872, married, October 7, 1869, Rev. Welling- 
ton S. Skinner; Benjamin, December i, 1849, 
married, September 28, 1869, Maggie Crombie. 

(The Burr Line). 
(I) Jehue Burre or Burr was born in Eng- 
land of German descent. He came over it is 
supposed, in the fleet with Governor Win- 
throp to New England and was in Boston in 
1630. On October 19th of that year he ap- 
plied to the general court of Massachuset-ts 
for the rights of a freeman, and was admitted 
May 18, 163 1. In 1633 he was one of a 
committee to oversee building a bridge over 
Muddy and Stone rivers, between Boston and 
Roxbury. In 1635 his name and that of his 
wife are mentioned as among tine church 
members of Roxbury. Massachusetts. He was 
one of the pioneers of Springfield or Agawam, 
and with William Pyncheon. William' Smith 
and six other young men "of good spirits & 
sound bodies" founded that town in 1636. 
On February 9, 1637, he was appointed by 
the general court of Connecticut to collect 
taxes at Agawam (at that time under the 



jurisdiction of Connecticut) to assist in de- 
fraying the expenses of the Pequot war. Sav- 
age says that he removed to Fairfield in 1640, 
and represented that town in 1641. He was 
granted a house lot by the town, southwest 
of the meeting-house green and the pond, af- 
terwards called Edward's pond. He was dep- 
uty to the general court in September, 1645, 
also in 1646. He is believed to have been 
the Jehue Burr who appealed a jury verdict 
in 1 65 1, given in Stratford, to the general 
court at Hartford in the same year; was a 
grand juror in 1660, a commissioner of the 
United Colonies in 1664; and died before 
1670. It is uncertain who his wife was. It 
is possible that she was a sister of Sergeant 
Nehemiah Olmstead, in a record of whose 
lands is mentioned the fact that said Olmstead 
"before he died, did purchase land of his 
brother-in-law Jehue Burre." It is more prob- 
able, hovi'ever, that Olmstead married a 
daughter of Jehue Burr. John Cable, Sr., 
who died in 1682, mentioned in his will his 
kinsmen Jehu and John Burr, and the wife 
of Jehue may have been a sister of John 
Cable. Children : Jehue, mentioned below ; 
John, Daniel, Nathaniel. 

(II) Jehue (2), son of Jehue (i) Burr, 
was born in England, it is supposed. He 
married (first) Mary, daughter of Andrew 
Ward. He married (second) Esther, widow 
of Joseph Boosy, of Westchester. He be- 
came one of the most influential men in the 
town of Fairfield and also in the colony. He 
was a captain in King Philip's war, a com- 
missioner of the United Colonies, and held 
offices of the highest trust and honor. He 
lived in the family homestead, having pur- 
chased in 1671 his brother John's interest in 
the house and home lot of their father. In 
1673 he purchased the next lot west of this. 
His will was dated January 7, 1689, and 
mentioned his wife Esther, his sons Daniel, 
Peter and Samuel, daughters Esther. Eliza- 
beth, Sarah, Joanna and Abigail (the last 
four minors), also a granddaughter, Mary, 
daughter of his deceased daughter, Mary 
Wakeman. He died in 1692. Children: 
Peter, graduated at Harvard College in 1690, 
became a noted judge of the supreme court ; 
Daniel, Samuel, Esther, Elizabeth, Sarah, 
Joanna, Abigail. 

(III) Daniel, son of Jehue (2) Burr, lived 
in Greenfield, Aspetuck river, and was called 
Daniel Burr, of Upper Meadow. December 
19, 1687, he was given by his father twelve 
acres of land at the Upper Meadow, with a 
house and barn, on the east side of the Mill 
river. He married (first) Hannah, daughter 
of John Banks. He married (second) Mary 



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Slicrwuud. He married (third) Klizahcth 

. Mis will was dated January i, 1719- 

20. and nienlioiied his wife Eiizai)eth, sons 
Jehu, Stephen. Peter, David, Moses and 
Aaron, llic last three minors; dauyhlers Han- 
nah, Mary, wife of Wheeler, Klizalieth, 

wife of Hull; Jane and Ksthcr. The 

inventory of his estate was dated July 14, 
17J7. The estate was large, his eldest son 
rtceivinp over one thousand f>ounds, and each 
of his other children five hundred and forty- 
five pounds. Children of first wife: Daniel, 
Hannah. Children of second wife: Jehu, 
Mary. Children of third wife: lUizaheth, 
baptizcf! Septemher 20, itjr/i: Stephen, Octo- 
ber 3, U<97'- Peter. July 23, 1699; Jane, .\pril 

27, 1701 ; Esther, January 31, 1702-03; Na- 
thaniel. June r, 1707: David, January i, 1709- 
10; .M<>sc», .March 28, 1714; .\aron. 

(I\'l Peter, son of Daniel Burr, was born 
July 23, 1699, died in Auj^'ust. 1779. He re- 
moved to ReddiuLj, Connecticut, and was 
clerk of the Coiij^regational society and mod- 
erator of the parish in 1734. His inventory, 
dated .■\uj.,'nst 4. 1770. amourted t" two hun- 
dred :in(l fifty-five jionnds, cij,dit shillin>:s. He 

married Sarah . Children : Esther, 

baptized N'ovemhcr 29. 1734; Sarah, bajjtized 
February 21, 1736; Ezra, baptized January 
2. ^7^7'> Mary, married Seth Sturges (see 
Sturi^es l\'); Ednumd, hajitized September 

28, 17^1. 

(I\') Rev. Aaron Burr, son of Daniel Burr, 
was born January 4. or March 4, 171 3-16, 
died September 24, 1757. He graduated at 
Yale College in 1735; studied for the minis- 
try, and was first settled in Newark. \cw Jer- 
sey, where he taught a nourishing school 
until called to be president of Princeton Col- 
lege. Upon settling in N'ewark, he soU] the 
homestead at Upper Meadow to two cousins, 
each named Joseph Bradley, one of whom 
was the great-grandfather of Justice Joseph P. 
Bradley, of the I'nited States supreme court. 
He married Esther, daughter of K«'. Jona- 
than Edwards, of New Haven. Children: 
Sarah: Colonel .Aaron, third vice-president of 
the United States. 

(The Gould Line). 
( n Xathau Gould, son of Nathan Gould, 
of England, was the iiniiiigrant ancestor : he 
came from St. Edmundsbury in South Brit- 
ain, and was in Mil ford, Connecticut, as early 
as 1647. in which year he purchased land 
there. December 12. i^qg. he purchased 
"George Huhharrl's dwelling-house & home- 
lot at Millord. & all his upland & meadow", 
and on the thirty-first of the next December 
sold the same and removed to Fairfield. Here 



.steads. His name is mentioned in the Con- 
necticut Koval <'bart«T of u^'j; ]\r ."iej 
March 4, i' , c 

of the t... 

necticut aiu. !i 

character, sterling w 

ness. His will dai 1, 

mentioned his only -^ 

left most of his real 

ters. ^ - ' " 

gail 

left t . , ..;y 

divided among them. 1 he name 01 his nrst 

wife is not knowtv He mrricH ftrrrin'!) 

Martha. \\ 

field ; she 

Nathan, 11,1,., v , 

Martha, married {fy 

ond) Rev. John D . !, 

grandson of Rev. John li.istiii-.it. iiic eccle- 
siastical founder of New Haven ; by her sec- 
ond husband she had seven children, and be- 
came the ancestor of a talented and illustrious 
lineage ; Abigail. 

(II) Lieutenant-Governor Nathan (2) 
Gould, son of Nathan ( 1 ) Gould, was deputy 
governor of Connecticut alnrnt 1705. He died 
October 31, 1723. aged sixtv vears. His 

tombstone is still well pre?( ' •• •' ■ " --nl 

Hill cemetery. His will w r 

'3> ^7-3- '" '' 'ic gave i a 

double portion of his estate ; lo >oii .^^amuel 
a single share, including what he had already 
given him ; to sons, Onesimus, David and Jo- 
seph, a single portion of his estate : to son 
Flezckiah fifty pounds, "over "■' .'-..e 
what he had expcn<lcd n]x)n his ' ■ 1 

daughter Abigail, one hundred 1 c 

her marriage portion; to daughter M.iriha, 
two hundred pounds. He married llnimah. 
daughter of Colonel John Talr ' " t- 

ford. and sister of the great ' i 

Read Talcott. of Boston. Cl.v 1. 

Samuel, mentioned IkIow ; Hezekiah, .Abigail. 
Martha, Onesimus. David. ?r>«p|^h < The 
order of birth of the al)Ove 

(HI) Samuel, son of 1 r 

Nathan (2) (;••'' I 

honiestcad in ! ■; 

occupied by tin ''. 

Jolin Gould. P i>cr 11, 17U>. He 

married Esther f Bradley. 

Children : T' " '"-■); 

-Abigail, ' 

1727. nu: ' r 

18. 17.^0. probably died young; .Abraham, May 
14. 1732 



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(IV) Abel, son of Samuel Gould, was born 
September 17, 1727, in Fairfield, died in 1789. 
He married Ellen, daughter of Peter Burr. 
Children and dates of baptism: John, born at 
Fairfield and baptized October 5, 1755 ; Abel, 
October 24, 1756: Talcott, June 17, 1759; 
Ellen, August 2, 1761 ; Samuel, November 27, 
1763; Isaac, February 23, 1766; Esther, May 
8, 1768; Nathan, September 30, 1770; Gris- 
sell, January 17, 1772, married Seth Sturges 
Jr. (see Sturges V); Seth, May 14, i/JCS: 
Hannah, June 17, 1775. "T 



Deacon Samuel Chapin, "The 
CHAPIN Puritan", was undoubtedly the 

progenitor of all in this coun- 
try of the name. There is a tradition that he 
was of Welsh origin and another that he was 
of Huguenot descent. The late President A. 
L. Chapin, of Beloit College, after an ex- 
haustive study of philological records abroad 
was of the opinion that he was of French 
Huguenot descent and probably fled with 
other persecuted Huguenots to Holland, 
where he associated with the English Puritans 
who had also fled to Holland. The coat-of- 
arms also points to French origin and the 
name of Deacon Samuel Chapin's wife, which 
was Cicely, or Cecile, is one found in early 
French families. 

Tradition says that he was born or lived in 
Dartmouth, England, for a time, or at least 
sailed from that port, about 1635, while there 
is reason for the belief that he came over in 
1631 or 1632 in the "Lyon," if he was not of 
the original Pyncheon company. He was a 
contemporary with Pyncheon in the settlement 
of Roxbury, Massachusetts. He followed him 
to Springfield and was known as "Pyncheon's 
right-hand man" and one of the "founders of 
Springfield". He was made a freeman, June 
2, 1641, and elected to town office in 1642. 
The Chapins of this country are all descended 
from him, according to the best authorities. 
He was a distinguished man in church and 
state. He was deacon of the Springfield 
church, elected in 1649, and employed to con- 
duct services part of the time in 1656-57 when 
there was no minister in town. He was ap- 
pointed commissioner to determine small 
causes, October 10, 1652, and his commission 
was indefinitely extended in 1654. His wife, 

Cicely , died February 8, 1682-83 ; he 

died November 11, 1675. Of their children 
five were born in Europe : Catherine, Sarah, 
David, Henry and Josiah. Japhet was born 
August 15, 1642, and Hannah, December 2, 
1644. Rev. Henry Ward Beecher was a de- 
scendant of Catherine Chapin and President 
\\'illiam FT. Taft is of the Josiah Chapin line. 



(II) Japhet, son of Deacon Samuel Chapin, 
was born in Springfield, October 15, 1642, died 
at Chicopee, February 20, 171 2. He married 
(first) Abilinah Coo'ley, July 22, 1664, who 
died November 17, 1710; (second) Dorothy 
Root, of Enfield, Connecticut, ]\Iay 31, 171 1. 
Japhet Chapin settled first in Milford, Con- 
necticut, where he was living November 16, 
1669, when he took a deed from Captain John 
Pyncheon and built his house at the upper end 
of Chicopee street. He was in the fight at 
Turners Falls in 1675 in King Philip's war in 
which he was a volunteer, and his son Thomas 
was grantee of a large tract given to the sol- 
diers and their descendants by the general 
court. He was, like his father, a man of great 
piety, a bulwark of the Puritan faith, Chi!-, 
dren : i. Samuel, born July 4, 1665. 2. Sarah, 
March 16, 1668. 3. Thomas, May 10, 1671. 
4. John, May 14, 1674. 5. Ebenezer, June 26, 
1676, mentioned below. 6. Hannah, June 21, 
1679. 7- Hannah, July 18, 1680: married, 
December 31, 1703, John Sheldon, of Deer- 
field ; was taken captive by the Indians and 
kept in Canada two years. 8. David, No- 
vember 16, 1682. 9. Jonathan, February 20, 
1685, died in infancv. 10. Jonathan, Septem- 
ber 2T„ 1688. 

(III) Ebenezer, son of Japhet Chapin, was 
born in Chicopee, Massachusetts, June 26, 
1676, died in Enfield, Connecticut, December 
13, 1772. He married, in December, 1702, 
Ruth Janes, died January 18, 1736, daughter 
of Abel Janes, of Northampton. They had 
eleven sons, six of whom settled in Somers 
Mount and had farms adjoining. On the 
homestead at Enfield six generations have 
lived, each Ebenezer by name, and five genera- 
tions are buried in one lot in the Enfield, Con- 
necticut, cemetery. Children, born at En- 
field : Rachel, August 27, 1703 : Ebenezer, 
September 23, 1705, mentioned below : Noah, 
October 25, 1707: Seth, February 28, 1709; 
Catherine, January 4, 171 1 ; Moses, August 
24, 1712: Aaron, September 28, 1714: Elias, 
October 22, 171 6; Reuben, September 3, 1718; 
Charles, December 26, 1720: David, August 
18, 1722; Elisha, April 18, 1725: Phineas, 
June 26, 1726. 

fIV) Ebenezer (2), son of Ebenezer (i) 
Chapin, was born at Enfield, Connecticut, Sep- 
tember 23, 1705, died there March i, 1751. 
He received from his father, April 7, 1749, 
three parcels of land in Somers. Connecticut, 
and lived there for a time. He returned to 
Enfield to live with and care for his father. 
His estate was distributed August 5, 1755, his 
wife Elizabeth being administrator. He mar- 
ried Elizabeth Pease, died July 6, 1786, aged 
seventv-four, daughter of Jonathan Pease,. 



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Lhililrcti: i-.tiiiiezcT, mciitii .iu-.| lnhjw; Kli- 
phalet, Elizabttli, Ruth, Tabitha, Eiicncr, 
1 -ove. 

(\) EbcneztT (3), son of Ebcnezcr (a) 
* liapin, was born September 29, 1734, died 
April 23. 1822. He enlisted. April 18, 1777, 
in Captain Peter Tcnninun's company. Col- 
onel Wooil's rijjimcnt. for service at Rhode 
Island: discharj,'cd May 7, 1777. Enlisted 
July 28. 1780. as serj,'eant in Captain I'liilip 
Ammidon's company. Colonel Nathan Tyler's 
regiment; niarclic<l on alarm to Rhode Island; 
discharged Anj^ust 8. 1780. He resided on 
the homestead at Enfield. He married. May 
4. 1758, Mehitable llartlett. of Stafford, Con- 
necticut, who died April 8, 181 1, ajjed seventy- 
seven. His will was dated ( )ctober 20. 1797, 
ml mentions wife Mehitable, children Tini- 
:liy. Mehitable Collins. Mary Pease, Susan- 
nah I'.ooth. Sarah IJarber. Tryphcna Terry, 
Patty .iml Ebeiiezcr. (."hildren l)orn in En- 
fiehl : Mehitable, June 7. 17(k-); Mary. April 
28, 1762; Susannah. August 21, 1764; Ebe- 
nczcr. June 15. i~(^); Sarah. March 31. I7'h8; 
Tryjihena, April 30. 1770; Timothy, April 12, 
1772, mentioned below: Joel. May 6. 1774; 
^.imnel. May 19, 177'): Patty. April 23. 1780. 

(\It Timothy, son of Ebenezer (3) Clia- 
;in. was born at Enfield. April 12. 1772. died 
June 30. 1838. He married (first) at Enfield. 
November 2~. i8<k). I.ecty llarber. died July 
12, 1804: (second) ( )ctober 7, i8o(>, Susannah 
Terry. Ixirii March J^. 1778. died June n;. 
185S. Children of first wife: Reuben, Tim- 
othy Rarber. Ry second wife: Dan Terry, 
born March 8. 1808; Henry. June 10. 1810; 
I lilbert. November 18. 1812. Joel, August t6, 
1X15. nientioncd below: Erancis. August 1, 
I S20. 

(\'I1) Joel, son of Timothy Gia|>iii. was 
born in Enfield, .\ugust 16. 1815. <lied Au- 
gust 27, 1832. He was brought up on his 
father's farm, and received a go<id education 
in the public schools and at Yale Colleije, al- 
thdU'^h he liidnot grathiate. He was n fine 
student and linguist, speaking several lan- 
i;ii.iL'<~. He was licensed to preach, and al- 
thon,;li he was never settled i»ver a |>astoratc 
he often supplied pulpits. In early life he 
taught school, and later established and main- 
tained several Imarding schools for l)oys. He 
was the author of a series of four grnnimars, 
two of which were is-iued shortly before his 
death. In (politics he wa* a Whig. He mar- 
ried, at Enfichl. September i. 1841, Amelia, 
born May i. 1818. die.l necemWr 22. 1882, 
dani;hter of F.lisha ami I-ovisa (Cdeason) 
Parsons, of Enfield. Her father was a farmer 
and leading citizen in town and church. Chil- 
dren. l)orn in Springfield. Massachusetts: i. 



John Eliot. Ji! 
Hcceml)cr 30. 

j,„,.,. .1, ..:!... 

of i 

cnli 

of LmI)|)vcIi«.uI \oiuitlcris, in j 

slightlv vviiiiniird at Antielain 

iff.. ... 



Trn. !"?i ~f frrl Onpin, 



villi , 
rcn. men! 

(\ HI 
was Iwm at ." 
gust I. 1847. I lie 

contmon ■ '• in 

his lx>yli rs 

old he li ■■ .1- 

reer a.s clerk tit <t vvhulc9<tle oirpct establish- 
ment. Soon after he tr^^k a potjfion as 
clerk in a retail car ml 

of his thir<l year in 1- 

tion in the office of : ^. ig 

concern in New York City, iie 

spent seventeen years in the •». 

He had some experience in tlu llc;\^|«a^JC^ 
and insurance business. Since i88<» he has 
l)een in the Society for Savings of Hartford, 
the largest Iwnk in New England (excepting 
Boston) and for many years has been its 
actuary. Mr. Giapin gained wide experi- 
ence in the subject of investments and securi- 
ties in pursuing an intricate and extended 
litigation in behalf of an estate in the prose- 
cution of a trustee for breach of trust. This 
experience and the admirable training of a 
varied business life added to a natural apti- 
tude for the investn)ent department of the 
Ixmking business. He has charge of the se- 
curities ami accounts of the bank and repre- 
sents various interests in the capacity df exec- 
utor, conservator, trustee, elc. 

Mr. Chapin is at present fleveloping a tract 
of land and building for rental some hand- 
son . ■ . s on Chapin place, Hartford. 
Hi in local history and genealogy. 
esp^>... ... ... .i:e Cliapin family. He was the 

prime nwver in forming the Chapin Family 
.\ssociation and has been its president from 
the time of organization. His priric in the 
family of Cliapin is great and amply justified 
by the record of his ance-|or<. The name of 
Chapin is clean and honorable, with a few 
great names, and withal, faithful an<l hon- 
orable even in the humble walks of life. He 
is a member of the Hartford Historical So- 
ciety, the Municipal .\rt Society, the Hart- 
ford Club and the Get Together Clidi. He is 
a Republican and a memln-r of the Republican 
Club of Hartford, but has never sought or 
held public office. He is a member of the Con- 



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necticut Congregational Club and he and his 
family belong to the Farmington Avenue Con- 
gregational Church of Hartford. 

He married (first) October 22, 1874, at 
iVlansfield Center, Connecticut, Delia P., born 
February 4, 1849, in New York City, died 
January' 31, 1902, daughter of Herbert Bar- 
rows and Cynthia Selima (Storrs) Campbell. 
Her father was a New York merchant. She 
had a sister Eugenie. Mr. Chapin married 
(second) November 17, 1909, Lucy G. Stock. 
His only child is Warren Storrs, born July 4, 
1885, educated in the Hartford district and 
high schools, graduating in the class of 1903 
and from Amherst College with the degree of 
A. B. in the class of 1907; now located in 
Springfield, Massachusetts, where he is asso- 
ciated with the Phelps Publishing Company in 
their advertising department. 

(II) Josiah Chapin, son of 
CHAPIN Deacon Samuel Chapin (q. v.), 
was born probably 1634. He 
married (first) at the age of about twenty- 
four years, Mary King, in Weymouth, No- 
vember, 1658. She died May 30, 1676. He 
married /second) at Ipswich, Lydia Brown, 
September 20, 1676. She died October 11, 
171 1. He married (third), June 22, 17 13, 
Mehitable Metcalf. in Dedham. She died De- 
cember 2, 1724. He died September 10, 1726, 
at the advanced age of ninety-two years. He 
settled in Weymouth and later in Braintree, 
where he lived for more than twenty years, 
and eleven of his fifteen children were born in 
Braintree, three in Weymouth and one in 
Mendon. He removed to Mendon in Worces- 
ter county, Massachusetts, where the fifteenth 
child was born in 1684. He was one of the 
original grantees of the town of Mendon, and 
one of its most prominent citizens in the early 
days. Fie built the first sawmill in the town. 
He held many public offices, and was chair- 
man of the selectmen for twenty years. He 
represented the town in the general court. 
He left many descendants. The record of 
his children and grandchildren in his own 
handwriting has been preserved. 

His children were : 

I. Samuel, born November 11, 1659, Wey- 
mouth ; drowned at sea, April 10, 1692. 2. 
John, June 11, 1661, Braintree; died at sea, 
1686. 3. Mary, August 27, 1662, Braintree. 
4. Deborah, June 16, 1664, Braintree ; died 
August 16, 1668. 5. Josiah, December 17, 
1665, Braintree; slain in Lord Russell's fight. 
May 20, 1693. 6. Shem, May 11, 1667, 
Braintree; died June 6, 1667. 7. Seth, Au- 
gust 4, 1668, mentioned below. 8. Joseph, 
May 17, 1670. 9. Henry, February 15, 1671, 



Braintree; died JNIarch 20, 1761. 10. Eph- 
raim, December 18, 1673, Braintree. 11. De- 
borah, February 12, 1675. 12. Lydia, Septem- 
ber 29, 1677, Braintree. 13. Sarah, March 12, 

1679, Braintree. 14. David, November 11, 

1680, Braintree. 15. Hannah, November 11, 
1684, Mendon. 

(III) Captain Seth Chapin, son of Josiah 
Chapin, was born August 4, 1668, at Brain- 
tree. He married (first) j\lay Read. She 
died without issue September 12, 1689. He 
married (second) Bethia Thurston, March 
25, 1691. She died after having fourteen 
children, March 2, 1744. He died April, 
1746. It appears from the old propri- 
etary records that Captain Seth Chapin 
had acquired a family home and domicile near 
the Post Land bridge on Mill river some time 
previous to May 26, 1700, for at that time 
he had the following-described parcel of land 
laid out to him : "Forty-five acres of the 
fourth division laid out to Seth Chapin and in 
possession of said Chapin, encompassing the 
said Chapin's homestead and meadow on the 
Mill River," etc. He went on adding parcel 
after parcel to his estate till he became the 
owner of several hundred acres in what is 
now Milford, Massachusetts. In 171 3 he and 
his wife made a deed of gift to their son, Seth 
Jr., of sixty acres in what is now South Hope- 
dale. They sold their homestead August 31, 
1715, to Josiah Wood, formerly of Concord, 
and removed to Mendon to live with or near 
the venerable parents of Mr. Chapin. He 
held many places of honor and trust in Men- 
don. Children: i. Seth, July 2, 1692, Med- 
field, mentioned below. 2. Bethia, February 
16, 1693. 3. Josiah, March i, 1695-96. 4. 
John, May 13, i6g8. 5. Mary, April 30, 1700. 
6. Samuel, June 2, 1702. 7. Deborah, June 
14, 1704. 8. Hopestill, November 27, 1705. 

9. Joseph, March 6, 1707. 10. Abigail, June 

10, 1710. II. Lydia, February 2, 1712. 12. 
Benjamin, April 6, 1713. 13. Ebenezer, De- 
cember 23, 1714. 14. Japheth, February 24, 
1716; died April 15, 1717. 

(IV) Seth Chapin, son of Captain Seth 
Chapin, was born July 2, 1692, at Medfield, 
and married, February 5, 1713, Abigail Adams, 
aunt of John Adams, second president of the 
United States. She died April 18, 1722. His 
home place was in that part of Mendon now 
Hopedale, where he was a large land holder. 
He married (second) Elizabeth . Chil- 
dren of first wife: i. Sarah, July 3, 1715, at 
Mendon. 2. Mary, May 19, 1717. 3. Josiah, 
January 19, 1719. 4. Abigail, May 27, 1721 ; 
died April 28, 1722. Children of second wife: 
5. Thomas, December 12, 1723! 6. Daniel, 
October 10, 1727. 7. Rachel, January 22, 





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1729. 8. Lydia, .\\>r\\ 20. 17.^-'. 9. Seth, De- 
cember II, 1733. 10. Miosis, 1735. 

(\') Lieutenant jnsiali Lliapin. son of Scth 
Chapin, was born January 19, 1719, in Men- 
tion, Massacluisetts, and died . He 

married (first), 1744, Racliel Albcc : lie mar- 
ried (>ccond), 1770, Mary Curljct. wiil^w. 
Cliildren of first wife: i. Stejilicn. born De- 
cember 27, 1745. 2. Abigail, May 13, 1747. 
3. Adams, April 12, 1750. 4. Rhoila, Sep- 
tember 17, 1752. 5. Lydia, Marcb 14. 1755. 
6. Deborah, June 10. 1757. 7. Josiali, March 
-'■• '759- 8. Simeon, November 4, 1761. 9. 
Kacliel, May 7, I7<i4. 10. Levi, mentioned 
below. II. Marvel, October 27, 1768. 

(\I) Levi Chapin, son of Lieutenant Jo- 
siah Chapin, was born May 5, 1766, in Men- 
don, and died in \'iri;iiiia, September 18, 1.S33. 
He m.'irried .\nna (litirch. born January 5, 
1772. in i'.ristnl, Rlmde Lsland, died Xovem- 
lier S. 1S46, \\ alpole. New Hanipsliire. Chil- 
dren: I. Nathaniel, born November 21, 1792, 
Orantje, .Massachusetts. 2. Levi, July 2. 1796, 
\\o>tmoroland, .New Hampshire. 3. Hennon, 
meiuioned below. 4. Jonathan, March 6, 1802, 
Westmoreland, New Hami>sliire. 5. Philip, 
.*^eptc■nlber 3, 1805, Westmoreland, New 
Ilaiii]i>hire. 6. Rhoda .\nna. May 12, 1808, 
Westminster, X'ermont. 

(V'll) Hernion Chapin, son of Levi Chapin, 
was born October 9, ijijf), in Westniorelantl, 
New I lamp-hire, and died January 31. 18^16, 
in Savannah, Georgia. He spent his boyhood 
in New Hampshire, anil in early life traveled 
down the Connecticut river, selling lumber 
for Westmoreland and \\'al[X5le concerns. 
Later he left home and went to Hartford, 
where he learned the trade of plane making. 
He then starte<l out to establish the business 
for himself, and bought lanil in Hartford for 
the purpose of building a shop. Owing to the 
influence of certain people who objected to 
having more factories in the town, he was 
obliged to look elsewhere for a site, and finally 
decided to locate in Pine Meadow, in the tow'u 
of New Hartford. Here in 1826 he built a 
factory which was the foundation of the pres- 
ent large plant of The Chapin-Stephens Com- 
pany. From 1826 until the time of his death 
he continued the manufacturing of carpenter's 
planes. 

While on a vi<it to his «on George, in 
the <;outh. he diefl. January 31. i8<Vi. He mar- 
ried Catharine Merrill, bom J\ine 23, 1803. at 
New Hartforrl. She <lied March 21, 1873, at 
the home of her son George, who was then 
living in Cleveland. Ohio. Children: i. El- 
len. 2. John. 3. Edward Merrill. 4. Hernion 
Terrill. 3. George Washington. f\ Philip 
FiiL'cinv - W'.iItiT Fraiu-i< 8 Fr.inkliii. o. 



Charles Francis. All an -.. 
Eugene. 

(\nil FdA:.r.! Merrill C^i 
nv 
N. 



u-pt IMulip 

ii.f Her- 
in 
10. 



.ir- 

;-,d 



chani;e<l t>i II 
until the lati' 

his inanufacturiiii^ -<-al 
estate intere-t--, n>^ - a 
Republican in iin- 
jiaign. but i! re- 
mained a stai',1 

town olVices. He v 
eral years and wa- 

tivc to the legislature, lie uaa al.-u dticctur 
of the State Prison, and served on the Re- 
formatory P.oard. In religion he was an Epis- 
cojialian. His father had built the first Epis- 
cojial church in Pine Meadow. 

He married. June i'>. i><5''>. Mary Ellen, 
daughter of Hiram and fMive T'iVrr Slir was 
born July 3. 1833, in .\( -a- 

chusetts. and remove<l t^ ■ tit, 

with her parents wli. " iiil- 

dren : i. Hennon 17, 

1866. New liar; I 1 he 

Chapin-Stepli. June 22, 

1898. Kate 1 ;.. Massa- 

chusetts ; child. Flizalj(.lli .MliiiII L hapin. bom 
January 24. 1900. 2. Frank Mortimer, men- 
tioned below. 

(IX) Frank Mortimer Chapin. son of Ed- 
ward Merrill Chapin, was born June 28. 1869, 
in New Hartford, and was educated in the 
district schools of New ff.irtforrl He at- 
tended The Gunn< ... .^^^ 
Connecticut, for iv ^me 

for one year, and ..,,■... .s.iry 

.\cademy for three year-, inun wliuh he 
graduated in 1888. He r"i= ' ' rxrinvrntions 
for the school of techn- en- 

ter. Instead, he went i- his 

father, and after t' ' 'ed 

to the bu-iness \^ 'he 

name of The H. < It 

was continue*! until inot. wi; da- 

tion wn- r-r-i 'e w>h <ff^\'rv.~ of 

R was 



St,-: .,:- - 
• "h.ipiii i- tr( 
is due in a 



Mr. 
vth 
ef- 



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forts. The business conducts its own store 
at 126 Chambers street, New York, under the 
management of John E. Humason, son of Vir- 
gil P. Humason, who before his death in 
1905 had charge of Stephens & Company's 
New York interests for twenty-five years be- 
fore the consolidation. In pohtics Mr. Chapin 
is a Democrat. In 1908 he was first select- 
man of the town of New Hartford, and also 
candidate for presidential elector. He is a 
member of the school board, has been justice 
of the peace and member of the board of re- 
lief. In religion he is an Episcopalian, and is 
collector and treasurer of St. John's Episcopal 
Church, Pine Meadow. He is a past master 
of Amos Beecher Lodge, No. 121, A. F. and 
A. M., New Hartford ; a member of Colum- 
bia Chapter, No. 31, R. A. M. ; Lee Council, 
No. 25, R. S. M., of Collinsville; Washing- 
ton Commandery, K. T. No. i, of Hartford; 
past patron of Mayflower Chapter, No. 47, O. 
E. S., New Hartford : past venerable consul of 
New Hartford Camp, No. 9,612, Modern 
Woodmen of America ; a member of the Con- 
necticut Field Trial Club. He is also a mem- 
ber of the Country Club of Farmington, a 
member of the board of governors of the New 
Hartford Free Public Library, and a director 
and first vice-president of the New Hartford 
Savings Bank. On January 4, 191 1, Governor 
Simeon E. Baldwin commissioned Mr. Chapin 
commissary general, with rank of colonel. 

He married, March 24. 1891, Ellie Munger, 
daughter of Hon. H. Wales and Sarah (Mun- 
ger) Lines, of Meriden, Connecticut. They 
have one daughter, Catharine Lines, born July 
10, 1892, a student of Smith College. 

(The Lines Line). 

Henry and Ralph Lines, usually supposed to 
have been brothers, settled in New Haven in 
1642. Flenry states in the birth record of his 
son, Samuel, that he is "second sonne of John 
Line (as he saith) of Badby two miles from 
Dantry in Northamptonshire." 

(I) Ralpli Lines, immigrant ancestor, pos- 
sibly the son of John Lyne, of Badby, North- 
hamptonshire, England, lived in that part of 
New Haven later designated as the parish of 
Amity, and now the town of Woodbridge. 
He died September 7, 1689, and his estate 
showed an inventory of over two hundred and 
forty-two pounds. In his will he mentions 
sons Samuel, Ralph, Joseph and Benjamin, 
wife "Alis'' and daughter Hannah. In a cod- 
icil, dated February I, i68g. he mentions the 
fact that his daughter Hannah has since died, 
and leaves her portion to his wife, Alice, and 
in an additional codicil he states that his son 
Benjamin has since died, and mentions his 



deceased daughter Merriman. The will was 
proved November 13, 1689. Children: Sam- 
uel, born April, 1649; Ralph, July 18, 1652, 
mentioned below ; John, Novemijer, 1655, died 
young; Joseph, January, 1658; Benjamin, De- 
cember, 1659; Hannah, November 21, 1665. 

(II) Ralph (2), son of Ralph (i) Lines, 
was born July 18, 1652, lived in Amity, Con- 
necticut. He married, April zj , 16S1, Abiah, 
daughter of William Bassett, baptized Feb- 
ruary 7, 1658. He was baptized j\lay 27, 
1694, with his children Hannah, Joseph, Phebe 
and Benjamin. In his will, dated January 9, 
1712, and proved February 5, 1713, he names 
his wife Abiah, sons Joseph and Benjamin, 
and several daughters, including Hannah and 
Phebe. His estate was inventoried at over 
three hundred and si.xty-four pounds. In the 
New Haven probate records, "Abia Lines of 
New Haven, widdow, is allowed guardian to 
Benjamin, Abia, and Rebecckah Lines and ap- 
pointed guardian to Alis Lines, being four 
minor children of Ralph Lines, late of New 
Haven, dec'd". Children: Ralph, died May 8, 
1688; Hannah, born July 28, 1684; Joseph, 
February 20, 1686; Phebe, June 18, 1687; 
Alice, February 27, 1689, died November 18, 
1689; Ralph, September 23, i6go, died De- 
cember 7, 1693; Benjamin, January i, 1694, 
mentioned below ; Abiah, February 7, 1696 ; 
Rebecca, February, 1698; Alice, ]\Iarch i, 
1702. 

(HI) Benjamin, son of Ralpli (2) Lines, 
was born January i, 1694, and lived in .\mity. 
He was a husbandman, and was called junior 
to distinguish him from his cousin of the 
same name. He married, February 2, 1720, 
Dorcas, daughter of Joseph and Abigail 
(Preston) Thomas. Children: Benjamin, 
born September i, 1720; James, mentioned 
below ; Dorcas, Alice, Mabel. 

(IV) James, son of Benjamin Lines, mar- 
ried, January 7, 1745, Thankful, daughter of 
John and Sarah (Perkins) Sperry. She died 
August II, 181 1. He died in January, 1792. 
They lived in New Haven. Children: John, 
born August 22, 1746; James, November 30, 
17^18; Ashbel, April 9, 1751 : Pamela, April 
IS- 1756; Ezra, born September 24, 1760, 
mentioned below; Benjamin, August 16. 1762; 
Sarah, December 31, 1764: Ebenezer, Tune 25, 
1767. 

(V) Ezra, son of James Lines, was born 
September 24, 1760. He removed to New 
Haven and was a merchant there many years. 
He was originally an Episcopalian but in later 
life a member of the North Church. He was 
a soldier in the revolution under General Israel 
Putnam and was present at Putnam's famous 
ride at Greenwich. He married (first)- 




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JiiiK' 4, I7S_'. I. IK- Wlicaton. Slic rlied Scp- 
tiiiihir 5. i~<M. :iii<l lie married (sec- 
ond) January 4. ijys. Widow Abigail Hootl, 
dauKlitcr of Captain Josluia and Martha 
(Miner) Kay. who died June 5. ijc/i. He 
married ( third ) Klizaheth L'mherficld, who 
died October g. iSj^. Children of first 
wife: Henry, born about 1784; Luc; Uetscy. 
Children nf third wife: li/ra Aui;ustus, men- 
tioned below; l"re«U-rick ; William; James, 
born 1801, died 1806; James, lK)rn about i8of); 
Mehitable. 

(\I) Ezra Augustus, son of Ezra Lines, 
was l)orn in New Haven, September 13, 1797, 
not far from the historic mansion at 144 Olive 
street, where he himself residetl for mi>re than 
eighty years. It was built by one of his 
family in 1704. He attended the public 
schools of New Haven an<l became associated 
with his father in conducting his store, suc- 
ceeding,' in time to the ownershi|) of the busi- 
ness. He had subsequently a tailoring estab- 
lishment, in which, as in various other busi- 
ness ventures, be was successful. He was for 
many years a director of the National New 
Haven Bank at the corner of Orange and 
Cha|)el streets, the oldest in the cit\ . For 
thirty years he was a member of the Imard of 
assessors of New Haven and was the oldest 
member at the time of bis retirement. He 
was also on the school committee, and member 
of the common council of New Haven for a 
ntuulier of years. In politics be was a Re- 
publican. A gentleman of the old school, 
of spotless intetjrits and strong character, he 
was highly respected by all classes of people 
and beloved by his friends and family. He 
was active in the New Haven (irnys and for 
many years the accomplished fifer of that 
famous company. He was the first player on 
the doulilc bass in New Haven and was skilled 
in music. He married (first) Lucy Ann Rit- 
ter. dieil in 1S51. aged forty-eiRbt. daughter 
of David Ritter : (second) Martha, daughter 
of William Kimlierly. Children of first wife: 
.Xugustus Ezra, born November 4. 182.:. inen- 
tioncil Ih-Iow ; (ieorge P.. November 2_\, 1S24, 
married .Mmira I*". Augur and .'\nn E. Holt 
Hubbard; Jane E., Iiorn .\ugust 2. 1830. Chil- 
dren of second wife: Martha; Maria, inar- 
ried James H. Rowlaiul. 

(\II) .Augustus Ezra, son of Ezra Au- 
gustus Lines, was l>orn in New Haven, No- 
vember 4, 1822. at the corner of Olive and 
Grand streets, and died in New Haven, No- 
vember 8, iqo2. He attended the Lincaster- 
ian School. Early in life he learned the trade 
of engraving on metals in a shop at the corner 
of Fulton and Nassau streets. New York 
Citv I ;Uer he was eiiipli>\ed in the simp at 



7*>^ 



•!ic 
> t. 



the corner of 
the firm of .'s 
si.x vcars he 1 
famdy nf Mt 
then a htu i< 
niaincd n 
ing a \ 
tu:; 



Street. He engraved tl^ ■,■•<.■ 

United States govcrnmei • m 

New Haven in " ' ' ' vc- 

pidtlican, but i le 

inherited a fmi :ll- 

ful player, esiH-cially "m tiic flute, t >ne 01 his 
pupils snbse<|uentl\ plaved in thr Nfw York 
."symphony < )rchestra. II ■ .re 

mendK-rs of the t"hurcli r, 

formerly Chapel Street t <•- 

markalily well informed .1 a 

wide range of subjects. I : m 

local history and genealo^\ .lii.i j-„.is,cd 
some very interesting and valuable pictures "f 
various landmarks in this section. He mar- 
ried, Jaimary <). 1840, Mary .\. Kimlxrrly, 
iMirn .\pril 18, 1824. at tiuilford 1 r, .. ;,tit, 
died February 18, ic)o8, dauf^ht n- 

berly (see Kiml)crly \I). " 
giistus Kimberly, Ixirn in 1850. h 
age of thirtv-five vcars; I]arr\ 

(ad '■ •■■■■•••• ' '•■' •■ 

•ly Lines, son 
by . iiie-, « ;i~ the 

son oi l>dnicl (liiiiui .iiiil 11.11' 
Kimberly. grandson •>( Eli K 
nephew 
He was . 

He atten..- , .... , 

ven ami studied untlcr various ()rivatc tu- 
tors. He began his business cnrnr n= rlrrk 
in the office of KimlH-rly &• 1 
merchants, of New Haven. Tl-' 
cessively in the euv ' ■ • 

New Haven & Ha' 
the Central New V.v 

road and for a few years wiili llie Snutiiern 
New England Telriib.>f»r ('..ninanv in New- 
Haven. He ^^ '■ s- 
man for the \' id 
traveled e.\t« ^ 'n 
states. Since ■ e 
business. He 1 :c, 
No. I, Free and ,\ 'm 
Chapter, No. 2. R r- 
mony Council, N<i. "" i^. 
ters : New Haven 2. 
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Shrine of Bridgeport, also the various Scot- 
tish Rite bodies, having attained the thirty- 
second degree. He has held various offices 
in the Masonic bodies to which he belongs. 
He was commissioned captain of the Second 
Company of the Governor's Foot Guards of 
New Haven. He is also a member of the 
Chamber of Commerce of New Haven ; the 
Union League Club of New Haven; the Al- 
gonquin Club of New Haven ; the Knights 
Templar Club and of St. John's Protestant 
Episcopal Church. He is a Republican in 
politics. He married, June 7, 1882, Clifford 
Hastings Cooke, of Marietta, Georgia. They 
have one daughter, Louise Douglas, born No- 
vember 16, 1889. 

(The Kimberly Line). 

(IV) Abraham Kimberly, son of Nathan- 
iel Kimberly (q. v.), was the first of the name 
in Guilford. He came from West Haven 
about 1740 and died at Guilford, February 19, 
1797. 

(V) George, son of Abraham Kimberly, 
married and has a son Eli. 

(VI) Eli, son of George Kimberly, and 
grandson of Abraham Kimberly, was born 
November 2, 1792. in Guilford, Connecticut. 
He was a mariner in early life. His home 
was on Faulkner's Islaijd, Guilford and 
Sachems's Head, having charge of the light- 
house on Faulkner's .Head for thirty-three 
years. No resident along the coast was bet- 
ter or more favorably known to both lands- 
men and sailors than Captain Eli Kimberly. 
He lived to the age of seventy-nine and was 
much lamented. He married Polly Fowler, 
of New London, November 12, 1812, and they 
had twelve children, among whom were Mary 
A., married Augustus E. Lines (see Lines 
VII), and Daniel Griffin, father of Captain 
Harry Kimberly Lines. He and his wife were 
members of the North Church. 



Edward Parker, immigrant an- 
PARKER cestor, was born in England. 
He settled in New Haven, 
Connecticut, as early as 1644, and died there 
in 1662. He married Elizabeth, widow of 
John Potter. Children, born at New Haven : 
Mary, baptized August 27, 1648; John, men- 
tioned below : Hope, born April 26, 1650, mar- 
ried Samuel Cook: Lydia, April 14, 1652, mar- 
ried John Thomas. 

(II) John, son of Edward Parker, was born 
at New Haven, October 8, 1648. He settled 
early at what is still known as Parker's Farms 
two miles west of the village. He was an act- 
ive business man and did much to advance 
the interests of the settlement. He died in 



171 1. He married, at New Haven, Novem- 
ber 8, 1670, Hannah, daughter of William 
Bassett ; she died June 7, 1726. Children, 
born at New Haven: Hannah, born August 
20, 1671; John, March 26, 1675; Abiah, 
March 26, 1677; born at Wallingford : Eliza- 
beth, married Josiah Royce ; Rachel, born June 
16, 1680; Joseph, married Sarah Curtis; Eli- 
phalet, married, in 1708, Hannah Beach; 
Samuel, married Sarah Goodsell ; Edward, 
born 1692, mentioned below ; Mary, married 
Joseph Clark ; Abigail. 

(Ill) Edward (2), son of John Parker, 
was' born in 1692, died October 21, 1776. He 
settled in Cheshire parish, Cheshire. He mar- 
ried (first) Jerusha Merriam, who died at 
Cheshire, December 27, 1745. He married 
(second) December i, 1748, Rebecca Ives, 
who died May 23, 1762, aged sixty-five. He 
married (third) September 30, 1762, Ruth 
Merriman Merwin. Children, born at Che- 
shire: Ralph, January 9, 1718; Athelred, 
July I., 1719; Edward, March 11, 1721 ; Joel, 
February 24, 1723, mentioned below ; Eph- 
raim, August 23, 1725 ; Amos, November 26, 
1726: William, 1728, died May 2, 1752; El- 
dad, September 14, 173 1 ; Joseph Merriam, 
February 2, 1734: Joseph, October 9, 1735. 

(I\') Joel, son of Edward (2) Parker, was 
born at Cheshire, February 24, 1723. He 
married, December 25, 1746, Susannah Hotch- 
kiss. Children, born at Cheshire: Athelred, 
September 17, 1747; Amos, October 22, 1749; 
Susanna, March 8, 1752; Joel, January 17, 
1754: Stephen, mentioned below. 

(Y) Stephen, son of Joel Parker, was born 
at Cheshire, August 5, 1759. He was a sol- 
dier in the revolution and drew a pension late 
in life. He was living in Cheshire in 1840, 
according to the census, aged eighty-one years 
(p. 660 Connecticut Rev. Rolls). He married 
(first) May 27, 1787, Sally, daughter of Jo- 
seph Twiss. He married (second) January 
6, 1805, Rebecca Stone, widow, daughter of 
Joshua Ray. She died July i, 1846. Chil- 
dren, born in Cheshire, by first wife : Cla- 
rissa, June 10, 1788, died i\Iay 27, 1789 ; Zeri, 
August I, 1790; Stephen, July 17, 1792, died 
January 15, 1794: Stephen, November 3, 1794, 
died young: Sarah, March 11, 1797; Clarissa, 
March 10, 1800; Joel, March 11, 1801: Isa- 
bella, November 25, 1803. Children of second 
wife: John, August 30, 1805: Betsey, ]\Iay i, 
1807 : Charles, mentioned below : Edmund, 
February 9, 181 1, married Jennette Bradley. 

(\T) Charles, son of Stephen Parker, was 
born January 2, 1809, at Cheshire, and lived 
to the great age of ninety-three years. From 
the age of nine to fourteen he lived with the 
familv of Porter Cook, a farmer of Walling- 



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ford, attendiri)^ the district scIkjoI aiii w runy 
on the farm. When he \va> eijjhteen year> 
old he entered tlie emiiiiiy ui Aiimjii Mathews, 
a manufacturer of pewter huttons in South- 
ington, Connecticut, receiving as wages at 
first six ilollars a month and l)(>;ird. A year 
later he went to wori< fur li.iny & Horace 
Smith, who were also maimlaclurers of hut- 
tons, and six months later he accci>ted a po- 
sition in the factory of Patrick Lewis, manu- 
facturer of coffee mills. A year later he be- 
gan to manufacture cotfce mills on his own 
accoimt. making a contract with Patrick Lewis 
and Liias Holt to deliver a certain lunnljcr of 
mills per month. With a capital of $70 he 
succeeded in this business in making a profit 
of $1,800 in the first thirteen months. In 
1831 he became associated with Jared Lewis 
in the same line of contracting and in the 
following January Mr. Parker sold out to 
his partner, bought an acre of laml, on which 
was an old houye, for which he |)aid $ii$o, and 
built a stone shop "which was finished in the 
spring of 1832 and in wliicii he carric<l on 
the manufacture of coffee mills and waffle 
irons. In Xovcmber, 1833. his brother, Ed- 
mund Parker, an<l Heinan White were ad- 
mitted to partnership in the business under 
the firm name of Parker & White. During 
this partncrshi[) the business had many trials 
and some reverses, but none ever atlected the 
financial standing of Mr. Parker. His brother 
retired in 1843 and Mr. White the year fol- 
lowing. The only power used up to this time 
was furnished by a horse attached to a pole 
sweep. The steam engine installed by this 
concern in 1844 was the first used in Meridcn. 
The industry grew to mammoth jiroportions, 
and now has four engines with a capacity of 
500 horse power with twenty lK)ilcrs having a 
capacity of 2.000 horse [Kiwer. besides water 
power at the factories at East Meriden and 
Yalesville. .\t first Mr. Parker not only made 
but sold his own gixids. He made extended 
trips twice a year and on one occasion took 
an order tliat rcfpiircd two years for the fac- 
tory to fill. The present method of working 
on orders had not then come into practice 
generally. A few years later, Mr. Parker 
added to his pro<luct the making of silver- 
plated spoons and forks aiiil was the first to 
make plateil iiollow ware in .Meriden at what 
is known locally as Parker's S|)oiin Shop, 
the power for which is supplieil by FUack 
pond. The output of this factory at present is 
largely lamp products and steel spcxins, 
knives and forks. The capacity of the fac- 
tory is very large and the goods arc sold not 
only in all parts of this country but extcn- 
sivelv in f. neii^ii countrie-. .\ltlnnigh the 



making oi -\n 
important pan 

coniiiiiu-J i.i.i, 

wa- 

is i< 



to inc ouipui 

now. 



hui a 

ste., .f 

a I ' 11 
the 

tanie laillici .-r 

Clock Karli>ry :c 

ma^! ' ' e 

ma. 11 

torn !■» 

been given to 11 

extent, now p is 

branch of the r c 

years ai;o. I • r 

Riin^ ' n 

the :i- 
pan\ .f 
Parker liroihcrs. i-. 
a world-wide repnlrt' .- 
liability. ;, 
has been 1 •!- 
ufacturcii ... vi.... a 
hundred and fifty si. ;.> 
the uses of every t: is 
the largest manufacturer of vims mul cof- 
fee mills in the country. At the main fac- 
tory are | ' • ■ • • "el 
wood scri i.| 
electric p h 
room fittings. -c 
mills arc asst • it 
the wo<-)<lwork 1 
ville. The con -, 

ben.' ly 

otli. 1.) 

scar' y. 
Until i<>»5. tiic Charles Parker Cuinpaiiy also 
owned and opern»"d the pbnt known a<: the 
Meriden Curt.i' 
est concern of 
ing some five 
ness is now ci.' 
making siniil.Tr 
CoIumbi.T ~ 

The bti -6 with 

a capital 01 >; ' cr 

Company, and .i- 

panv, whii li it n. 

The first : CharJc- 

ident : ( Park«T. \ i ; 

Dexter \\ . 1' r. 

Since the deatl \- 

tcr W. P.t' ■ !•". 
Parker. \ 

retarv atv "- 



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pany, incorporated June 12. 1893, has the fol- 
lowing officers : William H. Lyon, president 
and treasurer ; James F. Allen, secretary. The 
various Parker companies give steady em- 
ployment to about 1.500 hands, most of whom 
are skillful mechanics. Its development has 
contributed materially to the growth and 
prosperity of the city of Meriden. The New 
York salesrooms are at 32 Warren street. 
Since the death of Charles Parker, the gen- 
eral management has devolved upon his son- 
in-law, William H. Lyon, who has been con- 
nected with the company for many years. 

About twenty years before his death Mr. 
Parker was stricken with disease that kept 
him confined most of the time to his home, 
but did not afTect his mental and intellectual 
vigor and he continued to direct his business 
affairs. To the very end of his life, his deci- 
sion was sought and given in important mat- 
ters. Few men have had such a long and re- 
markable business career. No man's business 
credit in the history of Meriden was higher 
than his. The great diversity of products 
of the company and the enormous capital re- 
quired in the business called for the highest 
financial ability in the management. "The 
evolution of his business life from an appren- 
tice boy to a captain of industry would be 
the story of the growth of a small inland 
Connecticut town possessing a few local ad- 
vantages, developing in a comparatively few 
years into a thriving and prosperous city, 
prominent among the residents of which he 
was a prince among equals." 

Mr. Parker was naturally one of the fore- 
most citizens of Meriden. He took a lively 
interest in municipal affairs, and exerted a 
large and wholesome influence in the com- 
munity. In his early life he was a Democrat. 
He was one of the presidential electors from 
Connecticut who voted for Franklin Pierce 
for president. After the civil war broke out, 
however, he gave his loyal support to the 
Union, and helped to equip companies of mi- 
litia in response to the first call for troops 
and became a prominent Republican. He was 
a delegate to both Republican national con- 
ventions at which General Grant was nomi- 
nated for president. When Meriden was in- 
corporated as a city in 1867, Mr. Parker 
was given the handsome compliment of the 
choice of the people for their first mayor and 
he started the new city government with wis- 
dom and foresight. He set a standard that 
has been well maintained ever since. He was 
a member of Meridian Lodge, Free and Ac- 
cepted INIasons, and was the last surviving 
charter member of the lodge. He was also 
a member of St. Elmo Commandery, Knights 



Templar, to which he presented a beautiful 
banner in memory of his brother. Rev. John 
Parker, his son. Wilbur Parker, and his 
nephew, Geoi"ge WHiite Parker, all of whom 
were Knights Templar. He joined the So- 
ciet)' of the Sons of the American Revolu- 
tion in 1893. From early manhood he was a 
faithful member of the First Methodist Epis- 
copal Church, to which at one time he gave 
$40,000 toward the building fund. He erected 
one of the finest residences in the city on 
Broad street. It is now occupied by his son 
Dexter W. 

He married, in 183 1. Abi Lewis Eddy, of 
Berlin, Connecticut. They had ten children ; 
among whom were : Dexter Wright, men- 
tioned below ; Annie D., married William H. 
Lyon : Charles E. 

(VH) Dexter Wright, son of Charles Par- 
ker, was born November 23, 1849, i" -^feri- 
den. He attended the Russell Collegiate and 
Commercial School in New Haven. He was 
appointed to the United States Military Acad- 
emy at West Point by Congressman \\''arner. 
of Middletown, and graduated in the class of 
1870 with the rank of second lieutenant. He 
was in active service in the Sixth United 
States Cavalry on the frontier of Texas, In- 
dian Territory and Kansas. He resigned 
from the army to become his father's partner 
in the great business he had established in 
Meriden, and when the firm became a corpo- 
ration in 1877-78 he became an officer of the 
company. Year by year his share of the man- 
agement became larger and finally the bur- 
den of management was placed upon him and 
his brother, Charles E. Parker. The great 
concern continued its amazing growth and 
prosperity under his guidance. His health 
failed and he retired for a time. After the 
death of his brother he became treasurer, and 
in 1902 when his father died, he naturally suc- 
ceeded him as president. He is a director of 
the City Savings Bank and was formerlv a 
director of the First National Bank of Meri- 
den. He is a member of the Home Club of 
Meriden. In politics he is a Republican. He 
is unmarried. 



The Parker family has been 
PARKER actively and prominently iden- 
tified with the welfare and ad- 
vancement of Norwich, Connecticut and rep- 
resentatives in each generation have borne 
honorable parts in public aft'airs, especially in 
military and naval life, and have left records 
of upright lives. 

(I) \\'illiam Parker was the immigrant an- 
cestor. 

(II) Robert, son of ^^'illiam Parker, mar- 



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ried (tir>t> January 28. 1657. Sarah James. 
Children: Mary. Inirn .Xjiril 1, 1658; Sam- 
uel, June 30. ifrf^io: .Mice, January 20, if/)2; 
James. .March, if/14. Mc married (secon<l) 
August, iiiiij. Patience, dauj^hter of Henry 
CobI). Cliillrcn: Thomas, Imrn .Xuj^ust 24. 
1669. was an nrij^iiial meinher nf the cluircli 
at Fainii'utli, .Massachusett>. in 1707, ordained 
a deacon. March (>, 1745. married, Decenihcr 
5, i(*),\. Mary Jenkins; Daniel, Ixirn .\]>r\\ 18, 
1670: JoNciih, see forwanl: Itenjamin. March 
15. '^'74: llannah. .Xpril, ih~(i: Sarah. June, 
i'>7S; IClisha, April, i()8o; .Mice, Septcmhcr 
15. KkSi. 

(Ill I Joseph, son of Kohcrt and Patience 
(Cohh) I'arker, was born in February, 1^172, 
dic<l in 1732. lie was also an original mem- 
ber of the I'almouth church. Me married. 
June .V3. ■'K)7-(>8, Mercy W'histoii. sometimes 
written Whetstone or \Vhiton. Children: Jo- 
seph, horn in i<*jf); John, see forward; Tim- 
othy. 170.^; Scth, 1705; Sylvamis, 1707; 
Mary, i7oi>. 

(1\ I John, son of Joseph and Mercy 
(Whiston) Parker, was born in 1700, and 
removed to N'orwich, Connecticut, in 1745. 
He was admitted to the church at l-'almonth. 
Massachusetts, Xovember, 1741. lie married. 
1734, Elizabeth .^mitii. Giildren: Timothy, 
see forward: Mary, born January 15, 1737; 
John and ICIizabcth. .March 2~. 1731). 

( \ ( Captain Timothy, eldest child of John 
and I'lizabeth (Smith) Parker, was born in 
Kahnoiuh. Massachusetts, May 17, 1735, died 
.May 27. 1797. lie had been a naval ci>m- 
niander jirior to the beji'inninji of the revolu- 
tionary war, and he rem;iincd in the merchant 
service. In I77'>. while returniui,' from the 
\\ est Indies, he was made a i)risoner. taken to 
New York, and there endured the hardships 
of the prisoners of those days. In September. 
1777. he was released, aiiil appointed to serve 
as lieutenant on the "Oliver Cromwell," which 
was the lari,'est cruiser of the state of Con- 
necticut. 1 te was promoted to the captaincy 
of this vessel, made several cruises in her, 
ami in company with another Connecticut 
cruiser, April 13. 1778. foutjht a severe but 
successfid battle with three P.ritish ships. 
These sjijps, as well as a munber of other 
armed vessels bel'mginij to the enemy, were 
captured by Captain Parker. In June. 1778, 
he was oblijjcd to ca])itulate to a far larger 
P.ritish force, but the •^truKijle was a tribute 
to his ability as a commander as well as to 
his seamanship. lie was atrain jdaced in one 
of the I'nijlish prison >hiiis. manaijed to escape 
by way of lonif Island, and returned to Nor- 
wich. Later he was placed in conuiiand of 
various privateers, the one with which he was 



last connected Lv...^ \. •• . 

close of the war he 

with the merchant n 

married, March 23. 

ChiMrcn: Ann. Iwi 

John. ■ ' 

'77: 

ary 1 . , , ' 

K<ist 24, i7>/j, m Cii.. 

(\l) John (2\. 
and Delxirah :i 

March 10, 177.' , 

sea captain •"" 1 

he went i n 

navy whili 

taincd the rank ut 1 

command of the "I 1 

of a fever ' ' 
of Ilondir 
1819. Tlh 

tion of the valualile servici ;. 

gave grants of land to hi 
were never claimed. ( 
married, .\pril 25, iSt)2. .- t 

10. 1771. tlied .November 
of F.benezer and .Mary ( I 
granddaughter of Daniel . 
hitch, and great-granldaugluti .'J Uw. J.inie> 
and .Mice l'"itch. the former the first niinisirr 
at .Norwich, and the latter a grai. ' ' ' f 

(iovernor William PradfMrd. • 
flower." Fbenezer anil .Mary <[- .,. ;. i 
Fitch were married September 3, 1750. Chil- 
dren: F.lizabeth .\nn. l)orn May 28, 1803. die<l 
unmarried, in Norwich, .\pril i«i, |87<); Tim- 
othy, December 15. 1804, died in 1832: John 

Henry, February 2U. '^ ■" ' ' ■■• ' '•'■1 

in Norwich: Mary F.!I -i. 

died March 19, 181. e 

forward. 

(\'\\) F.benezer Fitch, younge.sl chihl of 
John (2) and Sarah (Fitch) Parker, was 
ixirn in Norwich, Decemlier 25. 1812, dieil 
.'September 21. 1897, and was buru.l m N .m- 
tic cemetery. He was but se\. 
when his father die<l. and at tb. 
teen years he commenced to learn i! 
of cabinet making, with Deacon Hor. 
ton, where he remained two years, 
then until he attained his majority c 
as a clerk in tin _i"cery and drug -' 
Lester & ' 1 Water street. I or a 

time he v. ! in the hmilwr vanl of 

Dr. William r 1 ii n at \ " ' ' 11 

the steamer "("icneral }:>■ 
tween Norwich an<l ^' ■ n 

the gnx'crv busines* 
uel n. Phillips. Jr.. 11. 

lips &• Parker, and whci'. t^.c inn; 44-.-,;htd 
Mr. Parker continued the business alone for 



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some years. He finally disposed of it and 
formed a connection with Hyde & Hall, mer- 
chants of Norwich. Mr. Parker entered the 
employ of the Norwich & Worcester railroad 
about 1S40, served as conductor for one week, 
was then made master of transportation and 
retained this position for thirty-seven years, 
when he resigned. Subsequently he became 
accountant for the Reade Paper Company, 
continuing with them, under Edwin S. Ely, 
until they went out of business. The New 
London County Mutual Fire Insurance Com- 
pany next claimed his attention, and he held 
the office of president for thirty-five years. 
His health having become impaired, he re- 
signed from this position, and lived retired 
from all business atfairs for three years prior 
to his death. His political affiliations were 
with the Democratic party, and he served as 
a member of the city council for some time. 
He was appointed harbor master by Governor 
Jewell, and held this position until his death. 
Mr. Parker was a man of wide and diversified 
reading, an interesting speaker, and his kind 
heart and optimistic disposition gained for 
him a host of friends. He married, Novem- 
ber 9, 1836, Susan Cross, born in Stonington, 
Connecticut, in 1821, died January i, 1879, 
daughter of James Clark. Children: i. 
Henry Lester, see forward. 2. Walter Farns- 
worth, born August 3, 1839; he married, De- 
cember 22, 1861, Sarah Catherine Hartt; 
children : Ella Crane, widow of Charles P. B. 
Peck, of New York ; Carrie H., deceased ; 
Marco Smith, married Miriam Hoyt and re- 
sides in New York; Walter F., lives in New 
York, where he is president of the Peck Press. 
3. Robert Bottum, born October 21, 1842; 
for a number of years he was a ticket agent 
at Norwich for the Norwich & Worcester rail- 
road, was engaged in the mercantile busi- 
ness for a time, and is now living retired ; he 
has attained the thirty-second degree in the 
Masonic fraternity : married, September 19, 
1877, Annie Cornelia Kelley, who died May 
13, 1879. 4- John Ford, born August 2, 1846. 
5. Ebenezer Fitch, born October 21, 1854; is 
married and resides in New York. 6. George 
Brewster, born August 7, 1857, is unmarried 
and lives in New York. 7. Frank Clark, born 
November 8, i860, died September 5, 1861. 

(\'III) Flenry Lester, eldest child of Eben- 
ezer Fitch and Susan Cross (Clark) Parker, 
was born in Norwich, August 21, 1837; 
died November 7, 1908, He received 
an excellent education until he was fif- 
teen years old, when he entered the em- 
ploy of the Boston & Sandwich Glass Com- 
pany in Boston, remaining in that city a num- 
ber of years. Upon his return to his native 



city he obtained a position with the Norwich 
& Worcester railroad under the supervision 
of his father. He then went to Chicago and 
was employed as freight clerk by the Illinois 
Central railroad, and later became a clerk in 
the Howard House in New York. He again 
returned to Norwich, formed a connection 
with the Norwich & New York Transporta- 
tion Company, became secretary and later 
treasurer of that corporation, and held these 
positions about twenty years. He became as- 
sociated in a partnership with his brother, 
John F., in 1877, in the insurance business, 
two years united with the business of Thomas 
H. Perkins, the firm becoming Perkins & 
Parker Brothers, and in 1883, Mr. Perkins' 
interests having been purchased, the firm re- 
turned to its old style of Parker Brothers. 
Three years later the impaired health of 3,ir. 
Henry Lester Parker caused him to dispose of 
his interest in this concern. In spite of the 
many demands made upon his time by his per- 
sonal afifairs, Mr. Parker served as secretary, 
treasurer and director of the Norwich Water 
Povv'er Company, and was president of the 
board of water commissioners for many years. 
He joined Trinity Episcopal Church in his 
early years, and all his life took an active in- 
terest in its affairs, serving as vestryman, 
senior warden, superintendent of the Sunday 
school and for many years as parish treas- 
urer. His entire family joined the same 
church. In his political affiliations 'Sir. Par- 
ker was a Democrat, and served his town as 
a member of the common council. His frater- 
nal relations were .of a high order and he was 
one of the two oldest thirty-third degree Ma- 
sons in the state of Connecticut. He was a 
member of Somerset Lodge, No. 34, Ancient 
Free and Accepted Masons, having been made 
a Master Mason in 1859 ; was a member of 
Franklin Chapter, No. 4; Franklin Council, 
No. 3 ; Columbian Commandery, No. 4, 
Knights Templar, and held almost every office 
in the different branches. He and the late 
Judge C. W. Carter were appointed members 
of the Supreme Council of Sovereign Grand 
Inspectors of the thirty-third degree, for the 
Northern Masonic District of the L^nited 
States, May 18, 1865. 

Mr. Parker married, December 30, 1857, 
Ann Meech, born August 17, 1836, died Oc- 
tober 22, 1894, daughter of Colonel Asa and 
Elizabeth (Allyn) Roath, of Norwich. Chil- 
dren: I. Susan May, born May 7, 1859, is 
a member of Faith Trumbull Chapter, Daugh- 
ters of the American Revolution. She mar- 
ried, July 2, 1883, i\Iartin E. Jensen, of Nor- 
wich. Child : Gerard Edward, born March 
10, 1884, was graduated from the Norwich 



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Itcc .\c;iik-iii> m \(j>2,:ini\ I'rimi Sale Univer- 
sity. 2. l-'li/.iliith Knatli. I)'>rn M;i> 27, |W>| ; 
married. Scptciulicr u. iSXj. Henry A. Nor- 
ton, of Norwich. 3. (ieranl Lester, Ixirn in 
Norwich, Connccticnt, Se])tenilicr 4, i8»V'>; c<l- 
iicatol in tlie ]iul)lic schools of Norwich, and 
at an early a|,'c >howc<l a decided inclination 
for inaniilactiirin),' interests, more es|)e:ially 
niacliincry. Siiue I><S_^ he lias tieen connected 
with the inaufactiire oi machinery. He was 
in the employ of C. I'. R(i;;er> & Company, 
mamifacturers of machinery at Norwich, for 
a period of thirteen years, then with Xiistin 
& Ilildy, of |to>ton, for two years. Snbse- 
quently he was with the J. A. I"ay & Eyan 
Company of Cincinnati, Ohio, for almost eipht 
years, enj^ajjed in the manufacture of wojd- 
workinj; machinery. Since ir)07 he has been 
with S. A. Woods Machine Company, of 
Boston, and holds the [wsitions of secretary 
and a-i>i-taiit treasurer in that important cor- 
poration. His residence is in Itrookline, .Mas- 
sachusetts. .Mr. I'arker married, December 
8, 1897. Fannie .\rnoKI Carpenter, of Nor- 
wich. They have two dau;jhters : .\nnettc 
and Lester. 4. .\nne Meech. Ixirn .\ujjust 
26, |8^>S; married. October 14, 1891, Henry 
Halsey Walker and resides in Norwich. 5. 
Henry I-'itcli. see forward. 

(IN) Henry I'itch. youngest child of Henry 
Lester and Ann Meech ( R<iath ) I'arker, was 
born in Norwich, October 0, 1874. and re- 
ceived his education in the public schools of 
hi.s native town. 

He entered up,>n business as a clerk for N. 
S. Gilbert & Sons, at Norwich, in .\pril, 
1892, remainiuf; in their employ until Janu- 
ary, i<>04, when he resigned his position. For 
a ninnlier of year^ he has been one of the 
most iimminent members of Trinity Episcopal 
Church : is a vestrvman and has served for 
a lontj time as the parish treasurer. He be- 
came a memlicr of the Sons of the .\merican 
Revolution in i8o'i. and is secretary and treas- 
urer of the Israel Putnam branch of that or- 
ganization in the city of Norwich, and by vir- 
tnre of that i^ffice is a member of the Ixiarfl 
of managers of the st.ite. He is a member 
of the board of [lark commissioners of Nor- 
wich and has been since its organization. He 
is a director of the Norwich Nickel and I'rass 
Company, anti a trustee of the Chelsea .Sav- 
ings Hank of Norwich, a member of the New 
London County Horticultural Society of Nor- 
wich and the New London County .\gricnl- 
tural Sinriety of Norwii^h. He is a Demixrat 
and was electe<l an alderman of the city of 
Norwich in loio. He married. December i, 
IQOO. Elizabeth Eastmead Scofield. of Pough- 
keepsie. New York. 



.\ hrst edi- 

ifSi The 



The surtM 
LEE TE gone var. 

cations in , - ., 

Letc. Lcty, Lcct. Lctte, Lyttc and sinniar 

form- with the prcijo'-ition c/r nn! 'hr nrti'dc 

le. \ '.ever, as 1' m 

Eliz.i IS Leetc. • I 

the ; ■ • 

hav. 

in til , 

Lcet. In 127 J we In 1' 

Lynton Parva, Camb- t 

date the snrnani' 

England. .\ siij 

ily, inchuling tlu ... . , . 

lished in 190^) by Jo 

tion of this work wa- ; 

Leete coal-of-arms : Arf,tii; ou ■^ 

between two rolls of matche- I 

proper a martlet or. Crest: d 

coronet or, an anlii|Me lamp or, h 

(I) Thomas Leete, to whom . :: . 
is traced in England, lived at ( )akmKion and 
Comberton and was asses.se<l to the 'stib'^idy 
for Cambridgeshire in 1522-2J. He w 

ied at t^akin^jton, July 9. 15A4. IJc : 

.-\lsc (.Mice) , who was buried .ii > mk 

ington, February 3, 1766. 

(II) Thomas (2), son of Thomas (1) 
Leete, married, November 12, 1568, at Oak- 
ington, . Me was assessed to the sub- 
sidy for Cambridgeshire in 1566-67 and 1571- 
J2. and was buried at Oakington, l-"ebruary 4, 
1582. 

(III) Thomas (3), son of Thomas (2)' 
Leete. livefl at Oakingt"'" nn! was named in 
the visitation of H' re in 1613. 
He was warrlen of il irch at Oak- 
ington in 1598, and w.i i.;;Tii.i there No- 
vember 12. \iiH>. He married. June 2, 1574, 
Maria ."slade, who was buried at Oakington. 
Sei'tember 25. 1610. daughter of Edward 
.'slade, of Rushton. Northamptonshire. Ot!1- 
ilrcn : John, mentioned l>elow ; John 

two sons the same name was not 
mon ). lived at Islington ; Ricbarrl, churcii «.ii - 
den of Oakington, njarried Elizabeth or Isa- 
bella Rogers. 

(l\') John, son of Thomas (3) Leete, was 
of Dodington : was named in the V'i«it.-itinns 
of Hants in 1613 and 1^.48. H. .d 

May 13, 1575. at Oakington. ai :i 

Deceml>cr, 1648. He marrl- ' .-r 

of Robert Shute, one of ' • e 

King's Mench in 1650. CI r 

William, mentioned below: ji.lin. ui Midlow 
Grange, married .Sarah Filbrig ; .Anne, mar- 
rieil Robert Raby. 

(\') Governor William Leete, son of John 
Leete. of Dodington. was Mm in 1612 or 



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1613. "He was bred to the law and served 
for a considerable time in the Bishop's Court 
at Cambridge where, observing the oppres- 
sions and cruelties then practiced on the con- 
scientious and virtuous Puritans, he was led 
to examine more thoroughly their doctrines 
■and practice, and eventually to become a Puri- 
tan himself and to give up his office." He 
married, at Hail AVeston, Huntingdonshire, 
-August I, 1636, Anne, daughter of Rev. John 
Paine, minister of Southoe, in county Hunts. 
She died in Connecticut, September i, 1668. 
He married (second) Sarah, widow of Henry 
Rutherford : she died February 10, 1673. He 
married (third) Mary, widow of Governor 
Francis Newman and of Rev. Nicholas Street ; 
she died December 13, 1683. After his mar- 
riage he lived for a short time in Keyston, 
Huntingdonshire, and there his first child, 
Mary, was born and died. In the Visitation 
of Hants in 1684, the record signed by John 
Leete, brother of Governor Leete, reads : 
"William Leete, eldest son, Governour of Har- 
ford in New England, now living 1684 as is 
supposed aet. 71." 

William Leete came to New England with 
Rev. Mr. Whitfield's company and he was one 
of the signers of the Plantation Covenant on 
shipboard, June i, 1639, arriving in New Ha- 
ven about July 10, following. When they 
had agreed upon Guilford as a place to settle 
he was one of six chosen to buy the lands of 
of the Indians, in trust, for the plantation, un- 
til their organization was effected. When 
the lands were laid out, Leete received a lot 
opposite William Chittenden on the corner 
of what is now Broad street and River. His 
outlying land, some two hundred and fifty 
acres, was located about three miles away and 
the locality was named for him Leete's Island. 
His seal bearing the coat-of-arms described 
above has been preserved by his descendants. 

He figured prominently in public life. He 
was clerk of the plantation from 1639 to 1662. 
He was one of four to whom was intrusted 
the whole civil power of the plantation with- 
out limitation until a church was formed, June 
19, 1643, ^nd he was one of the seven pillars. 
He and Samuel Disborough were chosen to 
meet the court at New Haven in 1643 when 
the combination of the plantations was made 
and a general court established for the en- 
tire New Haven colony. Leete was a deputy 
from Guilford to this court until 1650, and 
from 165 1 to 1658 magistrate of the town. 
In 1658 he was chosen deputy governor of the 
colony and continued in that office until the 
union with Connecticut in 1664. Afterward 
he was assistant until 1669 when he was elect- 
ed deputy governor of the Connecticut colony. 



holding the office until 1676 when he was 
chosen governor, which he held by reelection 
until his death in 1683. Upon his election as 
governor he removed to Hartford. His tomb- 
stone is in the rear of the First Church of 
Hartford. "During the term of forty years" 
says Dr. Trumbull, the historian, "he was 
magistrate, deputy governor or governor of 
one or other of the colonies. In both colonies 
he presided in times of greatest difficulty, yet 
always conducted himself with such mtegrity 
and wisdom as to meet the public approba- 
tion." When two of the judges of Charles I., 
Goffe and ^'\^^alley, fled to New England for 
safety after the Restoration, Governor Leete 
secreted them in the cellar of his store and 
cared for them several days. 

Children, all by first wife : John, mentioned 
below ; Andrew, born 1643 > William, married 
Mary Fenn ; Abigail ; Caleb, born August 24, 
1651; Gratiana, December 22, 1653; Pere- 
grine, January 12, 1658 ; Joshua, 1659 ; Anna, 
March 10, 1661. 

(A^I) John (2), son of Governor William 
Leete, was born in 1639, said to have been the 
first white child born in Guilford. He died 
November 25, 1692. He married, October 
4, 1670, Mary Chittenden, born 1647. daugh- 
ter of William and Joanna ( Sheaf e) Chitten- 
den. She died March 9, 1712. Children: 
Ann, born August 5, 1671 ; John, January 4, 
1674; Joshua, July 7, 1676; Sarah, December 
16, 1677; Pelatiah, mentioned below; Me- 
hitable, December 10, 16S3 : Benjamin, De- 
cember 26, 1686; Daniel, September 23, 1689. 

(VII) Deacon Pelatiah, son of John (2) 
Leete, was born at Guilford, March 26, 1681. 
He settled on Leete's Island, Guilford, where 
no previous settlement had been made, and 
built a house where Edward L. Leete recently 
lived. He owned much land and was a well- 
to-do farmer. He kept a hundred head of cat- 
tle. His homestead descended to him from 
his grandfather and father and at last accounts 
was in the possession of his descendants. He 
was deacon of the Fourth Church of Guil- 
ford, and often represented the town in the 
general court. He died October 13, 1768, 
very old. His wife died October 22, 1769, 
aged ninety years. They lived together for 
sixty-three years. He married July i. 1705, 
Abigail, born in 1679, daughter of Abraham 
and Elizabeth (Bartlett) Fowler. Children, 
born at Guilford : Abigail, born September 
13' 1707: Daniel, October 14, 1709: Mehitabel, 
September 28, 1711; Pelatiah, mentioned be- 
low: Mehitabel, 1714. 

(A^III) Deacon Pelatiah (2), son of Dea- 
con Pelatiah (i) Leete, was born at Guilford, 
March 7, 1713, died May 28, 1786. He mar- 



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ricfl. Nfarch 26, 1740. Lyrlia, Iwrn March 14. 
1719. flicd Autjust 13. 1772. (laiiKhtcr of Uea- 
cnn Sniniicl .ind ^[inll\velI ( Miii;^ I Cruttcn- 
den. of (iuilfonl. lie \v:is ileac-ni of the 
Fourth ConLjrc^'ational Church of tliat town, 
lie lived on I.eete's Island. Chil<lren, bom 
at (iiiilford: rdatiah. Marc!) 4, 1741, died 
younK': I'elatiah, .April 22. 1744. mentioned 
below; I^ydia. October 24. 1749 (twin) ; \oah 
(twin) : i'lber, March 23, 1752: Simeon, .April 
'4. '753: Amos. .April 25, 1758; Nathan, 
1762. 

(IX) Pclatiah (3), son of Dcticon f'cla- 
tiah (2) Lectc. was born .April 22. 1744, died 
March 2. iSoTi. He married (tir>t) Jime 17, 
1767, Hethiah Norton, who dieil [mie 30, 
•"W. -'Kt'd fifty-six years, daiij^hter of Thomas 
and Methiah Norton, of Guilford, lie mar- 
ried (second) November 10, 1794, Mary Fris- 
bie, of North Mranford, who died Jannary 14, 
1832, aged seventy-six years. Children, born 
at Lcete's I<lanil. (iuilfonl: Joel, mentioned 
below: Noah, I'ebrnary 22. 1770; FVIatiah, 
July 3, 1773: Mary, b'ebriiary 15. 1798. 

(X» Joel, son of Pelatiah (3) I.eete, was 
born at (jiiilford, .April 13, i~f)^, died Janu- 
ary 28, 1842. He married. May 2/, 1790, 
Molly, born .\upust 23, t7<)3, died .November 
27. 1843. danjjbter of .\oali and .Naomi (.\t- 
wcll) Cnittenden, of Ciuilford. Children, born 
at I.eete's Island, Ciuilford: .Alvan, Ant;ust 
24. 1791, mentioned below: Polly Maria, 
March 7, 1794: Morris .Atwell. November 10, 
1795: Frederick William. July 6, 1803. 

( XI) Captain Alvan. son of Joel Leete, was 
born .Auijust 24. 1791. died July 6. 1882. He 
was for many years a teacher in the public 
schools of (iuilford and vicinity. He was cap- 
tain in the militia. In religfion he was a Con- 
gregationali>t : in politics a Whig and Re|)ub- 
lican. 

He married. January 13, i8i''>, Rclx'cca, 
widow of Williatn Hutler, and daughter of 
Isaac and .Abigail (Tyler) Palmer, of I'.ran- 
ford. She was Iiorn February 14, 1789. died 
January id. i8(.2. Chibtren, born at (iuilford : 
Abigail Mari.T. N'ovember 18, 1816, married 
A. \V. Leete: Fliza Ann, March 3. 1818, 
married C. Rolibin>; Isaac Palmer, ^iarl■ll 9. 
1821. married Clarissa Foote : Edwi;i Alonzo, 
mentioned below : Marietta. July 20. 1827, 
died January 18. 1877. 

(XII) Deacon Edwin .Alonzo, son of Cap- 
tain .Alvan Leete. was Iwrn December 21, 
1822. 

He was educated in the public schools, 
an<l followed the trade of cabinet making in 
his native town. He was deacon of the church 
and a highly respected citizen. He married 
(fir>;t) November 23. 1847. S. Ellen. Iwrn No- 



vemf)cr 10, 1825, d.i 
F'annv < Norton > ?b ' 

3. •>■■' 
ond 
of L 
lec) I 
the 1 
ricil 

14. I 

ley) I Af 

Deacon .A 

10. 1774: 1 

rine. l)orn >cpteml>ei 

5, 1830. daughter of i 

Icy) Ward. 

Deacon Ambrose Lectc, father of A 
Leete, was |y>rn January >■■ •-■^' 
ford; married. .November 
born February 28. 1747, ^\:■. n 

and Rachel (White) Chittcii.lcu. Ainlir..sc 
was chosen a ficacon of the I'ourlh Church 
of Ciuilford in 17S6 ami of tlic First (.Tiurch 
in 1807: he died February 14, 1809; she died 
September 16, 1838. 

I)aniel Lectc, father of Deacon Ambrose 
Lectc, was son of Deacon Pclatiah Leete 
(\'II), mentioned alxivc. Daniel niarricd, 
June 14. 1738. Rlnxla Stone. Ixirn Novcml>er 
2, 1719, (Iie<l Decemli ' ■■ ■-• > ■• f 
Caleb and .^arab (.M( 
a deacon of the i ^ 

Church. 

Edwin .Alonzo Lectc learned the ti 
cabinet maker un<ler John Kiml)crly in < iiiil 
ford, and worked for him four years. He 
was employed as a journeyman by Jonas H. 
Howditch, of New Haven, manufacturer and 
dealer in furniture, for a short time. .After- 
ward he came to (Iuilford and worked for 
two years in the shipyards at East river owned 
by Eber Hotchkiss. For a numtn'r "f 
be dealt in hardwixid lumlier for tlii 
York City market. He enlisted in tin 
army in 1862, in Company I, Fourteenth < 
nccticut Regiment, under rnpfnin !<:n-f 
son. Colonel Dwight ^' 
ice for six m<inihs ;iii 
of .Antietam. He w.i 
dria shortly afterwar'l 
disability. .After reti;' 

engaged in cabinet making un Ui> own ac- 
count. He openerl a fiirnifnro >iforr and c*- 
tablishefl ,i- ' • ■ • . ., . 

business 1: 

came the k .. . ; ..c 

most successful i action. In 

religion he was .1 'in politics 

a Republican and Littr .1 -• 

Children of Edwin ,\loii (ir>t 

wife: Fanny Rebecca, born t ■. i ..<.. . ,. 1848. 



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married Ezra S. Kelsey ; James Spencer, Sep- 
tember 8, 1850, died jNIarch 23, 1857. Chil- 
dren of second wife: Edward Morris, 
mentioned below ; Catharine Ward, Novem- 
ber 28, i860, married Fred W. Seward; Eliz- 
abeth Morris, February 10, 1867, graduated 
from the State Normal School at New Brit- 
ain, for the past five years a teacher in the 
William Penn Charter School in Philadelphia ; 
William Henry, December 3, 1868, in Guil- 
ford, formerly with the New York, New Ha- 
ven & Hartford Railroad Company, afterward 
assistant to the general superintendent of the 
Los Angeles Terminal Railroad, and cashier 
and paymaster on the San Pedro, Los Angeles 
& Salt Lake Railroad, and now treasurer of 
the latter, married Caroline Hopkins Barnes, 
of Binghamton, New York. 

(Xni) Edward Morris, son of Edwin 
Alonzo Leete, was born in Guilford, August 
18, 1858. He was educated in the public 
schools of his native town, and learned of his 
father the trade of cabinet making. He be- 
came associated in business with his father 
and succeeded to the business. He repre- 
sented the town in the general assembly of the 
state, as so many of his ancestors had done 
in the earlier days. He was elected in 1900. 
In politics he is a Republican, and a Congre- 
gationalist in religion. He is a member of St. 
Albans Lodge, No. 38, Free and Accepted 
Masons, of Guilford. 

Edward Morris Leete married, October 
15, 1879, Eva S., born April 19, 1858, daugh- 
ter of Elisha Chapman and Charlotte G. 
(Fowler) Bishop (see Bishop VIII). Her 
sister, Mary C. (Bishop) White, is a member 
of the Society of Colonial Wars and of the 
Daughters of the .American Revolution, in 
both of which i\Irs. Leete is entitled to mem- 
bership. Mary C. Bishop married Miles G. 
White, of Hartford, Connecticut. Mrs. 
Leete's interest in family history and heir- 
looms have led her into an interesting busi- 
ness, which has grown to large proportions, 
for she has now in tlie town of Guilford three 
houses furnished with colonial and antique 
furniture and two large storehouses full of 
similar goods. She has had the contract for 
furnishing various state buildings and head- 
quarters at national and international exhibi- 
tions, and is recognized as an authority on all 
kinds of colonial and antique goods. Mrs. 
Leete is a graduate of the Guilford high school 
and is well known in business as well as so- 
cial circles in this section. Children of Mr. 
and Mrs. Leete: Frank Chapman, born Au- 
gust 16, 1881, unmarried; Earl Bishop, No- 
vember 8, 1887; Charlotte Elizabeth, August 
14, T889. 



The surname Bishop is of 
BISHOP cient English origin. Just how 

the title of a sacred office of the 
Catholic church came to be used for a sur- 
name is lost in the obscurity of ancient his- 
tory. It is suggested that it must have been 
a personal name or a nickname of some pro- 
genitor, just as majors and deacons are some- 
times given. Other names, like Pope, are of 
this class. Bishop was in common use in 
England as a surname many centuries ago, 
and no less than eleven immigrants came 
from there to JNIassachusetts before 1650 with 
their families. Various branches of the Eng- 
lish Bishop family bear coat-of-arms and have 
had titles and dignities of various sorts. 

(I) Thomas Bishop, of Ipswich, Massachu- 
setts, died February 7, 1674. His estate was 
valued at above five thousand pounds, which 
was a large fortune for the times. He served 
in many public offices. He was in the general 
court in 1666. Records show that in 1685 
Captain Thomas Bishop lost a ship sailing to 

the Barbadoes. He married Margaret , 

and had sons Samuel, John, Thomas Jr., Job 
and Nathaniel. 

(II) Samuel, son of Thomas Bishop, grad- 
uated at Harvard College in 1665, and died 
at Ipswich in 1687. He married Hester Cogs- 
well, and they had nine children. The widow, 
Hester or Esther, married (second) Thomas 
Burnham in 1689. Children : Margaret, 
born May 17, 1676; Samuel, February 6, 
1678-79, mentioned below: John, September 
20, 1685. The names and dates of Ijirth of 
the other children are not known. 

(III) Samuel (2), son of Samuel (i) 
Bishop, was born February 6, 1678-79. He 
lived in Ipswich and Norwich, and died No- 
vember 18, 1760. He married. January 2, 
1705, Sarah Forbes, born in 1683, died 1759. 
They had eleven children, and one, Sarah, who 
died young. Children : Thomas, born No- 
vember 14, 1706; Samuel, February 2, 1708; 
Sarah, March 7, 1710; Esther, January i, 
1712; Caleb, March 16, 1715, mentioned be- 
low; Joshua, June, 1716; Sarah, ]\Iarch, 1718; 
Elizabeth, January 5, 1720; Hannah, August 
2, 1722; Ebenezer, November 26. 1725; Su- 
sannah, December 26. 1727. 

(IV) Caleb, son of Samuel (2) Bishop, 
was born March 16, 1715. He married Ke- 
ziah Hebbard in 1739. She died 1776. Chil- 
dren : Reuben, born November 2, 1740, men- 
tioned below; Elijah, June 16, 1742; Mary, 
July 18, 1744; Lucy, December 21, 1747. 

(V) Reuben, son of Caleb Bishop, was born 
November 2, 1740, in Ipswich. He married 
his cousin, Hannah Bishop, February 10, 1761. 
He was a soldier in the revolutionary war. 



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773 



A ^ ale CdlcKC class book for 1819. when one 
of his ;;r;mils()ns, Dr. Klijali lti>hn|), jjra'lii- 
atcd, >iKaks of his Kran<lfathcr "as a laptain 
i)f a militia in the Kcvoliitinnary war, who ac- 
coiii|)anicfl Arnold's cx|)fiIiiion up tlu- Kcnne- 
iifc river towards Otic-hcc, ami was killed Scp- 
tcniher 24, 1775." The story of his <lcath, as 
told liy his widow to her grandchildren was 
.1^ follows: Her luishand. the captain, was 
Msited hy one of his soldiers who wa- intoxi- 
cate<l. When the captain ordered him back to 
his i|iiarters, and shut the door upon him. the 
the soldier turned and fired thronph the dixir, 
fatally wonndini; the connnander. His widow 
liveil to be ninety years old. In the settle- 
ment of his estate is fjiven an apprai>al of his 
niilit;iry e(|uipnients. and his creditors col- 
lected and returne 1 credit in ixmnds. shillings 

intl pence for money received for his scrv- 
ues in the arniy. liis widow married (scc- 
"iid I laptain l'>enjamin linrnham, and had a 

on. Ilishop I'uriiham, 17S3. and dau(.;hter, 
Hannah, I7«S6, by the second marriage. 
Josbtia. Ili^hop's eldest son. was in the revo- 
hiiionary war for the last two years, and it 
was the mother's care to look after five chil- 
dren. She often said: "It took each year 
the best yoke of oxen she could raise to buy a 
substitute for him, as she could not spare 
him." The I'ishop family owned slaves, and 
when slavery was abolished they were obli;.;cd 
by law to support those too old to care for 
themselves. The pillion on which Hannah 
I'ishop rode seven miles to church has been 
kept, and the stories she use<I to tell her 
prandchildreu have been a source of much in- 
formation for the family records. Children: 
Joshua, born January 14, 1762, mentioned 
below; Caleb, March 20. 1764; Cyrus, Janu- 
ary 22, i~(\ii: r-'arl, December 29, 170S: Dan- 
iel W., Xovenibcr 24, 1770. 

(\ n Joshua, son of Reuben Ilishop. was 
lx>rn Jaiuiary 14. 17(12. dieil May 4. if^43. He 
married (first) Wcltby Adams, born in i7''io, 
died Sejitember 5. iH_^i). He niarrjed (sec- 
ond) Mehitable \\illiams. Children, by first 
wife: Reuben: P.arzillai, mentioned below. 

(\'in I'.arzillai. son of Joshua Ilishop, 
was Ixirn in 1780. He marrieil Lucy Iliint- 
int;to!i. March \f>. 1X15. She was liorn Sep- 
tember to. 1704, died January i. 1855, dauRli- 
tcr of Ilarnabas and .Xbicjail (Perkins) Hunt- 
ington (see Perkins \'i t. liarzillai P.isho]> 
was a iiroiiiinent citizen of Lisbon and rep- 
resented that town in the ijeneral assembly of 
Connecticut ami held other important offices. 
Chililren: t. Parzillai Huntington, born 
iSi'i; married, .\pril 17. i8j?7. Llizabeth Ly- 
dia Allen and went to Illinois: she married 
(second) Downs. 2. Xatban Perkins, 



mentioned below. 3. Samuel, died in inf.incy 
4. Ko^er .\., liorn 1822: marri' 
1844, Lucy P. Lee: chililren: ' 
rissa Huntin).;ton an' ' ' ' ,,1 

without issue. 5. I id. 

March i(>, 1843, j , iijl- 

dren: i. Joseph Huntington 1 rn 

1843, married Mary .\lbro; ii. ', cih 

lulniunds. married. N'mcmber lu, i!57i, W'y- 
nian J. May and lived at Hartford; iii. Lucy 
Kdnuinrls, died in infancy. 6. Mary (twin), 
born 1828; married Rev. Charles L. .\ycr, 
November 27. 1849; children: i. S .ti, U.rn 
and died June 3, 1852; ii. 1 lia 

Aver. July 11, 1853; iii, John or, 

I'ebruarv 15, 1856. : m ; 

iv. losepli Iluntiii: .•5. 

1858, died March _'j, . 
Ayer, July 9, i860, died .Ajird 30. 
Rev. lulward Per' ins .\yer, Jidv 
married Helen Itishop; vii. 1 . il 

Ham .\yer, .Xugust 8. 18/14. '' <J- 

18^)5: viii. Mary F.lizalieth "■ 
14. iSG^i; ix. Cieorge Soule A 
1868; .X. Lucy Ku}.;enia Aver. 
1870. 7. Klizabeth (twin), Ixirn 1828, died 
unmarried. 8. Abigail, bom 1830. died un- 
married in 1855. 

(\'II1) Nathan Perkins, son of Barzillai 
Piishop. was Ixun Februar>- 3. 1818. He 
worked on a farm during bi^ lioyluMid and 
received his education in the public schools. 
He became a merchant in Norwich and was 
a well-known and highly respected citizen. 
He was a member of the Hroadway Congrega- 
tional Church of Norwich. He held many 
offices of public and private trust. He was 
first selectman of the town of Lislwn and re]v 
resented the town in the general assembly in 
i8fio. In later life much of his time was de- 
voted to the management and settlement of 
states. "He was a model citizen and a wel- 
coine visitor in many househobls. He tinJc 
great delight in home tics, and his life was 
an example of the Christian living wliich he 
professed." He was prominent in charitable 
and cluirch work in Hanover parish. In pol- 
itics he was a Republican. He marrie<l (first) 
I'ebruary 16, 1840. Nancy Lee. of Hanover, 
Connecticut, daughter of William Lee. who 
was a son of tlie Rev. .\ndrcw Lee. who 
preached in the Hanover parish for more than 
fifty years. She was born SeptemlK-r 10. 1817, 
died .\pril 2S, \>ii)2. lie married (second) 
.April U). i8<>4. Mary Denison, tlangbter of 
Jedediah and Joanna (Porter) (Cleveland) 
Ensworth. of Canterbury. Connecticut. Her 
mother was Ixirn in Sharon. X'ermont. Her 
grandfather was Jesse Rnsworth. who mar- 
rieil I.otilla Dver, of Canterburv. The Ens- 



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worth or Ainsworth (as it is also spelled) 
family is one of the oldest and most distin- 
guished in the state. Children of first wife : 
I. Nathan Lee, born March 6, 1841, men- 
tioned below. 2. Lucy Huntington, born Sep- 
tember 9, 1842; married, November i, 1865, 
Nathan Witter ; children : Herbert Bishop 
. Witter, October 23, 1867 ; Nellie B. Witter, 
June 5, 1869 ; Edward William Witter, April 

15, 1874. 3. Nancy Bingham, January 21, 
1845: married, March 10, 1871, Rev. Charles 
W. Carey ; children : Frederick \Villiam Carey, 
born February 16, 1872; Herbert Bishop 
Carey, October 15, 1873 ; Henrietta Wood- 
worth Carey, January 31, 1876. 4. Barzillai 
Perkins, February 10, 1852 ; married, July 

16, 1877, Nellie Kilbourne ; children: Hattie 
Kilbourne, April 2, 1880; Roberts Hunting- 
ton, June 9, 1884, died October 14, 1909 ; 
Marion Lee, May 31, 1886. 

(IX) Nathan Lee, son of Nathan Perkins 
Bishop, was born March 6, 1841. He was 
superintendent of the public schools of Nor- 
wich for thirty-two years. He served his 
country in the civil war from 1862 to 1865, 
enlisting as a private in the Twenty-first Reg- 
iment of Connecticut Volunteers. After an 
examination by the military board at Wash- 
ington, he was commissioned first lieutenant 
of the First Regiment, United States colored 
troops, and served as adjutant of the regiment 
for more than a year. He refused a captain's 
commission. He was mustered out at Wash- 
ington, in November 1865. He died Octo- 
ber II, 1909. He married, November 15, 
1869, Julia A. Armstrong. Children : Fannie 
Arnold, born October 20, 1S73 : Katharine 
Trowbridge, February 27, 1877. 

(The Perkins Line). 

(I) John Perkins, immigrant ancestor, was 
born at Newent, county Gloucester, England, 
about 1590, and came to Boston, Massachu- 
setts, in the ship "Lion" in FebruaiT, 1631, 
with wife Judith and five children. He joined 
the church in 1631. He removed to Ipswich 
in 1633 and was a deputy to the general court 
in 1636. He died in 1654. Children: John,. 
Thomas, Jacob, mentioned below, Elizabeth 
and ]\Iary, born in England, and Lydia and 
Nathaniel, born in Boston. 

(II) Jacob, son of John Perkins, was born 
in England in 1624, and settled with his fa- 
ther in Ipswich, Massachusetts, v\'here he died 
January 29, 1701. He married Elizabeth 

. Children : Elizabeth born April 

I, 1650: John, July 3, 1654: Judith, July 11, 
1655; Mary, May 14, 1658: Jacob, August, 
1662; Mathew, June 23, 1665: Joseph, men- 
tioned below ; Jabez. 



(III) Joseph, son of Jacob Perkins, was 
born at Ipswich in 1667. He removed to Nor- 
wich, Connecticut, where his descendants have 
been a prominent family to the present time. 
He married Martha Morgan, who died in Oc- 
tober 1754, in Norwich. He died in Septem- 
ber, 1726. Children: EHzabeth, born No- 
vember 5, 1701 ; Joseph, October 25, 1704; 
Martha, August 21, 1705; John, October 5, 
1709; Jerusha September i 171 1; Matthew, 
mentioned below; Deborah (twin), July 20, 
1715 ; Ann (twin); Hannah, 1717; Simon, 
1720; William, 1722. 

(IV) Matthew, son of Joseph Perkins, was 
born August 31, 1713, at Norwich, Connecti- 
cut. He married, April 19, 1739, Hannah 

S-^^feS^' '^o''" 1724- Children, born at Nor- 
'wK^lf: I. Ephraim. 2. Joshua, mentioned be- 
low. 3. Samuel. 4. Enoch. 5. Nathan, re- 
ceived the degree of D. D. and was pastor of 
the church at West Hartford for sixty-six 
consecutive years ; died January 18, 1838, aged 

ninety-two. 6. Frederick, married El- 

dridge and followed farming on his father's 
homestead"; died at Utica, New York. 7. 
Hannah, married Joseph Kirtland. 8. Jeru- 
sha, married Jabez Fox. 9. Judah, married 

John Staples. 10. Sally, married 

McKeown. 

(V) Joshua, son of Matthew Perkins, was 
born in Lisbon, Connecticut. He married 
Abigail, daughter of Samuel and Abigail 
(Corning) Bishop. He died November 13, 
1832, and she April 6, 1825. Children, born, 
at Norwich : Abigail, mentioned below ; Ta- 
bitha, married Benjamin Burnham, 3d., of Lis- 
bon, Connecticut : Sarah, married Rufus John- 
son, M. D., of Canterbury, Connecticut ; Na- 
thaniel ; Azariah ; Daniel ; Corning ; Clarissa ; 
Charles, married Betsey Payne : children : Jon- 
athan, Elizabeth, Joshua, Olive and Abigail. 

(VI) Abigail, daughter of Joshua Perkins, 
was born at Norwich, November 19, 1765. 
She married, November 13, 1788, Barnabas 
Huntington, of an old Connecticut family. 
They lived at Franklin, Connecticut. He was 
born July 7, 1764. Children: i. Clarissa 
Huntington, born May 3, 1791 ; married 
(first) February 18, 1810, Martin Bottom; 
(second) Dr. Rufus Smith, April 18, 1820. 
2. Lucy, September 10, 1794; married Barzil- 
lai Bishop (see Bishop VII). 3. Barnabas, 
June 30, 1800 ; married, October 13, 1823, 
Tuliet Morgan. 



John Bishop, immigrant an- 
BISHOP cestor, was one of twenty-five 

who came from England in Rev. 
Henry Whitefield's company and one of the 
signers of the Plantation Covenant on ship- 




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775 



board, June i, I'l^Q. lie was one of the men 
chosen by tlie planters to purchase lamls at 
Menunketiick, now Guilford, from tlie In- 
dians : was one of the magistrates of the plan- 
tation and these ma<;istrates ha<l supreme 
power in all civil matters, not being respon- 
sible to England or any other [Kiwer. He 

married Aime . He died in rebruary, 

i6<)i. His widow died in April, 1676. Chil- 
dren : John, mentioned below : Stephen, mar- 
ried Tabitha Wilkinson ; iJethia, married 
James Steele; daughter, married Hub- 
bard. 

(II) John (2). son. of John (i) Hishop, 
was born aKnit 1625. He marrie<l. December 
ij, if>5o. Susannah, daughter of Henry (loKl- 
ham. cif Guilford. He ilicd in October, i(>S,?; 
she died .November 1, 1703. Children: .Mary, 
born September 20, i(>52: John, mentioned be- 
low; Susannah, 1657; Klizabeth. n/x); Dan- 
iel. I'A^; .Nathaniel, iMrfi; Samuel, October 
23, i(>7o; Sarah, January 22, i'>74: .Abigail, 
January 25, 1681. 

(HI) John (3), son of John (2) Bishop, 
was Uirn in 1053 at Guilford, Connecticut. 
He marrieil (first) July 3, uySg, Elizabeth 
Hitchcock, wlio dietl March 14, 1712; mar- 
ried (second) .November 18, 1713. Mary 
Johnson, of New Haven. He died in Guil- 
ford, November 2-,, 1731. Children: Eliza- 
beth, born October 14, 1690; John, August 
12, ifio2; Ann, February 13. 1(195; David, 
June (>. i'i97, mentioned below : Jonathan, .No- 
vemlier S, iU)«j; Mary, December, 1700; De- 
borah, I-ebruary 10. 170J; Nathaniel. May 6, 
1704: Timothy, 1708. Children of second 
wife: William, (October 18, 1714; Enos. May 
26, 1717; Esther, February 24, 1719; Mercv. 
May 7. 1722. 

(I\) David, son of John (3) Bishop, was 
born at Guilford. Jiuie C>, 1697. He married. 
May 17. 1724, Deborah (or Dorothy?) Stan- 
Kn, widow of Thomas Stanley, .'^l^e ilied 
February 11. 1775. He died in Guilford, .Au- 
gust 20, 1773. Cliildren, born at Guilford: 
Deborah, January 17. 1725: Iluldah, .\ugust 
5, I72(): David, mentioned below; Chloc. July 
'.^' '7.^": Sarah. .August iS, 173(1. 

(\) David (2), son of David (1) Bishop, 
was Imrn at Guilford. Se|)tember 20, 1728. 
He married, April 17, 1753. .Andrea, l)orn 
September 12. 1724, daughter of Benjamin 
and Andrea Fowler, granddaughter of C'ap- 
lain John Fowler, of Preston. Connecticut. 
She died January 24. 1815; he died in Guil- 
ford. June 25. 1792. Children. Ix^rn at ("tuil- 
ford: .\ndrea, February 2i<, 175(1; David. July 
29. 1757: Huldah. March 4. 1750; Margaret, 
November 10. i7(3o; Jonathan, mentioned be- 
low; Jared, October 22. 17CM. 



(\'Il Jonathan. =nn -f David (2) Bishop, 
was born at fl .bcr 19, i7C»2. He 

was a farmer e life, am! owned 

mucli land in tnuip 10 He wa nt 

and highly respected citizen. 1 v- 

olutionary war he served in tli. 1 

for coast defense. In pol 
eralist ; in religion a (>>• 
married. !" ' 
cember 1 jS, 

daughter .,,.., 

athan, l)orn Dccemlier 10 
ber 22. 1787; Jonath.Tii, ; 

(\H) Jonathan ' 
Bishop, was born at ' 
(lied March it'>. iSS.- 1 . 
education in the jmblic ^^ 

town, btU \\;is in great nir. 

He read nuich and became a man 01 broad 
cultuff ;ind general iiifortintion. Iti bis 
youii Ml 

the ,f 

malt . i, ,, .V - 

plying between 1- 

ern p<jrts. Afi( le- 

stead in Guilford and cuuductcd it the re- 
mainder of his life. He was burie<1 in (he 
East cemetery, Guilford. He \v 
gationalist in religion, am! a 1 
ixjlitics in later years, a W I > ■ ' 
days. He married, Jiuic i i- 

ria, b(^rn January 30. 170' li 

antl Hannah ( Parnul' 
was Ijorn January 2.', 

1789, Hannah ParnK-ici. m;- ji .> 

and .Ann Bishop, were married ^ 1. 

i/f>~. Enos Bishop, father of '1 ' : , 

married, December 15, 1742. .Al 
Enos Bishop was a son of John 
tioned above. Jonatlian I'.i 
ond) March iC), 1840, I'aiu u, 

lK)rn November 1, 1803, du. ... . ,, ..-.5, 
widow of I-'ordyce Dennison and dangliter of 
Dan Griswold, of F'sse.x, Connecticut. He 
marrie.l ( third t .March 15-, iSdTi, Electa Ma- 
ria Stone, lw)rn October 30. 1810. Chil- 
dren: .\nn Maria, Iiorn Jan\iary 22. 18^3, 
died May 2~. 1S41; h'lisha I h:ipman. men- 
tioned below; Richard I.ord, I), in.i.. i -o. 
1825, marrie<l Mary (i. Hand. 1- 

ber 7, 1889; Hulda Jeanette. A >!, 

married George Hull, die«l .April 20. i.S-Sy; 
Sopliia I'owler. May 13. 1835. married 
Thomas Griswold; .Allen. July • ■^'— ' d 
January 13. iS<)i ; son. Jul\. i^ v 

2(>, 1839; .Alfred Griswold. CVt' ^j ; 

William E., November 3. 1855, married Ellen 
A. Stone. 

(VIII) Elisha Chapman, son of Jonathan 
(2) Bishop, was born .April 10. 1824, at Guil- 



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ford. He attended the district schools of his 
native town, and assisted his father in the 
work of the farm until he was twenty years 
old. He then began an apprenticeship at the 
machinist's trade and afterward engaged in 
business on his own account as a machinist at 
Guilford. He started in the old business in 
the fields at Titusville, Crawford county, 
Pennsylvania, in 1861, and met with substan- 
tial success. He returned to Guilford in 1870 
and since then has been engaged in farming 
on the homestead. In 1874 he built one of the 
finest residences in the town. In politics he 
was a Republican but in his later years be- 
came a Prohibitionist. In 1882 he represented 
the town of Guilford in the general assembly. 
He was selectman of the town of Guilford 
seven years ; member of the school committee, 
burgess and warden of the borough. He was 
for many years a member of the Congrega- 
tional church. He married, July 5, 1846, Char- 
lotte Griffin Fowler, born December 15, 1823, 
daughter of Lyman and Mary (Griffin) Fow- 
ler (see Fowler VII). She died October 6, 
1885, and he married (second) Cornelia F. 
Fowler, sister of his first wife. Children : 
Frederick Chapman, born May 15, 1847, died 
July 27, 1847 ; Frederick Chapman, Decem- 
ber 23, 1848, graduate of the United States 
Military Academy, West Point, lieutenant in 
the regular army, died August 26, 1907 ; Rob- 
ert Denison, June 14, 1850, died August 15, 
1850; Robert Allen, April 16. 1851 ; Edward 
Fowler, mentioned below ; Mary Cornelia, Au- 
gust 27, 1853, member of Daughters of Amer- 
ican Revolution, married ]\Iiles G. \Miite, of 
Hartford; Frank Havelock, March 22, 1857; 
Ida (twin), April 19, 1858; Eva S. (twin), 
married Edward Morris -Leete (see Leete 
XIII ) ; Richard Mathew, May 5, 1861, died 
September 22, 1861 ; jMarilla Canfield, June 
28. 1864; Ernest Smith, :\I. D., October 22, 
1866, graduate of Yale College, class of 1889, 
physician and surgeon of New York City. 

(IX) Edward Fowler, son of Elisha Chap- 
man Bishop, was born at Guilford, March 11, 
1852. He attended the public schools in Penn- 
sylvania and the Titusville, Pennsylvania, high 
school. He carried on the blacksmithing busi- 
ness in New Haven for a period of twenty- 
six years. He retired to devote all his time 
to real estate, in which he has large invest- 
ments in New Haven and elsewhere. In this 
business he has been very successful. His son, 
Fred C. Bishop, is associated with him and 
has assumed the principal burden of manage- 
ment. He is a member of St. Albans Lodge, 
Free and Accepted Masons, of Guilford ; of 
Pulaski Chapter, Royal Arch Masons, of Fair- 
haven ; of Crawford Council, Royal and Se- 



lect Masters, of Fairhaven ; New Haven Com- 
mandery. Knights Templar, New Haven ; 
Pyramid Temple, ]\Iystic Shrine, of Bridge- 
port, Connecticut. In religion he is a Con- 
gregationalist, and in politics a Republican. 
He married (first) February 25, 1878, Anna 
Gardner, born December 31, 1856, daughter 
of Dyer J. Spencer. He married (second) 
May 19, 1897, Edith Emily, born August 2, 
1868, daughter of George Ashley, of the town 
of Scunthrope, Lincolnshire, England. Her 
mother's maiden name was Ellen Matilda No- 
ble. Mrs. Bishop came to Canada and subse- 
quently to Denver, Colorado. Children of first 
wife: I. Edna Fowler, born August 17, 1879; 
married, September 6, 1897, Leon Bemis ; 
children : Louise Gardner Bemis, born June 2, 
1900; Leona Bishop Bemis, i\Iay 21, 1905. 
2. Frederick Chapman, born OctolDer 5, 1880; 
has taken all the degrees of Free Masonry up 
to and including the thirty-second ; married 
Mary ^^'are, daughter of John Willais, of Bal- 
timore, IMaryland ; is in partnership with his 
father in the real estate business. 3. Charles 
Edward, January 22, 1884 ; married Elizabeth 
Palmer Norman ; child, Dorothy E., born July 
18, 1910. 

(The Fowler Line). 

(III) Abraham Fowler, son of John Fow- 
ler (q. v.), was born at Guilford, August 29, 
1652, died September 30, 1719. He married, 
August 29, 1677, Elizabeth, daughter of 
George and Mary (Cruttenden) Bartlett, 
born March, 1653, died October 4, 1742. 
Children: Abigail, born 1679; Mary, 1681 ; 
Abraham, 1683: Ebenezer, 1684, mentioned 
below; Daniel, 1686; Josiah, 1688; Caleb, 
1690, died in January, 1724; Elizabeth, 1694. 

(IV) Ebenezer, son of Abraham Fowler, 
was born in Guilford, 1684, died there, No- 
vember 28, 1768. He married, i\Iay i, 1717, 
Elizabeth Starr, born N^ovember 26, 1695, 
died March 26, 1765. Children: Ebenezer, 
born January 11, 1719; Nathaniel, March 21, 
1721, mentioned below; Huldah, March 6, 
172 — ; Caleb, January 21, 1726, died March 
17, 1726; Caleb, January 21, 1727; Elizabeth, 
May 26, 1732; Lucy, February 19, 1735; 
William, August 6. 1738, died December, 

1739- 

(\ ) Nathaniel, son of Ebenezer Fowler, 
was born March 21, 1721, died November 12, 
1764. He married, November 2, 1757, Lucy 
Chittendon, born March 12, 1735, died March 
5, 1807. Children : Nathaniel, born July 14, 
1758, mentioned below; Reuben, June 11, 
1760; Lucy, September 21. 1761 ; Hannah, 
May 8, 1765. 

(VD Nathaniel (2), son of Nathaniel (i) 
Fowler, was born July 14, 1758, died Feb- 



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niary J4, 1X41. lie was a |>rivatc in tlic rev- 
olution. 177'J, Captain Hand's company, 
Cf'luncl 'I'alcott's rcj^inK-nt. I k- married Rutli, 
daiij,diier of Tiniotliy and Ann (Dudley) Ev- 
arts. linrn June .V), 17^0. ChiMren: Kutli, 
born I'ebruary 11. I7>S.3: Ann, September 12, 
1787; Natlianiel. Xovemlier 2\, 1788; Klisha, 
April '), 1790: Richard. May 5, 1794: Lyman, 
mentioned l)elf>\v. 

(\'II) Lyman, son of Nathaniel (2) Fow- 
ler, was Imrn January f), iS<X), died February 
16, 1877. lie married. Xovembcr 24, 1822, 
Mary, dauj,ducr of I'eter ami Folly ( Fair- 
child I (iriftin. lx)rn July 27, 1802, died March 
f8. 1885. I'eter drillin was the son of I'ctcr 
iiifhn, who was a captain in the revolution, 
- taken prisoner and diecl aboard the Jer- 
prison ship in Xew \'ork harl)or. Chil- 
li: Charli ttc G., i)orii December 15. 1823. 
rricil Elisha Chapman Hishop (see I'ishop 
\ill) : L'ornelia I'.. (October 7, 1826. married 
Elisha Chajiman Hishop (sec Bishop X'llI); 
Monzo. January 2.^, 1820: Fdwin A.. July 2. 



John Collins, the immiijrant 
COLLI XS ancestor, was born in Eng- 
land about 1^116. According 
to tradition be came over with his father. 
Lewis Collins, and brothers. Xathan. Albert 
and Dexter, who settled in Charlestown. but 
the records prove that this must be an error. 
John was a shoemaker in I'.oston as early as 
1639. Some authorities think he was a 
brother of Edward Collins, a very |>rominent 
merchant, father of several distinguished sons 
and progenitor of the I-'ntield Collins family, 
but proof has not been shown. John Collins 
was admitted to the I'oston Church. April 4, 
1646. He was a member of the IJoston .Artil- 
lery Comi)any in 1(144. In 1^140 be barl a 
grant of laud at Mount \\'olla<ton (ISrain- 
tree) for tliree heads, lie died May 29. i('>70. 
and administration was granted to Gideon .\1- 
len. His inventory mentions shoeinaker's 
stock and tools, three apprentices, etc. Chil- 
dren : Ji>hn, mentioned below; Thomas, bap- 
tized April 5. 1646. aged seven months: Su- 
sanna. ba])tize(l with Tliomas : Elizabeth, baj)- 
tized Ajiril (i. 1648. aged eight days. 

(in John (2), son of John (i) Collins, 
was Iwrn about 1640. He was also a shoe- 
maker in Pioston. He removed in 1663 to 
Middletown and i(/>S was one of the fountlers 
of riranford. Contiecticut. He was one of 
the first settlers of Guilford. Connecticut. June 
2. ifW). an<l lived there for a time. He died 
at Piranford in 1704, He was pro|iosed as a 
freeman. October. iT/iQ. at Guilford. He was 
school teacher as earlv as 1(182 and as late as 



1702. He married (first) Man' Trowbridge, 
who died in \(iA. Married (second) Mary 
Kingston or Kingsworth. Married (third) 
Dorcas, willow of John Taintur. daughter of 
Samuel Swain. IbiUlren by first wife: John, 
IxJrn I'l'i.^ : Robert, mentioned below; Mary. 

( III ) Robert, -on of John (2) Collins, was 
iKirn in i(><i7 in I'ranford. He married Lois 
I'.urnett. They had a son Robert, mentioned 
below. 

(I\) Robert (2), son of Robert (i) Col- 
lins, was Ixirn in Itranford, probably, alunit 
ifiQO. He married Eunice b'oster. They had 
a son Edward, mentioned below. 

(\') Edward, son of Robert (2) Collins, 
was Ijorn about 1715. He married. August 2f>, 
1738, Susaimah Peck, of I'ast Hamptim. 
.•\mong their children was Daniel, mentioned 
below. 

(\T) Captain Daniel, son of Edward Col- 
lins, was born February 16. 1741. He wa.s a 
soldier in the revolution, sergeant in the sec- 
ond company. Captain Havens. May (1 to 
June 10. 1775; also in 1777 and in I7<)9 on 
the Xew Haven alarm. He was in Captain 
Xathaniel Chapman's an<l Captain Jalxiz 
Wright's companies under Colonel 'I haddeus 
Cook at the time of Ledyard's invasion ; in 
1780 he was captain of a ctinipany in Colonel 
\Villiam W'orthington's regiment stationed at 
Guilford to defend the coast. Cajtain Col- 
lins received a pension under the act of 1818. 
He married. May 17. 1774. Susannah Lyman. 
Children: Molly. Susannah, Lucy, .\aron. Ly- 
man and Betsey. 

(\TI) Lyman, son of Captain Daniel Col- 
lins, was born in Meriden, Connecticut, where 
he followed farming. He was a soldier in 
the war of 1S12. He married Elizabeth, 
daughter of Salmc>n Carter, a cabinet maker of 
\\'allingfi>rd. Children: .\aron Lyman, men- 
tioned below: Charles Hinsdale. Iiorn Janu- 
ary 14. 1823. grocer and woolen manufac- 
turer, married, .\pril. 1852. Sarah C. rlaugh- 
ter of James S. and Millicent .\. (Clark) 
Brooks, of Meriden. child. Sarah Elizabeth ; 
Lucy A., married X. P. Ives. 

(Vlin .\aron Lyman, son of Lyman Col- 
lins, was born December 22, 1820. in the old 
homestead in Meriden. on East Main street 
bill. He attended the i>ublic schools, an 1 be- 
gan his business career in his native town in 
tlie grocery business in partnership with his 
brother, Charles Hinsdale Collins. The ven- 
ture was successful and Collins Brothers, as 
the firm was called, built up a large trade. 
In 1854 the firm was dissolved and Mr. Col- 
lins became associateil with the cutlery finn 
of Pratt. Ropes. Webb & Company at South 
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becoming a more important factor in the busi- 
ness year by year until 1878 when he was 
elected president of the Meriden Cutlery 
Company. Under his able and wise manage- 
ment this business developed and prospered 
and he continued at the head of it for a period 
of forty years, retiring a short time before 
his death. He died at Meriden, March 25, 
1903. The concern was established by David 
Roper in Maine in 1832, Julius Pratt and 
Walter Webb were his partners. In 1846 
the business was brought to Meriden and aft- 
erward incorporated as the Meriden Cutlery 
Company. Mr. Collins had interests also in 
other Meriden industries. For a number of 
years he was president of the Wilcox Silver 
Plate Company, afterward consolidated with 
the International Silver Company. He was a 
director of the Home National Bank, trustee 
of the City Savings Bank, president of the 
]\Ieriden Grain and Feed Company. He also 
conducted a farm of sixty acres on what is 
now Williams avenue. In early life he owned 
many acres on East Main street hill, but he 
developed the property and sold it in lots. 

lie took a keen interest in public affairs and 
took an important part in the development of 
the city of Meriden, which he saw grow from 
a humble village to a thriving municipality. 
He was a valued member and generous sup- 
porter of the Congregational church and gave 
freely to other benevolences and charities. 
He commanded the esteem and confidence of 
all his townsmen, not only on account of his 
substantial success in business but for his 
sterling .character and attractive personality. 

He married Silvia, daughter of Rev. Ben- 
jamin White, of Middlefield, Connecticut. 
Children : Charles Lyman, born June 4, 1852, 
lives at Clinton; Edward John, March 31, 
1856, married Mary Hemmingway, of Me- 
riden, child, Elizabeth L. ; Aaron, December 
6, 1857 ; Benjamin White, mentioned below ; 
Elizabeth, January i, 1862; daughter, Septem- 
ber 9, 1863. 

(TX) Benjamin White, son of Aaron Ly- 
man Collins, was born in the Meriden home- 
stead, April I, 1859. He attended the old 
Center School, and worked on the farm in 
his early youth. His father's large business 
interests gave him an excellent opportunity 
to acquire a thorough training and before he 
came of age he had been given a share of re- 
sponsibility such as few young men are trust- 
ed with. He had much to do with the man- 
agement of the farm and real estate of his 
father, and he has always continued active 
in agricultural matters, raising much fine 
stock and blooded horses ; he has a fine herd 
of Jersey cattle. In 1895, ™ partnership with 



his father, he bought the hay, grain and feed 
business of A. S. Russell on South Colony 
street, and in 1897 the concern was incorpo- 
rated under its present name, the Meriden 
Grain & Feed Company, and since his fa- 
ther died he has been president and treasurer. 
Under his management the business has in- 
creased from year to year. Tlie company does 
its own milling and grinding and deals ex- 
tensively in flour, seeds and fertilizer as well 
as hay, grain and feed. Mr. Collins is a 
large stockholder and director of R. D. Pren- 
tice & Company, dealers in potatoes, control- 
ling twenty-three potato jobbing concerns in 
Alaine. He owns much real estate and is one 
of the large taxpayers of the city. He is a 
director of the Home National Bank. In pol- 
itics he is a Republican. He has been a mem- 
ber of the board of selectmen and for ten 
years of the school committee. He was on 
the town hall building committee and one of 
the reception committee at the time of the 
Meriden Centennial. He is a thirty-second 
degree Mason, a member of Center Lodge, 
Free and Accepted Masons ; of Keystone 
Chapter, Royal Arch Masons : of Hamilton 
Council, Royal and Select Masters ; of St. 
Elmo Commandery, Knights Templar, and of 
the Scottish Rite bodies of New Haven and 
Bridgeport. Fie is also a member of Pyra- 
mid Temple, Mystic Shrine, and of Alfred 
H. Hall Council, Royal Arcanum. He is 
treasurer of the Connecticut Agricultural So- 
ciety and president of the Meriden Agricul- 
tural Society. He is president of the Meriden 
Braid Company. In politics he is a Repub- 
lican. He belongs to the Country Club of 
Meriden and the Home Club. In religion he 
is a Congregationalist. 

He married, March 5. 1895, Sophia Lovell, 
born September 24, 1869, daughter of Lucius 
and Martha (Dickerman) Northrop. Their 
onl_v child, Betsey, was born October 9. 1901. 



Jeremiah Randall, immigrant 
RANDALL ancestor, was born in Eng- 
land. He and several broth- 
ers settled at Greenwich, Connecticut. In 
1790 the first federal census shows that Reu- 
ben. Nathaniel, Solomon and Timothy Ran- 
dall were heads of families at Greenwich with 
sons over sixteen and a Widow Elizabeth 
Randall, and Widow Amy, all of the first or 
second generation probably, while Samuel and 
Jeremiah, heads of families, with sons under 
sixteen, were doubtless of the second or third 
generation. Some of the family settled on 
Randall's Island, New York. The name was 
usually spelled Rundle in colonial days. Jere- 
miah was of Greenwich, June 19, 1778, when 



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he buUKht a ilwelliiii; house ami barn at New 
Milfonl (I'.riilKC'watcr ), Connecticut, of 
James Lockwooil fur one humlred and thirty 
pounds, the land lyinij on twth sides of the 
hif^hway leadini; to Jolni 1' real's house. Soon 
afterward he settled in Bridgewater. Me was 
a snidier in 'tlie revolution from tirecnwich. 
May-l)ecembcr, 1775. in Captain lh>«mas 
Hobby's coni])any (thiril), Colonel UavitI 
Waterbury's rcfjiment. Joslnia Kandall was 
a ciirporal, i-'li Kandall a >erj,'eant. Abram 
Randall drummer and John Randall a i)rivatc 
in the same company. Children: Jeremiah J., 
born 1755. mentioned below; Timothy, 1756; 
Charles, .May 5, \^J(^^,•. Richard, .Xutjust 25, 
1770. 

(II) Jeremiah J., son of Jeremiah Randall, 
was born in 1755, died November 7, 1S08, at 
Briiltjewater. lie married Anne Jessup, who 
clieil at Mridgewater, Kebruary 12, 1835, aged 
eighty-one year*. Children, born at Mriclge- 
water: .\nne, died December 19, i8<i6, aged 
eighty-nine; Polly, born January jo. 1780, 
died July 3, 1828; Nathaniel, August jo, 1782; 
Jonathan J., mentioned below. The order of 
birth unknown. 

(III) Jonathan Jessup, son of Jeremiah J. 
Randall, was Ixirn about 1790 in Bridgewater. 
He married .Abigail, daughter of Phineas Gor- 
ham. Children, born in Eiridgewater : i. 
Jeremiah Ci., .\ugust 23, 1S15; married .\bi- 
gail .Mead. 2. Phineas P.., Seiitember 2, 1817; 
married Flora Mead. 3. Rachel S., .\ugust 
21. iSig. died June 3, 1823. 4. William W., 
December 3, 1823. 5. Sally J., September 21. 
1825 ; married Jonah Davidson. 6. Rachel S., 
October 18, 1829; married John Minor. 7. 
Charles \V., mentioned below. 8. Edward, 
August 18, 1835; married Eliza P.ishop. 

(I\') Charles Wesley, son of Jonathan Jes- 
sup Randall, was born at Bridgewater, March 
8, 1834, died January 23, 1887. He was edu- 
cated in the jiublic schools of his native town, 
and was a merchant at Southbury, Shelton 
and Derby, Connecticut. He married Eliza- 
beth .Ann. daughter of Sherman and Sally 
(Oakley) Rugglcs. Children: i. Dr. Wil- 
lian) Sherman, mentioned below. 2. Grace 
Elizabeth, born January 25. 1879. in Shelton, 
Connecticut, town of Huntington ; married, 
1908. .\llrcd Charles Si^erry. of .Ansonia, Con- 
necticut, .md now living at .^lielton: he is 
clerk in the office of the Derby Gas Company. 

(A) Dr. William Sherman Randall, son 
of Charles Wesley Randall, was born at 
Brn<iktield. Connecticut, .Aut^ist 5. iSrti. At 
an early age he went to live at .'^nuthbury and 
afterward at Huntington. Connecticut. He 
attended the public schouls of Huntington and 
Derbv, Cotuiecticut, and entered the Sheffield 



Scientific Schtxjl of Vale University, in i88<>. 
graduating in the class of 1883 with tin. Ic 
grec of Ph. B. He bc^^an the -imIv <a wa- ::- 
cine in the Vale Medical Sd' 
vcar entered the CoUeire '■: 



Haven Hospital and was an nitcrne liicrc 
from December. 1885. to November, iH«/> He 
located immediately afterward at 1 ' ' 
necticut, wliere he has coiitinuetl ' 
ent time in general practice, m.ii 
cialty also of ear, throat ami n^ 
His practice is widely extended in : 
sonia, Huntington, Shelton and all ilii» sec- 
tion, and he has offices at Shelton an<l Derby. 
He resided in Derby until 1891 when he |ur- 
cliased the property at .\'o. 378 Hnwe .1 venue, 
residing there until October, 1910, when he 
acquired the handsome and comnjodious prop- 
erty at No. 241 Coram avenue, where he has 
since resided. He is a n)emher of the Fair- 
field County Medical Society and was for- 
merly its president, of the < ... ^. ,,. 

.Medical Society, of the .Xnu: 
sociation, and of the Natii i 
Society. He is the atteniling otologist and 
lar^ngolist of the Gritlin Hospital, and sec- 
retary of the medical board of the same insti- 
tution for Derby, .Ansonia and Shelton. He 
has been an assistant in the Manhattan Eye 
and Ear Infirmary of New Vork City. F'rom 
time to time he has contributed the results of 
his researches and study in various medical 
publications, and he ranks among the leaders 
of the firofcssion in this state. 

Dr. Randall has been honored with many 
oflices of trust and responsibility. He was 
chairman of the school board of Shelton (Fer- 
ry district) for two years, was a member of 
the board of burgesses for two years, for sev- 
eral years was a director of the Plumb Me- 
morial Library, and since 1S03 has been health 
oti'icer of the town of Huntinctun. He is an 
active member and ex-vice-president nf the 
New Haven County Pui)Iic Health .Associa- 
tion and takes a keen interest in the subject 
of hygiene and public health reizulations. In 
1802 and 1893 he served his district in the 
general assembly of the state from the town 
of Himlington. While in the legislature. Dr. 
R.-mdall was a member of the conunittec on 
public health and safety and clerk of the same, 
also member of the school fund committee. 
He was instrumcnt.al in securing the passage 
of the .Medical Practice .Act. the lir-i law in 
this state reijulating the practice of medicine, 
also instrumental in the passage of an act re- 
lating: to town ami county health officers. 



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which has been eminently successful in bring- 
ing about the control of contagious diseases, 
and in the advancement of sanitary science. 

Dr. Randall is prominent and popular in 
many social organizations. He is a member 
of King Hiram Lodge, No. 12, Free and Ac- 
cepted Masons; Solomon Chapter, No. 3, 
Royal Arch JMasons ; Union Council, No. 27, 
Royal and Select Masters, of Derby ; Ham- 
ilton Commandery, No. 5, Knights Templar, 
and Pyramid Temple, Nobles of the Mystic 
Shrine, of Bridgeport. He is senior warden 
of the Church of the Good Shepherd (Prot- 
estant Episcopal). He is also a member of the 
Yale Alumni Association of Fairfield County ; 
the Lower Naugatuck Valley University 
Club: the Derby and Shelton Board of Trade 
and the Business Men's Association of Shel- 
ton. 

He married, September 7, 1887, Hattie La- 
cey Beers, born at Brookfield, Connecticut, 
.September 24. 1862, daughter of Daniel G. 
and Flarriet Eliza (Starr) Beers. Children: 
I. Harold Beers, born in Derby, March 12, 
1889, attended the public schools of Shelton 
and graduated from the high school ; was spe- 
cial student at the Boardman School of New 
Haven, where he completed his preparation 
for college ; entered Sheffield Scientific School 
of Yale in 1908. 2. Helen Starr, born at Shel- 
ton, December 30, 1891 : salutatorian of the 
class of 19 10, Shelton high school. 



Anthony Austin, immigrant an- 
ALTSTIN cestor. was born in England, 
died in Suffield, Connecticut, 
1708. He settled first at Rowley, Massachu- 
setts, was admitted a freeman in the Massa- 
chusetts Bay Colony in 1669, and later re- 
moved to Sufiield, Connecticut. His wife 
Esther died in the latter place in 1698. Chil- 
dren, born at Rowley: Richard, see forward; 
Anthony, 1668; John, 1672. Children, born 
in Suffield; Nathaniel, 1678; Elizabeth, 1681, 
died young: Elizabeth, 1684: Esther, 16S6. 

(H) Captain Richard Austin, son of An- 
thony and Esther Austin, was born at Row- 
ley, 1666, died in Suffield, October 29. 1773. 
He married, January 12, 1698-99, Dorothy 
Adams, who died June 26, 1772. at a very ad- 
vanced age. Children, born in Suffield : Rich- 
ard, October 9, 1699: Dorothy, July 26, 1701 ; 
Jacob, June i, 1704; Ebenezer, April 22, 
1706; Anna, January 16, 1708-09; Joseph, 
see forward; Rebecca, April 16, 1713; Moses, 
April 25, 1716; Elias, April 14, 1718. 

(HI) Joseph, son of Captain Richard and 
Dorothy (Adams) Austin, was born at Suf- 
field, January 28, 1710-ir. He married, Ma}- 
8, 1740, Abigail Allen, of Suffield. Children : 



Caroline, born April 25, 1742; Abigail, No- 
vember 15, 1747; Ruth, November 15, 1749; 
Joseph, March 16, 1750-51, died in 1753; Jo- 
seph, see forward; Benjamin, June 19, 1756; 
Tryphene, March 25, 1759: Lurama, June 15, 
1761 : Olive, March 12, 1764: Lucv, March 
IS 1767. 

(IV) Joseph {2), son of Joseph (ij and 
Abigail (Allen) Austin, was born at Suffield, 
November 3, 1753, and was living there, ac- 
cording to the federal census, in 1790. He 
was a soldier of the revolutionary war, being 
a member of Captain Elihu Kent's company, 
on the Lexington alarm. He lived for a time 
at New Hartford, Litchfield county, Connecti- 
cut, and went to Ohio with some of his sons 
about 1832. He married, December 18, 1782, 
Hannah Kellogg, born August 4, 1759, admit- 
ted to the church at Goshen, Connecticut, in 
1800 (see Kellogg VI). Children: Archi- 
bald, born at New Hartford, December 29, 
1783; Norman, April 12, 1785; Russell, May 
17, 1787; Nelson, see forward; and others. 

(V) Nelson, son of Joseph (2) and Han- 
nah (Kellogg) Austin, was born September 
9, 1806, died January 13, 1879. He v^•as a 
farmer, and settled in Goshen, Connecticut. 
He married, March 27, 1832, Clarena Apley, 
born March 22, 1806,' died March 31, 1874. 
Children : Theodore W., see forward ; Caro- 
line Louisa, lx)rn ]\Iay 31, 1836, died January 
21, 1907; Luther Edward, born September 9, 
1S38, died July 14, 1841. 

(\T) Theodore W., eldest child of Nelson 
and Clarena (Apley) Austin, was lnjrn in 
Goshen, Connecticut, August 5, 1833, died at 
Plymouth, February 23, 1884. He was edu- 
cated in the public schools of his native town, 
and followed farming there during his youth. 
He then engaged in business as the proprietor 
of a livery stable at Torrington, and after- 
ward located at Plymouth, where he had a 
livery stable and a stage business. He was a 
prominent citizen and a successful man of 
affairs. In politics he was a Democrat, rep- 
resenting Goshen in the general assembly of 
Connecticut in 1873. He married (first) Sep- 
tember 27, 1854, Esther S., born February 17, 
1837, died February i. 1866, daughter of 
Stephen and Lucinda Roberts, of Goshen. 
Children: i. Wilbert N., see forward. 2. 
Emma L.. born December 28, 1863: married 
Frank L. Bunnell, of Plymouth, now living 
in Moline. Illinois : has children : Austin. Ra- 
chel and Charles. Mr. Austin married (sec- 
ond) October 16, 1867. Elizabeth A., born 
May 8, 1841, died November 4. 1876, daugh- 
ter of ]\Iarcus Obiatt, of Torrington. Chil- 
dren : 3. Elmer Grant, born January 15, 
1869; conducts a hotel at Terryville ; married 






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1-jiiiiui Miilt/. atiil li.i> liiiir cliildrcn. Mr. 
Austin iiKirrii'd (tiiinl) llattic I'oiul. 

(\Ill Wilhtrt X.. cKlcst cliil.l nf TIk-o- 
dorc \\ . aiul llslhcr S. (KoIktIs) Austin, 
was liorn in ( insiu-n, June 23, 1859. lie was 
ediKali'd in the pulilic scIikdIs dI tliat town. 
Torrin,L;ti>n an<l I'lynunitli, and during; lii> 
boyliund worked lur his father in tlie sta^e 
business and tlie livery staltlc. I'or seven 
years he drove the stage, later |>urchascd the 
business, tLK>k a partner, and continued it un- 
der the firm name of Austin & (iregory. At 
the end oi five years he was the sole proprie- 
tor, and now lias a well-etpiipped livery, sale 
and exchange stable in Thomaston, and aKo 
in Plymouth. In politics he is a Democrat, 
has rcpresentcil the town in the general as- 
sembly in 1892 and 1808. ami has served on 
a number of important committees, lie is a 
conunuuicant and senior warden in the Prot- 
estant Kpi-copal churdi. and is a member of 
Franklin Loilge. lndei)endcnt ( )rder of (Jdd 
Fellows, of rhoma>ton. Mr. Austin mar- 
ried, December jo, 1882, Minnie Isal>el Mat- 
toon, l)orn July 27, 18(11, youngest daughter 
of Iharles II. ami lane (Sanfordi Mattoon. 
Children; KlKworth Welles, i)orn May 2^, 
1891; .\rline. July 8. 1893; Roland Mattoon. 
January 2^. 1895. 

( The KclloRg Line). 

( Iin Deacon Samuel Kellogg, son of Lieu- 
tenant Josejili Kellogg ((|. v.), was born at 
Hadley, .*septcmiier 28, \f)l't2. Me married at 
Hartford, September 22, i(>87. .Sarah, born 
Sejitember 19, i(^>(>4. daughter of Deacon John 
ami Sar.ih (Watson) Slerrill. of Hartford, 
who had been brought u|) in the family of 
Colonel Stanley, who rescued her when she 
was a child from an overturned kettle of boil- 
ing soap. 

(IN) Lieutenant Jacob Kellogg, son of 
Deacon Samuel ami .Saraii ( Merrill 1 Kellogg, 
was Ixvrn Ajril 17. \(*ti), died Jrly 31, 1765. 
He married (first) Mary, Ixirn July i, 1705. 
died .\ugust 12. 1759. daughter of Captain 
Samuel and Mary (Hopkins) Sedgwick, the 
former born at Hartford in i(V)7. the latter 
liorn at>out 1(170: he niarried (second) 17(10, 
Ruth (Lee) Judd. br.ni June 14, 1703. i!ic<l 
December 2G. 1794. cfaughter of John and 
F.lizabeth (I.oomis) Lee. and widow of Wil- 
liam Judd, of Farmingtcin. 

(\' ) .Vzariah, sop of Lieutenant Jacob and 
Mary ( Se<l.g\vick ) Kellogg, was born in 1733. 
died at Harwinton. Xovembcr 5. 1806. lie 
married Hannnb. born September 12, 17,^8, 
daughter of .\i)ijah and Hannah (Cook) Cat- 
lin, of Hartford, the former liorn .\pril 6. 
1713. the latter Ixirn at Hartford, June 20, 



1717. .\t the time of her death she hail six 
chiblren. seventy-six grandchildren and fifty- 
three great-granilchiUlren. 

(\l) Hannah, daughter of .\zariali and 
Hannah (Catlin) Kellogg, married Joseph (2) 
.\u-tin ( see .\ustin l\ ). 



John Turner, ancestor of tliis 
TURN MR branch of the Turner family, 
was lx>rn in Haddam, Con- 
necticut, in the year 17(18. 

(Hi James, son of John Turner, was lK>rn 
in Haddam. in 1815. Children: I. John 
.\rnold. mentioned below. 2. .Mary P.. Iwrn 
in 1843: married Oliver W. Woodworth ; had 
no children. 

(Ill) John .\rnold, son of James Turner, 
was born in Meri<len, Connecticut, March 25, 
1839. He was a farmer, hotel keei)cr and 
merchant. 1 le was lieutenant and captain for 
a time in the civil war in the I'irst C onnccti- 
cut Heavy .\rtillery an<l after tlie war was 
captain of the Durham Company in the Con- 
necticut .National (aiard. Children, born at 
Middletown : i. P.i-njamin l-"ranklin, men- 
tioned below. 2. Saraii l-'lizabetb, Ixirn .\u- 
gust 3, 18(^)6; married Warren L. I'uller, of 
.\niesbury. Massachusetts, dealer in clothing ; 
children: Helen and Walter I'uller. 3. James 
C)lin, January 4, 1872, died .VovemlK-r 22, 
1899; married Mattie Clark, of l-"a>t (iranby. 
Connecticut: child. < )lin Turner. 5. .\melia 
Louise, .\]iril 1874: married ( ieorge ."^elleck, 
deceased, of (Greenwich, t'oimecticut : child. 
Harold Turner Selleck. 

(I\) Hon. I'.enjamin I-'ranklin Turner, 
son of John .\rnoIil Turner, was \ynrn 
at Midilletown, Connecticut, March 17. 
18(0. I le attended the pul)Iic schools of 
bis native town, private schools at Dur- 
ham, and the Durham Academy and Mid- 
dletown high school. He b.ccame a clerk 
in bis grandfather's grocery store and 
after eight years was admitted to partnership. 
.\fter six year> he bec.ime the siL- owner of 
tlie business, which he has contimied very 
successfidly to the present time. His .son. 
I'ranklin (leorgc Turner, is now associated 
in business with him. Mr. Turner has been 
treasurer and secretary of the Durant school 
district, of Mitliletown, for twenty-five years. 
He was elected to the state senate in 1908-09 
and was member of the committees on con- 
tested elections, contingent expenses and ex- 
cise, and chairman on committee of mamial 
and roll. Mr. Turner is one of the most 
prominent Free Masons in the .'stale of Con- 
necticut. He is past master <if St. John's 
Lotlge, \o. 2; member of Washington Chap- 
ter, Roval .\rch Masons, No, 0, of which he 



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is past high priest ; member of Cyrene Com- 
mandery, Knights Templar, No. 8, and he 
has taken all the Scottish Rite degrees in Free 
Masonry including the thirty-second. In 1906 
the supreme honor in Free jNIasonry in the 
state came to him, being elected I\Iost Wor- 
shipful Grand Master of Masons in the State 
of Connecticut. In politics he is a Democrat. 
He married, November 28, 1883, Jennie 
Oscella Stevens, born June 6, 1861, daughter 
of David K. Stevens, of Killingworth, Con- 
necticut, town clerk, judge of probate and 
town treasurer. Mrs. Turner is a member of 
the Congregational Church. Children: i. 
Mima Bailey, born January 3, 1885 ; married 
November 28, 1908. 2. Franklin George, Oc- 
tober 6, 1886, married Clara, daughter of 
George W. and Etta Birdsey ; children : Win- 
nifred Turner, and Benjamin Franklin Turner 
2d., born in 1910. 3. Clelie Olive, born De- 
cember 30, 1887; married, September 7, 1909, 
Dayton A. Baldwin, of Worcester, Massachu- 
setts. 4. Mildred, died in infancy. 5. Nelson 
Benjamin, January 27, 1893. 

(The Burr Line). 
(I) Benjamin Burr, the immigrant ances- 
tor, first appeared as one of the original set- 
tlers of Hartford in 1635. His name in the 
land division in 1639 as an original propri- 
etor and settler, is the first evidence of his 
presence in America. It is said that the first 
settlers of Hartford were collected from Wa- 
tertown, Newton, and other places near Bos- 
ton, and so it is certain that he was in Mas- 
sachusetts some time before his appearance 
in Hartford, and he may have been one of 
the eight hundred who came to America with 
\\'inthrop"s fleet in June, 1630. He seems to 
have been an active, energetic, thorough busi- 
ness man, who mingled but little in public af- 
fairs. He was the first of his name in Con- 
necticut, and was admitted a freeman in 1658. 
His allotment in the land division of Hart- 
ford in 1693 was six acres. He also drew 
eighteen acres in the land division of East 
Hartford in 1666. He appears to have been 
a thrifty, well-to-do settler, as he owned an- 
other house lot in the northwest part of the 
village, besides houses and lands at Greenfield, 
in Windsor. He also gave his name to one 
of the city streets. He died at Hartford, 
March 31, 1681. A monument to his memory, 
in common with the other original settlers of 
Hartford, was erected in the cemetery of the 
Central Congregational Church. His will is 
dated January 2, 1677. Children: i. Sam- 
uel, born in England ; mentioned below. 2. 
Thomas, January 26. 1645. '" Hartford. 3. 
Mary, January 15, 1656. 4. Hannah. 



(II) Samuel, son of Benjamin Burr, was 
born in England. He was made freeman at 
Hartford in May, 1658, His wife's name is 
not found. He died September 29, 1682. He 
evidently was a man of great business ability, 
and left quite a large estate. All his children 
were minors at the time of his death, and by 
the provision of his will were to possess the 
property as they came of age. Children: i. 
Samuel, born 1663. 2. John, 1670. 3. Mary, 
1673. 4. Elizabeth, 1675. 5. Jonathan, 1679, 
mentioned below. 

(III) Jonathan, son of Samuel Burr, was 
born in 1679. He settled early in Middletown, 
and married Abigail Hubbard, who was born 
in t686, daughter of Nathaniel Hubbard, and 
granddaughter of George Hubbard, of Mid- 
dleto.wn. He died January i, 1735. Children: 

I. Mary, born March 18, 1708. 2. Ebenezer, 
January 24, 171 1. 3. Jonathan. ]\Iarch 21, 
1713. 4. Nathaniel, March 23, 1717; men- 
tioned below. 5. Elizabeth, April 23, 1719. 
6. Abigail, March 12, 1724. 7. Thankful, twin 
of Abigail. 8. Hannah, April 23, 1723. 

(I\') Nathaniel, son of Jonathan IBurr, was 
born March 23, 1717. The name of his first 
wife is unknown. He married (second), Au- 
gust- 19, 1743, Sarah Porter, who was born 
October 28, 1724. He settled early in Had- 
dam, Connecticut* about six miles from his 
native town, Middletown. His house stood 
on the site of the present Methodist church, 
near the residence of his grandson, Mr. Syl- 
vester Burr. He was a farmer, a man of ath- 
letic build and capable of enduring great hard- 
ships. He died in Haddam. September 12, 
1802, and was buried in the old burying 
ground in the northwestern part of the town, 
where his tombstone may still be seen. His 
second wife, Sarah, died May 21, 1799, and 
was buried near her husband. Children, by 
first wife: i. Sarah, born November 27, 1740. 
2. Samuel, born August 27, 1741. By second 
wife: 3. Benjamin, July 26, 1746. 4. Jo- 
seph, August 26, 1748, mentioned below. 5. 
Nathaniel, April 17, 1752. 6. Jonathan, April 

II, 1756. 7. Martha, January 26, 1759. 8. 
Stephen, May 7, 1761. 9. Phebe, November 
16. 1765. 10. David, July 2, 1769. 

(V) Joseph, son of Nathaniel Burr, was 
born August 26, 1748. He married Mary 
Nolles, of Haddam. He died in Haddam, 
May 25, 1835. His wife Mary died Septem- 
ber 5, 1835. He and his fi'.e brothers were 
in the revolutionary war. Jonathan Burr was 
a captain in the continental army, and after 
the war became a farmer in Haddam. Of the 
six brothers. Samuel, Benjamin, Joseph, Na- 
thaniel, Captain Jonathan, and Stephen, all of 
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continental army, Stephen, the youngest, 
failed to return to liis family and friends, nor 
were any certain tidings of his fate ever re- 
ived. Years after, a neighbor claimed to 
i\c met and spoken with him while on a ped- 
(limg tour in the far South, but his report was 
generally discredited ; it is probable that he per- 
ished on some one of the battle fields of the 
revolution. Children of Joseph Uurr, born in 
Haddam: i. Joseph, born 1779; mentioned 
below. 2. Mary, who married Mr. Bristle, of 
Madison. 3. Martha, who married Mr. Ste- 
vens, of Durham. 

(\l) Jo>eph (2), son of Josepli ( i) Burr, 
\\;is born in 1779, in lla<lflam. Me married, 
December 26, 1803, Huldah Bailey, of Had- 
dam. He died October 13. 1H44, anti his wife 
died .March 30. 1837. Children, bcirn in Had- 
dam: I. Aima, born April 2'). 1S06; married 
Dan forth Stevens, of Killing worth. Connecti- 
cut. 2. Joseph, March 9. 1S08. 3. Esther, 
January 31, 1810, married Hiram Hubbard. 
4. Pcgg>'. November 12. iSi 1 : married I'rain- 
ard I'.ailey; their daughter, Jemimah Bailey, 
irried John .Arnold Turner (see Turner). 
\sher. September 17, 1813. (>. Sarah, Jan- 
IV 16, 1S15: married Lewis l)avis. 7. Ja- 
,' lidy 2h,"iSi7. 8. Richard, July 16, 1820. 
iluldah. July i, 1822. 10. .\nna, June 6, 
---7. II. Henry, .\pril 6, 1829. 



William Bunnell, immigrant 

BUNNELL ancestor, was liorn in Eng- 
land, and settled early in' New 
' iven. He married Ann. daughter of Benja- 

II W'ilmot, who in his will dated .\ugust 7, 
1669, mentions the four children of his (laugh- 
ter as heirs of his small estate. Probably both 
^^ illiam and .\nn were dead at that time. 

ildrcn: Benjamin, mentioned below; Mary, 

•n May 4. 1650: Ebenezcr. August 28. 1653; 

r other. 

til) Benjamin, son of William Bunnell, 
was born before 1630. and was admitted a 
freeman in 1670. He was in New Haven in 
• 1668, but soon afterward settletl at Walling- 
ford. He married Mary Brooks. Children : 
Rebecca, 1667: Rebecca, February ji. 1^168: 
Abner, 1676: Benjamin, mentioned below: 
Nathaniel. 

(Ill) Sergeant Benjamin (2) Bunnell, son 
of Benjamin ( i ) Bunnell, was born about 

1680. He married (first") Hannah , 

who died November 16, 1716: (second) Au- 
gust 2, 1717, r\Ttience Miles. He was one of 
the earliest settlers of New Milford. and died 
there .\ugust 20. 1740. Children, born at New 
Milford: Rebecca. March 8. 1701. married 
Ebenezer Bostwick : Hannah. .April 11. 1702; 
Benjamin, .\pril 28. 1704: Solomon. October 



2j, 1706; Gershom, mentioned below; Isaac, 
August 29, 1713: Keziah, October 17, 17 — . 

(1\') Gershom, son of Sergeant Benjamin 
(2) I'lUnnell, was Iwrn at New Milford, .May 
I, 1708. He married, at Slratfurd. l-'airfield 
county, January 17. 1728-29. Mari^aret John- 
son. I heir descendant- lived in Danbury and 
other towns in l-'airtield county. 

(\'I) Joseph, grandson of Gershom Bun- 
nell, lived in Danbury, i'airfield county. He 
was a soldier in the revolution, a private in 
Captain Charles Smith's company. General 
\\ aterbury's brigade, and served under Wash- 
ington at Phillipsbnrg in 1781. Gershom lUin- 
nell, bis brother, was in Danbury in 1790. ac- 
cording to the federal census, and had one 
son under sixteen and one female in his fam- 
ily. .\ Job Bimnell of BnH)klield in the >ame 
county is the only other fnund in the census 
returns. Joseph must have been omitted or 
his name is misspelled. He married, at Wes- 
ton, -April 7, 1793, Esther Gilbert. .Among 
their children were Beale. Zar anti Giles. 

(VH) Beale, son of Joseph Bunnell, was 
born in Weston. Connecticut, died at the age 
of sixty-si,\ years. He was a carpenter and 
builder and resided at Greenfield, Connecticut. 
He married Anna, daughter of David and 
Deborah (Buckley) Davis. Her father was 
the eldest of eight children : David. Joseph, 
Samuel, Ann, Jeremiah. Daniel, Doctor and 
Sally Davis, and he lived to the age of one 
humlred and one years. .All the men of this 
family were more than six feet in height. 
Children of Beale and .Anna Bunnell : Samuel 
Gilbert, .Anna Davis. Harriet B., Sarah H., 
Elizabeth B.. Beale D., John W., William H., 
mentioned below, George B. and Joseph E. 

(\III) William Henry, son of Beale Bun- 
nell, was Ixirn May 30. 1833, at what is known 
as Hull's Farms. Greenfield, Connecticut. His 
schooling was limited to the winter terms of 
the district school. Until he was nineteen he 
assisted bis- father on the farm and at his 
trade. He was then apprenticed to the car- 
riage-maker's trade in the shop of Charles 
Curtis, at Stratford. On the memorable morn- 
ing of the Norwalk disaster on the New A'orlr, 
New Haven & Hartford railroad in May, 
1853. he left Stratford and found employment 
as an apprentice in the carriage-making busi- 
ness of Z. M. Miller. Bridgeport, a branch of 
the firm of Thompson & U'ooil, later Hincks 
& Johnson, Bfoad street. He later entered the 
employ of T. C. Robbins. carriage builder, at 
Wolcottville. Connecticut, as a journeyman. 
He was persuaded by his brother, while on a 
visit to the farm. July 4. 1834. to return to 
the |iomestead. but in the following month 
he returned to Bridgeport to work for Smith 



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& IJarlijw, carriage-wood benders. Afterward 
he returned home to assist his brother in build- 
ing a house, and in January following entered 
the employ of Thomas & Wood, carriage 
makers. In ]\Iay, 1856, he returned to Smith 
& Barlow's shop and continued until he aban- 
doned his trade, January i, 1862. He was 
appointed by the board of selectmen super- 
intendent of the poor of the town, and held 
this office four years. He then engaged in 
the real estate and building business in part- 
nership with his father-in-law, Edward C. 
Foster. In the following autumn he went to 
Westport, Connecticut, where he built a house, 
and for three years was engaged in the build- 
ing and contracting business. His return to 
public office was accidental and unexpected. 

One Sunday night he received a message 
from the Bridgeport selectmen that the keeper 
of the town farm had died suddenly and re- 
quested him to call the following morning. 
He responded and made a contract with the 
town to take charge of the poor, and he con- 
tinued under this contract for fourteen years. 
The old town farms had been sold to P. T. 
Earnum, the show man, and a new farm 
known as the Lake View farm purchased and 
new buildings erected on the present location 
in the north part of the town. At the expira- 
tion of his contract, April i, 1884, Mr. Bun- 
nell was engaged under salary to continue in 
his position as superintendent of the poor, 
and he remained in the service of the city until 
April I, 1896. From that time until his death 
he devoted himself to the real estate business, 
having an office in Bridgeport. 

In politics he was Independent, and though 
having no party ties, was called to various 
offices of trust and honor. In his younger 
days he was a member of the hook and ladder 
company. Reindeer Hose Company, of the 
\'olunteer Fire Department of Bridgeport. He 
served for five years on the school committee 
of Westport: he was a justice of the peace for 
six years ; was a member of the court of 
burgesses for two years ; warden two years, 
and for two years was a member of the board 
of assessors of Bridgeport and two years a 
member of the board of relief. In West 
Stratford, which was annexed to the city of 
Bridgeport in 1889, he lived- many years. He 
was a prominent member of St. John's Lodge, 
Free and Accepted ^Masons ; Jerusalem Chap- 
ter, Royal .A-rch Masons ; Hamilton Command- 
ery. Knights Templar, and Raymond Temple, 
M}'stic Shrine. He was a member of the 
board of associated charities, and at the time 
of his retirement as suj)erintendent was ap- 
pointed by the county commissioners one of 
the visitors to the Children's Home, Norwalk. 



Few men in Bridgeport showed more earnest 
public spirit and accomplished more for the 
public welfare than he. He was popular and 
possessed the confidence and respect of all 
classes in the city. Of magnificent phvsique, 
attractive personality and kindly manner, he 
made friends readily and was beloved by all 
who knew him. He and his wife were mem- 
bers of the Newfield Methodist Episcopal 
Church, in which he held all the offices, and 
he was one of its staunchest supports during 
his active life. He resided at No. 432 Sea- 
view Avenue, Bridgeport, where his death oc- 
curred November 20, 1908. 

Mr. Bunnell married, November 20, 1856, 
Julia G., daughter of Edward C. and Eliza 
(Dobbs) Foster, of Danbury. Her father was 
of an old New England family of English an- 
cestry ; he came to Bridgeport in 1840, and 
died there at the age of seventy-six, a car- 
penter by trade. Her mother, who bore him 
six children, died aged eighty-eight years. 
Children of Mr. and Mrs. Bunnell : i. William 
H., a physician, practicing in Bridgeport ; mar- 
ried ^iiargaret Bogart ; children: Clara, Alice, 
Harold. 2. Sarah J., married Meriden Nash, 
son of Rev. Albert Nash, of the Methodist 
church: she died in 1885: they had one son, 
William Albert, married Alice Burkhardt. 3. 
Edward, died aged four years. 4. Julia A., 
married Frank \V. Hawley, of Hartford: chil- 
William Albert, married Alice Burkhardt. 3. 
Dr. George, now an assistant at Sheldrake-on- 
Cayuga, New York. 6. and 7. Edward and 
Frederick, twins, died young. 8. Mary Grace, 
married Stephen A. Norton : resides at Utica, 
New York: children: Richard, William. 9. 
Francis G., a machinist, residing at Bridge- 
port. 

John Hurd, immigrant ancestor,. 
HURD came first to Windsor, Connecti- 
cut, and was among the first set- 
tlers of Stratford, in 1639. He married, De- 
cember 15, 1662, Sarah, daughter of John 
Thompson, who is supposed to have been his 
second wife. She married (second) Thomas 
Barnum, of Danbury, Connecticut. His will 
was dated February 18, 1679. and the inven- 
tory of his estate, ^larch 4, 1681-82, amounted 
to five hundred and four pounds ten shillings. 
According to the inscription on his gravestone- 
he was sixty-eight years old when he died. 
He mentioned in his will two sons, John and 
Isaac, his wife Sarah, and his daughters, 
though not by name. To the latter he gave 
all his land on White Hill to be divided among 
them. He also mentioned Mary, wife of John 
Bennett, and Abigail, wife of Samuel Bissell, 
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a brother Ailainr'Tlic name Hiinl i> vari- 
ously spcllcil Heard, " Herd, Hard, Hurd, 
Hoord, Ilunl. Children: J<.>hn, born Decem- 
ber 16, 1664, mentioned beluw; Sarah, I'cb- 
ruary, 1665; Hannah, September. 1667; Isaac, 
June 2, iCtdg; Jacob, November 16, 1671, died 
younp; Esther, Auj^ust 20, 1676; Abigail, Feb- 
ruary 12, 1679, died in 1683; Marv. August 
15, 1683. 

(H) John (2), son of John (i) Hurd. was 
born December 16, 1664. He lived in Strat- 
ford village, and died March 7, 1731. His 
will was dated March 4, 1731-32. and proved 
'iich 16. 1731-32. He married. January 5, 

,-'. .Abigail W'allis, who died August 28, 
V -S. Children: Jonathan, born Ajiril 2j, 
1694; Hester. May 9, i6<;6; John. I'ebruary 
I (. 17(X): Ebcnezer. .\pril 7, 1703; Nathan. 

lober II. 1705; Jabez, March 12, 1707-08; 

igail. I\'l)ruary 8, 1710-11; Enos. March 
12. 1713: Ephraim, September 20. 1715. 

( III ) John (3). son of John (2) Hurd. was 
burn I'ehruary 14. 1700. He married Sarah 

. Children: Gillead. born September 9, 

1733. mentioned below; Rhoda. ()ct'>!ier 18, 
1735; Levi, October i. 1738; Rhoda. August 
26, 1742. 

( IV) Gillead or "Gillard," son of John (3) 
Hurd. was born September 9. 1733. lie mar- 
ried Elizabeth . Children : \\i Icott, 

born I7'>4; Silas, February 12. i7'V3: John M.. 
November 30, 1769; Truman, February 2^, 
1772; Daniel, February 16, 1774: Sarah. Octo- 
ber 15. i77'». Gilleail Hiird was living in 1790 
at Stratford, according to the first federal 
census, ami had three males over sixteen and 
one female in his family at that time. 

(V) Truman, son of Gillead or Gillard 
Hurd. was born at Stratford. February 23. 
1772. Son, Ebenezer. 

(\"I) Ebenezer, son of Truman Hurd, was 
born in Stratford. He married Frances 
Wheeler. ( )nly child. Truman Ebenezer. 

(\'II) Truman Ebenezer. son of Ebenezer 
Hurd. was horn at Southbury, Connecticut, 
in 1847, died in 1888. He was educated in 
the conunon schools. For iiiany years he was 
a m;mutacturer of pajier in Southbury. He 
married Frances Eliza Wheeler. Ixirn at 
Southbury in 1852. Children: Mary Frances, 
born i8f>7. married Louis A. Mansfield in 
August. 1900; Katherinc Eliza, born 1868. 
unmarried: Henry Baldwin Harrison, men- 
tioned Ih'Iow. 

(\'IIh Henry Baldwin Harrison, son of 
Truman F.bcnezer Hurd. was born at South- 
bury. July 22, 18(19. He attended the public 
schools of his native town, and later grad- 
uated from the high school of New Haven. 
He took up the study of medicine at the Yale 



Medical School in 1890, but did not graduate. 
He was employcfl for a tir ' firm of 

.•\ustiii .Man>(ield & .Son. b , .W-w 

Haven. Sub".ei|uently he v. rl with 

the Derby Lumber Company, of Derby, Con- 
necticut, cf which he became the treasurer 
and general manager, and continued with this 
concern until i9o<j. He then conducted a 

wholesale lumber Ini ■ ''-r his own 

name for a time in n. Then he 

formed the Mil ford 1 ■ >mi)any and 

conducted it several ycais. He is treasurer 
and general manager of the New England 
Stone Com|>any at tli line, and this 

concern manulacturi inc. He is 

a member of the <Ji; Uib of New 

Haven; of Hiran) I. 1. of New- 

Haven ; of Franklin > •'. 17, Royal 

Arch Masons; Harnioir, Lwuiicd. Rnyal and 
Select Masters, of New Haven: .New Haven 
Coniniandery. No. 2, Knights Tc: ' ' '.;c 
of Perfection. New Haven (.1 c 

Croi.v and Elm City Council. I'm . '" 

salcm ; Lafayette Court of New Haven. He 
has taken all the degrees of Scottish Rite Ma- 
sonry, including the thirty-second. He i> a 
member of St. Thomas Protestant Ei)isco]>al 
Church and has been a vestryman for a num- 
ber of years. He is immarried. 

John Hubbcrd, immigrant 
HL'BBlvRD ancestor, wa^ prohrtblv horn 
in F.i: ■ ' ! e 

related to the Hingli 

He was an inhabitaiii >■■... "ii- 

setts, as early as 1670. He removed to Kox- 
bury and served in King Philip's war in Cap- 
tain Isaac Johnson's com]3any, 1675-76. He 
married Rebecca Wells. She joined the 
church February 17. 1683. He went to Wood- 
stock. Connecticut (New Roxbury or .Mashe- 
niequil), settled by forty Roxbury -families 
who left Roxbury, July 21. i6S<'>. John Hub- 
bard was an original proprietor. Chiliren of 
John antl Rebecca Hubbard: Rachel, baptized 
.\pril 13. 1684; Rebecca, baptized .\pril 13, 
1684; Sarah. September 21. 16S4: Mary, bap- 
tized -April II, 1(186: John, mentioned Ik'Iow. 
(II) John (2). son of John (i) Hubbcrd. 
was born at Woodstock. May 3, 16S9. died 
after 1731. He was one of the petitioners for 
the charter of the town of Pom fret, set off 
from Woodstock, dated in 1713. He bought 
the homestead of John .\dams in 1710. It is 
located between Canterbury and Mortlake. He 

married Elizabeth —. Children, born at 

Wooilstock : Benjamin: Joseph, mentioned 
below ; Jonas, died in Canterbury ; Elizabeth, 
died September 23. 1754: Timothy, died 
March 9. 1758. 



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(III) Joseph, son of John (2) Hubberd, 
was born at Pomfret. Connecticut, about 
1720. He removed to Salisbury, Connecticut, 
and located at Tory Hill. He bought a farm 
of one hundred and forty-five acres, four- 
teenth lot, near Middle Pond in Salisbury of 
John and Experience Palmer for three hun- 
dred pounds sterling, June 18, 1774, by war- 
rantee deed (see Salisbury land records, vol. 
7, p. 102). Pie was a Loyalist during the 
revolution, though a personal friend of Gen- 
eral Israel Putnam, his neighbor. He mar- 
ried at Pomfret, July 5, 1744, Deborah, daugh- 
ter of Joseph Cleveland (see Cleveland). 
Children : Luther, Jesse, Olive, Sybil, Par- 
ley, mentioned below. 

(IV) Parley, son of Joseph Hubberd, was 
born in Pomfret about 1767, died in 1848. 
He removed to Salisbury with his parents in 
1781. He was a large and successful farmer, 
owning the land where the Hotchkiss School 
is located at Lakeville, Connecticut. He was 
captain in the state militia. He married Anna, 
daughter of John and Sarah (Landon) Cat- 
lin, of Salisbury. Children: i. Hiram Bos- 
worth, born 1796, died March 21, 1869; mar- 
ried Polly Dean, of Canaan. 2. Joseph Au- 
gustus, born 1800, died 1877, at Honesdale, 
\\'ayne county, Pennsylvania : married Daphne 
Bushnell. 3. John Henry, mentioned below. 
4. Alexander, born 1806, died June, 1881 ; 
married Mandane Van Deusen ; children: 
Jane, James, John Henry, Edwin, Anna. 

(V) Hon. John Henry Hubberd, son of 
Parley Hubberd, was born in Salisbury. March 
24, 1804, died July 30, 1872, in Litchfield. 
He received a good education in the district 
schools and became especially proficient in 
mathematics and Latin. He was qualified to 
teach school at the age of fifteen )'ears. He 
was a lifelong student, however, and a man 
of many attainments. He began to study law 
in the office of Hon. Elisha Sterling, of Salis- 
bury, and was admitted to the bar before he 
was twenty-two years old. He established 
himself in the practice of his profession at 
Lakeville, Connecticut, and resided there for 
thirty years. In 1847-49 he was a state sen- 
ator from the seventeenth district. He was 
appointed state attorney for Litchfield county 
in 1849 and held the oflice four years. In 
politics he was originally a Whig, afterward 
a Republican and a leader of his party. He 
gave earnest support to the government dur- 
ing the civil war and helpted to recruit the 
Thirteenth and Niifeteenth regiments. In 
1863 he was elected to the thirty-eighth con- 
gress and re-elected to congress in 1865 from 
the fourth district. He served his district 
with ability and distinction. He was an able 



and successful lawyer and continued in prac- 
tice until shortly before his death. The fol- 
lowing tribute by his neighbor and friend, 
Plon. Henry B. Graves, was published in a 
Litchfield newspaper at the time of his death : 
"The Hon. John H. Hubberd died in this vil- 
lage on the 30th of July, 1872. The deceased 
was born in Salisbury in November, 1804, and 
was therefore at his death past sixty-seven 
years of age. He was admitted to the Litch- 
field county bar in April, 1826, and soon after 
commenced practicing law in his native town, 
in the village of Lakeville, where he con- 
tinued in a very successful business until about 
seventeen years since, when he removed to 
Litchfield. Here he was constantly occupied 
in his profession, being engaged in most of 
the important cases tried in our higher courts 
until his election to Congress in 1863 from 
this district. He was again returned to Con- 
gress in 1865. Plaving served his four years 
in Congress, he again returned to the prac- 
tice of law and continued it till within a few 
weeks of his death. He was very industrious, 
energetic and persevering; never discouraged 
by an adverse decision, where there was an 
opportunity to pursue the cause of his client 
further, and was often victorious in the court 
of review, where he had been overruled in 
the inferior courts. In the course of his pro- 
fessional career he had a lucrative practice 
and for many years was one of the more 
prominent lawyers in this county. He served 
five years as State Attorney of the county, in 
which position he gave general satisfaction ; 
he was also State Senator from the 17th dis- 
trict two terms and served in various other 
public relations and in all of them acquitted 
himself with honor. He was a good citizen; 
liberal, kind and generous to the poor, and 
always ready to contribute his full share to 
all objects of worthy charity. As a husband 
and parent he could not do enough for those 
so nearly connected to him and his aft'ections 
knew no bounds or limit. The deceased leaves 
a widow, three sons and a daughter surviving 
him, to mourn his loss. Though his death had 
been expected for several days, owing to the 
character of his disease, yet our community 
was not prepared to meet with so great an 
affliction and deeply sympathize with the 
stricken family in their great sorrow." 

He married (first) Julia A. Dodge. He 
married (second) September 18. 1855, Abby 
Jane Wells, born at Litchfield, in 1826, died 
September 30, 1908, daughter of Tomlinson 
and Electa (Smith) Wells, granddaughter of 
Philip and Elizabeth (Tomlinson) Wells. 
Hezekiah Wells, father of Philip, was son of 
Thomas, grandson of John, and great-grand- 




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787 



son ot John Wclh, i>i Mrati.inl, I Diinccticut. 
Jolin, la>t niL-ntioncd, was sun <>l Governor 
Thomas Wells, of whom a sketch is j^iven 
elscwlierc in this work. Chihlrcn: 1. John 
'romlinson, mentioned below. 2. riiilip Par- 
ley (twin I, June 9, 1859, cashier of the Litch- 
Held .National Hank; married, .May 9, 1896, 
Harriet .\. Cook, of I.owell, Massachusetts; 
children: Miriam, horn I'ehruary 21, 1897; 
Harriet, May 13. i<>o-». 3. .\nna Klecta 
(twin), died Decemher II, 1909. 4. Frank 
\\ells. Anjiust 2. iS'15: attorney, le(4al ad- 
viser of the New York .Street Railway : mar- 
ried. Novenilier 18, i8<<i, < irace \\ . Keese. of 
Brooklyn. New York. Chihlren : tjrace 
Louise, liorn March iS. 1893; W.ildron Wells. 
July 10. i8i/>. 

(\'I( Jolin Tomlinson, son of Hon. John 
Henry Huhherd. was horn in Litchlielil, .No- 
vemher 3. 1856. He attended the public 
schools tliere and i^raduated from Yale Col- 
IcRc with the degree of .A.I'., in the class of 
1880 and from the Yale Law School in the 
class of 1883. He was admitted to the bar in 
1883. He heyan to practice law in I^keville, 
but s«.x>n after located at Litchtield. where he 
has always rcside<l. lie has been a menil)er 
of the bar examinin!.j committee since it was 
formed. He represented the town in the gen- 
eral assembly in i<x>i-o3 an»l served on the 
judiciary committee. He is now serving his 
second term as judge of probate of the Litch- 
field district, r.esides an extensive law prac- 
tice, he has a real estate business. He is a 
director in the Litchfield Mutual Insurance 
Company and trustee of the Litchfield Sav- 
ings I'.ank. He is jiresident of the Lcho Farm 
Company. In religion he is an Lpiscopalian. 
He is unmarrieil. 

(The Clcvclnnd I.inc). 
(II ) Josiah Cleveland, son of Moses Cleve- 
land (q. v.). was I)orn in W'oburn. Massa- 
chusetts, February 26, \()iih-Uj, died at Can- 
terbury, Connecticut, .\pril 26, 1709. He 
married, at Chelmsford. .Massachusetts, about 
16S0. Mary, born there May 8, i(i<)7. died at 
Canteriuiry. July 20. 1743, tiaugbtcr of John 
and Mary Bates. He served in the Indian 
wars, 1(188-89, probably in Maine. He settlc<l 
in Chelmsford in i'>8<). ,ns did his brotlier 
Samuel. In i(h73 he followed Sauuiel to 
Plainticld. the part afterwards Canterbury, 
when there was only one white or English 
family in the town, and the west side of the 
Quinuebaug river was first settled, 1(190. In 
ifio8 be, Sanuiel and others were made 
trustee^ of lands west of the Quinue- 
baug river by ( hvaneco, chief of the Mahi- 

canni nr \!i ilu-'juw riiiil in Hmii hr i.iir- 



chasi-d one lumdred . 
(Jwaueco, "ihen bein 

his l.r.tl,.-, ,,„l ,.<1„ ■ 
9. ■'- 

and 

ten "oi ilic ol.k.-.i aud mo^ii icaiiviicil luhalu 
tants" of the place who were ap|>ointed to 
assume the jurisdiction of their territory, and 
re|M.rtc.l June 13. 1701, the result, lieccm- 
ber 24, 1702, Samuel. Josiah and Isaac were 
among the freeholders and proprietors of 
I'lainlield applying for a separate township, 
and it was divided (Jctol)er, 1703. and the 
west siile named Canterbury. \\ idow Cleve- 
land was a<lmitted t ''■ '■■•' ' ' 15, 

1712. She married \, 

January 22, 1721-22. t 

well, being his second \\\ic, lie died before 
1743. She died July 20, 174V <'luldron: \n- 
siali, b<jrn Octobir 7. i'" ' ' ' 

Joseph, June 13, 1692, 

Mary, March 7, 1^)94, at ' 

June 28. i(n)<). at Chelmsfor<l; Jonathan, Iwrn 
at Chelmsford, died there, .\j)ril 5, l<)98; 
Henry, Decemlier 22. i(»f): Jonathan, alx>ut 
1701, died at Canterbury, July 15, 1713; Ra- 
chel, about 1703, at Canterbury; Lydia. De- 
cember 7, 1704, at Canterbury: Deliverance 
(son), July 13. 1707. at Canterbury; .\biel or 
.\bigail, < Jctober 9, 1709. at Canterbury. 

(Ill I Joseph, son of Josiah Cleveland, was 
born at Ihelmsford. June 13. \(>^2. died at 
Canterbury, May 11 or 12, 1752. Ca|>tain 
Joseph Cleveland was a prominent man in 
Canterbury and active in all jiublic m;ittcrs. 
He was one of the wealthy men of the town. 
He and his wife Delxjrali entereil covenant 
July 6, 1710. On Decemlier 20. 1720, he was 
chosen grand juryman. He was in the gen- 
eral assembl) in May, 1731. He was captain 
of the train baud of Canterbury, romfret and 
Mortlake, ap|winted by the assembly in (Jcto- 
bcr, 1733. He married (first) at Canterbury, 
May 19. 1717. Deborah Huttcrfield. Kirn at 
Chelmsford, .\ugust 20, 1(187. dicil at Canter- 
bury, November 10 or 14, 1724, daughter of 
Samuel and Mary lUitterfield. He married 
(second), June 26, 1725, .Mary, daughter of 
John \\'oo<lward. Benjamin Buttcrfield, father 
of Samuel lUitterfield, was Ixirn in Lngland, 
and was in Charlestown. Massachusetts, in 
1(138. and subscribed to town orders in W'o- 
burn, Massachusetts, in 1640: was in Xaam- 
keek, Chelmsford, in 1634: he married (first) 

Ann and had son Samuel, liorn in 

W'oburn, May 17. 1647. who married Mary 

and had daughter Delmrah. Children : 

Jonas, iKim Octolier i(>. 1718; Sybil, January 
7, 1720: John. December 31, 1721 : DelKirab, 
ViiL'ii^t II i~j() ui.irru'il. .(t ('.ititfiliiirx liilv 



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5, 1/44, Joseph Hubberd (see Hubberd III) ; 
Bridget, August 12, 1728; Joseph, January 19, 
1730; Jonathan, November 24, 1737; Jesse, 
October 20, 1739. 



Dr. WiUiam James Butler, a 
CUTLER leading physician of New Ha- 
ven is of Irish ancestry. His 
father, Thomas Butler, was born in Ireland in 
1845 and came to this country at the age of 
fifteen. He made his home in Hartford, Con- 
necticut. He married Bridget Baker, also a 
native of Ireland, who came with her parents 
to America in 1852, when she was about two 
years old. Children : Thomas ; Francis ; Mar- 
garet ; William James, mentioned below ; Cath- 
erine C, born June 20, 1876, unmarried. 

(II) Dr. William James, son of Thomas 
Butler, was born at Hartford, October 16, 
1870. He attended the public schools of his 
native city and graduated from the high 
school. In 1887 he entered Niagara College, 
near Buffalo, New York, and was graduated 
in the class of 1891. In 1891 and 1892 he 
attended medical lectures and visited many of 
the great hospitals of London, Berlin and 
Dublin. He began the real study of his pro- 
fession in the Long Island College Hospital 
of New York City and was graduated with 
the degree of M. D. in 1895. He began to 
practice at Pittsburg, Pennsylvania. After 
about a year there he came to New Haven, in 
April, 1896, and has been in general practice 
as a physician and surgeon in that city ever 
since. From 1896 to 1904 he was police sur- 
geon of the city of New Haven. He was ap- 
pointed health commissioner of New Haven 
in 1908 for a term of five years. He is a mem- 
ber of the staff of St. Raphael's Hospital of 
New Haven ; examining surgeon for a num- 
ber of insurance companies. In politics he is 
a Democrat. He has contributed articles of 
value to the medical publications and press 
from time to time. He is a member of the 
Connecticut State Medical Society, the New 
Haven City and County Medical Society, the 
American Medical Association, the Union 
League Club of New Haven, the New Llaven 
Gentlemen's Driving Club, and the Second 
Company, Governor's Foot Guards of New 
Haven. Honorary member of the Celtic 
Medical Society of Connecticut, Chamber of 
Commerce of New Haven, New Flaven Lodge 
of Elks and several fraternal societies ; among 
some are the Woodmen of the World, Hepta- 
sophs, Maccabees, and Foresters. He is also 
a director in the Organized Charities of New 
Haven. 

Dr. Butler is unmarried. His office is at 
712 Howard avenue, New Haven. 



Robert Dunbar, immigrant an- 
DUNBAR cestor, was born in Scotland, 
in 1630. His name is believed 
to have been derived from the ancient Scot- 
tish city of the same name. It is also a gen- 
eral belief in the family that he was descend- 
ant of George, Earl Dunbar, in the regular 
line. Ninian Dunbar, founder of the Dunbar 
family of Grange Hill, born in 1575, had a 
son, Robert, who is supposed to have been 
the Robert mentioned above. Robert Dunbar, 

the immigrant, married Rose , and in 

1655 settled in Hingham, Massachusetts. It 
was the general opinion that he brought with 
him a considerable sum of money to begin 
life in the new country, inasmuch as for years 
there were but two men in the town who paid 
a higher tax than he. He died October 5, 
1693, and his wife, November 10, 1700. Chil- 
dren, born in Hingham: John, December i, 
1657, mentioned below; Mary, October 25, 
1660: Joseph, March 13, 1662; James, June 
I, 1664; Robert Jr., September 6, 1666: Peter, 
November i, 1668; Joshua, October 6, 1670; 
Hannah. 

(II) John, son of Robert Dunbar, was born 
in Hingham, December i, 1657. He married 
(first), July 4, 1679, Mattithiah, daughter of 
George and Catherine Aldridge, of Dorches- 
ter, Massachusetts. He married (second), 
July 24, 1700, Elizabeth Beecher, of New 
Haven, Connecticut. After his death his sec- 
ond wife willed all her property to her own 
children, and cut off altogether the children of 
the first marriage. In 1697 or 1698 he re- ■ 
moved to New Haven. Children of first wife : 
Susanna; Lydia; John, mentioned below. 
Children of second wife: Elizabeth, born 
March 27, 1701 ; James (twin). June 28, 1703, 
died young; Joseph (twin), died young; Jo- 
seph, October 9, 1704; James, April 30, 1708; 
Lydia, October i, 1714; Ebenezer, November 
9, 1718. 

(HI) John (2), son of John (i) Dunbar, 
married, June 14, 1716, Elizabeth Fenn, born 
April 29, 1692, daughter of Edward and Mary 
(Thorpe) Fenn, who were married Novem- 
ber 15, 1688. She died in 1751. John Dun- 
bar died May 13, 1746. Children: Mary, born 
September 26, 1717 ; Sarah, February 7, 17/9; 
Edward, April- 9, 1722; John, September 28, 
1724, mentioned below; Samuel, December 18, 
1726: Elizabeth, May 5, 1729: Hannah, April 
20, 1733. ' 

(IV) John (3), son of John (2) Dunbar, 
was born September 28, 1724, in Wallingford, 
Connecticut. He married Temperance Hall, 
born in Wallingford, April 16, 1727, died May 
26, 1770. Her husband died before that date, 
and both were buried in Plvmouth, Connecti- 




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cut. Diiriiif,' tlic revolution lie was one of 
three commis>aries in W'aterliury, chosen to 
furnish su|>plies to the continental army. Chil- 
dren : Miles, incntioneil below ; .\Io>es ; Dinah ; 
Joel ; John : Aaron ; Joel ; Lucina ; John ; 
Charity; Atla, died ApriT 12, 181 J ; ^follic ; 
David (twin), born May 26, 1770; Jonathan 
(twin I. 

(\') Miles, son of John (3) Dunbar, was 
born in \\ allinj^ford or IMyinouth, but re- 
moved to Oblontr, New York, prior to 1818. 
He was a lite major during; the revolution; 
enlisted March 31. 1777, at \\ aterbnry, Con- 
necticut ; served until discharged March 30, 
17S0, in New York. He liecamc overtaxed 
at the battle of Monmouth, and on his way 
home was taken sick at Newtown, .\ew York. 
His expenso at this time were paid by the 
state ot New York, .iml the -same state after- 
wards, in iSiS, ])cnsioneil him. .Alter the war 
he studied law with Es<|uire lUitler, and fol- 
lowed that vocation the remainder of his life. 
In 1776 he joined the l'oni;rc).;ational church 
at Plymouth, lie marrietl. May 1. 1779, I ry- 
phose, daughter of Isaac and Rebecca Kut- 
ler. She was born in W aterluiry, Cnnnecticut. 
May 15, I75'>. Children: l>aial); Clarissa; 
John; Lucrelia; lUiller, mentioned below; 
Jenas ; (.alvin ; Miles. 

(\'I) Hutler, sou of .Miles Dunbar, was 
born l"ebruary I. 1791. in I'lymoutb. lie was 
a musician in the war of 1812 under John 
P.uckingham. and later was in the clock busi- 
ness with Titus .Merriam. When quite young 
he removed to the west and became a farmer. 
He was actively connected with the Congre- 
gational church in his new home, Monroe 
towiisliip, Mahaska county, Iowa, and for 
manv vears before h\> death bore the title of 
"Father Dunbar." He died October 18, 1868. 
He married Lucina, daughter of Thomas 
Wclcher and Lucina (Dunbar) Painter, the 
latter a sister of his father. Children: Wil- 
liam P.utler, born June 28, 181 1; Edward 
Lucien. .\pril 23. 1S15, mentioned below; 
Emily. 

(\TI) Edward Lucien, son of Butler Dun- 
bar, was born .\i)ril 23, 18 15, in Springfield, 
Pennsylvania, ."shortly after his birth he was 
brought by his ])arents to their native state, 
Connecticut, where he grew up. In early life 
he became engaged in the manufacture of 
clock springs and clock trinuuings in P.ristol, 
Connecticut, and later was connected with 
Wallace liarnes in the mamifacture of hoop- 
skirt and crinoline steels. He was a man of 
strict integrity, and of great public spirit and 
enterprise. In 1858 he erected a town hall 
for Bristol, which for many years went by 
the name of Crinoline Hall. Through his in- 



fluence, in 1853, a haml fire-engine was se- 
curctl for the town, and from tliis as a be- 
ginning the present fire department has been 
developed. In iKjIitics he was a I ' id 

rcpre^eutell Bristol in the lowei 

general assembly in 1862. He ...^...it 

7, 1872, much honored and resjicctcd by his 
fellow citizens. He married. .May 3, 1840, 
Julia, iKirn in Farmington, ilaughter of Joel 
and Lucinda Warner, .^he died Mav 2<j. 1886. 
Children: i. Winthup \\ an ' ' . bruary 
25, 1841 ; married, .\i.iy 3, 1 .\ima 

\\ heeler, born June 3, 1 , an: i. 

Charles l-'dward, born November 18. 1865, 
married. July 2, i88q, Elizabeth Bulklcy Nott, 
born August 29, i8'J9. died May Kj. 1908; 
one son. Winthup \Villiam, liorn June 26, 
1891; ii. .Mice Mav. Iwrii .\pril 7 •'^''^ •••nr- 
ried. May 3, 1888, Carl Xirgil :n 

November jt^, 1803; children: icc 

Frances, l)orn July 14, 1889, married. 1 >ectm- 
ber 25, 1909, Lea W. Rockwell; b. .Anna Dun- 
bar, lK>rn June it, 1893; c. Carl Hull, born 
September 25. 1900; iii. Beatrice Estclle. born 
June 22, 1874, died ,^ugust 29. 1874. 2. Ed- 
ward Butler, iwrn .November i, 1842, see for- 
ward. 3. William .Augustus, born Ajjril 5, 
1844; married. October 4. i8'i5, Josic H<^ikcr 
Sharpless. born January 9, 1845; children: 
i. Nettie Louise, lK)rn .August i(>, i86<). mar- 
ried, .August 20, 1885, Dennis .Andrew Ijjjson ; 
children: a. Elizabeth. Imrn .April 14. 1887; 
b. Doris Add, July 13, 1894: ii. Edward 
Louis, lx)rn November i, 1869. married, Oc- 
tober 21, 1896, Josephine .Adelaid Case, liorn 
June II, 1874: children: a. Jf)seph Edwanl, 
born April 1, 1898: b. .Adelaid Case, liorn July 
25, 1902; iii. William Howard. Inirn May 23, 
1875, marrie<I, June 19, 1901, Nellie .Adams; 
one son, William .Adams, born .Ai)ril 30, 1907. 
4. Alice Augusta. l>orn March 2S. 1847; mar- 
ried, May 3. 1865. Warren W. Thnrpc, born 
November 19, 1839; children: i. Eva May, 
born November 2, 18(19, married October 19, 
1898, George W. Birgc, born June 8, 1870, 
died September 22, 1901 ; one daughter, 
Rachael. born September 8, 1899; ii. Helen 
Dunbar, bom June 9. 1876, married, Octo- 
ber 28. i<K>3. .\rtliur (i. Beach, liorn .\ugust i, 
1870: children: a. .Arthur (i., Jr.. bom De- 
cember 19. 1904; b. Alice, Ixirn March 29, 
1907. 3. Julia Lucinda. born .April 18, 1849; 
married. July 3, 1878, Lcverett ,A. Sanford, 
born October 17, 1837. 6. Eva Louise, Ixim 
November 4. 1852: married, October 22. 1873, 
George W. Mitchell, iK^rn November 1. 1849. 
(\Tin Edward Butler, son of Edward Lu- 
cien Dunbar, was Ixjrn in Bristol, Connecti- 
cut. November i, 1842. He attended the pub- 
lic scho<iIs of the town and completed a course 



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at the W'illiston Seminary at Easthampton, 
Massachusetts. At the age of eighteen years 
he went to Xew York and became associated 
with the late WilHam F. Tompkins in the 
management of the New York office of the 
"crinohne" or hoop-skirt business of Dunbar 
& Barnes, then an extensive Bristol industry. 
Two years later, on the retirement of Mr. 
Tompkins, Mr. Dunbar succeeded to the sole 
management of the office, and conducted it 
with great success for about three years, when 
the fashion for hoop skirts had materially sub- 
sided and the New York office was given up. 
Returning to Bristol in 1865, Mr. Dunbar en- 
tered the employ of his father who had that 
year established the small spring factory at the 
present location of Dunbar Brothers. In 1872 
the elder Mr. Dunbar died and the following 
year a partnership was formed between the 
iDrothers, Edward B., William A. and Win- 
throp W., for carrying on the business under 
the firm name of Dunbar Brothers. The 
partnership continued until i8go, when, be- 
cause of ill health, William A. Dunbar sold 
out his interest to his brothers and retired 
from the firm. The business thrived under 
the management of the new firm and became 
one of the leading manufacturing houses of 
the town. The original factory building is 
still in use and one of the landmarks of the 
town. The firm turned out from five thou- 
sand to eight thousand clock springs daily, 
but later they devoted their attention to the 
production of small springs only. Since the 
death of the elder Dunbar, and by his express 
wish, the old bell is tolled every night of the 
year ninety-nine times at 9 o'clock. Just 
previous to the death of Edward B. Dunbar 
the firm of Dunbar Brothers was incorpor- 
ated with E. G. Dunbar as a member of it. 
Edward B. was the largest stockholder and 
president of the firm. 

Mr. Dunbar's life was an active one, and 
he devoted much time, energy and thought 
to worthy jjublic enterprises and institutions. 
He served his town two terms as representa- 
tive in the general assembly ; in 1869, when 
but twenty-seven years old, and again in 1881. 
He served the old Fourth senatorial district 
in the upper branch of the general assembly 
in 1885 and was re-elected in 1887. While 
in the senate he was an earnest advocate of 
the weekly payment bill for workmen, and 
of the child labor law, for both of which he 
made forcible and eloquent speeches. Subse- 
quently he was urged to accept a nomination 
for congress, but declined. For thirty years 
he was the Democratic registrar of voters 
in the first district of the town and borough. 
He was one of the active promoters of the 



project which provided Bristol with a high 
school and was chairman of the high school 
committee from its establishment until four 
years previous to his death, when he resigned, 
owing to the press of other duties. It was 
under his direction the present sightly build- 
ing was constructed. His interest was ever 
intense for maintaining high standards at the 
school, giving it a standing and efficiency be- 
yond that of similar schools in towns the size 
of Bristol. For a number of years he was a 
member of the board of school visitors, and 
for more than a c|uarter of a century was a 
member of the district committee of the South 
Side school. He was the executive head of 
the Bristol fire department from 1871, the 
date of the establishment of the board of fire 
commissioners. He was deeply interested in 
the progress of the department and within 
his administration witnessed its growth from 
the old hand engine equipment to its present 
modern apparatus. In 1891. when the Free 
Public Library was suggested as a solution 
of the question of what should be done with 
the library of the then defunct Young Men's 
Christian Association, Mr. Dunbar was very 
active in behalf of the movement for the town 
institution. He was chosen president of the 
board of library directors, which position he 
held to the time of his death. He was a mem- 
ber of the special committee of the board ap- 
pointed to solicit for the building fund, and 
during the absence of Mr. Ingraham from the 
town acted temporarily as a member of the 
building" committee. 

Mr. Dunbar was also active in the interests 
of the movement for the establishment of the 
Bristol National Bank : from the first was a 
director in the institution and for a number 
of years was its vice-president. In 1905, fol- 
lowing the death of President Charles S. 
Treadway, Mr. Dunbar was chosen his suc- 
cessor and filled that office with characteristic 
faithfulness and ability to the last days of his 
illness. He was also a director and vice-presi- 
dent of the Bristol Savings Bank since 1889. 
He was president of the Bristol Board of 
Trade. He was president of the Young Men's 
Christian Association, being particularly in- 
terested in the boy's branch. He united with 
the First Congregational Church, July 7, 1867, 
and from October 11, 1901, until his death 
was a faithful deacon of the same. He was 
a member of the Bristol Business Men's As- 
sociation ; Reliance Council, No. 753, Royal 
Arcanum ; and the Central Congregational 
Club. Every position held by Mr. Dunbar 
was regarded by him as a channel for service 
in the community and to his fellows. Faith- 
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his a<liiiini-tr;iiiiins throiiyhont lii-i lunj^ career 
of iiscl'iilne>>. 

Mr. Dunbar inarrieil, December j.?. 1X75, 
Alice Eliza, burn July 8. 1.S54. dau^jhtcr of 
Watson and Adeliza .Mun>on (Case) tiid- 
dings (see Liidilinj^s \II). Children: i. 
Mamie Eva, born December 17. 1X77, died 
Jaiuiary 18, 1881. 2. Marguerite, born June 
28, 1880; married. June 22. 1904, the Kev. 
Ciiarlcs Norman Shejiard. of l!ri>tol. Connec- 
ticut, professor of Hebrew at tiie General 
Theological Seminary, New ^'ork City; now 
resides in New York; chil<lren:_ i. Katberine, 
June 4. 1905: ii. Alice Emma. June 30. i«)o'); 
iii. Martjncrite Dunbar, ( )ctober 23. ir;o8. 3. 
Edward (iiddin,L;s, born May 20, i88q; edu- 
cated in the Bristol ])id)lic schools and Hctts 
Academy. Stamford, Connecticut ;" is now in 
the factory of The Dunbar Ilmthers Company, 
and vice-[)rcsident of the company. 

Mr. Dunbar died at his htMiie on South 
street, I'.ristnl. May y, \f)Oj. I^rayers were 
said at the home by the Rev. Dr. Calvin B. 
Mofxly. and the public services were held at 
the First Con};;re,Lcational Church, which was 
filled to its capacity, the tire commissioners, 
com]ianies of tireiucn and members of Reli- 
ance Council attcndini; in a body. The Bris- 
tol National liank, the Bristol Savings Bank, 
and the South Side school committee were 
also re])resented by delegations. The follow- 
ing are extracts from the eulogy of the Rev. 
Dr. Moody: "In Imsiness life .Mr. Dunbar 
was sagacious, cautious, prudent, honest, the 
best type of a reliable, successful business 
man. I Ic was resrected for his integrity and 
honor by all of those who were ever in his 
employ. There are men in the factory of the 
Dunbar Brothers who have been ein|)loyed 
there for thirty or forty years, and to-day they 
feel that tluy have lost one of their best and 
tniest friends. .As a public citizen he was 
broad-minded and j)ublic-Ni>irited. and he took 
a deep interest in everything that lende<l to 
the highest welfare of the comuumity and 
state. He was a noble, large-hearted, gener- 
ous, patriotic, pbil.'intbropic citizen, lie was a 
lcvcl-lica<lcd. warm-liearted. benevolent Chris- 
tian geutleuian. Deacon Dunbar was a man 
of faith and prayer. He knew Jesus Christ 
as his personal Savior ani! I-Vicnd ; he could 
say with the apostle Paul. "I know whom I 
have believed." He had that ho|)e which is 
'an anchor of the soul, both sure and stead- 
fast, and which entereth into that within the 
veil.' " The interment was in West cemetery. 

.\t a special mcetinsf of the Board of Libra- 
ry Directors of the Town of Bristol, the fol- 
lowing minute was adoi)tcd. and a copv or- 

.liT,-.|' In 1„. ..•i,t t.. Mri Dniil.ir ■ 



" I Ills Ito.inl licrctiy rii'THs n- ' r 

row .iml sense ol los> by the death 
orabic l^ilw-irct II. Dunbar, wliicli ■ / 

gdi. UXJ-. Ulu-n in ( >cli>brr. iN^i. 11. ■ i wii 
voted to establish a free public library. Mr. Dun- 
bar w.T- tlir tT't-Tinmc! mrniber "f »hr board of 
dircit At the 

lirst I r igih, 

i«<ji. , I rfiid 

lie Ill-Ill th.il "111. 1- . ..nlmu. i; 
\'cry tfw indeed ha\c been 1 
liiianl at which he was nut 1 
inj;, until, during si.\ niontlis |i.i~i. hl^ ii:: 
m.idc It inipiissiblc for him tn alteiid lli. 
spirit which made him .ilwriy- nrti- r in • 
purl of every (j;'""' can ■ 1 

made him con^tant in ; 
public duty, the lo\e I'l 

which always charactcri/i ■! htm. liir iinnir-.d 
rcKjanl for him and conlidcncc in him which 
made his su|)piirt of any cause most inlhunii.-il. 
combined to make his service on thi- 
most valuable to the Library and to tli. 
and the hearty and cordial spirit of gooil : 
ship, which so endeared him to every da-- "I 
the community, made the association with him 
always a pleasure to his fellow members, and 
causes a marked sense of our personal loss in 
his death." .\ttest, Epaphroditus F'eck, Secretary 
of the Hoard. 

At a meeting of the Board of Directors of 
the Bristol National Bank, held Monday, May 
13, 1907, it was voted: That the following 
minute be entered upon the records, in mem- 
ory of the late Hon. Edward B. Dunbar, and 
that a copy of this minute be transmitted to 
his family: 

Edward I'.utlcr Dunbar. President of the Bris- 
tol National liank, died after a lingering illness, 
'I'liursday. May 0. 190-. Stricken down in the 
full strciiRth of his vigorous manhood, with the 
prospect of many useful years before him, within 
a twelvemonth, he has passed to his rest. His 
associates in the Board of Directors desire to 
enter upon the records their appreciation of his 
valuable services, and their deep regard and af- 
fection for the man himself, lie has been a mem- 
ber of this board since the organization of the 
bank in 1875. and its President since I'W.s. The 
growth and progress of the institution arc an 
elo(|uent tribute to the sound j"' •■•■"• -■••.I 
executive ability of the original h. '1 

he was a member. .As a man. he i 
dence of all who knew him. He u..- ..,,,...,, m 
all his dealings, and knew no way but the 
straight path. He typified a Christian gcnllc- 
ni.in in the world of business, and through the 
seven days of the week. His death is a great 
misfortune to our institution, and we desire to 
express mir deep sorrow, and to voice our heart- 
felt appreciation of his cordial relations with us 
in our business and personal associations, of his 
wise and kindly counsel, and his lasting pride in. 
and loyally to. the institution. Attest, M. L. 
Tiflfany, Cashier. 

The resolutions of the Board of Fire Com- 
missioners : 

Whereas. In the Providence of God. the long 
and useful activities of Hon R B. Dunbar in the 
upbuilding of his native town, have ceased, and 



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Whereas, The deceased served continuously as 
chairman of this board since its organization, be 
it therefore 

Resolved, That in the removal of Hon. E. B. 
Dunbar from our councils and from the com- 
munity, we realize the loss to ourselves and to 
the people of the town, of a faithful, efficient, 
judicious and loyal public servant, of an es- 
teemed gentleman and friend, a man noble in 
Christian character, honorable in all places, and 
high-minded in action whether in this cTr other 
■capacities. Be it further 

Resolved, That we tender to the members of 
his family the sincere sympathy of the members 
of this board, and that these resolutions be 
spread upon our minutes and published in The 
Bristol Press. George H. Hall, C. H. Deming, 
C. H. Blakesley, W. H. Carpenter, J. R. Holley, 
Bristol, Conn., May 14. 1907. 

The resolutions of the Bristol Savings 
Bank: 

Whereas, Death has again invaded our Board 
of Directors and taken from us Mr. Dunbar, our 
first vice-president and dear friend, who has long 
been identified with this bank, a man wise in 
counsel, of sound judgment and business ability, 
of sterling integrity and Christian character, a 
friend to all, beloved and respected by all, one 
who will long be remembered and missed by us, 
and in whose death we realize a very great loss 
to this bank, as also to this community. 

Resolved. That as Directors of this Savings 
Bank we place upon its records this token of our 
appreciation of his personal worth and of his 
services to this bank, and tender to his family 
our sincere sympathy. .Attest, Miles Lewis Peck, 
Secretary. 

(The Giddings Line). 

The Giddings family, of which Mrs. Dun- 
bar is a representative, is of remote Scottish 
ancestry, and of New England descent since 

1635. 

The name of Giddings, according to 
some authors, was derived from Gideon, the 
Hebrew for "brave soldier." From Gideon 
also is derived Giddy, Giddies, Gibbon, Geddes. 
That this name is an ancient one in England 
can be proven from various sources, but at 
what period it first appeared the researches 
thus far do not enable us to state. The name 
was spelled in different ways by different 
branches of the family, Giddings and Ged- 
dings are English, Geddes is Scottish, and Git- 
tings is Welsh, and by many they are sup- 
posed to belong to the same family. There 
are several places in Scotland called Geddes, 
as Geddes Hill, Geddeston, Geddeswell. Ac- 
cording to the statistical account of Scotland, 
the family of Geddes of Rachan, in Peeble- 
shire, have possessed that estate for thirteen 
hundred years. "The Manor of Geddings," 
which lies partly within the two parishes of 
Boxbourne and Great Amwell, probably de- 
rived its name from the family of Geddings, 
for in 1334 it was in the possession of Ed- 



mund Geddings, to whom the king granted 
the right of free warren. There is a town 
called Little Giddings, situated on the western 
border of Huntingdon county, England, and 
also a parish of that name in Suffolk county. 
Amongst the various families of this name ■ 
there are various coats-of-arms ; a coat-of- 
arms of the Giddings family is now in pos- 
session of Mrs. Robert B. Denney, of Boston, 
Alassachusetts, a descendant of Daniel Gid- 
dings, who procured it of a painter of her- 
aldry in the early part of this century. On 
the will of Lieutenant John Giddings there 
was a crest with a griffin rampant, supposed 
to be the crest of Collins, as the Collins and 
Giddings families interinarried. Lieutenant 
John used a seal with that crest upon it to 
stamp legal documents. 

(I) From what particular branch of the 
Giddings family in England, or who were the 
immediate ancestors of George Giddings, the 
first of the name here, we are unable to say. 
There is a tradition in the family that there 
were three brothers who emigrated to this 
country in the early years, one settling at Ips- 
wich, one at Cape Cod, and one at Halifax, 
Nova Scotia. The fact is well authenticated 
that George Giddings, aged twenty-five, and 
his wife, Jane (Tuttle) Giddings, aged twen- 
ty, came from England in 1635, and settled in 
the town of Ipswich, about twenty-five miles 
from Boston, Massachusetts, with their three 
servants. They are said to have had as com- 
panion on their voyage Sir Henry \^ane, 
fourth governor of Massachusetts, who in 
1662 suffered martyrdom for his zeal in the 
cause of liberty and religion. George Gid- 
dings brought with him a letter of recom- 
mendation from the rector, or minister, of St. 
Albans, Hertfordshire. George Giddings was 
born in 1608, died June i, 1676. He was one 
of Major Denison's subscribers in 1640, a 
commoner in 1641, one of the twenty sworn 
freeholders who paid the highest rates out 
of two hundred and thirty in 1664, deputy to 
the general court in 1641-54-55-59-61-63- 
64-68-72-75, selectman from 1661 to 1675, and 
for a long time a ruling elder of the first 
church. The inventory of his estate, June 19, 
1676, exhibited a total value of ii,02i, 12s., 
of which one hundred and fifty-two acres of 
land with six acres of marsh, at Plumb Island, 
was appraised at £772. His widow died 
March, 1680. Children of George and Jane 
Giddings: Thomas, born 1638, married (first) 

Mary Goodhue, (second) Elizabeth ; 

John, see forward; James, born 1641, mar- 
ried Elizabeth Andrews : Samuel, born 1645, 
married (first) Hannah Martin, (second) 
Elizabeth : Joseph Collins, married 



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Susaniiali Kiiulyt- ; >arali ; Mary, married 
Samuel I'carce; Ge<>ri;c. 

(II) John, son of George and Jane (Tutllc) 
Giddings, was born 1639, died March 3, 1691. 
He had a commonage granted him in 1667; 
was a commoner in 1678; a lieutenant of mili- 
tia; and was also a deputy to the general 
court in 1683-84-85. The inventory of his 
estate, rendered February jo. ifx/i, amount- 
ing to £269 15s. lod., was distributed March 

29, 1692. He married Sarah , who 

married (second) Henry Hcrrick, of Beverly, 
and she died in Gloucester. Children : George, 
born 1664, married (first) .Mary Skamp, 
(second) Mrs. Elizabeth Perkins: Elizabeth, 
married (first) Dccemlier Kj, 1685, Mark 
Haskell, (second) John Dennison. of Ips- 
wich: Jane, married, November 26, 1691. Jo- 
seph Haradine: Sarah, born 1672, married 
John Haraden. died .November 11, 1724, they 
had several children: John, born i(>75; Job, 
born 1677, died February 27, 1708, married 
Sarah .Andrews, children : Job, Sarah ami 
John: Solomon, born 1679, married .Margery 
Goodhue: Joshua, l)orn 1681, probably was 

lost at sea in 17 16, married .Abigail , 

children : .Abigail. Jacob, and three others 
who died young : Thomas, see forward ; Mary, 
born i(>86. married Benjamin York. 

(HI) Thomas, son of John and Sarah 
Giddinijs. was born in Ipswich, Massachu- 
setts, 1683. He removed to Gloucester, and 
purchased of r.cnjaniin Lufkin, in 17 10. a 
house which he sold May 22, 1721, and went 
to Lyme, Connecticut, with his family about 
1722-23, where he purchased land nearly every 
year for several years : he settled near Heaver 
brook. In 1708 he married Sarah lUitler. 
Children: Job, married Sarah Rathbone: Jo- 
seph, born 1714. married (first) Eunice .\n- 
drus: (second) Elizabeth Ilungerford: John, 
marricil Su-annah Tozor: Joslnia, see for- 
ward : Thomas, born 1723, married Marv 
Coult. 

(I\') Joshua, son of Thomas and Sarah 
(Butler) Ciiddings. was liorn 1710. died Feb- 
ruary 4. 1S07. He probably removed from 
Lyme, Connecticut, anrl settled in Hartland, 
about 1723. The last deed found on the 
Lyme records concerning him is to Ensign 
Jasper in 1735, consideration £1.500. The fol- 
lowing is also recorded Jime 5, 1746: "Joshua 
Giddings ear-mark, for all sorts of creatures, 
is a swallow-tail in the left, or a cros« on 
right ear. with a lialf-penny on each side of 
same." It is said that he went to Hartland 
when quite a young man, and put up a log 
house in the southwestern part of the town, 
sleeping meanwhile on a bed of leaves. The 
^■"■•ndation of the house and a chimnev still 



remain, and a large tree is growing in the 
cellar. The records show that he was for 
many years one of t!v i- ■ i- ■ men of the 
town, holding office : year. He 

was a<lniitted to the ' nal church, 

February 5, 1769. He luanicd Jane Reed, 
who died .\]>ril 11, 1803, aged M-vcnty-nine 
years. Children: 1. Elisha, ni.i 
22, I77<), Susannah Perkins, wlv 
3ry 7, 1777. aged twenty- 1'."' 
same year, aged thirty-one. 
forward. 3. John, born .\ 
married .Ascha Palmer. 4. I 
marricfl (first) Submit Jon. 
beth Pease. 5. Sarah, mat 
1784, .Angus McLv>ud, and 
who married, .August 31, n 
man, of Hartland. and had ciiildren ; 
Abigail. Sarah, Jane, William and .\n' 
6. Deljorah. married, October 27, I7'>S, Jnii: 
diah Bushncll, of Hartland. 7. Jane. <iicd 
March 11. 1777, aged fifteen. S ' ' • -:i 
1760: married Naomi Hale. 9. 
ried. September 2«'), 1789, Mosi ■ 
of Hartland. 10. Ruth, married, November 
18, 1770, Jonathan Couch, of Simsbury ; in 
October, 1775, was a widow with three chil- 
dren : Jonathan, Ruth and Delilah. 

(V) Benjamin, son of Josln' • —i 'vie 
(Reed) Giddings. was Iwrn at L 
ticut. 1753. died in Hartlaml. ' i. 

1830. whither he was brought in iniauvi, by 
his parents. He was a prominent man in 
town atTairs: was a soldier in the re\ ' 
during the extreme cold winter of 1 

In June. 1781. at a town meeting, i- 

appointed "a committee to hire all the sol- 
diers for the army, and bring on the men 
that counted for the town of Hartland. and 
had not joined." Neither Mr. ("lid. lings nor 
his wife were members of any church, but 
were respected for their inilustry. intelligence 
and strict morality. They were careful to 
train their children to fear God. honor their 
parents, and found pleasure in i)romoting the 
welfare ni .ithcrs. He married .Afiah Holcomb. 
who died 1830. aged seventy-seven. Chil- 
dren: I. .Almon. married Lota Miller: settled 
in Michigan. 2. Salmon. Ix>rn March 2. 1782; 
married .Almira Collins. 3. Zcriuah. l)orn 
1784; married. .August 31, 1807, Jonathan 
luttle. of Barkhamsted. Conncctirnt; in t8io 
they removed to Ohio a: ' ' ' -ic 

hundred acres of lan<l in W : _^ 

there: he was a justice of :! . ;.:.- 

one years, county commissioner twelve years, 
representative in legislature one year ; he died 
June, 1864. and she died May 3, 1871. 4. 
Julia, born 1791 : married Ezra M.ick. 5. 
Lorrain. born February 12, 1789. died .April 



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30, 1858; married Desdemona Cowdry. 6. 
Harriet, born 1795 ; married William H. Tis- 
dale ; died December 10, 1831, leaving a son. 
7. Benjamin, see forward. 8. Affie, married, 
Ma_v 30, 1820, Dr. Josiah Banning; she died 
September 28, 1832, aged thirty-four; he mar- 
ried (second) Edith Cowdry, and died 1848. 

9. Lowly. 10. Harriet, married a Mr. Tisdale. 
(\'T) Benjamin (2), son of Benjamin (i) 

and Afiah (Holcombj Giddings, was born in 
Hartland, Connecticut, January 12, 1801, died 
February 20, 1874. He resided in Hartland 
all his life ; he was a very prominent man, a 
merchant and postmaster many years, was 
representative to the legislature, selectman, 
justice of the peace, and ,^ commissioner of 
superior court for Hartford county until age 
disqualified him. He married Amoret, born 
February 8, 1804, died October 26,' 1881, 
daughter of Rev. Asa Bushnell, of Hartland. 
Children: i. Philo B., born January 25, 1823, 
died in Montrose, Virginia, December 6, 1857. 
2. Fidelia H., born May 19, 1824; married, 
November. 1842, Henry J. Gates, of Hart- 
land. 3. Milo J., born April 2, 1827, died at 
McPherson, Kansas, May 8, 1900 ; married, 
July 4, 1849, Eugenia P. Miller. 4. Watson 
M., born April 4, 1830, see forward. 5. Al- 
mira, born November 30. 1831 ; married, Sep- 
tember 27, 1858, Hoyt M. Hayes, of Bark- 
hamsted. 6. Mary E., born October 5, 1833 ; 
married, February 8. 1855, Nelson D. San- 
ford, of Hartland ; died at New Flaven, April 

10, 1871. 7. Eliza A., born April 14, 1836; 
married. July 3, i860. Cyrus Cook, of Lex- 
ington, Ohio ; she died September 8, 1877, at 
Albia, Iowa; Almena A., born April 14, 1838, 
died November 13, 1891 ; married, July 23, 
1878, Ralph FI. Park. 9. Salmon B., born 
July 14, 1847; married. May 17, 1870, Aurelia 
M. Emmons, born 1850, died September, 1891. 

(\'II) \\'atson, son of Benjamin (2) and 
Amoret (Bushnell) Giddings, was born in 
Flartland, Connecticut, April 4, 1830, died 
March 22, 1905. He attended the common 
schools of East Hartland until seventeen years 
of age, after which he worked for five years 
with his brother-in-law, Henry J. Gates, in 
East Hartland. He was a carriage maker 
and blacksmith by trade, and conducted a 
blacksmith shop in Barkhamsted, Connecticut, 
for ten years. He then went to New Hart- 
ford, and worked one year for R. H. Wheeler, 
later forming a partnership under the firm 
style of Wheeler & Giddings. A year subse- 
quently he purchased Mr. Wheeler's interest, 
and carried on the business alone about two 
years, at the expiration of whicl: time he dis- 
posed of the plant to Henry M. Gates, and 
purchased the Walter Stickney shop in \\'in- 



sted, which he conducted about eighteen 
months, and then sold to the Winsted Car- 
riage Company, with which he invested all 
his capital. About six months later this com- 
pany failed, financially ruining ;Mr. Gidtlings, 
who then went to Lewis, Iowa, where he 
worked at his trade for a year and a half, at 
the end of that time returning to Connecticut 
and purchasing a shop in Terryville, which 
he conducted three years and then sold. In 
1874 he removed to Bristol; he opened a 
small carriage repair shop on the corner of 
North Main and Center streets, which he soon 
converted into the most commodious and best- 
equipped carriage factory in the town, em- 
ploying from five to fifteen men, according to 
his volume of business. In June, 1886, he 
admitted as a partner his son, Frederick Wat- 
son, the firm style being W'atson Giddings & 
Son. Watson Giddings retired from business 
several years prior to his death, the business 
being conducted by his son. In politics Mr. 
Giddings was always a Republican until the 
formation of the Prohibition party, when he 
united therewith and was an active worker in 
its ranks. In 1861 he was elected by the 
Republicans a member of the state legislature 
from Barkhamsted, served one term, and also 
served one term on the board of selectmen 
of the same town. He was a member of the 
board of burgesses, serving two terms, and 
was chairman of the sewer committee of the 
town. He was president of the West Ceme- 
tery Association, was a trustee of the Pros- 
pect Methodist Episcopal Church, of which he 
had long been a prominent member, was made 
a member in 1878 of Franklin Lodge, No. 
56, Free and Accepted Alasons, in which he 
served as treasurer from the time he joined 
until his. death, and he and his wife were 
members of the Order of the Eastern Star. 
Mr. Giddings was a man of sterling character 
and strict integrity, faithful and conscientious- 
in the performance of every duty devolving 
upon him, and won and retained the confi- 
dence and esteem of all with whom he was. 
brought in contact. 

Mr. Giddings married (second) September 
12, 1892, Emma S., born October 4, 1843,, 
daughter of Amos Loomis, of Norwich, Con- 
necticut, who survived him. Children of first 
marriage: i. Alice Eliza, born July 8, 1854; 
married, December 23, 1875, Edward B. Dun- 
bar (see Dunbar VIII). 2. Mary Addie, born 
April 6, 1856; married. May 31, 1877, Sam- 
uel D. Newel, born 1847 ; four children, of 
whom only one, Alice Mae, survives ; Alice 
Mae, born February 18, 1880, married, Octo- 
ber 22, 1902, Charles Dudley White ; one son, 
Newell Dudley, born January 6, 1904. 3. 




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Freilerick W'atxm, horn March 29, il<('o; 
married, Jiiiii- 5. \H<)0, Cora M., liorn ncccin- 
bcr J5, iS(*j. (Iaii),'litcr of llarvilla |. llarl. 
of liristol: chil<lri.-n : \\at>on Hart, liorn June 
24, 1^),^, and Snsii'. July i>). i>^)~. 4. Charles 
Saiiniel, l)orn .\iiL^ii>t 4, lX(>2, died l)cicnil)er 
19, iS.S_'. 5 ant! '>. Twins, who bolli died in 
infancy. 

In the deatii <>f Watson Giildings the com- 
munity e.\]ierienced the loss of one of its niost 
valuable citizens. The funeral was held from 
his late home and was larfjely attended. 
Franklin Ijulye, I-ree and .Accepted .\Ia>ons, 
anil Ueli;incc Council, Koyal .\rcanuni. were 
present in a body. A delegation fnjm Bris- 
tol (iran)j;e was also present, and the em- 
ployees of Giddings carriage shop attended in 
a body. The Rev. .\rtlnir II. Cioodenough, 
D.l)., pastor of Prospect Methodist Episcopal 
Church, otViciated and sjKjke of the consistent 
Christian character of the deceased. .\ <|uar- 
tette rcndereil the following selections: '".Some 
Time We'll Understand" and "One Sweetly 
Solemn Thought". Interment was in West 
cemetery, IVanklin Lodge conducting the 
burial service. 

(The C.1SC Line). 

(I) John Case, founder of the American 
branch of the Case family, was a native of 
England, and emigrated to .America in the 
early settlement of the colonies, coiuing to 
Windsor from tlie old family home at .Xyles- 
ham, England, where many of them now re- 
side. They were a noted family as far back 
as the time of Oliver Cromwell, and accu- 
mulated fortunes by furnishing leather for 
his army, being tanners and farmers. John 
Case remained in Windsor imtil the spring of 
l6<K), when he removetl to Simsbury, and 
settled at Weatogue. He was elected the tirst 
constable of Simsbury, October 14, iWk), and 
al)out i(>72 represented the town at the gen- 
eral court or assembly. 1 le w as a landowner 
and farmer, ami a prominent citizen. He 
married (first) Sarah, daughter of William 
Spencer, of Hartford. She died November .^ 
1691. He married (second) Elizabeth 
(Mofire) Loomis. lx>rn at Windsor, if\?8, died 
July 23, 1728, daughter of John Moore, of 
Windsor, and wi(li>\\ of Xathaniel Loomis, of 
Windsor, lie died in Simsbury. I'ebruary Ji. 
1703-04. and was buried there. Children of 
first marriage: i. Elizabeth, born K152. died 
171S: married (first) Joseph Lewis; (sec- 
ond) John Tuller. 2. Mary, horn June 22, 
\fifro. died 1725: married (first) William .\1- 
dcrman : (secoml) James Ilillyer. 3. John, 
born November 3, ifi<)2. died 1733: married 
(first) .MaryOlcott: (seconil) Sarah Hol- 
comb. 4. William, born June 5. i'i<>5: mar- 



rie<l Elizabeth Holcomb. 5. Sannicl, Ixmi 
June I. i(rf>7, died 1725; married (first) Mary 
Westover ; ( second ) Elizabeth ( Owen I 
Thrall, d. Kichartl. sec forwar<l. 7. Itarthol- 
omew, iMirn in Octolier, 1670, <lie<l 1725; mar- 
ried Mary Humphrey. S. Joseph. l>orn .\pril 
6, 1674, dieil August II, i74><; marrieil .\nna 
Eno. 9. Sarah, l)orn .\ugust 14. il>~H, died 
1704: married Joseph I'helps Jr., of Wind- 
sor. 

(II) Captain Richard, .son of John ami 
Sarah (Spencer) Ca.se. was born .\ugnst 2j, 
li**), died in I74'>. He marrieil, in .\ugust. 
1701, .Amy, daughter ot Philip Ueed, of ton- 
cord, .Massachusetts. His sons were: Rich- 
ard, see forward. Timothy and Eilward. He 
located at Terrys Plains at an early date. 

( HI ) Sergeant Richard (2). son of Captain 
Richard ( i ) and .Amy ( Reed ) Case, was Uirn 
at Terry's Plains in 1710. dieil at West .Sims- 
bury in I7'>9. .Alxiul 1737 he went to West 
Simsbury, a part of Canton, and settled on 
what is known as East Hill, where he spent 
the remainder of his life, engaged in agri- 
culture. He married Mercy Holcomb. i>f 
Simsbury. born in 1712. tlicd in West Sims- 
bury, 1780. Children: i. Richard, lx>rn in 
1734; marrieil Ruth Case. 2. Joab. Iwrn 1735, 
died 1758. 3. -Sylvanus. Ixtrn 1737. died 1817; 
married (first) Caroline Humphrey: (sec- 
ond) Hei)zihah lliunphrey. 4. Simeon, see 
forward. 5. Eli. born 1741 ; married Athil- 
dred Curtis. (>. Uriah, Ixirn 1743, died 1826; 
married ( first ) Susannah I^wrence : ( sec- 
ond ) Eunice Hill. 7. Edward. Ixjrn 1748, 
died 1798: married Teruah Lawrence. 8. 
Mercy, born 1752, died i8i8; married .\bram 
Moses. 9. Naomi, born 1755. died 1850; mar- 
ried I-'sther IJrown. The son .Sylvanus was 
reputed to have been the first English child 
born within the limits of West .Simsbury. 

( I\ ) Simeon, son of Sergeant Richard (2) 
and Mercy ( Holcomb ) Case, was Iwrn in 
Simsbuiy. I73<). died 1823. His youth was 
mainly spent in West Simsbury. and in young 
manhood he went to what is now West Gran- 
by. which became his permanent residence, and 
there he engaged in farming. 1 le married 
.Mary, born 1730. died 1834, daughter of .\mos 
and Mary (Hi>lcomb) Case. ' Children: 1. 
Simeon, born 1759. died 1819: married Phoebe 
I'.urr. 2. Titus, see forward. 3. Mary. Ikkh 
1771, died 1821. 4. Obed. born 1765. <iied 
1849: married Rachel Emmons. 3. Elijihalet, 
born 1770. died 1847: married Rachel Case. 
6. .Ashbel. hnm IJ(M. liied 181(1: niarried Polly 
brazier. 7. .Alexander, born 1774. <lied 1824; 
marrieil !Nlindwell Case. 8. Irancis. Iwrn 
1777. died 1843: married Jemima Case. 9. 
Robert. Ixirn 1780: marrieil Clarissa Case. 



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lo. Peter, ii. Elizabeth, married Reuben 
Rnssel. 

(V) Titus, son of Simeon and Mary (Case) 
"Case, was born 1764, died April 3, 1816. He 

married, March 12, 1792, Amy Reed. Chil- 
dien: Loviah, born October 5, 1792; Titus, 
August I, 1796; Jeremiah, July 18, 1798; 
Owen, see forward; Neri, December i, 1803; 
Mahalath, February 20, 1806; Chloe, Febru- 
ary 6, i8og; Amy Fannie, October 14, 181 1; 
Nancy, August 20, 1816. 

(VI) Owen, son of Titus and Amy (Reed) 
Case, was born April 5, 1801, died May 16. 
1877. He married, December 23, 1830, Laura 
Munson, born July 14, 1808, died March 12, 
1871. Children: Adeliza Munson, born Oc- 
tober 4, 1833, married, January 6, 1853, Wat- 
son Giddings (see Giddings VII) ; Samuel 
Munson, born November 24, 1834, died June 
6, 1841 ; Adelaide Laura, born April 10. 1842, 
died December i, 1877, married, October 16, 
1867, Joel Tififany Case; Owen Elliot, born 
January 18, 1849, married, April 5, 1871, 
Belle Lee. 



Richard Knight, immigrant an- 

KNIGHT cestor, was a carpenter by 
trade and lived at Newport, 
Rhode Island. He was keeper of the prison 
in 1648-49 and general sergeant in 1648-49- 
50"53"54"57'58- He was admitted a freeman 
in 1655. In 1663 he bought lands in Nar- 
ragansett, and in 1677 he and forty-seven 
others were granted one hundred acres each 
in a plantation to be called East Greenwich, 
but never lived there. He died in 1680. He 
married Sarah, daughter of James and J^Iary 
Rogers. Children : John, Jonathan, David, 
mentioned below. 

(II) David, son of Richard Knight, lived at 
East Greenwich, Rhode Island, and Norwich, 
Connecticut. He was associated with his 
brother Jolm in surveying and laying out 
lands in Narragansett. He lived most of his 
life at Norwich, where his children were re- 
corded. He married, March 17, 1691, Sarah, 
daughter of Stephen and Sarah Backus. He 
died November 24, 1744. Children : Rachel, 
born Novemby 14, 1691 ; Jonathan, July 2, 
1698, mentioned below; Mary, April 2, 1700; 
Hannah, January 30, 1702 ; Lurana, Febru- 
ary I, 1704; Joseph, November 7, 1705; Ben- 
jamin, August 14, 1707. 

(HI) Jonathan, son of David Knight, was 
born at Norwich, Connecticut, July 2, 1698, 
and resided there. He died March 7, 1770. 
He married. May 3, 1726, Abigail, born Oc- 
tober 21, 1705. daughter of Daniel and Eliza- 
beth (Lamb) Longbottom. 

(IV) Jonathan (2), son of Jonathan (i) 



Knight, lived at Norwich. He had a son 
Joshua, mentioned below. 
• (V) Joshua, son of Jonathan (2) Knight, 
was born September 23, 1746. He married, 
July 10, 1770, soon afterward removed to 
Chesterfield, Massachusetts, and built the first 
house on the old Knight homestead. He died 
there December 26, 1815, aged sixty-nine 
years. His wife was born in Northampton, 
December 28, 1748, died in Chesterfield, No- 
vember 26, 1825. Children: i. Jonathan, born 
October 17, 1772, in Chesterfield. 2. Esther, 
October 16, 1773, died September 6, 1836. 
3. Joshua, January 14, 1775, died in western 
New York. 4. Erastus, November 18, 1776, 
mentioned below. 5. Shubael, July 29, 1778, 
in Chesterfield, died May 19, 1824 ; married 
Hannah Rhodes. 6. Elizabeth, February 6, 
1780, died at Shepherd's Flollow, Northamp- 
ton, December 8, 1864. 7. Miriam, July 12, 
1783, died September 28, 1835. 8. Seth, July 
II, 1785, died August 18, 1793. 9. Zebina, 
January 27, 1788, died at Keene, August 28, 
1871 : married Philena Graves. 

(VI) Erastus, son of Joshua Knight, was 
born at Chesterfield, November 18. 1776, died 
February 14, 1846. He married (first) April 
6, 1802,' Polly Little, of Williamsburg, Mas- 
sachusetts. She died May 10, 1808, aged 
twenty-eight years, six months. He married 
(second) November 30, 1809, Lucy Smith, 
who died January 17, 1829, aged fifty-one 
years. He married (third) May 28, 1829, 
Theodosia Cushman, who died March 4, 1833, 
aged forty-six. He married (fourth) Electa 
Bullard, of Williamsburg. She lost her life 
in the Williamsburg flood. May 16, 1874, aged 
eighty years. He lived in Northampton and 
Chesterfield, whither he moved in 1818. Chil- 
dren: I. Fanny, born January 9, 1803, died 
June 14, 1857 ; married Luke Wilder, of 
Chesterfield ; removed to western New York ; 
had seven children. 2. Harriet, born Novem- 
ber 17, 1804, died the same day as her mother. 
May 10, 1808. 3. William, born at North- 
ampton, January 17, 1807 ; lived at Chester- 
field from the age of eleven to twenty, then 
at Williamsburg three years, in New Jersey 
a year, in Greenfield three years, moved thence 
to Michigan in the spring of 1834 with the 
Smede family ; married, December 23, 1834, 
Anna Smede, and celebrated his golden wed- 
ding; his wife was born at Bolton, Warren 
county. New York, September 14, 1810, died 
at Adrian, Michigan, July 4, 1885. 4. Sam- 
uel Swett, born September 6, 18 10, died at 
Williamsburg, January 20, 1889. 5. Mary, 
born at Northampton, August 10, 1812, died 
September 25, 1813. 6. Jonathan Henry, born 
December 5, 1814; settled in Worcester; mar- 



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ried Pcrsis Goodwin, of Springticltl, wIid died 
in 1847-48, leaving one son, Janus Ilcnry, 
now president of the First National liank of 
Hartford; Jonathan Mcnry married (second) 
Harriet S. Alvord, of Martfunl. wlm dieil No- 
veinl er, iS'ij: chililrcn : l\"rsi> I'rowning, 
married Otis Redden, of Worcester, and Har- 
riet Sophia, married Mr. W. I*". Hatch, of 
Hartford: Jonathan Henry died March 27, 
1862, at Worcester. 7. Merrick, iiorn Jan- 
uary 15, 1817: mentioneil Ih.1<>w. 8. Martha, 
born June 10. i8n), died at Worcester. Feh- 
ruary 21. 1889. 9. Elizalx-th Sophia, born 
October 12, 1821 ; married T. L. Whitney in 
1^4^); children: Henry S.. of jjerkeley. Cali- 
•lia: Mrs. Sarah >r. Meyers, of Bridgeton, 
. Jersey: Mrs. Horace Sawin, of Califor- 

\II I Rev. Merrick Knight, son of Eras- 
Knight, was born at Northampton, Jan- 
uary 15. 1817. died at West Hartford. Con- 
necticut, .\ugust 10, 1896. He attended the 
' lie schools, fitted for college at Munson 
idemy and graduated from .\mher>t in the 
> of 1846 and from the Hartford Theo- 
:>al Seminary in 1849. His first pastorate 
at the Congregational church in Chaplin, 
iiecticut. where he remainerl two years, 
ing the next si.K years he was pastor of 
( "ongregational church at Hebron, Connec- 
1. lie was then acting pastor of the church 
... I'.road I'.rook for the years, and was after- 
ward settled for five years as pastor of the 
clnirch at Rocky Hill. Thence he went to the 
•th Church at New Hartford, and after a 
orate of five years accepted a call to the 
church at East Hartland. where he served for 
ten years. He preached also for short periods 
at Torrington. StatTord and North Coventry. 
During his last pastorate he represented the 
town of Hartland in the general assembly of 
the state. .-\t the close of this pastorate he 
removed to West Hartford, and from 1890 
until shortly before the time of his death was 
occupied in supplying various pul])its in that 
section. He was a faithful, zealous and tact- 
ful minister, an able speaker and preacher, a 
useful citizen. Of high purposes and exem- 
plary character, he had a distinguished and 
fruitful career in his chosen profession and 
was universally loved by his ))eople. He inar- 
ried. June. 183 1. .\bigail. daughter of Icha- 
bod Ward (sec Ward family) and grand- 
daughter of Joel and Elizabeth (Woodward) 
Ward (see Ward \T). She was born Octo- 
ber 20. 1822. died July 4. 1900. Children : 
Dr. W. W.. born September 15, 1852: men- 
tionc<I below: Rev. Edward H., of Spring- 
field : Frank H., of New York. 

(\TH) Dr. W. W. Knight, son of Rev. 



Merrick Knight, was born at Chaplin, Con- 
necticut. September 15, 1852. He attended 
the public schools, and Williston Seminary at 
Easthampton. Massachusetts, from which he 
was graduated in the class of 1872. He 
studied medicine at the medical school of the 
New York University, from which he received 
the degree of M.D. in 1876. He was an 
interne at Charity Hospital, now the City 
Hospital on Mlackwell's Island in i87(>-77. 
Since then he has been engaged in general 
practice in Hartford, Cotmecticut. He i^ a 
member of the American Medical .\ssociaiion, 
the Connecticut State Medical Society and the 
Hartford Medical Society; of the Connecticut 
Historical Society and of the Sons of the 
Revolution. He is unmarried. 

(The Woodward Line). 
This surname is derived from wood and 
ward, meaning "custos" or "custodian of the 
wood," an officer of the forest whose charge 
is to look after the woods and vert there; his 
very name denotes his office ; he must pre- 
sent all olTences within his charge at the 
court of attachments, or swain-mote, to the 
chief foresters or vcrderers; and if he see or 
know any malefactors or if he shall find any 
deer killed or hurt, he nuist acquaint a ver- 
dcrer there and present the same at the next 
court of the forest and by the law he must 
not ealk with bow and arrows, but with a 
forest bill or hatchet." ( Manwode. quoted in 
Nelson's "I^w of Game.") The name I^ 
\\'odeward first appears in the IIi 'Is 

in 1273. The family lived in e 

and Upton, county P.uckinghau.. . ..^...iid. 
The arms : Barry of six azure and argent 
over all three hart's heads caboshcd or ; on a 
chief of llie tlrird a wolf passant gules, be- 
tween two anmdets sable. Crest: .-\ wolf's 
head argent collared sable studded or between 
an acorn branch and a branch of fern jiroper. 
Similar arms, with a different crest, were 
granted to a I'uckint;hamshire family in 1527: 
also to families of the name in Gloucester and 
Lon<lon, England. Nearly all the arms of 
the Woodward family resemble each other. 

(I) Richard Woodward, immigrant ances- 
tor, was born in England in 1500. He sailed 
in the ship "Elizabetli." of Ipswich. .April 30, 
1633, with his wife Rose, aged fifty, and chil- 
flren. George and John, aged thirteen. He 
settled at \Vatertown. Massachusetts, and was 
admitted a freeman Sciitcmber 2. 1633. He 
was a miller ar ' ' '• : wind-mill located 
in Boston, and r sold it in 1648. 

His wife Rose 'cr 6. 1662. aged 

eighty, an<l he mariit-d (second) (settlement 
dated .\pril 18, 1663) .-\nn Gates, born 1603. 



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widow of Stephen Gates, of Cambridge. In 
1642 he had a homestall of twelve acres and 
much other land. He bought, in 1648, of 
Edward Holbrook, a mill in Boston and sold 
it again in December, 1649, to William Aspin- 
wall. He died February 16, 1664-65. His 
widow died in Stow, February 5, 1682-8,^ 

(II) George, son of Richard Woodward, 
was born in England in 1622, and came with 
his parents in 1635 to New England. He 
was admitted a freeman May 6, 1646, and 
settled in Watertown, later in Brookline. He 
was selectman of Watertown in 1674. He 
married (first) Mary ; (second) Au- 
gust 17, 1659, Elizabeth, daughter of Thom- 
as Hammond, of Newton. He died May 31, 
1676. His widow married (second) Samuel 
Truesdale. Children of first wife: Mary, 
born August 12, 1641 : Sarah, February 6, 
1642-43: Amos: Rebecca, December 30, 1647; 
John, March 28, 1649. mentioned below: Dan- 
iel, September 2, 1653 : Mary, June 3, 1656. 
Child of second wife: George, September 11, 
1660. 

(III) John, son of George Woodward, was 
born March 28, 1649. His will was dated 
February 26, 1727-28. He lived in Newton, 
and married (first) Rebecca, born 1649. died 
1696, daughter of Richard and Rebecca Rob- 
bins, and granddaughter of John and Hester 
Robbins. He married (second) (probably), 
July 7, 1696, Sarah Bancroft, of Reading, 
who died September 22, 1723. Children : 
John, born September 7, died September 22. 
1674: John, July 18, 1675: Richard, Decem- 
ber 26, 1677: Rebecca, October 29, 1679, died 
young : Daniel, September 22, 1681 ; Rebecca, 
February 2, 1682-83: Mary, October 6, 1684; 
Jonathan, September 25, 1685 : Joseph, No- 
vember 26, 1688, mentioned below ; Ebenezer, 
March 12, 1690-91 : Abigail, May 25, 1695. 

(IV) Joseph, son of John Woodward, was 
born November 26, 1688, died before his 
father. He bought land in Canterbury, Con- 
necticut, in 1710, and probablv removed there 
about that time with his brothers. John and 
Richard. His will, dated May 13. 1727. calls 
him of Windham, Connecticut. He died ]\Iay 
30, 1727. He married, June 24, 1714, Eliza- 



beth, born i( 



died Mav 2.2 



daugh- 



ter of Jonathan and Bethiah (jNIarsh) Sils- 
bee. and granddaughter of Henry and Doro- 
thy Silsbee. Children: Abigail, born May 13. 
1715: Bethia, February 6, 1716-17: Elizabeth, 
January 9, 1723-24: Joseph, mentioned below. 
(V) Joseph (2), son of Joseph (i) Wood- 
ward, was born January 21 or February 2. 
1725-26, died July 8. 1814. He removed from 
Windham to Ashford, Connecticut, about 
1767, where he died. He held many civil 



offices in Windham and Ashford. and was one 
of the most prominent citizens. He married. 
May 19, 1748, Elizabeth, born May 19, 1733. 
died September 28, 1823, daughter of John 
and Elizabeth (Bushnell) Perkins, grand- 
daughter of Joseph and Martha (Morgan) 
Perkins, great-granddaughter of Jacob and 
Elizabeth Perkins, and great-great-grand- 
daughter of John and Judith Perkins, the im- 
migrants. IMartha Morgan was daughter of 
Joseph and Dorothy (Parke) Morgan, and 
granddaughter of James and jMargery (Hill) 
Morgan. Dorothy Parke was daughter of 
Thomas and Dorothy Parke, and granddaugh- 
ter of Robert Parke, the immigrant. Eliza- 
beth Bushnell was daughter of Caleb and 
Anna (Leffingwell) Bushnell, granddaughter 
of Richard and Elizabeth (Adgate) Bush- 
nell (daughter of Thomas Adgate), great- 
granddaughter of Richard and Mary ( ]\Iar- 
vin) Bushnell. Anna Leffingwell was daugh- 
ter of Thomas and Mary (Bushnell) Leffing- 
well (daughter of Richard and Mary ( Mar- 
vin) Bushnell), granddaughter of Thomas 
and Mary Leffingwell. Joseph Woodward 
was in the revolution, a captain in the militia 
at the time of the evacuation of Boston, as 
shown by a letter to his wife, dated March t8, 
1776. Children of Joseph and Elizabeth 
\\'oodward : Elizabeth, born May 22. 1749, 
married, January 16, 1773. Joel ^^'ard ( see 
Ward V) ; Joseph, May 26, 175 1 : Jason, July 
19, 1753; John, June 10, 1755: Martha, Au- 
gust 13, 1757; William, November 14, 1759; 
Abner, January 10, 1762 : Phinchas, June 3, 
1764: Othniel, September 8, 1766: Perkins 
Bushnell, .August 17, 1770: Levi, .August 19, 

177.3- 

(The Ward Line). 

The Ward family has an ancient and dis- 
tinguished English history. The records ex- 
tend back to the days of W'ard. a captain 
who came over from Normandy with William 
the Conqueror. The first of the family to 
assume an additional name, as far as is known, 
was William de la Ward, who resided in 
Chester, England, in 1175. The Wards of 
Yorkshire spread gradually over the adjoin- 
ing counties and the similarity of their arms 
indicates a common origin, probably in York- 
shire. The arms: Azure, a cross baton or. 
Crest : A wolf's head, erased. 

(I) ^Villiam Ward, immigrant ancestor, 
was born in England in 1603, probably in 
Yorkshire. He came to New England before 
1639, when he was living in Sudbury, Massa- 
chusetts. He was admitted a freeman, May 
10, 1643 : was deputy to the general court in 
1644, and was for a number of years chair- 
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and o)iiimis<ioncr to end small causes, ap- 
pointed by the general court, lie and eight 
others were the nrij^inal j)etitioncrs for the 
grant f<( land where the town of Marllxjnnigh 
wa> inundcil. He moved there in 1660. the 
year that the town was incorporated. Me de- 
posed ()ctiilier 4, i<rf>4. that he was sixty-one 
years old. lie lia<l a fifty-acre house lot on 
the south side of the road, nearly o|)positc 
the meetin;; hotisc. Me was deacon at the 
church. Ills lands finally extended westward 
to what is callc(l I'.elclier's i)ond, near which 
was built the tavern of his son-in-law, .Mira- 
hani Williams. 1 le suffered with the <nher 
settlers };rcat privation and loss durin;,,' King 
Philips war. One son was slain and his 
biu'ldings burnt and cattle killed. Me died 
Autftist 10. ifiSj. Me was married twice, 
and his wiijow died Mecemlier 9. 1700, in her 
eighty-seventh year. Children: John, horn 
alK>ut iCtjfi, mentioned below: Joanna. !'')28: 
Ohadiah. i^>32; Richard, 1636: Dclwrah, 
1637; Hannah. 1639; William January 22, 
1640, died young; Sanuiel, Sei>tcmber 24, 
1641: I"lizabeth. .\pril 14, 1643: Increase. 
February 22. i'>44: lIo|)estill, l-'el)ruary 24, 
1646: William, l-'ebruary 12, if'148-49: Mleazer, 
1657: Methia, 165S. 

(!I) John, son of William Ward, was born 
alxiut i'>2ri. Mc was a<lmittcd a freeman in 
1649. and was a proprietor of .^udbury in 
1651. Me settled in that part of Cambridge 
now Newton, and served as selectman there 
nine years, and nine years deputy to the gen- 
eral court. Mc lived in the southeast ])art of 
the town. an<l his house was built for a gar- 
rison and used at the time of King Philip's 
war, i''73-7'>. In 1701 he disposed of his 
real estate by dee<ls of gift to his sons. He 
died at Newton, July i, ip:^. He married 
Haimah Jackson, Iwrn in luigland. 1^31, died 
April 24. 1704, daughter of Ivlward Jackson, 
of Newton. Chihlren : Hannah: John, born 
February 2<^i. 1^153. died June 5. i'i54: Re- 
becca. June 15. i'>55 : John, March 8. 1^)38; 
Flizabetli, June 18. I'Vio; Deborah. July 19, 
ir/ij : William. November u), i6(>4 ; Richard. 
February 15. iTid^: Mercy. January 2J. i^V')8: 
Edward, March 13. 1071 ; Eleazer, February 
2<>. 1672: Jonathan. May 22. 1^^174. mentii^ncd 
below; Joseph. November 9. if>77. 

(MI) Jonathan, son of John Ward, was 
born at Newton. May 22, 1674, died July 2'i, 
1723. He marrierl. Hecember 31, 1700. .\bi- 
gail Hall, who married (seconil). March 2/, 
1732. John Wooihvard. of Canterbury. New 
Hampshire. Children: I'benezer. born N'o- 
vemlicr 2. 1701, died youn-^ : Thankful. Octo- 
ber 14. 1702: Nebemiah. July 20. 1704; Re- 
member; Ebenezer. .\pril 17, 170(): Iclial>hd, 



September 14, 1712. mentioned below; Mary, 
February 3, 1714. 

fl\') Ichalwd, son of Jonathan Ward, was 
liorn .September 14. 1712. He settled in Attlc- 
bnrough, and iHiught lands in 1753 in .Vsh- 
fielil. Connecticut, where he removed. He had 
a son Joel, mentioned 1k-1ow. 

(\') Joel, son of lclial»Ml Ward, rcsirlcd in 
Ashlielif. Connecticut, and die<l there atiout 
1832. He married there. lanuary 16. 1773. 
Flizalieth Woodward. Children: Fli 
lorn December 7. 1773: Hannah. M 
1775; Patty, July 3. I77<>: l'hel)e, Octol,,. ... 
1782; Ichaln^l, mentioned below. 

(\I) Ichaliod (2), son of Joel Ward, w.i- 
Imrn in Ashfield, November 21, 17X'' 
there in 1845. He married .Abigail ■- 
Children: I'.lizabeth, born I-'ebruary 21. i>'3 
.Abigail. ( >ctober 2U- i8jj, marrierl Rev. Mer- 
rick Ktii'.dii I -.e Knight \'H I. 



I'he English forebears of the 
KIMllALI. Kimballs were an ancient 
ily of the county of ."^ 
The original orthography was probabl\ Iwui- 
bolde. and several other forms of spelling ap- 
pear in the f-'nglish records, as : Kemlwld, 
KeniI)ould. Kembolis, Kembolde an«l Kcmhall. 
The .\merican Kimballs are the ]irogeny of 
two brothers. Richard, from whom are de- 
scended the Kimballs of Connecticut, and 
Henry, who spelled his name Kemball. The 
coat-of-arms, of somewhat uncertain origin, 
given in the family genealogy is: .Argent, a 
lion ram|)ant. gules, upon a chief sable, three 
crescents of gold. Crest : A lion ram])ant 
holding in the dexter paw a dagger au i>ropre. 
(I) Richard Kimball, of Ratlle-den. coutUy 
of Sufi'olk. who on acc'iunt of the religious 
upheaval which was then at its height in the 
mother country, sought a home in New Eng- 
lan<l. was among the ])assengers on the ship 
■■|*;iizabeth." which sailed from Ipswich. Eng- 
land, for lioston. .April 10. i'^>34. He was 
accomranied by his large family, and as he 
was a wheelwrijjht by trade and a skillful 
mechanic, he proved a most welcome addition 
to the infant colony. Going first to Water- 
town. Massachusetts, he was made a freeman 
there. May (^. i'^»35. and in the following year 
became a landed proprietor. In res]K)nse to 
a demand for a competent wheelwright by 
the settlers of Ipswich. Massachusetts, lie sub- 
sequently removed to that town and there 
spent the remain<ler of his life, plying his 
calling with energy and contributing largely 
to the welfare of the conununity. I lis iKntJi 
occurred June 22. i'>75. His first wife, whom 
he marrieil in England, was L'rsula Scott, of 
Rattlesdcn. daughter of Henry Scott. She 



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accompanied him to America and died prior 
to October 23, 1661, on which date he mar- 
ried (second) Mrs. Margaret Dow, of Hamp- 
ton, New Hampshire. She died March i, 
1676. Richard Kimball was the father of 
eleven children, all of his first union, and 
eight of them were natives of England, i. 
Abigail, born in Rattlesden, June 18, 1618; 
died in Salisbury. Massachusetts, June 17, 
1658 : married John Severans and her great- 
granddaughter, Abigail Eastman, was the 
mother of Daniel Webster, the famous Amer- 
ican statesman. 2. Henry, born in 1619. 3. 
Elizabeth, 1621. 4. Richard, 1623. 5. 
Mary, 1625 ; married Robert Dutch, of 
Gloucester and Ipswich, Massachusetts. 6. 
Martha, 1629; married Joseph Fowler, who 
was killed by the Indians near Deerfield, Mas- 
sachusetts, May 19, 1676. 7. John, born in 
1631, died May 6, 1698. 8. Thomas, men- 
tioned below. 9. Sarah, born in Watertown, 
Massachusetts, in 1635 ; married Edward Al- 
len, of Ipswich, Massachusetts, died June 12, 
1690. 10. Benjamin, born in either Water- 
town or Ipswich in 1637; settled in that part 
of Rowley, Massachusetts, which is now Brad- 
ford, and died there June 11, 1695. 11. Caleb, 
born in Ipswich in 1639: died in 1682. 

(II) Thomas, eighth child of Richard and 
Ursula (Scott) Kimball, was born in Rattles- 
den, county of Suffolk, England, in 1633. 
Coming to America with his parents during 
his infancy he resided with them in Water- 
town and Ipswich, and acquired a knowledge 
of mechanical pursuits uncler the direction of 
his father. Early in life he went to Hampton, 
New Hampshire, and in 1653, prior to his ma- 
jority, he became the owner of a mill on 
Oyster river. He later removed to Bradford, 
Massachusetts, where he resided for the rest 
of his life, and he was not only a skillful me- 
chanic, but a thrifty farmer as well. Feb- 
ruary 20, 1669, he was chosen constable. In a 
night attack upon the settlement by the In- 
dians, May 2, 1676, Thomas Kimball was 
killed, and a portion of his family, consist- 
ing of his wife and five of their children, 
Joanna, Thomas, Joseph, Priscilla and John, 
were made prisoners. After forty-one days 
of captivity in the wilderness, they were lib- 
erated through the friendly offices of Waha- 
lancet, chief of the Pennacook tribe, and their 
return was the cause of general rejoicing by 
their friends and neighbors, who had prayed 
long and earnestly for their deliverance. 
Thomas Kimball married Mary, daughter of 
Thomas and Joanna Smith, of Ipswich. Chil- 
dren : I. Elizabeth, born December 5, 1658; 
died December 27, 1658. 2. Richard, who 
is again mentioned. 3. Joseph, born in 1662, 



died before 1699. 4. Mary, born in 1663, 
married Thomas Reddington, of Boxford, 
Massachusetts. 5. Hannah, born January 28, 

1664, died before 1669. 6. Thomas, born in 

1665, died in Bradford June 30, 1732. 7. 
Ebenezer, born April 20, 1668. 8. John, born 
October 14, 1675. 9. Joanna, married Joshua 
Morse, of Xewbury, Massachusetts, and died 
April 10, 1690. 

(III) Captain Richard, eldest son of 
Thomas and I\Iary (Smith) Kimball, was born 
in Hampton, New Hampshire, in 1660; died 
in Bradford, Massachusetts, January 21, 
1732-33. For many years he was an officer 
in the Colonial militia, commanding the local 
company and rendering excellent service. Sep- 
tember 7, 1682. he married (first) Sarah 
Spofford, born March 24, 1661, died Febru- 
ary 14, 1713-14; daughter of John and Eliza- 
beth SpofTord, of Boxford, Massachusetts. 
He married (second). November 5, 1714, Mrs. 
Mehitable (Day) Kimball, widow of his 
cousin, Richard Kimball. Children, all by first 
wife: I. Richard, born August 7, 1683. died 
August 19, 1683. 2. Sarah, January 5, 1685; 
married John Wood, of Littleton, Massachu- 
setts. 3. Samuel, mentioned in the succeed- 
ing paragraph. 4. Mary, born January 29, 
1687 : married Nathaniel Ames, of Boxford. 

5. Richard, Alarch 27, 1689; died January 5, 
1768. 6. Hannah, March 19, 1691 : married 
Edward Carlton, of Haverhill, ]\Iassachusetts. 
7. Ruth, February i, 1693, married Richard 
Peabody, of Boxford. 8. Mehitable, August 
10, 1699-, married Nathaniel Gage. 9. Joseph, 
September 29, 1701 : died July 5, 1769. 

(IV ) Samuel, second son and third child 
of Captain Richard and Sarah (Spofford) 
Kimball, was born in Bradford, Massachu- 
setts, in March, 1686 ; died in Plainfield. Con- 
necticut, in 1748. In 1723, he removed to 
Connecticut, purchasing one hundred acres of 
land in Pomfret, but instead of locating in that 
town he settled in Hampton, and he afterward 
removed to Plainfield. His will was made 
January i, 1748, and proved April 8. of the 
same year. Some of his descendants are still 
to be found in Hampton, while others are re- 
siding in other parts of Connecticut and in 
other states. He married. January i. 1713, 
Sarah Spofford, who was born September 20, 
1693. (!;hildren: i. Mehitable, born Febru- 
ary 26. 1716-17; died April 8, 1760. 2. Mar- 
tha, born February 9, 1718; married a Mr. 
Squash. 3. Daniel, mentioned later. 4. A son, 
born in 1721. 5. Richard, born July 17, 1722. 

6. Sarah. 7. Mary. 8. Son, born in Hamp- 
ton, and resided in Windham. 

(V) Daniel, third child and eldest son of 
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l/.irn in IJradfnril, Mas>ailni>ctl>. Jaiuiary 7, 
i-rp; (lied iti I'oinfret. Connecticut, Sc|)tcin- 
hcr (^ 1786. On Marcli 27. 1751. lie inarricil 
Anna I laniniond and they resided for many 
years in Hampton. Cmmecticut. 'I'lieir cliil- 
dren were: i. Samuel, Inirn Marcli 22, t75-2; 
died .\nj;ust 29, 1754. 2. Daniel, liorn Marcli 
10, 1754, died yount;. 3. Daniel (second), 
mentioned helow. 4. Josiah, burn September 
21, 1757: died September 1, 177S, 5. Asa, 
born June 6, 1760; died Mav 10, iSiT). 

(\i) Daniel (2), third son of Daniel (l) 
and Sarah (S]iofford) Kimball, was horn in 
I lampion, Coimecticut, March 1, 1755. Alxiut 
the year 1800, he settled in RUiniiton, Con- 
necticut, purchasing a larjje and desirable 
piece of agricultural property located in dis- 
trict No. 3. and enj^asjing' in general farming 
upon an extensive scale, he became wealthy. 
The original dwelling house he tore down and 
replaced by a substantial brick residence, the 
material for the brick was burned in a rude 
kiln constructed of clay hauled by him from 
\\'a[)ping, a distance of eight miles, and it 
is still considered one of the finest country 
scats in that part of the counly. Daniel Kim- 
ball was one of the most prominent residents 
of I-'llington in his day, and as a Whig rep- 
resented that town in the general assembly. 
He was a member of the Congregational 
(hurch. His death occurred in Kllington. 
May I, 1S37. Me married ^^iriam Allworth. 
a resident of l'.ro<iklyn, Connecticut, born in 
\~f^^. died December 23, 1823. She was a 
lady of unusual ability and superior intelli- 
gence, and her kindly nature endeared her to 
a wide circle of friends and acquaintances. 
Daniel and Miriam (Allworth) Kimball were 
the parents of three children: i. Josiah, born 
.\ugust 29, 178S. married (first) Amy Her- 
rick, and (second) Eunice Damon; died in 
Ellington, October 14, 1852. 2. Daniel, men- 
tioned below. 3. .\senath, born September 
-"• ^7'^^- died January 17. 1857; married 
Horace McKnight. and her son, James D. 
McKnight. is mentioned elsewhere in this 
work. 

(Nil) Daniel (3). youngest son of Daniel 
(2) anil Miriam (Allworth) Kimball, was 
born in Hampton, Connecticut. July fi, 1792. 
He grew to manhood in EUinjton. whither 
he removed with his parents when about eight 
years old. and after the death of his father, 
he succeeded to the management of the pa- 
ternal estate. He was a successful business 
man as well as a ]>rospcrous farmer, and with- 
drawing, in 1848. from the management of 
his large farm, in favor of his son, he re- 
moved to Ellington Center, where he thence- 
forward devoted his attention to other inter- 



ests, particularly to financial matter-. He was 
one of the organizers of the Rockville Na- 
tional Hank and served u|)on tlie Ixtard of 
directors for the remainder of hi> life, giving 
that institution the benefit of his businciis abil- 
ity and sound judgment in " -t- 
ment. .As a Kcjnililican. 1 ■ 1- 

ously in political affairs. luy 

years as sheriff of Tolland county and attain- 
ing prominence in the general assembly as 
representative from Ellington. He was also 
active in religious afTairs, and is well remem- 
bered by those of his contcm- — ho 

survive him as one of the most I h- 

utors toward the sup|x)rt of t! .1- 

tional Church. Daniel Kimball died in tiling- 
ton, .April 25, 1876. On .September 3, 18 [7, 
he marriecl Ruxanna .McCray, born December 
13. I7<m: 'I'<-''' November i, 1873: daughter 
of Isaac and Roxanna ( Olmstea<i ) McCray. 
She became the mother of four children: i. 
Roxanna Roan, born November 4. 1818; mar- 
ried, December \~, 1846, Henry McCray. a 
hardware merchant of Rockville, and neither 
are now living. 2. Daniel Norton, mentioned 
below. 3. Carlos Clinton. Iwirn .April 24. 1828, 
dicti June 13, 1907, in Hartford: became a 
prominent business man of Hartford and es- 
tablished the firm of Kimball and Parker, in- 
surance ayents : married Carrie C. Converse. 
4. Elizabeth McCray, l)orn December 20, 
1830, die<l July 17. 1835. 

(\IH) Daniel Norton, second child and 
eldest son of Daniel (3) and Roxanna (Mc- 
Cray) Kimball, was born at the family home- 
stead in Ellington, July 4, 1821. Having con- 
cluded his studies at the academy in East 
Hartforrl. he turned his attention to agricul- 
ture, bringing to that calling an unusual 
amount of energy and genuine enthusiasm, 
and in 1848 sticceederl his father in managing 
the homestead farm. For nearly thirty years, 
he carried on general farming with success, 
and retiring in 1877 he took tip his residence 
at Ellington Center. subsef|uently selling the 
homestead farm. From tliat time forward 
he busied himself in matters of more or less 
importance to the general community. He 
sticcceded his father as a director of the Rock- 
ville National Hank, an<l was also interested 
in other imixirlant enterprises, including the 
Rockville. I'road Hrook and East Windsor 
Street Railway Company. Politically he was 
Re|)ublican and for a number of terms he 
served as a member of the board of selectmen. 
Personally, he was highly esteemed for his 
upright character, and his death, which oc- 
curred November 14, 1902. was sincerelv de- 
plored by the entire community. Like his 
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supporter of the Ellington Congregational 
'Church, and served with ability upon the com- 
mittee for the erection of the present church 
■edifice in 1868. 

On January 20, 1848, Mr. Kimball married 
Jane Thompson, who was born in Ellington, 
September 19, 1823, daughter of Samuel and 
.Mary (Ellsworth) Thompson. Of this union 
were born six children: i. Charles Norton, 
born October 17, 1849; died October 23, 1851. 
2. Mary Jane, born September 13, 1852. 3. 
Elizabeth Roxanna, born November 3, 1854; 
died June 20, 1864. 4. Julia, born October 
21, 1857; married John Thompson McKnight 
September 23, 1885, and had three children ; 
Mary Kimball, born August 28, 1886, was 
graduated from Wellesley College in 1910 ; 
Alice T'lompfon. born January 9, 1890; died 
July 27, of the same year, and Grace Ells- 
worth, born November 13, 1892 ; died July 7, 
1897. 5. Samuel Thompson, born November 
6, i860 ; educated at Williston Seminary, East- 
hampton, Massachusetts ; engaged in farm- 
ing at the homestead, died January 11, 1893. 
He was prominent in political and religious 
affairs; was deeply interested in the study of 
nature and became a taxidermist of note. A 
portion of his fine collection of stuffed birds 
was presented by his widow to the Hall Me- 
morial Library. He married, October 11, 
18S7, Maud, daughter of C. Newton and Fan- 
nie (Croxon) Pomeroy, of Somers, Connecti- 
cut. 6. Fanny, born April 19, 1867 ; died July 
12. of that year. 



(H) Benjamin, son of Rich- 
KIMBALL ard Kimball (q. v.), was born 

in 1637, about the time his fa- 
ther removed from Watertown to Ipswich. 
He died June 11, 1695. He resided in Exeter, 
New Hampshire, removed to Salisbury, I\Ias- 
sachusetts, thence to Rowley, where, May 12, 
1663, he bought land of Elizabeth Starrett, 
of Haverhill. This land was what was later 
the town of Bradford. At the first town meet- 
ing of Merrimack (later Bradford), February 
20, 1668, he was elected an overseer of the 
town. He bought various other lots of land 
in Bradford. He and his brother, Richard 
Kimball, were soldiers in 1683-84 in Captain 
Appleton's company. Another brother, 
Thomas, was killed by the Indians, May 3, 
1676. Benjamin was a cornet of horse troops. 
Flis house was in the west part of Bradford 
not far from the ancient cemetery. He was 
a wheelwright and carpenter and carried on 
a farm. He married, in Salisbury, April, 1661, 
Mercy, born October 16, 1642, died January 5, 
1707-08, daughter of Robert and Ann Hazel- 
tine. She was one of the first members of 



the church at Bradford, she and sixteen other 
women being received into the church, Janu- 
ary 7, 1702-03. He owned a fourth part of 
a sawmill at Haverhill near Amesbury, bought 
of Matthew Harrison. The gravestones of 
Benjamin and Mercy Kimball are in the old 
graveyard. Children : Anna, born December 
23, 1661, died January i, 1774; Mary, Decem- 
ber 27, 1663, died February 5, 1664; Rich- 
ard, mentioned below ; Elizabeth, July 24, 
1669; David, July 26, 1671, died June 14, 
1743 : Jonathan, November 26, 1673, died Sep- 
tember 30, 1747 ; Robert, March 5, 1675-76, 
died February 24, 1744; Abraham, March 24, 
1677-78, died February 25, 1707-08; Samuel, 
March 28, 1680; Ebenezer (twin), June 20, 
1684, died January 23, 1715 ; Abigail (twin), 
died January 23, 1715. 

(III) Richard (2), son of Benjamin Kim- 
ball, was born December 30, 1665, died Jan- 
uary 10, 1710-11. He lived in Bradford and 
was town clerk there for many years. In the 
division of his father's estate he received a 
fourth part of his interest in the sawmill at 
Haverhill, also land in that place and in Ames- 
bury. He married, September 6, 1692, Me- 
hitable, born January 26, 1669, daughter of 
John and Sarah (Pengry) Day. She mar- 
ried (second) Richard Kimball, son of 
Thomas Kimball, and cousin to her first hus- 
band, and survived him. Children, born in 
Bradford: Sarah, born July 5, 1693; Benja- 
min, July II, 1695, rnentioned below; Abra- 
ham, April 24, 1698, died February 19, 171 1; 
Abigail, August 7, 1700, died of smallpox 
March 25. 1722; Job, September 16. 1702; 
Stephen, February 13, 1708; Richard, January 

9. 1711- 

(IV) Benjamin (2), son of Richard (2), 
Kimball, was born in Bradford, July 11, 1695, 
died there in 1752. He married, in Haverhill, 
February 17, 1719, Priscilla, born November 
25, 1698, died November, 1782, daughter of 
Richard and Hannah (Andrews) Hazen, of 
Haverhill, and granddaughter of Edward Ha- 
zen, who settled in Rowley as early as 1648. 
Her mother was daughter of Robert Andrews, 
immigrant ancestor of Governor Andrews of 
Massachusetts. Priscilla Kimball married 
(second) February 26, 1756, Captain Daniel 
Ames. She was a woman of great strength 
of character and ability. Children, born in 
Bradford: Mehitable, January 11, 1721 ; Mary, 
April II, 1723; Abigail, December 2, 1725; 
Obadiah, May 28, 1728, died October 22, 
1804; Sarah, July 15, 1731 ; Richard, October 
13, 1732, mentioned below ; Priscilla, October 
29, 1734; Benjamin, November 22, 1736. died 
January 8, 1756, of quinsy, in Nova Scotia, 
while a soldier in the French War ; John, Feb- 



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niary 25. i7JiX-,Vj. died December 31, 1S17; 
Bcttie. .May 25. 1741. died July 8, 1755: Dud- 
ley. Octiiher 2S. 1743, died July 8, 17^0. 

(\) Richard (3), son nf Hcnjaniin (2) 
Kiinljall, was Ixirn in I'>radturd, October 13, 
1732, died very suddenly in 17S0. Having 

■nversed with his family in the evenintj. he 
•.ad the last two chapters of Ephesians. then 

layed, and retired to his hed. He died im- 

u'diately. He was a fanner and lived on 
liw street in Haverhill. He married, July 
J J, 1755, Sarah, horn 1731. died Nmeinher 
''•• '797. daughter of Ahncr Harriman, of 
1 'laislon, New Hampshire, and a descendant 

t' I'.ernard Harriman, the immigrant, who 

.line from Rowley, county York. England. 

-he married (second) Eaton, and 

>cttled in Peacham. X'ermont. Children, itorn 
in the West Parish, 1 laverhill. Massachu- 
setts : jteiijaniin, liorn .August 26, I75f>. died 
' iptemher 21, 1833: James. February 4, 
^758; Jesse. Deceml)er 31, 1759. died young; 
Joal), -April 15. I7'>2. mentioned below: I'.etty, 
baptized SeiUcmber 2, I7^>4, died unmarried; 
Priscilla Ilazen, b.«rn Jidy 4. I7(')8, died Dc- 

cinber 5. 1834: .\bigail. 1771 ; Richard Ha- 

'-'"• ^773- died August 30, 1827. 

(\I) Joab, son of Fiichard (3) Kimball, 
was born .\pril 15, 1762. died November 19, 
1843. He was brotn^ht up on a farm, and 
■went as a soldier in the revolution at a very 
■early age, serving three years. He enlisted 
.\l'ril ID. 1781. at Haverhill, and marched to 
I'.iiston. thence to West Point. In .\pril, 
1781, he was in Captain Sylvanus Smith's 
company. Colonel Rufus Putnam's regiment, 
under command of (leneral Patterson. In 
I'ebruary, 178,^ he was transferred to the 
I'irst Massachusetts Regiment. Captain Good- 
rll's company, serving until December, 1783, 
\' hen he was discharged at West Point. The 

ider for discharge was signed by General 
!\iiox, and is in the possession of the family 
uf his grandsiMi. the late Leonard .A. Mor- 
rison. He underwent great privations while 
in the service and was disabled for life, his 
health being permanently injured. He was 
a fine-looking man, short, fleshy, of a liglit 
comjilexion. He lost much property in early 
life by endorsing notes for friends, which 
they allowed him to pay, and from these re- 
verses he never fully recovered. He and his 
wife resided many years in Ryegate, Piarnet 
and Peacham. X'ermont. He married, Janu- 
ary 24. 1799, Elizabeth, txirn in I'xbridge. 
Massachusetts. January 24. 1773. died in 
U'indham. New Hampshire. July 9. 1862, 
daughter of Thomas anil Martha (Park) 
Reed. She was of medium height, with hazel 
■eyes, dark-brown hair, and light complexion. 



She was well educated, and very ambitious 
for her children to have educational advan- 
tages. .After the <leath of her husband she 
removed to W'imlham and lived with her 
tiaughter, Mrs. Eleanor .Morrison. Children: 
James, born November 25, i~</). died N't>vem- 
ber 25, 1838; Harvey, born at Enlield, New- 
Hampshire, I'cbruary 28, i8or. died January 
12, 1879: Leonard U'orcestcr. Iwrn at Peach- 
am, \ermont. June, 1802, die<l Cx-tolKr 15. 
1835, at Boston: Eliza Reed. ^ ' 9. 

1803. married Dr. Seth Field ; .r- 

son, September 4, 1805, died ., : 5, 

1806; Eleanor Reed, January S, 1S08, died 
August 5, iHftC); Jesse Merrill. June 19. 1809. 
mentioned IkIow ; Thomas Reed, September 
25, 1811, died January 28. 1872; Charlotte 
Lucy, March 13, 1818, at Danville. X'ermont. 

(\ H) Jesse Merrill, son of Joab Kimball, 
was lx)rn June 19, 1809. in Danville. X'er- 
mont. ilied June 24, iWo. He received his 
education at the academy at Montpclier, \ct- 
mont. 1 le soon engaged in business in Bos- 
ton. Massachusetts, and afterward removed 
to New X'ork, continuing in business as a mer- 
chant, and making his home in Brooklyn. 
He died at the home of his brother-in-law. 
Rev. George .A. Bryan, in XX'cst Haven, Con- 
necticut, and was buried at Rocky Hill. He 
marrieil. in New X'ork City, June 18, 1850, 
Elizabeth C. l)orn in \Xeathcrsfield, Con- 
necticut, September 2^. 1823, daughter of 
Ashur and Elizabeth (Chapin) Robbins. 
Children : Edward Calvin, born in New York 
City, May 15, 1851, died May 24, 1852; Og- 
den Edwards, January 18, 1853, died April 7, 
1854; .Arthur Reed. February i, 1855. men- 
tioned below : Mary Eliza, born in Brooklyn, 
January 2, 1857, died June 17, 1857. 

fX'IlI) .Arthur Reetl, son of Jesse Merrill 
Kimball, was born in New York City, Feb- 
ruary I, 1855. He prepared for college at 
the ilopkins Grammar School and graduated 
at Yale College in 1877. .After a year in the 
law school of Yale, he studied law in the office 
of F. 11. XX'inston in Chicago and was admit- 
ted to the Chicago bar in 1879. He found 
the practice of law uncongenial, and taught 
school for a year, and then took up journal- 
ism. He became the city editor of the lo7ca 
Slate Rcj^istcr in Des Moines, and was aft- 
erward a rep<irter on the statT of the 5"/. Louis 
Globc-Dcmocrat. In 1881 he removed to 
Waterbury, Connecticut, and became associate 
editor of the ]\'atcrbur\ American and later 
became the treasurer of the .American Print- 
ing Company, publishers of the Waterbury 
American, in which company he is also a di- 
rector. Mr. Kimball has lectured at Yale on 
journalism and has made many contributions 



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to leading magazines, including Scribjicr's, 
1 lie Ccntitry. Xortli American Reviezv, 
Atlantic Monthly, The Outlook, and the 
Independent. Among other enterprises 
with which ]\Ir. Kimball is prominently con- 
nected are the following : He is a director 
in the Chase Corporation, in the Chase Roll- 
ing Mill Company, in the Waterbury Man- 
ufacturing Company, in the Industrial School 
for Girls at Middletown, a member of the 
executive committee of the Civil Service Re- 
form Association of Connecticut, of the Cen- 
tury Club of New York, of Governor Wood- 
ruff's tuberculosis commission, chairman of 
the executive committee of the Gaylord Farm 
Commission, secretary of the Waterville Cor- 
poration, deputy governor of the Society of 
Colonial Wars, and president of the Water- 
bury Anti-tuberculosis League. He is inde- 
pendent in politics and in religion is a Con- 
gregationalist. He married, May 15, 1895, 
Mary E., daughter of Augustus S. Chase, of 
^^'aterbury. Children: Elizabeth Chase, born 
February 4, 1900 ; Chase, January 20, 1902. 

William Skinner, son of John 
SKINNER Skinner, was born in Portsea, 

county Hants, England, Feb- 
ruary 4, 1813. His father immigrated to this 
country in 1820 and settled in New York City, 
bringing his family with him. William mar- 
ried Jane Katherine, daughter of Abraham 
Emmett, of New York City, April 15, 1833, 
and became a merchant tailor in that city. He 
died October 10, 1848. 

(II) William Joseph, eldest son of William 
Skinner, was born in New York City, Decem- 
5, 1842. He attended the public schools for 
a time,' then enlisted in the United States Mili- 
tary Academy at West Point as a drummer 
boy when fourteen years of age. He remained 
at the academy for the next four years and on 
the breaking out of the civil war, in 1861, he 
was sent from there to New Haven by the 
United States government, to drill the First 
Brigade Connecticut Volunteers, the first 
troops destined by Connecticut for service in 
the civil war. His enlistment in the regular 
army expired in December, 1861, and in the 
following July, 1862, he joined the Fifteenth 
Regiment, Connecticut \'olunteers (three 
years' men). At the close of the war he 
entered civil life. In 1862 he married Celia 
E., daughter of William Wallace Hoggan, a 
native of Westville, Connecticut, and Sarah 
Sophia (Tuttle) Hoggan, daughter of Alvin 
Tuttle, of New Haven. At the time of this 
marriage the Hoggan family lived at New 
Haven. 

(HI) Dr. Clarence Edward Skinner, eldest 



son of William Joseph Skinner, was born in 
New Haven, June 8, 1868. He attended the 
West street and Fair street public schools 
in New Haven for a short time, and later, 
when his parents removed their residence to 
Westville, Connecticut, he attended the public 
school at that place. After finishing his course 
at the Westville school he entered the Com- 
mercial and Collegiate Institute (Russell's 
Military Academy), which he attended until 
1882. In 1888 he entered the Yale Medical 
School, worked his way through, and gradu- 
ated with the degree of M.D. in 1891, the 
Keese prize for the best thesis being divided 
equally between Dr. Skinner and Dr. Reuben 
Lockhart, of Bridgeport. He was immediately 
appointed resident physician at Springside 
Home (The New Haven Aims-House), and 
at the completion of his service in this insti- 
tution began practice in New Haven. 

Of progressive tendencies, he soon became 
interested in the methods of disease treatment 
outside of traditional lines and began experi- 
ments on the. therapeutic uses of dry hot air 
in 1897. He published the results of his in- 
vestigations in various medical journals at 
various times thereafter. His original work 
along these lines resulted in his receiving the 
honorary degree of Doctor of Laws from 
Rutherford College, in 1900. In 1901 he was 
appointed Professor of Thermaerotherapy in 
the New York School of Physical Therapeu- 
tics, going to New York twice weekly for the 
purpose of delivering lectures and conducting 
clinics. In 1902 Dr. Skinner completed 
"Therapeutics of Dry Hot Air," a book of 260 
pages, the first authoritative and exhaustive 
work written on this subject, which was pub- 
lished by A. L. Chatterton and Company of 
New York City. In 1905 the second edition 
of this book was awarded the Diplome d' 
Honneur, by the International Congress of 
Physiological Therapy held at Liege, Belgium. 

Early in 1901 he became interested in the 
X-ray treatment of various diseases, espe- 
cially cancer, and in 1902 his work in this 
field resulted in the most remarkable X-ray 
cure of a case of cancer that had been re- 
ported up to that time. This occurrence was 
duplicated in 1904, when he reported before 
the International Electrical Congress at St. 
Louis the cure of a case of abdominal cancer 
by X-rays which is still the most remarkable 
on record. In 1902 he was elected secretary 
of the American Electro-Therapeutic Asso- 
ciation and held the position for three years. 
Although nominated he declined a re-election 
to this office in 1905. In this same year he 
was elected vice-president of the American 
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l^ic l)t),'aii his career as a medical editor in 
1902, being placed in charge of the depart- 
ment of Thermaerotherain- of the Joiinial of 
Advanced Therapeutics. liarly in 1904 he 
was ajipointed editor-in-chief of the Archives 
of lilectridoiiy and h'adioloi^y which, in I''el>- 
ruary. if>05. i)ecame the .Irchi'ves of I'hysio- 
lofiical Therapy, a nnjiithly journal devoted 
to driigless methods of disease manajjemcnt. 
His associate editors on this periodical were: 
Drs. Carl Beck, James King Crook, Wolf 
I'Vciideiithal. William liraflbiiry N'oyi's. Wen- 
dell Christ! >plH'r l'hillii)s. Al|)honso David 
Rockwell, I-axton luigene Cardiier, and Sin- 
clair Tousey, of New York, New York ; Gor- 
don Cranger lUirdick, Adolph Decker and 
Franklin Martin, of Chicago, Illinois; Gus- 
tav\is Mliot and lay Wehlier Scivir, nf New 
Haven, Connecticut: Arthur Willis (Jnod- 
speed and George lidward Pfahler, of Phila- 
del|)hia, Pennsylvania; lieorge Coffin John- 
ston, of Pittshurg, Pennsylvania ; Robert Rey- 
burn, of Washington, D. C. : Ernest AIIktI- 
W'eil, of Paris. 1'" ranee: Hermann Algyogyi, 
\'ienna, Austria ; Jean Bcrgonie, Bordeaux, 
IVance : Carlo Colombe, Rome, Italy: Ludwig 
I hilhervtaedter and Alhert Neisser, Breslau, 
■ rmany : Leopold I.a(|uer, Frankfort-on- 
i.iin. German)- : Louis Torok, Budapest, 
Hungary: and Mr. John Hall-Edwards. Bir- 
mingham, England. 

In ic)oo he established the Newhope Private 
Sanitarium in New Haven, an institution es- 
pecially estal)Ii>lu-il and o(|uip|)ed for the treat- 
ment of rheumatism and like ailments. In 
1908 this institution was merged into the Elm 
City Private Hospital, a corporate institution, 
of which Dr. Skinner is nnw medical sujierin- 
tendeut and corporation secretary. This insti- 
tution is unirpie. It is elaborately e(|uipi)cd 
with apparatus for the a])i)lication of dry hot 
air, electricity, electric light. X-rays, mechani- 
cal vibration, hydrotherapy, etc., etc. Any 
reputable |ihysician or surgeon can enter pa- 
tients afflicted with either acute or chronic 
diseases, and care for them himself without 
any interference from the regular house staff, 
or any jiatient can enter ami have any physi- 
cian he desires take charge of his case, entirely 
independent of the hosjiital authorities as 
far as treatment is concerned. It therefore 
exhibits the features of a sanitarium for 
chronic diseases as well as those of a general 
hospital. No patient having a mental or con- 
tagious disease is admitted. The board of di- 
rectors is constituted as follows : .Andrew R. 
nra<lley. president: Henry L. Swain, M.D., 
vicc-presiilent ; Clarence G. Spalding, treas- 
urer : Clarence E. .'^kinner. M.D.. secretary: 
lohn T. Manson. Samuel H. Read. Drs. Nor- 



ton R. llotchkiss, Oliver T. OslK>me, Jay 
W. Scaver and Raynham Townshcnd. 

Dr. Skinner is a member of the American 
Medical .\ssfKiation, .American Electro-Thera- 
peutic .Association, American Roentgen Ray 

Society, Yale ^' '■ ' ^' ^ • • in, 

Connecticut .\I' n 

County Me<lu \v 

New Yyrk .Academy ui .\le<hcmc; the C>uin- 
nipiac, Union League, and New Haven Yacht 
clubs of New Haven, and the New Haven 
Colony Historical Society. He is a mcml)er 
of Trinity Protestant Episcopal Church of 
New Haven, of Hiram I^vlgc, No. i, Free and 
Accepted Masons; of Pulaski Chapter, Royal 
Arch Masons, of New Haven, and of Craw- 
ford Council. Royal and Select Masters. In 
politics he is independent. 

He m;irricd Edith Hart, oidy child of Hart 
and Rebecca (Tc;:iple) Hotchkiss, December 
31, 1896. Her father was l)orn in Bethany, 
Connecticut, July 2, 1833, died in New Haven, 
February 16, 1867. Her mother was born 
in New Haven, Connecticut. June 14, 1837, 
daughter of .Abram and Rebecca (Clapp) 
Temple, of Easthampton, Massachusetts. Re- 
becca Clap]) was born .August 28. 1805, at 
Easthampton, daughter of .Aaron Clapp (see 
Clapp). 

Hart Hotchkiss was the son of Hiram 
Hotchkiss. born April 22, 1795. flicd January 
22, 1S50, and Rebecca Hotchkiss, l)orn Janu- 
ary 13. J7118, died September 28. 1849. Hiram 
Hotchkiss was the son of Cajuain Silas Hotch- 
kiss, who was born in 1766, died in 1849; 
married Susanna Peck. Josej)h Hotchkiss, 
father of Captain Silas, was burn in 1737. 
died at Bethany, Connecticut ( Lebanon 
Rocks), in 1800; married, in 1762, at Wood- 
bridge ; children : Hannah, and Thomas, who 
died in 1821. Isaac Hotchkiss, father of Jo- 
seph, was born in 1701, died in 1750, at Beth- 
any, Connecticut : married, 1725, R,nchel Carnes 
or Kerns, daughter of Thomas ; children : 
Josejih. Thomas and Dorcas, and the latter 
died in 1790. Joshua Hotchkiss. father of 
Isaac, was birn in ifi^i, died in 1722; sergeant 
and ensign in King Philip's war; married (sec- 
ond) Hannah Tuttle, born 1662. died 1719. 
Samuel Hotchkiss, father of Joshua, was from 
Essex, England, settled in New Haven in 
164 1 : married, in 1^)42, Elizal>eth Claverly, 
who died in i'h8i. He died December 2S. i<i'>3, 
leaving a widow and six children. 

(The Cl.ipp Line). 

The surname Clapp or Clap had its origin 

in the proper or personal name of Osgod 

Clapa, a Danish noble in the court of King 

Canute ( ioi7-io3f>l. The site of his country 



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place was known as Clapham, county Surrey. 
The ancient seat of the family in England is 
at Salcombe in Devonshire, where important 
estates were owned for many centuries by this 
family. Coat-of-arms of this branch: First 
and fourth three battle-axes ; second sable a 
griffin passant argent; third sable an eagle 
with two heads displayed with a border en- 
grailed argent. A coat-of-arms in common 
use by the Clapp family in England and Amer- 
ica is : Vaire gules and argent a quarter azure 
charged with the sun or. Crest : A pike naiant 
proper. Motto : Fais ce que dois advienne que 
pourra. 

The American family is descended from six 
immigrants, Edward and Captain Roger, sons 
of William Clapp, and John, Nicholas, Thom- 
as and Ambrose, sons of Nicholas of Venn 
Ottery, Devonshire, England. The fathers 
William and Nicholas were brothers. The 
wife of Edward Clapp was daughter of Nich- 
olas Clapp. All came to Dorchester, Massa- 
chusetts, forming one of the most prominent 
and influential families of that town. 

(I) William Clapp, of this ancient Devon- 
shire family, lived at Salcombe Regis, Devon- 
shire. Two of his sons were prominent among 
the pioneers of Dorchester, i. Captain Roger, 
mentioned below. 2. Edward, came over after 
his brother, about 1633 ; admitted freeman 
December 7, 1636 ; was proprietor, town offi- 
cer, deacon; married (first) Prudence Clapp, 
daughter of his uncle, Nicholas Clapp, of Venn 
Ottery; (second) Susannah . 

(II) Captain Roger, son of William Clapp, 
was born in Salcombe Regis, Devonshire, Eng- 
land, April 6, 1609. He sailed from Plymouth 
on the ship, "Mary and John," for New Eng- 
land, March 20, 1630, arriving at Nantasket, 
May 30, 1630. He was one of the first set- 
tlers of Dorchester in 1630. He was a 
proprietor and was admitted a freeman 
May 14, 1634. He was chosen select- 
man in 1637, and fourteen times after- 
ward, previous to 1665, when he took com- 
mand of the fort, being appointed August 
loth of that year "captain of the castle," with 
a salary of fifty pounds a year. He was sev- 
eral times deputy to the general court. At 
the first regular organization of the militia in 
1644, he was lieutenant of the Dorchester 
company, and was afterward captain. He was 
one of the founders of the Dorchester church 
and a member for sixty years. He was a kind 
and considerate officer, and honored and re- 
spected by all under his authority. Such was 
the affection in which he was held by the 
citizens that on the occasion when he was seri- 
ouslv ill, a day of fasting and prayer was or- 
dered bv the town of Dorchester, that they 



might pray for his recovery. On his restora- 
tion to health, a day of thanksgiving was set 
apart. He removed to Boston in 1686, and 
died there February 2, 1691. He married, 
November 6, 1633, Johanna, daughter of 
Thomas Ford, of Dorchester, England, who 
was a passenger on the same ship. She was 
born June 8, 1617, died in Boston, June 29, 
1695. Children: Samuel, born October 11, 
1634, died October 16, 1708; William, July 
5, 1636, died September 22, 1638 ; Elizabeth, 
June 22, 1638, died December 25, 171 1, mar- 
ried Joseph Holmes ; Experience, August 23, 
1640, died young; Waitstill, October 22, 1641, 
died August 9, 1643 ; Preserved, November 23, 
1643, mentioned below ; Experience, December, 
1645, died young; Hopestill, November 6, 
1647, died September 2, 1719; Wait, March 
17, 1649. died May 3, 1717, married Jonathan 
Simpson; Thanks, baptized August 25, 1650, 
died young; Desire, October 17, 1652, died 
November, 1717; Thomas, April, 1655, died 
1670; Unite, October 13, 1656, died March 
20, 1664; Supply, October 30, 1660, died 
March 5, 1666. 

(III) Preserved, son of Captain Roger 
Clapp, was born November 23, 1643, died 
September 20, 1720. He lived in Dorchester 
until he was about twenty years old, when 
he removed to Northampton, and became one 
of the leading citizens there. He was captain 
of the militia and ruling elder of the church. 
He was deputy to the general court. He mar- 
ried, June 4, 1668, Sarah Newberry, of Wind- 
sor, who died October 3, 1716, aged sixty-six, 
daughter of Major Benjamin Newberry. Chil- 
dren : Sarah, born February 24. 1669, died 
young; Wait, November 8, 1670, married John 
Taylor Jr. ; Mary, December 14, 1672, died 
November 2, 1691 ; Preserved, April 29, 1675, 
died October 11, 1757; Samuel 1677, died 
1761 ; Hannah, May 3, 1681, married (first) 
January i, 1699, Abraham Miller; (second) 
Lieutenant John Parsons ; Roger, May 24, 
1684, mentioned below; Thomas, June 16, 
1688, died 1745. 

(IV) Roger (2), son of Preserved Clapp, 
was born May 24, 1684. He married Eliza- 
beth, daughter of Samuel Bartlett. Their 
children all lived to grow up and had families. 
He lived in Northampton. He was captain in 
the military company, and representative to 
the general court. He died in 1762, and his 
widow, August 9, 1767. Clijldren : Roger, 
born April 3, 1708; Elizabeth, May 29, 1710; 
Jonathan, born in i7i3;Aaron, January 30, 
1715, mentioned below; Asahel, about 1717; 
Supply, about 1721 ; Charles, in 1725 ; Noah, 
died about 1751 ; Simeon, born in 1728. 

(V) Aaron, son of Roger (2) Clapp, was 



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born January 30, 1715. He moved to what 

is now Easthanipton. He married Jemima 

Bartlett. Cliildrcn : Aaron, born April 5, 

1748. mentioned below: Daviil. September y, 

1750: Jemima, Dctober j6. 175J; Achsali, 

married John Duvoy ; Levi, in 1761), soldier in 

rivi)Iiition ; Eli, married Hannah Lyman. 

I \'l ) Aaron (2), son of Aaron (i) Clapp, 

IS born Ai)ril 5, 174K. He married and re- 

ved to the western part of New York, in 

if»()8. Children: Aaron, born June 6, 1771, 

mentioned below; Alanson, married 

Lud(lin;,;t()n : Ouartus, marrieil and lived in 
New York state: Ira, Xathan, Adolphus, Hela, 
married Electa Packard, Benoni, Harvey, Dio- 
dema. Phebe, Jemima, Lovisa, Daughter, 
Daughter. 

( VII ) Aarou (3), son of Aaron (2) Clai)p, 
IS born June f\ 1771, died May i, 1830. hie 
irried, Ecbruary 16. 179S, Rebecca, born 
April U), 1770, died .\ugust 31, 1834, daughter 
of N'ciah Strong, of Westhamptnn. They lived 
in Easthampton. Children : Octavia, born 
September, 1799, died ( )ctober, i8<:ii ; .\aron, 
August 26. 1801 ; Octavia, June 4, 1803; 
RelucL-a. August 28, i8;:)5, marrie 1. July 3, 
1828, at Easthampton, Abram Temple : Roland 
S., (Jctobcr 26, 1809: Eunice A., ( )ctober 28, 
181 1: Hannah, Februarv ;, 1816. 



( \' ) Thomas Shepard, son of 
SH El'ARD John Shepard (q. v.) was 
born at Middletown, July 20, 
1731 : married (first) January 10, 17U1. Mercy, 
daughter of Ebene/er and Sarah (Howes) 
Scars. Mercy Sears was born at Yarmouth, 
' lassachusclts, I'lbruary 11. i738-3<>. Ii!bene- 
' r Sears, her father, was Ixirn at Yarmouth, 
.\iigust 15, 1694, died at East Hampton, Con- 
necticut. He removed to Middletown about 
1748 and settled on the east side of the river 
in the section afterward set off as Chatham. 
Ebenerer was the son of Paul Sears ( see Sears 
ni). Mercy was descended from the follow- 
l; settlers of the I'ly mouth colony: Richard 

■ ars. George W'illard, Edmund Freeman, 
•vernor Thomas I'rence. Richard Sparrow, 

■ iward I?angs. Robert Hicks, Thomas Howes, 
Captain John Gorham, Edward Sturgis and 
from these who were passengers on the "May- 
flower"* Elder William Brewster and Mary, 
his wife. John Howlaml and I*!lizabeth (Til- 
lev) Howland. his wife, and the latter's par- 
its, John Tilley and bis wife. 

Sarah Howes, horn January 20, i^^70, was 
;i (laughter of Ebene/er and Sarah (^ Gorham) 
Howes. Ebenezcr Howes was the son of 
Jeremiah and Sarah (Prence) Howes. Jere- 
miah. l)orn about i''>37. died January 5, 1705, 
was a son of Thomas and Marv ( Burr) 



Howes, the immigrant anccst. r^ S.irah 
Prence, who died March 3. 1707. li- 

ter of Govonvr TIioiti.t; arnl I'- \- 

stcr; P: is 

Prence, • :;- 

land, aiic! v- 

stcr. Sai ry 

16, 1679, .: h- 

ter of Ensi>;n im, wliu >vu3 born 

Februarv Mi, 1 inntli. died inlv 9, 

17.;' . ■ ■ ■ • ■ ■■■ 1- 

war ji- 

tain , !i, 

was baptized at Ben 

January 28, 162 1. i '>, 

at Swansea, Massacluj.s>.;i!., i. e 

Howland. flaughter of lohn : ih 

(Tilley) Howland . ■ ' ^' 

Thomas Shepard \ ic revo- 

lution, a private in th- , . Colonel 

Huntington's regiment, serving from July to 
Decemlier. 1775: also in Captain Eells' com- 
j)any of Colonel Sage's regiment and served 
from June to December 25, 1776. His 
nephews John, Amos and Daniel Shepard, of 
Chatham, were also in the army. Thomas 
Shepard is recorded as having married the 
widow Ann Washburn in May. 1798 (Records 
of Chatham Congregational ninrrh V Elijah 
was the only child of Th' ' cd 

in Chatham, anti Thomas . :i'e 

Ann spent their last years •... ..., ., . liiis 

son. Thomas died in November, 1823, in his 
ninety-third year, strong in body to the last, 
but for some time enfeebled in minrl. Giil- 
dren of Thomas and Mercy (Sears^ Shepard: 
Hannah, born November 10, 17 ' ' 1, 
February 7. 1763; Alden, Dec( :; ; 

Paul, May 2, 1775; Elijah, mem. _! w ; 

Mercy, August 12, 1784. 

( \T ) Elijah, son of Thomas and Mercy 
(Sears) Shepard. was born March 18, 1782, 
at Chatham: married November 20, 1806, 

Rachel, daughter of Simeon :•• ' '^ ! >pe 

( Eddy ) Penfield, of Chatham. ; n 

l-'ebruary 28. 17S0. Simeon T er 

of Rachel, was lx>rn alK)ut 1755. at Cliatltam, 
was a soldier in the revolution, a jjensinncr on 
the list of 1S32 and again in 1S40, when his 
age was given a> eii;ht\-tive. The Penhelds 
were numerous in l/lntti "" ■"•' ■ne their 
name to Penfield Hill, wl, 1. The 

family of Elijah She] anl 1 ■ iie Epis- 

copal Church. He is said ti> liast been a ship- 
builder. He died August 28. 1823. leaving 
to his wife the problem of providing for four 
young children. Later on. she made her home 
with her son Edward, the oidy one of the 
family to remain in Giatham or Portland, but 
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and died there, October 25, 1865, at the home 
of her daughter Harriet. She was buried, 
however, in the Episcopal churchyard in Port- 
land. Children, born in Chatliam : i. Alden, 
December 16, 1807, died November 20, 1813. 
2. Ansel Penfield, November 12, 1809, died 
October 21, 1813. 3. Francis, mentioned be- 
low. 4. Edward, August 17, 1813, died No- 
vember II, 1889; married (first), January 5, 
1841, Emelia Sophronia Lewis, of Hebron, 
who died September 28, 1862; married (sec- 
ond) August 17, 1864, widow, Julia j\I. Gard- 
ner, who died August 16, 1896; children, born 
in Portland: Harriet Elizabeth, October 27, 
1841 ; Sarah Sophronia, January 30, 1843 > 
Penelope, July 25, 1845 ; Francis Lewis, July 
9, 1847; Emily Auralia, February 17, 1850; 
Rachel :\Iaria, February 12, 1852. 5. Harriet, 
born February 5, 1816, died April 13, 1897; 
married Rlerritt Baldwin, of Bristol, Novem- 
ber 20, 1842. 6. Penelope Eddy, born June 6, 
1818, died January 2, 1868; married Henry 
Bronson, at Bristol, January 3, 1847. 

(VH) Francis, son of Elijah Shepard, was 
born at Chatham, August 19, 181 1; married, 
December 18, 1834, Phebe Asenath, daughter 
of Shubael and Chloe (Chapin) Waterman, of 
Bolton, Connecticut. She was born October 
22, 1812, at Vernon, New York, whither her 
parents had removed. Her father was bap- 
tized December 30, 1781 (name incorrectly 
recorded as Ezra), and was drowned while 
engaged in carrying supplies to the army on 
the Canadian border, when Phebe was nine 
months old, leaving his wife with four small 
children. His widow returned to Bolton. Ezra 
Waterman, father of Shubael, was born at 
Norwich and died about 183 1 at Bolton, mar- 
ried (second) at East Haddam, April 5, 1770, 
Mary Brewster, born April 13, 1745, at Le- 
banon, died April 11, 1798, at Bolton. Daniel 
Waterman, father of Ezra, was born October 
2, 1701, at Norwich, died March 7, 1773, mar- 
ried, June 26, 1723, Mary Gifford, born De- 
cember 23, 1 70 1. Thomas Waterman, father 
of Daniel, was born in 1670, married, June 29, 
1691, Elizabeth Allyn. Ensign Thomas Water- 
man, born 1644, at Marshfield, was an original 
settler of Norwich, and died 1708, married, 
1668, JMiriam Tracy. Robert Waterman, father 
of Thomas, came to Salem from England, lived 
at Plymouth and Marshfield and died Septem- 
ber, 1652: married, December 9. 1638, Eliza- 
beth, daughter of Thomas Bourne. ]\Iiriam 
(Tracy) Waterman, born 1648, was a daugh- 
ter of Lieutenant Thomas Tracy, of Water- 
town, Salem, Wethersfield, Saybrook and Nor- 
wich, recently shown to have been in all prob- 
ability a son of William Tracy, who died in 
Virginia, .\pril 8, 162 1, and grandson of Sir 



John Tracy, of Toddington, Gloucestershire. 
Elizabeth (Allyn) \\'aterman was the daugh- 
ter of John and Elizabeth (Gager) Allyn, 
granddaughter of Robert Allyn, of Salem, 
New London and Norwich and of John and 
Elizabeth Gager. John Gager was of New 
London and Norwich (1659), died December 
10, 1703, son of William Gager who came 
with Winthrop in 1630. Mary (Gififord) Wa- 
terman, born December 23, 1701, was a daugh- 
ter of Samuel and 2\Iary (Calkins) Gifford. 
Samuel Gift'ord was born in 1668, died Au- 
gust 26, 1714. lived at Norwich and Lebanon. 
Stephen Gifford, father of Samuel, died No- 
vember 27, 1724, married. May, 1667, Hannah 
Gove, who died January 24, 1671. Mary 
(Calkins) Gifford, born May 1669, died July 
30. 1748, was a daughter of John and Sarah 
(Royce) Calkins, granddaughter of Deacon 
Hugh and Ann Calkins, granddaughter of 
Deacon Hugh and Ann Calkins, and of Rob- 
ert and Elizabeth Royce, immigrant ancestors. 

Mary (Brewster) Waterman, born April 
13, 1745, died April 11, 1798, at Bolton, was 
a daughter of Daniel and ]\Iary (Dimock) 
Brewster. Daniel Brewster was born Novem- 
ber 21, 1714, at Lebanon, died May 7, 1749, 
married, October 10, 1734, Mary Dimock, 
born September 14, 1710, at Mansfield. Ben- 
jamin Brewster, father of Daniel, was born 
December 25, 1673, died in 1755, at Lebanon, 
married, December 17, 1696, Mary Smith. 
Benjamin Brewster, father of Benjamin, was 
born November 17, 1633, at Duxbury, died 
September 14, 1710, at Norwich, married, 
February 28, 1660, Ann (Addis) Darte, 
daughter of William Addis, of Gloucester 
(1642) and New London. Jonathan Brewster, 
father of Benjamin, was born August 12, 1593, 
at Scrooby, England, and died at Norwich, 
August 7, 1659, son of Elder William Brew- 
ster, a sketch of whom appears elsewhere in 
this work. Jonathan Brewster married. April 
ID, 1624, Lucretia Oldham. Mary (Smith) 
Brewster, born November 21, 1672, at Groton, 
was a (laughter of Edward Smith, of New 
London and Groton, and Elizabeth Bliss, 
daughter of Thomas Bliss, Jr., a sketch of 
whom appears in this work. Mary (Dimock) 
Brewster was born September 14, 17 10, daugh- 
ter of Benjamin and Mary Dimock, of Mans- 
field, granddaughter of Deacon Shubael and 
Joanna (Bursley) Dimock, of Barnstable. 
Elder Thomas Dimock, father of Shubael, was 
of Dorchester and Barnstable. (See Dimock 
elsewhere in this work.) 

Chloe (Chapin) Waterman, born March 30, 
1782, at Stafford, died March 17, 1872, at 
Bristol, was a daughter of Aaron and Phebe 
(Spencer) Chapin. (See Spencer Line). 




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Aaron, I'nther of Aaron Cliapin, was born 
September 28, 1714, at Enfield, died April 
19, i8<xS, at Sonicrs, married Sybcl Markham, 
born I'eliruary i, i"jo. died .Nlarcii 11, I7yl. 
Ebenezer Chapin, fatber of Aarttii, Sr., was 
born June 2U, \(>", at Springfield, and died 
December i.^, 1772, at Enfield; married Ruth 
Janes, born June 5, 1(^2, died January 18, 
1736. Japhet Chapin, father of Ebenezer, 
died at Sprini^field, l-'ebruary 20, 1712, mar- 
ried, Jiil\ 2_', I'l'^, Abilenali Colcy. lj<jrn at 
Millord. January I'l. i''44, died Xovember 17, 
1710, dau>,dUer of Samuel Coley and Ann 
Pruddcn. immigrants. Ann was a dauj,diter 
of James I'rudden. Ruth (Janes) Chapin was 
a dauj,diter of Abel Janes, son of William and 
Mary Janes, of New Haven and Xorthampton, 
inimi>,'rants, iiorn 1644. died December 18, 
1718. married, November 14. i')79, Mary Judd, 
born 1659, died April 24, 1735, ilaughter of 
William and .Mary (Steele) Judd, of Fami- 
ington, fjranddauKhter of Deacon Thomas 
Judd, who is mentioned elsewhere in this 
work, and of John and Rachel Steele, immi- 
grants. 

Sybel ( Markham ) Chapin was born Febru- 
ary I, 1720, at Enfield, died March i, 1791, 
daughter of Daniel Markham, txirn Xovember 
I, 1671. at Cambridi,'e, and Deborah Meach- 
am. Deacon Daniel Markham, father of 
Daniel, came to Xew England in 1665, and 
lived at Cambrid;.;e anil .MiddletKwn ; married, 
November 3, 1669, Elizabeth Whitmore, born 
May I, 1649. Deacon Daniel is said to be son 
of Daniel Markham, brother of Mathcw, 
mayor of Xorwich, England, I'V^:;, and son of 
Sir Robert Markham. Elizabeth (Whitmore) 
Markham, born .May i, if^49. was a daughter 
of Francis VMiitmore, born 1^)25, in Eng- 
land, son of John Whitmore, of Wethcrsfield 
and Stamford. Francis Whitmore married 
Isabel Park, who died March 31. KVjj, daugh- 
ter of Richard Park, of Cambridge, immigrant. 
Deborah (Meacham) Markham. born .\pril 
8. 1681, was a daughter of Captain Isaac 
Meacham. a weaver of Salem and Enfield, who 
married December 2f\ 1^169. Delwrah ( Brown- 
ing) Perkins, widow of John Perkins and 
daughter of Thomas Browning, of Salem and 
Topsfield. Massachusetts. 

Francis Shepartl was an expert worker in 
the Portland .sandstone, which was then the 
stone chiefly used for building and decorative 
purposes, and he was employed on important 
work in Hartford and vicinity. He died in 
East Hartford. May 8. 185S, where his grave, 
according to his request, is marked by a large 
slab of the red sandstone. His family, shortly 
after his death, removed to Bristol. Connecti- 
cut, where his widow died. September ig. 



1876, and she is buried there. Children of 
Francis and Phebe Shepard : I. Frederick 
Chapin, born at Hartford, .Xovember 15. 1835. 
died, unmarried, at Bristol, July 27, 1882. 
2. Francis Waterman, mentioned below. 3. 
Emma Maria, born at Hartford, Xovcml)cr 27, 
1842: married (first) at Bristol, Erwin .\u- 
gustus Parlin, July 30. i8<j2; two children 
died in infancy and he died in 1875; married 
(second) at Winsted, .March 24. 1886, ch.irks 
Eddy Wright, of Xew Britain, u^ 
tobcr 3. igc/j. 4. Ella tharlotle. 

ton, January 15, i84''>: marrie<l at 

July 8, 1870, .Ste|ihen F. llarri.>^on, and <iied 
at liridgeport, December jo. 1S.S5, leaving one 
son and four daughters. 5. Rosetta Phebe, 
born at East Hartford, July 6, 1851, married 
James ()scar Belden, .\pril 22, \8lX) (see Bel- 
den line ). 

(\TII) Francis Waterman, son of Francis 
Shepard, was born at Manchester, Connecti- 
cut, October 25, 1838; married, February 18, 
1869, Emma, daughter of Isaac and Marietta 
(Holmes) Belden (see Belden). .\lr. She|>- 
ard's hopes of a professional education were 
shattered by his father's early death and the 
family responsibilities which devolved upon 
him. .-\fter removing to Bristol, he found em- 
ployment in the manufacturing enterprises of 
that bu.sy town, and was for a long time an 
overseer in the factory of the late S. E. Root, 
retiring some ten years ago, since which time 
his chief interests have been his church and 
his garden. He had joined the Congregational 
church in East Hartford, but soon after his 
marriage he returned with his wife to the 
Episcopal church to which his father's family 
belonged. He has filled nearly every office 
in Trinity Church. Bristol, and has been its 
senior warden for many years. The only child 
of .Mr. anfl Mrs. Francis Waterman Shepard 
was Rev. Charles Xorman, mentioned below. 

(IX) Rev. Charles Xorman Shepard. son 
of Francis Waterman .Shepard. was born in 
Xew Haven, Connecticut. January 8. 1870. 
Professor Shepard began his education in the 
public schools of Bristol, graduating from the 
high school in 1887. He then entered Trinity 
College, where be graduateil with high honors 
in the class of 1891. receiving the degree of 
bachelor of arts, followetl by master of arts 
in 1804. He then entered the General Theo- 
logical Seminary in Xew York, the foremost 
seminary of the Episcopal church, where he 
graduated in 1894 with the degree of bachelor 
of divinity and the appointment to a tutorial 
fellowship. The late Bishop Williams or- 
dained him to the Diaconatc in i8<>4 and to the 
Priesthood in 1895. ^^^ ''•'*■'' ''*'*^" ^ student 
of (iliilo<nphy and languages at Columbia and 



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New York Universities, and has been suc- 
cessively Fellow, Instructor in Hebrew, Ad- 
junct Professor of Biblical Learning and, since 
1906, Professor of Hebrew and Cognate Lan- 
guages in the General Theological Seminary. 

Professor Shepard is a member of the Phi 
Beta Kappa Society ; the Society of Biblical 
Literature and Exegesis ; the American Orien- 
tal Society ; the New York Oriental Club ; and 
the New York Churchman's Association. He 
lives at 9 Chelsea Square, New York City, and 
has his summer home at Bristol on the historic 
Chippeny Hill. He married, June 22, 1904, 
Marguerite, only daughter of Hon. Edward 
Butler and Alice Eliza (Giddings) Dunbar, 
of Bristol (see Dunbar line). Children, 
born at Bristol: Katherine, June 4, 1905; 
Alice Emma, June 30, 1906 ; Marguerite Dun- 
bar, October 25, 1908. 

Mrs. Shepard is a member of Katharine 
Gaylord Chapter, Daughters of the American 
Revolution, as a descendant of the following 
revolutionary soldiers : John Dunbar, Fife- 
]\Iajor Miles Dunbar, Thomas Welcher Pain- 
ter, Demas Warner, Sergeant Benjamin Gid- 
dings and Ephraim Alunson. Moses Dunbar, 
the loyalist, the most noteworthy character 
connected with Bristol in the revolutionary 
war, was a brother of her ancestor. Miles 
Dunbar. 

(The Spencer Line). 

Phebe (Spencer) Chapin, born at Somers, 
April I, 1750, died August 4, 1816, was a 
daughter of Ebenezer and Elizabeth (Root) 
Spencer. Ebenezer Spencer was born at Hart- 
ford about 1707, died at Somers, November 
20, 1787; married, February 14, 1734, Eliza- 
beth Root. Ebenezer Spencer, father of Eben- 
ezer, was born in Hartford, married, February 
28, 1699, Mary Booth, and removed from 
Colchester to Enfield, 1720. He was the son 
of Obadiah and Mary (Desborough) Spencer 
and grandson of Sergeant Thomas Spencer 
and Nicholas and Mary (Brunson) Desbor- 
ough, of Hartford. Mary (Booth) Spencer, 
born about 1670, died September 3, 1724, was 
the daughter of Simeon and Rebecca (Frost) 
Booth, of Fairfield, Hartford and Enfield, and 
granddaughter of Robert and Deborah Booth, 
of Exeter and Saco and of Daniel and Eliza- 
beth Frost, of Fairfield. Daniel was a son of 
William Frost, who came from Nottingham, 
England, and died 1645. Elizabeth (Root) 
Spencer was a daughter of Timothy and Sarah 
(Pease) Root. Timothy Root, born Decem- 
ber 3, 1685, at Westfield, Massachusetts, re- 
moved to Enfield and about 1713 to Somers; 
married, 1710, Sarah Pease. Thomas Root, 
father of Timothy, born about 164S at Farm- 
ington, removed to Westfield, died August 



16, 1709, married (second) October 7, 1675, 
Mary Spencer, died November 4, 1690, prob- 
ably born May 20, 1655, and daughter of Ser- 
geant Thomas Spencer, mentioned above, and 
his second wife Sarah, daughter of Nathaniel 
Bearding. Thomas Root was the son of John 
Roote, the immigrant, and Mary Kilbourn, 
and grandson of John and ^Nlary (Russell) 
Roote, of Badby, Northamptonshire, and of 
Thomas and Frances Kilbourn, who came from 
Wood Ditton, Cambridge county, England, in 
1635 and settled at Wethersfi'eld (Glaston- 
bury). Sarah (Pease) Root, born September 
27, 1689, died 1750, was a daughter of Cap- 
tain John Pease, one of the pioneers of En- 
field, born at Salem, Massachusetts, May 30, 
1654, died 1734, married, January 30, 1677, 
Margaret Adams, of Ipswich. Captain John 
Pease was the son of John Pease, of Salem 
and Enfield, and his first wife Mary Goodell, 
and grandson of Robert and jNIarie Pease, who 
came from Great Baddow, Essex county, Eng- 
land, and of Robert and Catherine Goodell, 
immigrant ancestors. 

(The Belden Lnie). 
From the researches of Jessie Perry \'an 
Zile Belden it appears that Belden is a place 
name and the family of ancient English origin. 
Bayldon or Baildon Common is a chapelry in 
the West Riding of Yorkshire, situated on 
an eminence overlooking the river Aire. Bail- 
don was in the Angle kingdom of Deira, A.D, 
530, whence came the immortal youths seen by 
Gregory at Rome, and it has been the seat of 
the Baildon or Belden family since the time of 
King John. Baildon Hall is still in a good 
state of preservation. Some alterations were 
made in 1660 by Francis Baildon, cousin of 
the American immigrant, and the cornice of 
the drawing room bears his initials. The hall 
was built some time during the fifteenth cen- 
tury. The coat-of-arms of the Bayldoiis of 
Bayldon is described : Argent, a fesse between 
three fleur-de-lis, sable. The simplicity of the 
arms indicates great age. 

(I) Walter Bayldon, earliest English an- 
cestor known in the direct line, married a 
daughter of Thomas Gargrave. 

(II) John Bayldon, son of Walter, married 
(first)- a daughter of John Haldenby. of Hal- 
denby, county York; (second) October 15, 
1 51 5, Mary Copley, daughter of Edward of 
Doncaster, Yorkshire, and he inherited his 
wife's estate. He died December 22, 1526. 

(III) George Baildon, third son of John 
by the second wife was born about 1520. He 
was of Methley, 1567, and of Hardwick, 1574. 
He -married Anne, daughter of Thomas and 
Jane (Pigot) Folkingham, of Leeds, and 



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widow of James Staiulisli, uf Killiiigliolmc, 
county of Lincoln. She was buried at Leeds, 
Dcceniher i", 1577. He died in 1588. and 
was buried at Kippax. 

(1\ } Sir l'"rani.-is ['.aiMon, son of George, 
wa-i burn in i5(X). lie was reeve of Kippax, 
1588, and was kniglilcd at the coronation of 
James 1. He was married four times, ily bis 
first wife Irances, ilaugiiter of Henry Jubn- 
son of Lealliky. wlii> was buried at Kippax 

May Ji. 1587, be bti' ' ' ■' 

(laiii;.aii>. I'.y lii- 

dauKlitcr of Ricliar! ' , . 

who was burieil Sei)tenil)er a, •5y'>. be iiad 
William, baptized January 4, 1589, who died 
beinre bis father; Richard, mentioned below, 
and six younger children. T.y bis third wife 
' ' ' — ' ' T of Sir Pinlip Tyrwhit, who 
iich 9, 1610. and by bis fourth 
x\i\\ who survived him. be had 
iitldien. Sir Francis died in 16J3. 
\ ) Richard Ilaildon wa> baptized at Kip- 
p.ix. May J(), 1591. On a list of those taking 
the oath of allegiance, .March 20. 1613, is this 
entry: "Richard Hayldon aged 19 ycares 
borne at Kipjiax in Com. Lbor. (i. e.. County 
of ^'ork I intending to pass over for IJre<laugh 
(llredai to be a souldier under Capen Bbm- 
dcll." His name is signed Richard Kayblonn 
with ;m extra n and a llourish. It is of little 
impi'ii.'.nce that bis age is given inaccurately; 
the record shows his siielling of the name and 
his taste for adventure. He was involved in 
controversies over the settling of his father's 
estate in 1624, after which be disappears from 
English records. Ili> identificalif>n with the 
man who is found at Wethersticld in 1641 
rests upon these considerations. Ricbaril liaxl- 
diin was a younger son by a second wife in 
a large family of only moderate wealth. He 
had his fortune to make. Opportunities were 
not plentiful in Englanil and if he had failed 
to win a competence after years of effort, if 
his wife hail died and bis home ties were 
broken, and if his sympathies were strongly 
with the I'uritan party, it was (piite natural 
that he shoubl take his sons and set out for 
America, as others were doing all around him. 
The emigrant seems to have been such a man. 
His name up<in his arrival and presum.tbly at 
his direction is spelled Richard liaylden. It 
was an imcommon name borne as far as ap- 
pears by no other family in ICngland. The 
age of bis sons and other circumstances would 
indicate that he was in the neigbborhooil of 
fifty years old. His eldest son bore the name 
of the deceased brother William. Tho-c were 
days of careless promuK-iation and phonetic 
spelling, and the name is soon spelled in vari- 
ous wavs t>n the records ami bv members of 



the family, I'.elden and Belding pre<lominatiiii:, 

Richard itaylilen is found acquiring ai 
posing 1. 1 l.iiiil .inil ibdv taking bis ' 



siii.tll ii.>c ;ii \\ cU.ci.-'iicld and u 
a relic of his early ilays. The thr. 
" " ' in alKjut 162J, Samuel. .11 n; iiiji>, 
lUiut I'lji, and they all left dc- 

in ndden, youii Rich- 

1, .\pril 24. Hi- .lid to 

be ilaugluer of Thomas and .S;;-.inM,i Staml- 
ish. He was admitted freeman in the same 
year and enlisted a^^ a trooper ■ 
John M.ison. He was aciive in ' 
a merchant and perhaps a ta\ ■ 
and when be died. Jime 2";, 1677. at the early 
age i>f forty-six. left an estate of £911. He 
wrote his name John belden. The births of 
eight children arc recorded. 

(\'II) Samuel I'.elden, son of John, was 
born January 3. 1665; married, January 14, 
1685, Hannah, daughter of Richard Handy 
and granddaughter of John Elderkin, of Nor- 
wich. He died December 27. 1738, and his 
widow die. I January 20. 1742. There were 
nine children. 

(\'IH) Gideon Belden, son of Samuel, was 
born March 24. 1693: married. Februarv 7, 
1 712. Elizabeth, daughter of Zachery Sey- 
mour, granddaughter of Richard and Mercy 
Seymour, of Hartford, Farmingion and Nor- 
walk. Zachery Seymour marrieil. b'ebruary 
9. i('»88. Mary, daughter of Widow Mary 
Gritt (Garrett?) and died August 10. 1702. 
Gideon I'.elden die<l in 1733. They had four- 
teen children. 

fIX) T'lisha Belden, son of Girleon. was 
born July 22. 17 15. .\t bis father's death, 
in his nineteenth year, he was put under the 
guardiansbii) of Josiah Churchill In ".Xn- 
cient Wetberstielfl" he is identified with his 
son Flisba, but the dates and ages given there 
corrolmrale the family tradition that there 
were three Elishas in the line. Particulars 
concerning his family, however, have not yet 
been disentangled from the records. 

(X) Flisba r.olden. son of the above, died 
September 29. 181 3. aged seventy-seven, and 

so was l)orn about I73''>. He inarried , 

who survived him, dying at Berlin, July II, 
1817. in lur eighty—' ' 

On March 20. T757 is a private 

in Captain Flijihalet \' .-ompany of 

General Lyman's regiment of 1400 pii 'Kcd 
men. which Connecticut raised for the di«as- 



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trous campaign of that year against the 
French and Indians, and served thirty-three 
weeks and six days. He enlisted under the 
same captain and general again in 1759 in 
the successful expedition against Ticonderoga 
and Crown Point, serving thirty-six weeks 
and four days. He must have married shortly 
after returning from this campaign. When 
the "Lexington Alarm" sounded through the 
colony in 1/75, though he had become the 
father of a numerous family, his martial spirit 
was aroused again and he enrolled himself 
among those who were ready to fight. His 
name is also found on the lists in 1778, so 
that he is entitled to be called a soldier of 
the revolution, though he did not serve for 
any length of time. 

The eldest of his children seems to have 
been Abraham, born about 1761. The bap- 
tisms of the others are found as follows on 
the records of Stepney parish : Joshua, Sep- 
tember 30, 1764; John, February 2, 1766; 
Honor, November 29, 1767; Aziel, April 6, 

1770 (born ^Nlarch 28) ; Elisha, December 8, 

1771 ; Prudence, May 29, 1774: Lydia, Aug- 
ust 6, 1775; Isaac, October 10, 1779; Joel, 
i\Iay 26, 1782. The wife of his grandson 
Isaac, born 1810. in giving the list of his 
family {1896), omitted the names of Pru- 
dence and Isaac, who probably died young. 

(XI) Elisha, son of the above, known as 
Elisha Belden, Junior, was baptized Decem- 
ber 8, 177 1. His wife was Phebe Tryon, of 
Glastonbury. The Connecticut river was 
then the highway of commerce, and Rocky 
Hill was an important business center. He 
owned one of the two shipyards, and is men- 
tioned as a noted shipwright in connection 
with boats built in the early part of the nine- 
teenth century, among them the brig "Mary," 
1805, the schooner "Nancy," 1807, the brig 
"Dispatch," 1808, and the schooner "Archer," 
1810. These were all engaged in foreign 
trade. His house was on the old shipyard 
reservation north of the present railroad sta- 
tion. He died February 25, 1848. in his sev- 
enty-seventh year. His wife, Phebe, died 
March 26, 1848, in her eighty-first year. The 
following record of his children is derived for 
the most part from his family Bible, which 
he is said to have read through seventeen 
times. The later entries are in the handwrit- 
ing of his son Isaac. George, born June 7, 
1797, died unmarried, September 16, 1819. 
Barzillai, February 9, 1799, died unmarried, 
May 29. 18S9. Nancy, September 26, 1800; 
married (first) a Mr. Burr, (second) a Mr. 
Tabor, and died in Ohio. May 7, 185 1. Isaac, 
May 28, 1802, mentioned below. Sophia, 
March 21, 1804, died September 25, 1805. 



Otis, April 15, 1807; married, September 10, 
1837, Alary \V. Butler; drowned in Connecti- 
cut river, September 20, 1840, leaving two 
daughters, who died in infancy. 

(XII) Isaac Belden, son of Elisha Belden 
Junior, was born at Rocky Hill, May 28, 
1802, and was baptized Alay 22, 1803. He 
married, July 16, 1829, Marietta, daughter 
of Allen and Martha (Wright) Holmes, of 
Rocky Hill. She was born November 25, 
1810.' 

Allen Holmes, who died June 7, 1841, aged 
fifty-seven, was the son of John and Mary 
Holmes. John Holmes was born October 22, 
1738. married Mary (Allen ?), who died 
April ig, 1807, aged sixty-eight. He was a 
comrade of Elisha Belden in the campaigns 
of 1757 and 1759, and died December 16, 
1821. Phineas Holmes, father of John, born 
April 24, 1713, married, February 5, 1736, 
Elizabeth Grimes, and died July 5, 1785. His 
wife died October 7, 1783, aged sixty-six. 
Jonas Holmes, father of Phineas, married. 

May II, 1692, Sarah ; was a shipwright 

at Wethersfield (Stepney) and died 1732. 

J\Iartha (A\'right) Holmes, who died May 
12, 1864, aged seventy-nine, was the daugh- 
ter of Giles Wright. Giles Wright was born 
June II, 1756, at Wethersfield, was a soldier 
in the revolution; married, April 12, 1781, 
Abiah Dickinson. Justus Wright, father of 
Giles, was born March 5. 1724, soldier in the 
revolution, married Anne Williams, born May 
5, 1722. Deacon Benjamin Wright, father of 
Justus, was born December 6, 1686, died 1753; 
married, June 18, 1719, Hannah Holmes, born 
December 25, 1694, daughter of Tonas and 
Sarah Holmes, mentioned above. Deacon Jo- 
seph Wright, father of Deacon Benjamin 
Wright, was born in 1639, died December 17, 
1714; married (second) Mercy Stoddard, 
who was born in November, 1652, daughter 
of John Stoddard, born in England and 
settled in Wethersfield, married Maria Foote, 
daughter of Nathaniel, immigrant, mentioned 
elsewhere in this work. Thomas W'right, 
father of Deacon Joseph, is said to have been 
born November 10, 1610, came from England, 
and lived at Watertown and Wethersfield. 

Anne (Williams) Wright, born May 5. 
1722, was a daughter of Captain Jacob Wil- 
liams, born February 27, 1688, died January 
29, 1751 ; married, July 29, 1719, Eunice 
Standish, born Alay 31, 1698, died April 14, 
1770. Captain Jacob Williams, father of Cap- 
tain Jacob Williams, was born March 7, 1665. 
and died September 26, 17 12; married, De- 
cember 10, 1685, Sarah Gilbert, born Decem- 
ber I, 1661. Thomas \\'illiams, father of 
Captain Jacob Williams, was one of the first 




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settlers ;it l\Mcky Hill. Connecticut, 1661, died 
Februarv 5. \ff)2. Sarah ( ( jilbcrt ) Williams 
was a ilauj^iitcr of Josiali < iiihert. horn alxnit 
1621, scttliil at Wctlicrstiiid, 1651, died ifj84: 

married lilizabcth , who died October 

17, 1^)82. Eunice (Standish) Williams was 
a dan.L;liter of Tboinas Standi'^Ii, who died 
Septciulcr 3, 1735: married. .March 20. Kitjo. 
Mary Church, died January 20. 1705. Thom- 
a- .^tandish, father of Thomas, was at Weth- 
ersfield in 1636. died December 5, 1693, aged 

eighty: married Susanna , who died 

November 30. i(')92. Nfary (Church) Stand- 
ish was the daughter of John and Sarah 
( r.ecklcv ) Churcii and graiiddaui;hter of 
Richard Church, of Hartford ami Hadley. 
and of Richard Itcckley, of .\ew Haven and 
Wethersfield. 

.\biah (Dickinson) Wriglit was a daugh- 
ter of Obadiah Dickinson, who dietl Septem- 
ber 25, 1794, marrieil. March iS, 1750, Mary 
Collins. i)f>rn April 11. 1720. Samuel Collins, 
father of .Mary (Collins) Dickinson, was 
born October 21, ifiSS. at Middlctown. niar- 

rieil Martha . Samuel Collins, father 

of Samuel, was horn in 163(1. died January 10, 
1696, at Middlctown : lived at Caml)ridge and 
Saybrook, married Mary .Marvin, who died 
starch 5. 1714. daui^lUcr of Reynold Marvin, 
of Hartford, l-armington and Saybrook. Ed- 
ward Collins, father of Samuel, was born in 
England, lived in Cambridge ami Charles- 
town, is mentioned elsewhere in this work. 

Isaac I'.clden was a man of sterling charac- 
ter and tireless industry, who was devoted to 
his family and improved to the utmost his 
opportunities in a town, whose business de- 
parted with the coming of the railroads. His 
upright life was crowned with a go<id old 
age. He and his wife celebrated their golden 
wedding; in 1870. surroundeil by all their 
children and many grandchildren. Mrs. I!el- 
dcn survived him for more than twenty years 
and died in Plainvillc at the home of her 
daughter Mary. February 11. 1903. in her 
ninety-third year. She was in possession of 
all her faculties until near the end. was able 
to read and d'i tine sewing without glasses 
and could hear the slightest sound. Children 
of Is.iac and Marietta HeWcn. all living 
March i, 1911: i. Martha, born June 2f<, 
1S30: married. August 5. 1840. Edgar llurton 
Prior, of Middletown. 2. Ellen Sophia, born 
February 20. 1832. married. December 2S, 
185 1, \orman Robinson Freeman. 3. \ancv. 
b<im October 29. if'33. married (first) .-\pril. 
1848. Tames P.ailcy : married (second") Feb- 
niary 13. 1854. Oscar Wells. 4. George Elea- 
zer. born March <;. 1838. married. December 
12. 1858. Ar\i!la T. Daniels, of Portland. ^. 



Mary .Maria, \xnn January 17, 1840, married. 
June II, 1857, William Royce, of Plainville. 
<}. James t )scar, lx>rn .\oven>bcr 13. 1S45. 
married, .\pril 22. li^tnj, Rosetta I'IicIk- Shej>- 
ard (see Shepard). 7. luuma, born December 
5, 1847, niarried, I-'ebruary 18, 1869, Francis 
Waterman Shepard (see Shepard). 8. Fran- 
ces .Mwilila, l)orn January 22, 1K50, marrieil, 
.Vu!.:''-' '~ "^'X. Francis Henry Chapman. 



The Cannalt family settled 

( \K.\1.\L1 early in Pennsylvania. .\c- 
cording to the census nf 1790 
there were three families of tlii- " en 

living in Pennsylvania, all in Pi; 

(1) Jonathan Cannalt. the tii : .,...111, 

came from Carlisle, Fnijland. about the year 

1730, and in 1734 married Hannah , 

children: James. Caleb. Rebecca, John, Wil- 
liam. Mary, William and Jonathan, of whom 
the two \Villiams ilied in infancy, Caleb, Re- 
becca, John and Jonathan died luuuarried, 
lames, see forwanl. and .Marv married Jacob 
Howell. 

(H) James, son of Jonathan and Hannah 
Carmalt, married, on June 20, 1758, Su- 
sanna C. .S. Say. Children : Hannah, niar- 
ried William Matlack : Thomas Say, married 
Sarah I'aker: Rebecca, married David Christi ; 
Jonathan, see forward. 

(HI) Jonathan, son of James and .Susanna 
C. S. (.Say) Carmalt, was liorn in 17^^17, in 
Philadelphia. Pennsylvania. He marrie<l Han- 
nah ( Phipps ) Hewlings. a widow. Children: 
Susanna Say. married John Hudson and died 
without issue: Caleb, liorn .\ugust 16. 1792, 
see forward: Isaac Pbijips. September 18. 

1794. married Hannah daskill : Rebecca. Sep- 
tember 13, 1797, died in infancy: James, Jan- 
uary I. i8on. in Chester county, died nnmar- 
ricii : Mary .\nn. November 12, 1803. married 
James Willis. 

(I\') Caleb, son of Jonathan and Hannah 
(Phipps) (Hewlings) Carmalt, was born .Au- 
gust jfi, 1792, at Philaflelphia. He niarried, 
Jamiary 15. 1821, Sarah. Ixirn Xovember 6. 

1795. daughter of Philip and Rachel Price 
(see Price \'). Children: Hannah: Jona- 
than ; Sibilla Tovvnsen<l. married John Co.x 
Morris: Samuel Fisher, married .\nn Eliza 
Woolsey : Rachel Price, married Rev. Elisha 
Mulford: William Henry, see forward: James 
Edward, married Charlotte Churchill. 

(\') Dr. William H. Carmalt. son of Caleb 
Cannalt. was born at Friendsville. Susque- 
hanna county. Pennsylvania, .August 3, 1836. 
He was educated at various boarding schools 
in Pennsylvania. Xew Jersey and N'irginia. 
He studied his profession in the Colieu'c of 
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received his degree of ^NI.D. in 1861. He 
received the honorary degree of Master of 
Arts from Yale College in 188 1. He began 
to practice in New York City in 1861 ; he 
studied in Germany from 1869 to 1874: since 
1876 he has been located at New Haven, 
Connecticut. He was professor of surgery 
at Yale from 1881 to 1907, and since then 
emeritus professor of surgery in Yale Uni- 
versity ; attending surgeon of the New Haven 
Hospital: chief surgeon of the New Haven 
Dispensarv. He is a fellow of the American 
Surgical Association, member of the Ameri- 
can "Ophthamological Society, and of the So- 
ciete Internationale de Chirurgie, secretary of 
the Congress of American Physicians and 
Surgeons. He is a member also of the Cen- 
tury Club, of New York, and the Graduates" 
Club of New Haven. In religion he is a 
member of the Society of Friends (Quakers), 
in politics a Republican, with independent pro- 
clivities. 

He married, December 8, 1863, Laura 
Woolsey Johnson, of Stratford, Connecticut, 
born April 3, 1837, a descendant of William 
Samuel Johnson, one of the framers of the 
constitution of the United States. She is a 
niece of the late Theodore Dwight Woolsey, 
president of Yale College for twenty-five 
years. Children: i. Ethel, born December 3, 
1864. 2. Laurance Johnson, September 3, 
1866, a civil engineer :"married Helen Frances 
Clay, of Philadelphia. 3. Geraldine Woolsey, 
February 14, 1875. 

(The Price Line). 

(I) Philip Pi-ice. immigrant ancestor, came 
to this country "with the Welsh settlers, but 
in old age," about 1690, and located first at 
Haverford, Delaware county, Pennsylvania. 
In 1697 he purchased of Francis Rawle for 
one hundred and twenty-five pounds a thou- 
sand acres in Plymouth, then in Philadelphia 
county, now in Montgomery county. His 
wife came with him, but neither her name nor 
date of death is known. He married (sec- 
ond) Margaret Morgan, when he was eighty- 
five years old, and he died at the age of ninety- 
seven vears. She died in 1774- He was a 
Quaker. His will was dated the eleventh day 
of the twelfth month, 1719, and proved the 
twenty-second day of the eleventh month, 
1720.' He left a legacy to the Haverford 
meeting. He was then of Merion. Children : 
Sarah." married John Lewis: Frances, mar- 
ried Thomas Reese, February 27. 1692: Isaac, 
mentioned below. 

(II) Isaac, son of Philip Price, was born 
in Wales or England. He married on the 
fourth day of the first month, 1696, Susanna 



Shoemaker. She was one of the German 
Quakers from Cresheim in the Palatinate on 
the right bank of the Rhine, below Heidel- 
berg, Germany. Her mother Sarah arrived in 
the ship "Jeffries" from London, eighth 
month, twelfth day, 1685, with children: 
George, Abraham, Barbary, Isaac, Susanna, 
aged thirteen, Elizabeth and Benjamin, with 
ages varying from ten to twenty-three years. 
She was a cousin of Jacob and Peter Shoe- 
maker. Isaac Price died in 1707, before his 
father. His will is dated the fourth of the 
seventh month, 1706, and was proved at Phila- 
delphia, March i, 1706-07. His widow Su- 
sanna married William Courten. Children : 
]\lary, Gwen, Isaac, mentioned below. 

(III) Isaac (2), son of Isaac (i) Price, 
was born in Pennsylvania, about 1705, died 
1738 of smallpo?;:. He was apprenticed to 
Griffith Jones, of Germantown, October 7, 
1720. He settled at Plymouth, Pennsylvania, 
and married there the tenth of the fourth 
month, June, 1729, Margaret Lewis, died 
173S of consumption, daughter of Henry and 
Mary Lewis, of Haverford, granddaughter of 
Henry Lewis, who came from Narabeth, 
county Pembroke. Wales, settled in Haverford 
in 1682 and was one of the peacemakers for 
the county of Philadelphia: died 16S8, leav- 
ing children, Henry. Samuel and Elizabeth, all 
born in \\'ales. Henry Jr. married, Decem- 
ber 20, 1692, Mary, daughter of Robert Tay- 
lor, of Springfield, formerly of Cheshire : was 
a member of the assembly in 1715 and 1718 
and held other offices. Robert Taylor and 
wife arrived in the ship "Endeavor" of Lon- 
don on the twenty-ninth of the seventh month, 
16S3 : children: Isaac, Thomas, Jonathan, 
Phebe, Mary, Martha. Children of Isaac and 
Margaret (Lewis) Price: Philip, mentioned 
below, and a daughter. 

(IV) Philip (2), son of Isaac (2) Price, 
was born in Plymouth, Pennsylvania, January 
5, 1730-31. He lived to an advanced age in 
DarlDy, Delaware county, Pennsylvania. He 
married, July 13, 1752, Hannah Bonsall, by 
Meeting, at Darby, daughter of Benjamin and 
Martha Bonsall, of Kingsessing, granddaugh- 
ter of Richard and Mary Bonsall, from Derby- 
shire, England, 1682. At the time of the 
revolution he was a farmer and grazier at 
the Bonsall place in Kingsessing. February 
22, 1777, General Howe made his headquar- 
ters in Price's house and stayed until the 
twenty-eighth. For the damages done by the 
troops he rendered a bill for four hundred 
and fifty-two pounds. Price died November 
17, 1811: his wife died July 10, 1802, within 
three days of the fiftieth anniversary of their 
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ground t>i the < )1<1 11 ill Meeting House at 
Darby. His graiK^on wrote of him: "I re- 
member our grandfather well, having received 
many kindnesses from him, such as a small 
boy well appreciates, when visiting my cousin 
Henry at his house in Darhy. He and Isaac 
Price's wi<low and children lived together. He 
was aged ami venerable in appearance, sat at 
the head of the Darby Meeting (Oiiaker) 
anil was called grandfather by the people gen- 
erally. He was of large frame and must have 
been nearly six feet in height, before he be- 
' came bent by age. I remember him as a pretty 
constant smoker of the pipe and reailer of 
newspapers and liooks. He was kind anil 
charitable, according to his ability. Our 
grandmother was a '■mall woman, who also 
-ii in the highest gallery in the old brick 

rting house on the Hill and wore a flat, 

lie beaver hat." The knowledge of the 
genealogy has been preserved largely through 
an account he wrote when very old and some 
letters of his wife have also been preserved. 
Through four generations the family had but 
a single male line of descent. Children of 
Philip Price: Margaret, born July 24. 1756; 
Sarah, June 30, 1759: Philip. March 8, 1764, 
mentioned below: lienjamin, June 15, 1766, 
married Ruth Kirk, sister of Philip's wife; 
^ :ac. December 13, 1768. 

\') Philip (3)", son of Philip (2) Price, 

1- born at Kingsessing, March 8. 1764. He 
married, December 20, 1784, Rachel Kirk, of 
East Xantmeal, Chester county. Pennsylvania. 
They remained three years with his father in 
Kingsessing. then four years on a farm he 
bought in West Xantmeal, and in 1791 re- 
moved to a plantation of three hundred acres 
that he bought in East Bradford, between 
Westchester and the Brandy wine. The battle 
of the Brandywine was fought within sight of 
the house. This has been the homestead of 
the family since then. Philip and Rachel 
Price lived there until 18 18. when they took 
charge of the West Town Boarding School as 
superinlen<lcnts and remained until 1830. 
They then removed to West Chester and 
founded a boarding school for girls, which 
under their administration anrl their daugh- 
ter. Hannah P. Davis, had an uninterrupted 
career of prosperity and usefulness for twen- 
ty-two years. Philip Price was prominent in 
the Society of Friends and as a farmer. He 
was first president of the Chester County .Xg- 
ricultnral Society, organized in 1820. He 
died .\pril 26. 1837, and was buried at Bir- 
mingham : his wife Rachel died October 6. 
1847. 

The descendants of Philip and Rachel Price 
had a notable family reunion, July 2, 1864, 



which marked the century since the birth of 
Philip, and the proceedings of the day were 
published in book form. 

Eli K. Price, one of the sons, said in part: 
"Seldom, indeed, has it occiirrecl that any 
couple ever enjoyed through life the afTec- 
tionate regard of so many persons of all ages. 
.\s long as we have memory of the past we 
remember our fiarents as active in the duties 
of the farm ami household, in the social duties 
of their neighlwrhood, and in their religious 
.society and of educatir>n. Their home was 
one where more than usual hospitality was 
dispensed, and where they love<l to gather 
their chihlren, and children's children, and 
their friend-. Our father was a Christian 
gentleman, whose maimers were always cour- 
teous and bland : our mother a dignified Chris- 
tian matron, with countenance beaming with 
love, an<l both had hearts ever throbbing in 
sympathy with suffering humanity, nf what- 
soever color or clime. We remember our par- 
ents as strict and plain Friends, as the eKler 
and as minister of the Gospel, serious, dig- 
nifiefl, and tlevotii)nal : but not at all as ascetic 
or gloomy. With them religion had its most 
refining and genial influences. They were 
not austere censoss of others, but as knowing 
the infirmities of our nature, they compas- 
sionately pitied frailly and ever encouraged 
the modest and deserving. Love was the 
most developed element of their character; 
love to God and love to man : and that love 
led them to rejoice with the happy, and to 
mourn with those that mourn : and as was 
the occasion were they cheerful or sad : but 
always attractive as love will always attract 
the love of others. This was the happiest of 
homes when the young were gathered here, 
and here the travelers in the service of Christ 
always found sympathizing friends, and here 
these were welcomed to sojourn, as suited 
them, or to make it a resting place for re- 
covery of strength, when wearied by exhaust- 
ing labors." 

Children: i. Martha, l)orn Xovembcr 3, 
1785, died September 11, 1852; married 
Nathan H. Sharpies. 2. Hannah, March 2f>, 
1787. died January 10, iSfn ; married Dr. 
David Jones Davis. 3. William. September 
17, T788, died January 27, i8<io: married Han- 
nah Fisher. 4. Sibbilla, February 19, 1790, 
died .\ugust 6, 1853: married John W. Town- 
send. 5. Margaret, lx>rn .\pril 19, 1702, died 
July 15. 1S80; married Jonathan Paxson. 5. 
Benjamin. December 17. 1703. married Jane 
Paxson. 7. Sarah, Xovembcr Ct. 1795, iTiar- 
ried Caleb Carmalt fsee Carmalt I\'). 8. Eli 
K., July 20, 1707. a prominent and useful 
citizen of Philadelphia ; married .\nna Em- 



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bree. 9. Isaac, born November 30, 1799, died 
August 25, 1825; married Susanna Payne. 10. 
Philip j\l., born July 7, 1802, married Matilda 
Greentree. 11. Rachel, born July 10, 1808, 
died September 25, 1808. 

(The Kirk Line). 

(I) Roger Kirk was living in 1688 in Lur- 
gan, province of Ulster, north of Ireland, one 
of the Scotch-Irish people that had held that 

land since 1610. He married Elizabeth . 

He was a Quaker and his son's letter 
from the Monthly jMeeting bears the signa- 
tures of father and mother. Roger Kirk was 
fined with others in Armagh because, being 
Quakers, they would not make oath when 
serving as jurors. He died in 1698. 

(II) Alphonsus, son of Roger Kirk, was 
from Lurgan, Ireland. He landed at James- 
town, \"irginia, March 12, 1689, arrived in 
Pennsylvania, May 29, 1689, and located on 
the Brandywine. He married a Friend, Feb- 
ruary 22, 1692, Abigail Sharpley, who died in 
1748, daughter of Adam Sharpley, who came 
in 1682. He brought a letter from the 
Friends in Ireland in the usual form, com- 
mending him to the Friends of Pennsylvania, 
dated December 9, 1688. Among the signers 
were Timothy Kirk and Robert Kirk. Al- 
phonsus Kirk died September 7, 1745. Al- 
phonsus and Abigail Kirk had eleven chil- 
dren, of whom William is mentioned below. 

(III) ^^'illiam, son of Alphonsus Kirk, was 
born March 4, 1708, died May 2, 1787. He 
had a certificate from Newark to the Goshen 
Monthly Meeting, July 31, 1731. He married 
twice and had nineteen children. He married 
(second), May 27, 1754, Sibilla Davis, who 
married (second) Edward Williams, of Pike- 
land. She was born March i, 1726. Chil- 
dren: I. Isaiah, married Elizabeth Richards. 
2. Rebecca, married James Embree. 3. Ruth, 
married Benjamin Price. 4. Rachel, married 
Philip Price (see Price V). 5. Sibbilla, mar- 
ried Joseph H. Brinton. 

John Davis, father of Sibbilla (Davis) Kirk, 
came from Wales. He purchased of David 
Lloyd a hundred acres of land a mile and a 
half east of the Uwchland meeting house, 
June 2, 1715. He died in the spring of 1736. 
He married Elizabeth, daughter of Daniel 
Harris, who came, as his certificate from the 
Friends there shows, from the parish of 
Machanlleth in Montgomeryshire, Wales, his 
letter being dated July 2. 1687, though he ar- 
rived September 17, 1684. Many of these 
certificates seem to have been sent or brought 
over after the pioneers were located in this 
country. His brother, Hugh Harris, came 
with him. Daniel Harris settled in Radnor, 



Pennsylvania, and married, February 4, i6go, 
Sibyll, daughter of David Price. Children of 
Daniel Harris : Sibyll, Elizabeth, Alary, Anne, 
Henry and Margaret. The widow of John 
Davis survived him many years. Children of 
John Davis were : Daniel, Hannah, Marv, 
Rachel, John, Elizabeth. Sibbilla, who married 
William Kirk, Amos, Abigail, Ruth and Ben- 
jamin. 



Nicholas Camp, immigrant an- 
CAMP cestor, was born in England and 
came from Nasing, countv Essex, 
to this country in 1638. He was at Water- 
town, Massachusetts, for a time, then at 
\\'ethersfield, Connecticut, and in 1639 ap- 
pears at Guilford, Connecticut. As early as 
1646 he had a house, lot of six acres, one 
right and two parcels, in Milford, Connecti- 
cut. His name is on the list of free planters 
of Milford dated November 20. 1639. He 
joined the Milford Church, November 2, 
1643. He was taxed on one hundred and 
ninety-nine pounds of property at Milford in 
1686. He died there in 1706. He married 

(first) Sarah , who died Septemlaer 6, 

1645; (second) July 14, [652. Katherine 
Thompson, widow of Anthony Thompson. 
Children of first wife: Nicholas, born 1631 ; 
Edward, 1633 ; Twins, September 6. 1645, 
died young. Children of second wife, born 
at ^Milford : Samuel, see forward ; Joseph, De- 
cember 15, 1657; Mary, July 12, 1660: John 
(twin), September 14, 1662; Sarah (twin); 
Abigail, March 28, 1667. 

(II) Samuel, son of Nicholas Camp, was 
born at Milford, September 15, 1655. He 
married, November 13, 1672. Hannah, daugh- 
ter of Thomas Betts, and lived at Milford. 
They had a son Nathan, mentioned below. 

(III) Nathan, son of Samuel Camp, was 
born at Milford about 16S0. He married 
Rhoda . Fie lived in Milford and Dur- 
ham. Children, born at Durham : Elias, bap- 
tized February 2, 1717-18, married Ruth 

; Hannah, baptized November 20, 

1720: Nathan, mentioned below: Elah, men- 
tioned below : Ozias, baptized September 5, 
1731, Perhaps other children. 

(I\') Nathan (2), son of Nalhan (i) 
Camp, was born about 1725, at Durham. 
Three of his children were baptized February 
5. 1758 — Elah, Ozias and Adam. 

(IV) Elah, son of Nathan (i) Camp, was 
born at Durham, about 1730. He married 
Phebe Baldwin, and he and his wifq were 
members of the Durham church in 1804. Chil- 
dren, born at Durham : Ruth, born August 
8, 1761 ; Nathan Ozias, mentioned below; 
Elias, baptized September i, 1765, born Au- 




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gust jS; lizra, haptizcil Noveinhcr 4, 1767; 
Elali, February 11, ijfi<. livc<l at Guilford 
and Durham. 

( \' ) Nathan (~)zia--. sou uf Mlali Camp, was 
born at Durham in 1763 and bajitizcd in tlie 
Durham cinnch, l"i-ltruary 2~, i~i\i,. lie mar- 
ried, at Durham, May 16, 17H7. I'lichc Spen- 
cer. Children, born at Durham: Sally, Jan- 
uary 27. 1788: Enos, December 30. 1789; 
Elah, menti<ined Iwlow ; Lucy, I7<)4: Nathan 
Ozias Jr.. January 4, 1796; .Mfred, 1798; 
Nathan Spencer. 18(57- 

(\I) Elah (2), son of Nathan Ozias 
Camp, was Intrn at Durham. July 22, 1792. 
He was a farmer at Durham till 1844, when 
he removed to Meriden. Connecticut, where 
he continued work as a farmer. Me bought 
the (ieneral r.onth farm and resided there 
until his death, December 25, 1868. In early 
life he was a school teacher, lie was justice 
of the jieace and deacon of the Congrega- 
tional church. Me married Orit Lee, a direct 
descendant of Governor Thcophilus Eaton, 
the tirst tjovcrnor of the New Haven colony. 
Children: David N., born October 3. 1820; 
Phebe Elizabeth. September 13. 1822; Sarah 
Minerva, September 22, 1824: Altretl Erastus, 
November 10. 1826; Lcverith Lee, .Xpril 17, 
1829. 

(\'I1) David Nelson, son of Elah (2) 
Camp, was born at Durham. October 3, 1820. 
He worked on his father's farm durini; his 
youth and in early life took cbari^e of the 
bookkeeping. Me grew up under the watch- 
ful care of a pious and earnest mother, whose 
influence upon his life and character was 
very strong. She wished him to become a 
missionary, but ill health in his youth pre- 
vented his preparation for this work. He 
attended public schools and was taught by 
private tutors at first and later was a stu- 
rent at Durham .\cademy, Meriden Academy 
and the Hartford grammar school. An ill- 
ness, which nearly cost him his eyesight, pre- 
vcnteil liim from following a college course. 
He studied under private tutors, however, and 
was given the honorary degree of Master of 
.Arts in 1833 by Vale College. He adopted 
teaching as a profession and followed it for 
forty viars. For ten years he was a teacher 
in the juiblic schools in North Guilford. P.ran- 
ford. North liranford. and Meriden and in 
the Meriden Institute, from 1838 to 1850. Me 
was appointed instructor of mathematics, 
moral and natural philosophy, and geography 
in the State Normal School of Connecticut, 
when it was established in 1850. Mc became 
associate princiiial of this institution in 1855, 
and principal two years later. Me was also 
state sui)erintendent of schools of Connecti- 



cut. He > hebl the professorship of Fi!.- 
lish language and literature, and oi 
philosojihy an«! of the theory anfl pra. 
teaching. He resigned in 1866 on acL-iiut 
of ill health aufl spent the following summer 
and autumn tra\'' ■ ' ■•- 1 ••! visit- 
ing educational c- was 
abroad, he wa- in St. 
John's College, .\uiia|«ili3, Mar>land, under 
the presidency of Dr. Henry Marnard. FTe re- 
turned in time to assist in ; > ■- 
org;inizing the college, whi I 
on account of the civil " ■ 
in iS('jG-()~. Upon li c 
National IJureau of i 

ton, Mr. Camp was iuviic 1 U) Dr. Uariwrd, 
conunissioncr. to assist in the work. His fa- 
ther died in 1868 and he resigned to return 
home and settle the estate. l>om 1870 to 
1880 he was a teacher, part of the time as 
his health permitted, in a seminary in New 
Britain, Connecticut. Since 1880 he has de- 
voted himself to business and literature. He 
has been president of the Skinner Chuck 
Company since 1887. He is president of the 
.\dkins Printing Company, director of the 
New Britain National Bank since 1874. and 
vice-president since 1883. 

In public life he has been equally active 
and iirominent. He is a RepuM' ' f 

great influence in his party. IK 

her of the common council of .' :n 

in 1871; alderman in 1872-7(1. and mayor 
1877-79: member of the general assembly of 
Connecticut from New Britain in 1879. an<l 
chairman of the committee of education. He 
has been tlirector of the Missionn' " • f 
Connecticut since 1875 anrl its : n 

1S82 to 1897: president since \'/ ■ - 

also been auditor of the National Council of 
Congregational Churches from 1883 to the 
present tiuie. I le was one of the organizers 
of the National Council of Education ami is 
still a menil-.er. He has been active in the 
teni|)crance movement and was formerly, for 
ten years, president of the Connecticut Tem- 
perance Society. He has held the office of 
secretary and that of president of the Con- 
necticut Teachers' Association. : ' ' ' u 
secretary of the National V.<.h 
sociation. He was for several yi,.: , 
and afterward vice-president and agaii 
dent since 1904 of the New Britain !• 
and for fifty years or more has liccn 
man of its library committee. He is i 
president. He published a number of 
"The Globe Maiuial." "Primnry." "l- 
diate" and "Higher" geographies; ".\ii 
■S'car Book and National Kcgister." • -Hie 
History of New Britain, Farmington anci Ber- 



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lin," and other works. He is a memoer ot the 
Conii^PliH|KHistorical .Soci£^^^y[||^ has al- 
ways taken' a keen interest in local history 
and genealogy. In the course of his long 
and interesting career, he has found time to 
deliver more than four hundred lectures on 
educational and other topics. He is a mem- 
ber of various religious organizations, among 
which may be mentioned the American Board 
of Foreign Missions, the American Mission- 
ary Association, American Bible Society, 
Congregational Home Missionary Society, 
Connecticut Humane Society, Connecticut Bi- 
ble Society, and Connecticut Congregational 
Club. 

He married, June 25, 1844, Sarah Adaline 
Howd, born February 24, 1820, died August 
18, 1883, daughter of Augustus Howd. Chil- 
dren : I. Ellen R., born March 6, 1846, died 
March 1.3, 1900. 2. Emma Jane, born July 
1, 1854; married, June 2, 1875, Daniel O. 
Rogers. Children : i. Emma Gertrude, born 
April 15, 1876, missionary at Van, Turkey ; 
ii. David Camp, May 25, 1878, now Profes- 
sor of Sociology and Philosophy, University 
of Kansas at Lawrence, Kansas ; iii. John 
Leete, June 11, 1880, died December 5, 1905; 
iv. Daniel Miner, April 25. 1882, clergyman 
and missionary to Turkey, killed at the mas- 
sacre at Adana, April 15, 1909; one child, 
Daniel Miner, born February 4, 1909 ; v. Noah 
Walter, 1884. died young; vi. Mary Ellen, 
March 2~, 1886 : vii. Paul Knapp, February 
4, 1889 : viii. Elizabeth Sarah, December 29, 
iSgi ; ix. James Pratt, April 26, 1893, now 
in Wflliams College ; x. Philip Howd, May 
22, 1895. 



Ebenezer Johnson, of an old 
JOHNSON Farmington family was a 

soldier in the revolution. He 
lived _at Farmington, Branford, Wolcott and 
Litchfield, Connecticut, and died at Bristol, 
at the home of his daughter, Mrs. John Peck, 
December 6, 1852, aged eighty-nine years. 
He married Abigail Johnson who died Fel^ru- 
ary 3. 1849, at Farmington. He is buried at 
Bristol. Children: i. Lucinda. 2. Adna, 
married and had cliildren : Edward, died Sep- 
temlaer, 1888 ; Franklin, died in Illinois ; Hor- 
ace, died in Illinois : Lucy Ann, died in Illi- 
nois ; Martha, died in Hamden, married R. 

Warner ; Mary, married Brown ; 

Charlotta, died in 1903 ; Clarissa, died March 
30, 1845, aged twenty-one years ; Julia. 3. 
Eben Stephen, mentioned below. 4. Clarissa. 
(II) Eben Stephen, son of Ebenezer John- 
son, was born in Wolcott, Connecticut, or 
I^jicjife'.'ld. died 1882, aged seventy-eight years. 
He married Pollv Stocker. Children : Wil- 



liam Wallace, mentioned below : Francis, died 
in the civil war, September, 1865 ; Lockwood ; 
Charles, died in Iowa, November 25, 1902 ; 
Nabbv, married Almond Home ; George. 

(Ill) William Wallace, son of Eben Ste- 
phen Johnson, was born in Litchfield, Octo- 
ber 16, 1822, died in Winchester, September 
17, 1898. He lived for a time at Warren, 
Connecticut, and operated a saw and grist 
mill. Afterward he lived two years in Mor- 
ris. He enlisted in 1863 in Company A, 
Nineteenth Regiment Connecticut \'olunteer 
Infantry, and served to the end of the civil 
war. He took part in the battles of Cold Har- 
bor and Winchester, and in all the fights in 
which his regiment was engaged. He re- 
moved to Winchester in 1867 and followed 
farming on a large scale. He owned some 
four hundred acres of land and leased more 
land. He made a specialty of his dairy and 
shipped milk to the New York City market. 
He married (first) Cornelia, born at Torring- 
ton, Connecticut, April 21, 1831, died Feb- 
ruary II, 1885, daughter of Grandison and 
Fannie ( Burgess ) Loomis. He married ( sec- 
ond) Olivia Bigelow Reed, widow, born at 
Randolph, Vermont, 183 1, now living in Win- 
chester. Children of first wife: i. Cornelia 
F., born July 9, 185 1, died January i, 1883; 
married Joseph Marsh ; children : Grace P. 
and Jonathan Marsh. 2. Beaumont Henry, 
May 30, 1854; lives at W^inchester Center, 
Connecticut : carries the mail between Win- 
chester Center and Winsted, and is manager 
of the Flill View Inn, a popular summer ho- 
tel : married, August 28, 1881, Edith C, of 
Litchfield, daughter of Arthur D. and Eliza 
]\I. (Bull) Catlin ; children: i. Beaumont Mr- 
gil, born April 9, 1882 ; ii. Arthur Benjamin, 
December 20, 1883, married Luella \\' bite ; 
iii. William. Cornelius," October 22, 1885, mar- 
ried Edson E. Griswold : iv. Edith Mabel, 
May I, 1891. 3. William r\Iartin, ^lay 25. 
1856, married Huldah Hurd : children: How- 
ard Hurd. Edna May. Daisy Caroline and 
Iva Inez. 4. Martha IsabelTe, April 18, 1859; 
married Joseph Marsh : children : Cornelia 
Elizabeth, Catherine Candace, Edward, Allen 
Johnson and Gertrude Martha. 5. Andrew 
Loomis. mentioned below. 6. Herbert Victor, 
August, 1866: farmer and dealer in live stock 
at ^\'inchester : married, March 15, 1888, Lou- 
isa, daughter of Sidney and Susan (Goodsell) 
Law : children : Bertha, Irwin, Alice and 
Helen. 7. Guy C, July 4, 1868. 8. Ger- 
trude May, May 4. 1874 : married, October 
24, 1907, \Mlb'ur Joslyn, of Winsted, an 
edge tool maker. 

{\\ ) Andrew Loomis, son of William 
Wallace Johnson, was born in Warren, Litch- 



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licld county, Cnnnccticut, Dctolicr 8. iS*>l. 
lie c.'imc with his parents to Winchester in 
1867, when he was six years oM, and atteiitlc<l 
the |)ul)lic schools there. lie worked (hir- 
ing his l)oyiKH)d on his father's farm. When 
he came of a^e he went to I.itchlield to work, 
but soon returned to Winchester, and in part- 
iHTshii) with hi- i>r(»ther, I'lCauinont 11., 
.iii;ht the homestead and carried it on for 
lime. In 1S85 he went into the employ of 
irinson ISrothcrs. general merchants, at Win- 
lester Center. In iX()j he was admitted to 
tlie tirm, and until |S<)<) the luisiness was 
ci>nducte(l untier the firm name of I'ronson 
I '.pothers & Company. In 1899 tlie husiness 
V. as incorporated umler the title of the IJron- 
■n .">ii|)ply Company, of which Mr. Johnson 
'.as made treasurer, an office he has since 
lied. He was apixiinted postmaster of Win- 
1 lie<ter Center in 1903 and still holds that po- 
iti. m. Mc was justice of the peace for a 
mtmher of years. He is a member of the 
' 'Ugregational church. He married, .\pril 
:. 1890. .\nna Catlin, of Litchfield, dausfhter 
; ^^yron and Clarissa (P.radley) Marsh (see 
'arsh \'1I). Children: Myron Marsh, born 
larch 24. 1891. graduate of the Gilbert 
- hool. of Winsted : Russell Loomis. June 9, 
>')3: Lillian Rice, December 27. 1895. 

( The .M.Tr,';h Line). 

(I\ I l^.lac .Marsh, son of John Marsh (q. 

v.). wa> born at Hartford. Xovcmber 8. 1709. 

When little more than eleven years old he 

ime from Hartford to I-itchfield with his 

.ither. He was quartermaster-general of 

Connecticut. He died March 8, 1788. and his 

wife .\pril (> fi>llowing. His father and two 

'rothers were commissioned officers in the 

■lonial troops. He married. Dccemiter 23. 

1735. Susannah Pratt, of Hartford. Children: 

Isaac, born September 11. 1736: Ruth, May 

14. 1738: b'lizalieth. married Roswell McXeil ; 

F.lisba, mentioned below ; Sally, married Da- 

vi<l King: Susannah, born .\ugnst 20. 1746. 

(\') l-".lisha. .son of Isaac Marsh, was born 
at Litchfield, November 15. 1742, died Janu- 
ary 20, 1804. He married, I7'>4. Honour 
P.eckley. who died .September, 1809. Children: 
Honour, born Inly 23, 176(1: .Xbigail, .\ovem- 
'er 15, i7(<9: Klisha, mentioned below: Mary, 
November 4. 1781. 

(Vn Klisha (2). son of Elisha (i) Marsh, 
was born at Litchfield, .\ugust 27, 1772, died 
December im. 1841. He married, in 1802. 
Rhnd.-i Kilburn. who ilied March 5. 1850. 
Children, born at Litchfield : Sally, .\pril 23. 
1803: Mary. December 9. 1804: Rhoda. .Au- 
gust 4. i8ort: F.lisba, .Anril 4. 1808: Lewis, 
November 28, 1810: Elias. September 18. 



i8ij: Myri>n. mentioned below ; Gcotge, De- 
cember 25, 1816. • • 

(\Hi .Myron, >on of Elisha {2) Marsh, 
was l>>rn at Litchfield, March 2, 1814, mar- 
ried. ( k'tolKT 7, 1856. Clarissa .\. I'irailley. 
Children, lx>rn at Litchfielil; .\nna Catlin, 
.\ugust 2;^, 1857, married .\ndrcw L. Johnson 
(see Johnson 1\); Lewis .Myron, December 
29, i8()i, the sixth generation of the family 
on the same farm, a mile and a half from 
Litchfichl. bought by John Marsh (3), in 
1721, aii'l he has the original dec<l given in 
1723. and all the other dee<ls of jmrtions of 
the homestead to the present day, the only 
living male tlescendant of Elisha Marsh (6) 
of the surname .Marsh, married Harriet Eliz- 
beth Morse. 



Captain John Johnson was a 

JOHNSON sea captain, commanding an 
English vessel, and late in 
life settled in Connecticut. He had a son 
John, mentioned below. 

(H) John (2), son of Captain John (i) 
Johnson, settled in Rutland, \'ermont, in 1773. 
He lived first on Otter Creek, where J. M. 
Dewey afterward lived. He lived later on 
what was later known as the Zina Johnson 
place, where he dierl at an advanced age. In 
1866. Cyrus L. Johnson, a descendant, took 
down an old barn, probably built by him in 
i~C)0. and used the timbers in it to construct 
a new one. The timbers were white oak, thir- 
ty feet long, an(l split so that one cut made 
twf) timbers ten by fourteen inches. He served 
in the revolution in Captain John Burt's 
company, which was drafted from Colonel 
Samuel Fletcher's regiment in 1779 to defend 
the frontier ( \ermont Rev. Rolls'). He mar- 
ried Mehitable Sperry, who lived to the age 
of one hundred and two years, and then per- 
ished in a fire in 1836. Children: Cyrus L., 
Nahum, Silas, mentioned below. 

(HI) Silas, son of John (2) Johnson, re- 
moved from Rutland to Malono. New York, 
and was a pioneer of that town. He was a 
man of much force of character. He mar- 
ried and had a son, Marvin L.. mentioned be- 
low. 

(I\') ALarvin L.. son of Silas Johnson, 
died March, 1866. He married Polly, bom 
December 16, 1810. daughter of Joshua Chap- 
man and granddaughter of Joshua Chapman, 
who was horn in 17.S.S. and in 1775 .served in 
the revolution in Ca|)tain Chapin's company. 

f\') Marcus M., son of Marvin L. Johnson, 
was born in Malonc. New York, .\pril 21, 
1844. He attended Franklin .Academy at Ma- 
lone, and gr.iduated at P.rown University in 
1870, with the degree of P.. Ph. He then be- 



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came instructor in mathematics and the sci- 
ences in the Connecticut Literary Institute, 
Suffield, Connecticut, for five years, and is 
still connected officially with that institu- 
tion as president of board of trustees. He re- 
ceived his medical degree from the Univer- 
sity of New York, where he graduated with 
honor, receiving the Valentine Mott gold 
medal, the highest award for excellence in 
anatomy and dissections. The following year 
he was house surgeon at the Hartford Hos- 
pital. For two years he studied abroad, un- 
der eminent instructors. Among them were 
Thomas Keith, of Edinburgh, whom he as- 
sisted in six ovariotomies, Sir Joseph Lister, 
of London, and Bilroth, of \'ienna. In Berlin 
he received special instruction in gynecology 
from Martin, and in operative surgery from 
Von Lagenbeck. 

In 1880 he settled in Hartford, Connecti- 
cut, for general practice, making a specialty 
of surgical operations. Soon after he located 
in Hartford there was an epidemic of diph- 
theria, two hundred persons dying of the dis- 
ease during the year of 1882. Dr. Johnson 
was the first physician in Hartford to use 
the bichloride of mercury treatment in this 
disease, and attained a degree of success 
which was unprecedented. It was an indica- 
tion of his quickness of perception and his 
firmness, against professional opposition. Dr. 
Johnson erected at 122 Woodland street, 
Hartford, one of the finest sanatoriums of the 
East, with a perfect operating room supplied 
with all the latest appliances for the best 
modern surgery. Dr. Johnson has been a 
remarkably successful surgeon, a rapid oper- 
ator, with an acute touch, cool, painstaking 
and skillful. He has opened the abdominal 
cavity more than eight hundred times, with 
a high percentage of recovery. On July 29, 
1899, Dr. Johnson operated on an infant, nine- 
teen days old, for strangulated inguinal her- 
nia, at St. Francis' Hospital, Hartford. The 
mother stated that the child had been born 
prematurely, and weighed five pounds at birth. 
The strangulation had existed about thirty- 
five hours. The infant made an excellent 
recovery. It is probably the youngest on rec- 
ord on whom this operation had been per- 
formed. 

Dr. Johnson has written and read many pa- 
pers before various medical societies, among 
them being the following: '"Diphtheria, its 
History, Etiology and Treatment," at the Con- 
necticut State Medical Society, May 26, 1892; 
"The Technique of Removing the Appendix 
\'ermiformis, with a Report of One Hundred 
Consecutive Cases, with Two Deaths." read 
in the section on surgery and anatomv at 



the forty-seventh annual meeting of the 
American Medical Association, held at At- 
lanta, Georgia, Alay 5-8, 1896; "Treatment 
of Pus Cases in Operating for Appendicitis," 
Connecticut State Medical Society, 189/; 
"Ventral Hernia After Appendictomy," pre- 
sented to the section on surgery and anatomy 
at the forty-ninth annual meeting of the 
American Medical Association, held at Den- 
ver, Colorado, June 7-10, 1898; "History of 
the First Twenty-three Cases of Gastronomy, 
with a Successful Case by the \^^riter," Con- 
necticut Medical Society, May, 1899 ; "Report 
on the Progress of Surgery," Connecticut 
Medical Society, May, 1899 ; "Etiology of 
Hernia of the Ovary," with the Relation of 
Two Cases, Hartford Medical Society, June 
16, 1899; "Gastrostomy; Improved Tech- 
nique for Cure of Ventral Hernia," read at 
the fifty-first annual meeting of the American 
Medical Association at Atlantic City, New 
Jersey, June 5-8, 1900; "History and Treat- 
ment of a Unique Injury of the Face." Con- 
necticut Medical Society, May, 1900. Dr. 
Johnson is a member of the American Meli- 
cal Association, of the City, County and State 
Medical societies, and a surgeon to St. Fran- 
cis' Hospital. He is a Fellow of the New 
York Academy of Medicine and a member of 
the Connecticut Society Sons of the Ameri- 
can Revolution, and a Knight Templar. 

He married, February 14, 1884, Helen Lu- 
cinda, born June 14, 1849, daughter of Syl- 
vester Strong and Lucinda Smith (Gaylord) 
Lyman. Children: Helen Gaylord. born 
February 22, 1885; now at Oberlin College, 
Ohio : Ethel Chapman, August 23, 1889, at 
Burnham School, Northampton, Massachu- 
setts. 



Thomas Robinson, the im- 
ROBINSON migrant ancestor, settled in 

Guilford, Connecticut. The 
family tradition is that he came to Guilford 
direct from England, where he was born. He 
may have been at Guilford for some time be- 
fore 1666, when he bought land originally 
laid out to John Caffinge. The title "Mr." 
indicates that he was of high social position, 
or had had a liberal education, for this title 
was used in the records for but few except 
the ministers. His house lot, purchased of 
Thomas Standish of Wethersfield, containing 
two acres, was half a mile northwest of the 
Guilford green, on the line of the present 
New York, New Haven & Hartford railroad 
tracks, and at last accounts this homestead 
was still in the possession of his descendants, 
and had never been alienated. He conveyed 
it by deed dated October 20. 1679, to his son, 



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831 



Thomas. He became one of tlie wealthiest 
men of the town. lie liad a long and costly 
l.iwsuit with the town over the nwnersiiip of 
land in front of his lot. Eventually the case 
A as taken to the legislature, antl settled hy a 

'iminission fnjm that body in i'^^4. This 
ilitViculty may have caused his removal to 
Hartford, where he was living in 1684-85. He 
died in H1S9, at an advanced age. His wife, 
Mary, died July 2~. 1^168. ChiUlren: Thomas, 
li'irn in England, alxjut 1650; .\nn ; Mary; 
^aint : Jonathan, died unmarried, in 1684, 
;.;ed twenty-tivc; David, mentioned below; 
l!lizal)etli, married I'lonjamin Gould. 

(Ill iJavid, soil of Tiioinas Robinson, was 
liorn priiliably in England, in i6<'x); married 

lirst) aiwut i<>88, Abigail, daughter of John 
iiid Elizabeth Kirby, who died about 1694. 
lie married (secon<l), about i6y-, Mary 

. David Robinson removed from Guil- 

■rd to Durham. Connecticut, soon after 1700, 
■.\\i\ lie ami Calei) .Reward were the tirst two 
I'lanters in l)urh;im, which wa^^ incorporated 
in 1708. He was appointed on a committee of 
three in the spring of 1708 to treat with the 
Rev. Xatlianiel Ciiauncey respecting iiis set- 
tlement as minister at Durham, and served 
•n ine committee that superintended Mr. 

liauncey'> ordination there, l"ebruary 17, 
171 1. lie was prominent in town and church. 
His house was half a mile north of the meet- 
ing house and forty rods west of Main street. 
Ri'V. Mr. Chaimcey lived with him several 

( ars before he was ordained. In later years 
he suffered from mental illness, but lived to 
the age of eighty-seven years. He died Jan- 
nary I, 1748. His wife, Mary, died October 
17. 1746. Children of first wife: Abigail, 
i>orn .\pril 3. 1(190; .\nn, June 6, 1692; David, 
mentioned below. Children of second wife: 
Tiionias, born ifio8, died 1774; Ebenezer, 
l)orn 1702, died unmarried, October 10, 1789; 
Ruth, born 1703; Mary. 1704; Hannah, .ibout 
1706. 

(HI) David (2). son of David (i) Rob- 
in>on, was i)orn in Durham in 1694. His 
home was iialf a mile west of Main street, in 
I'liriiam, at tiie upper west side, and his son 
Asiier succeeded to tiic homestead. He died 
February 9, 1780, aged eighty-five years. 
Tile number of iiis descendants at his death, 
as stated on his gravestone, was one hundred 
and seventy, of whom one hundred and forty- 
eight were living when he died. He married, 
January 26, 1719. Rebecca Miller, of Middle- 
town, (formerly Middlefield Society) (see 
Miller IIK She died September 18, 1786, 
aged eighty-seven. Children: Anna, born 
December 5, 17 19; David, March 4. 1721 ; 
John, June 25, 1723; Dan. May 2. 1725: Re- 



becca, December 25, 1726; Timothy, .\pril 29, 
1728, mentioned below; I'iiineas. July 24, 
'730: James, June 10, 1731; Joel, March 31, 
^7M'< Mary, December 7, 1734; Xoah, May 
-9- ^7i*^'< Abigail, March 9, 1738; Asher, May 
4, 1740. 

(I\) Colonel Timothy Robinson, son of 
David (2) Robinson, was l)orn .\pril 29, 
1728. at Durham. He removed from his na- 
tive town to Litchfield, Connecticut, and 
tiience to Granville, Massachusetts. lie be- 
came the foremost man of that section! He 
was on the committee of the town in 1774, 
to protest against the oppressi.Mi of the mother 
country. He reiiresented the town of Gran- 
ville, which was then larger than Springfield, 
in the general court for as many as nine years. 
In the revolution he was called into action 
at the outset, and performed distinguished 
service. He was commissioned lieutenant- 
colonel of the Third Hampshire county regi- 
ment, February 8, 177(1. 11«-" t'^ok part in the 
battle at Ticonderoga, October 21, 1776. He 
was again in the service two months in 1777, 
in the same regiment, anil was at Ticonde- 
roga. In 1782 he was lieutenant-colonel in 
the same regiment, commanded by Colonel 
David Moscly. He was judge of the court 
of common pleas, of Hampshire county, and 
it is said that no decision of his was ever re- 
versed by a higher court. He was deacon of 
the church for thirty years. He was active 
in supporting the government at the time of 
Siiay's rebellion, was taken prisoner by the 
rebels, and his reasoning with his captors was 
so persuasive that he was released, and a 
large number of them abandoned the insur- 
gent cause. He married Catherine Rose, 
February 13, 1755. Children: Jemima, born 
March 4, 1758, married Samuel Leonard; 
Elizabeth, .April 28. 1760; David, .\ugust 9, 
1762. mentioned below; Olive, June 25, 1764; 
Catherine, May 19, 1766; Orpha. September 
19, 1/(38; Huldah. Januarv 10, 1771 ; Phebe, 
June 13, 1773; Sophia, July 11, 1778. 

(\') David (3), son of Timothy Robinson, 
was born at Granville, Massachusetts. .August 
9, 1762, died May 2J, 1809. At an early age 
he was chosen rejircsentative to the general 
court and he filled this office aljout seven 
years. He had a general store. He married, 
September 25, 1786, Catherine Coe, bom Sep- 
tember 25. 17(19. died February 2, 1820. (See 
Coe.) Children, born at Granville: Eliza, 
February 8. 1788; Timothy I'.eville, March 12, 
1790. died young, law student; Orpha Hul- 
dah. July 24. 1793; Emily Catherine, Febru- 
ary 15. 1796: Fidelia Henrietta; David Frank- 
lin, mentioned below. 

(\T) David Franklin, son of David (3) 



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Robinson, was born at Granville, January 7, 
1801. He was educated in the public schools 
of his native town. He removed to Hartford, 
Connecticut, where he married Anne Sey- 
mour, daughter of Asa and Elizabeth (Deni- 
son) Seymour (see Seymour and Denison). 
Children: Lucius Franklin, born February i, 
1824: Charles, December 22, 1825; Anne 
Catharine, September 14, 1827; Sarah Ame- 
lia, October 26, 1829, married J. Hammond 
Trumbull ; Henry Cornelius, August 28, 1832 ; 
Mary Caroline, August 12, 1834, married 
Judge Nathaniel Shipman ; Alfred, April 5, 
1836. 

(\ II) Flenry Cornelius, son of David 
Franklin Robinson, was born in Hartford, 
August 28, 1832. He received his early edu- 
cation in the grammar and high schools of 
Hartford, entering Yale College in 1849. He 
graduated there with high honors in 1853. 
Among his classmates were : Hon. Andrew D. 
White, president of Cornell Universitv and 
minister to Germ.any : Bishop Davies, of Mich- 
igan ; Dr. Charlton T. Lewis and Dr. James 
T. Witton, of New York ; editors Isaac H. 
Bromley and George W. Smalley, of the Nezv 
York Tribune; United States Senator R. L. 
Gibson: Hon. Benjamin K. Phelps: and the 
poet, E. C. Stedman. Mr. Robinson began 
the study of law in the office of his elder 
brother, Lucius F. Robinson, and for three 
years after his admission to the bar practiced 
alone. He then went into partnership with 
his brother, Lucius F., and continued until the 
death of his brother in 1861. From that time 
until 1888 he managed the business alone, and 
in that year took his eldest son, Lucius F., 
into the firm, which was known as H. C. & 
L. F. Robinson. This firm was well known 
as one of the foremost in the state of Con- 
necticut, and its reputation extended over the 
New England and middle states. In his early 
manhood Mr. Robinson had made a special 
study of the breeding and propagation of fish, 
and in 1866 Governor Hawley appointed him 
fish commissioner of the state. Although his 
law practice at this time was heavy, he ac- 
cepted the position, and at once interested him- 
self in experiments looking to the preserva- 
tion and development of the fish industry of 
the state. Through his instrumentality laws 
were enacted providing for the condemnation 
of the pound fishery at the mouth of the Con- 
necticut river, and the discontinuance of this 
method of fishing. Before these wholesome 
laws had become fairly operative, under par- 
tisan influence they were repealed, and others 
substituted which were of no practical use, 
as has been proven, in preventing or arresting 
the destruction of the shad fisheries in these 



waters, in spite of artificial propagation. The 
first hatch of American shad was made under 
his direction as commissioner, associated with 
Hon. F. W. Russell, before the Connecticut 
legislature, and Professor Agassiz was a deep- 
ly interested spectator of the experiments, and 
of the legislative contest. 

In 1872 Mr. Robinson received the Repub- 
lican nomination for mayor of Hartford. Al- 
though the city was usually Democratic, ]\Ir. 
Robinson's personal popularity and high char- 
acter won him a victory with a large major- 
ity. He served from 1872 to 1874, and gave 
the people a clean and efficient administration. 
During his term of office the city affairs were 
conducted on business principles, and many 
wise economies were practiced, at a great sav- 
ing to the taxpayers, without retarding the 
advance of improvements in the city. During 
his term, and largely through his influence, 
Hartford became the sole capital of the state, 
and through his recommendation several of 
the department commissions were established. 
In 1879 Mr. Robinson was a member of the 
general assembly, and was chairman of the 
judiciary committee, and secured a number of 
important enactments, including the change in 
legal procedure. As chairman of this com- 
mittee and leader of the house, he had the 
exceptional experience of having the action 
of his committee substantially sustained by 
the house in every instance of its reports. 
From the formation of the Republican party, 
Mr. Robinson supported its principles, and his 
influence in political aflfairs was always ex- 
erted on a high plane. Three times, in 
the spring and fall of 1876 and in 187S, he 
was nominated for the office of governor by 
acclamation, and the third time he declined. 
He was a member of the Republican national 
convention, at Chicago, in 1880. and was the 
author of a large part of its platform. In 
1887 he was the commissioner for Connecti- 
cut at the Constitutional Centennial celebra- 
tion, in Philadelphia. Owing to his large legal 
practice he was obliged to decline a number 
of honorable appointments which came to him 
unsolicited, including that of United States 
minister to Spain, under President Harrison. 
He was counsel for many of the leading cor- 
porations of the state. In the suit of quo 
warranto involving the question of the state 
governorship, he was the senior counsel for 
the Republican party. He was a director in 
the New York, New Haven & Hartford Rail- 
road Company : the Connecticut Mutual Life 
Insurance Company ; the Pratt & Whit- 
ney Company ; the Connecticut Fire In- 
surance Company ; and the Hartford Steam 
Boiler Inspection and Insurance Company ; 



CONNECTICUT 



~^-M 



trustee uf the Connecticut Trust and Safe De- 
posit Company; and a nR'nilicr of tlic Hart- 
ford Hoard of Trade. I'or many years he 
had done an immense amount of svork in he- 
lialf of various charitatilc institutions in the 
city, and was looke<i u|Kjn_as one whose ripe 
liolarship and civic pride miuclit he trusted 

. phcitly. In this connection he hcKI many 
rc>f)onsil)Ie |:x)sitions on committees, and was a 
mcml)cr of boards of trustees and rhrectors 
of ecclesiastical associations in the state and 
city. Me was a meniher of the Hartford Tract 
Society, and a trustee of the Wadsworth 
Athen.Tum of Hartford, and of the Hartford 
grammar school. He was vice-president of 
the r.ar .\ssociation of Connecticut and of 
Hartford CouiU\ : menil)er and e.\-i)rcsidcnt of 
ilie ^'ale Alumni Association ni Hartford, and 
r of the founders of the Connecticut So- 

i ly of the Sons of the Revolution. In recogf- 
nuion of his finished sclK)larship he received 
ill |8S8, from Vale Collei;e. tlie degree of 
I I.D. Mr. Rohinson stands among the fore- 
st members of the Connecticut bar of his 
iv. and he won this i>osition through hard 
work and diligent study. I le had a practice 
remarkable for its breadth and variety. His 
high personal character gained for him wide 
esteem, and be had a large circle of friends in 
l">ih public and i)rivate life. .\s an orator lie 
IS remarkably gifted, and his services as a 

ivaker were in great demand. He was the 
memorial orator at the services in Hartford, in 
memory of President (iarfield and General 
tirant. and gave many Memorial Pay arl- 
dresscs, of which the one of 18S5 was con- 
sidered especially fine. .\t the imveiling of 
the I'utnam ecpiestrian statue, at Brooklyn, 
Connecticut, in 1888. his oration was con- 

' 'ered one of the finest ever heard in the 
le. 

lie marrierl Eliza \iles Trumbull, born 
July 15. 183 V daughter of John F. Trumbull, 
of Stonington. Children : Lucius F.. men- 
tioned below; Lucy T.. horn July 19. 1865. 
married Sidnev Trowbridge NFiller, oi De- 
troit; Henry S.'. April 16. 1868; John T.. April 
25. 1871. mentioned below: Mary S., Mav 17, 
iS~.?, married Dr. .Vdrian \'. Lami)ert. of New 
^.>rk City. 

iVIin Lucius I"., son of Henry Cornelius 
Ri'binson, was Ix-vrn in Hartford. June 12, 
18*)^. He attended the public schools and 
graduated from the Hartford public high 
.school, entering Vale College in 1881. and 
graduating in the class nf 1885 with the de- 
gree of A. R. He studied law under his 
father's instruction, and after he was admitted 
to the bar became a partner in the firm. 
Since his father's death he has been the senior 



member of the firm of Robinson & Robin- 
son. He has been on the board of fire com- 
missioners of the city of Hartford, and is 
now on the board of park commissioners. In 
politics he is a Reiniblican. He married Elinor 
Cooke, of I'atersun, .New Jersey. Children: 
Lucius, Barclay and Henry Cornelius. 

(VIII) John Trumbull, son of Henry Cor- 
nelius Robinson, was born .\pril 25, 1871, at 
Hartford. His early education was received 
in the Charter Oak Scho<il and the Hartford 
public high school, from which he graduated 
in the class of 1889. He entere<l Vale Col- 
lege, and was graduated in the class of 1893 
with the degree of .\.I{. He was a member of 
the I'si Upsilon fraternity and the Skull an'l 
Bones. He took up the study of his profes- 
sion after graduation in the law office of his 
father, and was admitted to the Hartford 
county bar in January. 1896. He was ad- 
mitted scM>n afterward to his father's firm, and 
since the death of his father has continued in 
[lartncrship with his brother Lucius, under the 
firm name of Robinson & Robinson. His 
brother, Henry S. Robinson, formerly of the 
firm, withdrew in 1897 and has been vice- 
president of the Connecticut Mutual Life In- 
surance Company since then. The firm is 
one of the best known and most successful in 
Hartford, maintaining the high standards and 
ability of j)revious years and enjoying a large 
general practice. Mr. Robinson was e.Kecutive 
secretary of Governor George P. McLean in 
1901-02. He has been an active and influential 
Republican for many years, serving on his 
wanl committee and acting as ilelegate to 
various nominating conventions, and he was 
chairman of the Rejjublican town committee 
in 1904-05. In 1902-04 he was a member of 
the board of charity commissioners of Hart- 
ford. In .April, 1908. he was appointed to a 
four-year term as United States attornev for 
the district of Connecticut. He was one of 
the two delegates-at-large to the Republican 
national convention of 1904. from Connecticut. 
He is a member of the Hartford Club, the 
Hartt'ord Golf Club, the Republican Club of 
Hartford, the Graduates Club of New Haven, 
and the Connecticut Society, Sons of the 
.American Revolution. He is a member of 
the South Congregational Church of Hart- 
ford. He belongs to the Tourilli Fish and 
Game Club of Quebec and is fond of outdoor 
sports of all kinds. 

He married. .April 25, 1905. Gertrude I. 
Coxe. born at Utica. New York, November 
13. 1878, daughter of Judge .Alfred Conkling 
Coxe. L^nited States ju<Ige of the circuit court 
of appeals. Her mother, Maryette Doolittle, 
was a daughter of Judge DooJittlc. of Utica, 



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New York. !Mrs. Robinson is a grandniece 
of Senator Roscoe Conkling, second cousin of 
President Grover Cleveland, and of Vice- 
President Sherman. They have one child, 
Gertrude Trumbull, born February 12, 1906, 
at Hartford. 

(The Miller Line). 

(I) Thomas Miller, immigrant ancestor, 
was born in England, and settled in Rowley, 
Massachusetts, and removed later to Middle- 
town, Connecticut, of which he was one of 
the proprietors. He married (first) Isabel 

; (second) Sarah Nettleton, daughter 

of Samuel Nettleton, of Totoket, Connecticut. 

(II) Benjamin, son of Thomas Miller, was 
known as "Governor," on account of his great 
influence over the Indians and his high stand- 
ing and importance in the community. He 
owned much real estate and was the first 
settler of what is now Middlefield, Connecti- 
cut. He died there, November 22, 1747. He 
married (first) September 18, 1695, Mary 
Johnson; (second) RIercy Bassett. Mary John- 
son was born February 14, 1674, daughter of 
Nathaniel and Mary (Smith) Johnson, of 
Woodstock, Connecticut. Nathaniel Johnson 
was born in May, 1647, ^t Roxbury, Massa- 
chusetts ; married, April 29, 1667, Mary Smith, 
and removed to New Roxbury, then in Mas- 
sachusetts, now Woodstock, Connecticut. 
Isaac Johnson, father of Nathaniel, married 
Elizabeth Porter. His father, John Johnson, 
was the immigrant ancestor, coming to Rox- 
bury from England ; constable of that town 
and surveyor of arms of the colony ; town 
officer and deputy to the general court ; died 
in 1659. 

Rebecca, daughter of Benjamin and Mary 
Miller, married David Robinson, of Durham, 
Connecticut (see Robinson III). 

(The Denison Line). 
(I) William Denison, immigrant ancestor, 
was born at Bishop's Stortford, county Hert- 
ford, England, and married in England, No- 
vember 7, 1603, Margaret jMonck. They 
came to New England in 1631, with three 
children, and settled in Roxbury, Massachu- 
setts. He was chosen by the general court 
constable of Roxbury, November 5, 1633. He 
was authorized to press men for the building 
of the bridge, October 27, 1647 • ^^'^s a deputy 
to the general court. His sons became very 
prominent citizens. He was buried January 
25, 1653, and his wife Margaret, February, 
1645. His son, the famous IMajor-General 
Daniel Denison, left a sketch of the family 
history (see N. E. Gen. Reg. XLVI). Chil- 
dren : John ; Daniel, baptized at Bishop's 
Stortford, October 18, 1612: Edward, baptized 



November 3, 1616; George, baptized Decem- 
ber 20, 1620. When Cromwell came into 
power in England, he returned to fight in 
the Protector's army, but afterward returned 
to Roxbury. 

(II) Captain George Denison, son of Wil- 
liam Denison, was born in Bishop's Stortford, 
and baptized December 20, 1620. When 
Cromwell was in power in England he joined 
the Protector's army there, but afterward re- 
turned to Roxbury, where he became a very 
prominent citizen. He was wounded at the 
battle of Naseby and was nursed at the home 
of John Boradeil. He married (first) at Rox- 
bury, in 1640, Bridget Thompson, who died in 
1653. While in England he married Ann 
Boradeil, daughter of John, who had nursed 
him at her father's house. They settled final- 
ly at Stonington, Connecticut, and he died at 
Hartford, October 23, 1694. at the age of 
seventy-six years, while visiting that town on 
business. His widow, Ann, died September 
6, 1712, at the age of ninety-seven years. 
Both were remarkably handsome and striking 
in appearance, and at Stonington she was 
commonly known as "Lady" Ann. He was 
captain of a company of militia and gained 
great distinction in the Indian wars. Miss 
Caulkins, the historian, says : "Our early his- 
tory presents no character of bolder and more 
active spirit than Captain George Denison. He 
reminds us of the border men of Scotland. 
In emergencies he was always in demand, and 
he was almost constantly placed in important 
public positions." Children : Sarah, born 
March 20, 1641, married Thomas Stanton; 
Hannah, May 20, 1643 ; John, mentioned be- 
low ; George, born 1652; Ann, ]May 20, 1649; 
Margaret, 1650; William, 1654; Boradel, 
1656. 

(III) John, son of Captain George Deni- 
son, was born at Roxbury, July 16, 1646, and 
settled at Stonington. He married Phebe 
Lay, daughter of Richard Lay, of Saybrook. 
Children: Phebe, born 1667; John, 1669; 
George, 1671, mentioned below; Robert, 1673; 
William, 1675; Daniel, 1680; Samuel, 1683; 
Ann, 1684; Jacob, 1692. 

(IV) (jeorge (2), son of John Denison, 
was born in Stonington, in 1671 ; married, in 
1693, Mary (Wetherell), widow of Thomas 
Henry, and daughter of Daniel and Grace 
(Brewster) Wetherell, granddaughter of 
Jonathan and Lucretia Brewster, and great- 
granddaughter of Elder William Brewster, 
who came in the "Mayflower" and was one 
of the chief men of the colony. George Deni- 
son died in January, 1720, aged sixty-nine. 
His wife Mary died in 1711. Children: 
Grace, born 1694; Phebe, 1697; Hannah, 



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iCpy; llorradcl, 1701 ; Uanid, 1703; Wttli- 
ercll, 1705; Ann, 1707; Sarah, 1709. 

(V) Daniel, son of George (2) Denison, 
was born in 1703; marric<l, in 1726, Rachel, 
daughter of Thomas Starr, llis widow mar- 
ried ( second ) Colonel Ebenezcr Avery ; she 
died l-ebruary 6, 1791, in the eighty-sixth 
year of her age, and was buried in the yard 
east of Groton I'ort. with her dauijhter Phebe. 
Lieutenant Avery was killed in the revolu- 
tion, September 6, 1781. CliiWrcn: Mary, 
born August, 1728; Daniel. December, 1730; 
Thomas, mentioned below ; Rachel, Septem- 
ber, 1734; Samuel, November, 1736: Hannah, 
January, i73STT'hebe, 1740; Ann, September, 
174^; James, April, 1746; and Elizabeth, in 
1748. 

(VT) Thomas, son of Daniel Denison, was 

born at New London, in November, 1732; 

marritd Catherine Starr, born .\ugust 11, 

1735, in Norwich, died in March, 1817. They 

lived until 1777 in New London, afterward 

; Hartford (see Starr). Their daughter, 

iizabeth Denison. niarried, December 17, 

^'' \sa Seymour (see Seymour). 

(The Seymour Line). 

il; Richard Seymour, the immigrant, was 

in in England, and came to America soon 
alter the arrival of Rev. Mr. Hooker and his 
colony in Hartford. He became one of the 
early jiroprietors of the town, and is reckoned 
among the founders. He removed to Nor- 
walk in 1650, and was one of the earliest 
settlers there. Among his children were: 
Thomas; John, mentioned below; Richard, of 
'.irmington, died 1712; Zachariah, of Weth- 
:>tield. 

(in John, son of Richard Seymour, was 
born about 1640; married Mary Welton. Chil- 
dren: John, lx)rn June 12. 1666. mentioned 
below; Thomas, March 12. 1668; Mary, No- 
vember. 1670; Margaret. Jamiary 17, 1674; 
Richard. February n, 1676; Jonathan. Jan- 
uary 10, 1678: Nathaniel. November 6. 1680; 
Zacliary. January 10, 1684. 

(HI I John (2), son of John (i) Seymour, 
was born in Norwalk, January 12, 1666. He 
was a distinguished man. member of the gen- 
eral assembly, and held various town offices. 
He married. December 19, 1693, Elizabeth, 
daughter of Lieutenant Robert and Susannah 
(Treat) Webster, daughter of Hon. Richard 
Treat, of Wethcrsfield. Robert was the son 
of Governor John Webster. Ciiildren : John, 
born December 25. 1694; Timothy. June 27. 
if)9<i; Daniel. October 20. 1^190: Elizabeth. 
May I. 171X); Jonathan. March 16. :702-03; 
Nathaniel. November 17. 1704; Susannah, 
.•\pril 13. 1706: Margaret. January 20. 1707; 



Zebulon, May 14, 1709; Moses, February 17, 
1710-11 ; Richard. 

(IV) Daniel, son of John (2) Seymour, 
was born October 20, 1699. He married, Au- 
gust 10, 1727. Mabel Ijigelow. 

(\) Daniel (2j, only child of Daniel (i) 
Seymour, was born about 1729, and died No- 
vember 8, 181 5. 

Daniel Seymour was a captain in Lieu- 
tenant Hezckiah Wyllys's regiment in 1778 
( see regimental pay abstract of the first regi- 
ment of militia ordered to march for the de- 
fense of the state. July ft, 1779). He married 
Lydia King, born 1738. died April i, 1829, 
daughter of Robert ami Elizabeth (Barnard) 
King, granddaughter of jMseph and Lydia 
(Howaril) I!arnard. great-gr.Tnddaughter of 
Itartholomew and Sarah (IJirchard) Barnard. 
Thomas and Mary Birchard were the parents 
of Sarah (Birchard) I'.arnard. born about 
1626. Henry Howartl, father of Lydia. died 
March. 1709; married, September 28. 1648. 
Sarah, daughter of John Stone. Robert King 
was son of Thomas King. l)orn July 14. 1662, 
dicil December 26. 171 1; married (second) 
Mary, daughter of Robert Webster and grand- 
daughter of Governor John Webster, men- 
tioned elsewhere. Thomas King was the son 
of John King. lx>rn in 1629. died December 
3, 1703; married, November 18. 1656, Sarah, 
(laughter of William Holton. the immigrant, 
and his wife. Mary . Children of Cap- 
tain Daniel Seymour: Polly, married 

Webster; Mabel, married Moses Smith; Asa, 
born 1760, mentioned below; Robert; Ash- 
bcl; Sally, died December 17, 1847; Daniel, 
died October 14. 1820; Eliza, marriefl Chaun- 
cey Barnard: Lydia. dietl July 31, 1828; Jona- 
than ; Tabitha. married Samuel Camp. 

(\'I) Asa. son of Daniel (2) Seymour, was 
horn February 5, 1760: died October 28, 1810; 
married. December 17. 1786, Elizabeth Deni- 
srm, born March 7, 17C15. died May 2f<, 1846. 
Qiildren. born at Hartford: i. Elizabeth, 
February if\ 1788; died October 14. 1831; 
married William Wadsworth. 2. Catharine. 
.'\ugust 20. 1789: married Joseph Brown, Jr. 
3. i\Iary, May 27, 1791 ; married Roger New- 
ell ; died August 28, 1860. 4. Chester, b<>rn 
June 10. 1793; died November 9, 1832; mar- 
ried Mather. 5. Mabel. May 23. 1795; 

married Russell Robbins. 6. William, born 
May 20. 1798: died October 21. 1850. 7. 
.\mic. born December 29, 1801 : married 
David Franklin Robinson (see Robinson). 
8. .\lmira (twin), .\pril 29, 1804; died De- 
cember. T8<yi. 9. .Albert (twin). April 29. 
1804: died November 25. 1873: married 
(first) Jerusha W. Ensign; and (second) 
Luthera R. Hovev. 



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(The Starr Line). 

( I ) Dr. Comfort Starr, a surgeon, of Ash- 
ford, England, came in the ship "Hercules" 
to New England in March, 1634, with three 
children and three servants. He settled at 
Cambridge, Massachusetts, where he was a 
proprietor in 1635. He removed to Duxbury, 
where he had a land grant, August 7, 1638, 
and was admitted a freeman June 4, 1639. 
His sister, Constant, was in Dorchester before 
1639; married John Morley. Dr. Starr was 
a legatee in the will of his brother, Jehosophat 
Starr, of Ashford, February 2, 1659. He 
finally removed to Boston. His wife died 
June 25, 1658, aged sixty-three. He died 
January 2, 1659, and his will was proved 
February 3, following, bequeathing to Samuel 
Starr ; to the five children of his deceased 
daughter Maynard ; to the children of his de- 
ceased son Thomas, and to his widow Han- 
nah, in England ; to grandson Simon Eire, for 
his education; to son John Starr; to daughter 
Elizabeth Ferniside ; to brothers-in-law John 
IMorley and Faithful Rouse, property in Bos- 
ton, and at Eshitisford, England. 

(II) Dr. Thomas Starr, son of Comfort 
Starr, was born in England, and died in 
Charlestown, Massachusetts, October 26, 1658. 

(III) Samuel, son of Dr. Thomas Starr, 
was born in Massachusetts. He married Han- 
nah Brewster, daughter of Jonathan and Lu- 
cretia Brewster, granddaughter of Elder Wil- 
liam Brewster. Samuel Starr was county 
marshall (high sheriff) of New London 
county, Connecticut. 

(IV) Captain Jonathan Starr, son of Samuel 
Starr, was born at New London, February 
23, 1673-74, and was a prominent man of 
his native town. He was constable ; deputy 
to the general assembly, 1712-14; member of 
the governor's council, 1711-12-13-16 : ser- 
geant of the militia, 1712; ensign, 1715; lieu- 
tenant and captain, 1716-27. 

(V) Samuel (2), son of Captain Jonathan 
Starr, was born November 5, 1699, at New 
London. He removed to Norwich, and his 
homestead there is still known as the Starr 
farm. He died July 9, 1786. He married 
Ann, daughter of Captain Caleb Bushnell, of 
Norwich, born 1705, died 1796. Their daugh- 
ter, Catharine Starr, was born August 11, 
1735. died March. 1S17; married Thomas 
Denison (see Denison). 



Rev. Daniel Robinson was 
ROBINSON born in Norway, New York, 
1806, son of Hiram and 
Anna (Foster) Robinson. He was a clergy- 
man of the Baptist denomination. His first 
pastorate was at Springfield, New York, and 



later he held pastorates in Kingston, Ckiver- 
ack and Hillsdale, New York, and in Con- 
necticut and Massachusetts, in which latter 
state he died in 1863. He married Ursula 
Matilda Arnold, born August, 1808, at Fair- 
field, Herkimer county. New York, daughter 
of John B. Arnold, of Providence, Rhode 
Island. The Arnolds are among the most 
distinguished families of Rhode Island, dat- 
ing from early colonial days. John B. Arnold 
settled on a farm in Herkimer county. New 
York, about the close of the revolutionary 
war. Children of Rev. Daniel and Ursula 
Matilda (Arnold) Robinson: i. Dr. Samuel 
H., born in 1835, at Springfield, Otsego 
county. New York. 2. James, born 1838, died 
in infancy. 3. Silas Arnold, mentioned I)elow. 
4. Daniel, born January 20, 1843; enlisted in 
the Fourteenth New York Heavy Artillery, 
serving as a musician throughout the civil 
war. 5. Dr. George B., born Septemljer i, 
1845; uiarried Mary E. Parsons; child. Flora 

;\I., married Daly, of New Haven, 

Connecticut. 6. Judson J., born November 9, 
1850, at Southington, Connecticut: unmarried. 
(II) Silas Arnold, son of Rev. Daniel Rob- 
inson, was born September 7, 1840, in Pleas- 
ant Valley, Fulton county, New York. He 
spent his first school days at the Lewis Acad- 
emy in Southington and afterwards attended 
the Bacon Academy in Colchester and the 
Brookside Institute in Sand Lake, New York. 
He was always deeply interested in books, 
and under the strong intellectual influence of 
his parents, his mind developed rapidly. .\s 
soon as he finished school, he entered the law 
office of Gale & Alden in Troy, New York. 
In December, 1863. he was admitted to the bar 
at Albany, New York, and the following 
year went to Middletown, Connecticut, which 
has since been his home and the center of 
his professional activities. In 1878 he was 
elected judge of probate for the district of 
Middletown and served for two years in that 
office. In 1880-81 he was mayor of Midflle- 
town and for many years served with great 
efficiency and faithfulness on the school board 
of the city and town of ^Middletown. Feb- 
ruary II, 1890. he became judge of the supe- 
rior court and later was elevated to the bench 
of the supreme court, from which. September 
7, 1910, he retired by reason of the age limit 
under the constitution, he having reached the 
age of seventy years. He is a member of the 
state bar association, and is a Republican in 
politics. He is an enthusiastic devotee of out- 
of-door life, his favorite amusements being 
walking, bicycling and trout fishing. He is a 
man of keen sagacitv and broad capability in 
his profession. In personal habit and man- 



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tier lie is direct, niodcsi ami of simple tastci^. 
lie married, jiiiu- i.^, iS(i«). I'aiiny E., Ixjrn 
April lo. 1^4.^ daii;,ditir of Isaac Ives Nor- 
ton, of Otis, llcrksliirc county, Massachu- 
setts (see Norton 111). Children: i. Cliarles 
Marcy. born May 25, iSdS: was in the class 
of 1891. Sheffield Scientific School, and after 
conipletin;,' his studies at \ale he entered his 
father's oHice and took up the study of law ; 
admitted to the har in iK(;S; now in general 
practice in New Haven: he was judge of 
probate for Middietown district for two years; 
he married Kdith .\. iJole, of New Haven; 
children : Rebecca, died in infancy ; Edith .\nn, 
born ( )ctol)er i, 1907. 2. Lucy Norton, Iwrn Uc- 
cembcr 5. i8'x): unmarried. 3. Fannie Imo- 
gcnc, died in infancy. 4. Winnifred Harriet, 
born April S. 1S80: married Ralph Walter 
Rymer, of Scranlon, Pennsylvania, attorncy- 
at-law : child : Dana Robinson Rymer, born 
March 5, 1905. 

Clhc NcirlnM Line). 

George Norton, immigrant ancestor, was 
born in l-'ngland and came to this country with 
Higginson in 1629. He settled in Salem, .Mas- 
sachusetts, and took the freeman's (jath. May 
14, iC>,^4. There is evidence that he was a 
carpenter by trade. He was connected with a 
company who obtained leave from the gen- 
eral court in 1640 to settle JelTrey's Creek, 
afterwards called Manchester. He removed 
to Gloucester about 164 1, and was represen- 
tative of that t(5wn, 1642-43-44. He moved 
back to Salciu in 1644, and was dismissed 
from the church at Gloucester to the church 
at Wenham, September 21, i')45. He mar- 
ried Mary . He died 1659. Children: 

Frcegrace, 1635; John, October, 1637: Na- 
thaniel, .May. 1639: George, March 28, 1641 ; 
Henry. February 28, 1643; Mehitable, 1(145; 
Sarah. September 14, 1647: Hannah, 1649; 
Abigail. 1651 ; Elizabeth, .August 7. 1653. 

George (2). son of George ( i) Norton, 
was born March 28, 1641, and lived in Salem, 
Ipswich and Suf^ield. Connecticut. He mar- 
ried (first). October 7. K'/ic), Sarah Hart, who 
died June 23, WV<2. at Suffield. He mar- 
ried (second) Mercy Gillct. widow, of Wind- 
sor. In 1695 the town of Suffield agreed 
with him and Richard .Austin to make all the 
windows for the minister's house at eighteen 
I)encc per light and to pay for the same in 
provision and t1ax. He afterwards became 
a settler at SutTieM, where a grant of land 
of sixty acres was made to him. September 
14. 1674. The settlement was broken up in 
>'175 on account of the war with the Indians, 
hut was commenced again at its close. The 
name of George Norton appears as an inhabi- 



tant there as early as September 25, 1677. 
He is called blusign Norton in the list of 
Voters, .March 9, 1(182. In i(>)3 he was chosen 
one of the selectmen and was sent as a rep- 
resentative to the general court in lioston the 
same year, at which time he is called Captain 
Norton. In the probate records of Hamp- 
shire is found the settlement of his estate, 
dated .March 31, 1(198. He died Noveml)er 
15, lO/j. Children of first wife: George, 
born November 10. if)7i ; Thomas, .Novem- 
ber, 1674; Nathaniel, June 30, 1676; Sarah, 
July 12, 1677; .Mice, married Robert Kim- 
bal; Samuel, January 22, i(j79. died I'ebruary 
2, 1679; Samuel, .\i)ril 9, if)8i, died .\pril 2y, 
1681. Children of second wife: John, June 
12, 1683. died June 16, 1^)83; Mary Jane, June 
18, i(>85; .Abigail, January 14, \(tHj: bree- 
grace, January i, 1689; Joanna, March 17. 
1(393: Elizabeth, .August 31, 1(195. ''•'^'l •\"- 
gust 1, 1697; Elizabeth, March 19, i(n^7. 

(I) Lieutenant Jonathan Norton, descend- 
ant of George (2) Norton, was born about 
1730. He settled at Loudon, now Otis, Mas- 
sachusetts. In 1790, according to the first 
federal census, he had two males over si.x- 
tcen and three females in his family. He 
came thither from Suffield about 1751. His 
son Jonathan Jr. had two sons uuiler sixteen 
and two females in his family in I7<>). Jona- 
than was first lieutenant in Captain Jacob 
Cook's company (15th or 17th) (Loudon 
company). First Berkshire Regiment, and 
was rejiorted c<>mmissioned May 6, 177(3; also 
lieutenant of the same ctimpany. under Colo- 
nel John .Ashley at the battle of Saratoga, in 
1777: alsi> lieutenant in Captain Samuel 
\Varner's comjjany. Colonel John lirown's 
regiment, in 1780. His son Roderick is men- 
tioned below. 

(II) Roderick, son of Lieutenant Jonathan 
Norton, was twrn at Loudon. .Massachusetts, 
June 18, 1774. He married Rlioda, daughter 
of Dr. .Asa Johnson. Children: I'.ethuel, txirn 
January 20, 1798, died in infancy: Isaac Ives. 
January 14, 1799: Elam Potter, June 16, 1800; 
Harriet Johnson, October 29. 1802: Sedgwick 
I.arkcom, August 28, 1804: Roderick Hyde. 
March 1, i8io: George John.son. June 2, 1817. 

(HI) Isaac Ives, son of Roderick Norton, 
was born at Otis, Massachusetts. January 14, 
1799. He married Nancy Elmina, daughter 
of Thomas .Marcy. Children: i. Harriet 
P.. born Marcli 21. 1830: married (first) .Al- 
bert -Norton, her distant cousin, a native of 
P.landford, Massachusetts, by whom she had 
three children, all of whom died young ; mar- 
ried (second) Judge Scagrave Smith, judge 
of the district court of Minnesota, and a na- 
tive of Colchester, Connecticut. 2. Hcnrv L.. 



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born 1832. 3. Fanny E.. born April 10, 1843 ; 
married Silas Arnold Robinson (see Robin- 
son II). 



Thomas Dewey, the immigrant 
DEWEY ancestor, came from Sandwich, 

county Kent, England, and was 
one of the original grantees of Dorchester, 
Massachusetts, in 1636. He was here as early 
as 1633, however, and was a witness in that 
_vear of the non-cupative will of John Rus- 
sell, of Dorchester. He was admitted a free- 
man of the colony, May 14, 1634. He sold 
his lands at Dorchester, August 12, 1635, and 
removed with other Dorchester men to Wind- 
sor, Connecticut, of which he was one of 
the earliest settlers. He was granted land at 
Dorchester in 1640, and his home lot there 
was the first north of the Palisado, and ex- 
tended from the main street eastward to the 
Connecticut river. He was juryman in 1642- 
43-44-45. He died intestate and the inventory 
of his estate was filed May 19, 1648, amount- 
ing to two hundred and thirteen pounds. His 
estate was divided by the court June 6, 1650. 
He married, March 22. 1639, at W'indsor, 
Frances, widow of Joseph Clark. She mar- 
ried (third), as his second wife, George 
Phelps, and she died September 27, 1690. 
Children: Thomas, born February 16, 1640; 
Josiah, baptized October 10, 1641 ; Anna, bap- 
tized October 15, 1643; Israel, mentioned be- 
low; Jedediah, born December 15, 1647. 

(II) Israel, son of Thomas Dewey, was 
born at Windsor, September 25, 1645, and 
died there, October 23, 1678, in the prime of 
life. He was a farmer, and at the time of 
his marriage was living at Northampton, 
Massachusetts. He was granted eight acres 
of land in the towm of Westfield, Massachu- 
setts, after his marriage. This lot was on 
South street. Later he removed to William 
Brooke's grant, and about 1674 removed to 
Windsor. Captain Daniel Clarke and Job 
Drake were appointed administrators of his 
estate December 5. 1678. He married, August 
20, 1668, at Northampton, Abigail Drake, born 
September 28, 1648, at Windsor, died before 
November 17, 1696, daughter of Sergeant 
Job and Mary (Wolcott) Drake. Widow 
Dewey joined Rev. Samuel INIather's church, 
at Windsor, in 1686. Children: i. Hannah, 
born about 1669 : married Philip Loomis. of 
Westfield, Massachusetts, and Simsbury, Con- 
necticut. 2. Israel, born December 30, 1673, 
at Westfield. 3. David, mentioned below. 4. 
Sergeant Joseph, born about 1678; died un- 
married, about January, 173 1 ; weaver by 
trade, and owned lands and mills at Hebron 
and Colchester. Connecticut. 



(HI) David, son of Israel Dewey, was born 
at Windsor, January 11, 1676, and died No- 
vember 30, 1712, aged thirty-six, at West- 
field, Massachusetts. He settled there about 
1700, and was a weaver by trade. He was 
constable in 1705; selectman in 1708-09; 
deacon of the \\'estfield church in 1712 and 
later. He joined this church July 25, 1700. 
In 1707 he was schoolmaster at Westfield, 
receiving from the town ten pounds as a quar- 
ter's salary. His will was dated November 
26, 1712, and proved February 3, 1712-13. 
He bequeathed to his wife ; to his son David 
ten pounds more than to his other sons ; to 
his daughter Sarah ten pounds less ; to his 
servant Abigail Lee. His inventory amounted 
to five hundred and fifty-four pounds. He 

married, about 1699, Sarah , born in 

1682, died August 3, 1756, aged seventy-four 
years. His widow married Sergeant Luke 
Noble. She joined the Westfield church, July 
20, 1709. Children : David, born June 28, 
1700; Charles, July 18, 1703; Nathaniel, Sep- 
tember 21, 1706, died February 2, 1710; Isaac, 
mentioned below: Sarah, born ]\Iay 16, 171 1, 
died December 15, 17 12. 

(I\') Isaac, son of David Dewey, was born 
in Westfield, September 10, 1708. He re- 
moved to Simsbury, now Granby, Connecticut, 
about 1736, and was admitted a freeman 
there, September 3, 1740. He married (in- 
tention dated July 11, 1734), at Westfield, 
Abigail Bagg, born September 15, 1707, at 
Westfield, died May 12, 1773, aged sixty-five 
years, at Simsbury, daughter of Daniel' and 
Hannah Bagg. Children, born at Simsbury: 
Abigail, August 19, 1736; Sarah, February 11, 
1738, died November 29, 1770; Constant, born 
May II. 1741 ; Isaac, July 27, 1747; Aaron, 
mentioned below; David, 1751. 

(V) Aaron, son of Isaac Dewey, was born 
at Simsbury, July zj, 1747, and died Febru- 
ary II, 1825, aged seventy-seven, at Granby, 
Connecticut. He was a soldier in the revo- 
lution, probably the Aaron Dewey who was a 
corporal in Captain Eliphalet Bulkley's com- 
pany on the Lexington alarm, April 19, 1775. 
He married Bedee Gillett, born 1747, died De- 
cember 15, 1840, aged ninety-three, at Granby. 
Children, born at Granby : Aaron, mentioned 
below: Bedee, 1783, married Dudley Hays as 
second wife : Theedy, 1785, married Rodol- 
phus Gillett. 

(\T) Aaron (2), son of Aaron (i) Dewey, 
was born at Granby, in 1781, and died there, 
September 30, 1826, aged forty-five. He mar- 
ried, in 1810, Louisa Gillett, born 1787, died 
August 25, i860, at Granbv, daughter of 
Dea'con Samuel Gillett (see Gillett AO. Chil- 
dren, born at Granby: \A'illiam : Mary L., 



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\|iil _'v. l^fll; \\ atsiin, iiK-ntioned below; 
ilson, born July 1, 18:5; Willis, July, 1817; 
:-an, 1819, dic<l at (iriiiuel!, Iowa, married, 
18^0. Franklin 11. Reed; Laura, born Au- 
~t 9, i8jj. (lied in suninier of i8<<8. niar- 
1, in May, 1847, at Winsted, Xatbaniel 
. rkins I'ratt; Wain, born March, 1823, died 
ly 7, 1823, a^cd fourteen weeks. 
i\'II) Watson, son of Aaron (2) Dewey, 
i> born at (iranby, October 8. 1813, and 
(iietl there, March 4, 1884, aged seventy years. 
'I He w.is educatecl in the public schools and 
Karned the trade of carriage maker. For 
iiy years he was in business in Granby, 
iiuifacturini; and repairing carriages. He 
i> active in town affairs, and filled the offices 
selectman, justice of the i)eace and judge 
probate, with credit and ability. In re- 
on he was a Universalist. In jiolitics he 
> a Democrat, a Whig, and later a Repub- 
in. lie married (first), July 8, 1840, at 
mby, Jane C. Alderman, born 1817, died 
.\- 21. 1S47. aged thirty years, daughter of 
.kiel an<l Julia (Gillett) .\l<lerman. He 
iiried (second). November 4, 1847, at 
omfield, Connecticut, Susannah II. Mc- 
in. liorn September, 1823, at P>loonifield, 
1 May 29. 1854, aged twenty-nine, at 
' ■ uiby, daughter of Henry and Susannah 
iillett) McLean. He married (third), Oc- 
cr 9, t854, at Granby. F'llen Jane Pieebe, 
in March 10. 1833, at West Si)ringfield, 
I died July 12, 1908, in Hartford, Connecticut, 
dnughter of George and Elizabeth ( Thonip- 
i» Heche. ChiMren of the first wife: i. 
■rgc Melville, born .\pril 28, 1841; men- 
iied below. 2. Jay .\lderman, born May 
. i84(.: died December 2, 1857. Child of 
■>nd wife: 3. Harry McLean. i>orn May 21, 
J854: died June 19. 1854. Children of the 
third wife: 4. Bertha Florence, born July 4, 
iS^(>: died November 20, 1861. of diphtheria. 
5. Edward Watson, born October 29, 1857; 
mentioned below. 6. Kate Estellc, born ^lay 
21. i8(>3: attended Dean Academy, class of 
1884: married. June 27;. 1897, George Sey- 
mour tiodard, of Granby. Children: George 
Dewey, born .\ui:ust 8, 1S99: Paul Beach, 
February 17, if)oi ; Mary Katharine, October 
3. 1903. 7. Charles Thompson, born Decem- 
ber 22, 18(14: attended the public school at 
Granby. Connecticut, and Williston Seminary, 
East Hampton, ^L^ssachu^etts. Then for oiie 
year he was employetl in the coal office of 
Blood & Searles. \\cstfield. Massachusetts. 
For a short period he was in an insurance 
office, in Hartford, and later was associ.ited 
with his brother Edward in a general store in 
Granby one year: soM his interest to his 
brother and traveled through the West with 



the idea of locating, but finally returned to 
Hartford and entered the employ of H. J. 
Case & Company as l)ookkeeper, and re- 
mained with them until they sold out in 1900. 
Since that time he has Ixicn financial manager 
for I'. Berry & .Son, cold storage warehouse 
in Hartford. He married, March 28, 1904, 
Lucie E. .-\ver>', a direct descendant of an 
old colonial family of Connecticut. He is a 
member of St. Marks Lodge No. 91, Masons, 
of Granby, Connecticut, and in politics he is 
a Republican. 

(\III) George Melville, son of Watson 
Dewey, was born April 28, 1841, at Granby, 
Connecticut, went to public school in North 
Granby, private school in New Hartford, Con- 
necticut, and Eatons Business College, 
Worcester, Massachusetts: graduated from 
the latter in 1856, and went to Williston Semi- 
nary, East Hampton, Massachusetts. 1856-57 
he left this school and went to New York 
City, and entered business as a clerk in a 
commission house, in September, 1857. He 
enlisted as a private in Comi)any I, loth New 
York X'oluntccr Infantry, .\pril 19. 1861 ; com- 
missioned as second lieutenant and mustered 
into United States service, .-Xpril 26, 1861 ; 
promoted to first lieutenant, Company I. Octo- 
ber II, 1861 ; promoted to captain. Company 
K, December 13. 1862; transferred to veteran 
battalion, loth New York \dlunteer Infantry, 
.April 26, 1863; left New York with regulars 
for Fortress Monroe. Virginia, June. 1861 : in 
garrison at Fortress Monroe imtil .-\pril 29, 
1862; participated in capture of Norfolk, \'ir- 
ginia. May 10, 1SA2: encamped at Fort Nor- 
folk, \irginia, until May 20. i8r)2, when the 
regiment was transferred to Portsmi>uth. \"ir- 
ginia. from which place it embarked on 
steamer "Empire City," June 3, landed at 
White House, on Pamunkcy river, on June 7, 
on Chrckahominy : transferred to Gen. War- 
ren's brigade. Porter's troops, Sykes' divi- 
sion : jiarticipated in seven days' battle under 
McClellan. conuuencing with Davis Mills and 
ending with Malvern Hill : participated in sec- 
ond battle of P.ull Run. .-\ugust 30. where he 
was wounded in forehead by fragment of a 
shell and left on the battlefield ; taken prisoner 
and paroled, and sent to .\nnapolis, Mary- 
land: exchanged and returned to regiment at 
Fredericksburg, Virginia. December K'l. 1862; 
was provost marshal on staff of General 
French at battle of Chancellorsville, and pro- 
vost marshal on staff of General Hayes at 
Gettysburg and following camjiaign : was de- 
tailed on drafted service at New ^'ork. from 
which he applied for permission to return to 
the field, reaching battalion at Sterensbury, 
November 25, 186^, and assumed command 



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of battalion in battles of Wine Run, Novem- 
ber 26-30, and of Morton's Ford. February 6, 
1864, where his horse was shot under him, 
while leading an assault on a house occupied 
by the enemy's sharpshooters. On the occa- 
sion of review by the division commander. 
General Hayes, he paid a special compliment 
to Captain Dewey in the presence of the field 
and staff of the brigade for the excellent ap- 
pearance and steady marching of his com- 
mands, and was tendered a vote of thanks by 
the officers of the battalion for his efforts 
to insure discipline and all soldierly attain- 
ments, and his uniform courtesy to officers 
and men ; continued in command of battalion 
at the battle of the Wilderness, where he was 
severely wounded in the left leg, on account 
of which wound he was discharged, October 
13, 1864, and he was breveted major and 
lieutenant-colonel for gallant and meritorious 
services in the war of the rebellion. The fol- 
lowing is an extract from the Fortress 
Monroe correspondent of the A'czv York 
Herald: "A pleasing little episode occurred 
last evening at the fort. At roll call at retreat. 
Company I. of the loth Regt. N. Y. \^ols., pre- 
sented their First Lieutenant, George M. 
Dewey, with a superb sword belt, sash and 
epaulets, as a mark of respect. The present 
was as unexpected as handsome, and took 
Lieutenant Dewey by surprise. The sword is 
one of the celebrated solingin blades, richly 
mounted, and bears the following inscription : 
Presented to First Lieutenant George M. 
Dewey, Co. I. Tenth Regt. N. Y. \'ols., by 
the members of the said Co. as a token of 
esteem. Fortress Monroe, April 28, 1862." 
The presentation was made in a neat speech 
by Private Martin Lawless : a singular cir- 
cumstance connected with this presentation 
was that the day on which it occurred was 
the birthday of Lieutenant Dewey, of which 
fact, however, the company was not aware. 

He was a member of Winchester Post, No. 
197, Grand Army of the Republic, of Brook- 
lyn. New York, and of the New York Com- 
mandery of the Military Order of the Loyal 
Legion of the United States. He was a mem- 
ber of Plymouth Church, Brooklyn, in which 
city he resided from 1866 to 1889: after that 
he lived in New York, where he died, January 
26, 1900. He married, September 17. 1879, 
Sarah Benfield Stewart, of Columbus, Ohio, 
daughter of John and Virginia (Miner) Stew- 
art, born July I, 1856, died January i, 1889, 
at Colorado Springs. Children: i. Alice 
Marion, born October 29, 1S80, at Brooklyn. 
New York ; married William G. Cook, of 
Lansingburg, New York : children : Katherine 
Stewart ; Constance. 2. Katherine Stewart, 



born August 8, 1S83: died of consumption, at 
Orchard Lake. Michigan. 

(\'HI) Edward W'atson, son of \\atson 
Dewey, was born at Granby, October 29, 1857. 
He was educated in the public schools, and 
at '\\'illiston Seminary, of Easthampton, Mas- 
sachusetts. He has lived on the old home- 
stead, in Granby, except from 1880 to 1884, 
when he was clerk in a store at Westfield, and 
in the office of a coal company. He returned 
to Granby to settle his father's estate and 
bought a store there, conducting it for four 
years successfully. His later years have been 
devoted to the public service. In 1889 he 
represented the town in the state legislature. 
He is an active and influential Republican and 
has been chairman of the town committee. 
From 1886 to 1898 he was judge of probate 
in his district. From 1891 until 1907 he was 
county commissioner of Hartford county, a 
position of great honor and responsibility. 
Since 1907 he has been high sheriff of Hart- 
ford county, re-elected in November, 19 10, 
for another term of four years, from June i, 
191 1, and his official residence is in Hartford. 
Judge Dewey is past master of St. ^Mark's 
Lodge of Free JMasons, of Granby. He is a 
member of the Universalist church. He is 
highly esteemed, not only in his native town, 
of which he is one of the most distinguished 
citizens, but throughout Hartford county. An 
earnest, upright, capable public officer. Judge 
Dewey has demonstrated especial fitness both 
as a magistrate and as an executive officer. 
His administration of the sheriff's office has 
given eminent satisfaction. 

(The GiUett Line). 
(I) Jonathan Gillett, immigrant ancestor, 
was, with his brother Nathan, of the company 
of one hundred and forty Puritans from the 
counties of Devon, Dorset and Somerset, Eng- 
land, which sailed, with Rev. John Warham 
and Rev. JoJm Maverick as pastors, in the 
ship "Mary and John," ]\Iarch 20, 1630. ar- 
riving off Nantasket May 30, and settled 
Dorchester, !\Iassachusetts. He was admitted 
a freeman of the colony May 6, 1635. He 
was granted various lands and privileges at 
Dorchester. He and his brother Nathan re- 
moved with Rev. John \'\'arham and the 
Dorchester pioneers and settled \Mndsor, 
Connecticut, about 1636. He had a lot seven- 
teen rods wide near John Warham's lot. and 
opposite Alexander Alvord's. Jonathan and 
his wife Mary arc included in the list of 
church members made Ijy Mathew Grant, 
thirty-seven years after the settlement, of 
twenty-one "members who were so in Dor- 
chester and came up with Mr. \\'arham and 



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ri- still of Its." Thiy were also privileged, 
liavinj;' paid six >hilling5, to sit in the long 
M-ats in churcli. He •,'ave four shillings six- 
pence to the Itind in aid of the siitTerers hy 
the Indian-, at Sinishnry and Sj)rin.i;tiel(l and 
vris one of the i-ommittee of distriluition. He 
'((1 August 23, 1^177. an<l his wife, January 
if)S5. Children: i. Cornelius. In irn in ling- 
i.md or Dorchester, ami died June 2<>, i~ — , 
married I'riscilla Kelsey. 2. Jonathan, mar- 
•cd (first) April 23. if^n, Mary Kelsey, 
lio die<l April iS. 1676: (second) Decem- 
r 14. 1(176. Miriam Uihhle. who died April 
^, i<>*<7. 3. Mary, married Peter Hrown. 
.Anna, horn Decemttcr 20. 1639; married. 
< ktolier 29, 1663. Samuel I'illey. 5. Jf>seph, 
1 iptized July 23, If)-} I : married, l(^^, Etiza- 
I I ih Ilawl-s. h. Samuel, iiorn January 22, 
1142. 7. |ohn. born ( )ctoher 3, 1644: mar- 
ud, July's, 1609. .Mary llarker. 8. Abigail, 
liaptized June 28. i()4(): died. 1648. 9. Jere- 
miah. Ixirn February 12, 1647: married. Octo- 
Kt 13. 1683. Deborah Rartlett. 10. Josiah, 
rntioned below. 

(II) Josiah, son of Jonathan (lillett. was 
rn in Windsor, Connecticut, and baptized 
i-re. July 14. 1630. lie married, June 30. 

'7(1, Joanna Taintor, born .\pril, 1637, 
I.iughtcr of Michael Taintor. of ISranford. 
I 'innccticut. He removed to Colchester in 
1702. being one of the first settlers. He died 
( >ctober 29. 173'), and she died January 23, 
1733. Children, born at Windsor: 1. Josiah, 
November 24. 1678; died October 14. 1742: 

.;irricd, March 7, 171 1, Sarah IVllett. 2. 
I 'anna, Iwrn October 28, 1680: married, Jan- 
uary 3, 1698, Josiah .Strong, of Windsor: re- 
moved to Colchester. 3. I{lizal)etli. born Jan- 
uary Ih. i(>82; <lied May 10. I73'>. 4. Jona- 
than. l)orn Jiuic 2^, 1^185: general of militia; 
married, Jaiuiary 3. 1717, Sarah Ely. 3. Mary, 
lH>rii March 8. i(')87: married Deaccsn Xa- 
tlianiel Skinner. 6. Dorothy. Ixirn .April 15, 

lO.**"): married Roberts. 7. Samuel. 

lx>rn October i. i(x>-): mentioned bcl<iw. 8. 
Joseph, born March 3. i')93. 9. Mindwell, 
born February 4, ifiqtt: died May 8, T784: 

married Clark. 10. .\aron, born March 

^. iri99: died November 30. 17,30: married 

'irst) Hannah Clark: (second) 

' !ianil>erlain. 11. Xoah. born December 5. 

'701 : merchant: married .Abigail . who 

'led February 6. 1739. 

(III) Samuel, son of Josiah Gillett, was 
born in Windsor, October i, 1690, and dieil 
Octobers. 1771. He married rfirst) January 
30, 1718. Mary Chappell. who died September 

17. 1732; (second) .\bigail , in 1733. 

Children: Samuel, horn .April 20. 1719: Is- 
rael, February 10, 1722. married. May 14, 



1747, Mercy Coleman: .Adonijah, .May 30. 
1724, killed by Indians on the expeditii>n to 
Crown Point in 1746: Eliphalet, liorn \o- 
vember i, 1726. died .August 22. 1728: Man.', 
born .A])ril 11, 1729: Ruth. December 17, 
1731, married, .April 4, 1731, John Hinckley; 
Eliphalet, mentioned below : Jerusha, born 
October 20, I7.?6, married, I-ebruary 3, 1757: 
Caleb, Ixirn .September 3, 1739. 

(I\) Eliphalet. son of Samuel Gillett. was 
born .April 29. 1734, and died May 2, 1790; 
married, .March 2~, \~fo, Lydia I'inneo, born 
January 30, 1740. died December 10, 1804, 
daughter of James Pinneo. Children : Mary, 
born .May 17, 1761, died Sejitemlier 17. 1832: 
Caleb, born November 12, 1762, died .April 
14. 1830, married, October 30, 1790, Civil 
Huntington, who died January 20, 1841; 
Joyce, born (Vtober 9, 1764, married, No- 
vember 5, 1793. John Lewis, of .New Lon- 
don; Deacon Sanuiel Gillett. mentioned be- 
low; Rev. Eliphalet Gillett, born November 
19, 1768: Lydia, .November 12, 1770; Luna, 
October 3, 1772: .\lvin. June 29, 1774. mar- 
ried Esther . who died October 9, 

1822; Iletsey. born June ii, 1780, died Xo- 
vember 30, 1807. 

(Y) Deacon Samuel Gillett. son of Elipha- 
let Gillett. was lx>rn .November 18, I'^fiC^, and 

died June i, 1833. He married Esther , 

who died .August 2. 1844. They lived at 
Granby, Connecticut. Their daughter Louisa, 
born 1787, died .August 25. i860, married 
.Aaron (2) Dewey, in 1810 (sec Dewey \T). 



The name of Whitney be- 
WHITNEY longs to a knightly family of 

remote English anti(|uity 
founded hy Eustace, living in 1086. and styled 
De \\ hitney from the lordship of Whitney 
which he possessed. The present form of 
the name has been established for about four 
centuries. I he .\merican Whitncys of to-day 
justly claim the I)I<x)d of many families whose 
names are most familiar in English history. 
The early owners of the lantl before the days 
when surnames were used were persons whose 
Christian names might be. for example, Eus- 
tace, or Baldwin, or Robert, and tbe-e were, 
as is known in this case. Eustace of Whitney. 
Baldwin of Whitney, and Robert <>i Whitney, 
from the name of the place of their aliode. 
which in this instance was that locality known 
at present as the parish of Whitney, situated 
in the county of Hereford. u'M^n the extreme 
western border of Englartd. adjoining Wales. 
The earliest mention of the place is a record 
in Domesday Hook, .A.D.. 108(1. The jiarish of 
Whitney is traversed by the river Wye. which 
gives it its name, Whitney-on-thc-\\ye. It 



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is one of the most beautiful spots in old Eng- 
land, its Rhydspence Inn reminding one of 
the description of the old May-pole. The 
Anglo-Saxon derivation of the name Whitney 
is evidently from "Hewit," white, and "ey," 
water, the name meaning white water. In the 
west of England to-day Whitbourn means 
White brook ; Whit-church, White church ; 
and Whit-on, the White town. De Whitney 
(de meaning "of") came to be regarded as the 
family name, and in the course of time this 
prefix was dropped and the name became 
\\'hitney, as it is to-day. 

The line had been established for more than 
five hundred years as Whitney, and John, the 
first settler of this name at Watertown, Mas- 
sachusetts, could trace his descent directly to 
Sir Robert of Whitney, who was living in 
1242, whose father Eustace, already men- 
tioned, took the surname De Whitney on the 
Wye in the Marches of Wales, who through 
a line of three or four generations which has 
been ably traced by Henry (Whitney) Mill- 
ville, Esq., of New York, in his history of the 
WHiitney family, was a descendant of one 
"Turstin de Fleming," a follower of \\^illiam 
the Conqueror, who was mentioned in the 
Domesday Book, A. D., 1086. The line from 
Sir Robert (i) of Whitney, living in 1242, 
passed to another Robert (2) of Whitney, 
and then by Sir Eustace (3) of Whitney to 
Sir Robert (4), Sir Robert (5), Sir Eustace 
(6) de Whitney, knight, Robert (7) of Whit- 
ney, James (8) of Whitney, Robert (9) of 
Icond, Sir Robert (10) of Whitney, knight, 
Robert (11) of Whitney, esquire, Thomas 
(12) of Westminster, gentleman, to John 
Whitney, who with his wife Elinor and sev- 
eral sons emigrated from London, England, in 
1635, and settled in Watertown, Massachu- 
setts, the first of the name in America and 
the ancestor of a great majority of the Whit- 
neys now living in this country. 

We unfortunately have no space to speak 
here of the distinguished members of the early 
Whitney race in England or to enlarge upon 
the distinguished careers of many of its mod- 
ern American members. This has been very 
fully done in several meritorious genealogies 
published on this side of the water. Sir Rob- 
ert Whitney, knight, was sheriff of Hereford- 
shire in the first year of Richard II. (1337) 
and is mentioned by Thomas Fuller in his 
famous "History of the Worthies of Eng- 
land." It is no doubt true that the family 
were entitled to a coat armor as long ago as 
the early crusades, and the armorial ensign 
remained unchanged certainly until the time 
of the emigration of John Whitney to New 
England. As the motto on the shield of the 



Whitney race, translated from the Latin into 
English, is "Gallantly uphold the Cross," the 
crusade origin of that object of honor would 
appear to be substantiated by the facts. The 
Whitney coat-of-arms is a shield with a blue 
ground on which is a large cross formed of 
checker-board squares of gold and red, above 
which, as a crest, was a bull's head, cut off 
at the neck, black, with silver horns tipped 
with red. A cross on an ancient coat-of-arms 
indicated that it belonged to a crusader. A 
family coat-of-arms could not have been de- 
vised where the cross would be more promi- 
nent than in the Whitney design. In fact, the 
cross is the only symbol. The coat-of-arms as 
described appears on the walls of Hereford 
Cathedral, England, where a Mrs. Lucy 
Booth, daughter of Sir Robert Whitney, was 
buried in 1763. The bull's head is said to 
have been adopted as a family crest from the 
fact that Sir Randolph de Whitney, who ac- 
companied Richard the Lion-hearted, king of 
England, to the crusades, was once attacked 
by three Saracens, one of them the brother 
of Saladin. Sir Randolph Whitney, single- 
handed, defended himself with the greatest 
vigor, but his assailants were gaining upon 
him, when a Spanish bull, feeding near by, 
becoming angry at the red dresses of the 
Saracens flitting before him, joined in the 
attack against them so furiously that the 
Saracens were put to flight and left the field 
victorious to Sir Randolph and the bull. In 
acknowledgment of the services of the bull in 
time of need, the bull's head was adopted as a 
crest to the family coat-of-arms. Whether 
this account be true or not, it is certain that 
the American descendants of the ancient 
English Whitney family have many times in- 
dicated a "bull headed" strength of mind and 
tenacity of purpose in many laudable under- 
takings. 

(I) John Whitney, of Watertown, Alassa- 
chusetts, born in England, died at Watertown, 
June 7, 1673, aged eighty-four years ; his first 
wife Elinor died at Watertown, May 11, 1659, 
aged fifty-four years. He married (second) 
September 29, 1659, Judith Clement, who died 
before her husband. Although the Whitney 
family is quite numerous in this country, a 
very large share of them are descendants of 
John and Elinor ^^^^itney, of Watertown. 
John Whitney was third son of Thomas \\'hit- 
ney, "gentleman." and dwelt for several years 
in the parish of Isleworth, near London, Eng- 
land. He was baptized in the parish church 
of Saint Margaret. July 20, 1592. At Water- 
town he was a highly respected citizen and 
shared with the schoolmaster and the minis- 
ter the then highly esteemed title of "Mr." 



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He servcil tlu' town as town clerk, selectman 

I constalilc lUr many years, being the first 
11 clerk to l)C electe<l by the town. He 

lied extensive lot^ of land, on one of which 

resided. His will, dated April 3, i^>73, 

! a larije jiroperty to his family. Children 

lirst wife: Mary, ba|)tizeil at Isleworth, 

iv 23, 161Q, died yonnsj : John, born in Knp- 

laiid. i''>24; Richard. Ixirn in I-Jiiiland, Kijii; 

Nathaniel, born in l-!ni;land. \<)JJ, <lied yoimt;; 

I'-Miias, born in Rnijland, \(t2i): lonathan, 

II in Knjjland, i<>34, mentioned below; 

hna, born in Waterlown, July 13, 1635; 
111), horn in W'atertown, buried July 12, 
;o: I'enjamin, born in W'atertown, June 6, 

■l,v 

in Jonathan, son of John Whitney, was 
n in Enj^dand. 1634. died in Sherburne, 
-sachusetts, 1702. He became a resident 
~>herburne in 1^79. He left a will dated 
■uiary 12, 1702. He married, in W'ater- 
II, October 30, 1636. l.ydia, daughter of 
\is and .Xtma Jones, of W'atertown. Chil- 
li : Lydia. born July 3. 1637 ; Jonathan. Oc- 
or 20, 165'*^. mentioned below; .Xnna, .\pril 
1660; John, June 27. 1662; Josiah, May 
.. if)f>4: Eleanor, October 12. 1666: James, 
November 23, if/tS; Isaac. January 12. 1670- 
71: Joseph. .March 10. 1672-73; .\bigail. .\u- 
•■••>t iS, 167,; and Ilcnjamin, l)orn lanuarv 6, 

I ni) Jonathan {2). son of Jonathan (i) 
\\ liitney, bom at W'atertown, October 20, 
n.5S, died at Concord, March 17, 1734-35. 
served in King Philiji's war, 1676; he 
It a house in Sherburne in Uoi, but soon 
iTward returned to W'atertown and later 
:ded in the town of Sudbury anil Concord, 
will, dated March 14, was proved March 
. 1733. He married Sarah, daughter of 
iilrach and Elizabeth (Treadway) Hap- 
t;"<>d. of .Sudbury. Children: Sarah, horn 
^[nrch 2, 1(102-03: Jon.ithan. September 27, 
1^104. flicd ymmg: Tabitha. .\ugust 22, 1696; 
Shadrach, October 12. !'V)8; Jonathan. N'o- 
vcniber 23, 1700; .\nne. May 22. 1702: .\mos, 
Afav I. 1703; Zacchens, November \6, 1707; 
Timothy. I'ebruary 20. 1708-09: Daniel, men- 
tioned lielow. 

(I\') Daniel, son of Jonathan (2) Whit- 
ney, was born at Concortl. September 12, 
1710, died at I'.oylston, October I.S, 1770. He 
resided for the greater part of his life in the 
north precinct of Shrewsbury, now the town 
of Hoylston. He married, at Shrewsbury, 
March 8. 1738-30. Thankful, daughter of El- 
nathan and Mercy (Rice) Allen. .She died, 
his widow, at F'.oylston. .\ugust 8. 1801, aged 
eighty-eight years. Children : Levi, horn De- 
cember 3, 1739, mentioned below; Timotbv, 



October 23. 1743; Daniel, Sei)teniber 4, 1746; 
Sarah, .September 0. '749: Shadrach; Amos. 

(\ ) IJeutenant Levi, son of Daniel Whit- 
ney, was lK)rn at Shrewsbury, December 5, 
1739, died at Townsenfl, January 8, iSocj. He 
resided in the towns of Townsend and 
Shrewsbury, and was a member of Captain 
James Prescott's company. Colonel William 
Prescott's regiment, which marched on the 
alarm of .\pril 10, 1773. to Cambridge: first 
lieutenant of Captain Henry I'arwell's com- 
])any. Colonel William I'rcscott's regiment, at 
the battle of Fiunker Hill, June 17, 1775. He 
was a manufacturer of agricultural tools by 
occupation and a man of much mechanical 
ingenuity. He was selectman of Townsend, 
1777. and a man of high standing in the com- 
munity. His two brfithers, Shadrach and 
.Amos, left substantial bcrpiests to the towns 
of Townsend, Groton, .Mason, .Ashby and 
Shirley. Levi Whitney was executor of .\nios 
and his princijjal heir. The luin<Ired (wuntls 
in money, the parsonage and farm, the choice 
hall clock and set of pulpit furniture that 
.Amos Whitney gave to the town of Town- 
send were all lost and scattered in the finan- 
cial trotibles which followed the revolution, 
and yet his memory is still cherished in his 
native town as its jirincipal benefactor. The 
interest of the hundred pounds was left for 
the support of a reading and writing school. 
.\ substantial gravestone, erected by his 
brother Levi, recites his merits as legibly as 
when it was first erected in 1770. .Vbout fifty 
years ago the old clock given to the town 
was returned to .\sa Whitney, of Phila<Iel- 
phia. uncle of .Arthur E. Whitney, who cher- 
ished and cared for it until his death. It is 
now in good running order and in possession 
of James S. Whitney, of Philadelphia, a great- 
grandson of Levi Whitney. Shadrach Whit- 
ney, a brother of Levi Whitney. left forty 
|x>unds to the town of Groton for the sup- 
port of the minister of that town. He was 
born in W'atertown, lived in Townsend, 
Mason and Groton, and died in the latter 
town. Levi Whitney married (first) Decem- 
ber 19, 1764, Rebecca, daughter of Deacon 
Samuel Clark, of Townsend; (second) No- 
vember 13. 1780. Mrs. Lydia (RandalD Price, 
of Townsend, widow of Major Henry Price, 
first deputy grand master of Masons in .Amer- 
ica. Children: .Amos, horn February 11, 1766; 
.Asa, 1767: Sarah. 17O0: Sibyl. .August 27, 
1770: .Aaron, 1772. mentioned below: Sewall, 
died at Lansingl)urg. New York. Child of 
second wife: Rebecca. July 29. 1781. 

(\'I) .Aaron. «on of I.ieutenant I^vi Whit- 
ney, was born in Townsend, 1772. He was a 
blacksmith by trade. an<l in 1812 was the post- 



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master at Amherst, Massachusetts. In 1815 
his shop was burned, and he removed to 
Calais, Maine. He was for some years a 
prominent citizen of Amherst. He died Feb- 
ruary 16, 1845. He married (first) March 16, 
1797, Phebe Dunkiee. born December 20. 1778, 
died January 31, 1800. He married (second) 
Olive Lund, born August, 1779, died January, 
;i867. Children : Levi, born July 7, 1798 ; 
Luke (twin), January 2, 1800; Mark (twin) ; 
Aaron, December 15, 1801, mentioned below; 
Olive, May 15, 1805; James, July 8, 1808. 

(Vn) Aaron (2), son of Aaron (i) Whit- 
ney, was born December 15, 1801, in Am- 
herst, died January, 1866. He was a machin- 
ist by trade. He married, at Biddeford, 
Maine, Rebecca Perkins, born March, 1809. 
Children: Sarah, born March 19, 1831 ; Amos, 
October 8, 1832, mentioned below ; John, July 
12, 1835; Ada; George O., April 22, 1843; 
Fannie Forrester ; Grace Greenwood, married, 
October 11, 1876, George H. Carey. 

(VIH) Amos, son of Aaron (2) Whitney, 
was born October 8, 1832, in Biddeford, and 
was educated in the common schools of Sac- 
carappa, Maine, and Exeter, New Hampshire, 
his parents removing first to Saccarappa, then 
to Exeter, and lastly to Lawrence, ]\iassachu- 
setts. In the latter town he was apprenticed, 
when fourteen years old, to learn the machin- 
ist's trade with the Essex Machine Company. 
The shop in which he worked was a very 
large one for those days, and was devoted to 
the making of cotton machinery, locomotives 
and machinists' tools. During his apprentice- 
ship of three years and one year as a journey- 
man he served at the latter work. At the 
end of the fourth year he followed his father 
to Colt's pistol factory at Hartford, Connec- 
ticut, where both worked as machinists in 
September, 1850. It may be noted here that 
among the Whitneys for generations there 
had been many skilled mechanics. Aaron 
Whitney was an expert locksmith and machin- 
ist and the son no doubt inherited from him his 
mechanical taste and his pronounced skill. 
Eli Whitney, of cotton-gin fame, was a de- 
scendant of the same remote ancestor as 
Amos. 

In 1852, Francis A. Pratt, later of the 
Pratt & Whitney Company, came to Hart- 
ford to take a position in the pistol factory 
of Colonel Colt. In 1854 he accepted the 
position of superintendent of the Phoenix 
Iron Works, and about this time Amos Whit- 
ney went to the same works. The two young 
men were closely associated as superintendent 
and contractor and remained with the firm 
until 1864. In the meantime, however, i860, 
they had rented a room on Potter street, and 



began doing some work on their own account 
in the manufacture of a little machine called 
a "Spooler" for the Willimantic Linen Com- 
pany, who owned the device for winding 
thread, the Conant patent. This was the be- 
ginning of the great Pratt & Whitney Com- 
pany of to-day. In the month of February 
following their start, the two men were burned 
out, but a month later they were again settled 
for business in what was then the Woods 
building, in the rear of the Hartford Times 
office, where they continued to spread through 
one room after another until all the available 
space was outgrown by the expansion of the 
business. In 1863 they took into partnership 
Monroe Stannard, of New Britain, each con- 
tributing $1,200, and the association thus 
formed remained unbroken until 1900. Mr. 
Stannard assumed charge of the running of 
the shop, but the business so increased that 
botli Mr. Pratt and Mr. Whitney were ob- 
liged to give up their positions with the 
Phoenix Iron Works and devote their whole 
time to their own business. In 1865 the firm 
erected the first building on the present site, 
and from time to time others have been added 
until the plant in 1910 occupies more than 
thirteen acres of floor room, equipped through- 
out with the most approved appliances for 
protection against fires, for the comfort of 
the employees and for the convenience and 
economical dispatch of work. The property 
lies on both sides of the Park river, and on 
both sides of the tracks of the Consolidated 
New York, New Haven & Hartford railways. 

One of the chief products of the early firm 
was a milling machine designed by Mr. Pratt. 
Up to this date, 1910, more than 9,500 of 
these machines have been made by the com- 
pany and distributed to all parts of the world. 
The design of the machine is practically the 
same to-day as it was more than forty years 
ago. Beginning with the manufacture of ma- 
chine tools, gun tools, and tools for the mak- 
ers of sewing machines, the firm has grad- 
ually extended its lines until a partial catalog 
of its products fills hundreds of pages. The 
invention of the typewriter and the bicycle 
materially increased the demand for special 
machinery and tools, and since the advent of 
these industries the company has supplied 
manufacturers throughout this as well as for- 
eign countries with appliances for doing their 
work. 

In 1865 Roswell F. Blodgett and Seth W. 
Bishop were admitted to an equal interest with 
the other members in the partnership. Owing 
to the constant increase in the business it be- 
came necessary to organize a joint stock com- 
pany. The net assets of $3,600, in 1862, had 





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grown liiinir^' tiic I'liir \(.Mr^ hi •^/.^.''"i. hikI 
diirini,' tlic next three years tliey made anti 
put into tlic business t clean pnifit of Sioo,- 
ooo. In July, iSfjr). the Pratt & Whitney 
Company was formed, with a capital of $350,- 
000. In 1873 a stock dividend was declared 
niakinjj the capital $400,000. In 1875 the 
capital was increased to $500,000 by a stock 
dividend. Up to this date, 1875, not over 
Si5o.<xx) in cash had l)ecn put in the business; 
the remainder of the increase of capital had 
been carne<l. In 1893 the company was re- 
organized with a capital of .Sj.75o.o(X), $1,750,- 
000 [)refcrred stock and $i.()(x).(ioo common 
stock, tiijurcs which were based upon the com- 
pany's assets and earning power. The capital 
of the company at this date, 1910, is $2,000.- 
000 preferred stock an<l $2,000,000 of com- 
mon stock. The company had at that date, 
i8<)3, employed over eii,dit hundred hands, 
and niainilactured a larger \ariety of ma- 
chines than any concern in the world. When 
it was reorganized in 1893 the limit of pro- 
duction for a year was over $1,100,000. With 
the same business activity now, in 19 10. the 
establishment could produce in the same period 
poods to the value of over $2,200,000. 

In 1882 what is known as the west building 
was erected. In 1887 the company complete*! 
a building on the east side of Flower street, 
of five stories, containing 44,000 square feet 
floorage. In 1801 they erected on the south 
side of the Park river a building 295 feet by 
45 feet, two stories alH>ve the basement, for 
the exclusive use of the small tool department. 
In 1895 they built a forge shop about 165 
feet by 50 feet, and lengthened the original 
shop about 18 feet, for the enlargement of 
the otllces and -tores above. There are now, 
in 1910, over 566,000 square feet of floorage. 
In 1870 Mr. Pratt visited Berlin, and after 
an absence of six weeks returned to Hartford 
with orders from the German government for 
gun machinery to the value of $350,000. 
Within the next three years he made three 
trips to Merlin, taking orders and delivered to 
the government goorls worth over $1,400,000. 
Since 1888 the company has made over four 
hundred Hotohkiss guns, mostly to form the 
secondary batteries of our new war vessels, 
rp to the -pring of r898 Mr. Whitney was 
superintendent of the works, .and after 1893 
vice-president. In March, 1808. he became 
president. For over forty years yir. Whitney 
antl Mr. Pratt have remained together in the 
business, a rare instance of such business and 
social relations. From the organization of 
the firm until 1893, Mr. Whitney never had 
more than three or four days vacation in a 
year. He bad always up to 1001. wlien he 



cea>ed l•^ ■ i 

the busiih e 

touch wit! ;;c 

bond of sympathy and loyalty that had cxistcti 

for ff'rtv vrnr-. In I'cbnnr-.-. i*/!. Mr. 
Wirt ■ .,.-v 

.Ma. ne 

pre>iM. iii .,,,.. .ii.ui.i-< , I. ■'1. 

The Whitney Manufactum it 

first financed by John F as 

then treasurer of the American Xtsar Kclin- 
ing Company, haviii".' it« main "ffirp jp Vcw 
Vork. When •' ti- 

ized. C. E. \^ 

option on a p.i: . , ;iic 

corporation, an<l he 1 at the 

expiration of said ■ :i .Amos 

Whitney became dirc^lU luti.-^c.Ucd in The 
Whitney Manufacturing Company by pur- 
chasing the st<x:k which w: ' ' • -he New 
Vork stockholders, and .m l>ecamc 

secretary and treasurer oi' • , -ly. 

In politics Mr. Whitney is a Republican, 
lie is president and flirector of the (iray Pay 
."Station Telephone Company, secretary and 
treasurer of The Whitney .Manufacturing 

Company, director of Pratt & W ' ■ ' -^-n- 

pany, director of Pratt & Cady < id 

director of The Hartford Faiei , iiy. 

In religion he is a L'niversalist. 

Mr. Whitney presented a phase of success- 
fid business life which illustrates the funda- 
mental principles of a true life, whatever the 
forms its enterprise assumes. Permanent suc- 
cess does not grow out of mere activity, per- 
severance, and jtidicious action, but personal 
virtue, combined with these. Its substantial 
foimdation is the eternal principle of recti- 
tude. By his own V. ' ' .-xertions and 

moral attributes, he for him<elf 
friends, affluence an and by the 
strength and force of his own character over- 
came obstacles which to others less hopeful 
and less courageous would seem unsunnotmt- 
able. Scrupidously honorable in all his deal- 
ings witli mankind, he bears a ri ■.<.... .'or 

public and private integrity, and ' ie 

and genial, he has many friend'-, 'f 

all classes of society, all of whom value him 
at hi"; true worth. As a citizen he is uni- 
versally esteemed, always sustaining the char- 
acter of a tnic man, and he fulfill- to the 
letter every trust committed to him. Public- 
spirited to the highest degree, he is ever for- 
ward in encouraging enterprises which can in 
any way advance the interests of his adopted 
city. 

He married, September 8, 1856. I^ura 
Johnson, born Xovembcr 9. 1837. daughter 
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Johnson \TII). Children: Nellie Hortense, 
born October 5, i860, died June 8, 1865 ; Net- 
tie Louise, November 8, 1865 : Clarence Ed- 
gar, November 26, 1869. The latter studied 
at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 
later passed through a similar training in the 
shop and office of the Pratt & Whitney Com- 
pany. April 25, 1900, he married Nellie Hurl- 
burt ; children : Dorothy Goodwin, born Feb- 
ruary 6, 1901 ; Laura Cheney, August 6, 1902 ; 
Winthrop Hurlburt, April 15, 1904. 

(The Johnson Line). 
John Johnson, immigrant ancestor, was born 
in England, and came to America in the fleet 
with Winthrop, accompanied by his wife Mar- 
gery, who died at Roxbury, June 9, 1655, ^"d 
their sons, Isaac and Humphrey, and prob- 
ably other children. Savage thinks there were 
three daughters. Johnson was admitted a 
freeman, May 18, 1630. He settled in Rox- 
bury and was called a yeoman. He was 
chosen by the general court, October 19, 1630, 
constable of Roxbury and surveyor of all the 
arms of the colony, and was a very indus- 
trious man in his place. He kept a tavern 
and was agent for Mrs. Catherine Sumpner, 
of London, in 1653. He was a man of wealth 
and much distinction. He was a deputy to the 
general coprt in 1634 and many years after- 
wards. His house was burned August 2, 
1645, with seventeen barrels of his country's 
powder and many arms in his charge. At the 
same time the town records were destroyed. 
He was elected a member of the Artillery 
Company in 1658. He signed the inventory of 
Joseph Weld's estate in 1646. He died Sep- 
tember 30, 1650, and his will was proved Oc- 
tober 15, following, dividing his property 
among his five children, the eldest to have a 
double portion. The estate amounted to six 
hundred and sixty pounds. He married (sec- 
ond) Grace (Negus) Fawer, widow of Bar- 
nabas Fawer. Her will was made December 
21, 1671, and proved December 29, 1671, leav- 
ing all her estate to her brothers, Jonathan 
and Benjamin Negus. Children, all by first 
wife : 

Isaac, married, January 20, 1637, Eliza- 
beth Porter, killed in the Narragansett fight 
in King Philip's war, December 19, 1675 ! 
Humphrey, mentioned below ; 'Mary, married 
Roger Mowry, of Providence, who sold her 
share in the estate, October 12, 1659. Two 
other daughters. 

(II) Humphrey, son of John Johnson, was 
born in England. He came to America with 
his parents and settled in Roxbury as early 
as 1643, when his name appears on a deed. 
He was a resident of Scituate in 1651, and 



while he was considered an able and shrewd 
man, he was continually getting into trouble 
with the authorities. As he came to Scituate 
without the consent of the governor and two 
assistants, he was ordered to remove, and 
March 30, 1674, he removed to Hingham. He 
was given permission by the selectmen to 
settle upon the common land, provided he 
would move at three months' notice. On 
April 22, 1675, he was granted privileges for 
making improvements on the land. He re- 
sided on Liberty Plain at South Hingham. 
He married (first) in 1642, Eleanor Cheney, 
of Roxbury, who died at Hingham, Septem- 
ber 28, 1678. He married (second) Abigail 

. Children of first wife: Mehitable, 

born 1644; Martha, 1647: John, 1653, 
drowned at Plingham, June 12, 1674; Joseph, 
1655, died young: Benjamin, 1657; IVIarga- 
ret, 1659; Deborah, 1661 ; Mary, 1663; Na- 
thaniel, July, 1666, mentioned below ; Isaac, 
February 18, 1668; Joseph, September 6, 1676. 
Children of second wife: John, June 8, 1680; 
Deborah, February 19, 1682-83. 

(HI) Nathaniel, son of Humphrey John- 
son, was born at Hingham. July, 1666. Pie 

married Abigail , and settled, about 

1695, '•! Sherborn, Massachusetts. He had a 
lot assigned to him there, March 8, 1696. The 
history of Sherborn and various other au- 
thorities have confused him with Nathaniel 
Johnson, son of his uncle, Isaac Johnson, of 
Roxbury. Both branches lived in this sec- 
tion and in Connecticut in the same vicinity. 
Children: Nathaniel, born about 1684, at 
Hingham or Scituate ; Joseph, September 9, 
1685, mentioned below; Abigail, April i, 1687; 
Elisha, March 12, 1688-89: Mary, March i, 
1691 ; Jonathan, March 16, 1692-93. Chil- 
dren, born at Sherborn : Martha, February 
19, 1696-97; Mehitable, October 15, 1699. 

(IV) Joseph, son of Nathaniel Johnson, 
was born in Hingham, September 9, 1685. 
He lived in Hingham and Sherborn and in- 
herited the lands and rights of his father. In 
1715 he drew land in Douglas. He died 

March 25, 1744-45. He married Lydia . 

Children : Lydia. born July 27, 1709 ; Moses, 
November 18. 171 1; Isaac, March 28, 1714; 
David, July 8, 1719; Elisha, November 20, 
1720, mentioned below; David, August 28, 
1723; Sarah, July 18, 1727; Joseph, 1729; Jo- 
seph, January 30, 1731. 

(V) Elisha, son of Joseph Johnson, was 
born November 20, 1720. He married, Octo- 
ber I, 1741, Mary Gay, who died February 
21, 1809. Children: Perry, born ]\Iarch 24, 
1743; Levi, February i, 1744-45: Aaron, De- 
cember 26, 1747: Elisha, April 6, 1749, men- 
tioned below ; Zedekiah, April 19, 175 1 ; Mary, 



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ScptcmlKT 2<t, 1754; James. Pcccnihcr 25, 
1757; Aniic, Septcmlicr S, iji)0. 

(\I) Elisha (2). son of Elisha (i) John- 
son, was iKjrii April 6, \/4<^). He married Hcp- 
sibali Adams, in 1777 (intention ^^ay 10, 
^777^- t-liildrcn: Closes, nifniioned liclow ; 
Solomon. Elisha Johnson was a soldier in 
the rcvolntion from llolliston and Ecominstcr. 

(\ II) .\loscs. son of Elisha (2) Johnson, 
was a farmer In oicu|>ation. lie married 
Rhoda Eeiinard. Children, horn in .\drth 
()ran;4e. Massaclnisetis : Horace, Harriet, 
John, mentionetl Iielow. Kiith, Nathan. C'hand- 
ler, Elisha, Holly, Eucinda. Elmina. Hwiyht. 

(\ HI) John (2), son of Moses Johnson, 
was horn January 27, iSii. in North (Grange, 
died A])ri! 2, 1S79, in Hartford. He was 
educated in tiie coinitry sclnwls of his native 
town. i"rom iHj^ji to 184,^ he was a manufac- 
turer in \\ inchcster, Xcw I lampshire. In 
1844-45 he worked in (.hicopee, Massachu- 
setts, and in 1846 in New Hampshire: in 
1847-48 in Springfield, Massachusetts, and in 
1840 in FEirlford. Connecticut, where the re- 
ni.iinder of his life was spent. He was a 
niemlicr of the L'niversalist church in Win- 
chester, and his children are members of the 
same ilenominatioii in Hartford. He married, 
March 4, 18,^,?. in North Oranijc, Sally 
Cheney, born there September 30. 18 12, 
<laui;hter of Mark and Sally Cheney, the 
former a cooper by trade. Children of Mr. 
and Mrs. Cheney: John, Matthew, Silence. 
Amos Ecander, Hannah Gmild, El>enezer. 
Jonathan. Ruth. Sally. Children of Mr. and 
Mrs. Johnson: Eeroy. born .\upust, 1836, 
died at ac;e of ten months; Eaura. November, 
1837, married .\mos Whitney (see Whitney 
\'III): Emma Erancelia. January ifi, 1846. 
married George Earidiam Whitney, died Feb- 
ruary 14. Kpv .Ml were ediicated in the pub- 
lic schools of Hartford. 



Eli Whitney, of New Haven. 

WillTNEV president of the New Haven 
Water Company, and a Icad- 
iuR business man and citizen of that city, is a 
descendant in the ninth .(jcncration, his line of 
descent beinsj through John (\). John (2), 
Nalhamel. Nathaniel (2), Nathaniel (^), Eli, 
Eli (2), and Eli (.^). 

(in John (2I Whitney, son of John (i) 
Whitney (q. v. K the cmicirant ancestor, horn 
in I('i20, in Enijland, married, in 1^42. Ruth, 
dani;liter of Rohert Reynolds, of Watertown. 
W'etliersficlil and I'.oston. and residc<l in 
Watertown. He died in ifV)2. 

(Ill I Nathaniel, son of John (2) Whitney, 
horn in February. 1(14^. in Watertown, mar- 
ried, in 1673. Sarah Ilaper. who died in 1746. 



He resided in Weston, Massachusetts, anil 
died in 1732. 

(I\'» Nathaniel (2), son of Nathaniel (1) 
Whitney, lx>rn in i')75. in Watertown, mar- 
ried, in 1(195, Mercy Robinson, ami lived in 
Watertown. She died in 1740, and he died in 
J 730. 

(V) Nathaniel (3), son of Nathaniel (2) 
Whitney, lM:)rn in 1696, married, in 1721, Mary 
Child, and settled in Westboro. Both died iii 
1776. 

(VI) Eli. son of Nathaniel (3) Whitney, 
baptized in 1740, married, in 1705, Elizal>eth 
Fay, who died in 1777. He was Ixjrn an<l 
always resided in Westboro, where he was a 
l)rominent man. He saw active service in the 
war of the revolution as a member of Cap- 
tain Maker's companv. He died in 1797. 

(\H| Eli (21, son of Eli (i) Whitney, 
was l)orn Decern' er 8, 1765, in Westboro, 
Massachusetts. W hen very younj; he showed 
his penius for practical ami scientific inven- 
tion. He was |)repared for coIlci.;e by an emi- 
nent scholar, the Rev. Dr. Cioorlrich, of Dur- 
ham, Connecticut, and entered \ale College in 
'789. {jraduating creditably in the class of 
1792. In the same year he went to Georgia 
under an engagement as a private tutor, but 
on arriving there found that the place hail 
been filled. He then acccptetl the invitation 
of the widow of General NaihanUl < ireenc to 
make her place at Mulberr\ Gro\e, on the 
Savannah river, his home while he studied 
law. Several articles that he had devised for 
Mrs. Greene's convenience gave her great 
faith in his inventive power, and when some 
of her visitors regretted that there could lie 
no profit in the cultivation of the green seed- 
cotton, which was considered the best variety, 
owing to the great difficulty of separating it 
from the seed, she advised them to apply to 
Whitney, "who." she said, "could make any- 
thing." .\ pound of green •-eed-C'.tton was 
all that a negro woman could, at that period, 
clean in a day. Mr. Whitney up to that time 
had seen neither the raw cotton nor the cotton 
seed, but he at once procured some cotton, 
from which the scc<ls had been removed, al- 
though with trouble, as it was not the season 
of the year for the cidtivation of the plant, 
and I^c.gan to work out his idea of the cotton- 
gin. He was occupied for some months in 
constructing his machine, rluring which he met 
with great difficulty. Ix-ing compelled to <Iraw 
the necessary iron wire biniNelf. as he could 
obtain none in Savannah, and to manufacture 
his own iron to<iN. Near tlic cnfl of 1702 he 
succeeded in making a gin. of which the prin- 
ciple and mechanism are exceedingly simple. 
Its main features are a cvlinder four feet 



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long and five inches in diameter, upon which is 
set a series of circular saws half an inch apart 
and projecting two inches above the surface 
of the revolving cylinder. A mass of cotton 
in the seed, separated from the cylinder by a 
steel grating, is brought in contact with the 
numerous teeth in the cylinder. These teeth 
catch the cotton while playing between the 
bars, which allow the lint, but not the seed, to 
pass. Beneath the saws is a set of stiff 
brushes on another cylinder, revolving in an 
opposite direction, which brush off from the 
saw teeth the lint that these have just pulled 
from the seed. There is also a revolving fan 
for producing a current of air to throw the 
light and downy lint that is thus liberated to 
a convenient distance from the revolving saws 
and brushes. Such are the essential princi- 
ples of the cotton-gin as invented by Whit- 
ney, and as it is still used, but in various 
details and workmanship it has been the sub- 
ject of many improvements, the object of 
which has been to pick the cotton more per- 
fectly from the seed, to prevent the teeth from 
cutting the staple, and to give greater regu- 
larit)r to the operation of the machine. By its 
use the planter was able to clean for market, 
by the labor of one man, one thousand pounds 
of cotton in place of five or six by hand. Mrs. 
Greene and Phineas Miller were the only ones 
permitted to see the machine, but rumors of it 
had gone through the state, and before it was 
quite finished, the building in which it was 
placed was broken into at night and the ma- 
chine was carried off. Before he could com- 
plete his model and obtain a patent, a number 
of machines based on his invention had been 
surreptitiously made and were in operation. 
In J\Iay, 1793, he formed a partnership with 
Mr. Miller, who had some property, and went 
to Connecticut to manufacture the machines, 
but he became involved in continual trouble 
by infringement of his patent. In Georgia it 
was boldly asserted that he was not the in- 
ventor, but that something like it had been 
produced in Switzerland, and it was claimed 
that the substitution of teeth cut in an iron 
plate for wire prevented an infringement on 
his invention. He had sixty lawsuits pend- - 
ing before he secured a verdict in his favor. 
In South Carolina the legislature granted* him 
$50,000. which was finally paid after vexa- 
tious delays and lawsuits. North Carolina 
allowed him a percentage on the use of each 
saw for five years, and collected and paid 
it over to the patentees in good faith, and 
Tennessee promised to do the same thing, but 
afterward rescinded her contract. For years 
amid accumulated misfortunes, law suits 
wrongfully decided against him, the destruc- 



tion of his manufactory by fire, the indus- 
trious circulation of the report that his ma- 
chine injured the fiber of the cotton, the re- 
fusal of congress, on account of the southern 
opposition, to allow the patent to be renewed, 
and the death of his partner, Mr. Whitney 
struggled on until he was convinced that he 
should never receive a just compensation for 
his invention. At the time of his invention, 
cotton was exported to the amount of only 
one hundred and eighty-nine thousand five 
hundred pounds, while in 1803, owing to the 
use of his gin, it had risen to more than forty- 
one million pounds. 

Despairing of ever gaining a competence, 
Mr. Whitney turned his attention in 1798 to 
the manufacture of firearms near New Ha- 
ven, from which he eventually gained a for- 
tune. He was the first manufacturer of fire- 
arms to effect the division of labor to the ex- 
tent of making it the duty of each workman 
to make interchangeable the parts of the thou- 
sands of arms in process of manufacture at 
the same time. This interchangeable system 
has now extended to the manufacture of 
watches, sewing machines, etc. His first con- 
tract was with the United States government 
for ten thousand stand of muskets, to be fur- 
nished in or about two years. For the execu- 
tion of his order he took two years for prepa- 
ration and eight more for completion. He 
gave bonds for $30,000, and was to receive 
$13.40 for each musket, or $134,000 in all. 
Immediately he began to build an armory at 
the foot of East Rock, two miles from New 
Haven, in the village of A\'hitneyville, where 
through the successive administrations, from 
that of John Adams, repeated contracts for 
the supply of arms were made and fulfilled 
to the entire approbation of the government. 
The construction of his armory, and even of 
the commonest tools which were devised by 
him for the prosecution of the business in a 
manner peculiar to himself, evinced the fer- 
tility of his genius and the precision of his 
mind. The buildings became the model by 
which the national armories were afterward 
arranged, and many of his improvements were 
taken to other establishments and have be- 
come common property. Owing to his un- 
pleasant experience witli patent laws, he never 
applied for patents on any of these inventions. 
His improvements in the manufacture of arms 
laid this country under permanent obligations 
by augmenting the means of national defense. 
Several of his inventions have been applied 
to other manufactures of iron and steel, and 
added to his reputation. He established a 
fund of $500 at Yale, the interest of which is 
expended in the purchase of books on mechan- 



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ical and physical science. Roljcrt l-'iiliDn said 
that "Arkwrijiht, Watt and Whitney were the 
three men that did the most tor mankind of 
any of their contemporaries," and Macaulay 
said: "What I'eter ihc tjreat (hd to make 
Russia dominant, Kli Wliitncy's invention of 
the cotton i;in has more than ecjiialcd in its 
rilation to the jwwer and progress of tlic 

lited States." 

In person Mr. Wliitncy was considerably 
alx>ve the ordinary size, of a dignified car- 
riage, and of an open, manly, and agreeable 
countenance. In New Haven he was univer- 
sally esteemed. Many of the prominent citi- 
zens of the ])lace sup[)orte<l him in his under- 
takings, and he inspired all wIumii he met with 
a similar confidence. Tiiroughout the com- 
munity and in foreign lands, he was known 
and honored as a benefactor of the race. With 
all the Presidents of the I'nited States, from 
the beginning of the governujent, he enjoyed 
a personal ac<|uaintance. and his relations with 
the leading men of the country were unim- 
paired by political revolutions." Mis most re- 
niarkalilc trait of character was a great power 
of nuilianic.il invention. He was reasonably 
patient. Hi> mind wrought with precision 
rather than with rapidity. His aim was steady. 
He never abandoned a half-accomplished ef- 
fort in order to make trial of a new and for- 
eign idea. 

In January. 1S17. Mr. Whitney was married 
to Henrietta I'rances Ivlwards. birn in June, 
1790. who lived until .\pril, 1S70. She was 
the daughter of Hon. I'ierptmt Edwards, who 
gratluated at Princeton College in 1768, was 
a lawyer in New Haven. Connecticut, soldier 
in the revolution, member of the continental 
congress, and judge of the I'nited States 
court for Connecticut at the time of his death. 
Mr. Edwards was fre(|uently a member of the 
Connecticut legislature, was the first grand 
master of the Masonic fraternity in Connecti- 
cut. His father. Rev. Jonathan Edwanls. 
was the noted metajjliysician and (ircsident of 
Princeton College. New Jersey. Mr. Whit- 
ney's chililrcn were: i. I'rances E.. born No- 
vember 2.^, 18 1 7. marricfl. in 1842. Charles L. 
Chaplain. She died May 7. 1850. 2. Eliza- 
beth F. 3. Eli, referred to farther on. 4. 
Susan E., born in January, 1-821. died in 1823. 
The father of these children died Januarv 8. 

l82v 

(VlH) Eli (3). son of Eli (2) Whitney, 
was born November 24, 1820. in New Haven, 
where he attended a private sclu^d, and was 
prepared for college. He attended Vale one 
year, and was graduated from Princeton Col- 
lege in the class of 1841. and the following year 
he t'Tok up his father's business, that of the 



manufacture of firearms for the United States 
guvernmenl. In 185(1 he cea-ed this branch 
of his manufacturing business, l)ut re'>umed 
it again at the breaking out of the civil war 
in 1861, and continued it untd 18/16. The 
Whitney .Arms Company, of which until re- 
cent )ear> he wa-- president. Iris manufac- 
tured thonsand> of nniskets, rifles and re- 
volvers of the most improved nuMlels. The 
company ha* nN" nndc mnn\' t!v>!!*nrtd<! of 
military ;i' 11- 

duding n 1- 

zine and : •' 

one of ilu 
jKisition III 

structed the .\ew ll.ncn \\ aUi Woik^., and 
much of (be work wn« don<' on hi« own credit, 
thoi:. ' ■ ' • • ' ' ■ n 

Wai 

ateil. ;... ... :;ts 

in firearms of all sorts and • m, and 

made improvements in m.n making 

arms. He was on the Keijul.licaii electoral 
ticket in Connecticut as presidential elector- 
at-largc in the November <! " ~^')j. In 

18(^19 he received an honor, 1 .M. .\. 

from \'ale. He was one 01 :'s most 

prominent and rei>rcscntative citizens. .\ 
great-grandson of Jonathan Edwards, he cm- 
bodieil the best traditions of New England 
and through a life of dignity and honor bore 
worthily the name of his father, the inventor 
of the cotton-gin. His part in the life and 
growth .of New Haven was an important one. 
He was an ardent jiatriot in whatever con- 
cerned the rational and wise development of 
his city, his state and his country. Hi^ ]n\\y- 
lic spirit, open-handeil genero^in.-. «|nick and 
wide sympathies, dignity of bearin:^ and cour- 
tesy personally endeared him to people of all 
ages and conditions. 

r)n June 17, 1845, ^'''- Whitney was mar- 
ried at Utica, New York, to Sarah Perkins Hal- 
liba, who died January 12, 1909. Her mother 
was Susannah Huntington, granddaughter of 
Judge P>enjamin Huntington, of Norwich, 
Connecticut. To this union were l)orn chil- 
dren as follows: i. Eli. referred to at greater 
length farther on. 2. Susan Huntington, born 
.August I, 184Q, marrie<l. in 1873, Rev. Chaun- 
cey Piuncc P.rewster, late rector of ( irace 
Church. Brooklyn Heights, now bishop of 
Connecticut, her death occurring May 25. 1885. 
3. Henrietta Edwards. The father. Eli (3) 
Whitnev. died .August 17. i8«)5. 

riX)' Eli (4). son of Eli (3). Whitney, the 
fourth of the name in succession, was l>orn 
Januarv 22, 1847. in the city of New Haven, 
which has since been his home and the field 
of his business operations. He attended the 



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private schools and later entered Yale College, 
from which he was graduated in the class of 
1869. He has held various public offices and 
most creditably and efficiently discharged the 
duties of each. He has been largely identi- 
fied with various enterprises and is one of the 
city's prominent citizens and leading business 
men. For years he has been president of the 
New Haven Water Company, which, as stated 
in the foregoing, his father created and built, 
arid is also president of the West Haven and 
Milford Water companies, a director of New 
Haven Gas Light Company, director of Se- 
curity Insurance Company, vice-president of 
New Haven Chamber of Commerce, state sen- 
ator for 1905-06. For sixteen years he was a 
member of the board of education and for 
twelve years served as its president ; president 
of the General Hospital Society of Connecti- 
cut : ex-president of the New Haven Horti- 
cultural Society ; president of the Tontine 
Company: vice-president of New Haven Col- 
ony Historical Society ; director and vice-pres- 
ident of the City Bank of New Haven ; trus- 
tee of Connecticut Savings Bank, New Haven ; 
trustee of the New Haven Trust Company, 
and also in a number of charitable organiza- 
tions. He is a member of the Quinnipiack, 
Union League and Graduates clubs of New 
Haven ; Century, University, Yale and Engi- 
neers clubs of New York ; Society of Colonial 
Wars ; Sons of the American Revolution ; the 
Society of the War of 1812, and is also a mem- 
ber of the Yale Corporation. 

On October 22, 1873, Mr. Whitney was 
married to Sarah Sheffield Farnam, born Sep- 
tember 27, 1850. Children: i. Anne Far- 
nam, born September 20, 1874, ryarried, De- 
cember 6, 1898, Thomas M. Debevoise, a law- 
yer of New York, and has two children, Eli 
Whitney, born December 14. 1899, and Cath- 
erine, born June 18, 1901. 2. Henrietta Ed- 
wards, born February 27, 1876, married, July 

2, 1904, Dr. Leonard C. Sanford, and has 
two children : William Farnam. born August 
18, 1905, and Leonard J., born July 14, 1910. 

3. Sarah Tracy, born September 18, 1877, mar- 
ried, April 26, 1900, Dr. Leonard C. Sanford, 
and died February 19, 1901, leaving an infant 
daughter, Sally Whitney, born February 6, 
1901. 4. Elizabeth Fay. born April 3. 1879. 

5. Louise Huntington, born February 20, 18S1, 
married, July 9, 1908, Gourdin Y. Gaillard. 

6. Susan Brewster, born March 16, 1885. 7. 
Frances Pierpont, born August 19, 189 1. 



about 1623, who also came. According to 
family tradition, they were sons of Jonathan 
Geer, of Hevitree, Devonshire, and related to 
John Geer. whose family bore a coat-of-arms 
and was prominent there. Another tradition, 
however, has Shoreham, Devonshire, as their 
former home. The name was variously spelled 
Gere, Geer, Geaves, etc. George Geer was 
in Boston in 1635, and at New London, Con- 
necticut, in 1 65 1. Thomas Geer was in En- 
field, Connecticut, in 1682. George Geer mar- 
ried, February 17. 1658, Sarah, daughter of 
Robert Allyn. Geer settled on a tract adjoin- 
ing Allyn's land. He had first a grant of 
fifty acres at New London, and in 1665 a hun- 
dred acres more. His farm was in that part 
of New London now the town of Ledyard. 
Fie owned land also in what is now Preston 
and Griswold, Connecticut. He received land by 
deed from Owaneco, son of Uncas, December 
II, 1691. His will was dated June 5, 1723, 
bequeathing to wife Sarah and his children. 
He was totally blind during his last years. He 
was selectman and held other town offices. 
He resided in Groton until five or six years 
before his death, then removed to Preston, to 
live with his daughter Margaret, who married 
Thomas Gates. He died at the age of one 
hundred and five. He lived with his wife 
Sarah for sixty-five years. Children : Sarah, 
born February 27, 1659 ; Jonathan, mentioned 
below ; Joseph, October 14, 1664 : Hannah, 
February 27, 1666; Margaret, February, 1669; 
Mary, jMarch 26, 1671 ; Daniel, 1673 '• Robert, 
January 2, 1675 ; Anne, January 6, 1679 : Isaac, 
March 26, 1681 ; Jeremiah, 1683. 

(II) Jonathan, son of George Geer, was 
born Alay 26, 1662, died April 30, 1742. He 
settled ten miles north of his father's farm, on 
land given him by his father, January 11, 1686. 
He and twenty others petitioned to be set off 
from Norwich, New London and Stonington, 
and later they were incorporated as the town 

of Preston. He married (first) Mary , 

who died April 24, 1718. He married (sec- 
ond ) Experience . Children : Jona- 
than, mentioned below ; Deborah, married 
Potts : Sarah, married Jen- 
nings, of Windham ; iNIary, married 



George Geer, immigrant ancestor, 

GEER was born in England in 1621. He 

came to this country in charge of 

an uncle. He had a brother Thomas, born 



Potts : Zerviah, married John Geer, May 12. 

1725 : Dorothy, married : — Tyler, 

(III) Jonathan (2), son of Jonathan (i) 
Geer, was born about 1690, He married 
(first) June 15, 1721, Elizabeth Herrick, who 
died February 10, 1743-44. He married (sec- 
ond ) .\pril 16, 1745, Hannah Putnam. Chil- 
dren of first wife, born at Preston : Aaron, 
May 7, 1722; Jonathan, June 3, 1724: Ste- 
phen, February 22, 1726-27, mentioned below; 
Elizabeth, May 9. 1728: Samuel. June 3. 1737. 



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Cliililrcii of second wife: Mlizabctli, l)orn 
January 24, 1746-47: lilislia, Marcli 5, 

' 749-50. 

(I\ ) Sli-plien. Mjn of Jonathan (2) Gecr. 
was l)orn I'tliriiaiv J2. \~2(\-2j. lie marricil, 
January .S, 1746-47, Rutli Clark, of Norwich. 
Children, horn at Trcston : Amy, Septenihcr 
28, 1747; Thomas, mentioned hclow. 

(\') Thomas, son of Stephen Gecr, was 
born at I'reston, August 9, 1750. died Febru- 
ary 26, 1S12. lie married (tirst) February 
11, 177,?. Meribah Killam, who died March 17, 
i^oj. lie marrieil ( second I March 22, 1803, 

vaheth Wilbur, of Preston. Chililren of 

1 wife: Jcphtha, mentioned below: Jona- 
llian. March 8. 1776; Joseph. July 22. 1778; 
.Anna, October k;. 1780; Ichalwd Ecclesta, 
May 8. 17S3; Xabby. .Vovember 30. 1791. 

(\'l) Jej '. tha, son of Thomas (icer. was 
horn behruary 7, 1774. He married. Novem- 
ber I'). 1707. Olivet Ilerrat. oi Worthinj:?- 
ton. She died in Auijust. 1854. aged seventy- 
seven years. Children: Olivet, born January 
24. i8of). married ICIisha S. I'ill : Laura, No- 
vember 10, 1801, married Fzra Starkweather: 
Jephtha. mentioned below: Fuiiice. .\pril 20, 
i8o<). married Charles P.arstox^: Almira, 
March 24. 1808, niarrie<l Mason Morse; Hol- 
libut W.. March 8, 1810, married Lucy Coats; 
Thomas Clark. February 22. 181 2. <lied Octo- 
ber I. 1817: Isaac Sidney. .\])ril 7. 1814, 
married .\bby L. Ilrewster : Persis Cook. Sep- 
tember 12. 1816, married Henry M. Cary. 

(\in Jephtha (2). son of' Jephtha' (i) 
Geer, was born February 13, 1804. He mar- 
ried (first) Olive .Starkweather: (second) 
Mary L. Kimball. Children of first wife, born 
at -Scotland. Connecticut: Henry Delcher, 
mentioned below; .^idney L. 

(\III) Henry Relcher. son of Jephtha (2) 
Geer, was Ixirn in ."Scotland, Connecticut, Feb- 
ruary, 1836. He was educated in the public 
schools and learned the trade of jeweler. For 
many years he was a prominent jeweler in 
New \'ork City. He passcil his la-t years on 
his farm at Scotland, and died there, 1000. He 
marrieil, January 8. 1874. Mary Elizabeth, 
born .\pril 21. 1840. daughter of James B. 
and .Mary I'.acon (.\dains) Carey (see Carey 
\ II). Mary I'acon .\(lams was daughter of 
Filch .Vdams. born at Griswold. Connecticut, 
and .\my ( Bacon ) .\dams. The .\dams fam- 
ily was of Canterbury. Connecticut. .Amy Ba- 
con was a daughter of .\sa Bacon, of Canter- 
bury, and Mary (Whitney) Bacon, of .Adiling- 
ton. Connecticut. 

(The C.irey Line). 
The family of Carey in England is one of 
the oldest as well as one of the most illus- 



trious and honored in the kingdom. In tlie 
year 1 198 .Adam DeKarry was lord of Castle 
Karry or Kari. in the county of Somerset. 
I'or centuries the castle has existed only in 
histnry. and the village situated in that local- 
ity i< known a^ ■■Ca>tle Cary." William and 
John Cary represented the county of Devon in 
Parliament in the thirty-sixth and forty-.scc- 
ond reigns of Edward III. John Cary was 
made a baron of the exchequer by Richard II. 
Sir Robert Cary. his son. succeeded to his 
honors and estates. Sir William Cary mar- 
ried Mary Boleyn. a sister of .\nne, the con- 
sort of Henry \'III. .\s early as the reign 
of EdwanI I. the name was spelled Cary. but 
many families of the present day s|>cll it 
Carey. 

( I ) John Carey, immigrant ancestor, came 
from Somersetshire, near the city of Bristol, 
England, aluiut 1634. and joineil the Plymouth 
colony. The exact date of his arrival is un- 
known. From a manuscript over a hundred 
years old. written by a grandson of John, it is 
i)elieved that differences with his brothers over 
the settlement of his father's estate led to his 
departure for the new world. His name is 
found among the original jiroprietors and first 
settlers of IJuxbury and Bridgewater. It oc- 
curs in the original grant, as well as in the 
subsequent deed made by Oiisamequin. the 
sachem or chief of the Pockonocket Indians, 
1631^. This deed was made to Miles Standish. 
.Samuel Nash and Constant Southworth. as 
trustees in behalf of William Bradford. John 
Carey and fifty-two others therein named. 
Ousamequin was afterwards called Massasoit. 
The deed embraced fourteen miles square and 
was designated as "Satucket." afterwards 
called West Bridgewater. Ji>hn Carey drew as 
his share a lot a mile wide, a portion of which 
is still occupied by his descendants. In 1636 
"Duxhury New Plantation" was incoqiorated 
into a new and distinct town and called liridge- 
water. John Carey was elected constable, the 
first and only officer elected in the town that 
year. He was also elected the first town clerk 
and held the office each consecutive year until 
1681. In 1636 he was one of the ten free- 
men in the town. In the same year he was 
ap|)ointed on a jury "to lav out the ways requi- 
site in the town." In \(^\y Deacon Willis and 
John Carey were chosen "to take in all the 
charges of the latter war ( King Philip's) since 
June last and the exj>enses of the scouts liefore 
and since June." John Carey was prominent 
among his fellow citizens and jiarticipated ac- 
tivel\ in pul)lic affairs. He was intelligent, 
well educated and public spirited. There is a 
tradition that he taught the first Latin class 
in the colonv. He married Elizabeth. <laugh- 



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ter of Francis Godfrey, one of the first settlers 
of Bridgewater, in 1644. He died 1681. Chil- 
dren : John, born 1645 ; Francis, 1647 ; Eliza- 
beth, 1649; James, 1652; Mary, 1654; Jona- 
than, 1656; David, 1658; Hannah, 1661 ; Jo- 
seph, 1663, mentioned below; Rebecca, 1665; 
Sarah, August 2, 1667 ; Mehitable, February 
24, 1670. 

(H) Deacon Joseph, son of John Carey, was 
born in Bridgewater, 1663, and when a young 
man went to Norwich, Connecticut, and be- 
came one of the original proprietors of Wind- 
ham. February 9, 1694, he bought one thou- 
sand acres of land there. He took position 
with the first men of the town in civil and 
ecclesiastical affairs, and was chosen repeat- 
edly to serve in the most important offices, 
civil, military and religious. He was one of 
the original members of the first Congrega- 
tional church in Windham, and was chosen 
deacon at its organization, December 10, 1700, 
which office he continued to hold until his 
death. He was so highly esteemed by his 
townsmen that he was buried "under arms," 
a very unusual occurrence at that day. In 
appearance he was a very large, athletic man. 

He married (first) Hannah , who died 

1 69 1. He married (second) Mercy, widow of 
Jonathan Rudd. He died January 10, 1722, his 
wife 1 741, aged eighty-four years. Children, 
born in Windham: Joseph, May 5, 1689; Ja- 
bez, July 12, 1691 ; Flannah, Alarch 4, 1693; 
John, January or June 23, 1695, mentioned be- 
low ; Seth, July 29, 1697 ; Elizabeth, April 17, 
1700. 

(III) John (2), son of Deacon Joseph 
Carey, was born in Windham, January or 
June 23, 1695, died January 11, 1776. He 
marriefl Hannah Thurston, ^lay 15, 1716, of 
Bristol, Rhode Island, and a sister of Mehit- 
able Thurston, wife of Nathaniel Huntington 
and mother of Governor Samuel Huntington, 
one of the signers of the Declaration of Inde- 
pendence. She died 1780, aged eighty-six 
years. He was a prominent and influential 
man in Windham. His father gave him one 
hundred acres of land in "Scotland Society" 
(part of Windham). Both he and his wife 
were original members of the Third Church 
in W^indham, organized 1735. He left a per- 
sonal estate valued at three hundred and nine- 
ty-seven pounds. Children : John, born April 
12, 1717: Benajah, March 7, 1719, mentioned 
below ; Phebe, July 22, 1721 ; Joseph, August 
4, 1723 ; Mercy, October 27, 1725 ; William, 
December 12, 1727; Jonathan, August 24, 
1729: Nathaniel, November i, 1731 ; Samuel, 
June 13, 1734. 

(IV) Lieutenant Benajah, son of John (2) 
Carey, was born in Scotland. Connecticut, 



March 7, 1719. He was a farmer by occu- 
pation and a man held in high esteem by his 
fellow citizens. He married Deborah Perkins, 
February 11, 1742. He died March 11, 1773, 
she December 5, 1772. Children, born in 
Scotland: Zillah, December, 1743; Anna, Feb- 
ruary 14, 1745: Deborah, February 17, 1747; 
James, November 27. 1750, mentioned below; 
Martha, May 18, 1755, died June 2, 1762 ; Abi- 
gail, July 27, 1758, died June 8, 1772. 

(V) Captain James, son of Lieutenant Bena- 
jah Carey, was born in Scotland, Connecticut, 
November 27, 1750, died February 28, 1827. 
He was a prominent and wealthy farmer in 
Scotland and served with distinction in the 
revolution. His estate after his death was 
valued at $80,000. He married (first) Abigail, 
daughter of Joseph Kingsley, of Pomfret, Con- 
necticut, August 12, 1773. She died Decem- 
ber 18, 1807. He married (second) Anna 
(Spaulding) Bradford, widow of Rev. Wil- 
liam Bradford, 1809. Children, born in Scot- 
land : Abigail, January 28, 1775 ; James, De- 
cember 7, 1777, mentioned below; Benajah, 
January 4, 1780: Anna, February 21, 1782; 
Sanford, July 14, 1784; Sally, September 7, 
1786. 

(VI) James (2), son of Captain James (i) 
Carey, was born in Scotland, Connecticut, De- 
cember 7, 1777, died August 14, 1861. He 
married Phebe, daughter of William Howard, 
October 25, 1804. She flied 1847, aged sixty- 
nine years. He was a farmer by occupation 
and settled in Canterbury, Connecticut. He 
frequently represented the town in the legis- 
lature and filled many town offices. He was 
highly respected, in character honest and up- 
right, kind and courteous. Children, born in 
Canterbury: Phebe Howard, December 17, 
1805, mentioned below; Abigail Kingsbury, 
August 22, 1807; James Benajah, August 22, 
iSio, mentioned below; Anna Bradford, Feb- 
ruary 9, 181 5. 

fVH) Phebe Howard, eldest child of James 
(2) Carey, was born December 17, 1805 ; mar- 
ried William F. Willoughby, of Canterbury. 
Children: i. Jane, married Jonathan Perkins, 
of Lisbon, Connecticut. 2. Laura Willoughby, 
married Carlos Cutter, of Hanover, Connecti- 
cut. 3. James Willoughby, resides in Cali- 
fornia. 4. Abby Willoughby, married Frank 
Hamilton, of Wisconsin. 5. Otis. 6. Howard. 
7. Eliza Willoughby, married Frank Kelly, of 
Providence, Rhode Island. 8. John Willough- 
by, died young, g. Andrew Jackson Willough- 
by, married Emily Brewster. 10. Lucretia Wil- 
loughby, married John White, of California. 
II. Phebe Willoughby. 12. Alice Willoughby, 
died young. 

(VII) James Benajah, son of James (2) 



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Carey, was Ixjrii in Cantcrliiiry, Connecticut, 
Augii.st 22, 1810. He was a farmer. Me inar- 
rictl Mary liacon Adams, Scptcinlicr 17. 1S34. 
' ' IMrcn : i. Asa liacon, Unn July \2, 18.^5, 
itioiied below. 2. Fitcli .\<lam<. February 
183.S: married (lir^t) .Xpril. |8*>8, Jane H. 
.. of Central N'illage, Connecticut; marrietl 
«ond) December 28, 1882, Kliza Walker, 
(entral \ illa!.;e. Child of first wife, James 
c. .V Mary ICIizabelii. .Xjiril 21, 1840. mar- 
1. January 8. 1874. Henry 15. (Jeer (sec 
r \ HI ). 4. (jeorge Leonard, October 12, 
ij; married. March 21, 1878, Fannie F'i^her; 
i-ted, in 1861. in the First Connecticut Regi- 
it of Cavalry, Company .\, Captain An- 
drew J. I'.owen. and served three years. 5. 
Dwight. lx>rn Jamiary 21, 1846: enlisted, at 
t!'f age of t'lftcen years, in Company I". Fighth 
•luecticut Keginient, and was killed in the 
•leof .\ntietam. September 17. 1862. 
\ HI) Asa i'acon, son of James r>enajah 
ly. was born ^"ly '-. '835. He attended 
i;;i- |)ublic sclnxils auil the United States .Mili- 
tary .\cademy at West Point, graduating in 
the class .>f 1856. and entering the- regular 
army. I le became paymaster general, and 
held this rank at the time he retired, in 1899, 
account of reaching the age limit of sixty- 
r years, after ihiriy-tive years, with the 
!k of brigadier-general. He married. July 
. 1867, l.aura M. Colby, of Washington. 
('., and .Montpelier. \ crmont, daughter of 
'.. Colby, a prominent lawyer, and niece of 
Kitor Rcdfield Proctor, of N'ermont, who 
- governor of X'ermont and secretary of 
1 Children: 1. Edward Colby, born .\pril 
_;. 1871. at Santa I-c. Xew Mexico; grad- 
uated from the I'nitcd Stales .Military .Acad- 
emy at West Point ; took i)art in the Spanish 
war; was promoted from the rank of second 
lieutenant to captain at San Juan, then of the 
Thirtictli Regiment, regular army ; now a pay- 
master in the I'nited States army at Pioston ;. 
married Ruth, daughter tif Cajitain Palmer, 
of the regular army. 2. Edith, married Lewis 
Meriwether, a descendant of the explorer 
made famous in the Lewis and Clark expe- 
dition : now a major in the regular army. 



(H) Robert Gecr, son of George 
GEER Geer (q. v.). was born January 2. 

1675, '''*^d November 20. 1742. He 
married, .-\pril 3, 1700. Martha, daughter of 
Hopestill Tyler, and settled south of the home- 
stead on land deeded to him by lii> fathcf. 
He built his house and the first grist mill in 
that section. This was one of the three places 
in the town where warnings were jiosted ; the 
other places were at Captain Morgan's and 
Ralph Stoddard's. Geer was sergeant and 



captain in the colonial militia. He i>ougbt 
part of hi> lather's homestead. He deedeil his 
farm to his three sons, Robert, Ebenezer and 
James. 

(HI) Ebenezer, son of Robert Geer, was 
born .Xjiril 1. 1709, died .August 2'A, '7O3. He 
ht)Ught the interest of his elder brother Rob- 
ert in the homestead in 1742 and built the third 
hou>e there. He marrietl. January 2, 1735, 
Pnuleiice. daughter of Richard and Prudence 
(Payson) Wheeler. He had ten children. 

(I\') Robert (2), second son of Ebenezer 
Gecr, was born at North (jroion, now Led- 
yard. February 18, 1744. He was graduated 
from Vale College in 1763. He served in the 
Revolutionary war as cori)oral in Captain 
Williams" coinpanv of detached militia, under 
Lieutenant-Colonel .Nathan tiallu]), stationed 
at Fort Griswold in 1779. He was prominent 
in town affairs and was senior warden of St. 
James Protestant Episcopal Church for many 
years. He died .\ugu>t 30. 1834, at the age of 
ninety. He married Lucy, daugh'ter of John 
and .Mice Fitch, of Windliam. .N'ovember 4, 
1707. Children: Charles; Flbeiiezer; Pru- 
dence, married .\mos Pailey ; Sophia, marrie<l 
Stephen Breed ; all went to Brooklyn, Susque- 
hanna coimty, Pennsylvania ; Eunice and Alice, 
lived at the homestead ; Lucinda, married Ly- 
man Killani. of Glastonbury, Connecticut; 
and James, mentioned below. 

(A' I James, youngest son of Robert (2) 
Geer. was born October 31. 1783. He was a 
teacher of singing schools in Ledyard for many 
years ; was justice of the peace ; senior war- 
den of St. James Church more than forty 
years. He lived on the homestead, where he 
died March 4. 1872. He built the fourth house 
on the old homestead in 1848 and it is still oc- 
cupied. His son. Cajitain- Nathaniel B. Geer, 
occu])ied it until he died, .\ugust 18. 1898, 
and it is now occupied by his daughter. He 
married. January 20. 1808, Sally, claughter of 
Peleg and .Abigail (Smith) Lewis. 

(\'I ) James Lewis, son of James Geer, was 
born November 8. 180S, at Ledyard. His boy- 
hood was spent in his native town anil he 
was educated there in the public schcKils. Later 
he taught school in the Lester district, also 
in Long Society, Preston, Groton Bank and 

Geddes. now Syracuse. New York seven 

winters in all. Mr. Geer moved to Norwich in 
i8_^5 and liveil. cxcejit for a few years .sjKjnt 
on the homestead, in a house on Park street. 
In early life he worked at cabinet-making and 
house-painting. In 1859 he formed a part- 
nershi]> with Shubael Gallup under the name 
of Gallup & Geer and conducted an auction 
and conunission business in Norwich for twen- 
ty years. Mr. Geer was one of the original 



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members of Trinity Protestant Episcopal 
Church in Norwich and was a vestr_vman for 
several years. He died at Norwich, February 
9, 1899. Fie married (first) November 19, 
1834, Prudence Almira, daughter of Isaac and 
Prudence (Geer) Gallup, of Preston (see Gal- 
lup \'II). She was born in Ledyard in the 
glebe house or rectory of St. James Church 
on the Bill farm, March 4, 1815. died July 
17, 1847. He married (second) ]\Iary Ellen 
Geer, daughter of Elijah D. and Dorothy Geer, 
of Griswold. She died June i, 1887. Chil- 
dren: I. Robert, born on the Geer homestead, 
March 23, 1837; attended school in the Geei 
school house and the Poquetanuck Academy ; 
learned the drug business in the stores of Wil- 
liam P. Eaton and John L. Devotion and later 
was a druggist on Main street, Norwich, and 
at Syracuse, New York ; since 1864 in the 
wholesale salt business at Albany, New York, 
where he has been a leading citizen. He mar- 
ried (first) .October 10, i860, Mary S. Geer, 
who died June 21, 1868: married (second) 
October 20, 1869, Rhoda Kellog Shedd, who 
died December 12, 1882; (third) April 23, 
1884, Julia (Richmond) Cass; children: i. 
Frederick Lewis, born November 24, 1861, 
married, November 12, 18S4. Mabel H. 
French; ii. Clara Louisa Gere, August 12, 
1863, married, April 12, 1888, Dr. William F. 
Gilroy, and had Robert William Gilroy, born 
April 22, 1889, and Frederick Arthur Gilroy, 
born November 21, 1895 ; iii. Arthur Hamilton 
Gere, born December 13, 1873. 2. Ellen, born 
March 9, 1841. t,. Lucv, born October 9, 
1842. 

(Ihe Gallup Line). 

(V) Colonel Benadam (2) Gallup, son of 
Benadam (i) Gallup (q v.), was born Octo- 
ber 26, 1716. He 'was a brave soldier and 
officer in the Revolution. He served in the 
second battalion of General W^adsworth's iDri- 
gade, raised in June, 1776; at the Brooklyn 
front, in the battle of Long Island, August 
27, 1776: in the retreat to New York, August 
29-30 : from New York, September 19, to the 
main army at White Plains. He was com- 
missioned lieutenant-colonel. He died at Gro- 
ton, Connecticut. May 29, 1800. He married, 
August II, 1740, Hannah Avery, of Groton. 
She died July 28, 1799, aged eighty-one years. 
Children: Benadam, born June 29, 1741; 
Isaac, mentioned below : Hannah, November 
4, 1744; Esther, December 9, 1746; James, 
May I, 1749: Jesse, February 2, 1751 ; John, 
January 13, 1753 ; Prudence, January 30, 1755 ; 
Susan, 1756: Josiah, 1760; Abigail, 1762. 

(\T) Captain Isaac Gallup, son of Colonel 
Benadam (2) Gallup, was born at Groton, De- 
cember 22, 1742. He was a captain in the 



revolutionary war in Colonel Samuel Holden 
Parsons' regiment in 1776. Fie died in Led- 
yard, August 3, 1848. Seth Williams was 
born in January, 1761, died May 21, 1843. 
All are buried in the Gallup graveyard, Led- 
yard. lie married, October 5, 1786, Anna, 
daughter of Nehemiah and Abigail (Avery) 
Smith (see Smith \'). She was born December 
8, 1765. Children, born at Ledyard: Anna, 
September 3, 1787; Isaac, January 21, 1789, 
mentioned below; Russell, April 11, 1791 ; 
Sarah, November 9. 1792; Jabesh. August 23, 
1794; Avery, April 6, 1796; Elias, April 14, 
1798; Erastus, July 31, 1800: Shubael, March 
6, 1802; Elihu. December 12, 1803. 

(\'II) Isaac (2), son of Captain Isaac (i) 
Gallup, was born January 21, 1789, in Led- 
yard, then North Groton. The history of 
Ledyard says of him : 

"He had the advantage of beginning life in a good 
home and springing from a strong, brave and cap- 
able ancestry. He possessed a robust constitution, 
a keen and active mind and a resolute spirit. 
* * * He seems to have been a natural ' leader 
and an example to his seven younger brothers in the 
energy, earnestness and faithfulness with which he 
accomplished his tasks. Though his advantages were 
limited, he early acquired the rudiments of a sound, 
practical education, was accurate and thorough in 
scholarship and at an early age showed tastes for 
solid, substantial reading. He always had an aptitude 
for acquiring practical knowledge and learned so 
well how to use his mental powers that he was able 
to meet the requireinent of the varied pursuits of a 
long and busy life. Being of an energetic tem- 
perament, his mind readily turned to active pur- 
suits, and in his youth he served an apprenticeship 
in the trade of carpenter with Colonel Joseph Smith, 
one of the leading contractors and business men of 
Stonington. He seems, also, to have cultivated a 
taste for good architecture and that absolute 
thoroughness of construction, so characteristic of 
his own work all through life. While still a young 
man, INIr. Gallup went into the business of build- 
ing, on his own account, employing apprentices 
and taking such contracts as he could secure. At 
the age of twenty-three, he was married to Prudence, 
'daughter of Isaac and Mary (Stanton) Geer, a 
young woman fully as energetic, ambitious and cap- 
able as himself, who proved herself a faithful 
wife and true helpmeet during all the years of 
their married life. The young couple began house- 
keeping in a small but comfortable home near the 
Bill homestead. (In that house was born in 1729 
Samuel Seabury, the first Episcopal bishop in this 
country.) 

"During the first year of their married life, the 
bombardment of Stonington occurred, and Mr. 
Gallup did duty as a soldier during the war of 1S12. 
The death of his father, two years later, consider- 
ably increased his responsiblities. He assisted his 
mother in the management of her business affairs, 
and helped his younger brothers to acquire useful 
callings in life. During all these years, he carried 
on business, taking such contracts as he could se- 
cure, the busy wife, meanwhile plying the loom, 
managing the house and caring for the increasing 
family of children. In this house were born the 
four daughters, and the only son. For sixteen years 



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it coiiliiuicil til lie their home; hut in tlic spring of 
IH.'S. Mr. ('lalhip felt it advisahle to remove his 
family to Norwich Falls, much nf hi> wirk hcnij; in 
that vicinity. They remained there one year, aiul 
the following sprnig ^avv them located in Greenc- 
ville, then a mere hamlet, hut soon to be the scene 
of a great and var.ed activity. The year i8jo wit- 
nessed the beRinninK of a great enterprise. The 
water power was developed. 

"The (Ireenevillc of that time, though in its in- 
fancy, was a place of great activity and there Mr. 
Gallup found full scope for his l)u>;ness talents 
and e.xecuiive ability. He superintended the work 
of the large force of cariMrnters employed in the 
construction of the dam; he also huili temporary 
quarters, and with the aid of his efticient and prac- 
tical wife and such help as they could secure cared 
for a small army of mechanics and laborers there 
employed. At the end of the year, the work being 
virtually completed, Mr. Gallup purchased a farm 
in Preston adjoining the Geer homestead , the 
birthplace of his wife. His connection with 
Grceiu\ille continued for some time later, although 
his family removed to Preston in 1830. and he held 
for a number of years the position of agent of the 
Norwich Water Power Company. Mr. Gallup took 
a great interest in improving his farm in Preston 
and in building the large, comfortable and well- 
appointed house, which he felt would Ik- a fitting 
and permanent home for his family. That house, 
now standing and still in the name and family, has a 
beautiful anil liealthlnl siluaticm. and with its well- 
tilled lield>. large orchards and substantial buildings, 
is a good specimen of the Connecticut country 
home. For many years after his removal to 
Preston, Mr. Gallup carried on business as a builder, 
handling many important contracts. Though often 
absent from home, he skillfully directed the labor 
of his farm, on which he wa- constant;, m.ikini^ im- 
provenunts In aiMition !■. other was 

much laciipicd in surveying, lie ; ircd 

some knowledge of this piir-iiil ir ind 

followed it to some extent, lie ; -elf, 

however, by diligent study and the ■ re- 

ceived from the hands of .-\sahel 1- the 

leadiir-' -iirM-'.-T of Norwich. In lii^ cuiiiicction 
witli I'un iil.urs and hi the settlement of estates, 
Mr. Galliii'- prot'iciency as a surveyor was of great 
value. His work was always marked by thorough- 
ness, accuracy and nice regard for details, which 
were characteristic of the man. Boundary lines laid 
down by him were seldom, if ever, disputed. 

"Possessed of a strong mind, a positive character 
and a sound judgment. Squire Gallup, as he was 
generally called, was held in the highest regard 
by his friends and townspeople, who often sought 
his ,idvire and always vnliu-d his counsel. With his 
fine .idminislralive r\lii!uy his wide experience and 
perfect integrity, he was singularly well qualified for 
the adjustment of biisines.-. affairs and the settlement 
of estates and his services were in demand in his 
own and neiiThboring towns. For many years he 
transacted business for the Treat and Doanc 
families of Preston, whose affairs he managed to 
their entire satisfaction. Although able to adjust 
the most complicated and difficult business, he never 
betrayed a trust or missed an opportunity. Mr. 
Gallup was a man of strong convictions and took 
an active part in the early movement for temperance 
reform, uttering a resolute protest against the 
habit of treating and the drinking customs of 
societv. ani aiding many of his friends and 
neighbors to sli.ike otT the b<indage of alcohol. In 
his mature nniilooil. Mr. Gallup united with the 



Cnriprrp-itin-Tl ^^rr^h r.f Lcdyard, of which h.- was 



lluelice 
apprentice 



.iiuc. Mr. 
Iiap|iv in ll 

al-.. a iniK 



.1 «..rk I 
the voung 

Th..nnh a 



wliuh lie Jipailid .\la;. J, iSo;." 

His wife died July 6, 187 1. 

Children: i. Mary .\nn, born I)cccml)cr 
10, iSij; married, Jantiary 1, 1835, Rlias IJ. 
.\vcry : site died at Preston, January 4. 1836; 
he married (second I Thankful S., daui;hter of 
David and Anna (Ciallui)) (ieer. January 14. 
1838, and -she diel February 4, 1S83 : diil.l >>t 
first wife, Mary Ann Avery, born Decemtier 
20. 1835. married, March 24, 1857, William 
Geer, son of Amos and Kimice (Morgan) 
deer, hum May 5, 1830, died Jantiary 25. 
1850: they lived on the Gallup homestead. 2. 
Prudence .\lmira. Ixirn at I-edyartl. .March 4, 
1815: married James L. Geer, sun of James 
and Sally ( Lewis I Geer; she died at N'orwich, 
July 17, 1847 (see Geer \I). 3. Emeliin . 
horn February 27. 1818; married, .\pril !■ . 
1845, Orlando Smith, horn at I.cdyard. Feb- 
ruary 9. 1814. (lied at Westerly. May 30. 1859, 
son of Shubael and Sarah (Raymond) Smith: 
F.meline (Gallup) Smith died Occember 30, 
1886, at Fletchers, Xorth Carolina, in a rail- 
road accident: Mr. Smith was proprietor of 
valuable sijranite quarries at Westerly, Rhode 
Island, now condticted by the Smith Granite 
Company; children: i. Orlando Raymnn<l 
Smith, born June i. 1851. married (first) 
Sarah A. P. Chapman. June 18, 1872, died 
September 8, 1874: (second) Julia A. Chap- 
man. December 28, 1875, and she died July 7. 
i8f)2: children: a. Orlando Raymond Smith, 
F'ehrtiary 1, 1877; b. Sarah .Xupusta, Decem- 
ber 28, l87rj: c. Julia lirace Smith. Decem- 
ber 2Ti, 1881 ; d. Emeline Galluji Smith, Feb- 
ruary 28. 1883; e. >rartha Smith; ii. Sarah 
.Mmira Smith, born June 16, 1853, married 
Otis P. Chapman, son of William R. and 
.Sally A. (Iliscock) Chaiiman : children: a. 
Otis P. Chapman, Imrn June 15, 1875: b. Wil- 
liam R. Chai>man. February 10. iS8i : iii. Julia 
Emeline Sniitii. In^rn F'cbruary 16. 1855 : iv. 
Isaac Gallup Smitii. Iiirn June 5, 1857, died 
at Westerly, July 12, 1888; married, January 



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I, 1885, Harriet Trumbull Hall, of Pawca- 
tuck, Connecticut, daughter of Horace R. and 
Sarah (Avery) Hall; Mrs. Smith married 
(second), September i, 1892, Rev. Samuel M. 
Cathcart. 4. Isaac, born at Preston, Novem- 
ber 13, 1820, died March 8, 1906 ; married 
Maria T., daughter of Thomas and Mary 
(Shaw) Davis, March 23. 1845, who died De- 
cember 30, 1910; lived on a farm at Preston; 
children : i. Plenry H., born June 2, 1846, 
married Irena H. Breed ; ii. Ella M., April 
29, 1850, married, November 2, 1870, Avery 
D. Wheeler; iii. Charles D., May 16, 1857, 
married. May 12, 1880, Grace R. Aldrich. 5, 
Julia, born April 4, 1823 ; married, October 
20, 1847, Jacob A. Geer, of Ledyard, born 
January 24, 1817, son of Amos and Prudence 
(Allyn) Geer; children: i. Isaac Gallup Geer, 
laorn July 24, 1848, married A. Chasie IBelden ; 
children : a. Earl Belden Geer, born August 
ID, 1889; b. Florence A. Geer, January i, 
1896; ii. Prudence Emma Geer, July 26, 1850, 
married. March 18, 1874, Nathan Gallup ; iii. 
Nellie Wight Geer, born February 21, 1858. 

(The Smith Line). 
(I) Rev. Nehemiah Smith, immigrant, was 
"born in England about 1605 and settled at 
Plymouth in New England before March 6, 
1637-38. when he and others applied to be 
made freemen of the colony. He married, 
January 21, 1639-40, Anne Bourne, of Marsh- 
field, daughter of Thomas and Elizabeth 
Bourne. Her sister Martha married John 
Bradford, son of Governor William Bradford. 
Nehemiah Smith lived for a time at Marsh- 
field and is believed to have been the first re- 
ligious teacher there. He was appointed May 
5, 1640, on a committee of five to view all the 
meadows of Green Harbor (Marshfield) 
which were not granted and report their meas- 
urements to the general court. From Marsh- 
field Smith sailed to Stratford, Connecticut, 
as early as 1644. He belonged to the church 
and some of his children were baptized there. 
The records show that he raised sheep ex- 
tensively and was called "Shepherd" Smith. 
He owned land in the New Haven jurisdiction. 
He removed to Long Island about 1652, but 
returned in a year or two, and located at New 
London, Connecticut, where he was granted 
land in 1652. He appears to have been a 
weaver by trade and doubtless spun the wool 
from his own sheep and made it into cloth. 
About 1655 he settled on a farm at Smith 
Lake, Poquonock. Smith was one of the 
original proprietors of Norwich, Connecticut, 
and had the largest tract of land. His house 
stood about fifty-seven feet north of the oldest 
burving ground. He had grants in 1661 and 



afterward. He conveyed some land to his 
nephew, Edward Smith, November 18, 1668, 
and he and wife Ann conveyed their home- 
stead to their son-in-law, June 12, 1684, in 
consideration of maintenance for the re- 
mainder of their lives. He died about 1686. 
He left a will, but the records including the 
will have been destroyed. The records some- 
times refer to him as "Mr." in recognition of 
the fact that in early life he was a preacher. 
Children: i. Sarah, baptized in the First 
Church, New Haven, December 14, 1645, 
when about three years old. 2. Mary, bap- 
tized December 14, 1645, ^t New Haven. 3. 
Hannah, baptized with Sarah and Mary. 4. 
Mercy, baptized February 22, 1645-46. 5. 
Elizabeth. 6. Nehemiah, mentioned below. 7. 
Lydia, born 1647. 8. Ann (perhaps same as 
Sarah, for the mother was called Sarah in the 
church records). 9. Mehitable. 

(II) Nehemiah (2), son of Rev. Nehemiah 
(i) Smith, was born about 1646 in New 
Haven and was baptized there C)ctober 24, 
1646, by Rev. John Davenport, the founder. 
He moved with his father to Poquonock farm, 
near Smith Lake, when he was about ten years 
old, and when his father moved to Norwich 
he remained there on the homestead. His 
uncle, John Smith, and cousin, Edward, lived 
near. Much of interest about the family is 
learned from a contest over the will of this 
Uncle John. Nehemiah Smith married (first) 
October 24, 1669, Lydia, daughter of Alex- 
ander Winchester, of Roxbury, Massachu- 
setts. In the same year he was a member of 
the general assembly at Hartford, an office he 
filled for several years. Both he and his 
wife were members in full communion of the 
First Church of New London, although one 
child was baptized at the First Church of 
Stonington. He bought a large tract of land 
at Niantic, Connecticut, in 1691-92, of Joseph 
and Jonathan Bull, of Hartford, north of 
Black Point on Niantic Bay. In 1694 he is 
called sergeant in the records and in the same 
year was put on the building committee to take 
charge of erecting a new church. In 1697 he 
was ensign of the militarv companv ; in 1706 
he was lieutenant. He was a member of the 
general assembly, justice of the peace, justice 
of the quorum, selectman, and he served on 
various committees to settle boundary and 
other disputes. In 17 15 he was appointed 
overseer of Indians at Niantic. He was in the 
assembly, 1707-16, and town clerk, 1707-18. 
His wife Lydia died October 24, 1723, in her 
seventy-eighth year. He married (second) 
September 9, 1724, Elizabeth Haynes, a widow. 
Nehemiah Smith died August 8, 1727, in his 
eighty-first year. Children : Lydia, born 



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October 29, 1670; Ncliemiali. mcnlionc<l be- 
low : Samuel, June 2, 1676 : Martha, October 
15, 1678; Daniel, November 29. if So: Mar- 
garet, 1683 ; Joseph, baptized N'ovenil)er 7, 
1686. 

(Ill) Nchemiah (3). son of Xchcmiah (2) 

Smitli, was born November 14, 1673. He 

iiiarrieil, April 22, 1696, Dorothy, daughter of 

ic and Martha (Park) \\heclcr, and 

ndilaughtcr of Thomas and Mary W licelcr. 

til joined the I'irst Churcli of New London. 

was a fanner: was townsman in 1712-14. 

was born and always lived on the home- 

hI near Smith I-ake. Groton, Connecticut. 

also owned land at "Nowayanck." He 

1 November 21, 1724; his wife, born De- 

iiber 6, 1679, tlicd May 25, i72^h Children : 

lothy, born .Viiyust 2rt, ifft~; Hannah, I^'eb- 

.IV 20, I'KX): ICiizabclli, Novcmbi-r 17. 1700; 

tlian, Sei)tcinher 16, 1702; John, mentioned 

iw ; William, May 10, 1706; Isaac, Decem- 

; 20, 1707; Mary, November 16, 1709; Ly- 

dia, January 24, 1712-13; Jabez, February 7, 

1714: .Anna. Ni>vembcr i. 1717'. Sarah, July 

14, 1710. 

(1\ ) John, son of Nchemiah (3) Smith, 
\\,i> born at Groton, June 14, 1704. He mar- 
', May 10. 1727, Temperance Holmes, of 
iiinijton, daughter of Joshua and Fear 
-lurijcst Holmes, and jjreat-ijranddaughter 
Robert Holmes, of Stonington. I-'rom 
ton he removed to Cokluster, where he 
1 his wife joined the church, November 19, 
" ^S. lie was captain of the train band in 
174Q. lloth joined the clnirch of Stonington 
li> letter from the Colchester church. He 
id necember 22. 175S. His widow married, 
(■emlier in, 1761, as his second wife, James 
. icadway, nf Colchester. Children of John 
Smitii, five of whom were bom at Groton and 
the youngest seven at Colchester: John, born 
March 26. 1728: Joshua, January 31, 1729; 
Shubacl, Seiitcmber 2j. 1731 : Nehemiah, men- 
tioned below : David, December 10, 1735, died 
young: Siiubael, December 7, 1737: Caleb, 
January 4, 1739: Roswell, I'ebniary 19, 1741- 
42: David, July 20, 1744: Temperance. De- 
cember 7. 1746: Charles, March 9, 1749; Olive. 
February 12, 1753. 

(\') Nehemiah (4), son of John Smith, was 
born at Groton, October 30, 1733. He mar- 
rieii. May 3, 1758, .Abigail .\very, of Groton. 
Her mother. Thankful, was married at the 
age of fifteen and had fifteen ciiildren, living 
to the great age of one hundred and one 
years. Four of her family were killed in the 
battle of Groton Heights, her husband, two 
sons and a son-in-law. Mrs. Smith was born 
December 12, 1737, died August 8, 1797. 
Nehemiah Smith was a lieutenant and is said 



to have taken part in the battle at Grotim 
Heights. He died May 4. 1810. Children: 
.Abigail, tjorn August lo, 1759; Sarah. .Au- 
gust 9, ijGi : .Anna. December 8. 1765, mar- 
ried Isaac (iailup ( see Gallu)) \T ) : .Nehemiah. 
April 21. i~ity: Temperance. January i. 1769; 
Thankful. January i, I'fx): John. .April 9. 
1771 : Thankful. January 21, 1775. married 
Ezra Geer, son of Isaac Gecr. 



Captain Samuel t Iumit, im- 
CHESTKR migrant ancestor, was doubt- 
less born alxjut 1625, in Eng- 
land, In 1663 he was in Boston, Massachu- 
setts, evidently a man of substance, and in 
the prime of life. He was commander and 
iiwner and factor in the West India tracle. He 
removed in 1663 to New Lnndon, where he 
was admitted a freeman, lieing of course a 
member of the church, in it<(f). He had a 
wareiiouse at Close Cove. He continued to 
carry on some business in Boston for several 
years. He commanded the ship "Endeavor," 
in the West India trade. He was in |)artner- 
ship with his nephew, William Condy. who 
removed to Boston. In a letter elated June 14. 
if>88, Con<Iy authorizeil his uncle. Captain 
Chester, to sell a hundred and fifty acres of 
land at New London. Captain Chester was 
skillefl in surveying as well as navigation, and 
was of great service to the colony in laying 
out grants of land, and in other civil engineer- 
ing in the new settlements. We are told that 
he was a trustworthy, faithful, just, loyal, 
judicious and worthy citizen. He had visited 
many foreign ports and traded in foreign 
climes. He owned large tracts of land on the 
east side of the river, at what is now Groton, 
Connecticut, covering the land where Fort 
Griswold and the Groton monument stand. He 
•also acquired large tracts to the north and 
south of Groton Point, now Eastern Point, on 
which .Abraham, John and Jonathan Cliester. 
sons or grandsons, settled. LTncas, the In- 
dian sachem, deeded to him several thousand 
acres of land at Colchester, June 13, 1683. 
The family of his son Samuel, it appears to the 
writer, has been confused with that of the 
father. Children, baptized at New London: 
Samuel, mentioned below: John, 1670: Susan- 
nah, 1670: .Mercy. 1673. 

(II) Samuel (2), son of Captain Samuel 
(i) Chester, was liorn probably in iftfto, or 
soon afterward. He was doubtless the Samuel 
whose will, dated .April 23. 1708. proved 
Marcii. 1709-10. bef|ueathed to children: .\b- 
raham. John. Jonathan and Mercy Barrows. 
His inventory amounted to nearly three hun- 
dred pounds. He seems also to have been a 
master mariner, and in 1689-90 was engaged 



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in the maritime trade. He commanded a ves- 
sel owned b>^ John Wheeler, in the European 
trade, in 1689. At that time his father ap- 
pears to have been too old to go to sea, and in 
fact to have settled down to a merchant's life 
at New London, owning but probably not 
sailing ships himself. In fact, it is not known 
that tlie father was living in 1690. Children: 
John, mentioned below ; child, baptized May 
"29, 1692; Hannah, baptized March 25, 1694, 
died young ; Abraham ; Jonathan, baptized 
March 21, 1697; Mercy, married Bar- 
rows. 

(III) John, son of Samuel (2) Chester, 
was born about 1690; married, at New Lon- 
don, November i, 17 16, Mercy Starr. Very 
little is known of him, and Joseph, mentioned 
below, may have been the only child surviving. 

(IV) Deacon Joseph Chester, son of John 
Chester, was born in New London, March 6, 
1730, or January 17, 1731 (Hinman). He 
settled in the North parish of New London, 
where Captain Samuel Chester, his grand- 
father, owned land. He was a large land- 
owner and farmer. His land on Raymond hill 
adjoined lands of Charles Mainwaring on the 
west, and of John G. Hillhouse on the east, 
and ran from Stony brook on the north to 
O.xoboxo pond on the south. He sold two 
hundred acres in 1775 to Nathaniel Comstock. 
There was protracted litigation between the 
Hillhouse and Chester families for land that 
the Chesters claimed to inherit as heirs of the 
deceased child of Joseph Chester. He was 
elected an elder of the church, April 10, 1778: 
died August 4, 1803. He married Rachel 
Hillhouse, of New London, now Montville, 
April 4, 1753, and she died April 8, 1754. 
He married (second), April 21, 1757, Eliza- 
beth Otis. Child of the first wife : Mary, born 
January 17, 1754; died June 11, 1765. Chil- 
dren of second wife : Joseph, born January 
27, 1758; Rachel, Jime 12, 1759; Elizabeth, 
May 23, 1761 ; Levi, February 13, 1763; 
Mercy, October 5, 1764; Otis, August 4, 1766; 
David, April 23, 1768; Mary, February 27, 
1770; Mabel, November 11, 1771 ; Caroline, 
August 27, 1773; John, October 7, 1775, died 
October 3, 1796; Olive, born March 12, 1776; 
Lucinda, February 3, 1779 : Dorothy, February 
7, 1780; Anna, July 21, 1783; Sarah, January 
12, 1785. 

(V) Joseph (2), son of Deacon Joseph ( i ) 
Chester, was born January 27, 1758; died 
April 2, 1791. He married, September 22, 
1785, Elizabeth Lee, born May 25, 1757, died 
January 6, 1843, daughter of Benjamin and 
Mary (Ely) Lee, of Lyme. Her father was 
born September 4, 1712, married, January 25, 
1735; her mother was born January 8, 1716. 



Alary Ely was a daughter of Daniel and Ann 
( Champion ) Ely, granddaughter of William 
Ely (i), of Lyme, Connecticut. Benjamin 
Lee was a son of John and Elizabeth (Smith) 
Lee, of Lyme, grandson of Lieutenant Thomas 
Lee and Sarah (Kirkland) Lee, of Lyme. Jo- 
seph Chester was a farmer near Salem, then 
part of Montville, Connecticut, and was killed 
accidentally by the caving in of a well which 
he was digging. Children : Lemuel, born 
about 1786 ; Joseph, mentioned below : Erastus, 
born about 1790. 

(VI) Joseph (3), son of Joseph (2) Ches- 
ter, was born at Montville, January 31, 1788; 
died at Norwich, January 30, 1832. He 
settled at Chelsea Landing, now Norwich. He 
was a merchant. He married, September 10, 
181 1, Prudee Tracy, born February 20, 1789, 
at Franklin, Connecticut, died Octolaer 6, 1853, 
in Norwich, while visiting a daughter of 
Major Eleazer and Prudee (Rogers) Chester 
(see Tracy XVIII). After the death of Jo- 
seph (2) Chester, his widow removed in 1835, 
with most of the children, to Rome, Ohio, and 
married (second) Rev. John Hall, rector of 
Saint Peter's Episcopal church, at Ashtabula, 
Ohio. Joseph (2 ) and his wife are buried side 
by side, at Norwich. Children of Joseph (2) 
and Prudee Chester: i. Albert Tracy, born 
June 16, 1812; mentioned below. 2. Harriet 
Newell, September 27, 1814; died April 23, 
1815. 3. Rev. Charles Huntington Chester, 
Presbyterian clergyman at Niagara Falls, 
born October 14, 1816; married Julia A. 
Thomas. 4. Plarriet Lee, January 31, 1819; 
died April i, 1820. 5. Colonel Joseph Lemuel 
Chester, born April 30, 1821 ; eminent geneal- 
ogist in America and England ; married Cath- 
erine H. Hubbard. 6. Sarah Elizabeth, No- 
vember 21, 1823; married Benjamin S. Stone. 
7. Leonard Hendee, October i, 1825; married 
Lucy C. Thurston. 8. Anson Gleason, July 25, 
1827; editor; married Mary T. Staine. 9. 
Frank, January 19, 1830; died January 27, 
1831. 

(VII) Rev. Albert Tracy Cliester, son of 
Joseph (3) Chester, was born at Norwich. 
June 16, 1812. He graduated from Union 
College in the class of 1834, and received the 
honorary degree of D. D. from the same col- 
lege in 1847. He was ordained in the Presby- 
terian church, and his first pastorate was at 
Ballston Spa, New York ; later pastorates at 
Saratoga Springs and at Buffalo. He died in 
Buffalo. He married, August 3, 1836, Rhoda 
Elizabeth Stanley, born August 5, 1814, at 
Goshen, Connecticut, daughter of Oliver and 
Rhoda (Powell) Stanley (see Stanley). (Thil- 
dren: i. Alice, born Rlay 20, 1837, at Balls- 
ton Spa ; married, June 3, 1858, Hubert R. 




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Ives, of Montreal, son of William Ives, of 
New Haven : children : Lillian, Nellie and 

. 2. I-rank Stanley, mentioned licluw. 

3. Walter Tracy, l)orn July .51, 1840, at Sara- 
toga Springs : soldier in civil war. 4. Albert 
Huntington, born November 22, 184 — , at 
Saratoga Si)rings. 5. Eliphalet Nott, July 18, 
1846. 6. Elizabeth, November 7, 1S4S. 7. 
Catherine, September 6, 1850. at ButTalo. 8. 
Ellen, August 15. 1852. 9. Walworth, April 
6. 1858. 

(\III) F'rank Stanley, son of Rev. Albert 
Tracy Chester, was born at P.allston Spa, May 
5, 1839. lie was eilucated in the public and 
high schools of Saratoga S])rings. He was 
captain in the civil war. He engaged in the 
lunilHT business and other entcr|irises in Ituf- 
fali). In religion he was a rrcsbyterian. in 
politics a Democrat. lie was a member of 
Grand .\rmy of the Republic. He married, 
December 25. 1861, Katharine Stillnian, of 
BulTal(3. Children : Mabel, born January 5, 
1863: Horace Stiilman. Septeml)er 11, 1865; 
Dr. Thnmas Weston Chester, mcntionctl be- 
low; Hubert .Mills. Iwrn April 3, 1872. 

( IX ) Dr. Thomas Weston Chester, son of 
1 rank Stanley Chester, was born in lUilTalo, 
August 8, 18O6. He attended the public 
schciils of liis native place, and in 18SS he 
entered Hamilton College, at Clinton, New- 
York. In 1891 his inicle. with whom he was 
living, renioveil to New P.runswick, New Jer- 
sey, and he took his senior year in Rutgers 
College, from which he was graduated in the 
class iif 1892 with the degree of .\.i). Three 
years later he received the decree of .\.M. 
from tile same college. He is a member of the 
college fraternity. .Mjiha Delta Phi. He en- 
tered the College of Physicians and Surgeons, 
■I New York City, in September, 1892. and 

■mpleted the full course of three years, grad- 
uating with the degree of M.D. in 1893. He 
then spent six mouths in hospital and dispen- 
sary work in New York City. In January, 
1 89*1, he joined the stafT of the Hartford Hos- 
I)ital, and served there for a period of two 
years. In May. 1898. he began to practice his 
profcssitm in Hartford, and he has taken a 
prominent position among the physicians of 
that city. I le was appointed assistant gyne- 
cologist anil obstetrician on the visiting staff 
of the Hartford Hospital. January i, 1000. In 
1910 he was appointe<l chief obstetrician and 
assist.uu gynccol<igist. He is a member of the 
Il.nmord Medical Society, the Hartford 
Giiuty .Medical Society, the Comiecticut Med- 
ical .\ssociation, and the .American Medical 
Association. In ix>litics he is an Independent; 
in religion a Congregationalist. He is also a 
member of the Hartford Golf Club, and the 



University Chib of Hartford. He married 
Sarah Hopkins King, of Newton Highlands, 
Massachusetts, February 28, 1905. 

(The Tracy Royal Line). 

I'Mward the elder, s, n ..! Mfnd i'. 
succeeded his fatlu 
mother of — 

I'.admond I., who 
94'i. I lis second son 

Eadgar, born 943. -,. >i^.„ , ;. , 
959; married, 9<jI, a first wife; ' 
Aelfthryth, mother of- 

Acthelred II.. wh- 
in 978. His daiH'bi 

lands in < i' iinmi m tin- 

faniilv ai ■ 

Ralph ... :..• .n„„„ ,,,• 

Sudeley and 1 oddmgton, was i ■ 
Hereford, and was deprived of i: 
William the Conqueror. In 1051 he waa ad 
miral of fifty ships of the king's navy. He 
died December 21, 1057. 

Harold de Mantes w.is next in line. 

John de Sudeley, eldest son of Harold dc 
Mantes, became Lord of Sudeley and Tod- 
dington. He married Grace de Tracic, daugh- 
ter and heiress of Henri dc Tracie. Lord of 
IJarnslaple (see Tracy HI). 

(The Tracy Line). 

The surname Tracy is taken from the castle 
and barony of Tracie. near \'irc .\rrondissc- 
ment. of Caen. 'The first of the name of 
whom there is record is Turgis de Tracie. who, 
with William de la I'ertc, was ilefeated and 
driven out of Main by the Count of .\njou, in 
1078. and was in all probability the Sire dc 
Tracie mentioned below, in the battle of Has- 
tings. The coat-of-arnis of the family was 
borne in the middle of the twelfth century, 
and is: Or. an escallop in the chief dexter, 
between two bendlets gules. Crest: On a 
chapeau gules turned up ermine an escallop 
sable, between two wings expanded or. 

(I) Sire tie Tracie is mentioiic<l as being in 
the battle of Ha-ling- in 1078, an oflicer in 
the army of William the Conqueror. 

(H ) Henri <le Tr.icie, son of .Sire dc Tracie, 
was Lord of P.arnsiaple. He settled in county 
Devon, and was the only man of noble birtli 
in that county who stoixl firm for the king 
during the invasion of the Empress Maud. 
He receivccl as a rewarcl the barony of Marn- 
staple. He died about 1146. 

(HI) Grace de Tracie. daughter of Henri 
de Tracic. married John de Sudley (see Royal 
line), and her second son inherited her es- 
tates, and assumed her name. 

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Tracie, lived in the reign of Henry II., and 
held the manor of Toddington. He was one 
of the knights who in 1 170, at the instigation 
of Henry II., assassinated Thomas a Becket, 
archbishop of Canterbury. He is described as 
"a man of high birth, state and stomach, a 
favorite of the kings and his daily attendant." 
In 1 171 he was created justiciary of Nor- 
mandy, serving about five years. He returned 
to England and during the reign of King John 
took up arms against him, and his lands were 
confiscated. They were restored later, how- 
ever. Late in life he founded and endowed a 
chapel to Thomas a Becket in the conventual 
church at Tewksbury, indicating his repent- 
ance. He died at Rlorthoe, county Devon, 
close to Woolacomb bay, in 1224. 

(\') Sir Henry de Tracy of Toddington, 
heir of William de Tracie, died about 1246. 

(VI) Sir Henry (2) de Tracy, eldest son 
of Sir Henry (i) de Tracy, died 1296. 

(\^II) Sir William de Tracy, Esquire, of 
Toddington, was high sheriff of Gloucester- 
shire, and was called to the privv council of 
Henry IV. 

(Mil) William (3) de Tracy inherited the 
Toddington estates, and was sheriff of 
Gloucestershire. He died 1460. 

(IX) Henry Tracy, Esquire, eldest son of 
William (3) de Tracy, married Alice, daugh- 
ter and co-heiress of Thomas Baldington, Esq. 

(X) Sir William Tracy, of Toddington, eld- 
est son of Henry Tracy, Esquire, was sheriff' 
of Gloucestershire during the reign of Henry 
VIII (1513). He was one of the first to em- 
brace the reform religion in England, as shown 
by his will, dated 1530. He married Mar- 
garet Throckmorton. 

(XI) Richard, third son of Sir William 
Tracy, inherited the Manor of Stanway. He 
was highly educated, and wrote several 
treatises on religion. He was sheriff of 
Gloucestershire. He married Barbara Lucy, a 
pupil of Fox, the martvrologist. He died 
1569^ 

(XII) Sir Paul Tracy married (first) Anna 
Sharkerly, who died 1615 : (second) Anna 
Nicholas, who died 1625. He had twenty-one 
children by his first wife. 

(XIII) Lieutenant Thomas Tracy, son (or 
nephew) of Sir Paul Tracy, was born in 1610, 
at Tewksbury, Gloucestershire, England. He 
was a ship-carpenter by trade, and settled first 
in Watertown, Massachusetts, whence he re- ■ 
moved to Salem in 1636. On Februarv 23, 
1637, he went to Wethersfield, Connecticut, 
and was on the jury at Hartford the same 
year. In 1649 he had removed to Saybrook. 
In 1645 'le 'i"f' Thomas Leffingwell, with 
others, relieved Uncas, when he was besieged. 



with provisions, and this led to the grant of 
the town of Norwich, in 1659. He removed 
to Norwich in 1660, and was one of the pro- 
prietors of the town. In 1662 he was appointed 
one of the court of commission ; in 1666, en- 
sign. He served many years as deputy to 
the general court. In 1673 he was lieutenant 
of the forces raised to go against the Dutch 
and Indians. In 1674 he was commissary or 
quartermaster to the dragoons, and in 1678, 
justice. He died at Norwich, November 7, 
1685. 

He married (first), at Wethersfield, in 
1641, Mary, widow of Edward Mason: (sec- 
ond), at Norwich, Martha (Bourne), widow 
of John Bradford, and daughter of Thomas 
Bourne. He married (third) Mary, born 
1623, in England, widow (first) of John Stod- 
dard and (second) of John Goodrich, and 
daughter of Nathaniel and Elizabeth (Dem- 
ing) Foote, of Wethersfield. Children: John, 
mentioned below; Thomas, born 1644: fona- 
than, 1645; Solomon, 165 1 ; Daniel, 1652; 
Samuel, 1654; Miriam, 1648. 

(XI\') John, son of Lieutenant Thomas 
Tracy, was born in 1642, at \\'ethersfield. and 
died at Norwich, August 16, 1702. He was 
one of the original proprietors of Norwich, a 
justice of the peace and deputy to the general 
court six sessions. He married, August 17, 
1670, Mary Winslow, born 1646, died July 21, 
172 1, daughter of Josiah and INIargaret 
(Bourn) Winslow; her mother was a niece of 
Governor Winslow. Children : Josiah, born 
August 10, 1671 ; John, mentioned below; 
Elizabeth, July 7, 1678 ; Joseph, April 20, 1682 ; 
Winslow, February 9, 1689. 

(XV) John (2), son of John (i) Tracy, 
was born January 19, 1673, at Norwich, and 
died March 27, 1726. He married. May 10, 
1697, Elizabeth Leffingwell, who died October 
25, 1737, daughter and granddaughter of 
Thomas Leffingwell, of Norwich. Children: 
Elizabeth, bom April 16, 1698; John, men- 
tioned below; Hezekiah, August 30, 1702; 
Joshua, February 27, 1705 : Isaac, May 25, 
1706 ; Anne, November 29, 1708 ; Ruth, Sep- 
tember 13, 171 1. 

(XVI) John (3), son of John (2) Tracy, 
was born June 27, 1700, at Norwich. He mar- 
ried, January 21, 1724, Margaret Hyde, born 
at Norwich, August 16, 1702, died February, 
1789 : daughter of John and Experience (Abel) 
Hyde and granddaughter of Samuel and Jane 
(Lee) Hyde. He settled at Norwich West 
Farms, and died August 20, 1786. Children: 
John, born February 11, 1726; Eleazer, March 
16. T728; Josiah, mentioned below; Elizabeth, 
May I, 1732; Margaret, May iS, 1734: Heze- 
kiah, 1736; Daniel. March 14, 1738: Rachel, 



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Septcinticr 27, 1740; Tln-uphilus. September 
14, 1742; Joshua, August 13. 1745. 

I WII J Josiah, son of Jolin (3) Tracy, was 
11 April 17, 1730. an<l died at Norwich 
( -t Farms, January 24. 1S06. lie was a 
I a finer. 

He married. December 15. 1757, Mar- 
ct IVttis. lH)rn .Mardi 4. 1740. died Sep- 
lier (1. 1S21, dant^htcr of I'eter and Abigail 
. : .liles ) Pettis. Children: Cynthia, born 
Se])temi)er 6, 1758: Lucy, October 7. 17(10; 
Margaret. December 4, 1762; Kleazer. men- 
tione<l below; I'cter, .April 19. I7'>7 ; Bethia. 
July 10. 1769; Josiah. May 7, 1772: Lucrctia, 
' teniber 4. 1774: Rachel, March (t. 1777; 
mi. May 17. 1780; Zcbcdiah. July 18, 
-J, died young. 
Will) Major Elcazer Tracy, son of Jo- 
. Tracy, was born at Norwich, March 21, 
i, and dieil at Mohegan, February 25, 
;i. at the house of his daughter, and was 
icd at I'ranklin. lie settled at I-ranklin, 
i-re he was a man of considerable inllucncc. 
served in the legislature. He married 
-t), September 14, 1788, Prudee Rogers, 
ti at Norwich, died November 22, 1813, 
-htcr of Cai'tain L'riah and Lydia ( Hyde) 
^ers. aiiij granddaughter of Samuel Ilyde, 
a descendant of Re\-. John Rogers, tlie 
lister of Dedham. lie married (second) 
iinah (Jones), widow of Jabez Tracy, of 
vwich. Children, all by the first wife: 
nice, born I'ebruary 20. 1789. married Jo- 
li Chester (see Chester): Cynthia, March 
. I7<)0; Fleazer. September 28. I7i>i ; Carlos. 
.i!;.;ust 8. 1793; l.ydia. May 15. 1795: Rachel. 
January 4, 1797; Eliza, .May i. 1798; Eliza- 
beth Hall. June 11. 1800; Margaret P., Jan- 
nary II. 1802; Picthia Williams. January 20, 
1803; iMtch R'li^ers. March 30. iScXj; .\daline, 
July 2(). 1807; Julia Frances, .\ugust 10. 1809; 
Mary llendee. November 3. 181 1. 

(The Stanley Line). 

The .Stanley family is very ancient in Eng- 
land, and there are many branches >ettleil in 
various counties. The .American branch, men- 
tioned below, is thought to have sprung from 
the family of that name in county Kent, which 
Avas descended through a younger son from 
the great Lancashire family of .Stanleys. The 
arms of the Kent family were: .\rgent on a 
bend azure, three bucks' hea<ls cabossed or, a 
chief guk-. (.'rest : .\ demi-heraldic wolf, 
er.isfd argent tufted or. 

I I ) John Stanley, immigrant ancestor, was 
I'ln in England, and embarked for New Eng- 
land in 1034-35. but died on the passage. He 
left three chiMren. and an estate amounting to 
•'•H' hundred and sixteen jhumuU. Chiblren : 



John, born 1624. menti'iue'l below; Ruth, 
1629: infant, born and died i'>34. 

(II ) CaiUain John (2) Stanley, son of John 
(I) Stanley, was Iwrn in England, in i'i24. 
and after his father's death was placed in 
care of his uncle, Thomas Stanley, until the 
age of twenty-one. He removed with him to 
Hartford in 1636, and when only thirteen 
years old went in the expedition against the 
Pequots. He settled in I-armington, Connec- 
ticut, at the time of his marriage, and Iic- 
camc one of the most important men of the 
town. He was <Ieputy to the general court 
almost continually for thirty-seven years, 1639- 
irtr/). In King Philip's war he was lieutenant 
and captain. He was constable. i(>34: ser- 
geant. i(>'i9; ensign. 1674 ; captain, 1676. He 
had a grant of one hundred and twenty acres 
of land in 1674, and another in 1676. He clicd 
December 19. 1700 (gravestone I. He mar- 
ried (first), December 5, 1645, Sarah Scott, 
who died June Ck 1661, daughter of Thomas 
and Anna Scott, of Hartford. He married 
(second). .April 20. 1663. Sarah Stoddard, 
who died May 15. 1713. Children: John, men- 
tioned below; Thomas. November i, I('i49; 
Sarah. I'ebruary 18, 1651-52; Timothy, May 

17. i('54: Elizabeth. .April i. 1(157, died young; 
Isaac, born September 22, i6(x). Children In- 
second wife: Abigail, born July 25. KVV); 
Elizabeth, November 28, 1672. 

(HI) John (3), son of Captain John (2) 
Stanley, was bom in Hartford, November 4. 
1647. and settled in Farmington. .About 1678 
he removed with others to the new settlement, 
at W'aterbury, where he became one of the 
foremost citizens. He was the first recorder 
of the town, and one of the proprietors, and 
was a man of great influence. He was >er- 
geant of the train band in .April. 1682. and in 
1689 became the first lieutenant appointed to 
that office. He was the second deput> to the 
general court, and early in 1695 he returned 
to Farmington. He was deacon of the church 
there in 171 1. In May, 1704. he was ap- 
pointed justice of the peace for Hartford 
county, and in 1705 was employed to copy the 
town records to preserve them. His dwelling 
house stood near where the Second Congre- 
gational Church of W'aterbury now stands. He 
died May 16. 1729. He married, November 

18. 1669, Esther Newell, who died January 
29. 1739-40, <laughter of Thomas Newell, of 
Farmington. Children : I-'sther. Ixirn Septem- 
ber 2. 1672: John, .\pril 9. i'i75. died young; 
Samuel. Ijorn June 7. 1677; Nathaniel, men- 
tioned below: John. February 17. 1682: Thom- 
as, February, ifi>i<4: .Sarah, baptized Jtily 4. 
1686, died voung : Timothv. Iiorn June 6. 1(189 • 
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(IV) Deacon Nathaniel Stanley, son of 
John (3) Stanley, was born at Farmington, 
September 25, 1679, and died at Goshen. Con- 
necticut, ^larch 2, 1770. He removed in the 
summer of 1742 to Goshen, where he bought 
a farm, and engaged in the tanning business 
to some extent. He held many town offices, 
and several of his account books and memo- 
randums are extant. He married, December 
2, 1714, Sarah Smith, born August 2, 1689, 
died ]\[arch 16, 1772, daughter of Samuel and 
Sarah Smith. Children : Sarah, born Novem- 
ber 21, 1715 ; Esther, October 2, 1717; Eliza- 
beth Rola, January 16, 1720; Mary, December 
4, 1722; Nathaniel, January 8, 1724; Ruth, 
January 18, 1726 ; Willia'm, mentioned below ; 
Eunice, January 15, 1732. 

(V) William, son of Deacon Nathaniel 
Stanley, was born November 18, P1729, and 
died at Goshen, February 9, 18 16. He mar- 
ried, March 30, 1756, Amy Baldwin, who 
died November 15, 1807, aged seventy-two, 
daughter of Deacon Nathaniel Baldwin. Chil- 
dren : Daughter, born December 4, 1756, died 
young ; Jesse, mentioned below ; Amy, born 
March i, 1761 ; Lucy, January 3, 1764; Clo- 
randa, February 27, 1767 ; William, April 2, 
^770. 

(VI) Jesse, son of William Stanley, was 
born December 23, 1757, in Goshen, and lived 
there most of his life. He was chosen deacon 
of the church, July 21, 1800. In 181 1 he re- 
moved with his son Luman to Mount Morris, 
New York, where he died, June 24, 1845. He 
married Eunice Bailey, daughter of Deacon 
Joseph and Lois (Stanley) Bailey. Children: 
Oliver, mentioned below ; Luman, born No- 
vember 15, 1779; Almira, January 8, 1784; 
Roxy, June 8, 1788. 

(VII) Oliver, son of Jesse Stanley, was 
born October 12, 1777. He married (first) 
February 4, 1800, Rhoda Powell, born at 
Charlotteville, Vermont, July T4, 1781, died 
at Mount Morris, March 13, 1835, daughter 
of William Powell. He married (second) 

. His daughter, Rhoda Elizabeth, born 

August 5. 1814, married Rev. A. T. Chester 
(see Chester VII). 



John Wallace, probably of 
W.\LLACE ancient Scotch ancestry, was 

born in Castle Billingham. 
county Louth, Ireland, where he lived, and 
died in his native place at the age of thirty 
years. He married Alice JMurphy, who came 
to Bridgeport. Connecticut, with her son, died 
there, and is buried in St. Michael's cemetery. 
She lived to the age of fifty-five years. She 
was a daughter of Patrick Murphy, a native 
of Ireland, who also came to Bridgeport and 



died there. His wife, who was a Miss Doyle, 
was born in Ireland, and died in St. Augusta. 
Children of Patrick Murphy : Lucy, Patrick, 
John, Ann, Mary, Alice, Bridget, married 
\\'illiam jMcGrath, a native of Ireland. All are 
now deceased but Patrick. Children of j\Ir. 
and Mrs. McGrath : Thomas ; William, who 
had seven children ; Mary, lives at the home- 
stead, Stratford ; Annie, housekeeper for Ber- 
nard Wallace ; Delia, who had seven children ; 
Catherine, married John McEwen ; Jennie, who 
had three children : Patrick, was a market gar- 
dener in Stratford, a Democrat in politics apd 
a Catholic in religi9n. John Wallace was a 
farmer and at the time of his death was fore- 
man or overseer on a gentleman's country 
place. Children of John Wallace: Bernard, 
mentioned below ; Mary, who came to this 
country with her mother and brother ; .\nn, 
born in Ireland, died there aged about five 
years. 

(II) Bernard, son of John Wallace, was 
born at Castle Billingham, county Louth, Ire- 
land. He had the usual schooling in his native 
parish. He began to care for horses when a 
young boy and when he came to America, in 
June, 1869, was an expert in this business. 
His mother and sister came with him and he 
cared for them during the remainder of their 
lives. He began work in a livery stable and 
continued two years. Then he became fore- 
man and head trainer in the stables of Tracy 
Warren, of Bridgeport, remaining in his em- 
ploy for nine years. He invested his savings 
in real estate and in the course of time de- 
voted his attention exclusively to the man- 
agement of his real estate interests, building 
and renting houses, and at the present time 
owns two large tenement houses in Bridge- 
port. By shrewd and careful management, 
good judgment and industry, he has acquired 
a competence and ranks among the substantial 
citizens of Bridgeport. In politics he is a 
Democrat. He is a communicant of the 
Roman Catholic church of that city and a 
liberal supporter of the parish. He is popular 
among his townsmen and enjoys the friend- 
ship of many men in all classes of society. He 
is charitable and kindly to the poor and un- 
fortunate. He married, April 26, 1883, at 
Bridgeport, Ann Murphy, born in Ireland, in 
1835, died March 22, 1898, in Bridgeport. 
They had no children. He resides at 571 Myr- 
tle avenue. 



Captain Aaron Cook, immigrant 
COOK ancestor, was born in Plymouth, 

England, about 1610, and was in 
Dorchester, Massachusetts, as early as 1630. 
He received a grant of land in Windsor, Con- 



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nccticiit, July 5, 1636. From Winil^or he 

went to Xortliainpton, Mas>aclni>ctts, where 

he was a rejiresentative, and tlience to llad- 

li-v, Massachusetts, which he also represented 

the Massachusetts jjeneral court. A liis- 

ry of Dorchester says in rey;ard to him : "He 

IS a man of preat energy, and a devoted 

end of the re;;icide juilges, GofFc and W'hal- 

; wliile tliey were in this country tliey re- 

leil in his neiKlil'<>i"lio<5d." The same history 

-o says that his first wife was a daughter 

Thomas I'^ord ; liis second, Joan, daughter 

I Xidiolas Denslaw ; also that he had a third 

id fourth wife, and died in 1690. Another 

iliority says that he married a daughter of 

liury Smith, of Springfield, son-in-law of 

illiam I'ynclieon. Child of tirst wife: Xa- 

iniel. mentioned below; children by other 

ivcs: Joanna, I-'ebruary 21, 1640; Aaron, 

ptized February 21, 1640: Miriam, March 

'. 1(142: Moses. .Xovember 16. 1645; Samuel, 

• >vember 21, i()5o; Flizabeth, April 7, 1653; 
.■«ah, June 14, 1657. 

( II ) Xathaniel, son of Captain .\aron Cook,(?\ 
irried, June 29. 1^149. Lydia \'ore. Uoth he* 
d his wife were members of the Windsor 

• iircli. He wa> maile freeman. May 16. ihjo. 
<- died May 19. i(>88; his widow I-ydia. June 
;. iTioS. Children: Sarah, born June 26, 
•50: I.ydia. January 9, 1652, died October 
. 1052: Hannah, September 11, 1655; Xa- 
miel. May 13. 1658; .Abigail. March i, 
'lO; John. .August 31, 1662, mentioned be- 
\v : Josiah, December 22, 1664. 

(III) John, son of Xathaniel Cook, was 
:ii -Vugust 31, 1662, and married ^ 

!iild: John, mentioned below. 
(I\') Deacon John (2), son of John ft) 
'Ilk. was an original jiroprietor of Torring- 
I'ln. and is called invariably John Gnik. 2nd 
or jimior. He was one of sixteen men. ap- 
pointed by the towns of Hartford and Wind- 
sor, to locate the corner monuments of Tor- 
rington and five other towns, included in the 
"western lands" of the first two towns. His 
initials were on stones at the southeast corner 
of Torrington. lie died in 1751. His widow 
Edee died in Torrington. October 29, 1781. 
Child : John, mentioned below. 

(V) Deacon John (3). son of Deacon John 
2) Cook, was born in 1718. and came to Tor- 
rington in 1740. He inherited from his father 
the latter's farm lot. Xo. 56, of the first divis- 
ion of the town, and on it he built. 1741. what 
is suppo.sed to have been the first frame house 
in the town. He spent the remainder of his 
life in this house and the place is still known 
by his name. In it the first church was or- 
ganized and the first minister ordained, Octo- 
ber 21. 1741. Deacon Cook was a nnich hon- 



ored and respected citizen of the town. He 
married. June 22, 1741. Rachel Wilson, a sis- 
ter of .Noah an<l .\nios Wilson. She died 
April 8. 1789. He died .April 8, 1779. Chil- 
dren: Kachel, Ixirn .May 2, 1742; John, .Au- 
gust 29, 1743, mentioned below ; Eunice, 
March 5, 1746; Francis, September i8, 1747. 
died Deceniper 23, 1750; Shubael. .April 21, 
1749: .Sarah. October 31, 1750; Edee, Xo- 
vember 28, 1752; L'rijah, September 1, 1754; 
Lucy, October 2, 175'); Hannah. March 3. 
1758; Elihu, February 18, 1760, died February 

20, 17O0: Elihu, .March 29, 1761: .Mary, No- 
vember 10, 1764. 

(\T) John (4), son of Deacon John (3) 
Cook, was Ixirn .August 29. 1743. He mar- 
ried. May 25, 1769, Deborah Palmer, of Wind- 
sor; she died .August 25, 1775. and he mar- 
ried (second) Hethiah Winchel, February 2, 
1777. He died January 16, 1823, and his sec- 
ond wife March 5. 1823. Children of first 
wife: Delvirah. Iwrn Xovemlicr 25, 1770, died 
October 14, 1774; John, December 2, 1771, 
died February 29, 1775. Children of second 
wife: John. May 27, 1779, mentioned below; 
David, January 31, 1781 ; Luther. September 

21. 1783, mentioned below. 

(ATI I John (5). son of John (4) Cook, 
was born May 27. 1779. He married Lydia 
Looniis, of Harwinton, 1806. He died Sep- 
tember 7. 1863. and his wife February 7. 1861. 
Children: Herman, February 2, 1807; Lewis, 
September 23, 1817. 

(\ III) Herman, son of John (5) Cook, was 
born February 2, 1807, in Torrington, died 
December 7. 1875. He was a farmer, active in 
church work, charter member of the Congre- 
gational church. He was selectman of the 
town. He married, May 22, 1836, Angeline 
Dare, born near Cooperstown. Xew York, 
April 14, 1813, died ^iay 12, 1890. daughter 
of Edmund and Sarah (Fuston) Dare. Chil- 
dren: Lucy, born May i8. 1843, married 
Charles F. McKinzie. a soldier in the Mexican 
war; Mary Ellen, September 17. 1S44. mar- 
ried Oscar Gladwin, of Meriden. Connecticut; 
children: Mary, Herman, Josephine, John Ed- 
mund, mentioned below. 

(IX) Jolin Edmund, son of Herman Cook, 
was born in Torrington, March 24. 1846, in 
the house in which he is now living. The 
homestead on which his forefathers farmed 
for generations has been gradually absorbed 
by the growing village of Torrington and from 
time to time sold off in building lots. Fifty 
acres remain of the original farm. Mr. Cook 
has remodeled the old liouse and converted it 
into a home of beautv and comfort. He pos- 
sesses much mechanical skill and is fond of 
cabinet work, and has in his home many beau- 



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tiful specimens of his skill in making furni- 
ture. The house was built by his father in 
1843. At that time the homestead contained 
a hundred and forty acres and was nearly half 
a mile in length. Air. Cook conducts the 
farm and looks after his real estate and other 
investments. In politics he is a Republican, 
in religion a Congregationalist. He married, 
in 1883, Belle (Dickinson) Stevens, born in 
Kinderhook, Illinois, coming to Hartland, Con- 
necticut, when a child, daughter of Leonard 
and Emeline (Mills) Dickinson. Children, 
born at Torrington : i. Emeline Lucy, born 
July 27, 1884; graduate of Smith College in 
the class of 1906: married, October 5, 1910, 
Alden Merrill, formerly of Dorchester, Alas- 
sachusetts, now of Torrington, chemist for 
the Coe Brass Manufacturing Company. 2. 
Harmon John, January 4, 1890; student in 
Sheiifield Scientific School of Yale University, 
in the mechanical engineering course. 

(VII) Luther, son of John (4) Cook, was 
born in Torrington, September 21, 1783, died 
there November 19. 1855. He was a farmer 
in Torrington and owned and operated a saw 
mill there. He married, February 9, 1815, 
Louisa Fuller, born in Kent, Connecticut, De- 
cember 25, 1795, died December 31, 1863, 
daughter of Revilla and Rebecca (Giddings) 
Fuller. Children, born at Torrington : John 
A\'inthrop. mentioned below : Maria L., born 
September 26, 1833, married James Ashborn, 
February 24, 1859. 

(VIII) John Winthrop, son of Luther Cook, 
was born in Torrington, March 12, 1818, died 
December 8, 1893. He attended the public 
schools of Torrington and various private 
schools there. He settled on his father's farm, 
where his grandfather also lived, and he 
operated a saw mill. He was active and promi- 
nent in public life. In politics he was a Whig, 
later a Democrat. He represented the town 
in the general assembly one term. He was a 
member of the Congrgational church. He 
married, November 22, 1864, Cornelia Beach, 
of Winchester, Connecticut, daughter of Caleb 
and Ann (Rathbun) Beach. Children: i. 
Louisa Isabel, born in 1868, died in 1870. 2. 
Charles A\'inthrop, November 5, 1871, grad- 
uate of the Torrington high school ; now with 
the American Brass Manufacturing Company 
of Waterbury : married, June 30, 1902, Flor- 
ence H. Lawton, of Torrington. 



Tradition relates that the pro- 
PR. \TT genitor of this family was John 

Plat or Piatt, who fled from 
France from some political persecution, and 
became an armor-bearer to the king of Eng- 
land, and his name was subsequently spelled 



Pratt. Both names have the same signifi- 
cance, derived from the Latin root word 
"pratum," a meadow. 

(I) Henry Pratt, the progenitor, was a 
nonconformist minister, and for preaching the 
gospel contrary to the rules of the Established 
church was imprisoned, at the same time that 
over four hundred religious teachers were 
confined in damp and gloomy jails in Eng- 
land for tlie same oflfence. While thus incar- 
cerated, he managed to communicate with his 
distressed family by writing to them with 
blood drawn from his arm for the purpose. 
Whether he died in jail, as many of these 
devout and wretched prisoners did, or was 
released, is unknown. Among his children 
were: i. Joshua, came with his brother Phin- 
ehas to Plymouth in the ship "Ann,"' in 1623 ; 
was admitted a freeman in 1633 ' constable 
and messenger, January i, 1633-34: juror and 
commissioner ; administration granted to 
widow Bathsheba, October 5, 1633-34, and his 
widow married (second) August 29, 1667, 
John Daggett. 2. Phinehas. mentioned be- 
low. 

(II) Phinehas, son of Henry Pratt, was 
the immigrant ancestor. He was one of a 
company of about sixty who were sent to 
Massachusetts to found a colony by Thomas 
Weston, a London merchant, who was first 
friend and chief promoter of the Plvmouth 
colony, and then a rival. Phinehas Pratt and 
his brother, with nine others, sailed from Eng- 
land in the ship "Ann," arriving at Damaris- 
cove Island. He with others left the vessel 
in a shallop and after touching at several 
places on the coast, landed in the latter part of 
May at Plymouth. About the first of July, 
the ships "Charity" and "Swan," two other 
vessels sent out by Weston, also arrived ; and 
soon a party left Plymouth in the "Swan," and 
commenced the settlement at Wessaguscus, in 
the present town of W^eymouth. Pratt was 
one of this company. The head man of the 
colony was Richard Greene, a brother-in-law 
of Thomas Weston, but he, dying on a visit 
to Plymouth, was succeeded by John Sanders. 
These settlers began with little provision. 
"They neither applied themselves to planting 
of corn, nor taking of fish, more than for 
their present use ; but went about to build 
castles in the air and making of forts, neglect- 
ing the plentiful time of fishing. When win- 
ter came their forts would not keep out hun- 
ger, and they having no provision beforehand, 
and wanting both powder and shot to kill deer 
and fowl, many were starved to death, and the 
rest hardly escaped." The survivors of the 
little colony were then really in the power 
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the conraf;e, a<lroitness aiul cmliirancc of 
r rhinelia-- I'ratt for llieir ilcliveraiu-c ami their 
J lives. Ill the winter ni |<)2J5 the Imlians ma- 
tured a I'laii tit cut «jtT the English, both at 
\\'es>a),ai>cus and I'lymouth, in one day. 
I'ratt, then ahout tiiirty-two years of age. had 

t-n s(jnie of his coni|)aniuns die of starva- 
n : and learning; durinu; his dealini;s with 
liie Indians of this scheme for the massacre 
1.1 the re>t, resolved to send intelligence of it 
io I'lymouth. When all others had refused 
[■' ^o he determined to i^o himself. He was 
' losely watched hy the Indians, but by a sub- 

rfujje effected his esca])e. He was closely 

•rsned. and narrowly escaped cajjture, reach- 
ing; I'lymouth. March 24. 1624. well nijijh ex- 
hau^ted. I lis story corrcsiJonded with the in- 
telliijencc received from .Massasoit, and so 
' iptain Miles Standish and his jiarty started 

I their expedition to kill I'ecksuot and W'ittc- 
w.imut. Standish was successful, and though 
lli^ act was sjniple murder, it was etTective. 
I i)e head of the Indian chief decorated a i>olc 
;it I'lymouth, and the plot was frustrated by 
tlu' death of the two sachems. Pratt was too 
• \haustetl to return with Standish. On re- 
_ iinini; his strength he went to I'iscataqua, 
.ind was in skirmishes with the natives at A'^n- 
w.nm and at Dorchester. He says: " Three 
iii;ies we fouyht with them; thirty miles I was 

Tsued for my life, in a time of frost and 
:)'>w, as a deer chased by wolves." Pratt 
' I tied at Plymouth when the Wessaguscus 

lony broke up. His brother was also an 
inhabitant in i<>24 and he shared in the dis- 
tribution of cattle and of lands in i'i23. being 
classed with the settlers who came with his 
brother on the shij) ".\nn." I Ic was a joiner 
by trade. In if)4S Pratt purchased the place 
at Cbarlestown. Massachusetts, on which he 
lived the rest of hi> life. In 1658 he shared 
Ml a division of lands. He presented to the 
. iieral court of Massachiisctts I'.ay what he 
: nned ".An History." callecl ".\ Declaration 
of the .\ffairs of the English People tliat first 
inhabited New England." This narrative is 
prcserveil in the imblications of the Mas-a- 
clnisetts Historical .Society, and i^ of surpass- 
ini; interest. I'nder the date of May 7, if»5!^. 
the following record of thf general court: 

In answer to the jietition of Phinehas Pratt 
I'l Cbarlestown, who presented this Court with 
a narrative of the straits and hardships that 
the first planters of this colony underwent, in 
their indeavors to plant themselves at Plym- 
outh and since, whereof he was one. the Court 
judge it meet to grant him three humlred acres 
of land; where it is to be had, not hindering a 
jilantation." This land was lai<l out in the 
wilderness on the east of the Mcrrimac river. 



near the upper end of Xaco(jke br(K>k. In 
(Jctober. iWjS. Pratt, then nearly eighty, |>rc- 
scnted another petition to the general court, 
in which he states that he was "the remainder 
of the fcjrlorn hopes of sixty men" ; that he 
was now lame ; and he requested aid "that 
might be for his subsistence for the remaining 
time of his life." The court refused to grant 
his petition. The Cbarlestown records show 
the following charitable record, January 25, 
ib()>i-(xj: "Ordered con.-table Jno. Ilayman to 
supply Phineas Pratt with so much as his 
jiresent low comlition may require." M this 
time Pratt was regarded with uncommon in- 
terest. W'inslow's "Relation," which had been 
in print for forty years, referred to him as 
one of Weston's men who came to Plymouth 
"with his pack on his back" and "made a piti- 
ful narration of their lamentable and weak 
estate and of the Indian carriages": Morton's 
"Memorial." printed in i<Wi9. stated that Pratt 
had "Penned the (larticulars of his perilous 
journey and some other things relating to this 
tragedy" of Weston's colony; Hubbard and 
Increase .Mather also mention his service. His 
.will is datc(^ January 8, 1677, bequeathing an 
estate valued at forty pounds sixteen shillings 
to his wife Mary and son Joseph. He died 
.\]irii 19. iTtSo. in Cbarlestown, where he was 
buried. His gravestone is still preserved. On 
the right hand, on a common center design, 
is the figure of a spade and pickaxe crossed, 
anil on the left hand a coffin and crossbones. 
The manuscript of Pratt's "Declaration," for 
many years lost in the state archives, was 
found and publisherl by Richard I'rothingham 
in i><58. It consists of three folio sheets sewed 
together, ami one half appears to have been 
torn off after they were thus arranged, hence 
a ]iortion is lost. The manuscript is torn at 
the edges and portions of the writing obliter- 
ated. I le married Mary, daughter of Diggory 
and Sarah Priest. His epitaph reads: "Fugit 
bora. Here lies ye Ixxly of Phineas Pratt 
aged about 90 yrs. d. .April 19, 1680 and one 
of ye ist English inhabitants of ye Mass. 
colony." His name was on the list of those 
able to bear arms in 1643. Children: John: 
Samuel, slain in the Pawtuckct fight. March 
26, 1676: Daniel: Peter, died before 1738: Jo- 
seph, married, February 12. 1^174-75, Dorcas 
I'olger : .Aaron, mentioned below : Mary, died 

I'ebruary 11, 1702-03; Mercy, married '- 

Perry. 

(HI) .Aaron, son of Phinehas Pratt, was 
born about 1654, in Cbarlestown, and died 
February 23. 1735. He was a farmer. He 
removerl, November 28. 1685, to that part of 
Hingbam known as the first division of Coni- 
hassett. consisting of eighteen acres of up- 



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land. He built a house two stories high, with 
gable roof, the lower story of stone, the upper 
of wood. The windows were of small dia- 
mond pattern of glass, known as "quarrels," 
inserted in leaden sash. The farm has always 
remained in the Pratt family. He married 
(first) Sarah, born May 31, 1664, died July 
22, 1706, daughter of Joseph and Sarah Pratt. 
He married (second), September 4, 1707, 
Sarah Cummings, a widow, daughter of 

Wright. She died December 25, 1752, 

aged eighty-four years, lamented by all who 
knew her. Children: Henry, mentioned be- 
low; Daniel, blacksmith, settled in Needham; 
Aaron, born March 21, 1690; John, tanner, 
settled in Taunton ; Jonathan, farmer, in Co- 
hasset ; Moses, mariner ; Sarah ; Mercy. 

(IV) Plenry (2), son of Aaron Pratt, was 
a blacksmith, of Newton and Needham, j\las- 
sachusetts. He died at Needham. November 
I, 1750. He married liannah. Their nine 
eldest children were baptized at the same time 
in Needham, October 17, 1725. Children : 
Oliver; Zebadee; Noah; Lemuel, mentioned 
below ; Henry ; Ebenezer ; Hannah ; Sarah ; 
Sybill; Silas, baptized March 31, 1728; Moses, . 
baptized June 29, 1729; Mercy, baptized 
March 17, 1734. 

(Y) Lemuel, son of Henry (2) Pratt, was 
born at Newton, in 1720; baptized at Need- 
ham, October 17, 1725. He married (first) 
Hannah Leonard, of Taunton, Massachusetts. 
He married (second) November 23, 1750, Ly- 
■dia Willard. Children of first wife : Elijah ; 
Lemuel ; Hannah ; Sarah. Children of second 
wife: Samuel, born August 5, 1751, baptized 
August II, 1751 ; Leonard, born January 21, 
1853, baptized January 28, 1853, died Sep- 
tember 23, 1854; Jonathan, born November 
,27, 1754, baptized January 21, 1754-55; 
Benanuel, born September 26, 1756, baptized 
'October 3, 1756; Seth, born 1758; Cyrus, born 
October 30, 1760, baptized Novemba- 2, 1760; 
Paul, mentioned below ; Lydia. The baptisms 
were in the First Church of Needham. 

(V^I) Paul, son of Lemuel Pratt, was born 
at Needham, October 22, 1762 ; baptized at 
Needham, September 23, 1764. He died at 
Needham, January 5, 1829. He was a soldier 
in the revolution, in Colonel Cyprian Howe's 
regiment. Captain Abraham Andrew's com- 
pany, enlisting July 7, 1780. discharged Octo- 
iDer 30, 1780; also in Captain John Miles's com- 
pany. Colonel Joseph Vose's regiment, enlist- 
ing for three years, April 6, 1781. He mar- 
ried (first) Elizabeth Burdill (Burditt ?). He 
married (second) April 9, 1806, Lydia Gates. 
He married (third) (intention dated August 
19, 1822) Abigail Griggs, of Roxbury, who 
died September 16, 1842. Children of first 



wife: Betty, born at Needham, ]\Iarch 4. 1786, 
married, December 31, 1807, James Spear; 
Hannah, December 2, 1787, died before 1804; 
Ephraim, mentioned below ; Lydia, born Feb- 
ruary 13, 1794, died at Newton Lower Falls, 
December 17, 1886, married Joseph Green- 
wood; Lucy, born 1797, died, 1817; George, 
born 1800, went to Evanston, Illinois in 1837, 
and died in 1839 ; Hannah, born August 18, 
1803, died October 3, 1874, married, April 18, 
1822, Ebenezer W. Mcintosh. Children of 
second wife : Charles, born February 21, 1807 ; 
Samuel, September 18, 1808, died at Waltham, 
August 24, 1879, married September 19, 1839, 
Roxanna Moulton ; Dolly, born 18 10, died at 
Dorchester, April 20, 1847, married, June 10, 
1838, Tully Freeman ; Paul, born September 
7, 1812, died at Evanston, March 17, 1896, 
married, 1837, Caroline Adams Woodward, of 
Oxford; William, born 1814; Lucy, August 
29, 1817, married, March 3, 1853, William 
Estabrook, of Lawrence, Kansas. Most of 
the children were born in Weston, ^lassachu- 
setts, some in Needham. 

(Vll) Ephraim, son of Paul Pratt, was 
born in 1789, and died in 1836. He resided in 
Needham and attended St. Mary's Church at 
Newton Lower Falls. He married, January 
3, 1819, Laura Ann Parker Welch. Children : 
William Welch, mentioned below ; Mary Ann, 
born 1821 ; Elizabeth, 1823; Ephraim Willard, 
1825 ; Ephraim, 1836. 

(\"III) William Welch, son of Ephraim 
Pratt, was born September 21, 1819, at New- 
ton Lower Falls, Massachusetts, in the town 
of Needham, and died January 4, 1898. at 
Stoneham. He is buried in Sleepy IIollow 
cemetery. Concord, Massachusetts. Children: 
Sarah Elizabeth ; Mary Ann ; William ; ^^■ilIard 
Francis ; Carlos Edward ; Jessie ; Addie ; 
Laura ; and Nellie. William Welch was an 
architect and builder in Stoneham, Massachu- 
setts, and his children were educated there in 
the public schools. Lie was a constable, and 
had charge of the armory during the civil 
war. His daughter Mary Ann married Rob- 
ert Andrew Strickland (see Strickland). 

(The Strickland Line). 
(I) Robert Stfickland was born in the north 
of Ireland, and settled in Lowell, Massachu- 
setts ; from there he removed to Gardner, 
Maine, then back to Lowell, and spent some 
years following his trade of custom shoe- 
maker; later he returned and spent his last 
years with his son Robert. He died at the 
advanced age of eighty-two years, 1885. He 
married Ann Nutting, born in Bolton; Eng- 
land, died at Pawtucket, Rhode Island, in 
1877. Children: Elizabeth; John; Mary; 



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Sarah, married Satjcr Brooks, of Lowell, Mas- 
sachusetts ; William; and Roiiert Andrew, 
mentioned below. 

(II) Robert Andrew, son of Robert Strick- 
land, was Iwrn May 23, 1848. at Lowell, and 
died January 18, 1904, at Stratford. Connec- 
necticiit. I le was educated in the Lowell and 
Gardner public schools. He enlisted in the 
-ervice as a drummer and was a prisoner in 
I.ibby prison when only fourteen years old. 
He enli>ted (tirst) in the Eleventh Maine regi- 
ment of volunteer infantry; second, in the 
Second Massachusetts heavy artillery, from 
Boston. He was in the service through the 
war. .\fter his discharge he went tiD Chicago, 
Illinois. There he learned the trade of paint- 
ing and decorating, followed it there for a 
time, then returned east and located in Stone- 
ham, Massachusetts, where he followed his 
trade until his eyesight failed. He then took 
'. position as traveling salesman for a whole- 
de grocery house. He some time later re- 
moved his home to New York. In 1880 be 
:iine to Bridgeport, continuing in the same 
lir.siness, traveling through New England, for 
twenty-three years, up to the time of his death. 
He removetl to Stratford in 1894, and died 
there. He was a member of the St. John's 
Lodge of Free Masons, of Stratford; antl of 
^loneham Lodge of Odd Fellows. In politics 
o was a Republican till Cleveland's time, then 
a Democrat : in religion, first an Episcopalian, 
later a L'ni\ersalist. He married, .\ugust 5, 
1870, at Stoncham, Mary Ann Pratt, who was 
born in Waltham, Massachusetts, daughter of 
Willi.im Welch Pratt (see Pratt). Children: 
I. Nettie Alma, born at Stoneham, May 12. 
1871 ; married. December 26. IQOO, at Strat- 
ford. Connecticut. Sterling Filmer. born June 
18, 1869. on Long Island; children: Robert 
Sterling, born May 23. 1902 : Catherine Pratt, 
August 30. 1903. in Stratford. 2. William 
Alfarado, born .April 27. 1876, at Stoncham; 
-crved in the Spanish war. and against the 
1 '.oxers in China: now employed at Bridge- 
port by the .\dams Express Company. 



Stephen Bryant, immigrant an- 
l!RY.\XT cestor. was bom and reared in 

England. He was in the Plym- 
iith colony as early as 1632. and his name 
ippcars on the Plxinouth records in i'')38. He 
removed to Duxbury, where he is rc]inrted as 
;imong those able to bear arms in 1643. He 
iiarl a case in court in 1651. He was admitted 
a freeman. June 6. 1654, at Plymouth, where 
he again removed about 1650. He was a 
constable in Duxbury. June 6. 1654 : highway 
-urveyor at Plymouth. June i. 1658: served 
•>n the iurv. March ;. i6<So-6i : ami was con- 



stable in Plymouth, June i, 1663. He mar- 
ried Abigail, daughter of John Shaw, who 
came from England. Children: i. .Xbigail, 
born in Plymouth colony : married. November 
23. 1665, Lieutenant John Bryant. 2. John, 
born April 7, 1650. 3. Mary, born May 29, 
1654. 4. Stephen, see forward. 5. Sarah, l»rn 
November 28, 1659. 6. Lydia. Iwrn October 
2^. 1662, married William Churchill. 7. Eliza- 
beth, born October 17, 1667, married Joseph 
King. 

( II) Stephen (2), son of Stephen ( i) Bry- 
ant, was born at Plymouth. February 2, 1658. 
He settled in Plymouth and left scarcely any 
record of his existence except the births of his 
children. He married Mehitablc . Chil- 
dren: Stephen, born May i, i('(84; David, Feb- 
ruary 10. 16S7; William, February 22, 1691- 
92; Hannah; Ichabod, see forward; Timothy, 
.August 25, 1702. 

(III) Ichabod. son of Stephen (2) Bryant, 
was born in Middleboro, Massachusetts, July 
5. 1699. He was the ancestor of William 
Cullen Bryant, the poet, through his son Philip, 
and grandson Peter, father of William Cullen 
Bryant. Ichabod Bryant lived in Raynham, 
Massachusetts, and went from there to North 
Bridgewater, at a time when the soil was 
thought to be unfit for cultivation, about 1745. 
He died at Bridgewater. Massachusetts, No- 
vember 22, 1759. He married Ruth Staples, 
who died May 27. 1777. age<l seventy-five 
year's. Children, born at Raynham or Middle- 
boro: I. Philip, married, 1757, Silence Har- 
wood. 2. Nathan, died unmarried. 3. Seth, 
married, February 7, 1765. Elizabeth French. 
4. Job, see forwanl. 5. Gamaliel, settled in 
New Bedford. 6. Phebe, married Henry How- 
ard. 7. Ruth, married Holmes. 8. 

Sarah, married. 1750, Francis Cook. 9. .Anna, 

married Robinson. 10. Prudence, died 

immarried. 

(1\") Job. son of Ichabod Bryant, was born 
in Bridgewater or the neighboring town of 
Raynham, Massachusetts, atxiut 1742. He was 
a blacksmith by trade and also a farmer. He 
was a soldier in the revolution. He was a 
private in Captain Josiah Hayden's company 
of minute-men, from Bridgewater. at the I,ex- 
ington alarm, April 19, 1775. He was in the 
same company, under General John Thomas, 
later in the year. He wa< ensign in the Tenth 
Company. Plymouth County Regiment, in the 
service at Roxbury. probably in 1775-76, the 
records not being dated. He served a year or 
more in the Continental army, and was in the 
service again at the time of the Bedford alarm. 
He lived in Bridgewater and his children were 
all born there. He married Mary Turner. 
Children: i. .Anna, born November 12. 1764; 



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married, 1787, Abiel Phillips, of Easton. 2. 
Nathan, born September 15, 1766: married 
Sarah Jordan. 3. Calvin, born December 16, 
1768; married Rebecca }\lorse. 4. Job Staples, 
bom July 19, 1772; married, 1793, Lovice 
Pratt. 5. Thirza, born October 4, 1774; mar- 
ried, 1 79 1, Manassah Dickerman. 6. Oliver, 
born December 21, 1776; married Nabby 
Ames, daughter of Timothy Ames, 1804. 7. 
Clement, see forward. 8. David. 9. Samuel. 
10. Asa, married (first) Alehitable Snow; 
(second) Betsey Snow, her sister. 11. Har- 
riet, married David Dunbar, Jr. 

(V) Clement, son of Job Bryant, was born 
about 1785, at Bridgewater, ^Massachusetts. 
He was educated in that town. He learned 
the trade of blacksmith with his father and 
followed that trade throughout the active 
years of his life. He left Bridgewater about 
1805 and went to i\thol, Massachusetts, where 
he established himself in business and had a 
shop. Previous to the war of 1812, he re- 
moved to Greenbush, New York, where he 
worked at his trade. From that town he en- 
listed in the war of 1812, and after his death 
his widow received a pension and a grant of 
one hundred and sixty acres of land, which 
she sold to good advantage. He was a Bap- 
tist in religion and a Whig in politics. He 
died in 1837. He married, at Athol, 1805, 
Rachel AVheeler, born JNIay 8, 1788, died April 
19, 1881, daughter of Zaccheus Wheeler. Her 
father was a farmer and mill owner, and' her 
mother was a descendant of the Leland family, 
of Massachusetts. Children of Clement and 
Rachel (Wheeler) Bryant: Royal; Alercy ; 
George Quincy Adams, see forward ; Mary 
Ann ; Richard ; Silence ; Jonathan ; Calvin 
Turner, see forward ; Rachel. 

(VI) George Quincy Adams, son of Clem- 
ent Bryant, was born at North Orange, Mas- 
sachusetts, January 9, 1819. He removed with 
the family to Athol, ^Massachusetts, attended 
the common schools there and also those in 
Craftsbury, Vermont, for two terms. At the 
age of twelve he went to work for his uncle, 
Jonathan Wheeler, on a farm, remaining there 
until about fifteen years of age, when he be- 
gan an apprenticeship in the manufacture of 
tubs, pails, boot and shoe boxes with his uncle. 
He worked as a journeyman in the same fac- 
tory until 1843, when he came to Winchendon 
and engaged in the business of house painting 
and decorating. In 1856 he took his brother, 
Calvin Turner Bryant, into partnership and 
they enjoyed a large and prosperous business 
until i860, when they engaged in the grocery 
business and were associated togetlier as part- 
ners in that business until the junior member 
of the firm died, July 14, 1906, a period of 



forty-six years. After his brother's death, 
George Q. A. Bryant continued the business 
with the aid of his son-in-law. The partner- 
ship of the brothers was exemplary in every 
respect, they having the utmost confidence, 
respect and affection for each other. Both 
seemed well adapted to the business and the 
utmost h.armony of purpose and action existed. 
Mr. Bryant was, with one exception, the oldest 
active business man in that town. This firm 
was the oldest one in continuous business in 
that section of the county, and he continued 
actively in business until a short time before 
his death, which occurred December 26, 1907. 
The two brothers stood as monuments of in- 
tegrity and honesty, as well as of business 
success. They had the respect and confidence 
of everybody, and their influence and example 
in the business life of the town was always 
for the best. 

Mr. Bryant enlisted in Company H, Fifty- 
third Regiment, Massachusetts \"oIunteer 
Militia, in the civil war as a private, was mus- 
tered in September 2, 1862, and was promoted 
to the rank of third sergeant. He was in the 
expedition of General N. P. Banks at New 
Orleans, and was also at Port Hudson. He 
was mustered out September 2, 1863, on ac- 
count of illness. After his return from the 
service, he took a much needed rest until the 
following year, when he returned to the gro- 
cery business, above mentioned, which his 
brother had conducted during his absence. 
^Ir. Bryant was the oldest member of the 
First Baptist Church, of which he was treas- 
urer for a period of over fifty years, and 
deacon for twenty-six years. He was also the 
oldest member of Gilman C. Parker Post, No. 
153, Grand Army of the Republic, and carried 
the cane that is in turn presented to the oldest 
member. He had been quartermaster, chap- 
Iain and commander of his post, had repre- 
sented it on the department commander's staff 
and attended many encampments. » 

He married, October, 1842. Louise A. Roby, 
daughter of Aloody Roby, of Peru, X'ermont, 
who followed farming as an occupation, and 
who died at Alanehester, \'ermont. 1870. Mr. 
and Mrs. George O. A. Bryant celebrated their 
golden wedding, 1892, and he was presented 
with a magnificent gold-headed cane. Mrs. 
Bryant died at Winchendon, Massachusetts, 
June 20, 1894. Mr. and Mrs. Bryant had no 
children. They adopted Finette ^Miller, 
daughter of Mary Ann (Bryant) Miller, a 
sister of Mr. Bryant. Children of Thomas 
and Mary Ann (Bryant) Miller: i. Joseph, a 
furniture dealer, cabinet maker and farmer in 
.Athnl. 2. Albert, a hotel keeper of high re- 
pute in Athol. 3. Finette, mentioned above, 



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inarrifcl, March 17, 1*^74, John \V. Barnes, of 
Westminster, Massachusetts, who has been 
with the firm of liryant I'lrothers, grocers, for 
thirty-two years. .Sfr. and Mrs. ISarnes had 

ic cliild, I'anii) IJryant liarnes, born 1876, 
111 December 15. i<>oo. 
(\'I ) Calsin Turner, eitjlith ciiild of Clem- 
ent liryant, was born at Athol, Massachusetts, 
lime II, 1S30. lie received his cilucation up 
to the age of fourteen in his native town, and 
when nut in school worked for his uncle, hma- 
than Wheeler, in iiis chair factory. In the 
-liriii;; nf 1H4S he went to Worcester and 
XMfked for a year in the restaurant of George 

icr. and when the business was sold to ^lr. 
lulerwcKid he continued with him for a time, 
-ubsequently purchasinj^ the restaurant from 
Inni. At the expiration of six months he .sold 
it to gooil advantaijc, and later started an- 
other restaurant nn I'Vont street under the 
tirm name of llryant & I'age. A year later he 

' itidoned the business and went to work as 
l)urnisher in the .Mien & Thurber pistol 

-I lops. 

He caught the gold fever and went ti) Cali- 
fornia in 1851, remaining until 1855, and dur- 
iiii; the four years he remained there accumu- 
lated consideraiile money. In the spring of 
1S56 Ik- made another western trip, including 
Iowa, ^^innesota, ^^iss(puri and Kansas. He 
was in Lawrence, Kansas, during the "I'order 
Iviirtinn' disturbances. In September of 1S56 
he returned to Massachusetts ami engaged in 
business as a house painter in W'inchendon. 
I le went to Pike's Peak at the time of the 
i^covery of gold in 1851;, but his trip was a 
lilure, and he joined a party of prospectors 
wiio decided to go to California, a journey of 
twenty-two hundred miles from St. Joseph, 
Missouri, to tiie gold fielils, in ox teams. He 
remained in California a year, and then re- 
ttirned to W'inchendon, Massachusetts, and re- 
■inied the house paintint; business, which he 
■uducted there until i8(to, whert he and his 
other. George O. .\. P.ryant, engaged in the 
ocery business. This venture proved profit- 
le and Mr. P.ryant was active in the busi- 
iss until his death, July 14. 1906. a period 
I forty-six years. 

The P>ryant P.mtlier-. were recognized as 
nong the most sui)stantiai merchants of the 
wn. In 1857 Calvin T. Hryant erected the 
lilding in which flic business has since been 
iTieil on. In i8(>i he built his residence on 
I'leasant street, wherein he resided until his 
death. He was an active member of the First 
I'aptist Church of Wincliendon. In politics he 
was a Republican, toe k an active part in con- 
ventions and in party affairs, and acted in 
the capacity of overseer of the poor of the 



town for several years. He was a director of 
the W'inchendon Co-()i)erative I'.ank from its 
incorporation until his death. He was thor- 
oughly identified with the business an<l social 
life of the town, and was one of the be^t known 
and most highly esteemed citizen-. His death 
was due to a]>o])lexy an<l came almost without 
warning; he was able to conduct business up 
to within a few hours of his death. During 
his funeral all the business ]ilay.'s of the town 
were closed- as a last token of respect. Inter- 
ment was in the family lot in Riverside Ceme- 
tery, W'inchendon. 

He married, October 9. 18^10, .Mmcda Dex- 
ter, of Royalston, Massachusetts, born Jan- 
uary 2, 1830, daughter of Ebenezer W'heclcr 
and Cynthia (Walker) Dexter. Mr. Dexter 
was born March 24, 1780; died i860; he was 
a farmer and mill owner, and held many public 
offices in the town of Royalston. His wife was 
born December 19, 1799, died .May, 1870. Chil- 
tlren of Calvin Turner and .Mmeda (Dexter) 
Bryant: i. Flora .Mmeda, born Xoveniber 21. 
1861, teacher in W'inchendon public schools. 
2. Waldo Calvin, born December 17. 18^)3, see 
forward. 

(\'II) Waldo Calvin, son of Calvin Turner 
I'ryant, was born at W'inchendon. Massachu- 
setts, December 17, 1863. He atten<led the 
public schools of his native town. .At the 
age of fourteen he started to learn the machin- 
ist traile at the shops of Baxter D. Whitney, 
W'inchendon, by working during his school 
vacations. .\t the age of sixteen, after finish- 
ing his course of study at the grammar school, 
he entered Cushing .Academy, at .\shburnhani. 
lireparing for the Worcester Polytechnic In- 
stitute in ,onc year. He was graduated in 
1884, at the age of twenty, with the degree of 
Bachelor of Science. lie immediately en- 
tered the employ of the Thomson-Houston 
Electric Company in their cxjiert department 
at Lynn, Massachusetts. He remained there 
one month and was transferred to Bridgeport, 
Connecticut, as assistant to George Cutter, to 
operate the local electric light jilaiit. remaining 
there until the spring of 1883, when the local 
company took charge of the plant, and he 
went to Waterbiiry to take a similar jxisition 
with tile Waterliury Electric Light Company. 
He remained in Waterbury until October, 
1888. when, having invented the Bryant Push 
and Pull Switch during the suminer of thit 
year, he came to Bridgeport and started in the 
business of making electric light supplies 
under the name of The Bryant Electric Com- 
pany. Starting this business with a very small 
capital, he took out several patents on electric 
lighting flevices, antl continued their manufac- 
ture until July, 1889, when he incorporated 



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The Bryant Electric Company, with a capital 
stock of five thousand dollars, of which three 
was paid in. The business grew from this 
time to its present proportions, having now a 
capitalization of two million, five hundred 
thousand dollars. J\Ir. Bryant is president, 
treasurer, general manager and director of 
the concern. He is also president, treasurer, 
general manager and director of The Perkins 
Electric Switcii Manufacturing Company, a 
director in the First Bridgeport National 
Bank, trustee of the People's Savings Bank, 
Vice-president of the Siemon Hard Rubber 
Corporation, and a director in the Bridgeport 
Hydraulic Company, the Bridgeport Brass 
Company, and the Bridgeport Hospital. He 
is a member of the Union League Club of 
New York, of the Lawyers' and Engineers' 
Clubs and the American Institute of Electrical 
Engineers, in New York, and of the Brook- 
lawn Country Club, the Bridgeport Yacht 
Club, the University Club and the Algonquin 
Club, in Bridgeport. 

He married, April 6, 1887, Ida Gerald, of 
New London, Connecticut, and they have two 
children: i. Waldo Gerald, born July 30, 1891. 
2. Doris, born March 26, 1902. 



Abraham Bryant, immigrant 
BRYANT ancestor, was doubtless born in 

England. He settled early in 
Reading, Massachusetts, and married (first) 
in 1664, Mary Kendall, born December 24, 
1647, daughter of Thomas and Rebecca Ken- 
dall. Thomas Kendall was deacon of the 
church. His estate was divided July 22. 1681. 
He had no sons, but through his nine daugh- 
ters he became the progenitor of some of the 
best-known families of New England. Abra- 
ham Bryant was one of the signers of the par- 
tition papers. The name at that time was 
more commonly spelled Briant. Bryant lived 
on what is noM' Elm street on the south side, 
west of the homestead of Joseph Hartshorn. 
He married (second) the widow of Samuel 
Frothingham, of Charlestown, and she died in 
1693. Children of Abraham and Mary (Ken- 
dall) Bryant: Mary, born 1666, died 1670; 
Abraham, mentioned below : Rebecca, 1668, 
died 1670; Thomas, 1674; Anna, 1676; Wil- 
liam, 1678: Kendall, 1680: Abigail, 1683, died 
1694 : Tabitha. 

(II) Abraham (2). son of Abraham (i) 
Bryant, was born in Reading in 1671, died 
there in 1714. He married Sarah, born 1676, 
daughter of Deacon Thomas and Sarah 
(Poole) Bancroft. Her father, Deacon Thom- 
as Bancroft, was born in Dedham, Massachu- 
setts, in 1649, ^nd settled in Reading, where 
he was selectman several vears, an officer in 



King Philip's war, deacon of the church and 
built the fourth house in the west parish, gen- 
erally known as the ancient Bancroft home. 
Thomas Bancroft, father of Deacon Thomas, 
was born in England in 1622, deposing in 
1681 that he was fifty-eight years old; was a 
townsman in Dedham in 1646, removing to 
Reading in 1653 to what is now Lynnfield; 
married (first), March 31, 1647, Alice, daugh- 
ter of Michael Bacon; married (second) July 
15, 1648, Elizabeth, daughter of Michael and 
Sarah Metcalf ; Bancroft was lieutenant ; died 
May I, 1671 ; his widow died May i, 1711. 
Lieutenant Thomas Bancroft was son of John 
and Jane Bancroft, who came to New Eng- 
land from London in 1632, settled at Lynn, 
where he died in 1637 and where she had a 
grant of land in 1638. Sarah (Poole) Ban- 
croft, wife of Deacon Thomas Bancroft, was 
born 1656, daughter of Jonathan and Judith 
Poole, granddaughter of John and Margaret 
Poole. Jonathan was captain under Major 
Appleton at Hadley in King Philip's war and 
president of the council of war in 1675-76, se- 
lectman, justice of the peace and deputy to 
the general court ; a brave and skillful sol- 
dier, and eminent also in civil life. Children 
of Abraham and Sarah (Bancroft) Bryant: 
Mary, born 1695; Sarah, 1698: Abraham, 
1700; Jonathan, 1706, died young; Jonathan, 
1708; Samuel, born and died in 1710; Eben- 
ezer, mentioned below. 

(Ill) Ebenezer, son of Abraham (2) Bry- 
ant, was born in Reading in 171 2. Many of 
the family removed to Sudbury, Massachu- 
setts, and he probably lived there for a time. 
He married, in 1736, Mehitable Damon, born 
17 1 5. daughter of Benjamin and Mercy 
(Flint) Damon (see Damon III). Children: 
Ebenezer, mentioned below ; Timothy, married 
Sarah Flint. 

(I\') Ebenezer (2), son of Ebenezer (i) 
Bryant, was. born in August, 1744. He re- 
moved with his parents to Hartford, Connecti- 
cut, and died there in January, 1849. He 
was a farmer. He was a soldier in the revo- 
lution, a private from May, 1775, for six 
months in Captain George Pitkin's company, 
Colonel Spencer's regiment ; from December, 
1775, for two months in Captain Jonathan 
Wells's company ; in 1776 for six months in 
Captain Jonathan Berge's company. Colonel 
Sage's regiment ; afterward for six weeks in 
Captain Amasa Loomis's company and in 1781 
for six weeks in Captain Loomis's company. 
Colonel JilcClelland's regiment. He took part 
in various skirmishes. He applied for a pen- 
sion, July 27, 1832. His residence was then 
at East Hartford. He married Lois Swetland 
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Forbes: Lois, married Rculjcn Stcdman ; Cla- 
1 i-sa, niarrieil David I'.isscli ; Ciiaiincc)', nien- 
icd lielovv. 

' V) Cliauncey, son of Ebenezcr (2) Bry- 
ant, was born in East Hartford, now Man- 
chester, Connecticut, died in 1861. He was 
educated there in the puljlic scliools. and was 
a farmer in his native town all his active life. 
He was captain of the state militia. He be- 
longed to the Congregational church at Man- 
rlie-iter Center. He married Fanny Geer. 
' ildren, born at East Hartford: Miles; 
nry, mentione<l below: Elizabeth, married 
l|>h llaughton, I'annie, Harriet, Walter, 
Iia. Timothy. 

\ 1) Henry, son of Chauncey Bryant, was 

n in East Hartford. 1813, died there De- 

l)cr 7, 188 1. In a notice of his death, the 

I ford Times says. ".\ man of marked 

excellent character, one of the New Eng- 

1 stock in wiioni the ])ower to work their 

n way, do their own tliinking and educate 

nselves was marked and strong, horn near 

iichester Green in March, 1813, son of 

luncey Bryant. His excellence as a painter 

ill of portraits and landscapes was distin- 

i-hed. He was an accomplished astronomer 

; the inventor of the celestial imlicator, an 

inious contrivance which found favor with 

superintendents of schools far and near." 

married Josephine Sarah Slnilts. Chil- 

n: I. Arthur, born 1843. 2. Leon, born 

.5. died 190J : married. May, 1874, Marian 

K ; children: i. Percy Leon, born March i. 

75, married. July 19, iQofi. La \'erte Lloyd; 

ii. l-'lorcncc Josephine, June, 1876, married, 

'•ly, 1905, William Percival Green: iii. Ar- 

•r Ilewig, May, 1878, married. May, 1902, 

■liel Chapman ; children: Donald Leon, born 

\eniber. 1903. and Gordon P.enjamin. Oc- 

cr. 1905. 3. Sarah, born 1847. 4. Percy 

illey. mentioned below. 5. Child, died in 

: ^So. 

i\'H) Percy Shelley, son of Henry Bry- 
ant, was bori\ in Hartford. March 24, 1850. 
He went to East Hartford with his parents 
when very young and has lived tiicre practi- 
cally all of the time since. .After attending 
the second n(^rth district school, he entered 
the Hartford public high school, from which 
he was graduated in the class of 1866. In 
1870 he was graduated from Trinity College 
with tiie degree of Piachclor of .\rt>. During 
part of his junior year in college he taus^ht in 
the south school in Bnrnside. In 187 1 he was 
appointed principal of the Thi>nipsonvilIc high 
school and heUl that position for six years, 
during the la<t three of which he stutiied law 
under Hon. T. C. Coogan. later of San Fran- 
cisco. In 187(1 he became a student in the law 



ofiice of Briscoe & Maltbie, and in 1877 was 
admitte<l to the Hartford county bar. He then 
engager! in active practice, soon winning a 
leading place in his profession and maintain- 
ing it to the present time. He was junior 
partner of the well-known law firm of Case, 
Maltbie & Bryant with office on Pratt street 
and afterward in partnership with William C. 
Case and his son, William S. Case. Since the 
death of the father and the elevation of the 
son to the bench of the court of common pleas, 
Mr. Bryant has continued in business without 
a partner. His office is at <x>4 Main street. 

He has always taken a lively interest in pol- 
itics and is a prominent Rej)iiblican. He has 
been a member of the Rciniblican state cen- 
tral committee: in 1881 he represented East 
Hartford in the general assembly, and was 
chairman of the insurance committee and mem- 
ber of the committee on contested elections. 
In 1902 he was delegate from East Hartford 
to the state constitutional convention ; he was 
for fifteen years a member of the Republican 
town committee: since 1876 he has held a 
commission as justice of the peace. He has 
been a director of the East Hartford Free 
Public Library since it w'as established in 
1896. He has served several terms as com- 
missioner of the East Hartford fire district. 
He has taken an active part in every movement 
designed to improve and benefit the town and 
is reckoned among its most public-spirited and 
valuable citizens. For more than ten years he 
has been jimitir warden of St. John's Protest- 
ant Eiiiscojial Church of East Hartford. 
While in college he joined the .Mpha Delta 
Phi fraternity. He is a popular and able pub- 
lic speaker. 

He married, in 1883, Florence Genevra. 
daughter of Fredus S. and Harriet (Forbes) 
Griswolil. of East Hartford, granddaughter 
of Charles Forbes. Children: i. Florence 
Genevra, graduate of Wellesley College, class 
of 1907. 2. Percy Carlton, graduate of Trinity 
College, 1907. law student in his father's of- 
fice. 3. Jose]ihine Eleanor, stiulcnt at Welles- 
ley College, class of 1913. 4. Henry Shiilts. 
graduate of the Ea>t Hartford liigh school, a 
student of mechanical engineering. 

. I he ri.imon LiiieV 
(1) Ji'Ini I 'anion, immigrant ancestor, was 
born in Eni;land in Kui, He came in 1633 
from Reailing. I-'ngland. and settled in Read- 
ing. Massachusetts. He was admitted a free- 
man in May. 1645. and was a proprietor in 
1^153. He was a town officer and deacon of the 
church. His wife .\bignil was admitted to 
the church in 1648. In 1^176 he was lieutenant 
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died in 17 13. He died April 8. 1708. His 
home in Reading was on the common, where 
formerly the Quinnapowitt House stood and 
he also' had a homestead on Cowdrey Hill, 
wdiere now or lately an old cellar hole marked 
the site of the house. He drew a lot of land 
also on Bear brook at the head of the great 
pond ; his son Samuel occupied this lot and 
his grandson Daniel built there the Damon 
mansion, which at the time it was erected was 
one of the best dwelling houses in JMiddlesex 
county. -'X-t last accounts it was still owned 
bv his descendants. He married Abigail Sher- 
man about 1645. She was a daughter of Rich- 
ard Sherman, merchant of Boston. Children : 
John, born and died in 165 1 ; John, March 18, 
1652: Abigail. August 26, 1654; Samuel, June 
23, 1656; Joseph, September 28, 1661. 

(H) Samuel, son of John Damon, was born 
in Reading, June 23, 1656. He was a soldier 
in King Philip's war and had a grant of land 
in the Xipmuck country for services. He was 
a member of the Reading church. He mar- 
ried Mary Davis, who died in 1727. He died 
in 1724-25. Children, born at Reading: Sam- 
uel, April 25, 1681 ; ]\Iary. October 22, 1683; 
Ebenezer, 1686; Abigail, i68g; Esther, 1691 ; 
Benjamin, 1693; Mercy. 1695: John. 1697: 
Tabitha, 1703. 

(IH) Benjamin, son of Samuel Damon, was 
born in Reading in 1693. He married (first) 
in 17 14, Mercy, daughter of George and Eliz- 
abeth (Putnam) Flint. They settled at East 
Hartford, Connecticut, and joined the church 
by letter from the second church in Reading, 
August 23, 1730. As early as 1736-37 Ben- 
jamin Damon bought land in East Hartford, 
now Manchester. Mercy died April 26, 1740. 
He died August 21, 1771. He married (sec- 
ond) November 5, 1740, Mercy Palmer, of 
^^^indham, who died February 13, 1764. Fie 
married (third) Susannah . In an ac- 
cident he was thrown from his horse and 
killed and his wife was injured so that she 
never walked afterward. His will was dated 
in 1764, bequeathing to wife Susannah, sons 
Benjamin. David, daughters Mehitable Bryant, 
Martha Plills, Abi Sweetland and granddaugh- 
ter Lucy Damon. Children of first wife : Mehit- 
able, born 1715, married, in 1736, Ebenezer 
Bryant Sr. (see Bryant III); Martha, 1718; 
Timothy, 1721 ; Benjamin, 1723; Hepzibah, 
1725: Abi. 1727. Born at East Hartford: 
Daniel, baptized 1729 ; Elizabeth, born April 
16, 1731. Child of second wife: David, bap- 
tized August 26, 1744. 

(The Hutchinson Line). 

The antiquity of the family of Hutchinson 
is very great. Its origin has been assigned to 



one Uitchensis, said to have been a Norwe- 
gian and to have come from Normandy with 
William the Conqueror, but there is no rec- 
ord of the family after the Conquest until the 
year 1282, after which the lineage of the 
American immigrant is well established. The 
coat-of-arms is described : Per pale gules and 
azure, semes of cross-crosslet or. a lion ram- 
pant argent. Crest : Out of a ducal coronet or. 
a cockatrice with wings endorse azure, beaked 
combed and w'attled gules. 

(I) Barnard Hutchinson, of Cowlan, York- 
shire, England, was living in the year 1282. 
He bore the coat-of-arms described above. His 
wife was the daughter of John Boyvill, Esq., 
of one of the best families of Yorkshire. Chil- 
dren : John, mentioned below ; Robert ; IMary, 
married William Sutton, of Washingborough, 
Lincolnshire. 

(II ) John, son of Barnard Hutchinson, mar- 
ried Edith Wouldbie. Children : James, men- 
tioned below : Barbara, married Lewis Ashton;j 
Julia, married Allyne Bruzbie ; Margare't, mar- 
ried \\'illiam Champernowne. 

( III ) James, only son of John Hutchinson, 
was of Cowlan also. He married Ursula Greg- 
ory of \\'afferton, Yorkshire. Children : \M1- 
liam, mentioned below ; John ; Barbara, mar- 
ried John Hathorne : daughter, married John 
Ocam ; Eleanor, married Thomas Brown. 

(IV) William, son of James Hutchinson,; 
married Anne, daughter of William Bennett, 
of Theckley in the West Riding of Yorkshire. 
Children : Anthony, mentioned below ; Oliver, 
Mary, Alice. 

(V) Anthony, son of William Hutchinson, 
married (first) Judith Crosland ; (second) Isa- 
bel, daughter of Robert Harvie. Children of 
second wife: \Mlliam ; Thomas, mentioned 
below : John : Richard, who is supposed to 
have settled in Ireland : Leonard. Edmund, 
Francis, Andrew. 

(\'I) Thomas, son of Anthony Hutchinson, 
bought the principal part of the; township of 
Owthorpe, Nottinghamshire, the remaining 
portions afterward coming into the family of 
his descendants. He lived in the reio^n of 
Henry VH. He owned also an estate at Col- 
ston Bassett, a few miles east of Owthorpe. 
His actual residence was at Crowell Butler 
and he was living as late as October g. 1550. 
Children : William, John, Lawrence, mentioned 
below. 

(\TI) Lawrence, son of Thomas Hutchin- 
son, resided at Tollertown. between Owthorpe 

and Nottingham. He married Isabel . 

His will was dated July 31. 1577, proved at 
York, October 9 following. Children : Rob- 
ert, Thomas, mentioned below ; Agnes, Rich- 
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(\IIIi Tliomas (2), son of Lawrence 
Hutchinson, resided at Newark in Notting- 
hamshire: (lied in 159S. Mis will was proved 
>fa\ II of that year and dated March i. 

Iren: William, dieil before his father; 

\m<. mentioned below; John. 

IX) 'I"hiimas (3). son of Thomas (2) 

hinsMii. inherited the father's estate at 

....\ark-, but removed to .Arnold, near Not- 

tins^ham. between i6ot and ifoj. He mar- 

ri( d Alice , who survived him. He was 

t.l at Arndld. .Vu-^ust 17. 1618. Children: 

. lived at .Arnold: Isalicl. married .\dam 
r.-iiKer; Ilumi'hrey; Klizabeth ; Robert, baj)- 
tized at Newark, September ft, 1601, lived at 
A nil lid: Richard, mentioned below: Thomas, 

ized at .\rnold, June 16, iCtoG. 

\) Riclvrd, son of Thomas (3) Hutchin- 
was l)orn 1602-03. Me deposed in i6f'x5 
bis ajjc was fifty-eitiht. lie married, at 

rave. Xottin!,diamshire. Ensjland, Deccm- 

7, 1627. .Mice rioswt)rtb. probably daugh- 

•f Joseph IU)swortli, of Southcll. He was 
tile .American immigrant and came in 1634 
with wife .Alice and four children, locating in 

in, Massachusetts. He had a grant of 
there in 1636 and another of twenty 

- the following year, "provided he will set 
plough." It is said that at that time there 

. but thirty-seven ])lows in the entire Col- 
in 1654 he had another parcel of land 

ted Iiim an<l in 1660 still another. This 

M!i<i was situated in the vicinity of Hathorne's 

hill. Pieaver Dam brook, now P.eaver brook, 

"liiih rims through Middleton into the Ips- 

'; river. He and his wife were members 

lie Salem church as early as 1636. He 

jht a farm of one hunflred and fifty acres 
^.ilem village, now Danvers. of Elias Still- 

1 in 1648. and that became his homestead. 

-orvcH c.in a committee of the town to sur- 
Jeffrey's creek, now Manchester, and 

kerel cove. He married (second) Octo- 
1668, Sarah .Standish, widow of James 
Standish. His will was dated January 19, 
1679, and proved Sejitember 26. 1683. His 
widow married ( thinl ) Thomas Roots, of 
Manchester, whom she also surviveil. Chil- 
ilrin of first wife, born in England: .Alice, 

•ized at North Muskham, Nottinghamshire. 

omber 27, 1028. died there the same year; 

ibetb. baptized at .Arnold. .August 30, 

^ nieiitioncd below: Mary, baptized at 

th Muskham. December 28, 1A30, mar- 
Thomas Hale, of Newbury ; Rebecca, 

It I (132: Joseph. 1633: Abigail, baptized 

ombcr 25, 1636; Hannah, baptized at Sa- 

. April 12, 1642: John, horn Slay. 1643. at 
^ fill. 

\I ) Elizabeth, daughter tif Richard Hutch- 



inson, was baptized at .Arnold, England, Au- 
gust 30, 1628. She married Nathaniel, son of 
John Putnam. .Nathaniel Putnam was a man 
of standing and property in Salem : was con- 
stable in 1656; deputy to the general court 
ifjfjo. and selectman. 1 heir daughter Eliza- 
beth, born at .Salem \illage, .August 11. 1^)62, 
married Sergeant George h'lint. .-econd son of 
Thorn.n^ .unl \nn Flint, of .<;ilini n.w iJan- 
vers. 



James Welch, ui Maiden, Mas- 
WELCH sachusctts, was a soldier in King 
Philip's war in 1676. He went 
to Mount Hope, Rhode Island, with Captain 
Samuel Moseley's company, and remained in 
that region. He settled in Swansea, .Massa- 
setts, and married, November 9, 1683. Mercy 
Sabiii. of Rehoboth, daughter of William .Sa- 
bin. He was an inhabitant of Rehoboth, Feb- 
ruary 7. 1689. He evidently removed to P)ris- 
tol, Rhode Island, as his wife Mercy was re- 
ceived into the First Church of Christ there, 
June 29, 1701. In 1702 he settled in Plain- 
field, Connecticut. He received land in \'ohm- 
town. Coimecticut, for his services in King 
Pbilii)"s war. and died there between March g, 
1724, and November 22. 1726. His son James 
was ap])ointed administrator of his estate. 
Children: Joim, born June 25, 1685, died -Au- 
gust 14, 1685: Elizabeth, Ixirn September 27, 
1688. married David Lawrence; Mercy. March 
I, iCti<()-<)o, married Thomas Spauhling: James, 
July 2/. \(t)2. lived in X'oluntown and Col- 
chester; Samuel. October 15, 1693: Thomas, 
mentioned below: Ebenezer, February 13, 
1697; John, .April 17, 1699: Deborah, died 
young: Martha, born October 25. 1704. 

( II ) Thomas, son of James Welch, was born 
March i, 1695, and baptized in tlie First 
Church of Christ, at I'.ristol, Rhode Island, 
with six brothers and sisters. March 29. 1702. 
In that year he removed with his parents to 
Plainfield, Connecticut. He took up a thou- 
sand acres of land on Heaver hill anti P.eaver 
brook, three or four miles n<irtbeast of Old 
Windham \illage. Wimlliam county. Connecti- 
cut. He died .August 14. 1781. His will was 
dated February i, 1770. and recorded .Au- 
gust 29, 1781. He married (first) about 1713, 
Hannah .Abbe, who died March 24. I7'i9, 
daughter of John and Hannah Abbe. He mar- 
ried (second) Rachel ( Hunlingilon) P.ingham. 
widow. Children : Jeremiah, born .November 
14, 1714: John. July 8. 1717: Daniel, men- 
tioned below. 

(HI) Rev. Daniel Welch, son of Thomas 
Welch, was born March 20. 1726. in Wimi- 
ham. Connecticut, and died .Ajiril 29. 1782. 
He graduated from Yale College in 1749, and 



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was ordained pastor of the church in North 
Mansfield, June 29, 1752, remaining there un- 
til his death. He married, February 18, 1752, 
Martha Cook, daughter of Moses and Debo- 
rah (Cadwell) Cook. Children: Hannah, 
born December 10, 1752, died December 26, 
1846, married Captain Jesse Waldo ; Moses 
Cook, born February 14, 1754, mentioned be- 
low ; Daniel, February 10, 1756, died March, 
1756; Thomas, born February 22, 1757, died 
March 22, 1832, married Lucinda Pierce ; Dan- 
iel, born May 7, 1759, died September 3, 1785 ; 
Gurdon, born May 23, 1761, married, Decem- 
ber 9, 1789, Mary Manning; Carolina Ma- 
tilda, July 7, 1763, died June 11, 1785, married 
Gurdon Moulton ; Martha, born June 17, 1765, 
married Evans ; Jerusha, Decem- 
ber 5, 1767, died December 17, 1815, mar- 
ried Dr. Roger Waldo ; Deborah, born No- 
vember 15, 1769, married Bicknell ; 

Sophia, September 27, 1771, married Gurdon 
Barrows ; Abigail. December 26, 1773, died 
unmarried, December 24, 1818. 

(IV) Rev. Moses Cook Welch, D. D., son 
of Rev. Daniel Welch, was born in Windham, 
February 14, 1754, and died April 21, 1824. 
He prepared for college under the tuition of 
his father and also of Rev. Dr. Salter, minister 
of the South parish, in Mansfield. He grad- 
uated from Yale College in 1772, and was en- 
gaged for a time as teacher of the grammar 
school in Windham. He then entered the of- 
fice of Hon. Eliphalet Dyer, an eminent law- 
yer, and afterward prominent in the revolu- 
tion and chief justice of Connecticut. For 
about a year he pursued his studies. His fa- 
ther, however, was greatly averse to his tak- 
ing law as a profession, and in deference to 
him the study was discontinued. He taught 
again a short time, and gave some attention 
to medicine. Subsequently he returned to his 
father's home at Mansfield, and engaged in 
farming, and also in teaching young men who 
were preparing for college or to be teachers. 
About this time, in company with his inti- 
mate friend, Samuel Nott, he began the man- 
ufacture of saltpetre, to be worked into pow- 
der for the use of the army of the revolution, 
and was very successful. He served a short 
time in the army, but was obliged to return 
home on account of illness. At this time his 
attention was directed toward religion, and 
he decided to take up the ministry. His the- 
ological studies were carried on under the di- 
rection of Rev. Dr. Salter, and Rev. Stephen 
White, of Windham. He succeeded his fa- 
ther as pastor of the church at North Mans- 
field, being ordained June 2, 1784, the ordina- 
tion sermon being preached by Rev. Dr. White. 
He continued in this ministry until his death. 



In 1812 he preached the sermon before the 
general assembly of Connecticut on the an- 
niversary election, and the same year was de- 
tailed on a tour of duty as chaplain in the army. 
He was appointed a member of the corpora- 
tion of Yale College in 1822, holding the office 
two years. He received the degree of Doctor 
of Divinity from Dartmouth College in 1824. 
In early life his health was very delicate, and 
it was feared that his labors would prove too 
taxing. About 1800 he went on a mission to 
what was then the extreme western part of 
the state of New York. While there he con- 
tracted malaria and was obliged to return home 
and rest several months. For the rest of his 
life, however, he enjoyed almost uninterrupted 
health. He seemed to have a premonition of 
the approaching end of his life, and referred 
to it during the last few weeks he lived. He 
was pastor of the church nearly forty years. 

The following is a list of his publications: 
"A Sermon on the death of Rev. Stephen 
White," 1794; "A Reply to the Correspondent, 
containing an Attempt to point out certain in- 
consistencies and misrepresentations in that 
publication ; together with some strictures upon 
the Appendix, in a familiar Letter to a friend," 
1794; "A Eulogy on Deacon Benjamin Chap- 
lin," 1795; "The Addressor Addressed; or a 
Letter to the Correspondent ; containing some 
free remarks on his address to the Rev. Moses 
C. Welch : humbly dedicated to the Hon. Zeph- 
aniah Swift, Esq.,'' 1796: "A Sermon at the 
funeral of i\Irs. Pond," 1800; "A Sermon at 
Stafford at the interment of Augustus ]\Iiller," 
1801 ; "A Sermon at the execution of Samuel 
Freeman," 1805 ; "A Sermon at Thompson, 
before the Original z\ssociation of the county 
of Windham," 1806; "A Sermon at the ordi- 
nation of William Andrews." 1808; "A Ser- 
mon at the funeral of Miss Mary Juliana Sal- 
ter," 1810; "A Sermon at the funeral of Mr. 
John Work Judson," 181 1 ; "A Sermon at the 
funeral of Rev. John Gurley," 1812. 

Dr. Welch married (first ) Chloe Evans, who 
died September 11, 1789, daughter of Randal 
Evans, of Plymouth. He married (second) 
Clarissa Ashley, who died June 2, 1806, daugh- 
ter of Rev. Jonathan Ashley. He married 

(third) , daughter of Rev Noadiah 

Russell, of Thompson, Connecticut. She died 
March 6, 1815, and he married (fourth) Mrs. 
Mary Leech, of Lebanon, who survived him, 
and died in 1829. Children : Jonathan Ash- 
ley, married Mary Devotion Baker ; Archibald, 
mentioned below. 

Rev. Samuel Nott, who preached his funeral 
sermon, pays the following tribute to him, 
writing it at the age of ninety-seven : "Dr. 
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teni| eiaimnt and r,'rcat fixeilness of purpose. 
His peicc|)ti')iis were both (piick and clear, 
lie generally saw at a glance the material hear- 
ings of a subject, and reached his conclusion 
by a very direct ])rocess. His mind was highly 
excitable, and woidd easily rise to meet the 
demands of an extraordinary occasion. He 
had a share of irony in his constiliuion. and 
sometimes used it with tremendous etTort. .Xs 
a [)reacher, he was decidedly among the more 
popular in the slate. In the early part of his 
ministry, he wrote hi.s sermons a full length 
and with great care; but he afterwards 
preached chiefly from short notes ; and so 
well-furnished was his mind that he could 
jireach ver\- well, if occasion required, with- 
out [)remcditation. ilis delivery was simple 
and natural, but was remarkable chicHy for 
fervour and unction. 1 le threw his whole soul 
into everything that he uttered. Indeed he 
did nothing by halves. Whatever he under- 
took, lie brought to it the whole energy of 
his intellectual and moral nature. He was a 
great ecclesiastical lawyer. His uncommon 
re.'idiness and aptness of thought and great 
fluency of ex|)ression together with his fa- 
miliarity with legal forms * * * gave him 
an ail vantage before an ecclesiastical tribunal, 
that few of his contcmiiorarics possessed. He 
"•'- employed on several imi'.ortant occasions 
'liis kind, and. so far as I know, always 
;Mitte<i himself with honor. In his politics. 
!h was a I'ederalist. * * It is not im- 

]"^sible l)ut that his naturally ardent tempera- 
ment, here as well as elsewhere, sometimes 
betrayed him into acts of imprudence: but no- 
l"l\. I believe, could ever question bis sin- 
ty. * * * j^is labors in the ministry 
lied to he attended with an micommon 

I'.r.Mng." 

iV) Or. .\rchibald Welch, son of Rev. Dr. 
^' -OS Cook Welch, was born at Mansfield. 
' iiiecticut, March 13. 1794. He attended 
' ' public schools, and then began the study 
of medicine and took two courses of lectures 
in medicine at ^'ale College, and was licensed 
iractice in September, 1816. For sixteen 
IS he practiced successfully in his native 
i' i\n, then removed to W'ethersfield. Con- 
necticut, in Dcccmlier, 1832. and practiced an- 
"tl'or period of sixteen years. From 1848 to 
time of his death he was a pronn'nent phy- 
in of Hartford. For ten years he was in 
charge of the medical dei\nrtment of the Con- 
necticut stale prison. In 1836 he received the 
degree of M. D.. out of course, from ^'aIe Col- 
lege. Dr. Welch was |>rominent in public 
life as well as in his profession. He server! his 
district in the general assembly ; was secretary, 
vice-president and president, in succession, of 



the state uiedical society. He was highly es- 
tecme<l by all who knew him : amiable, correct 
and skillful ;is a ])hysician ; hospitable by na- 
ture and entertaining many friends at his fire- 
side and table; lively, witty and entertaining 
in s|)eech, he was an a<lmirable comi)anion 
on every ocasion. He was generous with his 
wealth and freely heli)ed those in need. He had 
many friends in all walks of life. Though be 
held stronglv to bis o|)inions, and was a man of 
quick temjjer and earnestness, he was able to 
control himself and win to his views many of 
his tow nsmcn whenever a controversy arose in 
which he had an interest. His sense of justice 
was keen, his kindness and mercy, truthfulness 
and honor, prominent characteristics. His de- 
meanor was, withal, modest, frank, unaf- 
fected. He was simple and natural in his con- 
duct under all conditions, and made no pre- 
tensions. From the very beginning of his 
practice he resolved never to acce()t a drink 
of intoxicating liquor while calling upon pa- 
tients, and he was the first man in W'ethers- 
field to proclaim himself from principle a total 
abstainer. He was a leader in the temperance 
movement, and at his instigation the first 
temperance lecture was delivered there. His 
interest in the temperance question never 
flagged, and he earnestly supported the [ire- 
mise that the keeping and sale of liquor was a 
nuisance to society and should be suppressed 
as other nuisances recognizerl in law\ On all 
|)ul)lic questions he was well informed, and a 
formidable antagonist to meet in discussion 
or debate. He was a Whig in politics. In 
184! he joinetl the Congregational church 
at W'ethersfield, and in his own familv he main- 
tained the time-honored daily family worship 
of the Puritans. Though he was not given to 
talking of his religious experience, he lived an 
upright and consistent Christian life. He was 
killed in the disaster at Xorwalk in 1853, when 
the train on which he was riding wont tlirough 
the drawbridge. Other prominent physicians 
were also victims of this accident, returning 
from a meeting of the .American Medical .'Xs- 
sociation, at New York. 

He married. .March 16, 1818, Cynthia Hyde, 
of Tolland county, daughter of Daniel and 
Mary Hyde, desccntlant of William Hvde. an 
early settler of Norwich, Connecticut. Chil- 
dren : I. Mary Throop. born I'ebruarv 3. 
1810: died .August 10. 1850, unmarried. 2. 
Henry Kirke White, born January i, 1821 : 
mentioned below. 3. Chaissa .Ashley, born 
.April 3. 1825. 4. Rev. Moses Cook W^elch. born 
July ^i. 1827; graduate of Vale, class of 1850: 
was ff>r a time pastor of the same church his 
granilfatber ha<l at Mansfield : later was set- 
tled at Hartford. 5. .Archibald Hyde, born 



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June 7, 1829; a prominent merchant of Hart- 
ford. 

CVT) Henry Kirke White, son of Dr. Archi- 
bald Welch, was born at Mansfield, January i, 
182 1. He removed with the family to Weth- 
•ersfield and attended school there. He grad- 
uated from Yale College, class of 1842, and 
'then studied law. He became the law partner 
of Judge Nathaniel Shipman and took high 
rank in his profession. He was interested 
keenly in public afifairs and filled various of- 
fices of public trust. He represented his town 
in the state legislature and was chairman of 
the high-school committee. He was a director 
of the old Continental Insurance Company. 
He and his wife were members of the Con- 
gregational church. He married, October 5, 

1858. Susan L. Goodwin, born in Hartford, 
daughter of Edward and Eliza Amy (Shel- 
don) Goodwin (see Goodwin VI). Her fa- 
ther was one of the early proprietors of the 
Hartford Courant. Children: i. Archibald 
Ashley, born October 6, 1859, in Hartford ; 
mentioned below. 2. Edward G., born Janu- 
ary 14, 1861, died in 1894. 3. Frances G., 
born March 7, 1864; married Bernard T. 
Williams (see Williams). 4. Henry Kirke 
White, born December 4, 1865 ; secretary of 
the J. B. \\'iniams Company, of Glastonbury. 
5. Lewis S., born July 19, 1867; graduate of 
Yale College, class of 1889, and first editor 
of the Yale Alumni Weekly; residing at New 
Haven, Connecticut. 

(VII) Archibald Ashley, son of Henry 
Kirke White \^'elch, v^'as born October 6, 

1859, in Hartford, where he has always re- 
sided. Pie attended the North school, and the 
Hartford public high school, from which he 
was graduated in the class of 1878. He en- 
tered Yale College, but left at the end of his 
junior year and became a clerk in the actuary's 
office of the Travelers Insurance Company of 
Hartford. He remained with that company 
until 1890, when he resigned to accept the of- 
fice of actuary for the Phoenix Mutual Life 
Insurance Company of Hartford. In 1891 
he completed his college course, and received 
the degree of bachelor of arts from Yale in 
the class of 1882. He is now actuary and sec- 
ond vice-president of the Phoenix Mutual Life 
Insurance Company. He is president of the 
Actuarial Society of America : chairman of 
the Hartford high school committee ; secretary 
of the American School for the Deaf, Hart- 
ford : member of the Farmington Avenue Con- 
gregational Church. He married, October 
24, 1889, Ellen Bunce, born at Hartford, 
daughter of James M. and Elizabeth (Ches- 
ter ) Bunce. Her mother was a native of 
Wethersfield ; her father, a wholesale grocer 



of Hartford and vice-president of the Hart- 
ford. Providence & Fishkill Railroad Com- 
pany. 

(The Goodwin Line). 

(Ill) Samuel Goodwin, son of Nathaniel 
Goodwin (q. v.), was born August 22, 16S2. 
He resided in Hartford, Connecticut, and died 
before January 23, 1711-12. He married, 
March 18, 1707-08, Mary, daughter of Lieu- 
tenant James Steele and Sarah (Barnard) 
Steele, of Hartford. She married (second) 
December 2, 1714, Joseph Ashley. Children: 
Abigail, born December 12, 1708, married Na- 
thaniel Eggleston ; Samuel, October 10, 1710, 
mentioned below. 

(I\^) Samuel (2), son of Samuel (i) Good- 
win, was born October 10, 1710, and died Sep- 
tember 30, 1776. He resided in Hartford and 
held various town offices. He was hayward 
in 1732; collector, 1737-45-47; grand juror, 
1743. In October, 1749, he was elected en- 
sign of the first company of foot in the first 

regiment. He married (first) Abigail , 

who died. September 16, 1748, aged thirty-two 
years. He married (second) January, 1750- 
51, Laodamia Merrill, born January 28, 1728- 
29, buried May 6, 1790, daughter of Moses and 
Mary INIerrill, of Hartford. Children, all by 
the second wife : Samuel, born October 7, 
1752, married Abigail Butler: James, Decem- 
ber 15, 1754, married Hannah Mather; George, 
January 7, 1757, mentioned below: Abigail. 
May 28, 1759, married James Anderson : Da- 
vid, August 7, 1761, married Susanna Pratt; 
Theodore, April 18, 1764, married (first) Lucy 
Adams and (second) Harriet Prior: Russell, 
September 14, 1766, married Ruth Church; 
Mary, May 14, 1769, buried May 27, 1783. 

(V) George, son of Samuel (2) Goodwin, 
was born January 7, 1757, at Hartford. At 
nine years of age he applied for a place as 
ofiice boy to Thomas Green, the first printer of 
Hartford, who founded the Connecticut Con- 
rant, October 29, 1764. Mr. Green told him 
he was too small, but agreed to engage him 
if he could carry a pail of water upstairs. 
George passed the test successfully and en- 
tered the office as apprentice. From that time 
until 1836 he worked in the office, and when 
the paper at that time was sold to J. L. Bos- 
well, one of the stipulations of the contract 
was that Mr. Goodwin should have the right 
to work in the office when he pleased, and un- 
til very near the close of his life he availed 
himself of the privilege. In 1771, soon after 
the death of Ebenezer Watson, who had 
bought the Courant in 1770, Mrs. Watson 
took Mr. Goodwin, who was just of age, into 
partnership and the paper was published by 
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tin.- iiianiage of Mrs. Watson the firm became 

Hudson & Gooilwin until 1815. At this time 

' Mr. Hudson retired and the jiroperty was di- 

' ided. Richard E. Goodwin and Henry Mud- 

II had been achnitted into the firm several 
lars before. The business prospered, and 

tu the i)rintinitj of the Coiiraitt was addetl book 
i publisliinij. Large editions of a school i'ible 
' were i)rintcd, for which tyi)e was importeil 
from iuigland in i<Soy. The Xcw Testament 
in various sizes and styles, hundreds of thou- 
:ids of Webster's spelling books, and many 
.ludard works on theology and general litera- 
ture, with sermons and pamphlets. The jirint- 
iiig office grew to be one of the most extensive 
• tid complete in the country, .-\lthough de- 
i\ed of a school education, constant asso- 
iiion with the leading men of the state, com- 
cd with the study of books and with his 

III observation, made Mr. Goodwin a suc- 
— ful editor and jjublisher. The Courant 
^ widely circulated, and was the organ of 

Federal party and the Congregational 
igy. Many of its leading articles gained a 
nij»ial reinitation. Hudson & Goodwin built 
lis in Kast Hartford, in wliat is now lUirn- 
ic, to furnish paper, anl they imported and 
1(1 many foreign books, besides having a 
!ilesale and retail trade in stationery, blank 
'ks, paper and general merchandise. The 
-iness steadily grew and at the end of thirty- 
years, when the property was divided, in 
15. the inventory showed more than $120,- 
I of productive assets, besides large pri- 
ic ()ropertics : a large estate for the times, 
the ilivision Mr. Gi«idwin and his sons 
k the Courant and the Testaments, the 
perty on I'ratt street corner, the upper 
lis at Rast Hartford, and a handsome sum 
. ill cash. Mr. Hudson and his .son took the 
\ Bible. Webster's spelling book, the mill at the 
: ■; Idle falls in East Hartford, the store and 
ok of goods, and all other company prop- 
'\. The new firm of George Goodwin & 
IS removed to the Pratt street corner, and 
tinned to print the Connecticut Courant, to 
lit and sell books and stationery, and to 
ke paper at the East Hartford mills. Mr. 
' . Mxhvin gradually retired from active busi- 
iK-ss, his sons Richard E.. George Jr. and 
! U iiry assuming the business management. In 
-'5 he and his oldest son, Richard E., with- 
< w from the firm, and his sons George Jr., 
tries, Henry and Edward carried on the 
-incss under the firm name of Goodwin & 
'inpany. Mr. Goodwin was a conspicuous 
tigiire in the town. His fine |)crsonal appear- 
ance was heightened by the becoming dress of 
the day: the continental coat and waistcoat, 
'•mall clothes, black silk stockings, low shoes 



with silver buckle>. antl broad-brimmed hat. 
He led the singing in the old First Church 
for many years, although he did not unite 
with the church until late in life. He lived 
for many years on State street, just west of 
the Hartford Hank. .Vbout 1821 he removed 
to the Ledlie house, on Trumbull street. It 
was large and gambrel roofed, and stood 
whtre the .Allyn house now stands, shaded by 
great trees. He died there. May 13, 1844, 
in his eighty-eighth year. He had perfect 
health until the winter before he died. He 
was buried near the spot where he was born. 

He married, December 2, 1779, Mary Ed- 
wards, born October 2, 1759, died July 24, 
1828, daughter of Richard and Mary (Hutler) 
Edwards. Children : Elizalieth, Wnn Sep- 
tember 2. 1781, married Lorenzo Bull; Rich- 
ard Edwards, December 9, 1782, married Ruth 
Bull: Oliver, October 10, 1784, married Cla- 
rissa Leavitt; George, .\pril 22,. 1786, married 
Maria Kingsbury: Jason, January 18, 1788, 
died February 23, 1788: Jason, born Janu- 
ary 22, 1789, died September 16, 1795 ; 
Charles, born January 13, 1791, married Eliz- 
abeth C. Ilowland : Henry, November 16, 
1793; Jeremiah, January 3, 1795, died Sep- 
tember 6, 1795: Jason, born .Kugnst 13. 1796, 
died May i, 1823, unmarried: daughter, born 
February 24, buried February 25, 1799; Ed- 
ward, mentioned belrw. 

(\'I) Edward, son of George Goodwin, 
was born in Hartford, December 7, 1800. He 
prepared for college at the Hartford gram- 
mar school, and graduated with honors at 
Yale in 1S23. He entered the law school of 
Judge Reeve, at Litchfield, but at the solici- 
tation of his father he gave up the study of 
law and assumed the editorship of the Cou- 
rant in Hartford. In 1836, when his father 
retired froin the firm, he continued the paper 
business, which he had carried on in connection 
with publishing. He was associated with his 
father and brothers in the firm of Goodwin & 
Company and H. & E. Goodwin until it was 
given up in 1861. He then retired from active 
life, but was afterward appointed deputy col- 
lector of internal revenue. Mr. Goodwin was 
a man of natural ability and literary tastes. 
He devoted much time all his life to the stndv 
of classical and English literature, and was a 
fine Latin scholar. Of a retiring disposition, 
he shrank from public notoriety, but took a 
deep interest in the events of the day. He 
was a member of the First Congregational 
Church from 183 1, and was elected a member 
of the prudential committee in 1836. remain- 
ing in office until his death. He died after 
a short attack of pneumonia, October 23. 1883. 
nearly three years after the celebration of his 



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golden wedding. He married (first ) in Aprd, 
1827, Susan Leavitt, born April 14, 1800, died 
June 15, 1828, daughter of David and Lucy 
(Clark) Leavitt, of Bethlehem, Connecticut. 
He married (second), November 3, 1830, 
Eliza Amy (Lewis) Sheldon, born in Goshen, 
Connecticut, December 29, 1798, died January 
7, 1887, daughter of Elihu and Clarinda 
(Stanley) Lewis, of Onondaga, New York, 
and widow of Henry Sheldon, of Litchfield, 
Connecticut. Children : Edward, born Au- 
gust 31, 1831, married Annie S. Conklin ; Su- 
san Leavitt, March 31, 1834, married Henry 
K. W. Welch (see Welch VI) ; Sheldon, July 
7, 1836, married Emma S. Messenger. 

The surname Rice is identical with 
RICE Roice or Royce, which was the 
spelling in use in this family during 
the first century or more in this country. 

(I) Robert Royce or Rice, immigrant an- 
cestor, was born in England, and came in 1634 
in the ship "Francis" to Boston. Some ac- 
counts locate him in Boston in 1631 and he 
seems to have been a member of the Boston 
church, in fact, as early as 1632. He was ad- 
mitted a freeman April i, 1634. He was dis- 
armed by the Boston authorities in 1639 be- 
cause of his support of Wheelwright and 
Anne Hutchinson in their religious views. He 
removed to Stratford, Connecticut, in 1644, 
and was there in 1658. He located at New 
London, Connecticut, in 1657. and was con- 
stable there in 1660 and member of the gen- 
eral assembly in 1669. He left an estate' val- 
ued at about four hundred and twenty pounds. 

He married Elizabeth . Children : 

Joshua, born at Boston, April 14, 1637 : Na- 
thaniel, baptized March 24, 1639, removed 
to Wallingford, Connecticut ; Patience, born 
April I, 1642, died young; Ruth, married, De- 
cember 15, i66g, John Lothrop ; Sarah, mar- 
ried John Caulkins : Nehemiah, removed to 
^^'allingford : Samuel ; Isaac, mentioned be- 
low : Jonathan, married Deborah Caulkins. 
Nehemiah, brother of Robert, was at New 
London. 

(II) Isaac Rice (Royce), son of Robert 
Royce or Rice, was born in Connecticut, prob- 
ably at Stratford, about 1650, died at ^^'alling- 
ford in the fall of 1682. His estate was ap- 
praised at one hundred and sixty-one pounds. 
He was one of the first planters at Walling- 
ford, said to have lived earlier at New Ha- 
ven. He married Elizabeth , who mar- 
ried (second) 1696, Ebenezer Clark. Chil- 
dren, born at Wallingford: Isaac, October 28, 
1673; Robert, September 4, 1674, mentioned 
below; Sarah. March 10, 1677; Martha, June 
I, 1679. 



(III) Robert (2) Rice (Royce), son of 
Isaac Rice (Royce), was born at Walling- 
ford, September 4, 1674, died there in 1759. 
He married (first), June 2, 1692, Alary 

; (second), March 14, 1709, Abigail 

Benedict. Children of first wife, born at Wal- 
lingford : Nathaniel, October 2, 1694; Di- 
nah, February 24, 1696; Josiah, July 10, 1698; 
Ruth, September, 1701 ; Sarah, April 4. 1703; 
Timothy, June 2, 1705 ; Alary, July, 1707. 
Children of second wife : Elizabeth, August, 
1710: Gideon, May 4, 1711; Prudence, April 
II, 1714; Moses, September 24, 1716, men- 
tioned below ; Martha, married Edmund Scott ; 
Lydia, born November 20, 17 19. 

(IV) Moses Rice (Royce), son of Rob- 
ert (2) Rice (Royce), was born at Walling- 
ford, September 24, 1716. He married there, 
January 6, 1740, Thankful Austin. Children, 
born at Wallingford: Thankful, July 5, 1747; 
Amasa, March 21, 1751, died December 12, 
1797; Abner, January 4, 1753; Joel, Febru- 
ary 16, 1754; Amos, March 19, 1757, men- 
tioned below. Probably others at ^Valling- 
ford or elsewhere. • 

(V) Amos Rice, son of Moses Rice 
(Royce), was born at Wallingford, Afarch 19, 
1757- He was a soldier in the revolution in 
the First Regiment, Connecticut Line, in 1779- 
80. After 1790, judging from the fact that 
he was not in Readsboro, A^ermont, at that 
time, according to the federal census, he set- 
tled at Readsboro, just over the state line from 
Massachusetts. A brother came with him. 
Still he may have been in Vermont soon after 
17S0. Children: Amos, mentioned below; 
Horace ; several others, whose names are un- 
known. 

(VI) Amos (2), son of Amos (i) Rice, 
was born in Connecticut or Vermont in 1782. 
He married (first) Betsey Adkins ; (second) 
Levina Adkins, sister of his first v^'ife. Chil- 
dren of first wife: Lemuel, mentioned below; 
Daniel ; Lucius, married a Connecticut girl, 
but remained in Vermont ; Lewis, twin of Lu- 
cius ; Austin ; Betsey ; Amos. Children of 
second wife: Ann; Arbe, died 1901, mar- 
ried Bishop, of Readsboro, and lived 

there until 1870, when he came to Cheshire, 
Connecticut, with his family ; Frye, died in 
1901, went to Connecticut, and thence to 
northern Wisconsin, where he married and 
had numerous children ; Cornelius. All of the 
children grew to maturity, married and set- 
tled in Connecticut, except Lucius and Frye. 
None of them had middle names. 

(VII) Lemuel, son of Amos (2) Rice, was 
born in Readsboro, Vermont, in 1806, died in 
1868. He came to Connecticut with others of 
the family and was a farmer at Cheshire. He 



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marricrl Maria 1'. Andrews, of Cheshire. She 
diet! in 185*1, and lie married (second) the 
widow of his hrotlier, I-ewis I'iice. Children 
of first wife. l)orn in Cheshire: Julius E., horn 
1834: Henry. 183O: Jes^e Hull. iS^i;. died 
184J ; Jesse Hull, nientione<l helow : William 
A.. 1847: Marion I'... 1831. Child of second 
wile: l.:iiM-a. i8<fc8. 

(\ 111) Jes>e Hull, son of Lemuel Rice, was 
horn in Chesliire, 1843. He was educated 
there in the puhlic sclunds. His ix'cupation is 
fanning. 1 ie has heen for many years a mer- 
chant, lie lulisted in Company .\, Twentieth 
Connecticut Ue,i,nment. X'olunteer Infantry. 
He was wnimdi'd ;it the hatlle of llentonville. 
North Carolina, lust his rij,dit arm, .March 19, 
1865, in the .Sherman cam|>ai)^n. He had 
served through the civil war. He is a mem- 
ber iif .\dmiral h'lMitc I'ost, (irand .\rmy of 
the kepuhlic. nf New Haven; and past com- 
man Icr of E. .\. Dooliltle I'ost of Cheshire. 
He represented the town of Cheshire in the 
general assembly of Connecticut in 1886. He 
served on the hoard of relief in the town of 
Cheshire. He married Caroline Elizabeth Hol- 
brook, born at Xortli .\dams. Massachusetts. 
Children: i. l-'rank James, mentioned below. 
2. Frederick W'.. liorn October, 1874: a lum- 
ber merchant ; secretary of the Lamson Lum- 
ber Com])any : married, in 1896, Mary L. 
Reily; children: i. Jessie E., born 1898: ii. 
Esther M., 1904. 3. Grace Elizabeth, born 
July, 1876. 4. Howard Daniel, born in 1881 ; 
salesman of the National Folding l!ox Com- 
pany of New Haven. 

(IX) Frank James, son of Jesse Hull Rice, 
was born at .North .Adams, Massachusetts, 
February 5, 18^19. He attended the public 
schools of Cheshire. When he was fourteen 
years old he came to .New Haven to attend 
the Vale liusincss College. He began his ca- 
reer as bookkeeper for the firm of II. P.. Ives 
& Company, remaining for five years, during 
four years of which he was ftireman of the 
factory. The confinement of this jKisition un- 
dermined his health and in order to secure 
a com|)lete change <if environment and em- 
ployment he went to Cheshire anci worked in 
the grocery store. Then for three years he 
was conductor in the street railway of New 
Haven. In 181)3 he resigned to become man- 
ager of the Hutchinson .\partmciits in New 
Haven and of other real estate of Frank W. 
Bciieilict. .Since then he has continued to rej>- 
resent the Hutchinson interests and has be- 
came a ])rominent factor in the real estate busi- 
of the city. In i8<)2 he was elect e<l a 
ucilman from ward two ami from ward 
OIK- in i<xx). He was apjxiinted special tax 
commissioner of New Haven in 190^ and held 



this office until 1910. He was elected mayor 
of .New Haven in (Jctolxir, Kjo^j, by a major- 
ity of four hundred, h'or two years he was 
president of tbe Young .Men"s Reimblican 
Club in i<^)4-05, and during his term of of- 
fice the membershi|) incrcaseil from one thou- 
sand one hiHulred to two thousaml. He has 
always been actively interested in any move- 
ment to ])romote the welfare and growth of 
the city, whether ])olitical or otherwise. He 
is a member of Wooster Lodge, No. 19, Free 
and .Accepted Masons, of New Haven; of Re- 
lief Lodge of Odd Fellows, and the Knights 
of I'ythias of New Haven. In religion he is 
a Methodist. He resides at 18 College street, 
.New Haven. He married, July 16, i8<)0. Char- 
lotte Elmirc Watrous, of Clinton, (.Vmnecticut, 
daughter of Spencer .\. and Clarissa Watrous. 
Children: Rus.sell Lemuel, born July 8. 181)5; 
Mancel Watrous, March 17, i8<j7. 



There are several different 
TWICHF.LL ways of spelling this sur- 
name, among them Twichell, 
Tiichill. Twitchwell and Twitchell. Joseph 
Twitchell was an immigrant who settled in 
Dorchester in 1633. died Sei>temlier 13, i<>57. 
The inventory of his estate was prescnteil De- 
cember 2t't. i()57, by Timothy Wales and Hen- 
jamin Twitchell, probably a brother. 

(I) lienjamin Twitchell was probably a 
brother of Joseph Twitchell, mentioned alxive, 
and settled first in Dorchester. He removeti 
to Medficld as early as M)'i3. He married 

Mary . Children : Benjamin, married 

Mary -White; ^^ary, liorn at Dorchester. 
March 8, 1^)58-59; Hannah, married Samuel 
Hill : Hethia, married John Rocket ; Abiel. 
mentioned below. Probably others. 

(I I) .\biel. son of P.enjamin Twitchell, was 
born in Mcdfield, November i. i(>'>3. and lived 
there. He had a son Henoni. mentione<l below. 

(Iin Kenoni, son of .\biel Twitchell. was 
born in MeilficId, and is supposed to have 
been left an orphan at an early age. He was 
adopted by his uncle. John Rocket. He and 
his cousin. Joseph Rixrkct. settled in Oxford, 
on adjoining lots. He was living there in 
'7,^.^34' :i"<J in '745 he deeded a part of his 
latiil to his sons Joseph and Selh, and his 
daughters, in ca.se he should not return from 
the exiiedition to Cape Breton. In 1732 be 
was a grantee of land at .\thol, probably in 
consideration of services of his father and 
grandfather in the Indian war. He returned 
from the Cape Kreion exjiedition, however, 
and in 1749 was employed by the town to di- 
vide the remainder of the common land. He 
was selectman in 1713-14; town clerk, 1714; 
constable and until 1725 repeatedly moderator 



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and selectman. He was a man of enterprise, 
and engaged somewhat in land speculation. 
He died, it is supposed, at Killingly, Con- 
necticut, where two of his sons lived. He 
married, April i8, 1705, Hannah Allen. 
Children, born at Medfield : David, July 20, 
1706, died young; Josiah, July 10, 1707, died 
young; Seth, July 31, i/io. died yotmg; Seth, 
November 9. 171 1; Hannah, February 12, 
1712-13. Born at Oxford: John, 1713; Jere- 
miah, 1715; Joseph, mentioned below; Sarah, 
April 18, 1721. 

(IV) Joseph, son of Benoni Twitchell, was 
born about 1720. About 1767 he located at 
Southington, Connecticut, where he died Feb- 
ruary 10, 1776. He married Elizabeth Thomp- 
son, of Derby, Connecticut. Children: Be- 
noni, soldier in the revolution and pensioner in 
1818; Isaac, mentioned below. Perhaps 
others. 

(V) Isaac Twichell, as the name is gener- 
ally spelled in this branch of the family, son 
of Joseph Twichell or Twitchell, was born in 
1741, died February 10, 1776. He married, 
January, 1767-68, Deborah Alcox, and they 
removed to Farmingbury in the town of South- 
ington. She married (second) Wait Hitch- 
kiss, and she died January 18, 1831, aged 
eighty-nine years. Children of Isaac Twich- 
ell : Joseph, mentioned below ; Mary, De- 
borah. 

(\T) Joseph (2), son of Isaac Twichell, 
was born in Southington, July 15, 1769, died 
March 14, 1824. He lived in \\'olcott, Con- 
necticut. He was a merchant in partnership 
with Stoddard Whitman ; retired from busi- 
ness after a financial disaster in 1820. He 
married (first) April 16, 1793, Electa, who 
died January 13, 1803, daughter of Simeon 
Hopkins. Fle married (second) February 19, 
1804, Phoebe, who died December 5, 1823, 
daughter of Joseph and Phebe (Hall) Atkins. 
Children of first wife, born at Wolcott: Isaac, 
January 9, 1795; Polly, December 25, 1797; 
Lois E., January 27, 1800; Isaac H., Janu- 
ary ro, 1803. Children of second wife: Jo- 
seph A., December 18, 1804, removed to City 
Point, Mississippi ; Stoddard W., December 
27, 1806. of Hamburg, Mississippi ; Edward, 
mentioned below; William H., January 11, 
1813, settled at West Windsor, Mississippi; 
Dwight, January 24, 1816 ; Hobart A., Au- 
gust 9. 1820. 

(\TI) Edward, son of Joseph (2) Twichell, 
was born in Wolcott, September 5, 1810, died 
April i6, 1863. At the age of ten he left home 
and worked on a farm in Avon, returning to 
Wolcott for the winter. He worked at farm- 
ing the following summer and had but three 
months of schooling a year, and that in the 



evening school. At the age of sixteen he was 
apprenticed to learn the tanner's trade of Tim- 
othy Higgins, of Southington. After he came 
of age he was admitted to partnership by his 
employer and he continued in the tanning 
business the remainder of his life. He also 
manufactured leather belting for a time. He 
entered partnership under the firm name of 
H. D. Smith & Company and engaged in 
manufacturing carriage hardware. This firm 
prospered and his son Edward succeeded him. 
He was as prominent in religious as in busi- 
ness life. In the great religious revival of 
1833-34 he was one of a large number con- 
verted, and he joined the Congregational 
church at Southington, April 6, 1834. Fle was 
active and zealous in church work and consist- 
ent in his religious life. He was for many 
years teacher and superintendent of the Sun- 
day school ; was seldom absent from prayer 
meetings or other church services. He was 
elected deacon, September 11, 1851, succeed- 
ing Deacon William WoodrufT, receiving all 
but four of the fifty votes cast, and it has been 
said that as a deacon "he was the peer of the 
very best New England has produced." 

Without early educational advantages he 
steadily informed himself by reading. His 
mind vvas calm and well-balanced, his percep- 
tion rapid and he made even and sure prog- 
ress in scholarship and character building. All 
his instincts were kindly and benevolent. He 
could not be restrained in doing good by 
any conventional rules or methods. Each mo- 
ment furnished the inspiration and object of his 
work. Once he started upon a systematic 
method of giving, setting apart a certain pro- 
portion of estimated income for charity and 
giving his w'ife the task of keeping an account 
of his gifts, but in three months his allotment 
for the year had been spent. Thereafter he 
never kept account of his benevolence and 
none could estimate the amount of his charity 
or the extent of his good deeds as measured 
in money. The pastor of his church thus 
described his character in an obituary ser- 
mon : "On my first coming to this place a 
young man and he a young man he took me 
by the hand as a fellow helper in the Gos- 
pel, and for more than a quarter of a cen- 
tury, and especially since he became a deacon 
of the church, he has stood at mv side with 
a genial spirit and true faithfulness, not easily 
provoked, thinking no evil, not always of the 
same mind with me, but never censorious or 
fault-finding and ever ready to advise or help 
in every good work. Not tliat he was even 
thought to be faultless, but that he was one 
to be sincerely loved and trusted through all 
the changes and trials of good report and evil 



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report, as very few men can be. It does not 
I'ti-ome mc to indiilije in private Rrief on this 
asion, but as a ttstiniony to tJie worth of 
-ood and faitlifiil man in the position the 
icon occupied yuii will ahnost expect me 
~ay that I feel as if death had struck at 
my own rifjht hand in this sad event." 

He niarricil (first) .'^ci)tcnil)er 3, 1835. Se- 
liii.i D., died .\])ril 7. 1S49, daughter of Reu- 
II Carter, of W'olcott. He married (sec- 
1) Mav 16, i8so. lane, daughter of Steplicn 
I Ohye (Xewelf) Walkley. Children of 
■t wife, born at .SouthinLCton : i. Joseph 
[ikins, horn May 2", 1838, mentioned he- 
2. Rdward Williams. Xovenihcr 5, 1839; 
icatcd in the public schools and Lewis 
idemy ; in business at I.aporte. Indiana ; 
e 1861 connected with II. D. Smith & 
Mipany, and since i8('i5 its treasurer; vice- 
-i<lent of the Soutliington Hank ; reprcsen- 
■:vc to the i^eneral assembly in 1S80: mcm- 
: of Fricndshi[) Lotlgc, of Southington, of 
ich bis grandfather had been a member; 
rried, October 17, 1866, Sarah (Fri.sbie) 
rrison, widow of William. H. Harrison, 
lighter of Martin and Sally (Moore) Fris- 
; son, Reuben Carter, born November 25, 
77, graduate of Yale College in 1900. 3. 
-on C, October 10. 1842; <lied January 24, 
13. 4. Sarah J., January 28, 1844; mar- 
1. Xovembcr 10, iS^k), Reverend itdmund 
Ware. Children of second wife: 5. Marv D., 
lober 8. 1831. 6. Olive X., .\ugust 18. 
; I. 7. Timothy D., September (1. 1856. 8. 
ia E.. December 25. 1859. 9. .Anna \V., 
iiber 8, 1862, died June 2~, 18(13. 
Vlin Rev. Joseph Hopkins Twichell, son 
Deacon Edward Twichell, was born May 
1838. at Southington. He attended the 
union school-, and took a course at Lewis 
idemy, Snutliington. where he fitted for 
•lleue. He entered Vale College and was 
graduated with the class of 1859. Immedi- 
ately afterward he began to study for the 
ministry in the Union Theological Seminary 
of Xew York. After two years of study he 
left school to enter the service of his country 
in the civil war at the very beginning. He 
became chaplain of the Seventy-first Regiment, 
Xew York State \'oIunteers. .April 25, 1861, 
and he continued faithfully at the post of 
duty at the front until his regiment was mus- 
tered out July 30, 1864. Then he ccimpleted 
his interruiitcd studies at .Andover Seminary. 
He was called to the pastorate of the new 
Asylum Hill Congregational Church of Hart- 
ford. Connecticut, and duly installed Decem- 
ber 13. 18(13. For a periixl of forty-five years 
he has been pastor of this church. He has 
achieved some prominence in the literary 



world in addition to his prominence in the 
religious. He is well known as the author of 
"John W'inthrop." a biograjiby in the ".Mak- 
ers i>i .\merica" series ( iS<ji i, and as editor 
of "Some Puritan Love Letters" (1893). He 
is a member of the Monday Evening Club of 
Hartford. Since 1874 he has l>een a Fellow 
of Yale University. He has always evinced 
a lively interest in public affairs and supported 
the Republican jioliyes and candidates. He 
has never lost his interest in athletic sports. 
He was in the \'ale crew in 1859. He belongs 
to the Psi L'psilon and the Scroll and Key, 
both of Yale. He r. ' • - " " ,id 
street. Hartford. X' h 

of his pastorate, hr ^ :id 

health and ambitions, and iiis uevoiion ol a 
lifetime to a single parish seems amply re- 
warded in the fruits of his service, the love 
of his people and the esteem of the entire 
community. 

He married. November i, 1865, Julia Har- 
mony Cushman, of Orange, New Jersey, born 
August 9, 1843, at Exeter, New York, died 
April 24, 1910, daughter of David and Julia 
M. (Curtis) Cushman. Children: Edward 
Carrington. born .August 10. 1867; Julia Cur- 
tis, January 9, 1869; Susan Lee, October 15, 
1870: David Cu.shman, October 9, 1874; Har- 
mony. June 4. 187(1; P.urton Parker. June 8, 
1878: Sarah Dunham. February 26, 1882; 
Joseph Hooker, June 13. 1883; Louise Hop- 
kins. December 22, 1884. 



Thomas Sanford. immigrant 
SANFORD ancestor, was born in 1607-8, 
in county Essex, England, 
and in all probability, according to Carlton E. 
Sanford, the family historian, lived at Pots- 
dam, New York, at Hutfield P.road Oak, and 
died in September or (October. 1681. at Mil- 
ford. Connecticut. He married Sarah , 

at Dorchester. Massachusetts. She died May 
14. 1(181. at Milford. Her name is not men- 
tioned in his will. 

Thomas Sanford was a son of Ezekiel 

and (Warner) Sanford. grandson of 

Thomas and Mary (Lewes or Mcllctt) 
Sanford. of Stanstead. Mountfitchet and Much 
Hadham, England. Thomas Sanford died at 
Stanstead. leaving a will dated April 3. 1597. 
Ezekiel Sanford's wife was a daughter of John 
Warner, of Much Hadham. county Essex. 

The first record of Thomas Sanford in 
.America is at Dorchester. Massachusetts, now 
South Boston, w-here he had a grant of land, 
November 22, 1634. It is thought that he 
came to this country in 1632 with his uncle, 
John Warner. He drove the cows at Dor- 
chester in 1(133 to and from the public pasture. 



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In 1639 or a year or so later he appeared at 
Milford, Connecticut, with two children, Eze- 
kiel and Mary. There he became a useful, 
enterprising man. Children: i. Mary, born 
January 16, 1642; died unmarried. 2. Samuel, 
April 30, 1643 ; died November 27, 1691 ; n.ar- 
ried Hannah Bronson. 3. Thomas, Jr., De- 
cember, 1644: died at New Haven; married 
(first) Elizabeth Paine; (second) Elizabeth 
Gibbard. 4. Ephraim, mentioned below. 5. 
Elizabeth, August 27, 1648; married Obadiah 
Allyn. 

(II) Ephraim, son of Thomas Sanford, was 
born May 17, 1646, at Milford. He settled at 
Milford and died there in 1687. He was a 
witness of the will of Benjamin Fenn, of Dor- 
chester and Milford, 1672. He married, at 
New Haven, in 1669, Mary, daughter of 
Thomas Powell. His estate was divided by 
the court, November 16, 1692, among the 
children and widow. Children : Mary, Sam- 
uel, Samuel, Ephraim, Thomas, Nathaniel and 
Zechariah. 

(III) Samuel, son of Ephraim Sanford, 
was born at Milford, May 9, 1674. Among 
his children was Joseph, mentioned below, and 
David. 

(IV) Joseph, son of Samuel Sanford, was 
born July 5, 1701, at Milford; died September 
9, 1754, at Prbspect Hill, Litchfield, Connecti- 
cut. He was several times member of the co- 
lonial legislature and captain of the militia. 
He lived on Prospect Hill and is said to have 
set up the first dry goods store in Litchfield. 
He married Mary Clark, born in 1704, at Mil- 
ford, died September 9, 1766, daughter of 
Joseph Clark. Children: i. Hannah, born 
July 23. 1729; died January 11, 1804; married 
Ephraim Harrison. 2. Sarah, July 28, 1731 ; 
died July 30, 1 73 1, at Milford. 3. Oliver, Au- 
gust 22, 1732; died October 26. 1800; mar- 
ried Elizabeth Lyon. 4. Jonah, mentioned be- 
low. 5. Mary, October 4, 1739 ; died January 
8, 1755. 6. Joseph, July 28, 1745; died De- 
cember 13, 1813; married Mehitable Young. 

(V) Jonah, son of Joseph .Sanford, was 
born August i, 1735, at South Farms, died 
January 21, 1817. He was a farmer at South 
Farms. He was a soldier in the revolution, 
commissioned ensign in 1770, served in Cap- 
tain Jesse Curtis's company. Colonel Hooker's 
regiment. General Erastus Wolcott's brigade; 
was stationed at Peekskill at Barracks No. 3. 
He married, December 7, 1757, Rhoda, born 
May 26, 1742, died July 11, 1807, daughter of 
Benjamin and Eunice (Martin) Woodruflf. 
Children, all except Joseph, born at Morris, 
Connecticut: I. Joseph, born April 17. 1758, 
at Milford ; died" October 17, 1843 ; married 
Chloe Goodwin. 2. Benjamin, June 4, 1761 ; 



died July i, 1883; married Sarah Marsh. 3. 
Clark, July 10, 1764, died September 5, 1819; 
married (first) Sarah Marsh; (second) Anna 
Marsh. 4. Rhoda Pamelia, April 27, 1768, 
died June 4, 1805 ; married Daniel Clark. 5. 
Jonah, January 27, 1773. died .August 28, 1806, 
buried at Morris. 6. Simeon, mentioned be- 
low. 

( \T ) Simeon, son of Jonah Sanford, was 
born at Morris, May 6, 1775, died June 23, 
1846. He resided at Cornwall for some years 
and was a prosperous farmer. In later years he 
lived at South Farms. Children: i. Arman, 
born October 29, 1799, died May 24, 1803. 2. 
Rhoda, July 7, 1801, died July 7, 1893; '""^r- 
ried (first) William Henry Harrison; (sec- 
ond) Edward Cowles. 3. Clarinda, February 
28, 1804, died ]\Iay 21, 1875; married William 
D. Harrison. 4. Rollin, mentioned below. 

(\TI) Rollin, son of Simeon Sanford, was 
born March 2"], 1806, at Cornwall, Vermont, 
near Lake Champlain, died December 2, 1879, 
in New York City. He was a lawyer at New 
Haven and Stamford, Connecticut. He joined 
the Stamford Manufacturing Company and 
was a dealer in imported wood and dye stufifs, 
and an importer of rice. He married (first) 
May 25, 1835, Maria Seymour. He married 
(second) Susy Ann Wright. He married 
(third) Clarinda S. Harrison. Child of first 
wife died early. Children of second wife: 
Amasa Wright, Maria Seymour. Children of 
third wife: Elihu Harrison, Rollin. William 
Henry, mentioned below, Simeon, Elizabeth 
Post, Alice Warner, died in infancy. 

(\TII) William Henry, son of Rollin San- 
ford, was born in Brooklyn, New York, May 
17, 1854, and is now living at Litchfield, Con- 
necticut. For a number of years he made his 
home at Stamford in summer and in New 
York City in winter. He resided also, for a 
time, at Hastings-on-the-Hudson. In 1880 he 
came to Litchfield. He was engaged in the 
wholesale grocery business at Colorado 
Springs, Colorado, from 1888 to 1895, when 
he returned to Litchfield., where he has an art- 
ist's studio. He married ^liss Joanna Ketch- 
um Swartwout, born at Stamford, in 1S56, 
daughter of Robert and Sarah Stearns (Sat- 
terlee) Swartwout (see Swartout). Chil- 
dren: I. Harrison, mentioned below. 2. Rob- 
ert Dunscomb. born Septenil^er i, iS7q, a 
farmer, married Louise Christy ; children Rob- 
ert S. and Gladys. 3. Margaret Swartout, 
May 14, 1881. 4. Reginald, August 5, 1884, 
real estate broker, Litchfield. 5. Eleanor, 
July 21, 1886. 6. Joan Satterlee. October 5, 
1890. 

(IX) Harrison, son of William Henry .San 
ford, was born in Stamford, December 10, 




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1876. He was cflucati'd in tlic Ei)iscopal school 
;il Cheshire, Coiiiucticut, and has heen in biisi- 
lu ss in Wall street for the past ten years 
(.since I<j02). a partner in the firm of Sey- 
nionr, I'elers & Sanford. brokers. I le married, 
in lkceml)er, moi, .\nna Champion Ferry, 
li'iii July li, 1876, daii>j;liter of Kbciiezer Le 
Ku\ and Charlotte ( Demin^O Terry. Char- 
' r was a danL;hter of \\ ilham I)emin!.j, 
iiiddanj^hter of Jidius Deming. Mr. and 
.:- Snifiird have no cliildren. 

' I lie Swartout Lin ■ ) 

i Ik ance.slors of tlie Swartout family were 
I )uteii orij^in and came to the town of Min- 
k, .\ew York, and ( iumaer an 1 Cuddeback 
I' <)o. They were all three interested in the 
ripack patent, but Kajjer says that but one 

'I tliem kei)t his sliare. Wliether it was 

I Ib'inas. .Anthony or liernardus Swartout, we 

not informed. I hey were said to lie lars;e, 

.. erful men and well fitted for tlie liardshi]) 

pioneer life. In 1730 a Swartout was ma- 

of militia in ( )range county, \ew York, 

-iding on the disputed land between Xew 

\"rk ami Xew Jersey and was once dispos- 

s, xsed by Jersey claimants, an atTair tliat called 
■ .'ill his neighbors in order to reinstate him. 
' nelius Swartout and (ierardus Swartout, 
■11 of the Major, were at the capture of Fort 

Montgomery by the llritish but escaped. This 

i.iMiily bore an important jiart in all. the strug- 
> and hardships of those troublous times, 
irly all of the family now S()ell the name 

.-swartwout. 

Robert .Swartwout, son of lirigadier-Ciencral 

Robert Swartwout, whose fatlier was one of 

seconds in the .Alexander Ilamilton-.Aaron 

IT duel, descenilant of the Xew York fani- 

married Sarah Stearns Satterlee. Their 

ghter. Joanna Ketchum. born at Stamford, 

V oiniecticnt. in 1856, married William Henry 

Sanford (see Sanford X'HI). 



(1\'» David Sanford, son of 

SAXl"(tl\n Samuel Sanford (q. v.). was 

born September 8. 1700. dicil 

January K), 1751. He married Rachel Strong. 

.\mong their children was Elilni. mentioned 

below. 

(\') Flihu, son of David Sanford, was 
horn at Xew Haven. Connecticut. May 6, 17.^1, 
died May 28, 1808. He married. June 28. 
1758. Hannah Sanford. who was born .\pril 
30. iJX^. died Sc))temlHr 17. 18X). Children: 
Eliliu. Strong, Hannah, Stejihen, Samuel, 
David, Mary Ann. Clarissa, Susan, David, and 
Joseph, mentioned below. 

( \T ) losejih, son of Rlihu Sanford. was 
born at Litchfield, Connecticut. Xoveiiiber 3, 



I77<>, died October 2t>, 1851. He settled in 
Cranville, .Ma-.>,icliu>etts. died at TaritTville, 
Connecticut. He was a tanner all hi> active 
life. He marrietl, l"ebruary J5, 1801, Hope 
\\ ilmot. Ixirn July 5, 1780. died July 18. 1851. 
l hildren : Esther .Nfinerva, born Decemlier 
4, 1801; Rowena, .August 8, 1804; I'letsey, 
July 21, i8c/»: Ccorgc Willis, December 20, 
1807, mentioned below: i>etsey, .August 2~, 
liknj: Hope or llopey, July 26, 181 1 : Joseph 
David iM-anklin, May 29. 1814: Hannah, Xo- 
vcmber 24, 18 18. 

(\TI) IJr. (jcorge Willis Sanford, son of 
Joseph .Sanford, was lM)rn at Xorthfield, Con- 
necticut, December 20, 1807, <lied at Tariff- 
ville, September 23. 1892. He was educated 
in the common schools of his native town, the 
Cooley Classical Institute, at (iranville, Mas- 
sachusetts, and the Iterkshire Meilical Insti- 
tute, of Pittsfield. Massachusetts, where he 
was graduated in 1836 with the degree of 
M. D. He began the study of medicine un- 
der Dr. .^amuel Latham Harlow, and located 
in TaritTville in 1828. He continued in the 
general jiractice of his profession in that place 
for the ]:eriod of fifty-six years. He was a 
member of the county, state and national med- 
ical societies: was at one time president of the 
t"ounty Medical Society and vice-president of 
the State Medical !>ociety. He was delegate 
to various national medical conventii^ms and 
was well known throughout the country. In 
ptilitics he was a Republican in later life. ])re- 
viously a Whig, serving as postmaster of the 
town during the Harrison-Tyler administra- 
tion. He was representative to the general 
assembly from the town of Sinisbury in 1845- 
71-75. He was an active and iirominent mem- 
ber of the llaptist church. He was a member 
of St. Mark's Lodge of I'ree Masons. He 
married (first), F'ebruary 4. 1830, Jane Eliz- 
abeth .Adams, born at Xortli I'.loomfield. Con- 
necticut. Seiitember. 1813, died March 20. 
1872. He married (second) .\da Letitia Eno, 
who survives him, aged eighty-two years 
(lOio). Children of first wife: Jane Cieral- 
diiic. born 1831, marrieil Charles L. Roberts: 
George .Ambrose, Xovember 26. 1832, died 
February 3, 185 1 : Josejih Willis, Ivirn Septem- 
ber 1, 1835, dieil .April 5. iik>^: Marvin, born 
i^crtcmber 20. 1837, <lied December 8. i8o''>; 
James Homer, born May 28, 1S40. died March 
25. 1892: Ophelia Caroline, born .April 15, 
1842. died September 16, iSf^w: Morton, born 
July 16, 1844; Mary, born July lA. 1846. died 
in infancy: Mary .Alice. lK>rn Xovember 2J, 
1847. died in infancy: Henry, l)orn February 
4, 1850: Cieorge .An'ibrose, mentionel below. 

( \ HI ) George .Ambrose, son of Dr. George 
Willis Sanfonl. was born at Tariflfville. in the 



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town of Simsbiiry, Connecticut, August 15, 
1852. He attended the public schools of his 
native town, the Connecticut Literary Insti- 
tute at Suffield, Connecticut, and Union Col- 
lege at Schenectady, New York, from which 
he was graduated in 1876. He began to study 
law in the office of William C. Case, but on 
account of trouble with his eyes had to aban- 
don his ambition to be a lawyer and engaged 
in the mercantile business in New Hartford, 
Connecticut. After a time he removed to Fort 
Wayne, Indiana, and for twenty years was a 
traveling salesman. In 1895 he came to Win- 
stead, Connecticut, and has lived there since. 
He was associated with the \Mlliam L. Gilbert 
Clark Company for a number of years, then 
resumed the study of law, and was admitted 
to the bar in 1903. He opened an office, and 
has practiced his profession since then in Win- 
sted. He was for six years a member of the 
school board. He was a prime mover in the 
project of consolidating the school districts 
and of having a superintendent of schools. He 
is a member of Winchester Council Royal Ar- 
canum, and of the New England Order of 
Protection. He is a member and clerk of the 
Baptist church of Winsted ; and is also sec- 
retary and attorney of the Winsted Business 
Men's Association. In politics he is a Repub- 
lican. He married, January 3, 1877, Mary E., 
born at Hinsdale, Massachusetts, daughter of 
Rev. William and Elizabeth Crane Goodwin. 
Her father was a Baptist clergyman. Chil- 
dren of George Ambrose: i. George Good- 
win, born October 19, 1877; a grocer at South 
Pasadena, California; married Elizabeth M. 
Bower. 2. Ralph Ambrose, March 9, 1879 ; 
a farmer at Winchester, Connecticut ; mar- 
ried Marian M. Moses, and had Mary EHza- 
beth. 3. Clara Ophelia, December 8, 1880; 
lives with her parents. 4. Elizabeth Georgi- 
anna, March 20, 1883 ; married George Wat- 
son Hale (deceased) ; children: George Wat- 
son and Mason Ellsworth. 5. Ada Calista, 
born August i, 1885 : principal of high school 
at New Hartford, Connecticut. 6. Kathryn 
Mary, October 22, 1893. 7. Willis Adams, 
January 10, 1896. 8. Harold Arthur, Decem- 
ber 24, 1897. 



The name of Stoughton 
STOUGPITON is of remote antiquity in 

county Surrey, England. 
In the reign of King Stephen (1135-54), God- 
win de Stocton lived at Stocton in that county. 
In the eighth year of King Edward I, Henry 
de Stocton received the royal license to em- 
park one hundred and sixty acres of land there. 
In the early part of the sixteenth century a 
younger branch of the family became seated at 



St. John's, county Warwick, where they oc- 
cupied a large and ancient mansion. The elder 
branch continued at Stoughton, county Surrey. 
The site of their mansion, now a plowed field, 
is still known as "Stoughton Garden". 

In the neighboring church of Stoke, and at 
the east end of its northern aisle, is Stoughton 
Chapel, which contains many ancient monu- 
ments of the family, with quaint inscriptions. 
In 1692 the chief line of Stoughtons of 
Stoughton became extinct by the death of Sir 
Lawrence, second baronet of Stoughton, and 
the succession was preserved by the younger 
branch of St. John's, county Warwick, until 
the death of Sir George Stoughton. The for- 
tunes of the family appear to have been, at one 
time, identified with those of the Earl of War- 
wick, upon whose estates the Stoughton 
Manor was standing as late as 1876. The coat- 
of-arms is described as follows: Field, azure, 
a cross engrailed ermine. Crest : "a robin red- 
breast, proper." 

(I) Rev. Thomas Stoughton, progenitor of 
the American family, was born in Eng- 
land and was presented with the .living of 
Coggeshall church, December 12, 1600. In 
i6o6 he was deprived of the same, probably 
for non-conformity. Children: i. Rev. John, 
D.D., curate of Aldermanbury parish, London; 
died 1639. 2. Thomas, mentioned below. 3. 
Colonel Israel, to whom the following record, 
taken by Mr. Frank Farnsworth Starr from 
the parish record of Coggeshall church, prob- 
ably applies : " 1602, Februarv 18. Israel 
Stoughton, son of Thomas (then rector of the 
parish) baptized." Israel came over with his 
tjrother Thomas to Dorchester in 1630. and be- 
came a man of mark in the Massachusetts col- 
ony. He was a man of superior intelligence 
and large property. In the division of town 
lands, his share indicates that he, with Mr. 
Rossiter, was the largest adventurer in the 
Dorchester plantation. He was admitted free- 
man, November, 1633, and that same month 
was granted permission by the town to erect a 
mill on the Neponset Falls, Massachusetts, to 
cut timber near by and to erect a fish weir near 
it. At the first general court of the Massachu- 
setts Bay Colonies, May,. 1634, he was deputy 
from Dorchester and obtained from the court 
a confirmation of all his grants from Dorches- 
ter, upon condition of supporting a horse 
bridge over the river, and of selling alewives 
at five shillings per one thousand. At the mill 
which he then erected was ground the first 
corn ground by water in New England. In 
January, 1635, he offended the government 
by publishing a pamphlet denying some of the 
powers which they claimed, and as a result 
was disqualified from holding office for three 



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ars. In iC<^6 he was again a member of the 
neral court, and the following year an as- 
lant. He was also elected, with two other 
mlidates. to command as captain the Massa- 
)setts troops in the expedition against the 
.|iiots. In 1639 he served with Governor 
■ 'licott in running the Old Colony Line, and 
-;ste(l the same year in [)reparing a code of 
.s for the colony. In 1641 he served as 
imissioner to ailministcr the government of 
w Hampshire, and in 1643, being called by 
- private affairs to England, became in- 
iisted in the revolution and determined to 
Vr his services to the revolutionary cause, 
returned home, induced others to join in 
undertaking, and was again in London in 
:>. 1^344. where he made his will. He served 
lieutenant under Rainsboro until his death 
Lincoln, England, in 1645. 
1 olnncl Stonphton was a Puritan of the 
■I'l with his wife was among 
the covenant of the Dor- 
.> . ........ . j,i). He was a member of 

synod which tried Mrs. Amie 1 liitcliiuMiri, 
V- lie If ft a very large estate, comprising 
le five thousand acres of land, besides other 
!>erty, and by will left three hundred 
nds to Harvard College. He left three 
S of whom only one, William, lived to man- 
d. The latter never married, but became 
ost remarkable figure in the early history 
Massachusetts. He was first licutenant- 
\ernor. then governor, and also chief justice 
the superior court of the state. On his 
th he left generous gifts for the poor and 
educational |nirp<>ses. and in aildition to 
rr gifts to Harvard College, established 
•ighton Hall. 

II) Thomas (2), son of Rev. Thomas (i) 
iiglit'in. ami the immierant ancestor, was 
II in Knsfland, and came to this country in 

ship "Mary and John." 1630, with his 
ther Israel. He settled first at Dorchester, 
>sachusetts. .About 1640 he removed to 
iidsor. Connecticut, where he received a 
:it of land, January 11, 1640. which he 
uicded. July 17. 1645. to his son Thomas. 

He married in England. Montpeson, of 

«'>nnty Wilts, who died in England. He mar- 

1 (second), in Dorchester, Man^aret Rar- 

widow i>f Simon Huntington, who died in 

;'>, on the passage over. He died March 

iTioi. Child : Thomas, mentioned below. 

III) Thomas (3). son of Thomas (2) 
•Ighton. was born in England and came to 
Chester with his father, 1^)30. and later re- 

iiuivcd with the latter to Windsor. He re- 
ceived there by deed, July 17, 1645, 'he prop- 
erty granted by the town to his father except 
his "home l.otl. well court, and Court before 



the house. an<l the orchard." .Afterwards his 
lather sold him the dwelling-housi.-, etc.. for- 
merly exempted, "provided tlie saitl Thomas, 
the younger, shall alTord convenient main- 
tenance to the said Thomas his father and 
( ). his mother-in-law during the time 

of their lives, and in case Mr. Stoughton dyes 
first then to all. ( ) his mothcr-in-Iaw, 

the third part of a hundred pounds, which 
the said particulars were prized at. or to 
allow the said convenient maintenance with 
himself. During her life, the Last being her 
Choyce provided she Live with the said Ihom- 
as, otherwise not." He married .Mary, daugh- 
ter of William Wadsworth, November 30, 
1655. He was evidently a man of property 
and of social distinction, and the builder and 
first occufjant of the "Old Stoughton House." 
He died September 15, 1684. His wife sur- 
vived him, and until 1707 there is frequent 
mention of the Widow Mary Stoiigliton, who 
flid a considerable business in loaning money 
on mortgages. She deeded her property to 
her children, October 20, 1703. Children: 
John, born June 20, 1657, mentioned below; 
Mary, January i, 1658-59; Elizabeth, baptized 
Xovember 18, 1660; Captain Thomas, No- 
vember 21, if>62 ; Samuel, September 8, 1665; 
Israel, August 21, ir/)7; Rebecca, June 19, 
■67.V 

(I\) John, son of Thomas (3) Stoughton, 
was born June 20, 1657, and settle<l east of 
the Great river, near the ([uarry, in what is 
now East Windsor. He was a leading man 
there, and figures largely in the Rev. .Mr. Ed- 
wards' time. He was selectman and owner of 
considerable property. His estate was inven- 
toried. May 4, 17 13. at two hundred and sev- 
enty-one pounds two shillings nine pence. He 
married (first) Elizabeth, daughter of Thom- 
as and .Abigail ( Moore) Bissell, who tlied 
July 17. i688. He married (second) Sarah 
Fitch, January 23, 1689. He died May 24, 

1712. His widow married (second) 

Drake. Children of first wife: John, Iwrn 
October 16, 1683; William, March 10, 1685- 
86. Children of second wife: Joseph, May 
19, 1^)91 : Elizabetli. I'ebruary t9. 1692, mar- 
ried Jose])h .Mather; Sarah. December 12, 
i6<;5; Rebecca. .April 2~, 1698: .Ann. March 
21, 1699; Nathaniel, June 2^, 1702. mentioned 
below; Hannah. .August 6. 1705: Mary, No- 
vember 25. 1708; Alarlha, January 16, 17 lo; 
RaclicI, .August 24, 171 1. 

( \' ) Nathaniel, son of John Stoughton. was 
born June 2^, 1702. "Cousin Nathaniel 
Stoughton" is mentioned in Rev. Timothy Ed- 
wards' Rate Cook, as paying his rates in 
.shoes, 1725-40. His will was <lated June 13, 
1753. He married Martha, ilaughter of John 



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Ellsworth, of East Windsor, September 11, 
1725. Children: Oliver, born May 19, 1727, 
mentioned below; Lemuel, August 9, 1731 ; 
Gustavus, July 25, 1733, probably died young; 
Captain John, November 22-23, I735> ^^ o^' 
cer in British provisional army, rendered meri- 
torious service in Erench war, settled on land 
given him for his military services, still known 
as Stoughton Patent; Alice, May i, 1736; Jo- 
seph, July 31, 1738; Ann, June 30, 1741 ; 
Alice, October 10, 1743; Natiianiel, JMarch 6, 
1746; Martha, August 22, 1748, married Cot- 
ton Mather. 

(A'l) Oliver, son of Nathaniel Stoughton, 
was born May 19, 1727. He bought from 
Timothy Stoughton the original home lot of 
Captain Stoughton in East Windsor. He died 
January 23, 1815. He married (first) about 
1755, Eleanor Burbank, who died I\Iarch 9,, 
1774, in her thirty-ninth year. He married 
(second), .September 28, 1781, Widow Eliza- 
beth Gillet, of West Hartford. She died Feb- 
ruary 9, 1815, aged seventy-four. She was a 
member of the First Church in East Windsor, 
1787. Children: Shem, born January 15, 
1757: Timothy, 1760: Oliver, died January 
~3- '765, aged seven weeks; Oliver, May, 
1766, mentioned below ; Molly, died February 
7, 1775, in second year; Augustus; Eleanor, 
1787, died August 4, 1787: Ruth, married Jo- 
seph Elmer, of West Hartford; Elizabeth, 
married, December 26, 1794, Simon Wolcott, 
as second wife. 

(VH) Captain Oliver (2) Stoughton, son 
of Oliver (i) Stoughton, was born May, 
1766, in Windsor, died March 2, 1846, and 
hoth he and his wife are buried in Plymouth, 
Connecticut. He was captain of the state 
militia at the close of the revolution, and a 
prominent man in his day. He married, Oc- 
tober 29, 1787, Sarah Sanford, born Decem- 
ber 29, 1767, died December, 1826. Children: 
Sophia, born August 9, 1788; Ju.stin Leavitt, 
November 19, 1789; Andrew. September 22, 
1791, died young; Nancy, Ma}- li, 1793; 
Catharine, January 29, 1795: Andrew, No- 
vember 16, 1796, mentioned below; Julia, No- 
vember 29, 1798; George, December 6, 1800; 
Oliver, June i, 1807. 

(VHI) Deacon Andrew Stoughton, son of 
Captain Oliver (2) Stoughton, was born No- 
vember 16, 1796, in Plymouth, and died April 
7, 1850. He married, September 30, 1824, 
Julia Elma. daughter of Ira and Amy 
(Barnes) Hooker (see Hooker MI). She 
was born November 30, 1800, died August 
II, 1886. He received a common school edu- 
cation and taught school until his marriage. 
After that he became a farmer on the old 
homestead until his death. He was justice of 



the peace, and deacon in the First Congrega- 
tional Church. Three of his sons were also 
deacons. Children : Justin Leavitt, born Sep- 
tember 22, 1825, died January 23, 1827; son, 
May 19, 1827, died May 31, 1827; Julia 
Sophia, May 21, 1828, married Riley Ives; 
Catharine, June 15, 1830, married Ansel Gay- 
lord, lives in Terryville, Connecticut ; Elias 
Cornelius, August 12, 1832, married Cornelia 
A. Blakeslee, three sons, Henry, Willard, 
Frederick ; George Andrew, November 19, 
1834, mentioned below ; Ira Flooker, April ig, 
1838, mentioned below ; Tnstin Oliver, March 
7, 1841. 

(IX) George Andrew, son of Deacon An- 
drew Stoughton, was born in Plymouth, No- 
vember 19, 1834, and remained at home and 
attended the schools of the town until he was 
sixteen years old, when he entered the store 
of Henry Terry in Plymouth as a clerk; -after 
spending about four years clerking he started 
in business for himself in Terryville. The 
same year he married JMary A., daughter of 
Allen and Mary F. (Linsley) Hemingway, 
and in April, 1856, removed to Thomaston, 
where he spent the remainder of his life. 
For over thirty years in Thomaston lie was 
(part of the time with a partner) engaged in 
mercantile business from which he retired 
about 1893, and during these thirty years and 
the remainder of his life he was actively in- 
terested in the growth of the town and made 
efforts to induce manufacturing interests to 
locale here. He served as justice of the 
peace, tax collector, on board of relief, and 
for many years was a member of the town 
school board ; his interest in schools and time 
spent to improve them was equal and perhaps 
greater than that of any other individual of 
the town. In 1872 he represented the town 
of Plymouth in the legislature, the year that 
the tv,o capital questions were decided and the 
state house was built in Flartford : in 1874 he 
obtained signatures and got a petition before 
the legislature for a charter for a savings 
bank in Thomaston, which was granted and a 
bank organized, of which he was the first 
treasurer, holding the office until succeeded 
by his son George (who was appointed in 
188 1 and held the office over fourteen years). 
He was a director of the bank continuously 
fron-| the start and gave much time and care 
to its aft'airs and lived to see its deposits con- 
siderably over a million dollars. 

He was often appointed administrator on 
estates and perhaps probate records would 
show that more of that service was performed 
by him than by any other one person in town. 
In 1899 he was chosen to represent Thon-ias- 
ton in the legislature (Thomaston having been 




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«/-; 



■ tT fruiii I'lyiiiiaitli in 1)^75) anil was a 
l;er of tlic finance cnniniittce. of wliicli 

' rnor Rnl)crt> was chairman, lie always 

1 witli the l\ei;nl)li.-an>, thuuj^^h lie never 

'it |olitical urticc. lie helped to ors^anizc 

I hiiniaston Knife Coni])an\, and was a 

(liicctor and treasurer for years, lie was a 

nuniher and deacon in the Con;^rei;ational 

clmrch for years. Children: i. (ieor-^e HiM)k- 

er. burn in Tlioniaston in i85<»: at the a!;;e of 

<" iiily-fivc years succeeded his father as 

'irer of the Thumaston Savinijs liank, 

uf,' the ])osition until i8<)3, when he re- 

.1 to Sprnigt'ield. Massachusetts, and en- 

■ 1 in the insurance husiness ; the hankini; 
ini~iiicss hein^' inore to his likinij, he renii>ved 
to Hartford and was chosen treasurer of the 
.'^iitc Sa\in!.'s Hank; he marrietl Clara Cole- 

: children : .\delaidc and Rohert. 2. Ed- 
! Cornelius, mentioned helow. 3. .\ndrew, 
in 1864. 4. Nellie. l)orn in 1867, died 
! seven years. 5. Lizzie, married Rev. 
Icrick Sawyer, a .Methodist clergyman; 
^hter. Mary Elizabeth Sawyer. 
\ ) Edward Cornelius, son of George .-\. 
■,;hton, was born .\pril 18, i860, at Thom- 
1. Connecticut. He was educated in the 
I lie schools. He has been in the employ 
'I the I'lume & .\twood Comjiany of Thom- 
a-tun for thirty years. He is a director of 
the Thomaston Savings iiank and its vice- 
president. He is secretary and treasurer of 
the Thomaston public library, member of the 
schix>l board, treasurer of Franklin Lodge, 
No. 42. Independent Order of Odd Fellows, 
for tifteen years, member of the Congrega- 
tional ciuirch and its clerk for twenty years. 
In politics he is a Republican. He married, 
in 1882. Cornelia Chapman Trivoya, of Thom- 
aston. born March 7, 18(14, daughter of Fer- 
dinand and Flora A. ( Pond ) Trivoya. Chil- 
dren, Ixirn at Thomaston: 1. Lewis Edward, 
December 6, 1886. 2. .\rthur Hemingway, 
October 9, 1890. 3. Kenneth Trivo\;i. |une 
19. 1898. 

(IX) Ira Hooker, son of Deacon .Vmlrew 
Stoughton. was born at Plymouth. Connecti- 
cut. .\pril 19, 1838. He was educated in the 
public schools of his native town and at the 
Terryville .Academy. In 1856 he startc<l a 
general store at Plymouth Hollow, now 
Thomaston, in partnership with his brotlier, 
George .\. Stoughton, and the firm continued 
for four years. He enlisted, July 22. i8(ij. in 
Company I). Nineteenth Regiment, C'>nnecti- 
cut \ohmteer Militia, afterward the Second 
Connecticut Heavy .\rtillery, and served three 
years in the civil war. I le was mustered out 
in July. i8<)5. quartermaster's sergeant of 
Company D. His regiment took part in the 



defense of Washington and Alexandria ; 
joined the .\rmy of the Potomac, after (icn- 
eral Sedgwick was kille<l, ami served with 
the Si.\th .\rmy Corps until the close of the 
war. Mr. .^toughton took ]iart in the battle 
of Cold Harlxir, the battle of Winchester, in 
which he was wmmded and incajtacitatefi for 
duty for a time, and in various other engage- 
ments. He returne<l to Terryville after the 
war and was with the Eagle Lock i Vim|)any 
of that place continuously until 189.'. wlien 
he removed to San P.ernardino, California, 
where for eighteen years he devoted his at- 
tention to fruit culture. He owned a tifteen- 
acre ranch. From 1886 to 1896 he was <>n- 
gaged in the hardware business in San l!er- 
nardino. He returned to Terryville in I'joo 
and since then has had charge of the school 
houses in that place. He was selectman of 
the town of Plymouth in 1872-73. He is a 
member of Gilbert W. Thoni|)s(in Post, Grand 
.Army of the Republic, of Win-ted ; member 
of the Congregational church of Terryville, 
of which he was deacon and treasurer for 
twelve years. He was also deacon and treas- 
urer of the Congregational church at San P.er- 
nardino, while living in that town. He mar- 
ried (first) .*>eptcmber 14. 1859, .Adeline .San- 
ford, of Plymouth. She died ()cto!)er h. iHi'h^. 
and he married (second) Se|)teniber 15, 1870, 
Harriet P.arbour, born .August 4, 1848. daugh- 
ter of Wilney Harbonr. of Canton, Connecti- 
cut. Chibl of first wife: Winifred, married 
A. P.. P>each. Children of second wife: Jidia 
Ellen. Ix^rn June 4, 1871, teacher in the 
schools of Terryville ; Dr. .Arthur \ oluey, 
mentioned below; Helen L., born January, 
1874; married Charles R. Gahr, of California; 
children : I^awrence, Ruth, Cliarlotte, Mar- 
garet, Richard, Catherine and Donald Gahr. 

(X) Dr. .Arthur X'olney .Stoughton, son of 
Ira I looker Stoughton, was born in Terry- 
ville. in the town of Plymouth, Connecticut, 
November 2, 1872. He went to California 
with hi.s jiarents when he was ten years old 
and was educated in the public schools of 
.^an P.ernardino an<l at the Redlan<ls .Acad- 
emy and IVimona College. California, from 
wiiich he was graduated in the class of 1895. 
He stu(lie<l me<licine at the Starling (Ohio) 
.Medical College, at Columbus, Ohio, gradu- 
ating with the degree of .M.D. in 1898. He 
practiced medicine in .Afton. Wyoming, from 
i8<>8 to 1901 and then returned to his native 
town. I'rom i<x>i to 1910 he practiced in 
Terryville. He then located in Los .Angeles, 
California, where he continued to practice his 
profession. He is a member of the Litchfield 
County Medical Society, the Connecticut .'^tate 
Metlical Society, and has been health officer of 



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the town. In politics he is a Repuhlican. He 
married, in June, 1900, Clara Benson, born 
December 4. 1874, daughter of Leon and 
Laura A. (Huntington) Benson, of Lime 
Springs, Iowa. They have had one child, Ar- 
thur A'olney, Jr., born May 11, 1907, died in 
infancy. 

fTlie Hooker Line). 

(IV) Hezekiah Hooker, son of John Hook- 
er (q. v.), was born October 14, 1688, at 
Farmington, Connecticut. About 1720 he re- 
moved to Woodbury, Connecticut, where he 
was a farmer in Bethlehem Parish. He died 
in Woodbury, February 20, 1756. He mar- 
ried, December 18, 1716, Abigail, daughter of 
Captain Josiah and Abigail (Judson) Curtis, 
of Stratford, Connecticut. She was born in 
the latter town, 1695. Children : Hezekiah, 
born October 30, 1717, Farmington; James, 
January 30, 1719, Farmington ; born in Wood- 
bury: Josiah, April 2, 1722; Abigail, Septem- 
ber 25, 1724; Mary, January 8, 1727; Wil- 
liam, June 20, 1729 ; Jesse, August 27, 1732 ; 
Eunice, October 30, 1734; Asahel, December 
13, 1736, mentioned below : Sarah, May 30, 

1739- 

(V) Asahel, son of Hezekiah Flooker, was 
born December 13, 1736, in Woodbury. He 
married, February 15, 1760, Anne, daughter 
of Jonathan and Sarah (Taylor) Parmalee, 
of Branford (and Litchfield and Chatham), 
Connecticut, born February, 1737. They re- 
moved from Woodbury to Bristol, where he 
had a large farm near the boundary line be- 
tween Bristol and Flainvillc. Fle was also 
interested with his sons in manufacturing. He 
died at Bristol, November 10, 1810, and his 
wife, October 27, 181 1, and they are both 
buried in an old burial ground near the Bris- 
tol and Plainville line. Children, born in 
Woodbury: Ira, March 12, 1760, mentioned 
below; Asahel, August 29, 1762; Bryan, Au- 
gust 5, 1764: Anne, February 10, 1767; Levi, 
August 15, 1769; Urania, March 14, 1774; 
Chauncey, September 12, 1775 ; Pollv. March 
2, 1778. 

(VI) Ira, son of Asahel Hooker, was born 
March 12, 1760, in Woodbury. When a young 
boy he became a soldier in the revolution and 
saw considerable service, probably throughout 
the war. He was present at the execution of 
Major Andre. After the war he became a 
manufacturer of tinware at Bristol. He died 
there, November 30, 1838. He married, Feb- 
ruary 15, 1791, Amy Barnes, born August 18, 
1769, died August 6, 1835. Children, born at 
Bristol: Asahel, June 15, 1792; Anna, Octo- 
ber 15, 1793; Moseley, October 17, 1795; 
George, February 17, 1798; Julia Elma, No- 
vember 30, 1800, mentioned below; Ira, No- 



vember IT, 1802; Amy, April 16, 1805: Caro- 
line, July 2, 180S; Lurena, 'November 3, 1810; 
Stephen, December 16, 1813. 

(\TI) Julia Elma, daughter of Ira Hook- 
er, was born November 30, 1800, in Bristol. 
She married. September 30, 1824, Deacon An- 
drew Stoughton (see Stoughton \TII). 



The first records of the Back fam- 
BACK ily in this country are found in the 

vicinity of Preston, Connecticut. 
George, Daniel, Elijah and Judah Back, per- 
haps all brothers, served in the French and 
Indian wars from this locality. George and 
Judah Back were of the same company, Judah 
serving from May 17 to November 20, 1758, 
under Colonel Samuel Coit, of Preston, in the 
Second Regiment ; George from April 2 to 
October 15 of the same year (see vol. 11 
French and Indian War Rolls, Conn. Hist. 
Society.) Daniel Back served in 1755 in 
Stonington, Preston and vicinity. Elisha and 
Simeon Back were soldiers in the Revolution. 
Evidently Judah was the only one to remain 
in Connecticut, and for a time all of the fam- 
ily left Connecticut except the family of his 
son Judah. 

(I) Lieutenant Judah Back, the first of this 
family, was a soldier in the French and In- 
dian war in 175S, and was born probably as 
early as 1738. He settled at Hampton, Con- 
necticut, and died there. He married Pris- 

cilla , December 30, 1761, at Flampton, 

and she also died in that town. 

(II) Judah (2), son of Lieutenant Judah 
(i) Back, was born August 26, 1768, in that 
portion of Hampton, Connecticut, that is now 
the town of Chaplin. He lived for a few 
years in Vermont. He was a farmer. He 
settled at length in Holland, ^Massachusetts, 
and became the owner of considerable land 
there. In stature he was small, but very 
energetic and successful. He married, No- 
vember 22, 1801, at Hampton, Elizabeth Ab- 
bee or Abbey, of an old Windham county 
family. She died at Holland when over ninety 
years old. Children : i. Lucius, mentioned 
below. 2. Harding Gates, born October 6, 
1816; married. May 15, 1842, Elizabeth Col- 
burn, born November 10, 1824; children: i. 
Sarah Emeline, born August 28, 1844, died 
November 11, 1885, married. May 10, 1866, 
George Lanphear, born March 24, 1840, and 
had Emma Elizabeth Lanphear, born March 
2S, 1867, Orin Elliot Lanphear, January 8, 
1868, Edna Sarah Lanphear, ^lay 8, 1869, 
Mansir George Lanphear, June 8, 1876; ii. 
George H., born November 12, 1846, died 
September 7, 1880, married, November 17, 
1875, Susie A. Perry, born February 21, 1858, 



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and IkkI I'.crtha E. liaik, liorn Aucfust 10. 
1875: iii. Orin Collnim, born SciitenihiT iS, 
1855. ilic<l July 25, 1867. 

(Ill I Lucius, son of Jiidali (2) I'.ack, was 
born at llam[)t<)n, Connecticut. May 2(>. 1803. 
died at Holland, Massachusetts, Seiiteiiibcr 18, 
1879. Me came to Holland with his parents 
when only four years old. lie was a very 
extensive farmer for his time, was industri- 
ous and energetic, blessed with good health, 
and attained success. In politics he was a 
Democrat, but never an office-seeker. He was 
•1 iiid juror for his town several limes. 
; probity and good judgment were so uni- 
illy recognized that he was frequently 
called upon to settle estates. He lived in 
Hiilland. just across the line from Union. 
* • iKclicut. He married (first) January 27, 
;. Sopiiia. Iiorn December 12. 1802, died 
15. 1852, daughter of Samuel Moore (see 
e III). He married (second) Septem- 
^ 1855. Sarah, daughter of Levi Rich 
n, i>f Willing; ion. born March .^i. 1S21. 
•Ictoher 2. 1879. His ticatli occurred in 
' md as the residt of a runaway accident, 
Iiicli lie was thrown from a wagon and 
iured that he lived but four days. Chil- 
i>f first wife. i. Martin \an I'.uren, born 
< mber 13, 1835, Holland; now living in 
-ter, Massachusetts: has been active in 
'. p<ilitics: marriefl (first) November fi. 
'. Mary I-'lizabeth Lfpham. of Sturbridge; 
•nd) -March, 1S70, Jane Bruce, of Stur- 
\;e. 2. and 3. Rosctta (twin), February 4, 
": Roscius (twin), mentioned below: 
rtta, married (first) June 10, 1862, Na- 
cl W. Plimpton: (secon<I ) .\pril 19. 1889, 
■ iam H. Harris, a farmer in Holland. M.t— 
uselts. 4. .Albert, March 6. 1839. I lol- 
: married, November 2, 1863, Julia Rut- 
'>rth. now of Sotithbridge, Massachusetts, 
lizalieth. June 6. 1841 : died July 11, 1842. 
\ Ina. March 26. 1844: married. March 10, 
1 '— ), Mary E. Vonng. of Mansfield, Connec- 
ticut: ijied December 20. 1S87: superintendent 
of the IHorence (Massachusetts) Silk ^fill for 
a number of years. 7. Giarles, October i:i, 
1845: married. August 7. 1876, Sibyl Zulctte 
Marcy. of Holland, now living in Florence, a 
nieciianic and farmer. 8. ^Iarietta. .Xugust 
10. 1847: married. December 26. 1871, Free- 
man A. Brown, formerly of Storm Lake, 
Iowa, where he was wholesale and retail 
grocer and editor of the Slorm Lake Gazette: 
now of Wall Lake, Iowa, editor of the Wall 
Lake Xrws. Cliildren of second wife: 9. 
Ellsworth. Seiitemher 17. 1838: married. De- 
cember 16, 1884. Ellen F. \'inton. of Hol- 
land ; a farmer, died in Woodstock. Connecti- 
cut, April 16, 1900. 10. Grant, August 9, 



1863, married, February 26, 1885, Mat)- Mo- 
riarty, of Woodstock, a farmer. 

(IV) Roscius, son of Lucius Back, was 
born February 4, 1837. He was educated in 
Holland and the Mashapaug district, in Union. 
He remained at school until he was twenty- 
one years of age, and after tiiat assisted his 
father in his agricultural and lumbering in- 
terests. For a time he worked at Colt's Ar- 
mory at Hartford. ^L^rch 27, 1862. be went 
to Mashapaug, a village and school district 
in the town of Union, and purchased an in- 
terest in the mattress factory and grist mill in 
association with .Mbert E. Weld. The tirm 
name was Weld & Back, Mr. Weld lidding 
previously been the pro|)rietor of the business, 
'i his business was the manufacturing of ex- 
celsior mattresses and running of a grist mill. 
It continued in a flourishing condition until 
destroyed by fire, October, 1864. which 
brought great loss to its owners and to the 
industrial interests of the community. 

After his retirement from the mill. Mr. 
Back, until 1908, was actively enga;;ed in 
farming and the management of bis lumber 
business. He was one of the leaders in this 
line in the town, which is a pine lumber sec- 
tion. He owned hundreds of acres of timber 
both in Connecticut and Massachusetts, and 
occupied himself with his lumbering during 
the winter and his farming and dairying in- 
terests in the summer. He had about seventy- 
five acres under cultivation an<I in jiasture. In 
1865 he built his Union residence and lived 
there until 1908, when he I)ui!t a house in 
Sotithbridge, and removed to the latter town. 
Since 1908 he has disposed of his large hold- 
ings of real estate in Union. Holland and 
Sturbridge. In politics Mr. liack has for 
many years been a prominent Republican. In 
the term of 1S91-92 he represented his town 
in the legislature and served throut;li the noted 
dead-lock session. He was a member of the 
agricultural committee, was constant in his at- 
tendance, and stood faithfully by his party 
during the continual contests of that e.xciting 
two years' session. In 1907 he again repre- 
sented the town and served on the roads and 
bridges committee. He has also been assess- 
or, constable, tax collector and upon the board 
of relief. From 1890 to 1906 he served as 
clerk and treasurer of the Union Congrega- 
tional Church, of which he is a consistent 
memiier. He was a member of Mashapaug 
Grange, No. loi. He has always .shown a 
public-spirited interest in all matters pertain- 
ing to the progress and advancement of his 
section. 

He married. .Vugust 31. 1863. in the vil- 
lage of Thorndike, town of Palmer, Massachu- 



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setts, Harriet Cutler, daughter of \\'illiam A. 
and :\lary (Wallace) Robbins, of Holland, 
Massachusetts, born June 2, 1840. Her father, 
William A. Robbins, was a carpenter, and a 
man of ability, also a school teacher and a 
teacher of music. For a number of years he 
was town clerk and held other local offices. 
In 1861 he served in the state legislature. 
'Mrs. Back was for forty years a leader in 
the social, religious and musical life of the 
town of Union. She was organist of the 
Congregational church there for nearly forty 
vears. Children, born in Union : Roscius 
Harlow, Alay 28, 1865 : Harrv Eugene, July 
8, 1869. 

(V) Roscius Harlow, son of Roscius Back, 
was born May 28, 1865, in Union, and was 
educated in the district schools of Mashapaug, 
the Hitchcock free high school, of Brimfield, 
Massachusetts, from which he graduated in 
1885, witli a post-graduate course there the 
following year, and the Boston University 
Law School, fi-om which he graduated in 
June, 1889, with the degree of LL.B. After 
that he opened a law office at No. 24 Con- 
gress street, Boston, where he practiced for 
eight years. He was then obliged to leave the 
city on account of ill health. He was attor- 
ney for the executor in the famous litigation 
over the will of the late Elvin Dean Hall, 
once treasurer of the Standard Sugar Refin- 
ing Company. For nearly a year he lived in 
Stafford Springs, Connecticut, and when his 
health was restored, opened an office at Athol, 
Massachusetts, 1898, and carried on a large 
practice there until 1903. He was considered 
one of the most reputable, reliable and lead- 
ing lawyers of northwestern Worcester county. 
November, 1903, he went to the Pacific coast 
and has spent most of his time since at Van- 
couver, Washington, where he has made for 
himself a position of eminence as an advocate, 
attorney and counsellor. In 1908 he was 
elected city attorney. As a young man he had 
served as school visitor in Union, and in Bos- 
ton had been one of the active forces in Re- 
publican politics in Ward 10. In Boston and 
.Athol he directed his political efforts to plac- 
ing others in office, rather than seeking office 
for himself. He married (first) December 
I, 1888, Katherine Elizabeth Hart, born Alay 
3, 1865, in Manchester, England. He mar- 
ried (second) October 2, 1906, Ann Phillips. 
Children of first wife : Roscius Harlow, 
;\Iarch 17, 1894; Helen Robbins, July 30, 
1896: child of second wife: Harriet Eliza- 
beth, July 29, 1907. 

(V) Flarry Eugene, son of Roscius Back, 
was born July 8, 1869, in Union. His earlv 
education was received in the common schools 



of his native town, and he prepared for col- 
lege at the Hitchcock free high school, Brim- 
fiekl, from which he graduated in 1888. He 
then went to the College of Liberal Arts of 
Boston University, from w hich he graduated 
in 1892 with the degree of B.A. During his 
college life he took a leading position among 
his fellow students. In his freshman year he 
was secretary of his class and was elected 
associate editor from Upsilon Chapter of Bos- 
ton LTniversity of the national catalogue of 
the Beta Theta Pi fraternity. From his 
sophomore year on through the remainder of 
his college course, he was the Boston Uni- 
versity reporter upon the Boston Glbbe. As a 
sophomore he was toastmaster at the sopho- 
more-senior banquet ; a director of the Bos- 
ton University Athletic Association : business 
manager of the Uniz'ersity Beacon, the col- 
lege paper, and a director of the University 
Beacon Association. When a junior he was 
business manager of the college annual ; treas- 
urer of the University Beacon Association ; 
president of the University Debating Club; 
local editor of the University Beacon; secre- 
tary and later vice-president of the Upsilon 
Chapter of the Beta Theta Pi, and delegate 
to the national convention of the latter frater- 
nity at Chatauqua, New York. When a sen- 
ior he was made editor-in-chief of the Uni- 
versity Beacon; president of Upsilon Chapter, 
and a member of the Monday Club of Boston 
University, an honorary literary society of the 
college. After graduation he was made alum- 
ni director of the Boston University Athletic 
Association. After graduating from college 
he became a newspaper man, and served as 
reporter on the Boston Globe, city editor of 
the New Hampshire Republican (Nashua), 
telegraph editor of the same paper, and man- 
aging editor of the Worcester Ex'cnin« Post. 
In the fall of 1893 he entered the Boston Uni- 
versity Law School, took the three years' 
course in two years and worked at the same 
time on the Boston Globe to pay his school 
expenses. In the fall of 1895 he returned to- 
newspaper work as night editor of the Lowell, 
Massachusetts, ^[ail, where he remained until 
July, 1896, when he returned to Union. In 
the fall of 1896 he was elected to the Con- 
necticut legislature from the town of Union,, 
and during the session of 1897 made the ac- 
quaintance of people who induced him to go 
to Danielson in -the town of Killingly to open 
a law office. May i, 1897. he was appointed 
prosecuting attorney for Killingly and held 
that office by reappointment until May 6, 1901. 
.August 5, 1897, he was appointed prosecuting 
agent for \\'indham county for a term of two 
years. .April, 1899, he was appointed by Gov- 



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eriifir Loiinsbiiry commissioner of the Inireau 
of hihnv statistics of Connecticut for a term 
lour years, liy tlie legislature of 1901 he 
ai)iK)intefl juclne of the town court of 
inj,'ly for two years, an appointment which 
effect May d of that year. I'.y the suc- 
i^KJing legislatures he has heen reapixiintcd 
anil stili hnlds the office. During his term 
in the legislature he originated, drew, intro- 
■d, and tnok the lead in securing the pass- 
of the hill creating the office of attorney- 
M-ral. lie is al>o a member of the Kepuh- 
II state centrnl committee from the I'wen- 
ii;litli senatcirial di>trict. Since settling in 
nelson he has had an extensive corporation 
tice, especiall> railway law. He is a mcm- 
iif the law firm of Itack & Chase, with 
t_s at the Connecticut .Mutual Life P.uild- 
llartfoni. engagcil in a general practice 
lie law. lie has served as a director in 
l'e'>ple"s Tramway C">mi)any. the Han- 
■n & Norwich Street Railway Company, 
Webster & Dudley Street Railway Ci>m- 
\. lie was one of the organizers and 
nial directors of the Thompson Tram- 
Comj)any. the name of which was later 
■igeil to the Worcester & Connecticut 
tern Railway Company, and later still to 
Consolidated Railway Company. He is 
e in all etTorts for civic betterment in 
' omnniniiy and is at present a director in 
Danielson Young Men's Christian .\sso- 
■ in and the Danielson l-'ree Public Library, 
a burgess of the borough of Danielson. 
ni np4 to 1900 he was a private in Com- 
v .M, Third Regiment, Connecticut Na- 
.1 (iiiard. He is a member of the local 
ige order c)f Mast>ns. I'.luc Lodge, Chapter, 
ncil and Commandery : ( )rdcr <if Oilcl Fel- 
: Knights of Pythias: Order of Elks, and 
I'.ohemian Club. He is a member of the 
.;reg.'itional church, 
lie marrieil, Liiniary 8. 1902. Ella Daven- 
port, daughter of the late Dr. Samuel llutch- 
who was one of the most skillful sur- 
:is of his day in the state. Children: Sam- 
.. ! Ihitchins. born Jann,Tr\ >< umx; ]]:\yvv 
Eugene, .\ugust 3, 1904. 

( The Moore l.iu- 1 
I I lames Moore, immigrant ancestor, was 
lioiii in the north of Ireland and came to 
this country with the early Scotch-Irish ]iion- 
eers in t-17-iS. He died in the eighty-third 
year of his age. thiring the revolution. He 
settled at L'nion, Connecticut. He married 
in Irclanil and his widow died at Union, Jan- 
uary 22. 17."^;. aged ninety-eight years. 

(Ill John, son of James Moore, was born 
"on the passage to .\merica," 1717-18, died 



at L'nion, Connecticut, May 22, 1787. He 
niarried Sarah lUiss, whose ancestors were 
early settlers of Springfield, Massachusetts. 
.She was born in 17^4, died at Union, .August 
12, 1818. 

(Ill) Sanuiel. son of John .Moore, was 
born at Union, baptize<l there July 14, 1771, 
and died there. He married, January 30, 
1798, .\niy W hiton. a native of .Nshford, Con- 
necticut. She died at L'nion. Their daugh- 
ter Sophia married Lucius I'.ack (sec Itack 
III). 

(The Riihl>iiis Line). 

(I) William John Roltbiij'* lived at Hamp- 
ton. Connecticut. 

(II) Ebcnezer, son of William John Rob- 
bins, was born at Hamilton. <lied at .\shford, 
Connecticut. He married. Octolier 28, 1804, 
Esther, daughter of William .Mlworth ( some 
times sjielled .\llsworth or .\lworth). Her 
father was horn in Ireland ami came before 
1808 t'l Hampton, Connecticut, and located on 
.Mlworth Hill, now (ir.int Hill, near the 
Hampton-I'rooklyn town line. 

(HI) William .Mlworth. son of Ebenczer 
Robbins, was born at Hampton. October 2, 
1805. died at Holland. .Massachusetts. 1888. 
He married, September 26, 1830, Mary Wal- 
lis, of Holland, ilaughter of David Wallis, born 
September 13, 1758, died at Holland, July li, 
1843. and I'ersis (Rosebrook) Wallis, born in 
Massachusetts, September 1(1. i/C*^, died at 
Holland. October 15. 1830. The Walli- fam- 
ily is of Scotch origin. David Wallis mar- 
ried, .May 8, 1782, Persis Rosebrook. jifihably 
at Holland. 



William .Alton, tiu- iinniiui'.'uit 
.\LTON ancestor, settled in Marblehead 

about 1700. but moved later to 
Charlton, Worcester coiuity, Massachusetts. 
He married at Marblehead. December 6, 1719, 
Mercv Eliot, and his will mentions five sons: 
John. William. Joseph. David and lienjamin. 

(II) John, son of William .Mton. was born 
at MarliKhead, in 1720. and died in 1780. He 
married Elizabeth Hosmer. who clicd in 1816, 
,it the age of ninety-four years, and they had 
icn children, among whom were: John, men- 
tioned below: Thomas, who settled in Thomp- 
son. Connecticut : Jesse, who also settled in 
Thompson : and two daughters, who married 
and moved to X'ermont. 

(III) John ( 2 ). son of John ( i ) .Mton. was 
born in Thompson, Connecticut, November 
'O- W57- He ^^■'is •* weaver and cloth dresser, 
but bought a farm at Woodstock. Windham 
county, Connecticut, ami settled there as a 
farmer. He was an earnest, ujiright. charit- 
able man. of good e<lucation, and displayed 



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unusual ability for his time and circumstances, 
and was school commissioner for many years. 
He married Anna Babcock on November 26, 
1778, and he died at Woodstock, Connecticut, 
June 8, 1826. ("His daughter, Mary J. Al- 
ton, who was my grand-aunt, told me in 1863 
that her father was a trooper in the Revolu- 
tion and I have many times sat on the chair 
cushion she made from the red and blue uni- 
form he wore as a trooper." — C. D. A. Sr.) 

(IV) James Babcock Alton (also spelled 
Allton), son of John Alton, was born at 
Thompson, July 23, 1786, and died at Canajo- 
harie. New York, December 16, 1845. He 
assumed the name Babcock, his mother's maid- 
en name. He was educated in the public 
schools and was a school teacher at Wood- 
stock and Canajoharie. a typical Yankee 
schoolmaster of his day and generation. He 
was afterward a general merchant, and for 
a long time was justice of the peace of the 
town. One who knew him said he was "such 
a good man, so upright and gentle and so 
considerate of others, and was beloved by all." 
He married (first) Sarah C. Simmons, who 
died December 25, 1821, a daughter of John 
Simmons, of Wheeling, West Virginia. He 
married (second) Lucy Cheesbrough, widow 
of Lieutenant Lewis S. Germain, United 
States navy. The children of the first mar- 
riage were : Conde Raguet, mentioned below ; 
and William Simmons. 

(V) Conde Raguet, son of James Babcock 
Alton, was born at Canajoharie, New York, 
August 6, 1814, and died at Hartford, Con- 
necticut, July 2, 1886. He began the study of 
law, but turned afterward to civil engineer- 
ing, and for many years was employed in the 
construction of canals in New York state. He 
superintended work on the canal from Chicago 
to the Illinois river, on harbor improvements 
at Kenosha, Wisconsin, and the state water- 
ways of Wisconsin, becoming chief engineer 
of the state, and planning railroads in various 
parts of the country. In politics he was a 
Democrat before the war, a Republican dur- 
ing and after the war. He was a communi- 
cant and several times v,-arden of the Episco- 
pal church. He married, at Southport, now 

. Kenosha, Wisconsin, June 5, 1839, Carolan 
Esther Turner, born at Sterling, Cayuga 
county. New York, May 18, 1822, daughter 
of Charles W. and Sarah (Spencer) Turner, 
of Fort Covington, New York, granddaughter 

of and Abigail (Tracy) Turner, and 

of and Mary (Peck) Spencer. The 

children of this marriage were : James Turn- 
er, born August 22, 1840, died October 16, 
1886: Marie Louise, born February 24, 1842, 
<lied June 7, 1843: Charles DeLancey. men- 



tioned below ; Frederick ^^^illiam, born May 8, 
1848, died September 11, 1849; Carolan Vir- 
ginia, born September 29, 1854. 

(VT) Charles DeLancey, son of Conde 
Raguet Alton, was born at Kenosha, Wiscon- 
sin, May 9, 1845. He moved to ?ililwaukee, 
Wisconsin, in 1850, where he attended school 
until June, 1859, going to New York in No- 
vember of that year. Here he was in busi- 
ness chiefly with the book and music pub- 
lishing house of Mason Brothers until 1863, 
when he began school again at Woodstock 
Academy, at Woodstock, Windham county, 
Connecticut, and in 1864-65, Phillips Acad- 
emy, Exeter, New Hampshire, passing his 
entrance examinations for Yale College in 
June, 1865. He taught school during 1866- 
67, living at home, in Summit. New Jersey. 
In the summer of 1867 he became an assist- 
ant on railway surveys at Urbana, Illinois, 
and continued in charge of railway construc- 
tion at Paterson, New Jersey, and Babylon, 
Long Island, Schenectady, New York, and 
in the north woods of Wisconsin. He grad- 
uated at Bellevue Hospital Medical College in 
1875, was interne at Charity Hospital, Jersey 
City, until 1876, when he engaged with the 
Connecticut Alutual Life Insurance Company, 
of Hartford, for special medico-legal work, 
and in a few years became me Heal referee in 
charge of all its medical examiners, which 
ofiice he still holds. He resumed the prac- 
tice of medicine in Hartford, Connecticut, in 
1885 and has continued to the present time. 
He is a member of the Hartford Medical So- 
ciety and was treasurer from 1889 to 1899 in- 
clusive, and chairman of the executive com- 
mittee for many years. He was president of 
the Hartford Count}- Medical Association in 
1909. He is also a member of the Connecti- 
cut State Medical Society, the Climatological 
Association, the American Medical .\s50cia- 
tion, the Life Insurance Medical Directors 
Association, and the Hartford Golf Club, the 
Twentieth Century Club (of which he was 
president for a time), the Connecticut His- 
torical Society, the Republican Club, and the 
Educational Club. He is a Republican in poli- 
tics and is a member of Trinity Episcopal 
Church. 

He married (first) at Yonkers, New York, 
September 3, 1878. Jane Gray, daughter of 
John Warburton and Mary (Brace) Skinner, 
born at St. Louis, December 30, 1853, died 
April 24, 1882. John Warburton Skinner was 
a lawyer and for many years coinisel for the 
Children's Aid Society of New York City. 
Mary Brace was the daughter of John P. 
Brace, of Hartford and Litchfield, Connecti- 
cut. He married (second) at Hartford, June 




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25, 1K85. .Minnie- Mnorc Clarke, burn at Cnrn- 
wall, Connecticut, Novcnilier 2, 1S56, <lauj;litcr 
of Lcavitt Walter ami Charlotte (I'a-jc) 
Clarke. I.eavitt Walter Clarke was of Corn- 
wall, later moved to New Haven and Meri- 
<I<.Ti. and was for many years and at tlie time 
lis death secretary of the Connecticut I'ire 
iirance Company, of Hartford. Charlotte 
c Clarke was the dautrhter of Ithamar 
Janet (I'.iriiCi I'ai^e. of Milton, tonncc- 
t. Iler maternal grandmother was of the 
1(1 family. Children of Jirst marriage: i. 
iv I'.racc, horn at Lyme, Connecticut, .\n- 
I ifi, 1S79: graduated at the Hartford 
,h School, 18(^9; umnarried. 2. Charles 
I >il.;incey, Jr., horn at Hartford, Connecti- 
cut, l'"ehruary 2f>. 1881 ; attended puMic schools 
'11 Hartford, the Hotclikiss School in Lakc- 
. Connecticut, entereil V.ilc I'niversity in 
class of 1905, and left in his freshman 
1; he was in business with the J. I!. Wil- 
is Company, of Glastonhury, Connecticut, 
with Wcstinghousc, Church, Kerr & 
ipany at New Ndrk. and Pittsburg. Penn- 
inia, returning later to the J. 1'.. Williams 
npany. He married, at Hartford. Conncc- 
I. j^cccmher i, 1909, Ruth Holman, daugh- 
■ >f Ralph William and Grace (Dennis) 
Icr. Children of second marriage: 3. 
iilntte. born May 13, 1886: graduated at 
■tford high school in 1904. and at 1 )nl)bs 
■ ry. New York, in 1906: married, June 9, 
1) »). Howard, son of Lester H. Goodwin. 
I heir son, James .Alton, was liorn March 8, 
ii)in. 4. Carolan, Iwrn December 31, 18^7; 
attended Hartford high school and graduated 
at Parmington in 1907: unmarried. 



(1\') Giles Churchill, son 
I I llRCl IILL of Ensign Samuel Church- 
ill (f|. v.), was born at 
Niwingtnn, June 11, 171S. He settled about 
17; r on the forks of the Delaware river upon 
1 -id granted by William Penn and afterward 
itcd at Plorida, New York, where he died 
1771. Children, born at the forks of the 
iware: Joseph, mentioned below: Plijah, 

I ember 4, 1755: Stephen. .April 15, 1758: 
ih : Olive, married Joseph Steele: Giles; 
laps others. 

\") Joseph, son of Giles Churchill, was 

II about 1740. He married (first) January 
I7'i4, Elizabeth .Andrews: (second) Sep- 

lier II. 1777. Rhoda Goodrich. Ixirn March 
1750, died Pebniary 24. 1827, daughter of 
iiiijamiii (^looflrich, gramldaughtcr of Ben- 
jamin ("londrich. great-granldatighter of Lieu- 
tenant William Goodrich, and great-great- 
granddaughter of William Goodrich, the im- 
migrant, a sketch of whom appears elsewhere 



in thi> work. Joseph Churchill settled near 
the old family home in .Vewinglon, formerly 
part of \\ etiier>lield, and lived in the old 
Red House, later known as the Dowd House, 
and owned and operate"! a grist mill, and his 
son Joseph succeeded him in that occupation. 
He died .April 26, 1812. Children, born at 
Newington: Sarah, 1778; Joseph, mentioned 
below: James, March 28, 1782. 

(\'I) Joseph (2), son of Joseph ii) 
Churchill, was lM:)rn in Newington, 1780, died 
I'ebruary 28. 1S29. For some years he car- 
ried on the milling business of his father and' 
then sold it to his brothers. He married, in 
1804. .Anna .Allen Judd, horn May 16, 1791, 
in .New liritain. died July 27, 1823. Children, 
born in Newington: Laura, born 1805; Riioda. 
1808: William .Allen, .May to, 1810, mentioned 
below: Maria, 181 2. 

(\II) William .Allen, son of Joseph (2) 
Churchill, was born in Newington, May 10, 
1810. He had a common school education, 
and then became apprenticed to William H. 
North, who was the first goldsmith and jewel- 
er in .New Britain. He afterwards built up a 
great business in the same line, and this, ow- 
ing to his genius and fine taste, became one 
of the finest houses in the country. Elihu 
Burritt, in his memorial address, said of him : 
"He founded here in New Britain a normal 
school of aesthetic culture for beautifying 
fiomes with the best artistry of nature." He 
was of great influence in the community, set- 
ting a good example by his beautiful house 
and grounds, and by his wise citizenship anil 
generous public spirit. He clevoted him<elf 
to the public welfare in many ways, the Cen- 
tre Church at New Britain being a lasting 
moniunent to his loyal service. He died May 
28. 1874. He married ffirst) at New Piritain, 
September 14. 1835, Eliza Jane Francis, who 
died January 23. 1837. He married ('second) 
in \Vethersfield. Connectioit. Dccemlx-r 4. 
1838. Sarah Wells Blinn. Child by first wife: 

1. Eliza Jane, born .August 24, 1836, married 
Colonel Emory Footc Strong, of Bridgeport, 
as his second wife. July 28. 1838: she died in 
November. 1892. Children of second wife: 

2. Sarah .Augusta, liorn July 8. 1841. married 
Frank Louis Hungerford. December 21. 18(39; 
lived at New Britain; children: William 
Churchill. Florence. Frank Mills and Belle 
Hungerford. 3. Julia Isabella, born .\ugust 
14, 1843, married John B. Powell ; no chil- 
dren. 4. William Walcott. born September 
22. 1845. unmarried. 5. Frederick Hosea, born 
March 2~. 1848. mentioned below. f>. Annie 
Florence, born Fcbruarv 4. 18=;^, died March 
14. 1858. 

f\'ni) Frederick Hosea, son of William 



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Allen Churchill, was born March ij , 1848, 
died March 4, 1881. He attended the public 
schools of his native town, New Britain, and 
was graduated from the New Britain high 
school in 1867. He entered the Sheffield Sci- 
entific School of Yale University, and was 
graduated in 1870. He then spent several 
years in studying law and was graduated from 
the Harvard Law School in 1874. He began 
to practice law in New Britain and was very 
successful, but turned his attention to the 
study of electrical science and with intense 
application devoted himself to the purpose of 
forming an electric company in New Britain. 
The strain of this extra study and work, 
added to his increasing professional labors, 
undoubtedly overtaxed a rather frail consti- 
tution and exceedingly sensitive, nervous tem- 
perament, his reason was temporarily unbal- 
anced and during this illness he took his life 
by his own hand, to the great bereavement 
of his family and the sorrow of the entire 
community. He had a promising career be- 
fore him, an ideal home life, and ample pro- 
fessional and business success. He was a man 
of generous impulses, strict integrity and im- 
usual ability, and his death in the prime of life 
was widely and deeply mourned. The Amer- 
ican Electric Company, which he organized, 
was the parent of the Thomson-Houston Com- 
pany of Lynn, IMassachusetts, subsequently 
merged in the General Electric Company. He 
married, November 5, 1874, Annie Louise 
Smith, born in New Britain, daughter of 
^^'illiam H. and Lucinda (Hart) Smith, 
granddaughter of Dr. Samuel and Orpha 
(North) Hart and of William and Sally 
(Lewis) Smith. Her father was a prominent 
citizen of New Britain. Children, born in 
New Britain: i. May, born September 2, 
1875, married, June 9, 1897, George Sherman 
Talcott, born in New Britain, July 27, 1869, 
a graduate of Yale College, 1891 ; children : 
Lucy, born April 10, 1899: Cynthia, deceased, 
lolanda and Theodora. 2. William, mentioned 
below. 3. Rose, June 3, 1878, possesses artis- 
tic tastes and abilities to a high degree : she 
is a member of the .A.rts and Crafts societies 
of Boston and of Hartford and also of the 
Copley Society of Boston. 

(IX) William, son of Frederick Hosea 
Churchill, was born in New Britain, Novem- 
ber 3, 1876. He prepared for college in the 
Hotchkiss School, Lakeville, Connecticut, and 
entered Yale College without conditions, at 
the age of sixteen. He was graduated in the 
class of 1897 with the degree of Bachelor of 
Arts and continued in the post-graduate de- 
partment, receiving the degree of Ph.D. in 
1901. He also studied in Germany at Leipsig 



L'niversity in 1901, under Professor \\'undt. 
He was employed for a year by the publishing 
firm of Charles Scribner's Sons. For two 
years he was an instructor in the psychological 
and philosophical department of Yale Uni- 
versity, in 1902-04. Since July, 1904, he has 
had charge of the signal glass department of 
the Corning Glass Works at Corning, New 
York. This change grew out of an experi- 
mental investigation of signal glass, conducted 
at the Yale Psychological Laboratorv in 1902- 
04. The Corning Glass Works manufacture 
most of the signal glass, lenses, roundels and 
lantern globes and other glass used in rail- 
road and marine service in the United States. 
Mr. Churchill has taken out several patents on 
lenses, etc., and has many more pending. His 
work has formed an important part in the 
development of the system of railroad signals 
in the country, with the consequent saving of 
life and property. He resides at Corning. 
He is a member of the Phi Gamma Delta and 
of the Phi Beta Kappa, college fraternities, of 
Yale University. He is a member of the 
City Club of Corning and of the Graduates 
Club of New Haven, Connecticut. He is a 
member of South Congregational Church of 
New Britain, Connecticut, but attends Christ 
Protestant Episcopal Church of Corning, of 
which his wife is a communicant. In politics 
he is an Independent. 

He married, at Syracuse, New York, June 
17. 1908, Elizabeth Hyde Durston, born at 
Syracuse, New York, February 19, 1880, 
daughter of George and Amelia Leeman 
(Nichols) Durston, granddaughter of John 
and Sarah (Hunt) Durston, who came from 
Somersetshire, England, and of Horace Ely 
and Mary Hyde (Ketchum) Nichols, of Col- 
umbia, South Carolina. John Durston had a 
shipyard in Syracuse, New York, in the early 
days of the Erie Canal, and built a large num- 
ber of canal boats. He was a first cousin of 
Sir Albert John Durston (retired) of the 
British navy. .On her mother's side, Mrs. 
Churchill descends from Governor William 
Bradford, of the Mayflower colony at Plym- 
outh. I\Ir. and Mrs. Churchill have one child, 
Durston, born September 3. 1909. .\11 the 
ancestry of Mr. Churchill is of English stock 
and from settlers coming prior to 1660, except 
the Elinn line, which is French, descending 
from Pierre Blinn, who settled in Wethers- 
field about 1665. Mr. Churchill's ancestry has 
been traced among others to the following im- 
migrant ancestors: Henry \A'olcott, of \\'ind- 
sor, Connecticut ; John Stedman, of Hartford ; 
Thomas Burnham, of Farmington ; Richard 
Beckley. of Berlin, Connecticut ; Samuel Ap- 
pleton, of Ipswich ; Deacon Edward Collins,, 



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of Cambridge, Massachusetts ; William Lewis 
anil William Whiting, of Hartford, lonnec- 
ticiit ; Henry I'eck. of New Haven: Steiilicn 
Hart, of I'arminyton ; Jonathan (Gilbert, of 
Hartford ; John North, of I-armini,'ton ; Thom- 
as Newberry, of Dorchester, .Ma;.>achiisetts ; 
William I'aine, of Ipswich, Massachusetts; 
Nathaniel Foote, of W'ctherslield : (iovcrnor 
Thiinias Welles, of 1 lartfnrd : and Anthony 
Hawkins, of I'armington, sketches <il most of 
\vli..ni will I,, i". ,imd in detail in this work. 



The first mention of tlic 

W UOIjW ( )K1 1 1 name W'oodworth in 

this country is found in 

' records of the town ul .Scituate, Massa- 

-etts. It is believed that the orii,'inal form 

•lie name was W'oodwanl ami that through 

;ie process of evohition it became W'ood- 

I (h. This belief is strengthened by the fact 

• in Kent. England, the original home of 

immigrant, Walter W'oodworth. there 

.. ic. at the. time of his coming over, no 

W'ipodworths, hut a number of Woodwards. 

Mi- descendants in this country bave spelletl 

name variously W'oodwnrth. W'i>odward. 

■ xlanl an<l W'oodart. 

I) Waller W'oodworth. the immigrant an- 
tor, came from Kent. ICngland, and settled 
Scituate. Ma»achu.-etts. The first men- 
1 of him in that town occurs in 1633. when 
was taxed, and again in 1C35, when he 
- assigned the third lot on Kent street, at 
corner of Meeting-house lane. Here he 
It his house. In the same year he appears 
,ave owned other lan<ls. notably a tract on 
I-'irst Herring brook, where afterwards 
d the residence of Samuel W'oodworth, 
■ poet, also another tract on Walnut Tree 
Hill, then called Walter Woodworth's Hill. 
In K'rfV) he bought, besides, sixty acres in 
*' rynnaith. .March 2. Mm. he was admitted 
a freeman, and June 4. 1645. be was ap- 
iiitcd surveyor of highways, and again in 
;6 and 1656. His name occurs often on 
I town records as juror, witness and in the 
performance of other tluties. In 1654 he was 
a member of the First Church. His children 
all became successful and respected citizens. 
His youngest daughter, Mehitabel, was af- 
flicted with some nervous disorder, and was 
• one time supposed to be under the influence 
witchcraft. Mary Ingham was charged 
uuh being the witch, and on March 6. 1676, 
was formally accused by the authorities, but 
was afterwards tried and acfpiitted. There is 
no record of the wife of Walter W'oodworth. 
His will wa< made N'uvember 26, i'i85. and 
proved March 2. 1686. In it he mentioned 
his son Thomas, his eldest son. to whom he 



gave land in Scituate and Little Compton ; 
Joseph, to whom he aUo ;;ave land in Scituate 
and Little Compton: I'lenjamin and Isaac, to 
whom he gave two-thirds of his land in Se- 
cond, now Little Compton, Rhode Island; 
also six daughters, Sarah. Elizabeth. .Mary, 
Martha, Mehitabel and .Abigail. He left also 
to Benjamin bis dwelling house, with the 
barns and other outbuildings, in Scituate. and 
made him sole exicutor. The inventory of 
his estate amounted to 355 pounds 10 shillings. 
Children: Thomas, horn alwut 163'), married 
about 1666; Benjamin, about 1638, mentioned 
below; Joseph, about 1648, married alx)Ut 
1669: Mary, Ixjrn March 10, 1650, married, 
December 24, I'V": Martha, about 1656, mar- 
ried, June, •'179: Isaac, about 1659. married 
alxiut i(>^(>: Mehitai)el, August 15, 1662; Abi- 
gail, about 1664, married, December 24, 1695. 

(II) Benjamin, sf)n of Walter Woodworth, 
was born between 1638 and 1645. at Scituate, 
and married. i')(>9. at Little CoTupton. where 
he had lands bequeathed to him by his father. 
In the records of Little Compton. Rhode 
Island, there appears the record of "Walter" 
Woodworth, born 1645, married i66«j, but the 
evidence clearly shows that this must have 
been an error. The properly beipieatbed by 
Walter, first, to his son Benjamin was in- 
herited by Benjamin (2). mentioneil below. 
Children of Benjamin Woodworth. born in 
Scituate: Joseph, 1670, married 1^194: Heze- 
kiah. 1672: Catherine. i^V.^- '''^d June i, 1729, 
married. July 20. 1704, Thomas Davenport; 
Benjanun. i'>74. mentioned below: Isaac, 
1676: Elizabeth, 1678, dieil June 18. 1713, 
married. December 18. 1701, Benjamin South- 
worth : Thomas, 1680. 

(III) Benjamin (2), son of Benjamin (i) 
Woodworth, was born at Little Compton, 
1674. according to the Little Compton rec- 
ords, but perhaps earlier. In 1704 he bought 
land in Lebanon. Connecticut, wliere many of 
his relatives and friends from Scituate had 
settled. Soon after he removed to the former 
town with his family, and lived there until 
his death. He was admitted as an inhabitant, 
December 22. 1704. His farm was situated 
in the northeast part of the town, and on ac- 
count of its remoteness from the church, he, 
with others, petitioned in 1714 for a new 
church. In 1716 this new church was formed, 
called Lebanon North Parish, later the town 
of Columbia. His will was executed Jan- 
uary 21. 1726, and proved June 20. 172S. and 
mentioned sons: Benjamin, Ichaboil. Ebenez- 
er, .Amos Ezekiel. and Caleb: <Iaughters. Deb- 
orah Sprague. Hannah Waiter. Ruth (Iwen, 
Judith Newcomb, Margaret Owen and Pris- 
cilla Fuller. He died .\pril 22. 1728. Chil- 



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dren, mentioned in the will, but not recorded 
in Lebanon or Little Compton: Benjamin, 
Ichabod, Ebenezer, born March 12, 1691 ; 
Amos, Ezekiel, Caleb. 

(IV) Ebenezer, son of Benjamin (2) 
Woodworth, was probably the eldest child, 
and was born March 12, 1691, in Little Comp- 
ton, and married, December 27, 1717, at Le- 
banon, Rebecca Smalley. Children, born at 
Lebanon: Ebenezer, September 26, 1718; 
Zerulah, November 14, 1720; Eliphalet, Sep- 
tember 24, 1722, mentioned below : Joseph, 
October 19, 1724; Amasa, April 4, 1727: Re- 
becca, July 25, 1729; John, January 24, 1735; 
Phebe, August 9, 1737. 

(V) Eliphalet, son of Ebenezer Wood- 
worth, was born at Lebanon, September 24, 
1722, and married . Children: Elipha- 
let. born 175 1 : Ebenezer; Joshua, about 1760, 
mentioned below; Amasa, 1764. 

(VI) Joshua, son of Eliphalet Woodworth, 
was born about 1760, and married Esther Ful- 
ler. He was a farmer by occupation and lived 
in South Coventry, Connecticut. He served 
as a soldier in the war of 1812. Children: 
Spencer, born 1780; Asa; Jesse; Harry, June, 
1797, mentioned below ; Sophy, married 

Stocking, farmer, of South Coventry ; 

Eunice, married John Eels, farmer. South 
Coventry ; Ada, married Erastus Lincoln, 
shoemaker. South Coventry. 

(VII) Harry, son of Joshua Woodworth, 
was born in South Coventry, June, 1797, and 
married Roxy Robinson. Children : James ; 
Lucian Bingley, mentioned below ; Henry ; 
Albert Payne; Olive, married Ezra Gross, 
farmer, Willimantic, Connecticut ; Aliranda, 
married A. Gladding, farmer. South Coven- 
try ; Eliza, married Ashbel Roberts, farmer, 
Mansfield, Connecticut ; Harriet, unmarried. 

(VIII) Lucian Bingley, son of Harry 
Woodworth, was born at Coventry. Connecti- 
cut, August 18, 1829, died September 15, 
1902, at Willimantic, Connecticut. He was 
educated in the public schools of his native 
town and followed farming there most of his 
active life. He was a skillful mechanic and 
followed the trade of carpenter and black- 
smith to some extent. His last seven years 
were spent at Willimantic. He enlisted in 
1862 in the Tenth Connecticut Regiment of 
A'olunteer Infantry and was stationed at Fort 
Trumbull, Connecticut. He married, June 19, 
1852, Mary Jane McCracken, born January 
25, 1836, daughter of William and Laura 
(Saunders) McCracken (see McCracken III). 
They had but one child, Albert Eugene, born 
September 2, 1853, and who is further men- 
tioned below. 

(IX) Albert Eugene Woodworth, son of 



Lucian Bingley Woodworth, was born at 
South Coventry, September 2, 1853. He was 
educated in the public schools. He married 
Nellie Holbrook. Children: i. George El- 
roy, married Susie Brooks. 2. Maud Eliza- 
beth, married William Dainton, and has one 
child, Nellie May Dainton. 3. Leonard Hol- 
brook. 4. Charles Herman. 5. Lila Christian, 
married Herbert Tubbs, and has one child, 
Herbert Leonard Tubbs. 6. Everett Card. 
7. Dewey Hobson. 8. and 9. Inez and Irene, 
twins. 10. Annette Arabella. 11. Lena Ara- 
bella. 

(The McCracken Line). 

(I) James McCracken, the immigrant ances- 
tor of this family, was of Scotch ancestry. 
He came to America as a soldier in the army 
of General Burgoyne and was in the defeated 
and surrendered army. Instead of returning 
to his former home, however, he located at 
Hebron, Connecticut, and died and was buried 
at Colchester, Connecticut. 

(II) James (2), son of James (i) Mc- 
Cracken, was born in Connecticut. He mar- 
ried Dorothy Rood. 

(III) \\'illiam, son of James (2) McCrack- 
en, was born in Hebron or Gilead, Connecti- 
cut. He was a stone mason by trade and 
lived at Flebron. 

William McCracken married Laura Saun- 
ders. Children: i. Mary Jane, born January 
25, 1836; married Lucian Bingley Woodworth 
(see Woodworth VIII). 2. Angeline, born 
December 18, 1838: married (first) Dwight 
Whitney; (second) Charles Crocker, of New 
London, Connecticut ; child of first marriage : 
\\'illiam Nelson Whitney, who married Ella 
Sweet and had three children, Eliza, Dwight 
and William Whitney. 3. Emeline, born July 
4, 1840 ; married Leonard Strickland, of 
Gilead, Connecticut, and had one child, Charles 
Strickland, who married Elsie Whitcomb and 
they have three children : Leonard, Ray and 
Daisy Strickland, residing at Hop River, near 
Willimantic, Connecticut. 4. Martha Eliza- 
beth, born May 7, 1842; married Royal Eddy, 
of East Hartford and had two children: 
Charles Eddy, who married Burn- 
ham and had two children, and Elvira Eddy, 
deceased. 5. Ellen Roselle, born May 8, 1844; 
married Willard Palmer, a veteran of the 
civil war. who served in the Eighteenth Con- 
necticut Regiment. 6. Francis Eugene, born 
July 29, 1848; married (first) Margaret 
; married (second) Etta ; chil- 
dren of first wife: Harry, married Eunice 
Stapling and has one child ; Ralph, married 
Grace Bowers and has two children, resides 
in New London, Connecticut. 7. William, 
died in his seventeenth year. 




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W'fic it iiol for tlic t^fiiealogics 
l\ES anil traditions of the early settlers 
we slioiiM l)e witlioiit those links 
with the pa.st which sometimes draw back to 
the home of liieir ancestor^ tiiosc who liave 
been born at a distance and have passed many 
years of their lives far from tlie old scenes. 
This was the case with our late townsman, 
Willis UeW'olfe Ives, who was of good Con- 
necticut stock, though born and brought up in 
the lunpire State. Mr. Ives, who lor twenty 
years prior to his death resided in Bridge- 
port, was a re])resentative of a family which 
traces its history through the following gen- 
erations : 

I ) William Ives was born in Englantl, iti 
7, and in 1639 came to New Haven. 
(11) John, son of William Ives, appears 
to have been the tirst of the family born in 
this country. lie was among the early 
settlers of \Vallingford (now Meridenl. Con- 
necticut, and followed the calling of a farmer. 
He was the father of the following children, 
all of whom were born in Wallingford : i. 
John, born November 16, iT/jq, mentioned tie- 
low. 2. Hannah, marrierl, August 17. 1(192, 
Joseph llenliam. 3. Josepli, born (Jctober 14, 
1674: married Esther Benedict. 4. Gideon, 
married, February 20, 1706, Mary Royce. 5. 
Nathaniel, born ^lay 3, 1677: married Mary 
Cook. 6. Ebenezer. 7. Samuel, born June 5, 
1696. 8. Hcnjamin, born November 22, 1G99. 
(HI) John (2), son of John (i) Ives, was 
born at Wallingford (now .Meriden), Novem- 
ber 16, K/k), died there in 1738. He married, 
at Wallingford. December 6. 1693. Marv Gil- 
lette. Children, born at Wallingford : i. John, 
September 28, i(j94. died .August 4. 1745; 
married Hannah Rogers. 2. .Samuel, Janu- 
ary 5, 1(^)96. 3. Benjamin, November 22, KVjg ; 
married Reliecca .Merriman an I Hannah 
Moss. 4. Abijah. .March 14. 1700; married. 
May, 1730. .Abigail .Mix. 5. Mary. .March 10, 
1702. <). I.aza' us. I'ebruary 19. 1703: mar- 
ried. January 5, 1730. .\labcl Jerome. 7. Dan- 
iel, mentioned below. 8. Hannah. I'ebruary 
10. 1708. 9. Abraham. September 2. 1709; 
marrieil Elizabeth Stanley. 10. Bezalcel, July 
4. 17^-- 'I'*-"'! October 2^. 1714. 11. I'.ez.ilee'l, 
married Hannah Mcrrimaii. 

(I\ ) Daniel, son of John (2) Ives, was 
born at Wallingfortl (now .Meriden). Febru- 
ary 19. 1700. He married there. ( )ctober 28. 
'".?.=>. .Abigail I'arker. Children, born at Wal- 
lingford : I. .\bigail. July 30. 1736. 2. Lydia, 
June It. 1738. 3. Martha. IVbruary 29, 1740. 
4. Olive. Novemlwr 29. 174 1. 5. Daniel. Jan- 
uary 31. 1743. (). Samuel, mentioned below. 
7. John. February 19. 1747. 8. Eevi. March 
29. 1750. 



(\') Samuel, son of Daniel Ives, was born 
at Wallingford. March 9, 1745, and served 
during the revolutionary war in the l-'ifth Con- 
necticut Line. .\t the close of the war he 
removed to Windham, Greene county, New 
York, where he cleared a farm and passed 
the remainder of his life. 

(VI) Samuel (2), son of Samuel (i 1 Ives, 
was born about 1775. He rcmovetl from 
Windham to Roxlniry, Delaware county. New 
York, and there passed the remainder of his 

life. He married Fairchild. Children: 

Minerva, Jonathan R.. Calista, Samuel Parker, 
mentioned below, .\lma, Washington, Mont- 
gomery, lietsey and Helen. 

(\'II) Samuel Parker, son of Samuel (2) 
Ives, was born about 1808. He received his 
education in the district schools, and for a 
time engaged in farming in Roxlniry. Dur- 
ing the gold e.xcitemcnt he s])ent seven years 
in California, and on returning cast passed 
the remainder of his life in New '^'ork City, 
dying at the age of seventy-six years. He 
married Lucy Curtis Booth, born 1815, died 
in 1864, daughter of Levi I'looth and grand- 
daughter of John Booth, a soldier in the revo- 
lution. Children: i. Samuel, born November 
14, 1840, died at the early age of twenty- 
four, a young man of great promise. 2. Wil- 
lis De Wolfe, mentioned below. 3. , 

died in infancy. 4. Phoebe, who died at three 
years. 

(VIII) W^illis DeWolfe, son of Samuel 
Parker Ives, was born July 2, 1845, ^t Rox- 
bury, Delaware county. New York. He at- 
tended the public schools of his native town. 
It is possible that his ultimate return to the 
home of his ancestors may be traced to the 
accounts which he heard in his boyhood from 
the lips of his mother, who had been born 
in Stratford, Connecticut, where the old house 
in which her father had been born was stand- 
ing in 1 87 1. No doubt she told him how 
five generations of Booths had worshipped in 
the Congregational churches of the town and 
how their ashes repose in the ancient "God's 
Acre" of the church. The Curtis generations 
are all in the same enclosure, they having been 
of the same religious denomination. Some 
twelve or fifteen years before his death Mr. 
Ives visited Stratford in search of these old 
landmarks in which he felt much pride. Most 
vividly dirl he remember his mother's account 
of the sleigh rides from the Cat-^kills to Con- 
necticut in her father's old family sleigh. 

When a young man Mr. Ives went to 
Praltsville. Greene county. New York, and 
there taught school for one season. He was 
then empl(\ved for a time on steamboats plving 
between New York and .Albany, and rose to 



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the position of engineer. He was afterward 
■engineer for two years on a boat — the "Moses 
Taylor" — in New York harbor, and then un- 
dertook the installation of the fog whistle 
machinery at Sandy Hook lighthouse, under 
the lighthouse department, and after the work 
was completed remained for a time to instruct 
those in charge. He was then for two years 
a custom house officer, after which he was 
appointed to the Metropolitan police force and 
after a short time was transferred to the 
world-famous Broadway squad, every member 
'of which was over six feet in height. This 
squad of giants was considered the pick of 
the service and was famous the world over 
as a model of police excellence. During most 
of the twenty years that he served as a police 
officer he was stationed on Broadway at the 
corner of Walker street and was one of the 
best-known officers on the force, having a 
wide acquaintance with the prominent business 
men. He was retired at the end of twenty 
years on half-pay, after wdiich he engaged 
in business with the Citizens' Gas Light Com- 
pany, serving for four years as business man- 
ager of the collection department. He then 
came to Bridgeport with the Fuel Gas Com- 
pany, and when the concern was sold en- 
gaged in the real estate business, to wdiich 
he devoted himself with much success dur- 
ing the remainder of his life. 

Mr. Ives joined the General Silliman Chap- 
ter, Sons of the American Revolution, on the 
record of John Booth, his maternal grand- 
father, as a soldier, a selectman and collector 
of town and state taxes for four years, which 
money was to defray the war expenses. He 
also affiliated with Greenview Lodge, No. 467, 
Free and Accepted Masons, New York City. 
In politics he was a Republican or Independ- 
ent. For five years he was a member of the 
Governor's Foot Guards, Second Company, of 
New Haven. He was formerly connected 
W'ith the Mott Haven Reformed Church, of 
New York, in which he served as deacon, and 
after his removal to Bridgeport was unani- 
mously elected to the same office in the First 
Congregational Church of that city. 

Mr. Ives married (first) March 13, 1867, 
Kate, daughter of Richard Laraway, of 
Prattsville, New York, the Laraway family 
teing one of the oldest in that region. ]\Ir. 
and Mrs. Ives were the parents of three chil- 
dren: I. Frederick De Wolfe, born October 
21, 1868, mentioned below. 2. Sadie, who 
died at the age of six. 3. Mabel, who died 
aged twelve years and a half. After the 
death of his wife, who possessed marked mu- 
sical ability, Mr. Ives married (second) May 
24, 1900, Flora, widow of Lewis Curtis and 



daughter of Herman Clark. The brothers, 
Lewis and Ira Curtis, who settled at the Point, 
vi'ere cousins of Lucy Curtis Booth, ]\Ir. Ives' 
mother, and were born in Stratford. 

The death of ^Ir. Ives, which occurred Jan- 
uary 5, 191 1, at his home in Bridgeport, re- 
moved one who was a respected resident of 
that city as he had formerly been of New 
York ; a man whose strict adherence to duty 
caused him to be regarded with confidence 
in every relation of life. 

(IX) Frederick DeWoIfe, son of Willis 
DeWolfe Ives, was educated in and graduated 
from the public schools of New York City, 
then from New York University in the class 
of 1888. He then engaged in the wholesale 
drygoods business in New York City for a 
ntimber of years, leaving this to accept a posi- 
tion in the maintenance department of the 
Citizens' Gas Company, of New York. After 
remaining in this position for a time he came 
to Bridgeport and entered the employ of the 
Fuel Gas Company, having charge of laying 
the mains in the street for this company and 
putting down over fifty miles of piping. Then 
he accepted a position with Christopher Rick- 
ard in the general trucking business and re- 
mained with him six years, when he went 
into business for himself, which he has stead- 
ily built up and which is now in a flourishing 
condition, keeping nine horses. He is a Re- 
publican in politics and was a member of Com- 
mon Council from the fourth ward for one 
term, a member of the Board of Trade and 
Business Men's Association, formerly member 
of the Foot Guard, a member of General Sil- 
liman Chapter, Sons of the American Revo- 
lution, the Bridgeport Club, also St. John's 
Lodge, Free and Accepted Masons, of Bridge- 
port. 

He married Pauline Theiling, and they 
have two children living, Irene and Edna, 
their son, Willis DeWolfe Ives (2), having 
died in infancy. 

(The Clark Line). 
Mrs. Willis D. Ives, of East Bridgeport, 
is one of its best known and most highly suc- 
cessful operators in real estate. She was 
born in Torrington. Connecticut, daughter of 
Herman and Ellen B. (Holcomb) Clark, and 
granddaughter of William Clark, wdio was 
born at Newington, Connecticut, died at West 
Hill, New Hartford ; he was a carpenter 
throughout the active years of his life. Her- 
man Clark was born in New Hartford, Con- 
necticut, tlied at Town Hill, aged seventy 
years. He was a farmer in early life ; later 
conducted a grocery store ; finally a farm at 
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he siTved as tax collector, selectman and mem- 
ber of the school committee : he was a Demo- 
crat in ])olitics; he married Ellen L5. Hol- 
comh, hum at West Hill, New Hartford, Con- 
necticut, daiij^'htcr of 1 ierman aiul Lucy 
' \very) Ilolcomh; she died in 1871, aged 
ty-two years; children: Mrs. Lewis Ilidl; 
ri^je 15. Clark, of i;rid|L;epon, en;,'a|,'ed in 
llie furniture Inisiness ; Mrs. Willis \). Ives; 
Alfred IL, collector for his brother, Geor>;c 
,\rrs. Ives sjient her early years in her 
live town, atten<ling the public >chools. and 
isting in the work of the household. On 
1\ 17, 1884, she married Munroe Morgan, 
Torrington. This unfortunately did not 
ve to be a congenial union and after a few 
irs she secured a divcjrce. .\> a girl and 
Hiiinan a small voice had seemed to whisper 
to her "go to I'-ridgei)' irt to make your for- 
tune." .\t length she heeded this voice and 
k up her residence there. Mr. Lewis Cur- 
(see Curtis \'1II) and wife, then some- 
.it advanced in years, heard of her and in- 
ed lur to take charge of their house- 

Mr. Lurtis was a large real estate operator, 
111 in time Mrs. Ives came to take an interest 
in these alTairs, and as she proved her ability 
for handling them, Mr. Curtis gave her 
rater opportunity for so doing. Mrs. Cur- 
died in 1S97 and after her death it was 
te natural tliat Mr. Curtis should want the 
to take her place who had been so much 
ihem both, and accordingly Mr. Curtis and 
Miss Clark were married January 12, 1899. 
He died September 22. 1899. .-\t his death 
his wife, who had assisted so materially in 
making their fortune, found herself in (xisses- 
sion of a fair tomiJCtency. and by wise and 
judicious investment she has increased this 
amoiuit three-fold. She is considered one of 
the most careful investors, and the success she 
has attaineil entitles her to take high rank 
among her jirofessional associates, who recog- 
nize her ability in business transactions, and 
she has won for herself a host of friends by 
her straight forwani and honorable methods. 
.•\niong other buildings she has erected a 
large three-story block desi.i;ncd for bachelor 
ajwrtmcnts and efinippcd with all the latest 
conveniences, containing twenty rooms. She 
has always taken an active part in charitable 
and religious work, and is a prominent mem- 
ber of the I'irst Congregational Church, in the 
Sunday school nf which she has a class of boys. 
She also had a class of forty-five girls, w-hom 
she taught sewing and other useful accom- 
plishments. She continued in this work up to 
lOio. when she was compelled to abandon all 
this, owine to overwork in other lines. On 



Mav 24, 1900, she married Willi- I> Ivc^ ( -ce 
Ive-s Mil). 

(The Curtis 1 

(H) John Curtis, son "i \\ iin.iui v urns 
(i|. v.), was born in Knglaud. in itiii. His 
name appears among the original patentees of 
Stratford, Connecticut, and also on the list of 
property owners of 1650. He married Eliza- 
betii Welles, supposed to have been a sister of 
Governor Thomas Welles. He was a free- 
man in May, 1658. He was elected town 
treasurer, December 29, 1675. In 1O78 he 
and his brother William were on a committee 
to build a new meeting-house. He was a 
prominent citizen and took an active part in 
the work of settling the town, but was not 
as much of a i)ublic man as his brother W'il- 
liam. 

lie served in King Phili])"s war and 
attained the rank of ensign. He died Decem- 
ber 6, 1707, in Stratford. His wife died 
March 9, 1681-82, in Stratford. Children, 
born in Stratford: John, October 14, 1642; 
Israel, .April 3, 1644; Elizabeth. May 2, 1647; 
Thomas, January 14, 1648; Joseph, Xovem- 
ber 12, 1650. mentioned below: Benjamin, 
September 30, 1652; Hannah, Eebruarv 2, 

1654-55- 

(III) Joseph, son of John Curtis, was born 
November 12, 1650, in Stratford. For many 
years he was one of the mo>t ])rominent citi- 
zens of Stratford. He held the office of town 
clerk for fifty successive years, 1678- 1728. In 
all the records during his service he always 
spelled the name Curtiss. In 1^198 he was 
elected an assistant or member of the gov- 
ernor's council and served as such for twenty- 
five years. He was for several years juilge 
of the county court, and was appointed on 
several state committees of importance. In 
October, 1709, he. with the <lei)uty governor 
and three otliers. was appointed as a com- 
mittee of war for Fairfield county. In 1710, 
with Hon. Nathan Gold and Peter Rurr. he 
was app<^^>intcd with a committee from the 
colony of New York to locate the l)oimdary 
line between that colony and Connecticut as 
settled by the authorities in 1700. He was 
lieutenant in the town band and a rejirescnta- 
tive from Stratford for a number of years. 
He was called "the Worshijiful Joseph Cur- 
tis." He married, November 9. ifijf). Bethiah, 
daughter of Richard and Elizabeth (Hawley) 
Booth, of Stratford. Children, born in Strat- 
ford: Elizabeth, January 17. 1678: .\nna, 
September i, 1679: Mary, 16S1 : Ephraim. De- 
cember 31, 1684. mentioned below; Joseph, 
November i. 1687: Nathan. February 21, 
1689-90: Josiah. March 31. 1691 : Bethia, May 
17, 1695-96; Eliazur (triplet) .August i. K'rgg, 



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died October 21, 1699: Ebenezer (triplet), 
died 1699; Eliphalet (triplet). 

(I\') Ephraim, son of Joseph Curtis, was 
born December 31, 1684, in Stratford. He 
represented Stratford at the general court 
for a number of years, and was also a justice 
of the peace of Fairfield county. He married 
Elizabeth, daughter of Ephraim Stiles, June 

26, 1707. His wife died October 5, 1775, 
aged ninety-one years. He died May 9, 1776. 
Children, born in Stratford: Stiles, March 
18, 1708; Henry, October 12, 1709; Anna 
(twin), August 31, 1713; Phebe (twin), Au- 
gust 31, 1713; Elizabeth, August 9, 1715, died 
October 11, 1716; Ephraim, August 30, 1717; 
Elizabeth, October 2, 1719, died July 3, 1728; 
Martha, November 26, 1721 ; Ruth, October 

27, 1723 ; Edmund, baptized August, 1725 ; 
Elnathan, January 4, 1726-27; Bathsheba, No- 
vember 7, 1728. 

(\') Henry, son of Ephraim Curtis, was 
born October 12, 1709. He married, April 
12, 1738, Anna, daughter of Ambrose and 
Anne Thompson, of Stratford. He died May 
23, 1804, and his wife September 14. 1783, 
aged sixty-eight years. His will was filed at 
Bridgeport, Connecticut. Children, born at 
Stratford: Jabez, October 26, 1739: Lucy, 
March 4, 1741 ; Elijah, May 22, 1742; An- 
drew, January 20, 1744; Lewis, March 12, 
1745, mentioned below ; Solomon, July 24, 
1747 ; Anne, March 29, 1749, died August 8, 
1749; Henry Thompson, March 22, 1751 ; 
Anne, December 12, 1752; David, September 
3, 1754; Samuel, June 27, 1757; Huldah, Oc- 
tober 24, 1759. 

(YT) Lewis, son of Henry Curtis, was 
born March 12, 1745, in Stratford, died March 
5, 1834. His will was filed in Bridgeport, 
April, 1834. He married, January 28, 1773, 
Hepsibah, daughter of James and Jerusha 
Walker, of Stratford. She died April 16, 
1819, aged seventy-one years. Children, born 
in Stratford: Philo, March 4, 1774; Naomi, 
January 2, 1776; Hepsibah. January 19, 1778; 
Huldah, February 10, 1780; David, Decem- 
ber 17, 1781 ; Ira, December 30, 1783; Alice. 
November 5, 1787. 

(VH) Ira, son of Lewis Curtis, was born 
December 30, 1783, in Stratford. He mar- 
ried Lucy Booth, born September 14, 1788. 
He died March 12, 1834, in Bridgeport, and 
his wife April i, 1872, aged eighty-three 
years. Children: Isaac B., born 1812 at 
Stratford, died September 12, 1812; Isaac, 
July 6, 1814, died December 7, 1845; Ruth 
Ann, September 13. 1816, died November 16. 
1871 ; Lewis, mentioned below ; Elisha, Au- 
gust 22, 1825, died September 12, 1826. 

(VIII) Lewis, son of Ira Curtis, was born 



January 21, 1819, died September 22. 1899. 
As a 3fOung man he followed the shoemaker's 
trade, and afterward was a farmer. He sold 
his farm and in later years engaged in the 
real estate business, in which he was very 
successful and at his death left a considerable 
fortune. He married (first) Mary C. Hull, 
of Naugatuck ; she died in 1S97. He married 
(second) Flora Clark (see Clark). 



(Y) Robert Plumb, son of Tohn 
PLUMB Plumb or Plume (q. v.) (name 
used both ways), was born in 
county Essex, England, and baptized at Ridg- 
well, December 30. 1617. He came with his 
father to Wethersfield, and settled at Milford, 
Connecticut, in 1639. He died May 12, 1655. 
He married, January 9, 1642, Mary Baldwin, 
who died in Alilford, February i, 1707-08, 
daughter of Sylvester Baldwin. She married 
(second) William East, March 16, 1676. Chil- 
dren of Robert Plumb: Mary, born February, 
1644-45 ■ John, mentioned below ; Robert, De- 
cember 21, 1648; Samuel, December i, 1650; 
Samuel, February 16, 1652-53: Joseph, July 
ID, 1655. 

( \'I ) John (2), son of Robert Plumb, was 
born at Milford, August 12, 1646. He also 
settled in Milford. In 1719 and 1722 he 
deeded land to his only surviving son, Jo- 
seph, and provided that it should be entailed, 
according to the laws of England. He made 
a similar deed to his grandson John, son of 
deceased son John, in 1723. He owned much 
land and left it entailed in the deeds to his 
sons. In one deed he signs his name John 
Plume, in another Plumbe. Joseph admin- 
istered on his estate, April 10, 1728. He mar- 
ried, November 24, 1668, Eh'zabeth Norton. 
Children, born at Milford : Elizabeth, No- 
vember I, 1669; John, July 29, 1671 : Mary, 
May 15, 1673; Sarah, April 5, 1675; Hannah. 
April 15, 1677: Dorothy, March 23, 1679; 
Joseph, mentioned below : Ruth, November 
29, 1685 ; Josiah, February 6. 1686-87: Robert, 
April 19, 1691. 

(VII) Joseph, son of John (2) Plumb, was 
born in 1683, died May 27, 1742. He and 
his wife joined the church. June 8, 1718. He 
lived, for a time at Wallingford and Lois and 
Thankful were recorded there. Most of the 
children were born at Milford. He died at 
Milford and his gravestone is preserved there. 
He married, December 5, 1709, Elizabeth 
Bailey, who died November 17, 1726. He 
married (second) Thankful Gaylord, who 
married (second) Hezekiah Rue. Children 
of Joseph Plumb: Elizabeth, born March 17, 
1710: Sarah. June 17, 171 1: Joseph, June 8, 
1718; Waitstill John, June 8, .1718; Hannah, 



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JiiiH' S, 171S (triplet witli two preceding); 
Cliarlo. Fel)ru;iry j8. 1719-20; Mary. I''cl>rii- 
ary 11, 17JI-22; !■' ranees, Auj^ust 2, 1724; 
liailey. Xuveiiiher 4, 172(1; Lois, Xuveinljcr 
8, 17JS: Tliankfiil, January 29, 1730-ji ; 
Ainariali, Seiileniber 6, 1733; Siliei. June (>, 
173(1; ^'ii'i<-'"n, menlioneii Ik-Ihw; (.iainaliel 
(twin). April 20, 1741 ; Susanna (twin). 

(\ 111 I Simeon, son of Josei)h I'linnl), was 
born at .Milfonl, October 10, 173.S. lie lived 
at W'olcott, Connecticut, fornierly l-arniint;- 
ton. lie married, in 17(12, Mary Atkins, wlio 
died in 1807. He died in 1813. Children: 
Samuel, born July 13, \~()L), mentioned below; 
Solomon, 17^19; Gamaliel; Joseph, Auj^ust 7, 
1774; Sarah, December 10, 1775; Sylvia, June 
28, 1778; Azariah. July 30, 1780; Sybil; Su- 
sanna. March 28. 1784; Sabra, May 18, 1788. 
(IX) Samuel, son of Simeon Plumb, was 
born at W'olcott, July 13, 1766. died October 
24, 1840. lie married, January 17, i/^/, 
Sarah Scarritt, born September 6, 1778, died 
January 28, 1873. Children, Ixirn at W'olcott: 
Luther Wheaton. October 2, 1797. died July 
I). 1822; \ ina, .Ma\ 11, 1800; Ansel llervcy, 
lary 6, 1803, died August 20, 1870, mar- 
i Lois Alcott ; Mary, September 2, 1805; 
Almon, August 4, 1807; George Henry, Octo- 
ber 15, 1813, (lied August 17, 181^1. married, 
M;iy 3, 1840, |)ia<!ama Minor; Rollin W'iard, 
nuntioneil below. 

1 X) Rollin W'iard. son of Samuel Plumb, 

\\a> born at W'olcott. I-'ebruary 11. 1821, dieil 

I iiiuary 2~, 1901. lie came to Plymouth. 

iiiiecticut, when a young man and followed 

irade as a mechanic, lie was ;i member 

ihe Congregational church of I'lymouth. 

marrieil. September i, 1844, Carolina 

icy Brooks, born October 13, 1824, died 

iember 3, 1907. Chilflren ; Rollin Jesse. 

iiiioned below; Henry I'rooks, born Decem- 

24. 1857. secretary of the Eagle I^ck 

iipany, lives in New York, married Myra 

Love; chil^'ren : llenrv K.. .Mice 1!.. Ed- 

iid I', an.l Rollin (',. 

XI) Rollin Jesse, sou of Rollin W'iard 

uib. was born at Plymouth. Seiitember 13. 

;,v He was educated in the public schools 

his native town. During boyhood he 

\M'rked on the farm and during vacations in 

ilu' lock factory. .\t fifteen he began to work 

a- a mechanic at Terry villc and in the foUow- 

Mii; year started in the office of the Eagle 

ok Company, of which he is now president 

1 treasurer. He won his promotion by 

uly. conscientious work. He became book- 

'per. then in i88r assistant secretary. In 

irch. 1882, he was elected a director and in 

. following Jidy was made secretarv. In 

:.;ust. 1891, he was elected treasurer; in 



July, K;03, vice-president ami treasurer, and 
in ( )ctober. 1903, president. 'I'liis oncern is 
one of the largest in its line in Xew England. 
He is an able and jirogressive business man, 
self-made and successful. He is a prominent 
bree Mason, having taken tlie thirty-secon<l 
degree, a member of L'nion Lodge. .Xo. 96. of 
which he has been master ; of Ciraniie Chap- 
ter. .Xo. 3(1, Ro\al .\rch Masons, of which 
lie has been high priest; of W'aterbury Coun- 
cil. Xo. 21, Royal and Select Masters; of 
Washington Conunandery. Xo. 1, Knights 
lemplar. He is an active member and deacon 
of the Congregational church. In [wlitics he 
is a Republican, lie is fond of horseback 
riding, driving ;md fishing. He inarric<l, July 
29. 1872, Cora Jane, born .September 25. 1853. 
ilaughter of Jonathan Addison and Htd<lah 
(W'etmore) Rossetler. Children; i. Charles 
W'etmore, mentioned below. 2. Carrie Louise, 
born August 27. i88o; marrieil. July 29, 1903, 
Harry C. Clow; children: Louise Elizabeth 
Clow, born May 10. 1904; .\rtluir Plumb 
Clow. .May lO. 1907. 3. Cora Rossetter. .\pril 
16. 1886; married Harry C. .\twood ; chil- 
dren; Eleanor Plumb .Atwood. Ijorn June 9, 
ii)o6; Harry Xathan .\twood, I'"ebruary 21, 
1909, dictl in infancy; Kenneth Chaunccy .\t- 
wood, September 14. 19 10. 4. Helen .May. 
May 4. 1889. 5. .\lida Grace. July 29. 1893.' 

(Xil) Charles W'etmore, son of Rollin 
Jesse Plumb, was born in Plymouth. Decem- 
ber 28. 1873. He was educated there in the 
public schools and at the Eastman Business 
College at Poughkeepsie. New York. He en- 
tered the employ of the Eagle Lock Company 
at Terryville, when a yoimg man, and has 
been connected with that concern for nineteen 
years. He is at present its purchasing agent. 
In ]iolitics he is a Republican and he is a 
member of the Rei)ul)lican town committee. 
He is registrar of voters in Plymouth. He is 
a member of Union Lodge. No. 96. Free and 
Accepted Masons ; Granite Chapter. No. 36, 
Royal .\rch Masons, of Thomaston. He is 
one of the finance committee of the Congre- 
gational church. He married, June 21, 1900, 
.Annie Chambers, of Newfoundland, born Alay 
25, 1878, daughter of Charles D. and .Annie 
( Bailey) Chambers. Children, born at Plym- 
outh, village of Terryville: Rollin Bailey, 
February 21, 1902; \ivian Gertrude, January 
4, 1905 ; .Annie Laura, May 5, 1907. 



( \ I ) Joseph Plumb, son of John 
PLUMB Plumb (q. v.). was born about 

1(171. He and Samuel removed 
to Milford. Connecticut, aliout iCyqj. He mar- 
ried. 1700, Susanna Xewton. born in July. 
1673. He died in March. 1714. His widow 



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was appointed adinisintratrix April 8, 1714- 
Children : Susanna, born 1702. married, 
January 14, 1724, Nathan Nettleton ; Joseph, 
1704, married Rebecca Thomas; Ann, 1707, 
married, January 6, 1731-32, Samuel Sanford ; 
Noah, mentioned below. 

(VH) Noah, son of Joseph Plumb, was 
born in 1709 and died in 1776. He removed 
to Stratford, Connecticut, as early as May 6, 
1747. He married (first) about 1738, Abiah 
Piatt; (second) November 23, 1761. Abigail 
Custis. He died in January, 1776, and his 
will was proved February 5, 1776. Children, 
born at Stratford: Abiah, March 26. 1739, 
married Andrew Nichols ; Phebe. March 5, 
1741, married James Nichols; Susanna, Au- 
gust 28, 1748; David, June 25, 1751, married 
Mary Beach ; Joseph, mentioned below. 

(VHI) Joseph (2), son of Noah Plumb, 
was born January 13, 1756, at Stratford, died 
November 7, 1826. He was a soldier in the 
revolution in Major Skinner's Light Horse 
Regiment. He lived in Stratford. He mar- 
ried. May 28, 1777, Sibel Edwards, born No- 
vember 25, 1756. Children ; Ely, born No- 
vember 25, 1778, married, January, 1800, Bet- 
sey Booth ; Elliott, mentioned below. 

(IX) Elliott, son of Joseph (2) Plumb, was 
born at Stratford, January 15, 1788, died Feb- 
ruary 23, 1823, at the early age of thirty-five 
years. He lived in Trumbull, Connecticut. 
He married, December 29, 1808, Alice Nichols, 
born November 22, 1789. Children, born at 
Trumbull: i. Avis Elvira, October 10, 1809, 
married Hall Beardslee in Bridgeport, and is 
still living, over one hundred years of age; 
Oliver Elliott, April 20, 1817, mentioned be- 
low; Sarah Ann, July 26, 1819. 

(X) OHver Elliott, son of Elliott Plumb, 
was born April 20, 1817, at Trumbull, now 
Nichols. Connecticut. He had a large farm 
and followed farming there during his active 
life, and in addition to this he also had a 
general store which he conducted, and did 
building and contracting. He had in connec- 
tion with his store a meat market and ran a 
number of wagons. He was a. prominent man 
in the town. He married, December 10, 1836, 
Sarah Ann Beach, born July 26, 1819, died 
October 26, 1899, at Nichols. Children: i. 
Elliott B., born December 10, 1837, mentioned 
below. 2. George Hall, November 17, 1839, 
died November 30, 1S69 : unmarried. 3. .Alice 
Elvira. February 15, 1843; married .-Mexander 
S. C. Cook ; she is still living, at ninety years 
of age; had a daughter, Jessie Ella Cook, 
who lives at Nichols. 4. Charles Stiles. July 
25, 1846, died July 29, 1869. 5- Seymour, 
October 2, 1847, lives on West avenue, 
Bridgeport ; has a son Raymond, a minister, 



graduate of Yale, class of 191 1. 6. Hanford, 
October 2, 1853. lives on Washington avenue, 
Bridgeport, and has two children. 

(XI) Elliott Beach, son of Oliver Elliott 
Plumb, was born December 10, 1837, died 
October 28, 1907. He attended the public 
schools and Easton Academy, also the schools 
of Stratford, Sedgewick, and the Chapin 
School of Trumbull. He became associated 
with his father in the meat business and 
learned the trade of butcher. He had charge 
of a butcher's cart with a route in Bridge- 
port and adjoining towns. After a time he 
embarked in the same line of business on his 
own account, opening a market on East Wash- 
ington avenue. After two years he bought a 
lot on the corner of Beach and East Washing- 
ton streets and built a block, removing his 
market thither and doing business there for 
a number of years. He subsequently devoted 
his entire attention to the wholesale trade in 
meats and provisions, having a place of busi- 
ness in a block which he built on Middle 
street. He finally sold his business to George 
Winton and retired about ten years before he 
died. In politics he was a Republican. He 
served one year on the school board. He was 
a member of the First Congregational church 
and of the Seaside Club. While living in 
Trumbull he attended the Methodist church. 
He was modest, retiring and devoted to his 
family. He married, December 10, 1859. at 
Trumbull. Connecticut, Celia Amatha, daugh- 
ter of Andrew Beach and Mary (Thorp) 
Nichols, granddaughter of Silas and Polly 
(Fairchild) Nichols. Andrew Beach Nichols 
had a brother David and sisters Almina and 
C\nthia ; he was a farmer ; his children were : 
Celia Amatha, mentioned above ; Plumb 
Beach, a dairy farmer at White Plains, New 
York : Estella Victoria, died at seven years ; 
Elmer Thorp, a dairy farmer on the old home- 
stead ; Edward, died in infancy, Mav 12. 1861. 
Children of Elliott Beach and Celia A. (Nich- 
ols) Plumb: I. Frank, mentioned below. 2. 
Estelle Nichols, born March 30, 1867, died 
January 30, 1891 : married Professor Vincent 
C. Peck, of Bridgeport. 

(XII) Frank, son of Elliott Beach Plumb, 
was born at Nichols, Connecticut, May 12, 
1862. He was educated in the public schools 
of Nichols and Bridgeport and the Hills 
School of Bridgeport. He began his business 
life as a shipping clerk in his father's store. 
For some years he has been in business for 
himself at Stratford and conducts a large 
wholesale business in grain, and retail in gro- 
ceries. He is a member of Pequonic Lodge, 
Independent Order Odd Fellows. He mar- 
ried. June 22. 1888. Eleanor Augusta, born in 





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CONXECTICL'T 



»yi 



Nichols, (laiit,'litLT of James L. I'cck, a car- 
ijjc paintiT of tliat tmvn; he later reiiioved 
l!riilj^c]«>rt, wlurc lii- followcil his trade 
until ho retired. Mr. and Mrs. Frank I'lunib 
have two children : Charlotte E., horn March 
14. iS<)i : Margaret. Iwrn August 25, 1903. 



( ieorpe Hewlett Clow cs. a lead- 
CLDW'KS ing citizen and manufacturer of 

W'alerhury, Connecticut, form- 
erly president of the board of trade in that city, 
and well-known as one of the most enterpris- 
ing, progressive and successful business men 
in .New Mngland. was horn in Clinton, ( >iH'ida 
county, .New York, June 17, 1S42. When he 
was five years old his father died, and he and 
a sister were left to be brought up by their 
mother. In his early boyhood he attended the 
Hcnistea<l Seminary and the Jamaica .\cadcmy 
Long Island, and at the age of eleven was 
placed in the academy at Thetford, Vermont, 
where he remained four years. He was then 
called Ity his brother. Benjamin, to a position 
in the hitter's banking house at Dc Pcre, Wis- 
consin : but after a brief experience there, he 
decided to go back t<> his ^tudie^. ;in 1 eniereil 
St. Lawrence L^niversity, at Api)leton, Wis- 
consin. Upon concluding his studies there, he 
returned east, and made his home with his 
mother in Brooklyn, New York. 

At the outbreak of the civil war Mr. Clowes 
was a handsome, stalwart and well-educated 
young man of nineteen. With a great love for 
the Cnion, and a firm determination to sup- 
port the Federal government, he set to work 
at once to prepare himself for active service. 
Under the instruction of Colonel Tompkins, 
who had been commissioned by the govern- 
ment to educate officers for military positions, 
he passed a successful examination before the 
board of United States examining officers, and 
was inunediately appointed adjutant of the 
McClellan Infantry, a picked corps then in 
process of formation in New York City. He 
took an active part in recruiting six hundred 
men for this regiment, but, owing to political 
favoritism, was unsuccessful in going out with 
it. The regiment itself was consolidated with 
a smaller Imdy, and the officers of the latter 
were placed in command of the new organiza- 
tion, dis|>lacing the entire staff of the . original 
corps. This did not. however, diminish in the 
least young Mr. Clowes' patriotism. On the 
second call for troops, he at once enlisted in 
the Forty-seventh regiment of Brooklvii, and 
this time was successful in .going to the front. 
Soiin he was ap[)ointeil sergeant-major of the 
regiment, and held this position until mustered 
out at the cxpirati<in of his term of service. 
He next entered the I'nited States iiaw as 



paymaster's clerk, and after service of a year 
and a half alH>ard the gunlMjat "FlamlK-au." 
doing duty off the coast of North and South 
Carohna, (ienrgia and I'lorida, was transferred 
to the store ship "Home," where he remained 
until honorably discharged, in the summer of 
18^)4. The latter ship was stationed off 

(_"lKir!. -t ,,. ^..iith Carf>lina, aiv' ■'•"• his 

ser\ ! he kept the ace ;!y 

of li; ail also of four 01: i-d 

near C llaIU.^lun. 

In the fall of 1864 he became bookkeeper 
for the large manufacturing ' ' ' Icn 

and Company, New York •■■r 

became a salesman. In 1 .. .. i a 

flattering offer of employment from the .\Iid- 
delfield Fire and Building Stone Company, 
New York, whose service he left in l86<), to 
accept an appointment as paymaster's clerk on 
the L'nited States gunl>oat "Juniata," with 
which he served on the European station until 
iS-2. The pay in the navy was not one-fifth 
what he was making with the building com- 
pany, and the latter, thinking that he would 
soon tire of his new position, would not ac- 
cept his resignation, but gave him six months' 
leave of absence, stating that his position 
would be kept open for him. He remained, 
however, the full three years of the cruise 
abroad. 

On his return to civil life, Mr, Clowes ac- 
cepted a position as loan and ■'' ' rk 
with the New York Loan and Ii; n- 
pany. .As such he won the regar . . ; , ^ct 
of all who had dealings with him. and it is 
said that through their confidence in him per- 
.sonally he influenced to this company deposits 
of his friends amounting to over a quarter of a 
million dollars. .\t the end of his second year 
there he was offered the position of secretary 
of the company, but refused to accept it on 
being told that the incumbent had not re- 
signed. The latter was a man of sixty, with 
a large family, whom they had taken from the 
Hanover National I'aiik : and Mr. Clowes flid 
not feel justified, as he ex|iressed it, in "taking 
the bread from an okl man's mouth." It was 
the reputation for personal ability and sterling 
integrity which he gained while in this jKisition, 
that secured for him his next employment. 
When the New York Loan and Indemnity 
Company was preparing to discontinue busi- 
ness, Mr. Philo I5rown. president of the cor- 
poration of Brown & I'.rothers, mamifac- 
turers of sheet brass, and copper, seainless and 
brazed tubes, of Waterbury, Connecticut, 
asked its president if he could recommend one 
of his employes who had the requisite ability 
and character to l)ecome identified, in a re- 
sponsible caii;uit\ with the Waterbury cor- 



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poration. For reply the president presented 
Mr. Clowes to Mr. Brown, saying: "Of all 
those employed in this bank, I speak in every 
respect most highly of this one." This flat- 
tering endorsement, together with the person- 
ality of Mr. Clowes, led to an immediate en- 
gagement, and on January i, 1875, Mr. Clowes 
became head bookkeeper for Brown & Broth- 
ers. He was later promoted to the office of 
assistant treasurer, and then became office man- 
ager of the concern. Although his labors in 
these several positions were active and respon- 
sible, he had no part in the direction, manage- 
ment or policy of the corporation, his duties 
being limited to seeing that the details of the 
business were carried out in accordance with 
the instructions of the board of directors. At 
the close of the year 1885, adverse conditions 
forced the corporation to discontinue business. 
For several years previous, it had devoted its 
efforts almost entirely to the development of 
the manufacture of seamless tubing and to the 
experiment and perfection of machinery for the 
same. As a consequence, its rolling mills and 
other branches of business were neglected. 
The possibility of reviving the industry, there- 
fore, was felt by many to be doubtful. Mr. 
Clowes felt confident that it could be done, 
however, and determined to purchase the 
seamless and brazed tube and boiler business 
from the trustees, and make it the nucleus of 
a larger plant. For its purchase thirty-seven 
thousand five hundred dollars was required, to- 
gether with an additional five thousand to se- 
cure control of a valuable adjunct. This 
amount was obtained from Mr. Edward F. 
Randolph, a friend of many years' standing, 
and a man of business sagacity, strict honor 
and acknowledged wealth, who had large busi- 
ness interests in New York. The money was 
furnished with the stipulation that Mr. Clowes 
should assume the entire responsibility and 
management of the plant. The new firm of 
Randolph and Clowes took possession of the 
old corporation plant in April, 1886. It began 
business with a capital of $100,000, and gave 
employment to fifty men and one clerk. With- 
in three years it had outgrown its quarters, 
and its transactions amounted to more than 
six hundred thousand dollars yearly. At this 
juncture, Mr. Clowes' sagacity suggested to 
him the propriety of the firm engaging in the 
manufacture of sheet brass and sheet copper, 
which it consumed, and he at once began ne- 
gotiations for the purchase from the trustees 
of the old corporation of their disused rolling- 
mill, then the largest single brass and copper 
rolling-mill in the country, and the remainder 
of the property. This purchase was finally 
effected in March, 1889, for $75,000, and in- 



creased the area of the plant to some si.x acres, 
which, when the mill and machine shops had 
been improved, gave all needed facilities. For 
so young a firm, this was a gigantic under- 
taking, -and was regarded by many conserva- 
tive business men as folly. Mr. Clowes, how- 
ever, paid no attention to the views of others. 
He gave his entire energy to strengthening 
and extending his business, and he succeeded. 
Beginning with less than two hundred cus- 
tomers, he increased his patronage, until in 
1897 't included fully five thousand firms and 
individuals in all parts of the world. Out of 
the profits of the business, more than six hun- 
dred thousand dollars has been spent in im- 
proving the property as originally purchased, 
making the cost of the plant about three-quar- 
ters of a million dollars. An expert, in speak- 
ing of his visit to it a few years ago, said: 
"What, first, and all the time, impresses a vis- 
itor to these mammoth mills and far-famed 
factories is the spirit of modern method that 
infuses everything about their operation down 
to the smallest detail. Everything that inven- 
tive genius has devised in the way of the me- 
chanical amenities has been admirably utilized 
by Mr. Clowes ; so that a tour of these works 
provides a perfect object lesson in mechanical 
advancement and progressive achievement. 
The buildings are of massive proportions, 
built entirely of brick, and ranging from one 
to three stories in height." A remarkable fact 
to which the writer quoted draws attention, is 
that "the great advance made is the more not- 
able and eminently demonstratablc of the com- 
mercial genius of the firm's practical head — 
when it is remembered that more organizations 
have been effected during the last forty years 
to manufacture seamless-drawn brass and cop- 
per tubing, that have failed or gone out of busi- 
ness, than are now in existence. Many of 
these companies were organized with very 
large capital, which has been entirely sunk, 
ruining many of the original investors." The 
seamless tube business is one of many and var- 
ious technical difficulties, and requires not only 
ponderous and costly, but also delicnte machin- 
ery. On account of the many difficulties at- 
tending it, the exceptional skill demanded of 
those engaged in it and the large capital re- 
quired, the greater number of firms manufac- 
turing seamless tubing confine their output to 
the minor calibres, up to four or five inches. 
Mr. Clowes was quick to recognize that his ad- 
vantage lay in the more difficult field, and as 
far bnck as 1890 began to concentrate all his 
energies in the way of developing his plant 
and machinery to turning out tubes of the larg- 
est dimensions. He devised an original method 
of arriving at the desired end, and to-day the 



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cnrporation is noted as having in operation 
re methoils of drawing tubes than any con- 
11 in the world, all peculiarly adapted to the 
special sizes and qualities desired. In the spe- 
cialty III scainles^-drawii cnpiicr liiiii>c Imilcrs, 
the corporation leads the world, and is prac- 
tically without a ciini! elitur. alMP. in its lari^e 
cililire of seamless tubing. The works of the 
!pany. tlanked by the tracks of the New 
rk, .\'iw Haven and Hartford and the New 
: k and .New England railroads, and having 
(onimand an unlimited and never-failing 
irr su])i)ly in the Xaugatuck river, have long 
n regarded as ideally situated. For some 
rs past, the business has demanded the ser- 
■^ of five hundred workmen, piostly skilled 
ds. A large clerical force is also employed 
'he main 'itTice in Waterbury; and branch 

■ I's are maintained in New York, Boston 

■ L'hicagii. In the management and devel- 
iient of this enormous industry Mr. Clowes 

had no aid from any source except the 
mcial assistance of his partner, Mr. Ran- 
■ih, uho gave no time to its cnndnct, policy 
Mipervision. The success attained is all the 
le remarkable in view of the competition 
'Id and established corporations, with al- 
-t uidimitcd credit and recognized experi- 
r. Mr. Clowes does not claim all the credit 
the success, but getierously attributes no 
ill share of it to skilled and eflicient me- 
nics at the head of the various depart- 
nts. 

I'l December, i8<;8, Mr. Randolph died, and 
Xugust, iSfjf), the old firm was turned over 
1 stock company ktiown as the Randolph- 
wes Company. Mr. Clowes was elected 
. ral manager and treasurer, and given an 
•i'>n of purchase of all the stock of the heirs 
Mr. Randfillih. The company was capital- 
! at S<)oo,ooo. 

^ince retiring from the active management 
•lie brass industry. Mr. Clowes has been a 

>t important factor in the development of 

residential real estate in Waterbury. He pur- 
I based twenty-four acres of wild wood north- 
-t of Center Square, of such rough char- 
I r that he called it "Hard Scrabble," and 
verted it into city building lots, now 
rned by fine residences : now called Nor- 
il. and incluiling the attractive streets 
fd Sar.ds. Hewlett. Randolph avenue, 
'wes terrace and Tciwer road. He has also 
built up the section called the Pines and Over- 
look, the latter a tract of four hundred build- 
ing lots, overlooking the picturesque Xauga- 
tuck valley, and affording beautiful homes for 
the people of Waterbury in locations whose 
value has increascti tenfold under his im- 
provements. 



rersonall), Mr. Clowes is a man of indomit- 
able pluck and energy. In matters of business 
his judgment is almost unerring. He is a hard 
worker, and devotes himself without reserve 
to his responsible duties. Xo man could show 
a fairer disposition in all dealing with em- 
ployes. Although he has never permitted him- 
self to be drawn into office-holding, Mr. 
Clowes has taken a somewhat active part in 
politics. He has always sided and voted with 
the Rej)ublican party except during the first 
canvas of Mr. Cleveland for the presidency, 
when he supported the Democratic nominee. 
It is his firm conviction that the Republican 
party is the party from which workmen and 
employers, capital and labor alike, may ex- 
pect satisfactory legislation in protection of 
their interests. His views are frequently 
sought by the press for publication, and are 
always given in such a straightforward and 
convincing manner that they not only com- 
mand respect, but win converts. Mr. Clowes 
is held in high esteem by the entire popula- 
tion of Waterbury. In business and manufac- 
turing circles he enjoys a distinguished prom- 
inence. In 1804. he was elected by his as- 
sociates to the i)residency of the boani of trade. 
He is a member of a number of organizations, 
business and social, and is possessed of those 
personal qualities which win regard and re- 
spect among all classes and con<litions of men. 
He married, in 1882. Mamie T.. daughter of 
Dr. George W. Rlacknall, of Raleigh, North 
Carolina, a woman of charming personality 
and accomplishments. Children: Mary Louise: 
Florence (iuernsey. died 1008 ; Randolph. His 
home at Xorwood, a place of his own creation, 
is ]iointeil to with pride by his fellow-citizens, 
and is a model of substantial architecture, con- 
venience and comfort. The site is unusually 
beautiful, and the land surrounding it has been 
developed into a choice residential center by 
the enterprise of Mr. Clowes. 



(II) John (2) Strong, 
WHITK-STROXC, son of John (i) 
Strong (q. v.), was 
born in England in 1626, died at Windsor, 
l>nnecticut, February 20. 1697-08. He was a 
tanner by trade and an important citizen of 
Windsor. He married (first). Xovember 2, 
1656, Mary Clark, who was baptized .Septem- 
ber 30. 1638. daughter of Joseph and Frances 
Clark. Frances Clark married (second), 
March 22. 16,^9. Thomas Dewey, of West- 
field. Mary (Clark") Strong died .Xpril 28. 
1663. aged twenty-five years. He married 
(second) in 1664, Elizabeth Warriner. who 
died June 7, 1684. Children of first wife, born 
at Wind.sor: Mary. .\]m] 22. 1658; Hannah, 



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August II, 1660. Children of second wife: 
John, mentioned below ; Jacob, April 8, 1673 ; 
Josiah, January 11, 1678: Elizabeth, about 
1684. 

(III) John (3), son of John (2) Strong, 
was born at Windsor, December 25. 1665, died 
there May 29, 1749. He married there, No- 
vember 26, 1686, Hannah Trumbull, of Suf- 
field, Connecticut, daughter of Deacon John 
Trumbull. Children, born at Windsor: Mary, 
]May 24, 1688; Elizabeth, September 21, 1689; 
Deacon Jonathan. April 22, 1694; Esther, 
April 12, 1699; Abigail, May 11, 1701 ; Dea- 
con David, December 15, 1704. mentioned be- 
low; John Warham, September 30, 1706; John, 
July 14, 1707; Elizabeth, August 13, 1708. 

(IV) Deacon David Strong, .son of John 
(3) Strong, was born at Windsor, December 
15, 1704, died January 25, 1801. He married 
(first) May 3, 1732, Thankful, born March 
5, 1709, died May 21, 1771, daughter of 
Moses Loomis of Windsor and Joanna 
(Gibbs) Loomis, who were married April 27, 
1694. He married (second) Abigail Phelps, 
of Simsbury, and she died October 16, 1787. 
He married (third), in 1793, Zilpah Davis, of 
Hebron, born 1775. She was eighteen years 
old and he was eight3r-eight years old at the 
time of the third marriage. He was a farmer 
at Bolton, Connecticut. For sixty-five years 
he was deacon of the Congregational Church. 
He went from Windsor to Bolton in 1730 and 
lived three miles from the center of the town 
on the road to Buckingham, then Eastbury. 

Children of first wife: David, born May 
^3' 1733; Levi, December 19, 1734; Beulah, 
December 28, 1735 ; Nathan, January 15, 1736- 
2i7 ; Judah, November 28, 1738 ; Thankful, Oc- 
tober 12, 1740; Aaron, September 21, 1743; 
Bathsheba, January 20, 1747; Hepzibah, mar- 
ried Captain William Hibbard ; Ebenezer, men- 
tioned below. 

Moses Loomis, of Windsor, father of Mrs. 
Thankful Strong, was born May 15, 1671, was 
son of Nathaniel and Elizabeth (Moore) 
Loomis. Joanna Gibbs, wife of Moses Loomis, 
was born March 26, 1671, daughter of Samuel 
and Hepzibah (Dibble) Gibbs, of Windsor. 

(V) Ebenezer, son of Deacon David Strong, 
was born in 1754, died in 1824. He was a 
soldier in the revolution, a private in the com- 
pany of Captain Thomas Pitkin from Bolton 
on the Lexington alarm; also in 1776 under 
Captain J. Wells. He lived at Bolton, Con- 
necticut. He married (first) August 24, 1779, 
Lucy (Kilbourne) Lawrence, daughter of 
Benjamin and Lucy (Goodrich) Kilbourne, 
and widow of Daniel Lawrence, who was 
killed in the Wyoming massacre. She died 
April 28, 1793. He married (second) in Au- 



gust, 1793, Abigail, daughter of Ebenezer 
Smith, of Ashford. She died October 29, 
1825. Children of first wife: Ebenezer, Jr., 
born May 20, 1780; Solomon, July 8, 1782, 
settled at Rome, New York; Daniel, Novem- 
ber 18, 1784; Eli, mentioned below; Genu- 
bath, October 22, 1791. Child of second wife: 
Samuel, April 22, 1795, was adoiited by John 
and Cleopatra Skinner, of Barkhamsted, and 
his name changed to Samuel Skinner. 

(VI) Eli, son of Ebenezer Strong, was born 
October 8. 1789, at Bolton, Connecticut, died 
there September 19, 1867. He was a farmer in 
his native town. He married (first), Decem- 
ber 10, 1812, Betsey Cowles, of Belchertown, 
born July 24, 1794, daughter of John Cowles. 
He married (second) Sybil Cowles, born July 
19, 1802, sister of his first wife. She died 
October 27, 1825. Children, born at Bolton, 
by first wife: Lucy Kilburn, August 25, 1814, 
married Alanson Keeney ; Captain Ethan Eli, 
October 12, 1816; William Cowles, July 4, 
1818; Semantha Lodemia, November 28, 1820, 
died March 28, 1822; John Remember Cowles, 
Februar}' 7, 1822, mentioned below; Cornelia 
Jane, November i, 1824. Children of second 
wife: Betsy Lodinia, February 10, 1827; Se- 
mantha Azubah, January 16, 1829 ; Samuel 
Alanson. March 29, 183 1. died March 26, 
1842 ; ;\Iary Emmeline. July 6. 1833 ; Horatio 
Bardwell, June 10, 1836; Harrison Alanson, 
October 16, 1840. 

(VII) John Remember Cowles. son of Eli 
Strong, was born at Bolton, Connecticut, Feb- 
ruary 7, 1822, died at ?ileriden, January 13, 
1907. He was adopted by James White, of 
Marlborough, Connecticut, and given the 
name of Henry Kirk White. He spent his 
boyhood days on the home farm, and was 
educated in the district schools and by private 
study. Early in life he developed musical tal- 
ent and before he was twenty had become well 
known as a music teacher, having charge of 
various singing schools and choral societies. 
He became expert in the tuning of various 
musical instruments, and in 1841 went west, 
where he was occupied in piano and organ 
tuning for four years. In 1845 he located in 
Colchester and in the employ of Denison Smith 
began his career in the manufacture of musical 
instruments. Two years later he embarked 
in business on his own account at New London, 
Connecticut, in the manufacture of melodeons. 
In 1853 he removed his business to Washing- 
ton. New Jersey, where he remained until the 
panic of 1857 and the subsequent outbreak of 
the civil war rendered his business unprofit- 
able. For several years he was engaged in 
piano tuning in Philadelphia. Pennsylvania. In 
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take cliarjj;c i>l the tuning and action depart- 
ment of the Kstev Organ Works. His sons 
also were given |)<>sitiiins in the factnry ami 
advanced ra|)idly to positions of responsiliility. 
During i^7*>-77 Mr. White and his sons with 
the aid of Horace Wilcox organized the Wil- 
cox & White Organ Company and hegan to 
manufacture organs at Mcritlen. Connecticut. 
The venture proved pnjfitahle from the start 
and grew rapidly. It was welcomed in the city 
of .\leriden and its product found a world-wide 
market. To the genius and experience of Mr. 
W hite the initial success of the company was 
chieriy due, however, and to his energy, in- 
dustry and good judgment much of the later 
prosperity and growth of the concern are due. 
L'ntil his death in i8<>7 he was, perhaps, the 
nldest living maker of reed instruments, and 
h' had just caust- to recall with pride ancl sat- 

::icti<in the achievements of the industry he 

■indcd. 

rile Wilcox & White Company was incor- 
!>. .rated in 1877 with a capital of $100,000. The 
I'oimders were Horace C. Wilcox, then a well- 
kniiwn silver plate manufacturer of Mcriden, 
Mr. White and his sons, James H., Edward 
II., and Howard White. In 1888 the sym- 
!M>ny or pneumatic self-playing organ was 

\i-nted and i)Iaced on the market by this 
• ■mpany, and in likyj the first piano-player, 
called The Angelus, the invention of Edward 
II. White. wa> hrouglit nut. The marvelous 
success of this instrument placed the coinpany 
in the lead among the manufacturers of musi- 
cal inNtriuneiil'^ in this country, i )n the orig- 
inal patents the keen inventive genius of the 
Whites of three generations have made numer- 
ous improvements from time to time, bringing 
the Angelus and the .\ngelus Pianos to their 
present state of perfection. At the time the 
piano-player was Invented, the capital of the 
company was $75,ocxj. It was increased in 
i8<)8 to $130,000, and again in i<no to $450,- 
000. In 1807 the concern incorporated with 
Jame- 11. White as |ircsident. i he factory was 
enlarged and within a few years the capacity 
of the plant was doubled. At the present time 
some four hundred li:in<ls are employed. 

.-\ well-known writer in Harper's Mai^aciue 
says: "flenelicent Nature has placed within 
the sold of every human being the love of 
music. In every thousand she has picked a 
few for the richer dower of the ability to pro- 
duce it. .Among primitive i)eople those mortals 
thus favored have been set apart for special 
honor, and even worshipped because of their 
god-like power of producing melody that 
would stir even the soid of a savage. If the 
power to produce music in a person be a great 
mark of genius, what may be said of those who 



have conceived and perfected the means by 
which any one can produce it ! This magnifi- 
cent facidty, which means so much to every 
man or woman lacking musical genius and 
education, has been conferred upon universal 
mankind by Mr. H, K. White, his sons and 
grandsons, in the conception and perfection of 
the .Angelus, by which everyone, from the child 
of three years to the musical artist, can play 
the piano with perfect technique and expres- 
sion, limited only by the power of the player 
to feel the music being played, * • ♦ The 
.Angelus holds its position of pre-eminence be- 
cause it is an original invention, whose invent- 
ors still live — father, son, grandson all of 

unquestioned musical genius, still adding con- 
stantly to its powers, making it more human in 
its possibilities, more artistic in its wonderful 
effects. The imitator who must ferret his way 
around patent laws is naturally handicapped 
and his machine is merely mechanical. The 
.Angelus alone gives soul to the music. Domi- 
nant, live, energetic, ambitious, capable genius 
makes the .Angelus, to-day as ever, the pre- 
eminent and incomparable piano-player." 

Henry Kirke White has held various public 
offices of trust and honor. He was alderman 
from the fifth ward and for a time was acting 
mayor of the city. For many years he was a 
member of the school committee and was the 
first chairman of his district and he always 
took a lively interest in public education. In 
fxilitics he was a Republican, in religion a Bap- 
tist. He was a member of Columbia Lodge, 
No. 36, Free and .Accepted Masons, of Rrattlc- 
boro, X'ermont ; Royal Arch Masons ; Knights 
Templar. 

Mr. White married (first). September 2. 
184(1, Lucy, born January 2, 1825, died Feb- 
ruary 18, 1867, daughter of William and Julia 
(Roberts) CornwcU, of Middlctown, Connec- 
ticut, granddaughter of Sylvester Cornwell. 
.Asa Roberts was father of Julia (Roberts) 
Cf)rnwell, who was born March i, 1777. Mr. 
White married (second) Mrs. Bet.sey IKrrick. 
born July 12, 1840, daughter of Benjamin 
Stickney, of Dimimerston. Vermont. Giildren 
of first wife: James Henry, mentioned below; 
Edward H.. mentioned belriw ; Howard, men- 
tioned below: Julia Cornwell, born March 8, 
1862, married (first 1. May 15. 1883. Winfield 
Scott and had Harold White Scott, born June 
3. 1884, died July 27. 1802: she married (sec- 
ond). June 4. 1896. Silas S. Donovan. 

(X'lin James Henry White, son of Henry 
Kirke White (Strong), was born at Westfield, 
Connecticut. September 2^>, 1847. He attended 
the schools of Somervillc. Washington and 
riiillipsburg. New Jersey. When the family 
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he found employment in the department store 
of John Wanamaker and received a thorough 
business training. He went with his father 
to Brattleborough, \'ermont, and worked in 
the Estey organ factory in the tuning depart- 
ment and rose rapidly to a position of respon- 
sibihty. As already stated he became one of 
the founders of the Wilcox & White Organ 
Company in 1877, and for many years has been 
the head of this concern. The affairs of the 
company have been wisely handled and its 
growth fostered under his management. He 
is a Republican in politics, but the only office 
he has held is that of councilman from the fifth 
ward. He is a prominent member and trustee 
of the Congregational church. He is a mem- 
ber of the Country Club and the Home Club ; 
director of the Home National Bank, the City 
Savings Bank, and the Connecticut Electric 
Company ; he is president and treasurer of the 
Wilcox '& White Company. 

He married, December i, 1868, Kate, born 
May, 1848, daughter of Samuel T. R. and 
Martha (Brown) Cheney, of Brattleborough. 
Children : i. Frank Cornwell, born October 28, 
1870, in Brattleborough: attended the public 
schools there, and is now mechanical superin- 
tendent of the Wilcox & White Company, and 
has invented many important improvements in 
the Angelus ; married, December 19, 1893, 
Charlotte Foster ; children : i. Ruth, born Feb- 
ruary 3, 1896; ii. Henry Foster, July 23, 1897; 
iii. Frank Cornwell, December 22, 1908. 2. 
Grace Louisa, born January 26, 1874, married, 
April 28, 1906, Edward C. Goodwin, of Wash- 
ington, D. C. 3. Florence May, born Decem- 
ber 29, 1876, married Harry Smith. June 15, 
1904; one child, Philip Huntingdon, born Au- 
gust 3, 1905. 

(Vni) Edward H. White, son of Henry 
Kirke White, was born in Washington, New 
Jersey, April 5, 1855, died September 15, 1899. 
His early training in business and experience 
in manufacturing was obtained in the Estey 
organ works at Brattleborough, Vermont. 
When the Wilcox & White Company began to 
manufacture organs at Meriden he supervised 
the tuning and voicing of the instruments. He 
was the original inventor of the Angelus and 
as such belongs among the great original in- 
ventors of the century. He was secretary and 
superintendent of the Wilcox & White Com- 
pany. He was a Republican in politics. He 
was domestic in his habits, devoted to his 
home and his business, kind and considerate 
to employees, and of a thoroughly lovable and 
attractive personality. He married. November 
18. 1885, Mary, daughter of Bela and Mary 
Ellen Carter. She resides at the corner of 
Britannia and Griswold streets, Meriden, and 



is much beloved in the community. Since his 
death her life has been spent in great measure 
in carrying out the benevolence and charity in 
which she was interested before her husband's 
death. They had one child, Allan Hubbard. 

(\ HI) Howard White, son of Henry Kirke 
White, was born in Somerville, New Jersey, 
September 9. 1856, died December 9, 1897. 
His early education and training was much 
like that of his brothers. He took an impor- 
tant part in the development of the Wilcox & 
W^hite Company. He contributed much to the 
improvement of the Symphony and Angelus. 
He was not only one of the best-known manu- 
facturers in Meriden, but a valued citizen 
whose death was a great loss to the commun- 
ity. He was a social favorite and generous to 
the poor and unfortunate. In politics he was 
a Republican. He was a member of the Home 
Club. He married, in 1880, Flora A., daughter 
of Russell J. Ives, of Meriden. They had two 
children, Russell S. and Stanley Butler, who 
are both associated in the business of the Wil- 
cox & White Company. 



Robert White, first known in 
WHITE South Petherton, county Somer- 
set, England, was church war- 
den there as early as 1578. His wife Alice 
w'as buried there August 22, 1596. and he was 
buried September 7, 1600, then called Robert 
White, Senior. His will was proved at Taun- 
ton, but is lost. Children: i. John, was also 
church warden ; died 1623, leaving will proved 

August I, 1623. at Wells : married Mary , 

who died September 6, 1593, and Alice , 

died 1636. 2. Robert, mentioned below. 

fll) Robert (2), son of Robert (i) White, 
lived in South Petherton in 1598, and prob- 
ably before that. In 1601 he was church war- 
den. His wife Joan died af South Petherton, 
September 13. 1634. He died there March 8, 
1642. The chancery proceedings prove con- 
clusively that he was father of John, the Amer- 
ican immigrant. Children: i. Andrew, bap- 
tized January 15, 1598, lived at Creech, Somer- 
setshire, and died 1647. 2. Joan, baptized May 
13, 1600. 3. John, mentioned below. 4. Rob- 
ert, baptized March 25, 1604: married, !\Iarch 
13, 1630, Joan Keemer and lived in Overstrat- 
ton. 5. Jane, baptized August 31, 1606. 6. 
Joan, baptized December 11, 1608. 7. Josias, 
baptized January 13, i6ri. 8. Alice, baptized 
February 6, 1614; married, February 18, 1641, 
John \lle. 9. Thomas, married in South Peth- 
ington, November 16, 1642, Ann Kymer. 

(Ill) John, son of Robert (2) White, was 
baptized in the old church in South Pething- 
ton, Somersetshire, England, March 7, 1602. 
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M.iv 2H. \hj~. Joan Wfst. l)aptizcd April 16, 
', (laiifilitiT of Richard and Maudlin ( Sta- 
( ookc ) Wist. Tlu-y lived for a time in 
I )raylon. where the two eldest sons were bap- 
tized. In 1638. or iK'fore, he owned a home 
•" Southarpe. parish of South Pcthington, and 
1 it to his hruther Rohert before coming to 
u Knfjlaiid with wife ami children. He set- 
tled first in Salem, Massachusetts. It is now 
believed that he left lui^land in April, 1639, 
: reached Saletn in .Vutjust, when he was 
ived as an inhabitant of Salem and jjranted 
■\ acres of land near Mr. Smith's farm. In 
.^ he returned to England on business, as 
All by a letter of Tristram Dolliber, of 
ke .\bbas, Dorsetshire, dated .April 20. 
:<. to Ji»hn I'lalch and William Woodbury, 
ci ."^alem. and ]Mihlished in the "New England 
Historical and ( ienealojjjical Rcijister," vol. 31, 
p. 313. 1 le returned to New Enjjland and soon 
located at Lancaster, Massachusetts. He and 
others subscribed to the "rules for proportion 
meadow". May i. I'i53. and he had twenty 
^ of land allotted to him. His house there 
d at the east end of the lot. near the one 
or lately owned by Edward Houghton. 
^ family and descendants resided there imtil 
the death of Samuel F. White. March 15, 1843. 
The first house was burned by the Indians. It 
't known hi>w his suit was settled in Eng- 
His son Thomas had the farm in Wen- 
....;;.. His wife Joan died at Lancaster. May 
18, 1654, and he clied between March 10 and 
May 28. i''>73, the dates of making and prov- 
ing his will. Children: i. John, baptized at 
Drayton, June i, 1628; mentioned in will of 
his grandfather. Richard West, March 10, 
ir>43, but not in his father's will. 2. Thomas, 
baptized at Drayton, June 30, 1630: came to 
New England with his father. 3. Joan, bap- 
tized in the (^Id Church in South Pethington, 
February 24. i'>33; married Captain Thomas 
Fiskc, of Wenlinm, Massachusetts. 4. Eliza- 
beth, baptized at ."^outli Petbiiigton, July 20. 
1633 ; married Captain Henry Kerley, of Lan- 
caster. 5. Mary, married Rev. Joseph Row- 
landson. first minister of Lancaster. 6. Sarah, 
baptized in thi- First Church of Salem, April 
9. 1^x43: married (first) James Ho<mer. of 
Concord: (second) Samuel Rice, of Concord. 
7. Josiah. mentioned below. 8. Hannah, born 
in Wenbam : married. Jaiuiary 23, 1675-76, 
Ensign John Divoll. who was killed by the In- 
dians, February 10. 1675-76. while in com- 
mand of Rowlandson garrison ; his wife taken 
prisoner and ransomed May 12, 1676; their 
children were killed or captured. 

(I\') Josiah, sou of John White, was bap- 
tized in the First Church. Salem, June 4. 1643. 
while a resident of Wenham. He removed 



with his parents to Lancaster, and married 
Mary Lewis, baptized in the I'irst Church, 
Ro.xiniry, .\ugust 2, 1646, daughter of Wil- 
liam ami .\mie Lewis. lie married (second) 
November 28, i')78. .Mary Rice, born in Sud- 
bury. September 4, 1656, daughter of Thomas 
and Mary (King) Rice, of Marlborough. Her 
father was son of the immigrant, Edmund 
Rice. She married (second) July 15. 1718, 
Thomas Sawyer, of I^ncaster, and died Au- 
gust 22, 1733. Josiah White was a notable 
and i)rominent man in the history of the town. 
He lived on the otatc of bi> lather in Lan- 
caster, where he died November 11, 1714. 
Children, all by secf>nd wife: .Sarah, born Oc- 
tober 21. 1680; Josiah, September 16, 1682, 
mentioned below; John, Septeniber 20, 1684; 
Thankful, March 27, 1689; Jonathan, 1(392, 
killed by Indians, July 16, 1707; Judith, 1694; 
Keziah, 1(596. 

(\') Josiah (2), son of Josiah (i) White, 
was born at Lancaster, September 16, 1682, 
and lived on the homestead. He was an in- 
fluential citizen; tythingman. 1718; moderator 
six \ears between 1725 and 1743; deputy to 
general court three years ; selectman five years, 
being one of the first seven: deacon of the 
church from January 30, 1729, to his death. 
May 5. 1772. I Ic married, June 26, 1706, .Abi- 
gail \\"hiteonib, born in Lancaster, ^iarch 13, 
i()8S. died Sei)tember 24, 177 1, daughter of Jo- 
siah and Rebecca (Waters) Whitcomb. Chil- 
dren: Mary, born March 31, 1707; Jonathan, 
October 4, 1708, mentioned below; Hannah, 
March 14, 1710; .Abigail, January 26, 1712; Jo- 
siah, January 3, 1714: Ruth. February 9, 1716; 
Martha, November 24. 1717; Joseph, Novem- 
ber I, 1719: Joanna, Septemlier 20. 1721 : Joth- 
am, .\pril 20, 1723; Silence. June 26, 1725; 
John (twin), born and died Jime 26, 1727; 
James (twin), born and died June 26, 1727; 
John, .\pril 10, 1729: Elisha, Niarch 8. 1731, 
soldier in the revolution. 

( \T) Colonel Jonathan White, son of Josiah 
(2) White, was born in Lai;caster, October 4, 
1708. He settleil in the northern part of the 
"new grant," now Leominster, and was one 
of the largest land holders, a man of wealth 
and education. In the French and Indian war 
he commanded a company and was actively 
engaged in defending the town from the In- 
dians. On March 29, 1/55. 'ic was commis- 
sioned captain in the W'orcester regiment 
under Colonel Ruggles, which marched for 
Crown Point. He was promoted major, and 
before the end of the campaign was made lieu- 
tenant-colonel. He was present with his regi- 
ment, at the battle of Lake George. .*>eptembcr 
'*^- ^7^>- when Baron dc Dicskau was defeated 
and taken prisoner. Colonel White was or- 



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dered to Lake Champlain, and served to the 
end of the war, taking part in many battles and 
winning distinction as an officer. He was one 
of the earher proprietors of Charlemont, and 
chosen one of the officers. He planted an 
orchard and built a house in what is now 
Heath. He gave land to the town of Charle- 
mont for a burial place in 1771. After he_ re- 
turned from the war he lived most of the time 
in Leominster, but often passed from one town 
to another. On one of these journeys he was 
detained over Sunday at Deerfield. He went 
to meeting in the morning in his homespun 
frock, and as he passed up the aisle no pew 
door was opened to welcome him, so he went 
to the woodpile and got a block of wood which 
he laid on the floor near the pulpit, seated liim- 
self upon it, and listened attentively to the long 
sermon. At the noon recess the people, find- 
ing that his station in life was not as humble 
as they first supposed, treated him with great 
respect. When the afternoon service was open 
many doors were open to receive him, but, dis- 
regarding them all, he again took his seat on 
the block of wood, for the afternoon service. 
He died at the home of his son in Heath, De- 
cember 4, 1788. He married, June 22, 1732, 
Esther Wilder, baptized in Lancaster, March 8, 
1713, died November 23, 1788, daughter of 
James and Abigail (Gardner) Wilder. Chil- 
dren : Jonathan, baptized June 10, 1733, died 
young ; Jonathan, born April 26, 1734, died 
December 2, 1736; Esther, June 11, 1736, died 
December 7, 1738; Esther, October 15. 1738, 
died January 5, 1739; Jonathan; David; 
James, mentioned below ; Asaph ; Esther ; Abi- 
gail. ^ 

(VH) James, son of Colonel Jonathan 
White, was born in Leominster, August 11, 
1744, died May i, 1824. He removed to Char- 
lemont in 1764 and lived in Charlemont or 
Heath. He was elected deacon of the church 
in Heath, November 16, 1799, and held the 
office until his death. An account book of 
his still extant, contains a record of his an- 
cestry, which he had from his father. He 
married, in Leominster, February 4, 1771, 
Ruth Ballard, baptized in Lancaster, February 
12, 1743-44, died June 21 or 23, 1823, daughter 
of Benjamin and Ruth (Wilder ) Ballard. 
Children : Jonathan ; Ruth, born August 14, 
1773; Esther, February 13, 1775; Rebecca, 
November 17, 1776; Polly, December 26, 
1778; Clarissa, August 27, 1780; Abigail, Oc- 
tober 7, 1782; Sally, July i, 1784; James, Sep- 
tember 30, 1786: -Gardner, mentioned below. 
■ (VIII) Gardner, son of James White, was 
born in Heath, Massachusetts, June 11, 1789, 
died at North Adams, Massachusetts, in 1869. 
He married, in Worcester, February 16, 1813, 



Sarah Wellington, born in Worcester, March 
6, 1792, daughter of David and Patty (Craw- 
ford) Wellington. Children; James Gardner, 
born and died April 8, 1814; Mary Rice, born 
April 24, 1815 ; Martha Longley, April 12, died 
October 18, 1817; Martha Longley, June 13, 
1819, died September 9, 1824; Julia Ann Tay- 
lor, ^larch 29, 182 1 ; Caroline Lucretia, De- 
cember 2^, 1825 ; James Mozart Hayden, 
March 19, 1828; Frederick Wellington, born 
June. 1830, died April, 1900; Emeline B., born 
1832, died 1890; Francis August Mason, April 
22, 1834, mentioned below ; Sarah Diana, May 
22, 1836. 

(IX) Francis August Mason, son of Gard- 
ner White, was born in Heath, Massachusetts, 
April 22, 1834, died May 28, 1884. He was 
a carpenter and builder, and a man of musical 
tastes. Pie married, November i, 1855, Cor- 
nelia Adelaide Humphrey, born at Hartford, 
Connecticut, November 27, 1833 (see Colton 
VII). Children; Frank Gardner, born Oc- 
tober 24, 1856, married, September, 1883. Ag- 
nes D. Best, died July 14, 1890 ; Herbert Hum- 
phre}', July 3, 1858, mentioned below; Samuel 
Howard, December 11, 1861, died January 22, 
1862; Frederic Lester, born September 2, 
1864; Charles Samuel, Alarch 22, died August 
28, 1867; Henry Wellington, October 21, 
1870; William Howard Colton, December 21, 
1872, died Tune, 1906; Clara Anna, January 
27, 1876. 

(X) Herbert Humphrey, son of Francis A. 
M. White, was born July 3, 1858, in Hartford. 
During his youth his health was delicate and 
he was obliged to forego the college education 
which he so much desired. He attended the 
public schools and took the classical course at 
the Hartford high school, and after leaving 
school studied political economy, constitutional 
history and astronomy at home. In 1874 he 
entered the employ of the Hartford Trust 
Company, where he remained four years. In 
April, 1878, he entered the Phoenix National 
Bank and was assistant cashier for nine years, 
and connected with the bank for over twenty 
years. For four years he was one of the aud- 
itors of the Connecticut Mutual Life Insur- 
ance Company, and in January, 1899, became a 
director of the company. He was also unani- 
mously elected secretar\', a position which he 
filled acceptably until Alarch 23, 1906, when 
he resigned to accept the office of treasurer 
of the company. Being thoroughly familiar 
with the affairs of the company, his fitness for 
the important office was quickly recognized, 
and he has managed the business with fidelity 
and sagacity. He is a director of the State 
Bank ; secretary and director of the Hartford 
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I tlu Ixiard of trustees of the Connecticut In- 

-tiiuu- I'nr the I'llind; treasurer and trustee of 

the IIartt')rd School of Keli(;it)US IVdaj^ugy, 

and a iiuinher of the West Middle District 

hool coiiiniittee. In politics he is a Repub- 

. an, and served as a member of the common 
..lUiR-il fur six years, during two of which he 
was an alderman and one \ear jiresident of the 
l.oard iif councilmen ; secretary and directi>r of 
ilartfiird (iolf Club Company: member of the 
ihirlford Coif Club, the Twentieth Century 
nb. the Cciimi'cticut Historical Society, the 
MS I'f the American Revolution, and the 
ll.irtliird Club. He was president of the Co- 
lonial t'lub before its consolidation with the 
Man ford Club. lie is a iiajjtist in religion. 
He married. ( >ctobcr 20. iS8'i. Klla bay Kinne. 
fit Richfield Springs. New York. They have 

Mc child, Marion Humphrey, born August 

( 1 Ik- Cdltnn Line). 

(I) George Colton, immigrant ancestor, was 

I lie ancestor of the Cottons in Massachusetts 

nd Connecticut. He was at Hartford early, 

•id about 1(144 removed to Springfield. Mass- 

luisftts. anil settled in Longmeadow, where 

family has since been numerous. He was 

I'rojjrietor there in 1645. and one of the chief 

.zens of the new ])lantation. He was deputy 

; • the general court in i^fx). was ipiarter- 

master of the Hampshire county troop, and 

did important service in King Philiji's war. He 

.IS one of the conuuittee in 1670 to lay out 

ts and sell lanil in the town of Sullield. and 

ii I J 22 fifty acres of land were laid out in that 

town to his heirs. He died February 13. iChjq. 

lie married (first) Deborah Gardiner, who 

<lied September 5. iCiSi): (second) March i, 

\f*l2. l-ydia Wright, widow successively of 

Lawrence liliss. }oh\\ Norton and John Lamb. 

She died December i". i('m>). Children, all 

by first wife: l^pliraini. mentioneil below; 

Naac. born N'oveuiber 22, 1(140: Thomas. May 

1. 165 1 ; Sarah. February 24. 1652: Deborah, 

January 25. 1(154; Hepzibah. January 7. 1655; 

John, .\pril S, i(>59: P.enjaniin. May 2(). ifiGl. 

(H) F|)hraini. son of George Colton. was 

born .April i). i(>4S. He married (first) 

Drake: ( scanid ) Fsther .Marshall. Children: 
Joseph. Heujamin. mentioned below, Daniel, 
Isaac. Nathaniel. Noah. Thomas. Esther. 
Sarah, Margaret and Mary. 

(IH) Rev. Heujamin Colton. son of Eph- 
raiin I'olton. was graduated at 'S'ale College in 
1710. he and Jiilni Uliss l)eing the only gradu- 
ates that year. He <1ied March i. 1759, aged 
-ixty-uiue. 

He was orilaineil as the first minister 
at West Hartford. Connecticut. February 
-4. '713. and continued the ministry about 



forty-four years. He married (first). Decem- 
ber 3, 1713. Ruth, daughter of Rev. Eilwanl 
Taylor, of Westfield, ^iassachusetts, (second) 

Elizabeth . who died OirtoWr 11. 17(10. 

aged seventy-one. Children of first wife: Eli, 
born .\ugust 2. I7i(). mentioned below; Ruth, 
November 5. 1718; Theodosia. July 13, 1721 ; 
I'.enjamin, June 7, 1724. I'y secon<l wife: Lu- 
cina, born .March S, 172(1-27; Elizabeth. No- 
vember 28. 172S: .\bijah. baptized April 4. 
1731 ; Esther, baptized July 15, 1733; George, 
baptized July 11. 1736. 

(IN) Rev. Eli Colton, son of Rev. Benja- 
min Colton. was born in West Hartford, .Vu- 
gust 2. I7i(>, tlied in 173(1. "*•' graduateil at 
^'ale College in 1737, and settled in the min- 
istry at StafTord, Connecticut. He married 
Eunice Smith, of Simsbury. His children, as 
given in the settlement of his estate were: Eu- 
nice, liileazer. IViikim. Ithamar. Samuel, 
mentioned below ; Lemuel. 

(\') Samuel, son of Rev. Eli Colton, was 
born in 1754 and lived in Bloomfield, then 
Wintonbury, Connecticut. He married and 
had a daughter .\nna. 

(\'l) .\nna, datighter of Sanuiel Colton, 
married Sanuiel Humphrey, and had a daugh- 
ter Cornelia .Adelaide. 

( \11 ) Cornelia .Adelaide, daughter of Sam- 
uel Hum|)hrev. marrieil I'rancis .A. M. White 
(>ee White IN). 



Captain Samuel Warner, dc- 
W.XRNF.R scendant of the Warners of 

Suffield. Connecticut, formerly 
in Massachusetts, was born in 1738 and died. 
New Marlborough. Massachusetts. October 4. 
1824, aged eighly-six years. He was captain 
of a comjiany in the revolutionary war. He 

married (first) Rho<les. sister of Thorp 

Rhodes, of New Marlborough. He married 
(second). Decembers. 1768. I-Ilizabeth Make- 
peace, of Western, now Warren. Massachu- 
setts. The town records give the intention of 
marriage, giving his name, however, as Jona- 
'than. October 20. 17(18. and the certificate that 
Isaac Jones married Jonathan Warner, of New 
Marlborough, and Elizabeth Makepeace. De- 
cember 8. 1768. He was certaiidy always 
known as Samuel in New Marlborough. The 
uncertainty of the name makes it impossible to 
trace the line exactly. His widow died in New 
Marlborougli, January 6, 1843. aijed ninety- 
nine \ears. two months, two days. She was 
born at Western. 'November 4. 1743. Child of 
first wife: i. Phebe. July 12. 17(15: died June 
26, 1838: lived at Westmoreland. New York. 
Children of second wife: 2. ("iad. Decemlier 8, 
1770: died July 12. 1841. at New Marlbor- 
ough. 3. Jason. May 8. 1773; died March 11. 



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f838, at New Alarlborough. 4. Samuel, twin 
of preceding, died September 11, 1796. 

(II) Phebe, daughter of Samuel Warner, 

was born July 12, 1765; married (first) 

Rawson ; (second), March 20, 1790, James 
Smith, of Westmoreland, New York, born 
April 26, 1762, died January 16, 1836. Chil- 
dren of first marriage: i. Pelatiah Rawson, 
November 9, 1789 ; graduated at Hamilton 
College in 1817; teacher at Oneida Institute, 
Whitestown, New York ; married Julia Peck, 
in Utica, New York, was living in 1877 in 
Utica with her daughter, who married Charles 
Kingsley, merchant. Children of second mar- 
riage: 2. Phebe Smith. January 6. 1792, died 
November 20, 1861. 3. Elizabeth Smith, April 
20. 1794: died May 8, 1795. 4. Gad Warner 
Smith, April 10, 1796; died August 11, 1825. 

5. James Smith, July 24, 1798. 6. Ebenezer 
Smith, born 1801, died December 25, 1857. 
7. Almira Smith, October 17, 1803, died Au- 
gust 16, 1806. 8. John Smith, February 28, 
1806, died October 5, 1868. g. Caroline Mary 
Smith. July 14, 1808, died March 7, . 

Phebe (Warner) Smith, born January 

6. 1792, married, January 29, 1823, James 
Olney, born June 29, 1789, died April 7, 
1841 ; brother of Jesse Olney, the geogra- 
pher. Chilfh'en : i. Almira Olney, Novem- 
ber 30, 1823; married Horace Kellogg, 
March 10, 1853. 2. Eliza Olney, June 5, 1825 ; 
married Clark Wilgers. 3. Thomas Jefferson 
Olney, October 12, 1826; married, October 26, 
1865, Francis Thornley. 4. Caroline May Ol- 
ney, May 29, 1828; married. February 26, 
1857, James Barr. 5. James Clay. September 
15, 1830; married, October 15, 1866, Katie 
Broderick. 6. John Marshall Olney, August 
12, 1832. 7. Lafayette Olney. June 20, 1834. 

James Smith, born July 24, 1798 : married 
Rhoda Castle, and moved to Illinois. Chil- 
dren : Edmund J., Gad Warner. Lovina. Mary 
Ann, Henry and Caroline. 

Ebenezer Smith, born in 1801 ; married 
(first) Lovina Dean; (second), August i, 
1838, Lucretia Books, of New Marlborough, 
and had ' Lemuel Smith, who married Jane 
Goodall, Horace Smith, who married Hannah 
Allen, and Sarah Smith. James Smith, who 
married Phebe Warner, was son of Ebenezer 
and Mary Smith ; Ebenezer died May 4, 1799; 
Mary, November 21, 1819: their children: i. 
Benjamin Smith, July, 1746. 2. Ebenezer 
Smith, March 16, 1748. 3. Anna Smith. De- 
cember 13. 1749. 4. Sarah Smith. February 
17. 1751- 5- Elizabeth Smith, February 11, 
I7.S3- 6. Perry Green Smith, August 3. 1756. 

7. John Smith. April 27, 1760. 8. James Smith, 
April 26, 1762 ; mentioned above. 9. Eunice 
Smith, July_8, 1764. 10. Daniel Smith, Au- 



gust 20, 1769. II. Stephen Smith, April 9, 
1772. 12. Naomi Smith, September 2, 1774. 
13. Susannah Smith. February 18, 1777. 14. 
Lucy Smith, November 24, 1780. 

(H) Jason, son of Captain Samuel Warner, 
was born at New Marlborough, May 8, 1773; 
died March 11, 1838. He married, December 

9, 1795. Almira Bushnell Churchill, born April 
28, 1776, died October 21, 1834, at New Marl- 
borough. Children: i. Samuel, mentioned be- 
low. 2. Cullen. mentioned below. 3. George 
Yary. February 6, 1799; died July 11, 1878. 
4. Theron, November 13, 1800; died January 
2^. 1864. 5. Ammi, October 27, 1802; died 
February 22. 1886. 6. Jason, Jr., January 20, 
1806; died April 2, 1867. 7. Almira, May 27, 
1810 ; died September 28, 1873. 8. Eliza, April 

6, 1815 : died October 28, 1848. 9. Mary, Feb- 
ruary 3. 1820; died May 19, 1879. 

(Ill) Samuel Makepeace, son of Jason 
Warner, was born at New Marlborough. Oc- 
tober II, 1796: died December 13. 1865. in 
Great Barrington, Massachusetts. He was a- 
farmer most of his life and lived in Sufficld. 
He married. May 14, 1817, Laura Norton, 
born December i, 1797, died in Southwick, 
Massachusetts. Children: i. Jairus Norton, 
mentioned below. 2. ]\Iary Elizabeth, August 
3, 1837, at Southwick, Massachusetts: died 
June 17, 1864, ^t Great Barrington. 

(Ill) Cullen, brother of Samuel Makepeace 
Warner, was born December 22, 1797, and 
died October 25, 1877; married, October 10, 
i8ig, Lucy Cooley, born November 14, 1795, 
in Brookfield, died December 10. 1857, in 
Greenwich. Their cliildren : i. Lucy Ann, 
married Henry W. Thayer. 2. Mary Amanda, 
married Baxter Whitcomb. 3. George Cooley, 
married Sarah E. Stacy. 4. Eliza Almira, 
married Jarvis Oldes. 5. Ann, married Thom- 
as G. Carrick. 6. Jane Minerva, married 
(first) H. Vaughn; (second) H. ^^^ Thayer. 

7. Maria. 8. Phebe, married (first) John Car- 
rick : (second) Nathan A. Beals. 9. Caroline. 

10. Laura Ann, married Merriam King. In 
1910 Mary, Ann, Phebe and Laura were sur- 
viving. 

( I\') Jairus Norton, son of Samuel AVar- 
ner. was born November 26. 1827, in New 
Marlborough, and died in Sheffield. Massachu- 
setts, October 30, 1904. Fie attended the pub- 
lic schools. When a young man he embarked 
in business as a grain dealer at Great Bar- 
rington, Massachusetts, and continued until 
the civil war. After the war he removed to 
Sheffield, where he was occupied in farming 
to the time of his death. He was a promi- 
nent and influential citizen and served the 
town of Sheffield as selectman and in other 
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I the Congregational Society. In politics he 
was a Democrat. lie niarrie<l, (Jctuher J9, 
1862. 1-ranccs II. Spur, born at .Sheffield, 
M.iy 10, 1S42, (lied Septenil)cr jH. 1S94. 
luyhtcr of Cliarlcs and .Susan (L'i>ok) Spur 
■re- .^piir). Children: I. Charles .\ortLin, 
mentioned below. 2. Laura. J;inuary 25. 1867 ; 
died lidy 2(1, 1867. 2. Clarence li.. Dctojjcr 
-■4. 1871 ; married .Mice I-. IVnjamin, .April 12, 
iSi;_^; lives at ."shetVield : ciiiMren: Clarence 
llerljert Jr. and two tlied in infancy. 

( \ ) Charles Norton, son of Jairus Norton 
\\ .irner, was lx>rn in Creat Harrington. Mas- 
husetts, September 23, 1865. lie attended 
• <• public schools, a boarding school and the 
intiield high school, lie received his medi- 
1 education at JelTerson .Medical College of 
* iladelpliia. I'ennsylvania, and was gradu- 
■c d in 181/) with the degree of .M.I), lie had 
! \ear of hospital e.xperience ami then located 
III general practice at Litchfield. Connecticut, 
in i8f)7. lie is a member of the Litchfield 
I ' unty Me<lical .Society, the (."oiinecticut State 
r-lical .'society, the .\merican Meilical Asso- 
: iiioii, and the Jefferson .Mimmi .Medical .\s- 
■liation. Me is medical examiner for the 
ew York Life Insurance Company, the Mu- 
lu.d Life Insurance Company of New- York, 
the l'(|uitablc Life Insurance Com()any of New 
' rk. the Connecticut General Life Insurance 
:n|)any, the Pennsylvania .Mutual Life In- 
ance Comi)any, the Johns Hopkins Life In- 
•ance Company, the Washington (ieneral 
;;e Insurance Com]>any and others. Me is an 
Independent in politics. He is a director of 
tile Litchfield Savings liank. He married, No- 
' iinber 10. np2. Harriet Hrownell (iraves, 
■in at Litchfield, (."onnecticut. January 17. 
^70. i!aughter of Henrv I'lennett and .^arah 
.M. (Smith) (iraves. Her father is dead: her 
mother lives with Dr. and Mrs. Warner. 
Henrv I'., (iraves was son of Jedediah Craves, 
grandson of f'^zra Graves, of Sherman. Con- 
necticut. Jedediah was father of fourteen 
children. He and his father, Ezra Graves, 
were representatives to the general assembly 
from Slicrman for fifty consecutive years. 
The inmiigrant ancestor of the (iraves family 
came from Surrey. England. Dr. and Mrs. 
Warner have one child. Charles Norton Jr., 
born ( )itiiln'r 22. IO05. 

( Tlio Spur LiiH-). 
'! he word Spoor is the Dutch for track or 
trail, and as a common noun is used to desig- 
nate the traces left by an animal or man in 
the sand, the mud or the snow. The name is 
common to-day in Holland, although it is com- 
paratively recent there, and it is not known 
when or how the name came to be ajiplied to 



the Dutch or the .\merican famil_\ , In the 
original Dutch, the name is pronounced as 
though it were spelled S|)ore, the Dutch "00" 
being like our long sound of "o," and it is 
likely that this pronunciation will account for 
the change in sjielling the name to .Spore, the 
spelling now used in several branches of the 
fanu'ly. In some early family records in bibles 
the form .*^i)oore ha> been found, as well as 
the forms .Spur and Sjiurr. .S|)ur is«lso the 
(jerman ecpiivalent of the Dutch Spocir. 

(I) Jan Wylwrsse S|xj<»r, immigrant ances- 
tor, ac(|uired land of Johannes Clute. at Nis- 
kayuna. between .Mbany and Schenectady, in 
if>85, and again in 1^197, the latter on the 
Mohawk river. He is thought to be "Jan 
Wybesse \'an Ilarlingen. who liought of 
ChristolTel Davidts in \(<(<2 17 morgens of 
land over the kil at Cat-kil Ixing next to El- 
dert Cierbertse CruifTs land." He married 
.Anna Maria Manse: and in the census of 1^197 
his family consisted of one man. one woman, 
and six children. In 1714 he was doubtless 
living with his son Johannes on the Living- 
stone manor. I-ive children are reconled on 
the church baptisms of the .Albany church, but 
no records have been found of the births of 
the older children, who were i)robably born at 
or near . Mbany. .About 1^)99 there is a rleed 
of his in the .Albany records. On .August 11, 
1723, he is recorded as a member of the Lin- 
lithgow church in Columbia county, as Jan 
Wiebese Sp<x>r, which is the last time his 
name is found on record. He must have been 
over eighty years old at this time, and he prob- 
ably died at Linlithgow. His wife doubtless 
died before 1714, as her name does not appear 
on the census of that year. Children: 1. Jo- 
hannes, mentioned below. 2. Gerrit. 3. Isaac. 
4. .Antje. also called .Antje Jan. was "kild and 
burnt by l'>ench and In<lians at .Skinnech- 
tady," February 9. ir>89-i;o. at the massacre in 
which eighty fieople jjerished. 5. Harentje, 
niarrieil, December 27. 1713. Thomas lierrit. 
6. Saartje. baptized Decemlx'r 3, 1684. 7. 
Nicolas, baptized .April 2y, j6c)o. 8. Annetje, 
baptized June 7, ir>9i. 9. Rebecca, bai)tized 
.April 22. 1(194. 10. Rachel, January 31. 1797. 

( II ) Johannes Spur, son of Jan XN'ybesse 
Sjioor, was born in .Albany, New ^'ork. In 
the census of 1714 of Dutchess county he is 
recorded as "Johannes Sptwr, jungoor," and 
this established his relation to Jan or Johannes 
Spoor, his father. .Also, at this time, there 
was in his family a man over si.xty years of 
age, an<l this was evidently his father. Me 
married. .April 21, 1703, Mary Singer, born in 
England. They both lived in Kingston at the 
time, and four of his children are recorded 
bajitized there in 1701-03-11-20. Three chil- 



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dren are recorded at Albany. He was one of 
the petitioners from Ulster county in a petition 
of the "Protestants of America to King Wil- 
liam III.," dated December 30, 1701. He was 
a wheelwright by trade. He was a member 
of the Linlithgow church in August 22, 1722, 
being one of the early members. His daugh- 
ter Joanna had been baptized two years earlier 
at Rochester (Ulster county), according to the 
KingstOB records. In 173 1 he was called Cap- 
tain, and purchased of the Indians, for thirty 
pounds and a suit of clothes, six hundred 
acres of land on Egremont Plain, in Berk- 
shire county, Massachusetts. At this time he 
had with him three younger sons, Isaac, Ja- 
cob and Cornelius, and after settling his sons 
on these lands he returned to New York state, 
as he joined the church at Albany from Kin- 
dcrhook in 1740, and held the office of con- 
stable at Albany in 1735-36. Children: i. 
Johannes, baptized July 13, 1701. 2. Sara, 
baptized November 28, 1703, at Kingston. 3. 
Henricus (or Hendrick), baptized January 13, 
1706. 4. Abraham, baptized August 3, 1707, 
at Albany. 5. Dirk or Direck, baptized April 
30, 1710, at Albany, mentioned below. 6. 
Isaac, baptized September 30, 171 1, at Kings- 
ton. 7. Jacob. 8. Cornelius. 9. Joanna, bap- 
tized January 10, 1720, at Raysester (Roches- 
ter). 

(III) Direck, son of Johannes Spur, was 
born January 28, 17 10, at Albany. He married. 
May I, 1733, Christina Bresie Van Alstyne, 
who was born May 10, 17 12. They lived in 
Sheffield, Massachusetts, in 1762. At the time 
of his marriage he lived at Catskill, New 
York, where his first child was born, and he 
next lived at Copake. He was a farmer, and 
settled on the Under Mountain road, in Shef- 
field, about three miles west of the village, 
directly under Mount Everett. He died May 
28, 1780, and his wife died June 12, 1795. 
They were buried in a private cemetery near 
their original home, but in May, 1879, they 
were removed with others of the family to the 
village cemetery at Sheffield, where a monu- 
ment was erected by some of their descend- 
ants. Children: i. Nicholas, born May 24, 
1734. 2. Mary, May 30, 1736. 3. John, May 
14, 1738. 4. Catlina, May 12, 1740. 5. Sarah, 
August 19, 1742. 6. Gesia, December 12, 
1744. 7. Hannah, October 13, 1747. 8. Abra- 
ham, January 29, 1749. 9. Isaac Derick (men- 
tioned below). 

(IV) Isaac Derick, son of Direck Spur, was 
born in Sheffield, September 22, 1752. He 
married Diadamia Smith, who was born in 
1759, and their children were born at Shef- 
field. He was a soldier in the revolution, 
where he served in Captain William Fellow's 



company of matrosses twice, in 1777 and 
again in 1780. He lived on the old homestead 
west of Sheffield, Under Ivlountain road. He 
died July 15, 1827, and his wife died August 
20, 1846. Children: i. Christina, born Jan- 
uary 15, 1779. 2. Moses, September 16, 1780; 
mentioned below. 3. Lavinia, May 15, 1783. 
4. Cornelius, February 11, 1787. 5. Derick 
Isaac, October 25. 1789. 6. Mary, March 7, 
1792. 

(V ) Moses, son of Isaac Derick Spur, was 
born in Sheffield, September 16, 1780. He 
married Hannah Holmes, born 1784. He was 
a farmer, and lived on the original homestead. 
\\'hile riding with his wife they were thrown 
from the carriage and were both fatally in- 
jured. He lived but a short time, and his 
wife survived him only a few weeks. Tl# 
horse he was driving was a young mare that 
afterwards became famous under the name of 
Flora Temple. He died June 3, 1846. Chil- 
dren: I. Charles, born July 22, 1810: men- 
tioned below. 2. Squire. April 18, 1812. 3. 
Isaac, June 6, 1814. 4. J\Iary Lovinia, April 6, 
1816. 5. Henry, August 11, 1818. 6. Han- 
nah, June I, 1820. 7. Andrew Jackson, June 
14, 1828. 8. Edwin Williamson, March 23, 
1830. 

(VI) Charles, son of Moses Spur, was born 
July 22, 1810. He married (first) June 2, 
1836, Susan Cook, of Sheffield. He was a 
successful farmer and fruit grower, on a farm 
about four miles south of the original Spoor 
farm. His wife died January 7, 1859, and he 
married (second) November 30, 1859, Emily 
Hall. He was representative from Sheffield 
in the Massachusetts legislature in 1850. He 
died April 29. 18S9, and his widow died No- 
vember 10, 1895. Children: i. Thaddeus, 
born March 11, 1837; died February 22, 1839. 

2. Henry Renselaer, born September 29. 1839. 

3. Frances Hannah, May 10, 1842; married, 
October 29, 1862, Jairus N. Warner, of Great 
Barrington and Sheffield (see \\'arner IV). 

4. Charles Erwin, born October 5, 1847. 5- 
]Mary Lavinia, August 4, 1850, teacher in New 
York, 1871-74 (institution for improved in- 
struction of deaf mutes) ; afterwards con- 
tinued instruction in private family at East 
Orange, New Jersey ; married, November 6, 
1884, Theodore F. Dexter, of Salisbury, Con- 
necticut, and removed to Litchfield, Connec- 
ticut, 1900. 6. George, born .August 16, 1852; 
died December 31, 1856. 



The surname \Miitte- 
WHITTEMORE more is identical with 

Whitmore. which is a 
more common spelling in the English family. 
The name is of local origin, the original fam- 



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ily takin;; tiicir naniu t'roiii the inanur of Whit- 
iiKjrc or W'liytcnierc of StatTortlshirc, ling- 
land. 'I his manor was Ljrantcil l)y the Con- 
(jiifror to kicarchis l'"ijrcstariiis. accuriling to 
the nunicxlay Hook ( ioS<>). and lie ha<l as 
idi.inls L'lt'ac, Aldwin, Arnnif and Avisa. It 
iippused tiiat Avisa was the Saxon owner 
ihe place, .\visa de Whitinore also held 
!s from the L'oii<|ueror in the hundreds of 
hill, StalYonlsliire, and I'rodfonl, Salop. 
. family was orii^inally desij^'nate.l hy the 
iioof de llotrel. I'.otreaiix, lioterel.or I'.otc- 
. from a \orman estate. Tlie first Duke 
Krittany, (iodirey. was of this family. 
Ill Whitniore came into jiossession of the 
ily the nienihcrs were distinguished hy the 
-nation de Whitniore, which later hecame 
:irnanie. 

I ) The W'hitmores of Staffordshire, Eng- 
1. were originally terme<l de liolrel. Tlic 
e of the lather of William de IJotrel 
>o-,?5) and his hrother. I'eter de Itotrel, 

nnknown. William had a son William 

Ill I'eter de liotrel. of StalT.>rdshire, had 

■ II Ra'liilpli or Ralph. 
• Ill) Ralph de liotrel, horn 115-', died 
1171 ; married twice. His son William hy the 
first wife married .\visa de Whitniore. Wil- 
liam (I\') (1 174) had a son Rei;inald ( \' ) 
I i-'o4-i(i), who had a son nanie<l Robert (\'I) 
' |J.?S), who had a son Robert (\ 11) ( 12CK)). 

- is not the American line. That descends 

II the second wife, hy her son Ral|)h de 
I el, and not hy Rad Fifz Wetmore ( uoo- 

an illegitimate son. Rad had a son Will 

■.tirgvylion ( i -'42-54). 

I\'l Ralph de I'.otrel had a son. Sir John. 

\ ) Sir John de Whitniore married .\gnes 

— ( 1252-7')- ) and had at least three sons: 

a, Loril of Whitmore, founder of what the 

geiiealtigists call the Connton line: William, 

married .Mice l'\-nners. had son Philip (\"1I), 

founde<l w hat is called the Claverlv branch : 

Ralph i\I). 

(\"I) John Whitniore, son of Sir John 

\\'liitniore. married Margerie ( 1270- 

1301). 

(\'I1) Richanl of Whitniore married 
Susannah, daughter of Sir Philip Draycote. 
knight, and had: Jane, married John I'.lnnt: 
Mary, married John (HlTord: P.eatrix, married 
John Chetwind: Christina, married Richard 
Fleetwood : Phili]). 

(\'II1) ['hilip Whitniore married Tliomas- 
ine. daughter of Richard ( )liver ( ?), and had 
a son Richanl Whitmore. 

I I.\ ) Richard Whitmore, son of Philip 
Whitmore. married (first) a daughter of Sir 
Rali)h r.agot : married (second) a daughter of 



Richard I)evereux; married (third) a daugh- 
ter of .'^imo!1 Harcourt, probably of Ellen- 
hall, StatTordshire, ami by his third wife had 
son Nicholas. 

(X) Nicholas Whitmore, son of Richard 
\\ hitmore, marrie>l .\nnie, daughter of Thom- 
as Aston, of I ixall, StatTordshire, and had : 
Mary, married William Lnsone; .\ntliony. 

(.\1) .\ntliony Whitniore, son of Nicholas 
Whitmore, married Christina \'aiix, Jaughler 
and heir of Nicholas \'aux, and had: loan, 
William. 

(Nil) William Whitmore, son of Anthony 
Whitniore, had a son John. 

(XIII) John Whitmore, of Caunton. sec- 
ond son of William W hitmore, in the reign 
of Henry \1., married (first) .Mice, daughter 
and heir of Robert IJlytcjii, <jf Caunton, county 
Notts: married (second) Catherine, daui^hter 
and heir of Robert Conipton. of Haw ton 
( \ isitation of York I5')3), and had: W illiam ; 
Robert, who was the heir. 

(XI\) Robert Whitmore, son of John 
Whitmore, of Caunton, married (first) Cath- 
erine, daughter of (iet.)rge Clayc, of l"inningl) , 
county Notts ( \isitation i>f ^'orkshire), and 
had a son William, the heir, who married a 
daughter of John Ridley. William of Rotter- 
dam died in 1568. Robert Whitmore married 
(second) .-Mice .\twoode, of Ilarlington, licil- 
fordshire. lie died at Caunton in 1540. l!y 
this marriage the children were: Richard, died 
without issue, 1559: John, living in 1545: 
Charles, died 15^18: Thomas, living in 1559, 
probably died about iTio^: Edmund, living in 
1559: Rowland, living In 1591 ; James; Ran- 
dall, and three daughters. Thomas Whitmore, 
Sr., of llitchin, was the son of Edmund or 
Rowland, sons of Robert. llitchin is the par- 
ish where the emigrant Thomas Whitmore 
was Iwrn, and he was the son of another 
Thomas Whitmore, as will be seen later. 

(NX) Charles Whitmore. son of Robert 
Whitmore, died in I5'>8. He lived at Tux- 
fortli. county Notts. His children were: Wil- 
liam, ilied 1582 in county Notts: John, su|)- 
posed to have lived in Staffordshire and died 
1571 : Robert, died K08: Richard, died 1578: 
James, died 1614; Thomas, the elder, died 
i'>4<;: Roger, of Hitchin : Christopher, of 
county Heds, died 1640: four daughters, and 
a posthumous child supposed to be (ieorge. 
Three of the sons spelled the name Whitta- 
iiiore, three si)clle<l it Watmore, and one Whit- 
more, the spelling that has prevailed in Eng- 
land. 

(.Wit Thomas Whitmore. son of Charles 
Whitmore. lived in llitchin, county of Hert- 
ford. England. He married Mary . 

His two sons emigrated to New England; 



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Thomas to Maiden, ^Massachusetts, and John 
to Stamford, Connecticut. Thomas, of Mai- 
den, is the ancestor of most of the American 
Whittemores. John Whitmore, of Stamford, 
had a daughter Elizabeth and son John Whit- 
temore, who was of age in 1649, lived at Stam- 
ford and Middletown, Connecticut. 

(X\ II) Thomas Whittemore, son of Thom- 
as Whitmore, was born at Hitchin, Hertford- 
shire, Sirgland. He came to New England 
prior to 1640, for at that time he was in 
Charlestown, Massachusetts, on the Alystic 
side, which later was the town of Maiden, and 
signed a petition with neighbors for better 
privileges in 1640. He bought land there of 
Mr. John Cotton in 1645. This lot adjoined 
his home lot and is now in the city of Ever- 
ett, Massachusetts. It remained in the Whit- 
temore family until May i, 1845, over two 
hundred years after he bought it. The site 
of the first dwelling place is- not known. He 

married (first) ; (second) Sarah 

Deardes, April 14, 1623, in England. She 
was buried November 17, 1628. He married 

(third) Hannah , who, according to her 

deposition in 1662, was born in 1612. She 
married (second) Benjamin Butterfield, June 
3, 1663, at Chelmsford, Massachusetts. Thom- 
as Whittemore died at Maiden, May 25, 1661. 
His viall was proved June 25, 1661. Children 
of Thomas Whittemore were : Sarah, baptized 
April 14, 1616; Mary, baptized May 12, 1624; 
Thomas, baptized October 6, 1626, lived in 
Eng'land ; Daniel, baptized July 31, 1633; 
John, baptized April 27, buried April 29, 1635 ; 
Nathaniel, baptized May i, 1636, married 
Mary Knower, left no male descendants ; 
John. 'baptized February 11, 1638-39; Eliza- 
beth; Benjamin, died July 16, 1726; Thomas; 
Samuel, died September 15, 1726; Peletiah ; 
Abraham, died Januarv 14, 1600-91. 

(XVIII) Daniel, son of Thomas Whitte- 
more, was born in Hitchin, Hertfordshire, 
England, and baptized there July 31. 1633. He 
married Mary, daughter of Richard Mellins, 
of Charlestown, March 7, 1662. Richard Mel- 
lins removed from Charlestown to Weymouth, 
where he was admitted a freeman, September 
7, 1639. 

Daniel WhittemDre inherited the homestead 
from his father and settled on it. He 
bequeathed the homestead to his sons Dan- 
iel and John, the latter being the father of 
John Whittemore, of Leicester. The will was 
nuncupative and was not proved until two 
years after his death. His widow Marv was 
the administratrix. Children of Daniel Whit- 
temore: Daniel, born April 27, 1663, died 
September 21, 1756; John, February 12, 1664- 
65, died 1730; Thomas, March 5, 1667; Mary, 



February 15, 1668-69; Nathaniel, February 7, 
1670; Peletiah, 1680; James. 

(XIX) John, son of Daniel Whittemore, 
married Ruth Bassett. She and jier sister, 
Lydia Bassett, who married his brother, Dan- 
iel Whittemore, were daughters of Joseph 
Bassett, son of the emigrant, William Bas- 
sett, who came over in the "Fortune" in 162 1, 
lived at Duxbury, Massachusetts, in 1637, was 
deputy to the general court in 1640-41-42-43- 
44; Bassett joined Governor Bradford and 
others in the purchase of Dartmouth, Massa- 
chusetts, and removed to Bridgewater, where 
he died in 1667. John Whittemore died in 
1730. Flis wife Ruth was appointed adminis- 
tratrix, April 3, 1730. His whole estate was 
appraised at five hundred and three pounds. 
Children of John and Ruth Whittemore were: 
John, born September 12, 1694; Jeremiah; 
Joseph ; Benjamin ; Patience : David, April 6, 
1706; Deborah, March i, 1707-08; Peletiah, 
October 30, 1710. 

(XX) Jeremiah Whittemore, son of John 
Whittemore, was born in Maiden, Massachu- 
setts, 1695. He married (first) in Boston, 
March 15, 1722, Patience, seventh daughter of 
Israel and Mary Reed, of Woburn, Massachu- 
setts. She was born December 3, 1699, ^^^^^ 
in Weston, October 24, 1745 ; she was re- 
ceived in the Weston Church from the church 
in Chelsea. February 26, 1726-27. They were 
then living in Weston. He married (second) 
May 10, 1746, Abigail Wooley, of Concord. 
He died in Concord, Massachusetts, March 
31, 1783, aged eighty-eight years. His chil- 
dren were by the first wife: Jeremiah, born in 
Concord, August 16, 1723; Isaac, born in 
Weston, Massachusetts. November 15. 1726, 
married. May 9, 175 1, Ruth Bullard, who died 
October 10, 1764; Patience, January 20, 1729- 
30 ; Israel, July 10, 1732 ; Asa, August 7, 
1736, died April 12, 1746. 

(XXI) Jeremiah Whittemore, son of Jere- 
miah Whittemore, was born in Concord, Mas- 
sachusetts, August 16, 1723, died at Spencer, 
Massachusetts, May 14, 1803. He went from 
Weston to settle in Spencer in 1760. Some 
of his children were born before he moved, 
some after. He married Mary Carter. Their 
children were: Amos, died 1751 : Asa, born 
November 10, 1749; Reuben, April 29, 1754; 
Mary, born in Weston; Tamar, June 18, 1756; 
Sybil, January 17, 1758; Aaron, Spencer, 
March i, 1762, mentioned below; Esther, 
Spencer, December 28, 1764; Jeremiah, 
Spencer, Februarv 21. 1766: Sarah, Spencer, 
March 16. 1768. 

(XXII) Aaron Whittemore. son of Jere- 
miah Whittemore, was born at Spencer, March 
I, 1762. He lived in Spencer and Leicester. 



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lie niarrii-<l Sally I'.akcr. CliiMri-ii : Aliinail, 
l".rn 1790; Aaron, 1791 ; Estiicr, ijiji; Amos, 
iiK'iitioiu-d below; Isaac, 1796; Sallv, 1799; 
.Mary. 1801. 

(XX III) Amos Wliitteniorc, son of Aaron 
\\'liittcnii>rc, was Imrn in Spencer. 1793, ilicd 
in 1X53 ill Middlefifld. Massachusetts. He 
iii.irried Clari-sa llamiltim, of Chester. Massa- 

•sitts. lie liveil at \\ ashin.i;toii, Mas>achu- 
Childrcn: l-'ranklin j.. mentioneil be- 

' : W'illi.iiii. lived ami died in Hartford, 

iinecticiit. 

■ XXI\ ) Dr. Franklin J. Whitteniore, son 
Amos Whitteniore, was born at Wasliin).;- 
. Massachusetts. January 15. i8jS. lie at- 
'led the public schools and the W'illi.ston 

iiiinary at l£astliamptoii and studied luedi- 

1 Hie at tlie University of New York, j^'raduat- 
int; with the de:.^ree of M.l). in 1S51. lie 
>ettled in riymiuith. Connecticut, and rapidly 
built u[) a reputation for skill and good judg- 
ment and became much beloved and honored 
in the community. He held various oftices of 
trust and honor in the community. Me re- 
• ved to Xew Haven in May. iS(>?. and for 
'ren years had a large and lucrative ]irac- 

■ ■ ill that city. He was surgeon general of 

state of Connecticut on the staff of Gov- 

T Jewell. In 18.S3 he removed to Clyde, 

t Mil,). He married. October. 1851, I'ailah. 

daughter of I"li Terry, Jr. (see Terry \'lll). 

"^'le died in .\i)ril. 1864. Children : Dr. Frank 

iinilton. mentioned below: William Richaril- 

;: Clara: Lily. 

iXX\') Dr. Frank Hamilton Whittcmore, 
' of Dr. F'ranklin J. W'hittemore. was Iwrn 
;ii riymoiiih. Connecticut. July 6. 1854. Ik- 
attended the Hopkins < irainmar Sclmol of 
\'i\v Haven, and studied his professiim in the 
llevuc Medical School of Xew York, gratl- 
iing in the class of 1875. He was on the 
.staff of the Jersey City Charity Hospital for 
two years. 'Then he located at Xew Haven, 
where he has been in general practice since, 
and one of the leading |)hysici.ins nf the city. 
He is a member of the State, County and City 
Meilical Associatimis and the (iraduates Club. 
He married. October 19. 1876, .Amelia, born 
January _•<). 1834. daughter of Isaac T. and 
Martha .\. ( lni,'ersoIl ) R<igers. of Milford. 
They have one son. Edward Reed, born July 
23. 1B77. was educated in St. PauTs .School at 
Concord. Massachusetts, and gradiiate<l from 
Yale with class of 1898: studied medicine in 
the College of Physicians and Surgeons. Xew 
York City, graduating in iqm: was interne at 
the Roisevelt Hos(>ital in Xew \'ork. anfl was 
also at the Sloan Maternity Hosjtiial in Xew 
York. He returned to X'ew Haven and is 
associatejl with his father in the practice of 



medicine and surgery at (*) Elm street, .\ew 
Haven. He is attending surgeon at St. 
Raphael's i]osi)ital and assistant surgeon at 
the Xew Haven Hospital. He married. June 
2i, i(jo(j, Phyllis .\nnie, Ixirn .August 11. 1883, 
daughter of .Mexaiuler Hall Roe, of Xapanee, 
Ontario, Canada. 

(Tlic Ti-rry Line). 
(\'I) Eli Terry, son of Samuel Terry (q. 
v.). was born at South Windsor, Connecticut, 
.April 13, 177.3. He removed to the northern 
part of Waterbury, now .Northbury, in 1793. 
He learned the tra<le of clock and watch mak- 
ing and engraving on metals of Daniel I'.ur- 
nai>. of Hartford. .Afterward he worked 
under 'Tlmmas Howland. of Xorwich. a native 
of Londiin, l-'iigland. He engaged in business 
at what is now Plymouth. Connecticut, mak- 
ing clocks and doing a variety of wi>rk in 
metals. He originated the shelf clock, thus 
giving to the world a timepiece of reasonalile 
size and price. In 1807 he took a contract 
for four ihou.sand clucks with the seconds 
pendulum made of wi«)d instead of cast brass, 
at four dollars apiece. English brass clocks 
were imported and some were made in Con- 
necticut. In 1814 .Mr. Terry perfected a 
thirty-honr clock that was accurate ami rea- 
sonable in price, and for twenty-five years his 
clocks held the market of the country, ami the 
business grew to large proportions. The 
progress in the art of making sheet metal 
allowed the clock-makers to use metal instead 
of wood and to improve the work materially. 
He also manufactured fine clock regulators 
for the use of watch-makers and tower docks 
for churches and imblic buildings. He de- 
vised a tower dock of which the timejiiece 
could be placed in any part of the building. 
He died at Terryville. Plymouth. Connecticut, 
February 24. 1852. He was one of the most 
[)rominent and successful inventors and maiui- 
faclurcrs of his day. achieving more than a 
national reputation. Fli Terry settlcil in the 
south part of Plymnuth. He sold his business 
there to Silas Hoadley and Seth Thomas, the 
latter also becoming famous as a dock-maker. 
The place was subsequently named Hoa lley- 
ville for Mr. Hoadley. Terry built a house 
with a shop in the rear on Plymouth Hill, 
near the center. He built two houses in 
Terryville. west of the center, in 1838-39. and 
moved into the one nearest the church, where 
he lived the remainder of his life. He mar- 
ried (first t F.unice. daughter of James War- 
ner, u'randdnughter of John Warner and 
David Duttuii. He married ( second I Harriet 
Peck, widow. Xovember, 1840. Children: 
-Anna, born December 22. \~r/^: Eli. June 25. 



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1799, mentioned below; Henry; James; Silas 
Burnham ; Sarah Warner ; Huldah ; George ; 
Lucinda; Stephen, born 184 1 ; Edwin, born 
1843. 

(MI) Eli (2), son of Eli (i) Terry, was 
born at Plymouth, June 35, i799- He was 
educated in the common schools and learned 
his father's business. He lived first at Plym- 
outh Hollow, near Thomastown. In 1835 he 
came to Terryville and built his house and 
two shops, locating on a water privilege there. 
He had a large business in the manufacture 
of clocks and before the days of railroads used 
to act as salesman himself from time to time, 
making trips to the southern states and else- 
where. Terryville was named for him. He 
built many houses and was active in public 
afTairs and in the church. He was a member 
of the church at Plymouth Hill and afterward 
one of the founders of the church at Terry- 
ville in 1838. He became wealthy, though his 
career was cut short at the age of forty-two. 
He was a potent influence for good in the 
community and universally respected. As 
much of the business in his day was done by 
barter and little on a cash basis, he had to 
keep a general store, and much of his product 
in the clock factory was sold through peddlers. 
His business was sold to Hiram \^'elton & 
Company, who failed in 1845. The factory 
was standing at last accounts, being used 
afterwards for the manufacture of locks. The 
old water wheel is still in place. He married, 
September 6, 182 1, Samantha JMcKee. Chil- 
dren, born at Plymouth : James, July 5, 1823 ; 
Andrew, December 19, 1824: Eunice, Octo- 
ber 28, 1827; \^'elles, August 22, 1830; Wil- 
lard, March 22, 1832; Fallah, November 5, 
1833, mentioned below ; Lucinda, October 28, 
1836: Eli, September 8, 1840. 

(VIII) Fallah, daughter of Eli (2) Terry, 
was born November 5. 1833, at Plymouth. 
She married Franklin J. \Vhittemore (see 
Whittemore XXR'). 



W'HITTEMORE 

was born at Maiden 
died May 15. 1742 



(XX) Joseph Whitte- 
more, son of John 
Whittemore ( q. v.), 
Massachusetts, in 1698, 
He married, October 9. 
1734, Ann Slate, at Mansfield, Connecticut. 
Children, born at Mansfield : Joseph, July 4, 
1736, mentioned below: Ann, February 6, 
1738-39: Elizabeth Williams, July 19, 1741. 

(XXI) Joseph (2), son of Joseph (i) 
^^'hittemore, was born at Mansfield. July 4, 
1736. He married there, November, 17^)^. 
Sarah Howe, who died July 17, 1802. Chil- 
dren, born at Mansfield: Joseph, .\pril 11, 
1764; Samuel, January 12, 17(57. mentioned 



below: Sliubael, February 28, 177 1 ; Sarah, 
December 24, 1779. 

(XXII) Samuel, son of Joseph (2) Whitte- 
more, was born at Mansfield, January 12, 
1767. He married, January i, 1794, at Mans- 
field. Sally Walls, born May 11, 1773, at He- 
bron, Connecticut, and died about 1802. Chil- 
dren : Evelina, born at Mansfield, December 
29, 1796, died September 15, 1862; Harriet 
Howe, July 11, 1798, died September 12, 1844; 
^^'illiams Howe, mentioned below ; Julia Ann 
Sally, born at Bolton, May 13, 1802, died at 
Granbv. December 6, 1833. 

(XXIII) Rev. Williams Howe Whitte- 
more, son of Samuel \\'hittemore, was born 
at Bolton. Connecticut, February 2, 1800, died 
at Rye, Xew York, July 25, 1885. He was 
a Congregational clergyman, a graduate of 
Yale College, 1825, and Divinity School, 1828. 
He married, at Rye, New York, December 
22, 183 1, ^laria Clark, born at New York 
City, January 16, 1803, died at Brooklyn, 
New York, February 25, 1886. Children: i. 
William Clark, born at Charlton, ^lassachu- 
setts, December 16, 1833; married (first) 
Mary Elizabeth Babcock, at New Haven, Oc- 
tober, 1865 ; she was born July 22, 1839, died 
at New Haven, December 29, 1865 ; married 
(second) at Chicago, Illinois. November 27, 
1883, Sally Adams \^'ilcox. 2. Edward Pay- 
son, January 24, 1836: married, at Rye, New 
York. October 17, i860, Caroline Amelia Lo- 
der, born April 2, 1839 ; eight children. 3. 
John Howard, October 3, 1837, mentioned be- 
low. 4. Emma Parsons, August 3, 1839: mar- 
ried, November 9, 1764, \\'illiam Plumb Ba- 
con, born at Middlctown. Connecticut, April 
I?- '^'i?i7 ■ resided at New Britain ; four chil- 
dren. 

(NNIV) John Howard, son of Rev. ^^"il- 
lianis Howe and Maria (Clark) Whittemore, 
was born at Southbury, New Haven county, 
Connecticut, October 3, 1837, f''^*^' '" Nauga- 
tuck, Connecticut. May 28, 1910. He began 
his education in his native town, and at the 
early age of ten years entered the Collegiate 
and Commercial Institute of General \\'illiam 
H. Russell, in New Haven, remaining five 
years. Flis intention was to enter Yale Col- 
lege, but imforeseen circumstances led to his 
abandonment of a college career, and at the 
age of sixteen, his academic course being com- 
pleted, he went to New York, where he en- 
gaged in the employ of Shepard & Morgan, 
commission merchants. In 1857 the firm went 
out of business, and he was for a few months 
in the private office of Edwin D. ]\Iorgan, 
Sr. In March, 1858, he removed to Nauga- 
tuck, and was there in the employ of E. C. 
Tuttle & Company, manufacturers of farm 




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yoy 



i.M.K. until July. 1H5S, when tlic works were 

(le>tr(ise(l !)> fire. In Seiitciiilier of the >amc 

\ear he furnieil a partnershiji with the late 

I'.nmson I'.. Tuttle, under tlie firm name of 

ittle & WInttemnre. in the mallcal)le iron 

i-ine'-s. This expamled to large i)rc)|i(irtiuns, 

nd in 1S70 the firm was reorganized as a 

•rpnration imdcr the style of the TiUtle & 

W hittemore C')m|)an\, chanijed in 18S0 to 

ihe Xaiiyatnilv MalleaMe Inm Company. He 

ici-ame iilentified with companies organized 

•! Ciiicago, Indiana])(>lis. Toledo, Cleveland, 

11 of whiiii were some ten years ajjo consol- 

lited under the corporate title of the Na- 

•nal Malleahle Castint; Company. He also 

iiicame interested in comjianies in Troy, 

llridi^eport, .\ew Dritain and Wilmington, 

I >e!awarc. 

Mr. Wiiitiemore was the prime mover in all 
iliis .:.;reat ilevelo|iment, stamping him as a 
ilenclid type of the old-school Eastern mami- 
nturer — a man of wunderfu! capacity, in- 
'I'Miitalile industry and phenomenal ahility. In 
the early days the only market for tiie prod- 
uct of the fir'-t small shop was in eastern 
■ wns, most of wiiich were only acccssiiile hy 
iiriage. and lie made long driving trijjs to 
. arc!) out customers. .\s demand increased 
:id railroad facilities were extended, he es- 
i.ilili-hed other shops or associated himself 
with those already existent, and ultimately was 
recognized as holding larger interests in his 
line than any other man in the country. In 
liis later years he gave little attention to the 
litails of the husiness. devrilving these uf)on 
linger men who had grown up in his em- 
l>ioy. hut maintaining an intelligent advisory 
relation to the general mana'_:cment. 

While the name of Mr. Whittemore is jirin- 

cii)ally associated with the iron interests of 

I lie country, he was also widely known in rail- 

.ly and financi.'d circles. Me was for many 

I ars a nieiiilier uf the directorate of the New 

\ ork. New Haven & Hartford Railroad Com- 

1 ,uiy, anil of its executive committee. He was 

among the incorporators o\ the Colonial Trust 

I onipaiiy, was its first vice-president, and 

iially succeeded the late David S. Plume in 

the jiresidciicy. only relinquishing that position 

in tile .\ovemlier prior to his ilcatli. when he 

retired, hut continuing to act as a ilirector and 

liairmaii of the executive committee. 

Mr. W'hittemore's puhlic sjiirit and artistic 
taste found exem(>lification in many improve- 
ments of lasting value. The heautiful Xauga- 
tiick jiassenger railway station was erecteil 
upon jilaus ajiproved hy him: to him the peo- 
I>le are indehtcd for the l)eautiful surroitnd- 
ngs and the fine hroad a|)proach from Church 
treet. He gave to the town the new high 



school. .1 huilding of nohle architecture and 
complete c(|uipment, and a part of the sustain- 
ing fund: and he was donor uf the .^alem 
grammar schi«>l, and of the puhlic lihrary, 
which lie built as a memorial to his son How- 
ard, with an endowmcnr ami provision for a 
sinking fund which is exjiected to increase and 
become sufficient for the maintenance of the 
institution. He gave largely to the work of 
endowing and imiiroving the <ireen. moving 
the .Soldiers' Mfniument, building the ilrink- 
ing fountain, and providing the ecpiipment 
for the children's jilayground on the land ad- 
joining the (ireen, fifteen years ago given by 
(jeorgc .\. I-ewis for a public park. Mr. 
Whittemore and Uronson I!. Tuttle were the 
largest subscribers to the fund for building 
the new Congregational church and parish 
house. Nor was Naugatuck. his own home 
town, the only beneficiary of Mr. Whittemore. 
.\t Watcrbury, at a cost of $.^50,000. he erect- 
ed the I'.uckingliam .Music Temjile. wliidi he 
lireseiited to the Watcrbury Hospital for a 
maintenance fund, on condition that Water- 
bury should contribute $250,000 for the build- 
ing of a hospital, and which was accomplished 
through the generous subscriptions of other 
public-siiiritcfl citizens. Mr. Whittemore also 
took special mterest in the < iaylorrl l"arni San- 
itorium, which he serve<l as a director, and to 
which he afforded much of his time and gen- 
erously of his means. .\t Midillebnry he pur- 
chaseil various farms bonlering Lake Ouas- 
sapaug, where he built a cottage, and after- 
waril a larger hoirse. and greatly beautifeil all 
these places ami their surroun<Iin_:s. He was 
a liberal supporter of the W'estover school, 
and jiresident of the cor])oration. In politics 
Mr. Whittemore was a consistent Republi- 
can, but avoided all political honors; was rep- 
resentative from his home district and dele- 
gate to the recent constitutional convention. 
1 Ic was a modest and retiring man. of simjile 
artistic tastes and a home-loving disposition. 
He was a lover and collector of the best ex- 
ainjiles of literature anci art, and owned a su- 
perb collection of Whistler's paintings. He 
was a selt-made man and used his gifts and 
his f.irttine unselfishly. 

He marricil, in June. iRfi^. at Naugatuck. 
Julia Spencer, born October 21). 1839. daugh- 
ter of Harris. Children, born at Nau- 
gatuck : I. Harris. November 25, 18^14: pres- 
ident of the Naugatuck Malleable Iron Com- 
pany : marrie<l, September 21. i8<)2. Justine 
Morgan Hrockway, daughter of ( )scar I'rock- 
way, of New York City: chihlren: Harris J., 
born March 17. iS<m; Helen I'mckway, June 
12. i8<)7: (lertruile Spencer. June 23. 1903. 2. 
John Howard, I'ebruary 24, 1872, died May 



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28, 1887. 3. Gertrude Buckingham. August 
31, 1874. 4. Tulia, Mav 14, 1S76, died Tulv 31, 
1876. 



Alfred Gregory was born in 
GREGORY 1803- at Ridgefield Connecti- 
cut, and died in 1867 at Red- 
ding, Connecticut. He attended the pubhc 
schools of his native town. He came to 
Redding when a young man and learned the 
trade of blacksmith, which trade, with farm- 
ing, he followed all his life. He was a useful 
citizen, taking a lively interest in public af- 
fairs. He was a Republican. He was a mem- 
ber of the Congregational church. He mar- 
ried (first) Huldah Barlow, born at Redding; 
he married (second) Eunice Tupper, born 
1822, at Rush, Pennsylvania, died June, 1901, 
at Redding. Children of first wife: i. Ste- 
phen Barlow, died in 1895. 2. Frances, school 
teacher, married Leroy Stowe, a Methodist 
minister, now retired at Westfield, New Jer- 
sey. 3. Sarah, a school teacher, married Henry 
Bates, a farmer in Ridgefield, Connecticut, 
now deceased. 4. Fannie, deceased, was a 
school teacher in Ridgefield. 5. Peter O., 
residing in Ridgefield, Connecticut. 6. Charles 
Alfred, now in Ridgefield. 7. Daniel Dia- 
mond, residing in Waterbury, Connecticut. 
Children of second wife: 8. Frederick Har- 
vey, mentioned below. 9. Julia, resides in 
Bethel, Connecticut. 10. Mason Tupper, died 
at Redding, in 1881, aged twenty-one years. 

(H) Frederick Harvey, son of Alfred 
Gregory, was born at West Redding, Con- 
necticut, December 31, 1850. He was edu- 
cated in the public schools of his native town. 
When a young man he worked in Cleveland, 
New York, for four years, engaged in lumber- 
ing. He then returned to Waterbury and re- 
sided there until 1879 then moved to Bridge- 
port, and from 1872 until 1887 was in the 
railroad business on the Naugatuck railroad. 
In 1887 this railroad was leased to the New 
York, New Haven & Hartford railroad. Since 
the consolidation he has been a conductor on 
the New York, New Haven & Hartford rail- 
road, western division. He is a member of 
Pequonic Lodge, No. 4, Independent Order 
of Odd Fellows. In politics he is a Republi- 
can. Mrs. Gregory is a communicant of Christ 
Protestant Episcopal Church. He married, 
October 14, 1880, Annie Bronson Scoville, 
born Watertown, Connecticut, daughter of 
William Scoville (see Scoville \^I). 

(The Scoville Line). 
(I) John Scoville or Scofield was born in 
England, settled early in Farmington, Con- 
necticut, and died in 17 12. He removed to 



Waterbury and thence to Haddam, Connecti- 
cut. He married, March 29, 1666, Sarah, 
daughter of Thomas Barnes. Children : John, 
mentioned below, W'illiam and Benjamin. 

(II) John (2) Scoville, "ye soon of John 
of Haddam." according to the town records of 
Waterbury, married Hannah Richards, "ye 
daughter of Obadiah Febra 6, 1693." She 
died at Waterbury, March 5. 1720. and he died 
January 26, 1726-27. Children, born at Wa- 
terbury: John, January 12, 1694; Obadiah, 
April 23, 1697, died February 23, 1718-19; 
Sarah, October 24, 1700 ; William, Septem- 
ber 7, 1703, mentioned below ; Hannah, March 
19, 1706-07: Edward, February 12, 1710-11. 

(III) William, son of John (2) Scoville, 
was born at Waterbury, September 7, 1703. 
He married (first) April 17, 1729, Hannah, 
daughter of John Richards. She died April 
I, 1 741, and he married (second) Elizabeth, 
daughter of James Brown, June 16, 1742. 
She died ]\Iay 6, 1752, and he married (third) 
Desire Sanford, widow of Caleb Cooper, of 
New Haven. William Scoville died March 5, 
1755, and his widow married Deacon Jona- 
than Garnsey. Children of first wife: Anna, 
born March 25. 1731 : James, January 27, 
1732-33; Samuel, November 4, 1735: Abijah. 
December 27, 1738. Children of second wife: 
William, February 9, 1744-45, mentioned be- 
low ; Darius, ]\Iay 15, 1746. 

(IV) William (2), son of William (i) 
Scoville, was born in Waterbury, February 9, 
1744-45, died August 13, 1827. A ^^'illiam 
Scoville, credited to the town of Haddam was 
in the revolution. , He married Sarah, daugh- 
ter of Samuel Brown, December 24, 1767. 
He resided in Waterbury and Watertown. 
He was a farmer and deacon of the church. 
Children, the first three of whom were born at 
^\'aterbury, the others recorded at Water- 
town: Bethel, born June 6, 1769, died June 6, 
1775; Elizabeth, July 31, 1771, died January 
14, 1774; \\'illiam, September 29, 1775, died 
October 16, 1779; Elizabeth, July 31, 1777; 
Eliza, August 4, 1783, married Rev. Elias 
Scoville ; Samuel, mentioned below. 

(\') Samuel Brown, son of William (2) 
Scoville, was born July 11, 1786, died in 
1866. He lived and died in Watertown, where 
he followed farming all his life. He mar- 
ried, in Plymouth, February 27, 181 1, Ruth 
Langdon, of Watertown. Children, born at 
\\'atertown: i. Sarah Elizabeth, born Sep- 
tember 23, 1812; married Milo Floadley, April 
27, 1831, who removed to California in 1849, 
died i\lay 6. 1887 ; Mrs. Hoadley died in San. 
Fraiicisco in 1890, aged seventy-eight years. 
2. Alary Langdon, born October 26, 1817; 
married (first) Josiah Dayton, December 25, 



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1837; (second) (icorpe S. Atwood, l-chrii- 
ary 8, 1853. 3. William, mentioned liel-'w. 

(\Il William (3), son of Sanniel I'.rown 
Scovillc, was l)orn in W'atcrtown, Uccembcr jo, 
1821, flie<l in I'.ridpeport. June 30, 1S90. He 
was reared on his father's farm, educated in 
district schools, and he taught school in \Va- 
tertown three years ; then left home and went 
west, sittling in Ohio and cngaijini,' in the 
mercantile hnsiiiess. After a few years he 
was called home, owinj;; to his mi>thcr"s illness, 
to carry on the homestead to which he suc- 
ceeded after his father's death. In addition 
to farming, he also for a number of years 
drove the stage and carried the mail to Hart- 
ford. He was a member of the Protestant 
Episcojial Church ."society. Ho married (tirstl. 
September 24, 1843, Harriet L. Judd. They 
had two chihlrcn : i. Mary Harriet, born .Au- 
gust 15, 1845, ilied May (S, i88h: married Da- 
vid Hard, January i. iSfV). 2. Samuel Chand- 
ler. l)orn .\pril 14, |S4,S. died Otober i, 1852. 
He married (second) December 21. 1852, 
Sarah I'.eecher Hronson, born in .Middlebury, 
April J<). 1820. died in Bridgeport, January 
14, 1903, daughter of Joseph IVrry and Han- 
nah Hronson, granddaughter of Dr. .-\bel and 
Esther Hieecher) I'ronson. of an old Water- 
oury family. Their only child was .\nnie 
Bronson, born .\ugust 28. i8(x'). married h'rcd- 
erick Harvey Gregory, of Bridgeport (see 
Gregory H). 



John .Andrews (or .-Vndrus), 
.XXDREW'S the inunigrant ancestor, was 

one of the early settlers, and 
in ift~2 one of the eighty-four projirictors of 
the ancient town of Tunxis named afterward 
"ffarming-town," Tun.xis being then as much 
a name of a tribe of Indians as it was of the 
river and lands they occupied, and claimed 
as proprietors. He came over in 1645. John 
Andrews was a farmer, and lived on the east 
side of the river, near to where the canal 
aqueduct was made, about two miles north of 
the village of Farmington. His wife's name 
was Man,-, and she united with the church 
there, .\pril 2, 1654. with her sons, then un- 
der the age of thirteen years. John joined 
the Congregational church of Farmington, 
May 0. 1658. In a list of forty-two families 
in full communion of the church in if>7g. 
which list seems to be graded and ranked 
with reference to "dignity and stan<ling," 
John ami Mary Andrews are No. 14. He was 
a neighbor of Deacon Isaac Moore and Caji- 
tain John Standlcy, and is occasionally re- 
ferred to as associated with them in public 
business. He and Captain Standley actually 
bought from the Indians real "black lead" 



or what they supposed was "black lead." He 
was made a freeman in Hartford by the gen- 
eral court. May 20, 1^58. In MiSi he died 
and his wife died in May, i(*)4. He and 
Joseph .Andrews were witnesses to a deed of 
lands in Simsbury by thirteen Imlians, ami 
the probability is that they met at his home 
w hen it was executed, one year before he died. 
He was a landholder in Hartford, and also 
owner of much f)ther land. He left a very 
complete will. be(|ucathing to his wife, chil- 
dren, and grandchildren. Children: i. Mary, 
born I''>I3. 2. John, 1645, 3, Hannah, l-eli- 
ruary 26, i(x\y. 4. .Abraham, ( )ctol>er 31, 
i6.}8. 5. Daniel, May 27, I'i49- ''■ Joseph, 
May 2fi, i^\3i, nicntionc<l below. 7. \\ > ' ' 
1(154. 8. Stephen, ifi5<>. 9. lienjamin. 

(II) Joseph, son of John .\nrlrew-. 
born May 26, 1651, at barmington, Con- 
necticut, and baptized .April 2, M>34. He mar- 
ried, about i'>77, Rebecca . They lo- 
cated about the centre of .Vewington. but at 
what date is now unknown. He had a tax 
Ii>t there in 1693, in Wetbersfield, of which 
Xewington was a parish. The tir-t land of 
his found on record, was given him by vote 
of the town, March 19, 1683-84, a small piece 
near his mill, upon which to build a house and 
barn. March 26, i'>84, he bought six acres 
of John and Joseph Riley, the ninety-fourth 
lot on "Cow-plane" : it touches north anil ^outh 
on said Josephs land. He also owncl much 
lan<l. and probably rented the mill of I'hineas 
Wilson, the merchant of Ilartfonl, until after 
Wilson's decease, when be bought it of the 
widow. He died .Ajiril 27, 170*), aged fifty- 
four years. The widow Rebecca prcsenteil his 
will at probate court. May 23, 1706, of which 
she and her eldest son, Joseph, were execu- 
tors. The estate of the father had hardly 
been settled when the mother Rebecca ilied. and 
administration was granted to Joseph, the son, 
and the same ilay Caleb ami .\im. chose their 
brother Jose])h for guardian. .At the close 
of the revolutionary war, it is said that there 
were sixty-two persons of the name of .An- 
drews in Xewington. but immediately after 
its close they died and dispersed, so that not 
one of the name has resided there for many 
years. Children: i. Joseph, born 1678. 2. 
William. 3. Henjamin. mentioned below. 4. 
Rebecca. 3. Epbraim. lx>rn alxnit 1685. 6. 
Caleb, born March, 161^4. 7. .Ann. bom aliout 
1696. 

(III) Benjamin, son of Joseph .\nilrcws, 
was of Xewington. He married, December 

19. 1704. Elizabeth , before .\nthony 

Stoddard, minister at Woodbury. They lived 
near the centre of Xcw ington ; he Iwught, 
July 6, 1716, of his brother Joseph, one-third 



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of the sawmill that belonged to their father. 
Fie died in 1719, probably, for the inventory 
of his estate was then taken by Jabez Whit- 
tlese\- and Joseph Andrus, as appraisers. The 
society at Newington voted December 2, 1722, 
to pay widow Elizabeth Andrus, for sweeping 
the meeting house. In 1722, their children 
had distributed to them seventeen pounds of 
their uncle William's estate, he having been 
lost at sea. Children : i. Jemima, born Octo- 
ber 2, 1705. 2. Joseph, May 5, 1707, men- 
tioned below. 3. Rebecca, February 3, 1708. 
4. Phineas, May 26, 171 1. 5. Timothy, July 
2, 1714. 

(I\') Joseph (2), son of Benjamin An- 
drews, was born about 1707, and baptized 
June 22, 1707, by Rev. Stephen Mix, of old 
Wethersfield.- He married, April 3, 1746, 
Sarah, daughter of Captain Robert and Abi- 
gail Wells, of Newington. Joseph Andrews 
was a wealthy farmer, and left a large estate, 
to his family, by will, his son Levi being e.x:- 
ecutor. He was chosen one of the standing 
committee of the church in Newington, Octo- 
ber 29, 1 76 1 ; he and his wife were both mem- 
bers of that church when Rev. Mr. Belden set- 
tled there, 1747. He died September 14, 1775, 
of fever, at the house of his son Levi, in New 
Britain, aged sixty-nine, where he went to 
nurse Levi who was sick with fever, but Levi 
recovered, while the father died ; he was car- 
ried to Newington, on men's shoulders, on a 
bier, some two or three miles, although it was 
very muddy. This custom was common as 
the convenience of a hearse was not known 
then in country places. The will of widow 
Sarah Andrews was dated May 11, 1782. She 
died June 4, 1793, aged seventy-seven years ; 
her grave is in the cemetery near the Congre- 
gational church, in the parish of Newington, 
town of Wethersfield, where also lie many of 
the Andrews family, descendants of the early 
settlers of that place. Children: i. Levi, 
born February 23, 1747, mentioned below. 2. 
Ruth, born 1751 ; died young. 3. Elias, Feb- 
ruary 16, 1753. 4. Sarah, January 12, 1756. 

(V) Levi, son of Joseph (2) Andrews, was 
born in Wethersfield, February 23, 1747. He 
married, December 20, 1770, Chloe Wells, of 
Newington, daughter of Captain Robert and 
Abigail (Burnham) Wells. She was born 
May 31, 1746, and was a quiet, unassuming 
woman, a great lover of order and home, a 
devoted Christian. He took the "half-way 
covenant" in Newington, May 8, 1768. and 
both joined Dr. Smalley's church, Mav 5, 1771, 
in New Britain, he on profession, she by let- 
ter. He bought a farm in New Britain about 
the time of his marriage, and occupied it dur- 
ing his life; it was in the south part of Stan- 



ley quarter, so called, and was one of the best 
farms in town. In 1775 he was sick of the 
fever from which he recovered although his 
father died. He was executor to his father's 
estate. He was clerk and treasurer of the 
Ecclesiastical Society several years : he was 
made one of the standing committee of Dr. 
Smalley's church in 1807. He held rank of 
ensign in the company of militia in New Biit- 
ain, and ever after held this title. He was 
appointed in 1782 by the town of Farmington 
to provide for soldiers' families. He was a 
very successful farmer, of kind, cheerful dis- 
position, and a great lover and promoter of 
peace. Ensign Levi Andrews died May 8, 
1826, aged eighty years. The widow died 
January 11, 1837, aged ninety-one. Many 
anecdotes and stories might be related of him, 
for he was exceeding fond of wit, notwith- 
standing he was one of the most substantial 
men of the town and took a lively interest in 
public afl^airs, especially in church and so- 
ciety matters. Children: i. Levi, born Oc- 
tober 8, 1771. 2. Chloe, November 16, 1774; 
died young. 3. Chloe, August 29, 1777. 4. 
Ethan Allen, April 7, 1787, mentioned below. 
(VI) Professor Ethan Allen Andrews, s^n 
of Ensign Levi Andrews, was born April 7, 
1787. He graduated at Yale Colloge in 1810, 
and studied law at Farmington. He com- 
menced the practice of law in his native town 
in 1812. He married, December 19, 1810, 
Lucy Cowles, who was born January 20, 1789. 
She was daughter of Colonel Isaac and Lu- 
cina (Hooker) Cowles. Solomon Cowles, fa- 
ther of Colonel Isaac, had four brothers: 
Ezekiel, born November 17, 1721 ; James, Sep- 
tember 25, 1723; Elijah, January 12, 1726; 
Amos, July 29, 1730. Children of Solomon 
Cowles were: i. Martha, born June 29, 175 1. 
ii. Isaac, July 15, 1753. iii. Colonel Isaac, 
born July 31, 1756. iv. Solomon, February 
20, 1758. V. Zenas, February 15, 1761. Pro- 
fessor Ethan Allen Andrews was admitted to 
the church at New Britain .■\ugust 5, 182 1, 
during the great revival of that memorable 
year. His wife was admitted August 6, 1815, 
by letter from the Farmington church. He 
built on Stanley street, near his father's home 
in 1813. He taught a select school in a part 
of his house with good success for several 
years. He removed his family in 1829, and his 
church connection in 1832, to New Haven, 
where he had a select school for young ladies, 
and a like school in Boston subsequently. He 
was a professor of languages in the Univer- 
sity of North Carolina for a time. After his 
return to his home, he represented his town 
in the state legislature for the year 185 1. He 
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l)Ut he Efained his eminence anrl celebrity from 
his literary taste and labor as a Latin author. 
In 1848 his Alnia Mater (Vale College) irave 
him the honorable degree of LL. D. lie died 
in the midst of his literary labors, March 
24. 185S, aged seventy years. He was gen- 
tlemanly in deportment, and was eminently a 
literary light of his age and country. On May 
H), 1858, at the request of several prominent 
I itizens of the place. Rev. Hubbard W'inslow, 
• >i Itoston, delivered a eulogy on the life and 
MTvices of this distinguished man, at the 
( entre Church, of New Britain, to a very 
larijc audience, a copy of which was requested 
iiid |)nblished in Boston soon after. An in- 
ventory of his estate, amounting to twenty- 
three thousand three hundred and fourteen 
ilollars and forty-eight cents, was made and 
|)resented to probate court, district of Merlin, 
June 15, 1858. He built a Gothic house in 
1853, on the site of his father's old red one. 
Children: i. Levi, born October 12. 1811. 2. 
Isaac Cowles, October 27, 18 13. 3. .Ann 
Lucy. .April 27, 1815. 4. Julia Hooker, April 
III, 181 7. 5. Horace, .April 2~, 18 19, mentioned 
below, d. Grace, .April i. 1821. 7. Charles 
."^anuiel. .Augun 5. 1823. 8. Mary. November 
i-,, at Chapel Hill. 9. Ellen .\melia. May 27, 
1829. 10. Elizabeth Cowles, December 9, 
1S32. 

(\ II) Horace, son of Professor Ethan .Al- 
■'•11 .\ndrews, was born in New Hritain. .April 
_'7. 1819. He gradunteil in the .Academic De- 
partment of Yale Colk't:e in 1841. and in the 
Law Department in 1845. He married (first) 
June I. 1847. Julia Russel, daughter of Wil- 
liam Johnson and Mary Elizabeth Wells. She 
was l)orn July 24, 1S26, and died No- 
vember 28, 1866, aged forty years. He mar- 
ried (second). May 14. 1868, .Anna Maria 
Hoover, daughter of Harmon and .Alvira 
( Everett » Hoover, of New York City. She 
was born November 2. 1847, at .Alexandria, 
Ohio. Mr. Andrews practiced law in New 
Haven until about 1850, when he removed to 
New N'ork City, and continued his profession 
there in 1871, with office at 55 Liberty street. 
Children, by first wife: i. \\'illiam Henry, 
born .April 18. 1849. at New Haven : men- 
tioned below. 2. Horace. March 19. 1852. 3. 
I-ithan .Allen. September 10, 1859. By second 
wife. .Aima Marsh Hoover. 4. Frank Hixv 
ver. .April ifi. 18^19. 5. John Harold. Xovcm- 
ber i(). 1870, at Tarrytown, died .April 7. 
1872. 6. George Eugene. May 21, 1874. 7. 
Josephine Lucy. September 29. 1872, died 
January 9. 1891. 8. Harry. December 2. i88o, 
died NJay 26. 1900. 10. Guy, July 19, 1882. 
11. Florence Evelyn, June 8. 1884. 

(\"III) William Henrv. son of Horace .An- 



drews, was born at New Haven, Connecticut, 
.April 18, 1849, and died September 6, 1910. 
He attended the private schools of Dr. Pat- 
ten and Dr. Hull in New York City and the 
Ho|)kins Grammar School in New Haven. 
He studiefl his jirofession in the Columbia 
Law School and graduated with the <legree of 
LL. B. in 1869. He then became associated 
with his father in the practice of law, being 
admitted to the bar in 1870. He continued to 
practice with great success until 1904. Since 
then he has spent il. lart of his time 

at his beautiful i • at Portland, 

Connecticut. He ... led to the bar 

in Connecticut in 1907. He was a member 
of the Portland Club. In I'rec >Ta .nry he 
had a distinguished career. Ih nr- 

shipful master of Sagamore I ^71, 

of New \'ork City, and ])asi , imiim iiister 
of the Grand Council. Royal and Select .Mas- 
ters of New York: past district ileputy 
grand master of New York ; past chairman 
of appeals of the tirand Lodge of New York; 
chainnan of the committee on antiquities. 
This committee has done much useful and in- 
teresting work. The library connnittt-e of the 
Grand Lodge of New York, in 1884. with the 
object of furnishing the rooms and gathering 
articles of interest, a[>pointe<l a committee and 
in May, 1885. Grand Master William A. Bro- 
die appointed three members of the Reading 
Committee to take charge of the articles col- 
lected and complete the collection of arch.xo- 
logical objects and articles of Masonic inter- 
est. The committee consisted of the secre- 
tary of the reading-room committee and Wil- 
liam II. Andrews was chairman. This com- 
mittee on antiquities compiled, and the Grand 
Lodge of New A'ork published, a book of 
great interest describing these Masonic an- 
tiquities in the possession of the Grand Lodge 
in 1905. He was a member of Palestine 
Commandery. Knights Templar. No. 18 : of 
Pheni.x Chapter. No. 7, Royal .Arch Masons. 
He had taken all the Scottish Rite degrees in 
Free Masonry, including the thirty-second and 
was a member of Mecca Tem[)le. Mystic 
Shrine : .Arqum Grotto, No. 7. Veiled Proph- 
ets : of the New York State \'etcran Masonic 
Association: the Masonic Club of New York 
City. In politics he was a Democrat. 

He married. October 2S. 1881 .Anina .At- 
lida Nyborg. born in Denmark, .April 10, 1862. 
Thev had no children. 



Francis .Andrews, immigrant 
.ANDREWS ancestor, was Ixirn in Eng- 
land, and settled in 1639, in 
Hartford, Connecticut. His home was at what 
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He removed to Fairfield, and died there 1662- 
63. His will was dated June 16, 1662, proved 
March 5, 1663. Children : John, baptized Sep- 
tember 27, 1646; Thomas, l3aptized January 2, 
1648 : Jeremiah : Abraham, mentioned below ; 
Elizabeth ; Mary ; Esther ; Rebecca : Hannah ; 
Ruth. 

(H) Abraham, son of Francis Andrews, 
was born about 1650, died between July i 
and December 31, 1729. He settled at Wa- 
terbury, Connecticut. He also lived at Far- 
mington. He was one of twenty-six Farming- 
ton men who petitioned to have Waterbury 
granted as a plantation October 9, 1673. He 
was selectman of Waterbury in 1681. His 
home lot adjoined that of the minister. He 
built a house in 1704. He married Rebecca, 
sister of John Carrington, of Mattatuck (Wa- 
terbury). Children, recorded at Waterbury: 
Rebeckah, born December 16, 1672; Mary, 
March 10, 1674-75 ; Hannah, September 8, 
1678; Abraham, October 14, 16S0; Sarah, 
March 16, 1683-84; Rachel, July 11, 1686; 
John, mentioned below ; Thomas, March 6, 
1694. The Waterbury historian believes that 
the son Abraham was the first white child born 
in Waterbury. This honor has been claimed 
also for Richard Welton and John Warner. 

(HI) John, son of Abraham Andrews, was 
born at Waterbury, Connecticut, July 16, 1688. 
He was the first permanent settler in Gunn- 
town, Waterbury. He served on various town 
committees. He married Martha, daughter of 
Thomas Warner. Children, born at Water- 
bury : William, mentioned below ; Patience, 
born October, 1716; Ebenezer, April 29, 1719. 

(IV) William, son of John Andrews, was 
born about 1715, at Waterbury. He married, 
February, 1736-37, Martha, daughter of 
James Williams. He married (second) 

. Children of first wife : Sarah, born 

January 17, 1737-38; Martha, June 3, 1740; 
James, December 19, 1743, killed by fall from 
a tree ; William, mentioned below ; John, Oc- 
tober 28, 1747; Timothy, December i, 1749; 
Mehitable ; Diadema. Children of second 
wife : James ; Ruth. 

(V) William (2), son of William (i) An- 
drews, was born April 5, 1745. He married, 
at Waterbury, May 6, 1766, Submit Frost. 
Children, born at Waterbury : Elizabeth, Feb- 
ruary 15, 1767; William, January 13, 1769, 
died young ; Luther, July 2, 1770, died young ; 
Philo, February 3, 1773 ; Luther, mentioned 
below: Cornelius; Anna, September i, 1777; 
Laura, 1790, married Seth Thomas. 

(VI) Luther, son of William (2) Andrews, 
was born at Waterbury, .^.pril 13, 1775. He 
was a farmer in Wolcott, Connecticut, or Al- 
lentown Center. He married a daughter of 



Seth Thomas. Children : Randal Thomas, 
mentioned below ; Chester ; Luther. 

(\TI) Randal Thomas, son of Luther An- 
drews, was born at Wolcott, 1798, died at 
Plymouth, Connecticut, January, 183 1, aged 
thirty-three years. He married Philena, born 
1800, died 1876, daughter of Michael and 
Rhoda (Hopkins) Blakeslee, of Plymouth. 
Children: Philinda, born 1822: Harriet; Ran- 
dal Thomas, mentioned below. 

(VIII) Randal Thomas (2), son of Randal 
Thomas ( i ) Andrews, was born in Plymouth 
Hollow, now Thomaston, Connecticut, in the 
same house in which he is now living, May 13, 
1 83 1. He received his education in the public 
schools, and at the age of fourteen began 
to work in the Seth Thomas clock factory, and 
continued in various responsible positions with 
the Seth Thomas Clock Company for many 
years. lie became interested in the business 
conducted for many years under the name of 
R. T. Andrews & Company, dealers in furni- 
ture. While he continues in this business, he 
has given over the active management, and 
devotes little of his personal attention to it at 
the present time. He is a trustee of the 
Thomastown Savings Bank, having served 
from the time of its incorporation. He was 
a director of the Electric Light Company until 
it was sold. In politics he is a Democrat. He 
was selectman of the town of Plymouth, and 
represented Plymouth in the general assembly 
in 1873-74, and Thomaston in 1893-95, serv- 
ing on important committees. He is senior 
warden of Trinity Protestant Episcopal 
Church. Mr. Andrews has never married. 



Ransom is an English sur- 
RANSOM name of considerable antiquity. 
Probably all the American 
families of this name are descended from Rob- 
ert Ransom. 

(I) Robert Ransom was born in England, 
either in Ipswich or Kent, according to the 
family historian, and came to Plymouth, Mas- 
sachusetts, before 1654. He was admitted 
a freeman of the colony December 14, 1697. 
Children: I. Mathew, born 1661 : married 
Hannah Jones, March 6, 1682 ; settled in Say- 
brook, Connecticut. 2. Joshua, born at Sand- 
wich about 1665, mentioned below. 3. Robert, 
married 1690, .'^nna Waterman. 4. Hannah, 
married Eleazer Jackson. 5. Mercy, married, 
July 26, 1692, Samuel Waterman. 6. Sam- 
uel, married Mercy Dunham. 7. Mary, mar- 
ried Nehemiah Pusse. 

(II) Joshua, son of Robert Ransom, was 
born in 1665 at Sandwich, Massachusetts. 
He married (first), February 26, 1686, Mercy, 
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dieil ( Ktobcr ^5, ifkSQ, and lie married (sec- 
ond), Marcli 10, i(y(j2, Susanna Garner, of 
Plymouth. She died at Halifax, .Massachu- 
setts. March 16. I7.?5. Ransom died after 
1713. lie was then livin;^ at Plympton. Chil- 
dren: I. Uoliert, horn KkSj. mentioned below. 
2. Mary, l»orii about ifiSS. at .North Kingston; 
married .Samuel Knight. Children of the sec- 
ond wife: 3. John, married .Martha Kipley. 
4. Sarah, married, at I'lym|iton. l-rancis Cur- 
tis. 5. Joshua, married ^^ary W'rii^ht. 

(Ill) Robert (2). son of Ji>sluia Ransom, 
was I'.orn in Wexford. Rhode Uland. or vi- 
cinity, in i'kS7, and died, January 23. 1777. 
He settled in Colchester. Connecticut. He 
marrieil .Mice. dau;.,diter of James and Mary 
(llubbell) Newton, pfranddaujjhter of Ser- 
geant llubbell, of [''airfield. -She was also a 
descendant of Richanl Smith. .She remcjved 
to I olcliester with her father. Children, born 
in Colchester: i. John, November 13. 1709. 

2. Mary, .August 30, 171 1. 3. James. March 
13. 1713, mentioned below. 4. Joshua, May 3, 
1715. 5. Robert. March 25. 1717. 6. .\lice, 
Sei'tembcr O. i/iO- 7- Newton, February 21, 
1722. 8. Peleg. September 20. 1724. 9. .\mos, 
February 17, 1727. 10. Elizabeth. May I. 
1729. II. .Amy, .August 2, 1732. 

(1\') James, son of Robert (2) Ransom, 
was born at Colchester. March 13. 17 13. and 
married there, Sarah Treadway. He died at 
Colchester. March i, 1773, and his wife. May 
12, 1793. Children born at Colchester: i. 
Elias. l-"ebruary, 1736. 2. James, July 16, 
1738, mentioned below. 3. .Amasa. .Augtist 13. 
174 1. 4. .Alice. September 20. 1743. 5. Asa- 
hcl. May 30. 174^". mentioned below. 6. Lois, 
.August K). 174S. 7. I'lijah, June 12. 1751. 

8. israel, Octolx;r -26, 1753. 

(A) James ( 2), son of James ( i ) Ransom, 
was born at Colchester. July 16. 1738. and 
married there. December 15. 1757. Elizabeth 
Loomis. r.otli <lied at Colchester. James. .Au- 
gust 12. 1823. and Elizabeth. June 12. 1823. 
He was a lieutenant in the revolutionary serv- 
ice. May 1 to December 17, 1775. ""om Col- 
chester. Children. Iwrn at Colche-^tor : 1. 
Olive. June 20. 1759. 2. Israel. July 21. 1760. 

3. James. November 17. 17(11, mentioned be- 
low. 4. Sarah, February 28. 1764. 3. Ire- 
nus, .May 15. i7(Vi. 6. Hetty. July 3. I7fx8. 7. 
Joel, July 0, 1770. 8. Russell. May 16. 1772. 

9. I-ois. (twin) May 13. 1777. to. Son 
(twin). May 13. 1777: died May 2^. 1777. 
II. Jerusha. July 13. 1779. 

(Vn Janie- (3), son of James (2). Ran- 
som, was born at Colche-ter. November 17. 
1761, and married. Februarv 2, 1786. Eliza- 
beth Clarke. She <lie<l July' 20. 1820. Chil- 
dren, born at Colchester: i. Henry. March 2^, 



1787. 2. Frances, .April 17, 1789. 3. Clarissa, 
March 7, 1791. 4. Olive, March 13, 1793. 

5. Clark, July 15, 1794. 6. Elias, ScptemlKT 

6, 179'^. 7. Horace, July 8. 1798, mentioned 
below. 8. Owen, June 30, |8<X). 9. Ly<!ia C, 
M.iy 22. 1802. 10. Elizabeth, May 2, 1804. 
II. Sarah .Ann, October 22, 1804. 

(\II) Horace, .son of James (3) Ran.som, 
was liorn July 8, 1798, at Colchester, and mar- 
ried Sarah Southworth. He was a farmer by 
occupation, and owned a fine farm between 
Colchester and Ea-t Haildam. Qiild : Henry 
Ganlner. lK>rn .March 18. 1823, at East llad- 
dam. 

(\'HI) Henry Gardner, son of Horace 
Ransom, was born at East lla<ldani, March 
18. 1823. .After leaving scIuxjI. be went south, 
and engaged in the lumber business with his 
father. He then went to Si>ringfiel<l. Mas- 
sachusetts, where he was in business for four 
years. Later, he went to California for a 
few years, and finally returned to Norwich, 
where he lx)ught the candy business of David 
L. Gale, located on I'ranklin Square, and was 
very successful in the business. .At the break- 
ing out of the civil war, he sold out to John 
C. Perkins, who had been a clerk in the em- 
ploy of Mr. Gale. The business was contin- 
ued by Mr. Perkins, with a partner, under the 
firm name of Perkins & Root, and in 1864, 
he assinned entire control. 

Mr. Ransom, about 1863. bought a store in 
Grosvenordale. and also had a store in North 
Grosvenordale. He sold the former store to 
Thomas Hutchinson, who bad been his clerk, 
and the latter to John Elliott. .After this, he 
Ixiught a farm in Iowa, and put a young man, 
who had lived in his family, in charge of it. 

Later, he returned to North (irosvenordale. 
and bought back the store which he had for- 
merly sold to John Elliott. They formed a 
])artnersbip. under the firm name of Ransom 
it I'lliott. and conducted the business success- 
fully for many years. .After the death of Mr. 
Ransom, Mr. Elliott continueil alone until 
he was killed by lightning. Mr. Ransom re- 
tired about four years before his death, and 
went to live in Norwich, where he died. May 
9. 1803. He married. May 31. 1848. Frances 
.\nn. daui;bter of ('leorge anfl I'anny (Hil- 
lings) Ransom, of Montville. Connecticut. He 
was a member of the Hroadway Congrega- 
tiiMial Church of Norwich, as was also Mrs. 
Ransom. 

( \' ) .Asahel. son of James (i) Ransom, 
was liorn at Colchester, May 30. 1764. and 
married there. January 13, 1778. Sophia Lit- 
tle, who died .\pril 3, 182 1. He served in the 
revolution, in a New London company, and 
was a pensioner in 1832. together with his 



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brother James. He died at Colchester, April 
6, 1835." Children, born at Colchester: i. 
Justin, April 8. 1780. 2. Sophia, July 29, 
1782. 3. Asahel, February 13, 1784. 4. Alice, 
December 5, 1785. 5. Statia, March 4. 1788. 

6. Ephraim (twin), September 9, 1792. 7. 
George (twin), mentioned below. 

(Vl) George, son of Asahel Ransom, was 
born September 9, 1792, at Colchester, and 
married (first) Fanny Billings. He married 
(second) Lucy Ann Cone, at East Haddam, 
February 26, 1834. She died at Colchester, 
December 24, 1859, and he died July 21, 1864, 
at Norwich and was buried at Colchester. 
Children of first wife: i. Sherwood Billings, 
April 20, 1820: married Abbie Payne, of Col- 
chester ; had two children, who died young ; 
was in the express business in New London, 
Connecticut, and died in November, 1893. 2. 
Frances Ann, September 7, 1824, Colchester ; 
married Henry Gardner Ransom, born at Col- 
chester. Children of second wife: 3. George 
Reed, April 30, 1836. 4. Mary Adelaide, Oc- 
tober 4, 1838. 5. Henry Asahel, January 23, 
1841. 6. Ellen Louise, December 19, 1843. 

7. William Cone, October 17, 1850. 



Elias Hershey Sneath, Ph. D., 
SNEATH LL. D., formerly Professor of 
Philosophy in Yale University, 
and at present Lecturer in Ethics in the same 
institution, is a representative of a family un- 
doubtedly of English origin, although the 
branch to which Professor Sneath belongs was 
found in the north of Ireland. The name is 
English and is frequently found in England 
to-day. Of those in this country who bear the 
name the majority have come from England. 
During the time when Oliver Cromwell 
reigned as Lord Protector, and immediately 
before and after that period, there was a large 
emigration from England to the north of Ire- 
land because of the confiscation of lands. It 
was probably at this time that the founder of 
the Irish branch of the Sneath family left 
England. It is on record that William Sneath, 
a gentleman of Boston, England, was on the 
side of the parliament in the time of Crom- 
well. Sneath is still a common name in the 
Boston of Lincolnshire, the mother town of 
the Boston of Massachusetts. 

The American branch of the Sneath fam- 
ily is traced through the following genera- 
tions : 

(I) Richard Sneath was born in 1751, in 
Londonderry, Ireland, and in 1774 came to 
America, settling in Chester, Delaware county, 
Peimsvlvania. His death occurred October 
24, 1824. 

(II) William, son of Richard Sneath, mar- 



ried a Miss Lingerfelter, of German parent- 
age. 

(III) Robert, son of William and 

Lingerfelter) Sneath, was a farmer. He mar- 
ried Mary Todd, of York county, Pennsyl- 
vania. 

(IV) Jacob, son of Robert and Mary 
(Todd) Sneath, was born November 11, 1828. 
He married, October 23, 1853, Elizabeth Wit- 
mer, who was born August 19, 1833. She 
was fifth in descent from Peter Witmer, who 
came to Philadelphia, August 28, 1733, by the 
ship "Hope," of London, from Rotterdam, 
Daniel Jay, Master. Peter Witmer was born 
in 1708, married Anne Catharine Bachman, 
and died in 1792. Jacob, son of Peter Wit- 
mer, married Susannah . Daniel, son 

of Jacob Witmer, married Elizabeth Wissler, 
and died in 1834. Daniel (2), son of Daniel 
(i) Witmer, was born in 1808, married Anna, 
daughter of William and Mary (Herr) Her- 
shey, and died in 1896. She was a direct de- 
scendant of Hans Herr, one of the founders 
of Lancaster county, Pennsylvania. Elizabeth, 
daughter of Daniel (2) Witmer, became the 
wife of Jacob Sneath, as mentioned above. 
Jacob Sneath was a prominent citizen of Co- 
lumbia, Pennsylvania. He was conspicuous 
in the business, civic and political life of the 
community. 

(V) Elias Hersliey, son of Jacob and Eliza- 
beth (Witmer) Sneath, was born August 7, 
1857, in Mountville, Lancaster county, Penn- 
sylvania. He graduated from Lebanon Val- 
ley College, Annville, Pennsylvania, in 1881, 
and from Yale Theological Seminary in 1884. 
Later he pursued studies in the graduate de- 
partment of Yale, receiving the degree of Ph. 
D. in 1890. He had been' instructor at sev- 
eral important institutions of learning before 
succeeding to his present position. Professor 
Sneath is a fellow of the American Associa- 
tion for the Advancement of Science, a mem- 
ber of the American Philosophical Associa- 
tion, the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sci- 
ence, National Religious Educational Associa- 
tion, New Haven Historical Society, etc. He 
organized and edited the "Modern Philoso- 
phers Series," also the "Ethical Series." He 
is author of "The Philosophy of Reid," "The 
Ethics of Hobbes," "The Alind of Tennyson," 
"Philosophy and Poetry," "Wordsworth: Poet 
of Nature and Poet of Man." He organized 
and is joint author of a series of books embod- 
ying a graded system of moral instruction by 
the indirect method — teaching morals through 
literature, biography and history. This is the 
first contribution of this character that has yet 
been made to education. 

Professor Sneath married, June 19, 1890, 




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Anna Shelilon, daugliter of John N. and Sarah 
Goiilil (Williams) Camp, of Midilletown, Con- 
necticut. ( In licT father's side she is a de- 
scendant of Nicholas Camp, one of the found- 
er- 'if Milford. Connecticut: on her iiic'tluT's 
side she is a de-'Cendant of Stejihen Hopkins, 
also of Samuel Stocking, one of tlie original 
settlers of Middletown. Connecticut. Pro- 
fessor an<l Mrs. Sneath have three children: 
Hertiert Camj). Katherine Williams and Rich- 
ard Sheldon. 



During the English civil war 

M AF^SH this family adhered to the royal- 
ist cause. Cajitain James Marsh, 
of Kent, was one of the most active sup- 
])ortirs of Charles 1., and after the battle of 
Ed'.'i'hill was beheaded by the order of Crom- 
well. His sisters, fearing for the safety of 
their younger brother William, who was then 
in college, called him home and sent him to 
.America with two of their nephews (sons of 
a half sister). 

( 1 I William Marsh, younger brother of 
Captain b'dward Marsh, arrived from Eng- 
land at Salem, Massachusetts, and afterwanl 
resided in I'.oston, and in I'lainfield. Connecti- 
cut. He was a comnii>'^ary in the Indian war, 
and was b.idly winmdeil in the Xarragansetl 
figlit, December 10. i')75. He married, about 
if)Sj, Elizabeth \\onians. Children: Mary; 
William. dic<l in I'lainfiebl, Connecticut. Jan- 
uary 23, 1759, aged seventy-four; Thomas, see 
below : James, died .April ft. 1749, aged sixty- 
one : Elizabeth: Anne: .Matthias. 

(Ih Rev. Thomas, third child of William 
and b'lizaheth (Yeomans) Marsh, was Iwrn 
in I'laiutieM, Connecticut, 1687. He removed 
to I'anada Parish, Windham. Connecticut, 
which later was incorporated as Hampton, and 
was deacon of the church from 1730 to 1738. 
Heciiming pastor-elect of a separatist church 
at Mansfield, he began to preach, anil in Jan- 
uary, 1746, was imprisoned for officiating 
without a license, but in the same year was 
ordained and subse(|uently pursued his minis- 
terial calling without molestation. He died 
March 19. 1753. He married Eunice Park- 
hur'^t. Children : Thomas, born January 24, 
1713: John. December 11. 1713: Elihu. see 
below: .Amos, June 7. 1719: Joseph, .April 9. 
1721: Eunice. February 17, 1724: William. 
December 2_^, 1725 : Phineas, December 16, 
1727: Simeon. January 15, 1729: Hannah, Oc- 
tolH.-r 17. 1730: Jacob. .August 19, 1733; Mat- 
thias. September 25. I7^'i. 

(Mn Elihu. third child of Rev. Thomas 
and Eunice (Parkhurst) ^^arsh. wa« born 
July 12. 1717. Until about his fifteenth year 
he lived in Mansfield, and then removed to 



New Mil ford. Connect ietit, where he pur- 
chased land, in- 
creasing his ; vi- 
ciirf ' ' I 11.. 1 1 III im -vi iw Con- 
g:i He married, May 10, 
17.; >y. Children: Elihu, bom 
Sepicuiljcr 17, 1737, married Martlia Walters; 
Zeruiah, May 8, 1740, married Kent B. 
Wright; Mary Jane, June 12, 1742, married 
Ebenezer Leach; Eunice, December 6, 1744, 
married Joel Northrop; Lydia, .April II, 
1747 ; John, see below ; Samuel, October 8, 
1752: Joseph, .\pril 20, 1754, married .Abi- 
gail Waldo; Hannah, February 20, 1757; 
Ruth, August 31, 1759. married Anne Jag- 
ger : .Amos, .September 8, 1764, married .Abi- 
gail Sutton. 

(I\) John, sixth child of Elihu and Zeruiah 
(.\bbey) Marsh, was born .August 4, 1749. 
He resided in New Milford till 1779, when 
he removed to N'ergennes, X'ermont, an<l there 
he died. He married, March 2, 1772, .Abigail 
Wanzcr. Children : Nfary. born January 10, 
1773. married Thomas Bulkley ; Elihu, July 
18, 1774; John R., February 11, 1776; An- 
thony, .August 12, 1778; Wanzer, sec below; 
Daniel, of P>ennington, Vermont ; Lavinia, 
died September 9, 1865. married Gershom 
Uulkley. 

(V ) Wanzer, fifth child of John and .Abigail 
(Wanzer) Marsh, was born 1780, died Feb- 
auary 24, 1845. His home was in Merryall, 
near the land of his grandfather Elihu. He 
married (first) Sally, daughter of Rev. Na- 
than Hulkley, of Danbury, Connecticut; (sec- 
ond) Urania Ferris, who <lied 1873, aged 
eighty-three. Children by first marriage: 
John Uulkley, see below ; Daniel, see below ; 
Esther, born May 26. 1806, married (first) 
Clark Wells, (second) Mr. Newcomb; La- 
vinia, July 28, 1808, married Daniel E. Gid- 
dings ; .Anan, 1817, died February 22, 1872, 
married Lucy .A. Peet. By second marriage: 
lames, born March 18, 1825, married Maria 
Buck. 

(\ I) John Bulkley, eldest child of Wanzer 
and Sally (Bulkley) Marsh, was Iwrn .August 
6, iSoi. resideil near New Milford. anil was 
a farmer, highly respected. He died February 
2. i8'>7. He married I^ura Hine, who died 
November 6. 1882. a descendant of Daniel 
and Mary (Brownson) Hine. of Watcrbury, 
Connecticut. Children: i. Henry, bt>m May 
I. 1825, died June 15, 1881 ; married Nancy 
Stone : children : Frank, Lily. .Augustus, 
Chauncey and William. 2. Clark, born Feb- 
ruary 2. 1827. died Decemlicr 31, 1906; mar- 
ried (first) Esther Stone, (second) Esther 
Smith: children by first marriage: Samuel S., 
married Carrie P.arnum, Lena, married Henry 



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Y. Thompson, and Frederick B. 3. Egbert, 
born May 22, 1830, died December 29, 1896 ; 
married Helen Canfield. 4. John, born June 
18, 1833, died January 5, 1836. 5. Julia, born 
July 14, 1835, died November 5, 1857: married 
Cyrus A. Todd. 6. Daniel E., born June 16, 
1839 ; resides in Bridgeport, having formerly 
been connected with the' Wheeler and Wil- 
son Company ; served three years in the civil 
war; married. May 23, 1866, Sarah F., daugh- 
ter of Horace and Sarah Florinda (Peet) Mer- 
win, of New Milford ; children, Arthur Mer- 
win, born August 17, 1870, married, October, 
1909, Irene Graffin, of Montclair, New Jer- 
sey, and Egbert, born May 12, 1873, married, 
October 14, 1896, Lucie J. Catlin, of Bridge- 
port. 7. Helen, born October 29, 1841, died 
September 8, 1909 ; married James H. Cook. 
8. Lucy, born January 31, 1845; married John 
S. Terrill ; they reside in New Milford ; chil- 
dren : John, Sherman, Kate and Grace. 9. 
Mary. 10. Francis Wanzer, see below. 

(VI) Daniel, second child of Wanzer and 
Sally (Bulkley) Marsh, was born in New Mil- 
ford, January 31, 1804. Throughout his life 
he resided in that place, and he was a conspic- 
uous citizen, noted for his activity in busi- 
ne.'^s afl'airs and his executive ability. He was 
a merchant, banker and farmer, tlirector of 
the Housatonic Railroad Company, president 
of the First National Bank of New Milford, 
and represented the town in the legislature. 
He died July 25, 1886. He married Charlotte 
Bliss, daughter of Jehial Williams, for forty 
years a doctor in New Milford. Children : 
I. Edward Williams, see below. 2. Thompson 
Todd, born August 11, 1838. died December 
10, 1901 ; married Florence Henderson, of 
Lee, Massachusetts. 

(VII) Francis Wanzer, tenth child of John 
Bulkley and Laura (Hine) Marsh, was born 
near New Milford, December 18, 1846. The 
youngest of a large family, his educational 
opportunities were limited to the schools of the 
rural community where he resided, and from 
boyhood his life was one of active industry. 
At the age of seventeen he entered a country 
store and in 1866 he came to Bridgeport, 
where he was at first employed in a dry goods 
establishment and then in the insurance busi- 
ness and in the People's Savings Bank, be- 
ginning in that institution as an office boy and 
rising steadily until he became treasurer. In 
1886 he embarked in the business of private 
banking, insurance and real estate under the 
firm style of Marsh, Merwin & Lemmon. His 
firm in 1901 organized the Bridgeport Trust 
Company with a capital of two hundred thou- 
sand dollars and the Bridgeport Land and Ti- 
tle Company, capitalized at one hundred thou- 



sand dollars. With both these important con- 
cerns Mr. Marsh has since been identified. In 
the trust company he occupies the position of 
president. Aside from his business interests, 
Mr. Marsh is known for his prominence and 
influence in connection with religious, educa- 
tional and philanthropic work in Bridgeport; 
He is an elder of the First Presbyterian 
Church and Sunday-school superintendent, is 
director and treasurer of the Young Men's 
Christian Association, and is a member of 
the local and state committees of the Chris- 
tian Endeavor Society. He married. May 17, 
1871, Emma Clifford, daughter of Isaac and 
Elizabeth (Shepard) Wilson. Her father 
(who died in 1866) was a descendant of the 
notable Wilson family of Leeds, England, that 
city being built on lands which formerly be- 
longed to the family. He came to America 
in early life, and was a prominent business 
man of Bridgeport and member of the city 
council. The mother of Mrs. Marsh, Eliza- 
beth (Shepard) Wilson, was a descendant in 
the eighth generation of Governor William 
Bradford, of Plymouth Colony, through his 
son. Major William Bradford, and the lat- 
ter's daughter, Meletiah Bradford, who mar- 
ried George Steele, from Essex, England, 
and whose daughter, Bethiah Steele, married 
Samuel Shepard, grandson of John Shepard, 
of Cambridge, Massachusetts, who removed 
to Hartford, Connecticut, and died in 1707. 
Mrs. Marsh, like her husband, is actively in- 
terested in organized work for worthy causes. 
She is a directress of the Young Worfien's 
Christian Association and the Ladies' Auxil- 
iary of the Young Men's Christian Associa- 
tion, and is a member and former recording 
secretary of the Mary Silliman Chapter, 
Daughters of the American Revolution. Chil- 
dren: I. Egbert S., born November 18, 1875; 
connected with the treasurer's ofiice of the 
New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad 
Company; married, December 25, 1901, Char- 
lotte Scofield. 2. Violet, born February 9, 
1879. 3. Cliffard Wanzer, born February i, 
1882; married November 15, 1904, Edith 
Campbell, and has one child, Francis Wanzer 
Marsh, born November 26, 1905. 4. Mabel, 
born January 16, 1885 ; married, October 4, 
1904, Alvin H. Hancock, and has two children, 
Alvin Homer Hancock, born January 29, 1906, 
and William Bradford Hancock, born Octo- 
ber 16, 1907. 

(VII) Edward Williams, eldest child of 
Daniel and Charlotte Bliss (Williams) Marsh, 
was born in New Milford, January 24. 1836. 
He was educated in the public school, the vil- 
lage academy, and the Alger Institute of 
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uld he cnlcrcd the New Mill'md station i)f 
the Housatonic railroail, where liib father was 
a^ent, and siibse(|uenlly he was cmpliivetl in 
the frei][,'ht ofticcs of tliat company in New- 
Haven and Brid!^ei>f)rt, finally leaving the rail- 
wav business to become a clerk in the old 
hardware store of Thomas liawley & Com- 
pany in Hridj^ejiort, where he ci>ntimie<l seven 
( years. On August 6, i86j. he enlisted in the 
\ Nineteenth Regiment of Connecticut \'olun- 
teers, which subsequently received the name 
of the Seconil Connecticut Heavy Artillery. 
With that regiment he served continuously 
during the remainder of the war and for sev- 
eral months longer, being mustered out July 
I 20, 1865. He had an active i)art in many of 
' the most important military movements and 
I severe battles of the war. Meing wounded in 
March, i.S<>3. by the accidental di'^cliarge of 
a firearm in the hands of an officer, he was or- 
dered to Hartford, Connecticut, where as sec- 
ond lieutenant he was engaged in recruiting 
duty, and later ( I'ebruary 17, 1864) received 
from Governor I'.iickingham the commission 
of captain. Returning to the field he went 
to the old General Lee mansion at Arlington, 
where he was mustered in by General 
Heintzman, ami assigned to Company M, 
Second Connecticut Heavy .Artillery, and par- 
ticipateil in the final operations under lirant, 
and was present at .Appomattox. 

.After leaving tiie army Mr. Marsh resumed 
iiis residence in Bridgeport. From 1865 to 
i.^'<3 he was identified with the Spring Perch 
( onijiany of that city. .Afterward he was for 
about a year a resident of Fort Dodge, Iowa, 
where he was interesteil in the gypsum and 
plaster industry, but again established himself 
in r.ridgeport and has since been a prominent 
and influential citizen there. For twenty-four 
>ears, from 1886 to 1910, he has been secre- 
tary and treasurer of the People's Savings 
I'.ank. is also vice-i)resident and director of 
the First Bridgeport National Bank, president 
of the Savings Bank .Association of lonnecti- 
cut. secretary of the Spring Perch Company, 
and coimected with other financial and ci>rpo- 
rate interests. He was a member of the legis- 
lature in i8o5-0'^|, wa> one of the McKinley 
and Roosevelt presitlential electors in 1900, is 
president of the llridgcnort Hospital, is vice- 
president of the Young Men's Cbristion .\sso- 
ciatii>n and deacon of the Second Congrega- 
tional Church. He is a member of the Grand 
.Army of the Republic, the Loyal Legion and 
the Seaside Club. Captain Marsh married 
(first! 1858. .Amanda Blanden. of Burlington, 
New York: she died September 1. i88«). 
Child. Charlotte Bliss, died at the age of four. 
He married (second) January 12, 1888. Fan- 



nie Forrester, daughter of Mun<on Howley, 
of Bridgeport, Connecticut. 



(VI) Captain Griswojd Ld- 
MORG.AN win Morgan, son of Captain 

William Avery Morgan (q. 
v.), was born in Colchester (now Salem), 
January 30, 1811, died in Norwich, Janu- 
ary 18, 1902. He lived in Lebanon, where 
he was a farmer. He was also for years jus- 
tice of the peace, sheriff and county commis- 
sioner, in politics he was a Rei>ublican. He 
was a prominent memlx-r of the Congrega- 
tional church, in which he was a leader of 
the choir for forty years. He married, No- 
vember 27, 1834, Eliza, born January 8, 18 12, 
died January 20, 1892, daughter of Na- 
thaniel and Fanny ( Chamberlain ) Saxton. 
Children: William Edwin, b<jrn October 23, 
1835, mentioned below ; Sarah E., born .April 
2h, 1838; Harriet K., July 28, 1840; George 
K.. Sciitember 8, 1842: Nathaniel H., March 
II, 1845: Fanny M., March 25, 1847: Mary 
IC. .May 22, 1852; Griswold, March 20, 1855. 
( \'H ) Colonel William Edwin, son of Cap- 
tain Griswold Edwin Morgan, was born in 
Lebanon, October 2},, 1835. He spent his boy- 
hoocl on his father's farm. He was educated 
in the common schools and at Bacon .Academy 
in Colchester, where be received special in- 
struction from a resident clergyman. .At the 
age of nineteen he went to Dorchester, Massa- 
chusetts, where he worked on a truck farm. 
From there he went to Newark, New Jersey, 
to take a position in the prison, becoming a 
deputy warden before he was twenty -one. 
When the civil war broke out he was engaged 
in trucking in Hartford. He enlisted August 
25. 1862, in Company K, Twenty-fifth Con- 
necticut \ oluntcer Infantry, and served in the 
Department of the Gulf. In the battle of Irish 
I'.end, .April 14, 1863, he received a wound 
from a minie ball which disabled him for 
service. He was given an honorable flis- 
charge, and returned to Connecticut, where 
he spent some time with an imcle, N. H. 
Morgan. In October, 1865, he entered the 
employ of the Hartford & New Haven Rail- 
way Company: in uSr'x) he became their agent, 
a (losition which he held continuously until 
his retirement, July, 1905. .After twenty years 
of active service, in 1885, he was transferred 
to .New Haven, and in addition to his position 
as agent, represents the stcamlviats doing 
business from that city. In politics Colonel 
Morgan is a Republican, and has served in 
various political oflices : he was elected council- 
man in 188^), and served for two years; was 
alderman for four years, member of the board 
of e<lucation for four years ; and of the board 



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of fire commissioners four years, and of the 
latter board he was president for two terms. 
In the Masonic fraternity he has been very 
active, and is one of the leading members in 
the state. He belongs to St. John's Lodge, 
No. 4, Ancient Free and Accepted Masons, 
■of Hartford ; Trumbull Council, Royal and 
•Select Masters ; New Haven Commandery, 
No. 2, Knights Templar ; Pyramid Temple, 
Mystic Shrine, at Bridgeport. In the Grand 
Army of the Republic he was first a member 
of Robert O. Tyler Post, Hartford, but is 
now in Admiral Foote Post, at New Haven. 
In the latter organization he has filled many 
responsible positions, and has been quarter- 
master general since 1887. He belongs also 
to the Union Veterans Union, an association 
composed of battlefield soldiers, and in this 
he has been commander of the Department 
of Connecticut and Rhode Island. He is sec- 
retary of the State Soldiers" Hospital Board, 
and has served as state president of the Patri- 
otic Order, Sons of America. He belongs to 
Washington Camp, No. 8. 

He married, January i, 1866, Charlotte E., 
daughter of Austin Plutchinson, of Lebanon. 
Children : Edwin Hutchinson, born Novem- 
ber 19, 187 1 ; George Austin, November 22, 
1873. married Agnes Rose, children : Doris 
and Donald ; William Edmund, October 2, 
1876, married Emma Macdonald. 



The Zink family is of ancient and 
ZINK distinguished lineage in Germany. 

The family, both in Germany and 
America, is notable for the number and promi- 
nence of the pliysicians and surgeons it has 
produced. 

(I) Dr. Philip Zink was a physician of 
prominence in Bavaria, and was physician to 
King Maximilian II. 

(II) Dr. Charles Edwin Zink, son of Dr. 
Philip Zink, was also physician to King Maxi- 
milian II., of Bavaria. He held the office of 
forest master in the province of Nuremberg, 
Germany. Of his sons and grandsons no less 
than twenty-nine entered the medical profes- 
sion. He married Anna Maria Ernst. Chil- 
dren: Dr. Walter Henry Zink, mentioned be- 
low; Florence, married Dr. Zink, a cousin, 
now living in Welchberg, Germany; Cather- 
ine, married Pan, of Frankfurt, Ger- 
many ; William Zink, M.D.. now living in 
Bavaria, Germany ; Charles Zink, M.D., living 
in Nuremberg, Germany ; Frederick Zink, 
]\I.D., living in Berlin, Germany. 

(III) Dr. Walter Henry Zink, son of Dr. 
Charles Edwin (i) Zink, was born Alarch 22, 
1841, in Nuremberg. Bavaria. He was thor- 
oughly educated in his native country, passing 



through the preparatory schools with credit. 
In 1858 he entered the University of Wiirz- 
burg, from the medical department of which 
he was graduated in 1862, with honors. In 
the fall of 1863 he came to this country and 
took a post-graduate course in Columbia Uni- 
versity. He practiced his profession for a 
time in New York City. He became surgeon 
of the Thirtieth Regiment, New York Na- 
tional Guard, in the civil war, in the fifth army 
corps, under General Warren. He continued 
to fill this position with ability for two years, 
gaining valuable experience in medicine and 
surgery in the field. Wliile he was attending 
the wounded he was struck in the eye by a bul- 
let. He continued the operation in which he 
was engaged, but the wound cost him the sight 
of his injured eye. His devotion to duty and 
courage won the admiration of all. He was 
exceedingly popular with the soldiers under 
his care. He returned to New York City 
and practiced nearly twelve years, making his 
home in Newtown, Long Island. He then 
practiced for a year at Trenton, New Jersey. 
For eleven years he was health officer at New- 
town. In 1878, after the death of Dr. Hall, 
he came to Branford, Connecticut, where he 
was in general practice the rest of his life. 
Dr. Zink was keenly interested in public af- 
fairs and filled many offices of trust and honor. 
He was justice of the peace at Bl-anford for 
ten years. He was member of the school 
board, acting school visitor and health officer. 
He was a member of Widows' Sons Lodge, 
Free Masons ; of Lodge of Odd Fellows ; of 
Woodland Lodge, Knights of Pythias, No. 39, 
in which he was commander of the castle, and 
of Mason Rogers Post, Grand Army of the f 
Republic, of which he was post surgeon from 
the time of organization until he died. He 
was post surgeon of the state department of 
the Grand Army for twelve years prior to his 
death. He was a member of the New Haven 
Medical Society, the New Haven County Med- 
ical Society, the Connecticut State ]\Iedical 
Society, and the American Medical Associa- 
tion. He was a communicant of the Lutheran 
church. Though afflicted with cancer of the 
stomach for two years before he died, and 
suffering greatly, he persisted in his practice 
until six weeks before he died, August 26, 
1900. He possessed a kindly and sympathetic 
nature and was a welcome visitor in the sick 
room. He was a profound student and kept 
pace with the progress of his profession. He 
enjoyed a patronage commensurate with his 
natural ability and skill. He married. Septem- 
ber 25. 1864, Caroline A., daughter of Philip 
and Katherine Milling, granddaughter of 
Lord Sminke (Lord Henry Milling). Her 




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parents were Iwrii in Germany and came to 
New York City to live. Chililrcn of Dr. Wal- 
ter Henry Zink : 1. Louisa .\iigiista, born at 
Wintield, Long Island, January 17, 1870; mar- 
riitl I'.cnjaniin I". Hosley, of I'.ranford. Con- 
necticut, contractor ami builder; children: 
Caroline Augusta, born 1897; I'lora. 189S, 
died 1903. 2. Dr. Charles Ldwiii Ziiik. men- 
tioned below. 3. Walter Raymond, burn July 
5, 1.S88, at r.rantord; an electrician at Bran- 
ford. 

(I\) Dr. Charles Edwin {2) Zink, son of 
Dr. Walter Henry Zink, was born December 
7. 1873, at \\ infield. Long Island. He at- 
tended the public schools of Dranford and 
prepared tor college in the Branford high 
sciiunl. He entered the University of N'ew 
York, ami was graduated with the degree of 
bachelor of arts in the class of i8t)4. lie en- 
tered the medical school of the University of 
X'ermont. .After a year he went to the medi- 
cal school of lialtinn)re I'niversity. where he 
was i^raduated with the degree of M.D. in 
ic^Hi. He was appointed house i)hysician and 
surgeon in the Maryland General Hospital. 
In 1901 he began to practice his profession in 
Brooklyn. New ^'ork. Two years later he 
went to Owenshorough. Kentucky, where he 
wa> in general practice for four years. In 
1906 he came to N'ew Haven, Connecticut, and 
practiced two years, after which he located in 
Durham, Connecticut, where he has been prac- 
ticing since. He has taken time for study in 
the hospitals of Europe and is a very success- 
ful geiural practitioner. He is a member of 
the Middletnwn Medical Society, of the 
Middlesex County Medical Society, and of 
the Connecticut State Medical Society : and 
of the Knights of Pythias, in which he has 
filled in succession all the offices. In religion 
he i-. a Methodist : in politics a Democrat. He 
was elected to the school board of Durham in 
1909. I le is medical examiner of the North- 
western Life Insurance Company. From time 
to time he has contributed articles to various 
medical journals. He married. January i, 
1000, Sarah .Mice Clarke, born October 25, 
1870. daughter of I'rank and .Mice (Dean) 
Clarke, of Uranford. Children: Walter 
Henry, horn October 18. 1900: Stanley Mill- 
ing. July 5, 1907 : Helen. January 7. 1908. 



(V) Rev. Daniel (^) 
liRINSM.VDE Brinsmade, son of Daniel 

(2) Brinsmade ((|. v.), 
was born July 31. 171.S. He graduated at 
Yale College in 1745. and became minister 
of the parish in Judca in 1749. It was then 
a part of \\'oodbury, Connecticut, but in 1779 
it, with the parish of New Preston, was in- 



corporated inln the t"wn of Wa«hiii"t"Ti Rev 
Mr. Bri. ..r- 

ate unti i,ly 

honored ,. . , ,,.-,., his 

sons were pronuiient citizen ried 

Rhoda Sherman. Children: i lan- 

iel. mentioned below ; Daniel SlK-riuaii. 

(\ Ii Daniel Nathaniel, son of Rev. Daniel 
(3 I Brinsmade, was Ixjrn at W. ■ 'm- 

neclicut, 1750. He graduated • ol- 

lege in the class of 1772, su. and 

practiced successfully in his native town, 
where he died Octolcr :y). 182^). In 1787 he 
was a delegate to th . ntion at Hart- 

ford to ratify the rs constitution. 

He was judge of tin ' i.-mt 

judge of the county O' ir-, 

during ten of which he I li- 

represented his town in the ;.;. 
of the state for forty-three s< 
at one time clerk of the house, lit .■. .1 utic 
of the leading men of his county lor many 
years. He married, March 23, 1779. .\bigail 
Farrand. 

(\ II) Daniel Bourbon, only chihl of Daniel 
Nathaniel Brinsmade, was born at Washing- 
ton, October 15, 1782. He siirroeded his 
father as town clerk, and lul ' for 

more than forty >ears. He r in 

public afTairs, and deputy to ; ,^ ^,.,. ,..i as- 
sembly in 1816-17-28-33-48. In public ofHcc 
he was notably faithful ami efficient. He was 
prominent also in military life. In 1817 he 
was commissioned colonel of the I'ifth Regi- 
ment Connecticut Cavalry, subsccpiently gen- 
eral of the cavalry. He was ]>risident of the 
day at Litchfield Centennial, .\ugust 13. 1851, 
and had then in his possession the epaulets 
worn by General Lafayette in the revolution, 
heirlooms in his family. He was a man of 
sterling integrity and sound judgment, a 
power in town, county and state afTairs. He 
died November 3. 1862. He married (first) 
Irene Merwin. He married (second) .Mary 
Wakeman Gold, of Cornwall, Connecticut. 
Child of first wife: .\ son. .Merwin, Ivirn No- 
vember ft. 1807, whose only child, Frances, 
died unmarried. Children of second wife: 
Thomas Franklin, mentioned below ; William 
Bartlctt. mentioned below; .\bigail Irene, 
mentioned below; Mary M.. mentionerl below. 

(\III) Thomas Franklin, son of Daniel 
Bourtion Brinsmade, was Ixirn in Washington, 
Comieoticut. .\pril 11. 1813. die<l there .\pril 
18, 1878. His home was close upon Wash- 
ington Green, antl ,his children made their 
homes there, though for many years he was 
in business in New York City. He was de- 
voted to the best interests of Washington, and 
was an active ami useful townsman, a neigh- 



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bor of rare good will and helpfulness, and a 
most genial man. He married (first) Silence, 
daughter of Samuel Leavitt, May 30, 1838; 
(second) July 21, 1844, Elizabeth Leavitt, 
sister of his first wife. Children of first wife: 
Isabel, mentioned below ; Silence Leavitt, men- 
tioned below. Child of second wife : Samuel 
Leavitt, mentioned below. 

(IX) Isabel, oldest child of Thomas Frank- 
lin Brinsmade, was a woman of influence, and 
of sympathy warm and wide : she was be- 
loved throughout the community. On Octo- 
ber 6, 1875, she married William J. Ford, who 
practiced medicine in Washington from 1884 
until his death, in 1908. He was a member of 
the Litchfield County Medical Society, of the 
Connecticut Medical Society, and of the 
Litchfield County University Club. He was a 
member of the legislature in 1903, and chair- 
man of the house committee on public health 
and safety. He was appointed on the state 
reformatory commission. 

(IX) Silence Leavitt, daughter of Thomas 
Franklin Brinsmade, married, November 18, 
1869, Alpheus Geer Baker, of Washington, 
Connecticut, who died April 25, 1900. Chil- 
dren : Elizabeth Brinsmade ; George Frank- 
lin, mentioned below ; Julia Leavitt. 

(X) George Franklin, only son of Alpheus 
Geer and Silence Leavitt (Brinsmade) Baker, 
married, November 26, 1907, Josephine Bene- 
dict, of Danbury, Connecticut. 

(IX) Samuel Leavitt, son of Thomas 
Franklin Brinsmade, married, October 16, 
1872, Frances Elizabeth Bradley, of Roxbury, 
Connecticut. On the completion of the She- 
paug Valley Railroad, in 1872, he, with his 
brother-in-law, Alpheus G. Baker, formed the 
firm of Baker & Brinsmade, put up a large 
building near the new railway station, in ''The 
Flollow," and in it began the business of a 
general store, which prospered under them for 
a long time. He died January 21, 1895. Chil- 
dren: Daniel Bradley, mentioned below; 
Amelia Elizabeth, mentioned below. 

(X) Daniel Bradley, only son of Samuel 
Leavitt Brinsmade, graduated at Yale in 1896, 
and at the College of Physicians and Sur- 
geons of New York City in 1900. He prac- 
tices medicine in New York, and is a member 
of the New York County Medical Society and 
its committee on admission, of the Society of 
the Alumni of the Presbyterian Hospital, of 
the New York Academy of Medicine, of the 
New York State Medical Society, and of the 
American Medical Association. He is also a 
member of the Yale Club, an associate mem- 
ber of the LTniversity Glee Club, and a mem- 
ber of the Columbia Yacht Club and the Motor 
Boat Club, all of New York City. He mar- 



ried, June 3, 1903, Grace Elizabeth Downey, 
of Oswego, New York. Daughter : Eleanor 
Preston, born August 5, 1904. 

(X) Amelia Elizabeth, daughter of Samuel 
Leavitt Brinsmade, married, Alay 5, 1904, 
Frederick Bronson Colby, paymaster in the 
United States navy. Daughter: Frances 
Brinsmade Colby, born January 25, 1908. 

(\TII) William Bartlett, son of Daniel 
Bourbon Brinsmade, was born in Washington, 
Connecticut, J\Iay 10, 1819, died May 16, 1880. 
He graduated from Yale in the class of 1840 
and became a civil engineer. He was a pion- 
eer in the construction and operation of rail- 
roads in New England. From 1856 to 1870 
he was superintendent of the Connecticut 
River railroad, and resided at Springfield, 
Massachusetts. He married. January 11, 
1848, Charlotte Blake, born May 6. 1824, died 
October 5, 1900, daughter of Harvey and 
Hannah Chapin. Children : John Chapin, 
mentioned below ; Anna L. ; William Gold, 
mentioned below. 

(IX) John Chapin, son of \\'illiam Bartlett 
Brinsmade, was born in Springfield, Massa- 
chusetts, April 24, 1852. He graduated from 
Harvard in 1874, and in the autumn of that 
year became a teacher in the Gunnery School ; 
on the death of Frederick W. Gunn, in 1881, 
he succeeded him as principal. He has fol- 
lowed the example of his famous predecessor 
in encouraging and training boys in their 
sports, as well as their studies. Under him 
the Gunnery has continued to prosper and 
maintain its high standing among preparatory 
schools : with grounds containing twenty acres 
and admirable buildings, it is beautifully lo- 
cated among the Litchfield county hills, in 
the town of Washington. Mr. Brinsmade is 
a Republican. He represented the town in the 
general assembly of 1893, and in that of 1909, 
when he was chairman of the committee on 
education, and was delegate to the constitu- 
tional convention of 1902, November 8, 1910, 
he was chosen state senator from the thirty- 
second district of Connecticut, He is a mem- 
ber of the Litchfield County University Club, 
of the Connecticut Society of the Sons of the 
American Revolution, of the Connecticut Civil 
Service Reform Club, and is president of the 
Connecticut Harvard Club, He also belongs 
to the American Historical Association and 
to the American Academy of Political and So- 
cial Science, He married, October 4, 1876, 
Mary Gold, daughter of Frederick W, and 
Abigail Irene (Brinsmade) Gunn (see Gunn 
VTI). Children: Frederick Gunn, born March 
8, 1882, graduate of Harvard in 1904, assist- 
ant principal of the Gunnery School ; William 
Bartlett, January 4, 1884, died August i, 



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' 1894: Chapin, .Marcli i. 1885, graduate of 
Ilarvaril in i<>)7> <'"'' '^'' Harvard Law School 
in 1910: I'llcanor (iold, Xovemlti-r 15. iSS(), 
graduate of \ assar in 190": Mary. Nuveinljcr 
18, 1888, j,'raduatc of \assar in 1909; John 
Chapin, Sei)temher 28, 189 1, student at Har- 
vard in class of 1914: Cliarlottc lilake. Sep- 
tenilier 20. 1893; Ahiyail Irene, May 29, 189(1. 
(IX) William (iold. son of Wil'liam i'.art- 
lett l!rin>niade, was horn in Springfield, Mas- 
sachusetts, January 21. 1858, die<l l)ecenilier 8, 
I 1908. lie graduated from Harvard in 1881 ; 
[ he was an instructor at the (iunnery School 
until 18(^4. when he established the Ridi^e 
School for Hoys, in Washington, Connecticut. 
■ M 1,'rounds that were once a part of the an- 
t IJrinsmadc farm. He served for twenty 
Is as either chairman or secretary nf the 
il committee, as clerk of the ecclesiastical 
ity and chairman of the society's commit- 
tee, .ind also as leader of the church choir, lie 
gave much time to the Washington Library, 
was conductor of the \\ ashingtun Glee Clnh, 
and served all the musical interests of the 
tmvn : was a member of the Litchfield County 
iversity Club, the Harvard Club, of Con- 
icut, the Harvard Teachers' Association, 
Connecticut .\ssociation of High and 
sical SchcMil Teachers, and the Ci\il .Ser- 
Keform .\ssociation. In the Washington 
school is a tablet commemorating his ser- 
to the public schools ; and a William Gold 
■ismade Memorial I'und. for the purchase 
looks, has been given to the (iunn Memo- 
: Library by the .\lunini of the Ridge. 
\I1I) .\bigail Irene, daughter of Daniel 
rbon I'irinsmade, was horn in Washing- 
Connecticut. July 18. 1820. died there 
tembcr 13. 1908. Her mother, Mary 
euian liold was the daughter of Colonel 
ianiin Gold, granddaughter of Rev. Heze- 
1 (iold, of Cornwall. Connecticut. The 
runs back through Rev. Hezekiah Gold, of 
itford: Xathan Gold, who was deputy gov- 
•r of Connecticut in 1707, and chief justice 
is supreme court in 1712: and to Major 
A.ithan Gold, of Fairfield, whi.i came from 
England. The following is from an article in 
tlif Litchfield Enquirer of Sejitember 25. 1908: 
1848 .Abigail Irene I'.rinsmade and I'red- 
ik William Gnnn were married, and in 
1S50 they went to live in the house which was 
the nucleus of the pre.scnt Gunnery, and 
started their Ixiarding school for boys (see 
Gunn \II). The history of the school and 
its success has l>een often told, and most fully, 
in the pages of Dr. Holland's '.\rthur fJonni- 
castle," William Hamilton Gibson's 'Pastoral 
Days,' and in the memorial voliMiie. 'The 
Mastery of the Gunnery.' In all these the 



Mother of the Giinnerj* is recognized to have 
been as | otent an infiuence in the school as 
its .Master, and to have won the love and 
reverence of the pupils by the sympathy, the 
patience and the motherly love she gave them. 
Mrs. (iunn showed her strength of character 
not only in the great charity and sympathy she 
gave to all witli whom she came in contact, 
but in her ability to do many practical things 
better than anyone else could do them, in her 
training of (iunnery boys in declamation and 
acting, in her rich and humorous talk, in her 
use of the best literature, and, above all, in 
the charm and delight which she threw about 
her home, making it a home indeed for all 
wlio came within it." "The Son of Man 
came not to liC ministered unto, but to min- 
ister," were the words the example of which 
explain Mrs. Gnnn's life, and it seemed as if 
no one could follow tliat example more closely 
than she did during the many years of her 
activity. Her marriage with .Mr. Gunn was 
one of ideal happine-s, and its beneficence is 
expressed for the people of Washington in 
the tablets of bronze placed upon their (iunn 
Memorial Library. As they approach its 
doorway they see on one hand tlie jiortraits 
of .Mr. and Sirs. Gunn, and on the other the 
following inscription: "I-rederick William 
(iunn anil .\bigail I'.rinsmade. his wife, were 
for many years teachers by precept and ex- 
am|ile of truth, honor and loving kindness, 
their influence was ennobling and far-reaching. 
Rari'.est and unselfisli in their lives, they are 
held in blessed memory." 

(IX) Daniel Brinsmadc, only son of Fred- 
erick William and .Miigail Irene (Brinsmade) 
Gimn. died at the age of sixteen years. 

(IX) Mary Gold, only daughter of Freder- 
ick William and Abigail Irene (I'rinsmade) 
Gimn. and wife of John Chapin Brinsmade, 
is ( 1910) and has been for many years the 
Mistress of the (iunr.ery. .She graciously fills 
the position, and takes an active interest in the 
welfare of the church and the ti)wn. as her 
mother did before her. 

(\TII) Mary M.. daughter of Daniel Bour- 
bon Brinsmade. was born in Washington; Xo- 
vemlier 4, 1827, died there .\pril 17. 1887. 
She graduated in 1846 at Mount Ilolyoke 
.Seminary, and. with the enthusiasm inspired 
by its principal. Mary Lyon, began teaching 
in her honie soon after her graduation. The 
school quickly outgrew the limits of General 
Brinsmade's house. au'I occupied the Metho- 
dist church building, which was no longer 
used for religious services. Its interior was 
altered to meet the needs of the classes, and 
the successful school took the name of the 
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boarded among the families about Washing- 
ton Green, and some of them came from dis- 
tant states. Miss Brinsmade continued to be 
its principal until 1854, when she put it in 
charge of others. For the next four years she 
was the teacher of one of the higher classes 
of Packer Collegiate Institute, of Brooklyn, 
New York. She gave her pupils not only a 
delight in study, but an enthusiasm for all 
that is noble, and a belief in spiritual truths 
which had a life-long influence upon them, 
and they gave her their love and .devotion. 
On August 3, 1864, she was married to 
George Lockwood Brown, of Stamford, Con- 
necticut. She impressed all who knew her 
with the strength of her character and her 
intellect, yet her tenderness and grace made 
an impression deeper still. There are few 
who form friendships as intimate as hers, yet 
she was the friend of all, and especially of 
those whose lives were the humblest or the 
saddest. Her pupils and friends have placed 
a memorial in the reading room of the Gunn 
Memorial Library, a beautiful chimney piece, 
with fireplace and mantel, and above the man- 
tel a wide tablet of bronze, with a portrait 
of Mary Brinsmade Brown in the center, and 
on either side panels containing an apprecia- 
tive inscription. 

(The Gunn Line). 

(I) Jasper Gunn, immigrant ancestor, came 
to New England in the ship "Defiance," in 
1635, then aged twenty-nine years. He settled 
in Roxbury, Massachusetts, where he was a 
proprietor of the town, and was admitted a 
freeman. May 25, 1636. He removed to Mil- 
ford, Connecticut, but was living in Hart- 
ford, Connecticut,^ in 1648. He settled finally, 
however, in Milford. In 1649 '^c was "freed 
from watching during the time that he attends 
the service of the mill." In 1636 he is called 
a physician in the public records. He was 
deacon of the church in Milford and perhaps 
school master, and on one occasion appeared 
before the court in the capacity of attorney. 
He was a deputy to the general court and an 
extremely active and versatile citizen. He 
married Sarah Hawley. He died January 12, 
1671. Children: Samuel: Jebomah, men- 
tioned below ; Daniel, married Deborah Cole- 
man and died in 1690: Nathaniel, settled in 
Branford ; Mehitable, baptized in 1641 ; Abel, 
baptized in 1643, '* physician at Derby, Con- 
necticut. 

(II) Jebomah, son of Jasper Gunn, was 
born 1641. He was also a resident of Mil- 
ford. He married, in 1660, Sarah Lane. 
Among their children was Captain Samuel, 
mentioned below. 



(III) Captain Samuel Gunn, son of Jebo- 
mah Gunn, was born in Milford in 1669, died 
there in 1749. He married, in 1698, Mercy 
Smith. Among their children was Lieutenant 
Samuel, mentioned below. 

(IV) Lieutenant Samuel (2) Gunn, son of 
Captain Samuel (i) Gunn, was born at Mil- 
ford, January 15, 1701, died in 1756. He mar- 
ried Sarah Clark, who was born October 24, 
1706. Among their children was Samuel, 
mentioned below. 

(V) Samuel (3), son of Lieutenant Samuel 
(2) Gunn, was born in Milford in 1740, died 
in Washington, January 7, 1782. He settled 
at Woodbury, Connecticut. He married Phebe 
Northrop, born April, 1735, a descendant of 
Joseph Northrop, a founder of Milford. 
Among their children was John Northrop, 
mentioned below. 

(VI) John Northrop, son of Samuel (3) 
Gunn, was born at Milford, June 5, 1772, died 
in Washington, October 3, 1826. He was a 
farmer, but for many years held and dis- 
charged the duties of deputy sheriff, an office 
then held in much honor, which he so accept- 
ably filled that he became widely known and 
still lives in local tradition as "Sheriff" Gunn. 
He married, at Washington, Connecticut, Oc- 
tober 25, 1797, Polly Ford, born June 19, 1773, 
at Milford, died January 15, 1827. She was 
highly esteemed for her goodness and refine- 
ment and for her ready kindness and skill in 
nursing the sick. She was the daughter of 
Samuel and Susannah (Stone) Ford. Fler 
grandfather, Samuel Ford, died 1760, was son 
of John Ford, born 1654, died 171 1, and 
grandson of Thomas Ford, who came from 
England and died at Milford in May, 1662. 
Children of John Northrop and Polly Gunn : 
John Northrop, born August i, 1798: Louisa, 
March 3, 1800: Susan, October 10. 1801 : 
Abby, November 30, 1804; Lewis, November 
30, 1806; Sarah, October i, 1809; Amaryllis. 
September 14, 181 1 ; Frederick William, men- 
tioned below. 

(VII) Frederick ^^'ilIiam, son of John 
Northrop Gunn, was born at Washington, 
formerly Woodbury, Connecticut. October 4, 
1818, died August "19, 1881. At the a.ee of 
thirteen he began to attend a school in Corn- 
wall kept by Rev. William Andrews. He pre- 
pared for college in 1831-32 at Judea Acad- 
emy, then taught by Rev. Watson Andrews, 
son of Rev. William Andrews, and he .grad- 
uated from Yale College in the class of 1837. 
He taught in the academy at New Preston 
during the winters of 1837-38 ; in the Judea 
Academy, 1839-43 ; in the New Preston Acad- 
emy, 1845-47 : in Towanda, Pennsylvania, 
1847-48-49. He established the famous pri- 



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\ate school at Washinijliin, i^>49. ami il came 
to be known as the Gunnery, in his lionor. 
It is at tile ijrescnt time one of tlic foremost 
preparatory schools of the country, of national 
fame, lie was Master nf the Gunnery from 
1S49 t"i 1881. As a thinker an«I teacher, Mr. 
Gunn was far in advance of his time; in his 
schcx>l and town he exercised a powerful in- 
fluence for the good of the community. The 
gratitude and reverence of his inijiils are ex- 
pressed in the book written and published by 
tlieiu. entitled " Ihe Master of the Gunnery." 
The people of Washington have shown their 
appreciation of his life and work among them 
by erecting the Gunn Memorial Library, a 
beautiful building which stands on a corner 
of Washington Green. It is described fur- 
ther ill the account of .\bigail Brinsmade 
Gunn elsewhere in this work. Mr. Gunn was 
alwa)s a strong supporter of the Ecclesiasti- 
cal Society of the First Congregational 
Church of Washington, of which his wife and 
dan;.;lilir were members. lie married, at 
\\ .i-iington, .\pril 16. 1848, .Abigail Irene 
Iiriii>inade, born at Washington, July 18, 
1820, died September 13, \C)oS, daughter of 
Daniel liourbon and Mary Wakeman (Gold) 
Brin>-made (see Drinsmade XTII). Children: 
I. Daniel Drinsmade, Kirn January 9, 1849, at 
Towanda, I'cnnsylvania, died .\pril 19. 1S65, 
at Washington. 2. Mary Gold, January 20, 
185.V at Washinu,'ton : married, October 4, 
187^1, John Chapiii I'.rinsniade (see Brins- 
made IX (. 



(V) Captain Isaac Gallup, son 
G.ALLUr of Captain John Gallup (q. v.), 
was Iwrn in X'oluniown. Con- 
necticut, the iiart now called Sterling, I'ebru- 
ary 24, 1712. He lived on his father's home- 
stead, and was prominent in town and church 
affairs. He representc<] the town in the gen- 
eral court from I7(>8 until 1773. He served 
in the revolutionary war, being lieutenant 
under Captain .\hel Spencer, of Grotoii. in the 
Tenth Company, Sixth Regiment. Colonel 
Samuel Ilolden Parsons. He served in Bos- 
ton and Connecticut. In 1776 he served in 
New York and Loni: Island campaigns, and 
was in the battles of Long Island an<l White 
Plains, under Colonel I'arsons. He was cap- 
tain of the Groton company. He also fought 
'" '777. I'is name being on the Connecticut 
rolls, pages 78-0(^100 and r>i8. He married 
Margaret, daughter of Nathaniel and Mar- 
prct Gallup, of Stonington, March 29. 1748. 
She was born October 12, 1730, died Decem- 
ber 9, 1817. He died .\ugust 3. 1791^ Chil- 
dren: John. l)orn December 29. 1749: Eliza- 
beth. January 22, 1755; Martha, Eebruary 17, 



^757 '• Nathaniel, December 24, 1758; Bcn- 
adam. Novcmlxrr 17, 1761 ; William, April 12. 
1764, mentioned below; Isaac, October 8, 
I7(i(): Margaret, August 26, 1768; Joseph, 
March 24, 1772. 

(\ I) William, son of Captain Laac Gal- 
lup, was Iwrn April 12, 1764, in u- 
necticut. He mirricd Vrnv Gn' n- 
town, dai: is 
brother ■ p. 

He .setllf. il. .V.-. . I,., ,,.^,l,,. IX n .-Uli.d, 

and died January 2^, 1842. He was a fanner. 
His wife dieil .March 5. 1847. Chilren: 
Zcruiah. born May 21, 1791, married Scth 
Gates; Erastus. September 25, 170;;; Sybil, 
March 14, 1798; Charlotit o. 

married John brink, an. .n 

William, Deceml>cr 31, 1.^ ,• ■• - -c- 

low ; .Nelson, bebruarv 20, 1.S05. 

(VH) Dr. Alban William Gallup, son of 
William Gallup, was Ixirn December 31, 1803. 
He lived at West Greenwich, Rluxle Island, 
and died at Plainlield. Connecliciit, .\pril 2, 
1879. He was engaged in mercantile bn>iness 
for ten years. He was judge of the court of 
common pleas of Kent county. Rhode Island, 
from 1840 to 1843. He enumerated the census 
of West Greenwich in 1850, and practiced 
medicine for forty years. He married (first) 
Susannah Waldo, August 29, 1822, and she 
died July 13, 1825. He marrie<l (second) 
Lydia Tillinghast, September 7, 1828. and 
she died March 6, 1832. He married (third) 
a Miss Lawton, and ( fourth > S.illy Spalding, 
February 4, 1839. " ' i..j 

was daughter of J' s 

bprn in Plainfield, (. .,,,v . > ,. '.y 

first marriage: i. Mercy M., born Octulwr i, 
1823: married Zephaniah Brown, June, 1847, 
and lived in West Greenwich. Rhode Island. 

2. Susanna W.. July 4. 1825 ; married Na- 
thaniel L. Stanton. September 17, 1843. Chil- 
dren by second marriage: 3. William .\., July 

3, 1829. 4. Eunice L., February 4, 1831 ; mar- 
ried (first) Albert Brown. September, 1848, 
and (second) Henry R. Brown, and settled in 
Hopkinton, Rhode Island. Children by fourth 
marriage : 5. Harriet E., l»rn January 6, 

1841. died July 3. 1842. ' ' '■ ^ . .\pril 

5. 1843. 7. Herman B.. ;. 1844. 

8. Isaac B.. .August 16, i" ned be- 

low. 9. .Adelaide A.. March 17. 1851. died 
September 2, 1877. 10. Charles N.. .August 
2. 1852: a doctor of Long Hill. Fairfield 
county. Connecticut, who graduated from the 
New >'ork Eclectic Medical College: he mar- 
ried ^^ary Foote, having two daughters. Edna 
and Mabel. 

(\Tin Dr. Isaac Benjamin Gallup, son of 
Alban William Gallui), was l>orn at West 



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Greenwich, Rhode Island, August 16, 1846. 
He attended the public schools of Griswold, 
Connecticut, and the Select School there. He 
then entered the Medical School of the Uni- 
versity of Pennsylvania in 1869 and was grad- 
uated in 1871 with the degree of M.D. He 
also attended the New York Polyclinic for a 
post-graduate course in 1889, and the Post 
Graduates Medical School of New York City 
in 1892. He served as an interne in New 
York Hospital. He began to practice medi- 
cine in 1871 in the town of Scotland, Connec- 
ticut, and continued there until 1878, when he 
located at Willimantic, where he has been in 
practice to the present time, making a specialty 
of diseases of the eye. He is one of the lead- 
ing oculists of this section of the state. He is 
a member of the Willimantic Medical Society, 
the Windham County Medical Society, the 
Connecticut State Medical Society and the 
American Medical Association. Fie has con- 
tributed from time to time to various medical 
journals. In politics he is independent. His 
office is on Main street, and his home at 30 
Pearl street, Willimantic. He married, Sep- 
tember 16, 1879, Alarietta C. Hebbard, born 
September 19, 1843. Children: i. Inez Mabel, 
born July 8, 1880, at Scotland ; married Clyde 
Truax, of South Manchester, Connecticut ; 
children : Mildred, Florence and Ruth Truax. 
2. Bertha Christine, born at Willimantic, April 
4, 1883, graduate of the State Normal School 
at Willimantic in 1902, a school teacher at 
New London. 



The earliest ancestor of the 
GARDNER family here under considera- 
tion was Rufus Gardner, born 
at Newport. Rhode Island, died in New Lon- 
don, Connecticut, in 1809. Fle was captain 
and commanded various sloops plying Long 
Island Sound from New London to New 
York, carrying both passengers and freight. 
He served as a sailor during the revolution- 
ary war, and from the close of that struggle 
until his decease engaged in the business 
aforementioned. He was a member of the 
Masonic order, and the emblem of the lodge 
was carved upon his tombstone, which is in 
Cedar Grove cemetery, New London. He 
married Lydia Harris, a native of New Lon- 
don, descendant of one of the early settlers 
of New England. Children : Christopher, 
died young; Rufus, died young; Mercy; Ly- 
dia; Henry; Lucy; Douglas Woodruff, see 
forward ; Flarriet ; Champlin. 

(II) Douglas Woodrufif, son of Rufus and 
Lydia (Harris) Gardner, was born in New 
London. Connecticut, September, 1807, died 
there, January 26, 1885. His education was 



acquired in the common schools of his native 
town, and at an early age he began conducting 
what was known as the "Auction Store." 
Later he engaged in a grain business, but this 
not proving remunerative he closed it out in 
1849, in which year he took up his residence 
in New York City, where he secured employ- 
ment in the same line of business, and being 
trustworthy and attentive to the desires and 
wishes of his employer, he became his trusted 
confidant and, a few years later, when his 
employer became incapacitated, he turned the 
business over to Mr. Gardner, who by indus- 
try, perseverance and straightforward transac- 
tions placed the business on a firm foundation, 
thereby winning a place for himself in the 
business world and pecuniary gain. His place 
of business was located on Peck Slip, North 
river, where he catered to the wholesale and 
retail trade. For a number of years he had 
the contract with the Adams Express Com- 
pany for all its grain used in New York City 
and surrounding territory, and during the 
progress of the civil war, by keen foresight 
and shrewd buying, accumulated handsome 
profits from his various operations. LTpon 
his retirement from an active career, he re- 
turned to his native town, where he enjoyed 
a well-earned and well-merited rest from la- 
bor. During his business life he accumulated 
considerable real estate in New York City, 
Brooklyn and New London, which he held at 
time of death. He was identified with the 
Baptist church in his early life, but in later 
years became independent in his belief, believ- 
ing in the scriptural command, "Do unto 
others as you would that they would do to 
you," and that he carried out this policy is 
demonstrated by the fact that during his resi- 
dence in New York City he furnished shoes 
to all needy children of his neighborhood, and 
a call upon his sympathies never failed to 
elicit a response. In politics he was first an 
"Old Line Whig," and upon the formation of 
the Republican party joined that organization, 
adhering to the same throughout the remain- 
fler of his life. 

Mr. Gardner married Mary, daughter of 
Graham Don, of Albany, New York. She 
was a woman of great piety and womanly 
characteristics, beloved by all who came in 
contact with her, and her death, which oc- 
curred during their residence in New York 
City, was greatly lamented by a wide circle 
of friends. Children; i. Rufus, married a 
Miss Griffin, of Groton, Connecticut. 2. Ly- 
dia, who died in infancy. 3. Jeannette, mar- 
ried John Stewart Brown, deceased, of Brook- 
l\n. New York. 4. Lydia, married J. Beek- 
nian James, of Poughkeepsie, New York, a 



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M 



v,l 



-ccndant of Rnhcit LivingsK^n. one of the 
;iiers of the Declaration of Inilcpetnlencc; 
r. Jaincs is«<lccca-ie(l. 5. Ilariiet. see for- 
inl. h. 'I'hccla, married Lavenie Harris, of 
M |-"rancisco, California. 
I III) Harriet, filth child of Doiij^'las W'ood- 
1' and .Mary ( Hon) (ianlner, was horn .Sep- 
iiher 2, 1X39. .She married William E. 
iitoiite, of Ilui,nicnot ile.sccnt, horn in .Vew 
irk City, died in New London, .\nvcmher 
. 1893. Children: i. Ida, married .Mhert 
'Miard, of llaltiniorc. .Maryland, a mechan- 
I engineer: children: .Mhert l'"aitoutc and 
-ie llelihard. 2. .\nna .Matilrja. ?. Wil- 
li K. 4. .Mahel. 

! he house known as the Ijardner honic- 
.id on the west side of t )ccan avenue. New 
ndon, is a relic 'of a past generation. It 
- rehuill after the orijjjinal model hy the 
owner, Douglas W. Gardner, in 1870. 
vicinity is made memorahic hy the cajitnre 
-Mrs. haitoute's grandfather, who, in 1838, 
I- taken prisoner hy the liriti^h and con- 
ed to Halifax, where for months he lau- 
ghed in prison. Mrs. Faitoute has in her 
>ession the ])ortraits of three generations, 
oldest dating hack more than one humlred 
1 fifty years. She also has several relics 
historic interest connected with this old 
I'.iestcad, among which are a helt huckle 
ring the initials of King George, and the 
:ti>h coat-of-arms : also Indian arrowheads 
i hanner stones used hy various trihes as 
iials when the Red .Man ruled supreme. 
e residence of Mrs. Faitoute adjoins that in 
lich her ancestors lived. 



Rohert Ashley, the immigrant 
A.^llLFV ancestor, is first found in 

.Springfield, Massachusetts, Jan- 
y 13- >''3'*^-30. when a rating of forty 
, niids was agreed upon to meet a ]iortion 
of the minister's expense and maintenance, 
lie gave one ptiund sixteen shillings, heing 
fifth in amount on the list. This is a proof 
that he was in ."Springfield in if>38, hut the 
fir>t allotment of land that he received was 
on January 5. i()40-4i, when he had lot num- 
ber three, of eight rods, he heing unmarried, 
situated between \\i<low Searle and John 
nibble. The next imjxjrtant record of him is 
.August 7. I'm, when Mr. Pynchon. founder 
of Springfield, announced the marriage of 
Robert .\shley and widow Horton. which was 
to take place soon. .\t that time she gave 
over all her property to him, |)roviding he 
cared for her two sons. .-Mthough there is no 
record of his marriage, it is known that he 
married about I'qi. and his wife's name was 
Mary, while widi>w llorton's name disap- 



peared from the records after 1641. She was 
the widow of Thomas Horton, of Si)riiigfield. 

The home lots of the inhabitants were laid out 
on the west side of what is now Main street, 
extending to the Connecticut river, while on 
the east side of .Main street was the "wet 
meadow." of which there was allotted to each 
inhabitant a portion the same width as his 
home lot, and o])i)osite to it, and running forty 
rods to the foot of the hill. .Adjoining the 
"wet meadow" on its eastern end was also 
givni a wood lot eighty rods in length and 
eight rods wide. Robert .Ashley's lot was on 
wliat is now the nortiuvest corner of Main and 
State streets, and extended to the river. There 
were only four other inhaliitants who owned 
more land than he did at this time, and in 

1647 he was taxed on fifty-one acres. In 
1646 he was licensed to keep the ordinary, 
and January 22, 1651-52, he received a grant 
f)f land on Mill river, on condition that he 
kept the ordinary. ( )n June 27, i(>55, he was 
forbidilen to sell "eylbcr wine or strong 
waters to Fnglish or Indians." He probably 
resigned his position as keeper of the ordin- 
ary in the fall of \CiC)0. for Deccnibcr 31, KVkd, 
.Samuel .Marshfield was a[)pointcd to keei> it. 
By this time Roliert .Ashley owned much land 
on tiie west side of the Connecticut river, and 
his house lot there ha<l been granted him in 
February, 1(161, "providetl that he build and 
dwell there." He |>rohahlv built .soon after 
this a house in which he lived the remaining 
twenty years of his life. He was often caile I 
to serve as juryman, his first a|>i)ear,ince being 
January 2, 1639-40, when he was on the jury 
that tried Mr. Moxon's slander suit against 
John Woodcock. He aLso served on the juries 
at .Springfield, February 13, 1639-40, March 
I, 1(154, anil those in .September, in i(/)!-6j- 
64-67-70. On N'oveinbor 3, 1646. he and .Mili>s 
Morgan were chosen for overseers of the 
fences of the house lots. On November 5, 
1650, William Warriner and Robert .Ashley 
were chosen overseers of fences for the fielfis 
in the upper part of the town. On Novem- 
ber 4, 1651, he and Nathaniel Pdiss were 
chosen surveyors of highways. He was aUo 
chosen for this office in 1652 and 1657. In 
1653, «•' *'^<^ reorganization of the town by the 
younger men, he was chosen one of the five 
selectmen, and he was re-elected annually 
until i(>50. anfl in 1660-62-65. Iiein^ first se- 
lectman in 1657. In 1655 he. with two others, 
refused to serve, and they were fined twenty 
shillings apiece. He took the oath of fidelity 
March 23, 1655-56. On February 7, 1659, 
he was chosen town constable, an I March 5. 
1650, sealer of wei'.;hts and measures, heing 
re-elected to the latter office the next vear. 



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In April, 1665, he, with several others, was 
fined for being' absent from town meeting. On 
March 30, 1669, he was freed from military 
training on petition. In Februar}', 1653. he 
received three shillings as payment ''for the 
use of his mare for the use of the church." 
He was on the first seating committee of the 
church, December 23, 1659, and he sat in the 
first seat. In 1663 he was again on the seat- 
ing committee. He took the oath of alle- 
giance with the other inhabitants of Spring- 
field, December 31, 1678. He died in West 
Springfield, November 29, 1682, and his wife 
died there September 19, 1683. His wife and 
his son Joseph were made administrators of 
his estate, and he mentioned in his will, made 
October 9, 1679: his sons Jonathan, Joseph, 
David ; wife Mary ; grandson John ; children 
of his sons, David and John Root. Children, 
born in Springfield: David (twin), born June 
3, 1642; a daughter (twin), born June 3, 1642, 
and died soon after birth ; Mary, born April 
6, 1644, married, October 18, 1664, John 
Root, of Westfield ; Jonathan, mentioned be- 
low ; Sarah, born August 23, 1648, probably 
died j'oung, as she was not mentioned in her 
father's will of 1679; Joseph, born Inly 6, 
1652. 

(II) Jonathan, son of Robert Ashley, was 
born February 25, 1645-46, in Springfield, and 
died early in February, 1704-05, in Hartford, 
Connecticut. He settled on a farm in the 
northern part of Springfield. In 1670 he was 
chosen constable, and in 1672 surveyor of 
highways. In 1671 William Hunter com- 
plained to the court that Jonathan Ashley 
and his wife Sarah were harboring his daugh- 
ter in their house against his wish. May 4, 
1674, the town granted Jonathan Ashlev ten 
acres of upland and swamp "on the brook at 
the head of the plain above 3 Corner Meadow." 
He took the oath of allegiance at Springfield, 
January i, 1678-79. On September 30, 1679, 
he and Joseph Ashley sued Isaac 3iIorgan 
"for refusing or neglecting ye performance 
of a bargain for ye doing of a parcel of 
fence," and March 28, 1682, he was sued by 
Richard Lord, of Hartford, for a debt of 
twenty pounds. The case was settled out of 
court, the plaintiff paying the entry money 
and the defendant the costs, which amounted 
to fourteen shillings. He moved to Hartford 
and was propounded a freeman there October 
II, 1683, and admitted May 8, 1684. In 1692 
he sold to Colonel John Pynchon, of Spring- 
field, four acres of meadow upon Poor brook, 
but the sale was not recorded until February 
ID, 1698-99. On July 30, 1694, he and his 
wife deeded to Edward Stebbins, of Spring- 
field, seven acres of land in the upper mead- 



ows, and on July 8, 1696, he sold his home 
lot in the north part of Springfield to Peletiah 
Grove. He continued to own land in Spring- 
field, and was present at a meeting of pro- 
prietors there March 20, 1698-99. He owned 
much land at Flartford, and had eighty acres 
of land in Plainfield, and also was interested 
in a saw mill "in Greenfield in Windsor 
bounds." He was a member of the First Con- 
gregational Church both in Springfield and 
Hartford. He left an estate of 1,030 pounds. 
He married, November 10, 1669, in Spring- 
field, Sarah Wadsworth, daughter of William 
and Elizabeth (Stone) Wadsworth. She was 
baptized March 17, 1650, in Hartford. Chil- 
dren: Jonathan, born August 23, 1674; Jo- 
seph, about 1677 ; Samuel, mentioned below ; 
Sarah, baptized February 13, 1703-04; Re- 
becca. 

(III) Samuel, son of Jonathan Ashley, was 
baptized February 26, 1687-88, in Hartford, 
Connecticut, and died February 12, 1771, in 
Hampton, Connecticut. Fie inherited his 
father's farm of eighty acres, in Plainfield, 
Connecticut, and removed there from Hart- 
ford. In April, 17 17, he bought of John 
Fitch two hundred acres of land in the north- 
east part of Windham, Connecticut, on both 
sides of Little river, for one hundred and 
eighty pounds. This homestead, owned by 
the family until 1683, is in the North Bigelow 
district of the present town of Hampton. He 
was commissioned ensign of the Northeast 
Company, in Windham, on October 8, 1730. 
He was a member of the First Congregational 
Church of Windham, and one of the original 
members of the church in Hampton. Fie was 
evidently one of the leading men in his part 
of the town. His 3'oungest son inherited the 
homestead. He married, August 19, 17 17, 
in Lebanon, Connecticut, Elizabeth Kings- 
bury, daughter of Deacon Joseph Kingsbury 
and Love (Ayres) Kingsbury, of Franklin, 
Connecticut. She was born October 16, 1693, 
in Haverhill, Massachusetts, and died August 
21, 1750, in Hampton. Children, born in 
Hampton, except the first: Elizabeth, 1718, in 
Plainfield (?), Connecticut; Samuel, Novem- 
ber 27, 1720; Abner, mentioned below: Su- 
sannah, June 5, 1724; Joseph, June i, 1728; 
Love, July 19, 1731, probably died in infancy; 
Jonathan, born August 4, 1737, and died June 

13, 1740. 

(IV) Abner, son of Samuel Ashley, was 
born May 10, 1722, in Hampton, Connecti- 
cut, and died February 17, 1801. He settled 
in his native town, and was a prosperous 
farmer and influential man there. He and his 
wife were buried in the old Hampton ceme- 
tery, and this verse is carved on the stone: 



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" I hricf lia] |i\ dt-ath to droi) a claim of life 
without the linjierinj^ pain. Jo siiring at once 
to enfllcss life without a tedious dying strife." 
]\c married (first), .\[arch 5, 1745-46, in 
llam|itoii, Mary, daughter nf Daniel and 
Saraii (Ingleson) Cressey, and sister of his 
brothers' wives. She was born .\i)ril 11, 1724, 
in .Salem, Massachusetts, and died in Hamp- 
ton, I'ehruary 17, 1786. lie married (second) 
December 14, 1791, in Tolland, Connecticut, 
Patience iJarrows, of Tolland. Children, by 
first wife: Jonathan, inentii>ned below; Mary, 
born .\ugust 7, 1748: I'-lizabeth, May 18, 1750, 
probably died young: Ruth, l)orn January 21, 
1752: .Vbner Jamiary 19, 1754; Sanuiel, Jan- 

• iry 25, 175O: Daniel, January 28, 1758; Jlan- 
ali, December 2(), i7^>o; Lucy, .April 13, I7(t2. 

( \' ) Jonatlian (2), son of .\bner .\shley, 
was born .March 2. i74()-47, in llami)ton, Ci>n- 
nicticut, and died Xovcmber 30, 1831, in 
I liaplin, Connecticut. He settled as a farmer 
111 the northern part of Windham, Coimccli- 
iit, near Parish Hill. He was one of the 

st-riders who carried Tlw Phoenix {iriud- 
nii llcrithi). the first number of which was 

!lili>lied .March 12, 1791. He and his wife 
: i^seil the latter |>art of their lives at the 
lioine of their eldest son, in Chaplin, Connecti- 
V ut. He marrie<l, June 13, 177,?, in llamjiton, 
l.\(lia, daughter of Samuel (?) and Hliza- 
' ith ( ?) Humphrey, .^he was born May 4, 
1752 (ri in I'.arrington. Rhode Island, and 
died March 9. i8,v8, in Chaplin, aged eighty- 
-i\ years. Ciiildreii, born in Windham. Con- 
I rcticut: Sally, b'ehruary 22, 1775, died Octo- 
Ii.r 24, 1778: Sally, born May 11, 1779; 
l.itther. mentioned below: James, .\ugust 13, 
^7^?i'- Polly, January 10. 1786. probably died 
in infancy: Roxanna, born .\\n\\ 11. 1788; 
I.vdia. June 18, 1790; Jonathan Humphrey, 
I'ebruary 15, 1795. 

(\'I) Luther, son of Jonathan (2) .\shley, 
was born June 14, 178 1, in Windham. Connec- 
ticut, and died .\ugust 3. 18^10, in Scotland, 
' 'innccticut. lie enlisted in the war of 1812, 
■iid served as corjjoral in Cai)tain Ciiarlcs 
Palmer's company from June 13 to July 14, 
i'^i3. but did not like camp life at New Lon- 
■ 'i>n. and returned home, his brother Jonathan 
; il-ing his place in the army. He jiassed most 

• ■i' his life in Ch;iplin. L'onnecticut. but late in 
life removed to Scotland. Connecticut, where 
he died. He was a farmer. He was a select- 
man in Chaplin in 1822. and was one of the 
representatives from there to the general as- 
-cmbly in 1845. He married (first). Septem- 
ber 21. 1809. in Harrington. Rhode l>laiiil. 
i-".liza Hum|ihrey, daughter of John and Eliza- 
beth ( P.uUock) Humphrey. She was born 
-March 12, 1786, in Harrington, and died De- 



cember 20, 1828, in Chaplin. He married 
(second), May 6, 1829, in HamiUon, .Sarah 
Smith, daughter of Solomon and Sarah 
(Hodgkins) Smith. She was b^rn January 2, 
1790, in Hampton, and died b'ebruary lo, 
1849, in Chaplin. He married (third), De- 
cember 6, 1849, in ^^'^^^ York City, his cousin 
Lucy (Spencer), widow of .\ndrew Wash- 
burn, of Chaplin, and daughter of David and 
Lucy (.Ashley) Spencer. She was born Octo- 
ber 8, 1786, in Hamilton, and died .August 29, 
1870, in West Randolph, \ ermoiit. Children 
by first wife, lx>rn in Chai)lin: 1. V.W/.a. .Anne, 
February 27, 1811 : died March 31, 1837, un- 
married. 2. Ro.xanna, born October 2, 1812; 
married, April 17, 1833, Joseph Chapman 
Martin, of Chaplin, and moved to I*"lorence, 
Massachusetts. 3. Lydia Diana, born .August 
18. 1814 ; marrieil, .May 11, 183(1, Knoch Pond, 
Jr., of P.rooklyn, Connecticut. 4. John Hiuii- 
phrey, January 28, 1817: died September 16, 
1840, unmarried ; a farmer. 5. George, March 
20. 1819: child, Lydia. 6. liilbert Everett, 
Sejitember 11, 1821; mentioned below. 7. 
Sarah .Ann, I-ebruary 16, 1824 : married, Oc- 
tober 13, 1830, Nathaniel F. .Martin, of Har- 
rington. 8. Samuel Xewell, March 18, 1827; 
soldier in the civil war, member of the 26th 
Connecticut X'olunteer Infantry Regulars. He 
enlisted from Scotland, Connecticut ; married 
lane liass, and had two children, Luther and 
Eliza. 

(\II) Gilbert Everett, son of Luther Ash- 
ley, was born September 11, 1821, in Chap- 
lin, and died March 18, 1862, in Scotland, 
Connecticut. He was a farmer, and removed 
from Chaplin to Scotland, Connecticut, in the 
spring of 1855, where he lived the rest of 
his life. He married, .April 29, 1845, in Wind- 
ham, I'rances Elizabeth, daughter of .Alfred 
and Frances (Humphrey) Drown (Drowne), 
of Harrington. She was born May 7, 1824, in 
.Seekonk, Massachusetts, and lived in Willi- 
mantic, Connecticut. Children: Edward Eu- 
gene, mentioned below: J<ihn Humphrey, born 
Seiitember 29. 1850, at Chaplin, married Jane 
Palmer; Evelyn Maria, November 21, 1853, 
a dressmaker after 1883, married William 
Heath, of Harrington ; George Drown, De- 
cember 22, 1858. in Scotland, married Hattie 
Gardner, of U'illimantic, and had children, 
Gilbert and Eliza. 

(\'IH) Edward Eugene, son of Gilbert 
Everett .Ashley, was born at Chaplin. Connec- 
ticut, November 24. 1848. He attended the 
public schools of his native town. He was 
for some years clerk in a general store, at 
Norton. Massachusetts, and afterward in the 
general store of J. P. Kinsley, at Plainfield, 
Connecticut, for a period of twenty years. He 



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was during the next four years agent of the 
Adams Express Company, at Plaintield, Con- 
necticut, and later of the United States and 
American Express companies. Ele was ap- 
pointed by President Harrison postmaster of 
Plainfield, and after one term during which a 
Democrat held the office by appointment of 
President Cleveland, he was reappointed by 
President McKinley and has continued since 
then in the office. He is a member of Pro- 
tection Lodge of Odd Fellows of Central Vil- 
lage, Connecticut, and Hope Council, Order 
United American Mechanics. In politics he 
is a Republican. Mr. Ashley has a flourish- 
ing variety store in connection with the post 
office. 

He married (first), November 28, 1872, in 
Scotland, Connecticut, Ellen Sophia Wood, 
born October 25, 1852, in Scotland, died June 
5, 1882, in Plainfield, daughter of Oliver anl 
Susan Barstow (Palmer) Wood. He mar- 
ried (second), September 16, 1884, in Plain- 
field, Fannie Edna Starkweather, born March 
29, 1849, in Plainfield, daughter of Daniel and 
Mary Louisa (Frink) Starkweather. Chil- 
dren of first wife: i. Susan Frances, born 
October 14, 1873; was assistant postmaster 
before her marriage; married Edward Wind- 
sor, of Plainfield ; children : Clarence, Alfred, 
Milton and Marjorie. 2. Alfred Drown, born 
September 15, 1875 ; married Alice Lewis, of 
Plainfield; child, Helen.' Child of second 
wife: 3. Edna Louise, born July 20, 1891. 



William Barmore was born 
BARMORE in Stamford, Connecticut, 

and spent his entire life in 
his native city. In early life he was a mason, 
but later engaged in the grocery business. He 
married Frances Rebecca Robbins and the fol- 
lowing were their children: i. Stephen R., 
mentioned below. 2. George, married Jose- 
phine Lounsbury, and had two children, Ed- 
ward and Jennie ; died in Stamford. 3. Rob- 
ert, married Elsie Waterbury, and had five 
children: Lilliam, William, Edna, Jessie and 
Charles ; he died in Brooklyn, New York : his 
children are living in New York City ; Lilliam 
married Norman Betz. 3. and 4. Two sons 
who died in infancy. The mother of these 
children died January 13, 1857, at the age of 
thirty-one years and one month. Mr. Barmore 
contracted a second marriage by which he 
became the father of two children : 5. Anna, 
married Edward Webb, of Stamford. 6. Jen- 
nie, died January 9, 1878, at the age of eleven 
years and six months. Mr. Barmore died 
April 15, 1881, at the age of fifty-six years 
and two months. 

(II) Stephen R., son of William Barmore, 



was born October 26, 1852, in Greenwich, 
Connecticut, and was educated in the common 
schools of Stamford. Like his father, he 
learned the trade of a mason, serving an ap- 
prenticeship under the direction of Willis 
Pardee, and for a time followed the trade, 
first as a journeyman in Stamford and later 
in Bridgeport. Subsequently he became in- 
terested in the building of furnaces and in 
boiler work, making this a specialty, in which 
he engaged until his death. He was a mem- 
ber of Arcanum Lodge, No. 41, in which he 
took an active interest for a number of years ; 
Stratfield Encampment, No. 23 ; Charity Re- 
bekah Lodge, No. 4, all of the Independent 
Order of Odd Fellows. He also belonged to 
the Ancient Order of United Workmen. He 
attended the First Methodist Episcopal 
Church and for sixteen years served as a 
trustee. 

Mr. Barmore married, May 24, 1876, Es- 
tella B., born in Kent, Connecticut, daughter 
of Henry Lockwood, who was a sailmaker 
and followed this trade until he retired, after 
which he made his home with his children, 
where he died March 7, 1908, at the age of 
seventy-four. He married Ann Maria Brown, 
a native- of Weston, Connecticut, and they 
were the parents of six children, four of whom 
are now living; i. Estella B., who became 
the wife of Stephen R. Barmore, as mentioned 
above. 2. Susan B., married George Davis, of 
South Norwalk. 3. George, died December 28, 
1902, aged thirty-five years ; married Rose 
Walsh. 4. David, died October 7, 1875, aged 
four years, nine months. 5. Jesse 13., mar- 
ried Rose Anna Mahoney ; employed with 
Yost typewriting concern in Bridgeport. 6. 
Addie May, married Charles Tomlinson, of 
Bethel, Connecticut. Mrs. Lockwood is still 
living and makes her home with her children. 
Following are the children of Mr. and Mrs. 
Barmore: i. Edith May, born March 14, 
1877, in Bridgeport, married Clarence Banks, 
a farmer of Fairfield ; children : Kenneth, Dor- 
othy, Raymond, Helen, Myriel. 2. Henry 
Lockwood, born April 19, 1881 ; like his father, 
a mason by trade ; married Lillie Teaman and 
has one child, Gertrude. 3. Robert Lauder, 
born June 26, 1883, machinist by trade; mar- 
ried Mary Morehouse and has one child. Syl- 
via. 4. Stephen Robbins, born April 12, 1885. 
5. Franklin Pierce, born July 26, 1887, died 
February 13, 1890, buried in Mountain Grove 
cemetery. 6. Frederick Plumb, born Septem- 
ber 22. 1891, died July 26. 1892. 7. Frances 
Estella, born September 9, 1892. 8. Charles 
Sheldon, born August 21, 1896. 9. Mildred 
Burr, born October 8, 1900. All these chil- 
dren were born and educated in Bridgeport. 




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yji 



Mr. Caniiorc lived to be ihc eldest uf 
any mcnilier (if his family and died June 6, 
iijdS. aged filty-tive years, seven months, 
eleven days, at. his home in Bridgeport, leav- 
ing a record that might, with prutil, be emu- 
lated by the young men of to-day. In all 
respects he led an exemplary life. In busi- 
ness he began at the lx>tlom of the ladder 
and became highly succe.-sful. He was deeply 
interested in social and religious affairs and 
was greatly attached to his home, finding his 
highe>t enjoyment in the comjiany of his wife 
and children. At the death of her husbantl, 
Mrs. r.armore was left in charge of the entire 
estate, which she has handled in a most credit- 
able manner, using rare tact and judgment. 
She is a member of Charity Uebekah Lodge, 
Independent (Jrder of ( )dd I-'ellows, in whose 
deliberations she, with her husband, took part 
for many years, .she is a meniber of the 
Methodist Episcopal church, which she has 
attended since the time when she was a pupil 
in the infant class of the Sunday school. Her 
children were reared in this church, and also 
her grandchildren, who arc now in the infant 
class, making four generatinn^ of this family 
who have attended the -anie ciiurch. 

"The announcement of the death of Stephen 
R. Barmore came as a shock to numerous 
fricmls and acquaintances, to the community, 
and to the First Methodist Ei)iscopal Church, 
of which he had been a valued, consistent and 
esteemed member from early manhood, and a 
trustee for sixteen years. As a result of his 
sterling character, combineil with prudence, 
foresight and conscientiousness, his career as 
a business man was eminently successful. He 
was ever responsive to the calls of the needy 
and his hand outstretched to heli) them in a 
liberal and yet unostentatious way. His con- 
sideration for those with whom he was asso- 
ciated won for him their deep admiration. 

"W'e realize with deep sorrow that there 
has been removed from us one whom we could 
ill alTord to s])are. in view of his good worth 
to his family, to the community and to his 
church. 

"Therefore, be it resolved that this heart- 
felt testimonial be spread \\\x)n the Church 
Records and a copy thereof be transmitted to 
the bereaved family. 

"Clinton W. Str.vxg, 
Robert X. Biakeslei:, 
John H. W.vde, 

Committee." 



John Deming. the immigrant 

DEMlX(^i ancestor, was one of the early 

settlers of Wethersfield. C<in- 

nccticut. He recorded his homestead here in 



I'qi as a bouse, barn, and five acres of laivl, 
bounded by High street on the west, the Great 
Meadow on the east. Thomas Standish's 
house on north, and Richard Crabbe's place 
on the south. The dates of his birth, marriage 
and death, have not been found. He married 
Honor, (laughter t^f Richard Treat, whose sec- 
ond wife, .Mice (laylord, may have been her 
mother. It is very likely that she was his only 
wife, and the mother <>f all his children. It 
is said by some that he was 

among the very tir-. Wetherslicld 

in i'>35. but \ti\nji ;. ... ,^,..^. ■'• '■ •' is 

very probable. The first menti' ; ;!>- 

lie records after his house is i' :is 

March 2, 1O42, when he was one oi the jury 
of the "particular court." December i, 1U45, 
he w.is among the deputies as J. Demon, and 
in 1^)56 as John Dement, when he was ap- 
pointed one of a conunittee, as a deputy, "to 
give the best safe advice they can to the In- 
dians." On May 21, 1657, he was a deputy 
to the general court as John Deming, and the 
next year as John Dement. He was deputy 
at (litTerent courts imtil i6<>". and was also a 
litigant in several lawsuits. I le is one of those 
named in the famous charter of Connecticut, 
in wliich King Charles granted to them and 
to those who shouhl afterwards become asso- 
ciated with them the lamls of Connecticut, "in 
free and common sLicage." and established a 
colonial government with unusual privileges. 
He was among the first to obtain a lot across 
the river from W'ethcrsficld. and within the 
lioundaries of the town, on the "Xaubuc 
Farms," afterwards incorporated into the 
town of GlastLHibury. He obtained it in the 
year 1640. ajipearing as John Demion. He 
probably never lived there, as he had a house 
in W'ethersfield the next year, anil he sold the 
land on the cast side of the river to Samuel 
W'yllis before i(V>8. He also owned land in 
Eastbury for which he was taxed in i^>73. He 
became a freeman in if/it), as John Deming 
Senior, together with John Deming Junior 
and Jonathan Deming. He bought much land 
in \Vethersfield at different times, and some 
of this he gave to his sons before he died. He 
signed a codicil to his will February 3. 1692, 
and this is the last recorded act of his life, 
and he very likely <lied so<->n after this year, 
though his will was not proved until Xovem- 
bcr 21. 1705. There is no record of the dates 
of birth of his children, and the names of 
them have been taken from his will. He left 
his home lot with everything on it. as well as 
adjoining meadows, to his son Samuel. To 
his son David he left all the materials and 
tools in his shop. To his other children he 
left money and movable property. He ap- 



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pointed his son Samuel llie executor. His will 
shows that he was a man of some property 
and that he had some trade. David, who was 
left the tools, was a rope maker, but it is not 
known whether or not this was his father's 
trade. It is probable that his wife died be- 
fore his will was made. Eunice and Sarah 
Standish, mentioned in the will as cousins, 
were daughters of Thomas Standish, whose 
land adjoined Deming's. The connection of 
this family with that of Captain Miles Stand- 
ish has not been found. He was undoubtedly 
a prominent man in Connecticut colony af- 
fairs. Trumbull speaks of him as one of "the 
fathers of Connecticut," and Hinman says that 
he held the office of constable of Wethersfield 
in 1654, which shows that he possessed the full 
confidence of the governor. His name often 
appears on the records of the colony with the 
prefix Mr., a courtesy paid only to men of 
some prominence. It is also said that he was 
a representative at fifty sessions of the gen- 
eral court, while in Hollister's roll of deputies 
it is said that it was nineteen sessions. Chil- 
dren : John, born September 9, 1638 ; Jona- 
than, about 1639 ; A daughter, about 1643, 
married a Beckley, of Wethersfield ; Rachel, 
about 1644, married John Morgan, of Weth- 
ersfield; Samuel, about 1646; Mary, about 
1648, married John Hurlburt; Mercy, about 
1651, married Thomas (or Joseph) Wright; 
David, about 1652; Sarah, about 1654, mar- 
ried Samuel Moody of Hartford ; Ebenezer, 
mentioned below. 

(II) Ebenezer, son of John Deming, was 
born in Wethersfield, about 1659. He died 
May 2, 1705, in Wethersfield. He married 

there, July 16, 1677, Sarah . It is 

supposed that he was the youngest son of 
John, and was born about 1659, although the 
will is the only means of ascertaining. In 
1698 he received a deed of land in Wethers- 
field from his brother David, of Cambridge, 
and he inherited other land in that vicinity 
from his father. In the record of his marriage 
his wife's name has been obliterated. His 
widow and all his children as well as two 
sons-in-law Talcott and Wright, are named 
in the distribution of his estate. Children, all 
born in Wethersfield : Ebenezer, May 5, 1678 ; 
John, July 26, 1679; Sarah. January 6, 1681 ; 
Prudence, about 1683 ; Ephraim, mentioned 
below; Josiah, about 1688. 

(III) Lieutenant Ephraim Deming, son of 
Ebenezer Deming, was born in Wethersfield, 
in 1685, and died there November 14, 1742. 
He married, January 19, 1716, in Wethers- 
field, Hannah, daughter of John and Doro- 
thy (Willard) Belding, who was born Sep- 
tember 12, 1692, and died November 6, 1771. 



He settled in the western part of Wethers- 
field, and joined the church at Newington 
early, being often appointed on important com- 
mittees. October 13, 1726, he was appointed 
lieutenant of the train band of Newington by 
the Connecticut general assembly. He left a 
large estate which was distributed among his 
children, all of whom are mentioned in his 
will. Children, all born in Wethersfield : Dor- 
othy, October 21, 1716; Janna, mentioned be- 
low ; Honour, May 18, 1-721 ; Stephen, Au- 
gust 25, 1723; Waitstill, May 18. 1726; Han- 
nah, August 4, 1728; Lydia. March 26, 1732. 

(IV) Janna, son of Lieutenant Ephraim 
Deming, was born in Wethersfield, November 
2, 1718. He died July 24, 1796, in Newing- 
ton. He married, June 14, 1750, in Newing- 
ton, Anna, daughter of Ebenezer and Eunice 
(Hale) Kilbourn, who was born June 20, 1728, 
and died April 12, 1813, aged eighty-five. He 
was a farmer, and lived in that part of Weth- 
ersfield afterwards known as Newington. In 
1 741 he was a private in the muster of New- 
ington men drafted to go in the expedition 
ag'ainst the West Indies. He seems to have 
reached the rank of lieutenant and was so 
called by friends and neighbors. He was a 
man of influence in his church, as is shown by 
the fact that in 1770 he was on a committee 
"to seat the meeting house, and that the men 
and their wives be seated together." His es- 
tate, inventoried at £832, was distributed 
among his children, by his will. Children, all 
born in Newington, Connecticut : Elizur, 
February 3, 1751 ; Elias, April 11, 1752; Dan- 
iel, mentioned below ; Thomas, October 27, 
1755; Anna, March 6, 1758; Eunice, .\pril 4, 
1760; John, May 4-, 1762; Chloe, April 25, 
1765; Honour, May 6, 1767; Gad, June 19, 
1770 ; Levi, August 27, 1772. 

(V) Daniel, son of Janna Deming, was 
born in Newington, December 31, 1753, and 
died September 10, 1828, in Colebrook, Con- 
necticut. He married, October i. 1778, in 
\\'ethersfield, Judith, daughter of Moses and 
Martha (Welles) Deming, who was born 
March 18, 1754. and died October 3, 1831. 
He was a shoemaker by trade, and was an 
early settler in Colebrook. He joined the 
troops in the beginning of the revolution, 
which were raised on the alarm of Lexing- 
ton. May 15, 1775, he enlisted in the 
9th Company, Captain John Chester, Sec- 
ond Regiment, General Spencer. His powder 
horn, marked "Daniel Deming his horn," is 
now owned by his grandson, Wolcott Deming. 
It is curiously decorated with pictures of ani- 
mals cut with a penknife. After the war he 
bought land in the southeastern part of Cole- 
brook, where he lived the rest of his life. Chil- 



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(Ircii: (jcf>rjj;c (q. v.): .M(im>, Ixirii June 3, 
1-H2: Honour. Jaiuiarv 17. 171^4; Sarali, Julv 
J. 17S6: Daniel. April's, '"«■"': Allen. iVhru- 
ary 18, l~tjo; Jarod, |ul\ 2~, 1793. 

(\'I) Gcorjic son of Daniel Deminp, was 
iiorn Januarv 4. 17S0. in Wetlier.stield, and dicil 
< ictoiier 5, 1X36, in Riverton, Connecticut. He 
married. .May 29. 1800. .Xbitjail, d.iuphtcr nf 
A^a and IVi>cilla (Austin) I.or>mis, who was 
horn July id, I77<), in Tirrini^ton. She died 
June S. \f<(*j. Chihlren: ( ienr^'e < iilhert, 
nieiitionet! below; Jannali Kilhoru, born .\o- 
vemher 15. 1803; Asa Lootnis. May 23, 1807. 

(\'li) (jcortje t iilhert, son of George Dem- 
insi, was born at Riverton. April 11, 1S02, 
iiid ilicd there May 15. if'73. He was edu- 
ited in the district vein ols and learned the 
•raWe of shoemaker. Me b-. ilt the brick bouse 
in which bis son Watson now lives at River- 
ton. from brick made on the homestead. He 
was a well-to-do and prominent citi/en and 
belli various offices of trust and honor. He 
was representative from the town in the pen- 
1 ral assembly for three terms. He married, 
Xovcmbcr 16. 1825. at Riverton, lielinda 
\l<H)re, born Xovember 15. 1800, died N'ovem- 
lier 5. 1886. in Riverton, dau^-bter of Apollos 
.'.I'd Candace Moore (see .Moore). Children: 
Mjiijail Uelinda. born ( )ctoher 25, 1826; Har- 
riet, August 4. i8.'8. (lied >-ounij; (ieorgc G., 
January 13. 1831; John. Slay 8, 1833: Ann 
I*!liza, December 4, 1835; Sarah .\nn, Decem- 
t cr 4, 1837; Watson Henry, mentioned below. 

(\'IH) Watson Henry, son of George Gil- 
liert Deming. was born March 6. 1840. at Riv- 
ertoti. lie was educated in the jniblic sclools 
of his native town. He enlisted as a musician 
in the civil war in Company F. .Nineteenth 
Regiment. Connecticut \olunteers. an 1 after 
a year of service was discharged for disability. 
He worked in the scythe shop and rule shop 
ill Riverton and in later years was a master 
()aiiiter. He owns some valuab'e real estate 
to which be has devoted bis attention since 
he retired from active labor. In religii n he 
is an F.piscopalian : in politics a Republican. 
He resides in Riverton. He married, January 
7. i8<i8, Ella Jane Tiffany, born June 30, 1850, 
daughter of James an I .'^oplimnia (("hm) Tif- 
fany. Chihlren. born at Riverton: i. Lena 
A[., l)orn lunc 4. 1874; married Edward Pier- 
son. 2. Clara Louise, .Vpril 9. 1877: married. 
February }C. 1898. Hubert W. Menzell, of 
W'insted ; -he di-d December 2S. 1908, leav- 
ing a daughter Doris, born I'ebniary 4, 1908. 



dl) John (2) Deming. son of 

DEMlXCi John (i) Deming ((|. v.). was 

born .'September 9. 1638, in 

Wctbersficld, Connecticut, died there January 



2,^. 1712. He married. December 12. 1^)57, in 
Northampton. .Massachusetts, .Mary. Iwrn 
about 1O37, daughter of Joseph and .Ann My- 
gatt. .\ccording to .Savage, he was born in 
1(138. though no authority is given, and Hin- 
nian says that he was Imrn in 1632, and if this 
date is correct he must have been born before 
his father moved to W'ethcrsfieKI. In the 
records he is calletl .Sergeant John Deming 
in order to distinguish him from bis father, 
and the title shows that be may have taken 
part in the Indian wars at that time. In 1662 
lie was one of the >electnien of the town, and 
from iC/jQ to 1672 he was representative from 
W'ethersfield to the general court. He and 
his wife were members of the church at 
W'ethersfield in }f)()4. His son John j)robably 
remained with him on the farm, while the 
others scattered. .Xo trace can be found of 
Samuel, of Mary or Sarah. F*>bruary 16, 
1712. his sons Jose|)h, John, Jonathan and 
Hezekiah deeded to each other jiroperty which 
they had owned at the death of their father, 
and this shows that Jacob ami Samuel were 
not living at the time. One authority says 
that he was a "packer" in 1692, and this was 
possibly his father's trade, as he inherited 
his father's tools. His brother David, to 
whom bis father first he<|ueathed the tools 
and then withdrew the be(|uest was a "knack- 
er." which was a maker of small work, or a 
ropemaker. Children, born in W'ethersfield: 
John, lx>rn September 9, 1658; Joseph, June 
I. 1661 : Jonathan. I-'ebruary 12, 1663; Mary, 
July I. if)66: Samuel, .\ugust 25, 16^)8: J.n- 
cob, .August 26, 1670: Sarah, January 17, 
1672: Hezekiah, mentioneil below. 

(HI) Hezekiah, son of John (2) Deming, 
was born about ir>8o in Wethcrsfiehl. died 
June II. 1747, in I-'armington. Connecticut. 
He married. Xovemlwr 22, 1700, in W'ethers- 
field. Lois, born .August 2, 1(182. daughter of 
John and Sarah (Standisb) W'yard. He lived 
in that part of W'ethersfield which was after- 
wards in the parish of Xewington. and on 
February 9. 1725, be sold to Rev. Elisha W'il- 
liams one hundred and four acres of land in 
Xewington with "the mansion and buildings." 
He then settletl in Farmington on the north 
side of the river, where he carrieil on the 
trade of a carpenter. His will was ilatcil 
June m. 1747. and the names of all his chil- 
dren are given except John and Mebitable. 
His estate was worth three hun<lred anti forty- 
eight poun<ls sterling. His ^011 I'enjamin was 
apprenticed to Samuel Deming. of Moston. and 
later appears at Plainville. where he bad a 
wife Esther, who was administratrix of his 
estate," June 16. I7r>3. Children. lK>rn in 
W'ethersfield: Hezekiah. lK)rn July 10, 1703: 



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Benjamin, July 20, 1705; Eunice, May 29, 
1708: Lois, January 24. 1710; Elisha, baptized 
jMarcli 8, 1712-13; Zebulon, baptized July, 
1714-15; John, died October 28, 1731 ; Elia- 
kim, born 1722; Samuel, born July 26, 1724, 
mentioned below ; Sarah, married, February 
15) 1759' John Rew ; Mehitable, baptized 
March 6, 1748, "daughter of Lois Deming." 

(IV) Samuel, son of Hezekiah Deming, 
was born July 26, 1724, at Plainville, died 
January 24, 1796, in Farmington. He mar- 
ried, ]\Iay 4, 1749, Anna, born September 25, 
1724, died November 23, 1796, daughter of 
Deacon Thomas and Anna (Stanley) Hart. 
He lived in Plainville, Connecticut, where he 
owned Root's Mills which he inherited from 
his father. He is very likely the Samuel who 
served in the revolution in Captain Edwin 
Shipman's company, Colonel Webb's regi- 
ment. He owned land in Bristol, where his 
wife joined the church in 1793. According to 
the Hart Gene'alogy he had other children 
besides those given, including a son Eliakim, 
but other authority is lacking for that state- 
ment. Children: John, born October 9, 1753, 
mentioned below ; Chauncey, July 19, 1757. 

(V) John (3), son of Samuel Deming, was 
born October 9, 1753, in Plainville, Connecti- 
cut, died July 2, 1810, in Farmington. He 
married, May 10, 1775, in Farmington, Su- 
sanna, born September 14, 1755, died March 

7, 1824, daughter of James E. and Abigail 
(Hooker) Cowles. Children: Samuel, born 
May 9, 1776. died May 29, 1776; Anna, Sep- 
tember 8, 1777; Abigail, February 26, 1780; 
Fanny, February 18, 1786: Caroline, May 27, 
1789 ; Samuel, mentioned below. 

(VT) Samuel (2), son of John (3) Dem- 
ing, was born January 29, 1798, in Farming- 
ton, died April 28, 1871, in Farmington. He 
married, January 18, 1821, in Farmington, 
Catharine Matilda, born August 22, 1801, died 
October 12, 1884, daughter of Seth and Phebe 
(Scott) Lewis. He was a man of strong 
character, an anti-slavery man, a true. Chris- 
tian, and a prosperous farmer. Children, borri 
in Farmington : Child, died December 30, 
1827, unnamed; Edward, died December 28, 
1822: John, born August 19. 1825. mentioned 
below ; Chauncey, October 24, 1827, died Sep- 
tember 12, 1831; Susan Augusta, September 

8. i83ci, married, October 9, 1867, Austin 
Hart, and died December 7, 1895 ; Frederic, 
August 6, 1836: Chauncey, December 15, 
1838: Catharine Lewis, June 4, 1841 ; Caro- 
line Camp, November 26, 1843. 

(VH) John (4), son of Samuel (2) Dem- 
ing, was born August 19, 1825, in Farming- 
ton, died March 10, 1894, in Brookl\m, New 
\'brk. He made his home in Northampton, 



where he was engaged in the mainifacture of 
farming implements. While there he served 
as a member of Massachusetts legislature in 
1857, 2"d the following year returned to 
Farmington, where he continued in the same 
business until he moved to Glen Eyre, Pike 
county, Pennsylvania, in 1869, when he en- 
gaged in the manufacture of furniture and in 
mercantile business, practically owning the 
whole town. He spent his last days in Brook- 
lyn, New York. He married Catherine 
Hooker, daughter of Rev. Joshua Williams, 
of Cromwell, Connecticut, and granddaughter 
of Squire John Mix (see Mix IV). Catherine 
Llooker (Williams) Deming was born Oc- 
26, 1826, in Middletown, Connecticut, died Oc- 
tober 4, 1901, in Hoboken, New Jersey. Chil- 
dren: Anna, born May 18, 1848, died June 6, 
1848; Annie Williams, August 23, 1851 ; Sam- 
uel Lewis, May 5, 1854; Edward Flooker. July 
14, 1857, mentioned below ; Elizabeth Thom- 
son, December 17, 1859; John Mix, May lO, 
1862; Harry Wadsworth, November 5, 
1868. 

(VIII) Edward Hooker, son of John (4) 
Deming, was born in Northampton, Massa- 
chusetts, July 14, 1857. He was educated in 
Deacon Hart's school at Farmington. He 
was in business with his father at Glen Eyre, 
Pennsylvania, until 1883, when he returned 
to Farmington. In 1884 he bought the store 
of Chauncey Rowe and conducted it until 
1892, when he entered into partnership 
with F. L. Scott, continuing until April i, 
1901, when he sold his interest to ]\Ir. Scott. 
He is president of the Union Electric Light 
& Power Company, and of the Farmington 
Water Company. Mr. Deming has been ac- 
tive and prominent in public life ; he was 
judge of probate in this district from 1896 to 
1908 ; chairman of the school board nineteen 
years: postmaster from January i, 1884, to 
January i, 1902 ; was reappointed by President 
Roosevelt but declined ; was selectman for five 
years, 1892 to 1896 inclusive. Since 1889 he 
has been a trustee of the Farmington Sav- 
ings Bank ; assistant treasurer since 1903 ; was 
a member of the loan committee for many 
years, and May i, 1910, elected treasurer. He 
is a member of the Country Club and of the 
Sons of the American Revolution. In relig- 
ion he is a Congregationalist, and in politics 
a Republican. 

Mr. Deming married, at Hawley, Penn- 
sylvania, May 26, 1886. Isabelle, born Septem- 
ber 20, 1857, daughter of Morvelden and Jane 
(Miller) Plum. Children: Edward Hooker, 
born May 19, 1888, associated with his father 
in the savings bank: .May Atkinson. June 28, 
1893. 




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(The Mix Lino) 

( I ) Thomas ^^ix ur .Mcckc< \va> ui New 
Haven in i'>43 and <Iiecl as early as \(ii)t. He 
left a RfMxl estate and mentioned ten children, 
all of whom were living;. Mis sons John and 
Stephen were executors. He married, 1*149. 
Rel)ecca, daughter of Captain Nathaniel Tur- 
ner ; she died June 14, 1731. Children; John, 
born 1649. mentioned below : Nathaniel. Sep- 
tember 14. i()5i ; Daniel. September 8. 1653; 

1 liumas, Aug'ist 30. 1655; Calel), died young; 
Rebecca. January 4. 1658:. .Abijjail. 1659; Ca- 
lel). ifi'ii ; Samuel, January 11, 1663; Han^ 
nah. June 30. 1666; Ksther, Xovemlier 30. 
i(/>8. died 1670: Stephen, November i, if>72. 

( II ) John, son of Thomas Mix. was Ixtrn in 
1649. died January 21, 171 1-12. lie had lot 
No. 12 in \\ allin;,'ford in 1670. He n)arried 
F.lizabeth, born in I('i50. died .Vu^ust 11. 1711, 
flaujjhter of James and Elizabeth Heaton. 
His will was ])roved in 1712. and in it he 
uiiiitions his sons John. Joseph, daughters Es- 
ther. F.lizabeth, Mercy and .Vbigail. lie and 

Stei>lHii Rained a suit in Hartford 

against Hannah, wife of William Jones. ^ The 
reversal of a New Haven decision alwut some 
land l«>ught by Thomas Mix of Governor Ea- 
ton was the cause of the suit. Children: I. 
John, born August 26, 1676, mentioned below; 
Joseph, married KelK-cca ; Esther, mar- 
ried 1 heophilus Munson: Elizabeth; Mercy; 
.Abigail, married. September 7, 1706. Major 
Thomas Miles. 

(HI) John (2), son of John (i) Mix, was 
b<irn August 26, 167(1. died December 20. 1721. 
He received four and a half acres of land in 
Yorkshire in his father's will. He married 
(first) .November 26, 1702, Sarah Thompson, 
born January i('>, 1(>7I, die<l November 21, 

17:1. He marrieil (second) Esther , 

and she married (second) Smith. In 

1722 his wife h'sther was administratrix of 
his estate, and she was guardian to Esther 
and John, who were minors. Mehiiable chose 
Theophilus Munson as her guardi«n. In 17(0 
the dower to Esther Smith was divitled be- 
tween John, one of the heirs of Jtihn Mix. 
Ebenezer. eKle-t son. Meliitable Peck. Eliza- 
beth Sanford. and Esther Painter. Children: 
Ebenezer. born aN>ut 1705: Mchitable, .August 
19. 1706: Elizabeth; Esther: John, mentioned 
below. 

(I\'l Captain John (3) Mix. son of Jului 
(2) Mix, was born in 1720. He chose Jon- 
athan Arnold as guardian in 1730. and he died 
January 24. I70<). agcil seventy-six. He won 
fame in the revolution, licing an ensign in the 
Fifth I'attalion of Wadsworth's brigade un- 
der Colonel William Douglas, and a prominent 
member of the Societv of the Cincinnati, serv- 



ing as secretary of the Connecticut branch. 
He was alsti (|uitc proiuinent in political af- 
fairs anil was judge of jirobate ten years, town 
clerk thirty-two \ears, and a ni' ■ ■■ r ... i]\c 
general assembly twenty-six ye.i 1- 

ried Sarah , Ixirn in 17 V'. '"- 

bcr 18. 1806. 

(V'> Catherine. <langhter of Captain John 
(3) .Mix. married Ri N ' ' Williams. 

l\ I) Catherine II liter of Rev. 

Joshua Williams, m.i 1 1 1 1 JiMimg 

(sec Deming V'll). 

(H I JoiiaiJKm l\iiung. m.u uf 
DEMING John Deming (i|. v.). was born 
n' •• ■■ ■ i in Wethersfield, 
Connecticut, di niary 8, 170(1. He 

marrietl (first 21, if/w, .Sarah, 

daughter of (ie^>i i;e t naves, who died Jvnie 5, 
i(Vk^. in Wethersfield. He married (sc.-.iivl) 

December 25. i(>73, in Wethei m- 

beth. daughter of Josiah and I 1- 

bert, born March 28, 1(154. die ..,..v ,,;,er 
8, 1714. In his will dated March 27, ^196, 
proved March 9, 1700, be naines his wife 
Elizabeth, and sons Jonathan, Thomas, 
Charles, Jacob and llcnjamin, also daughters 
."^arah Ryley. Comfort, Elusia, F! ' ' " ly 
and .\nn, and a son-in-law, ]■ 

Chiblren of first wife, lx)rn in \ II: 

Jonathan, November 27. if/)! ; .Sarah, .August 
12, if<<>i: Mary, July 11, 1665; Comfort, June 
5, iCrfiS. Children of second wife, born in 
Wethersfield: Elizabeth. June 12. 1675; Elu- 
sia, February 16. i67(>-77; Thomas, Novem- 
ber 2y. i(>7<>. mentiouefl Ik'Iow : Charles. June 
la i'»8i : Penjatuin, July 20, 1(^)84; Jacob, 
December 20. i(>89: .Mary, October 24, 1692; 
.Ann, October i, 1695. 

(HI) Thomas, son of Jonathan Deming, 
was born November 2~, ihjo. in Wethers- 
field, died there, January 31, 1747. He mar- 
rieil, June 2, i(i<;8, in Wethersfield, Mary, 
•laughter of Thomas Williams. l)orn .April 2, 
i(>7i, died .August 24, 175 1. .According to 
one aurtiority she was widow of Thoiuas Wil- 
liams and daughter of Killxirn. He 

was a resilient of Stepney Parish in Wethers- 
field. The inventory of his estate was three 
Inmdred and twenty-two pounds. His will 
was dated March i, i74('i. and names widow 
and sons of his son Daniel, his son Thomas 
and daughters and sons-in-law. Children, 
born in U'ethersfield : l.ticy. March 0. 1(109 ; 
.Mary. March 17. 1701 : T'li/.-iletli. St;itember 
2~, 1703: Daniel. May 18. 1705. mentioned 
below; .Abigail. November (j. I70f>. died March 
16. 1708: Hannah. September 22, 1709; 
Thomas, I'ebruary 16. 1712. 

(I\') Daniel, son of Thomas Deming, was 



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born ]\Iay 18, 1705, at ^^'ethersfield, died Oc- 
tober 20, 1745, in We'thersfield. He married, 
March 10, 1735, there, Eunice, born July 
20, 1704, daughter of Abraham and Eunice 
(Borman) W'ilhams. Children, born in Weth- 
ersfield : Giles, February 18, 1736 ; Abraham, 
May 29, 1738, mentioned below; Idannah, 
March 12, 1743. 

(V) Abraham, son of Daniel Deming, was 
born May 29, 1738, in Wethersfield, died Sep- 
tember 25, 1776, in Rocky Hill, Connecticut. 
He resided at Rocky Hill parish in Wethers- 
field. His estate was not distributed until 
1784. He married Olive Smith. Children, 
born at Wethersfield: Israel, 1760, mentioned 
below; David, April, 1761; Justus, 1763; Lu- 
ther, baptized jMarch 8, 1767; Elijah, baptized 
September, 1769; Eunice, baptized April 5, 
1772; Frederic, July 31, 1774, died in in- 
fancy; Frederick, baptized June 23, 1776, died 
in infancy. 

(\T) Israel, son of Abraham Deming, was 
born at Wethersfield, and baptized there July 
7, 1765. He died April 30, 1848, in Beck- 
ley vilie, Connecticu', aged eighty-eight years. 
He married He])zibah Webster, born in 1763, 
died March 18, 1832. daughter of David and 
Zerviah (Hart^ \Vebster. Being the eldest 
of a large family and his parents poor, he left 
home earl)- and in 1784 was living in Great 
Barrington, .Massachusetts. He is mentioned 
in the will of Jacob Deming in 1791. After 
this date Israel Jived in that part of Berlin 
known as Beckk'y\ille, although he bought a 
house in Enfield, Connecticut, in 1824, with 
his son-in-law, Silas North. His children 
seem to have lived much of the time in the 
southern states. Hepzibah Deming lived for 
a time in Virginia, and died there ; Levi Dem- 
ing v\^as in North Carolina for a time : there 
was a grandson Jacob in Georgia, and William 
lived in Virginia. Children, born at Berlin: 
Philip, mentioned below; Levi, died in 1813; 
William Horace, born March 4, 1804; Hepzi- 
bah, married, January 14, 1824, Abijah North; 
Lucy, married. September 23, 1817, Silas 
North ; Olive, married Smith. 

(\'II) Philip, son of Israel Deming, was 
born about 1796, died August 19, 1836. He 
married, June 14, 1818, Sarah Andrus, born 
April 17, 1797, died January 13, 1863, daugh- 
ter of Samuel and Eunice (Eddy) Andrus. 
Children : Levi, mentioned below ; Henry, 
born May 11. 1824. died in Mrginia, Sep- 
tember 15, 1834; Philip Henry, May 4, 1835. 

(\'HI) Levi, son of Philip Deming, was 
born September i, 1818, died December 17, 
1877, ''"i Tlerlin. He married (first) May 26, 
1842, SaVah Burnham Merriam. born in 1821, 
in White Oak, Connecticut, died December 



6, 1843, aged twenty-two. He married ( sec- 
ond) December 2, 1845, Delia Belden, who 
died March 2, 1887, daughter of Leonard 
Belden. Child of first wife : Sarah J., born in 
1843, d'^<J September 28, 1844, aged eleven 
months. Children of second wife : Henry, 
born October 8, 1847, died March 30, 1865, 
on his way home from service in the civil 
war ; Francis, mentioned below. 

(IX) Francis,' son of Levi Deming, was 
born in Beckley Quarter, Berlin, February 4, 
1857. He was reared on the homestead and 
occupied with farming in his boyhood. He 
attended the public schools of his native town 
and the State Normal School at New Britain, 
from which he was graduated in the class of 
1878. He taught school one year in New 
Hartford and two terms in West Cromwell, 
and afterward engaged in farming. After the 
death of his father he succeeded to the home- 
stead and has conducted it until recently. In 
1 88 1 he purchased the grocery and drug store 
of Alfred North, but after conducting it a 
year and a half sold it. Mr. Deming is sec- 
retary and treasurer of the Berlin Savings 
Bank, elected in 1910. In politics he is a Re- 
publican. He has been town clerk, justice of 
the peace and grand juror and for several 
years member of the school board. He is a 
prominent member of the local grange. Pa- 
trons of Husbandry, and was elected master, 
but declined to serve. He is an active and 
prominent member of the Congregational 
church of which he was clerk for thirteen 
years, and of which he has been deacon since 
January, 1897. He has also been clerk and 
treasurer of the Ecclesiastical Society, since 
February 8, 1886. His wife anrl son Lester 
are members of the same church. 'Sir. Dem- 
ing is one of the most substantial and influ- 
ential men of the town, of sound judgment, 
sterling integrity and enterprising in business, 
of recognized public spirit and exceptional 
executive ability. 

He married, October 5, 1880, Jennie Bidwell 
Hill, of Cromwell, born December 3. 1857, 
daughter of William S. and Phebe ( llidwell) 
Hill. Her father was a farmer. Mr. Dem- 
ing's residence on Benjamin street was built 
in 1892. Children, born at Berlin: i. Flor- 
ence Delia, September 3, 188 1, died May 6, 
1882. 2. Lester Francis, December i, 1884; 
educated in the public schools of New Brit- 
ain. \\'csleyan LTniversity, class of 1906; now 
in the office of the Stanley Works, New Brit- 
ain ; married, October 9, 1907, Jessie E., 
daughter of John H. Connley ; child, John 
Francis, born Alarch 21, igio. 3. Robert 
Hubbard. May 30, 1886; graduate of the New 
Britain high school ; now in the office of the 



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Stanlty Works. 4. Henry Clarence, August 
12, lSS<;: graduate i»f the New Itritain hitih 
scl'.ool, oiiii l'i\c<l in the office of Landers. 
I r in \ I I:irk. New Uritain. 



(II) David Deminijt, son of 
Dll.M l.\ii Jolni Deniing (i|. v.). was Uirn 
alxiut 1652, in W'ethersfield, 
ioiinecticiit. died May 4. 1725. in I'oston. He 
rcniaincl in \\ itlier^lield as late as K190 jjrob- 
al)ly. wl cii he rccciveil a tract of land there 
from his father. In i(*/) he a|)pearc<l in 
Canii)ridsjc. where he was called a " fence- 
viewer." anil in 1700 he was "tN tiling-man." 
He owned the lirattle estate extendintj from 
ISrattle scjuare to .Ash street. lieforc Novem- 
ber. 1707, he moved to Hoston, when he sold 
the west portion of the estate to .\ndrew I!cl- 
clicr and ti e cast ])ortion to Rev. William 
Hrattle. and in the conveyance he is called a 
"Knacker," which has been defined as "a 
maker of small work; a rope-maker." His 
will was dated .\pril 23, 1725, and "being sick 
and weak," he di>char}^es his son David of a 
debt of f)ne hundred pounds more or less 
which had been j.;iven him at ditTercnt times 
for his education at college and since then, 
and he left money to the three children of 
David, namely, David. Mercy and Jonathan. 
He left to his daui;hter. Martha, wife of 
Henry Howell, one hundred pounds, house- 
hold stuff and movables, and to his grandson, 
Joseph Deming, son of Hannah Deming, 
widow, he left his <lwellin;,' house, with the 
proviso that if Joseph died before he was 
twenty-one. the property should go to his 
brother. John Deming. The remainder of the 
estate was left to his son-in-law, Henry How- 
ell, blacksmith. The inventory named "15 
Seal-skins: 17 Sheep-skins: and leather and 
tiMils," and it also inchulcd "I'.enjamin Dem- 
ing's time valued at 24 ])ounds. and the In- 
dian Imy vahii-d at (yd pouni!s." He married. 
Ai'giist 14. i(.7S. in Wethcrsfield. .Mary, who 
died October 14. 17J4. in I'.oston. aged sev- 
enty-two. Children, three born at \Vethers- 
field, last probably born at Cambridge: Da- 
vid, born July 20. i^iSi. mentioned below: 
Samuel, .\ugust 0, i^iS.s: Honour. May 9. 
I<>S5. died .May i.^. i/t,^; .Martha, married, 
December 15. \jo<^. Hcnrv Howell, of Boston. 
(Ill) David (2). son of David (i) Dem- 
ing, was Ixirn July 20. K^i. in Wethersfield, 
died I'cbruary (>. i745-4f). in North Lyme. 
Connecticut. Rev. David Deming was edu- 
cated at 1 larvard C>llege. from w hich eh grail- 
uateil in 1700. .S(>.>n after his marriage he 
bought land in Mid<lletown. where his son 
David was Imm. and he very likely moved 
back to I'.oston after a few vears, and he mav 



have been the pastor of the church at N'ec<i- 
ham, for at a meeting there, the inhabitants 
of the town voted, October 29. 1712. "yt ye 
lown should give Robari lidler 12 p. n. • ■ 
week for his House Rent a year and !<■ 
his I'larn for to lay hay for to keep tli. 
Mr. Demings tattell, and that Robart 1 iillci 
should provide a convenient stud Iv for Mr. 
Deming in casse that Robert 1 ■ " ' 'd 
want hi> littell rooine in ye sjirinv 
He was ordained minister <>f ih. .| 

Medway. Massachusetts, .November 17, 17 15, 
hut resigned his charge, September 24, 1722. 
and here his son Jonathan was born, though 
nothing further has been found of him except 
that he is mentioned in his grandfather' ■■ ■■' 
.After leaving .Medway he settled in 
He was a tall, handsome man, and In 
was ([uite small. He married, .November 18, 
1708. in lloston, Mercy liridgham, who die 1 
in December. 17^0. aged eighty-five. Chil- 
dren: David, born .August 24. ijiyj. mentic)ned 
below : Mercy, married, l-"ebruary 5. 1734, Jo- 
seph Lay, of Lyme; Jonathan, Iwrn .March 

5. '7'9' 

(I\) David (3), son of David (2» Deming. 
was born .August 24, I70f). in .\liddktown, 
died May 30, 1781, in Lyme. He marrieil. 
December iK. 1740. in Lyme, .Mehitalel. 
daughter of Henry and .Mehitabel (Rowley) 
Champion, born l-'ebruary 25, 1720. in Hast 
Haddam. Connecticut, died October 24, 1817, 
in Litchfield. He seems to have been a man 
of (piict habits, and little is to be fmind of 
him in the records of the town. His wife is 
said to have been an energetic and beautiful 
woman, active in managing the alTairs of iier 
family. Children, born in North Lyme: I'ru- 
dencc, May 18, 1742: Jonathan, hebruary J<>. 
1743: h'lizabeth, <Kt>>ber 1, 174'>: l'"iwiial. 
.'se|)teml:er 3cf I74<): Henry. March 2. 1752: 
Julius, .Xjiril ifi. 1753. mentioned bel >w : .\sa, 
June 14, 1758. 

( \' I Julius, son of David (3) Deming. was 
l)orn .A|)ril 16, 1755, in North Lyme, died 
January 2t^. 1838. in Litchfield. He served in 
the continental army during the revolution 
and attained the rank of captain of cavalry. 
He was detailed as acting assistant commis- 
sary general and accompanietl the relief train 
of cattle sent to (ieneral Washington at Val- 
ley I-'orge. He removed to Litchfield after 
the war. where he conimemeil business in 

1781. and soon developeil unusual abibi 

mercliaiU and ac<iuired considerable p' 

In i7t)n-<>i-98 he was elected a men 

the legislature of Connecticut, and he served 

as comity treasurer of Litchfield county from 

1801 to 1814. His residence. "The Lindens." 

is still standing at Lite) field ami is now owned 



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and occupied by his grandson, Hon Julius 
Deming- Perkins. He married, August 7, 1781, 
in Westchester, Connecticut, Dorothy, daugh- 
ter of Henry and Deborah (Brainard) Cham- 
pion, born October 29, 1759, in Westchester, 
died December 4, 1830, in Litchfield. Chil- 
dren, born in Litchfield : Julius, July 28, 
1782: Dorothy, December 29, 1784; Fred- 
erick, October 4, 1787: Charles, December 
23, 1789: William, March i, 1792, mentioned 
below; Clarissa, December 21, 1795; Mary, 
October 16, 1798; Lucretia, August 13, 1804. 

(VI) William, son of Julius Deming, was 
born in Litchfield, March i, 1792, died May 
2, 1865, there. He graduated from Yale Col- 
lege in 181 1, and in 1816 engaged in mercan- 
tile business in New York City with his broth- 
ers Frederick and Charles. About five years 
later the firm gave up business and he re- 
turned to Litchfield, where he was able to live 
the life of a gentleman of leisure. He mar- 
ried, April 29, 1830, in Hartford, Charlotte 
Tryon, daughter of Amos and Clarissa (Try- 
on) Bull, born May 30, 1807, in Hartford, 
died June 16, 1886, in Litchfield. Children : Ad- 
elaide Louisa, born February 14, 183 1 ; Wil- 
liam, March 16, 1833 ; Emma Dorothea, June 
2, 1835 ; Charles Julius, August 10, 1838, men- 
tioned below ; Charlotte, September 20, 1840 ; 
Julius, October 15, 1842: Clarence, October i, 
1848. 

(VTI) Charles Julius, son of William Dem- 
ing, was born in Litchfield, August 10, 1838, 
died August 30, 1905. He lived in Litch- 
field. He enlisted, August 10, 1861, in Com- 
pany I, First Regiment, Connecticut Heavy 
Artillery, and became adjutant of the Second 
Regiment in 1862, and was honorably dis- 
charged, July 30, 1863. He married, Novem- 
ber 7, 1867, in Danbury, Connecticut, Anna 
Maria, daughter of Colonel Nelson Lloyd and 
Sarah (Booth) White, born October 4, 1840. 
Child, born in Danbury : Nelson Lloyd, men- 
tioned below. 

(VTII) Nelson Lloyd, son of Charles Ju- 
lius Deming, was born in Danbury, Connecti- 
cut, November 21, 1868. He attended the 
public schools and the Hopkins Grammar 
School of New Haven, and graduated in the 
class of 1890 from the Sheffield Scientific 
School of Yale University. He studied his 
profession at the College of Physicians and 
Surgeons of New York and had four years of 
hospital work after receiving his degree in 
1893. He went to Fort Wayne, Indiana, in 
1897, and practiced medicine there until 1906 
when he came to Litchfield, Connecticut, 
where he has practiced since. He is a mem- 
ber of the Litchfield County Medical Society, 
the Connecticut State Medical Societv, the 



American Medical Association and of the sim- 
ilar societies in Indiana. In religion he is an 
Episcopalian. He married, November 16, 
1898, Louise, born May 2, 1866, daughter of 
William Lane and Clara Louise (Hanna) Car- 
nahan, granddaughter of James G. and Mar- 
garet (Brown) Carnahan, great-granddaugh- 
ter of Robert Carnahan. Children of Mr. and 
Mrs. Deming : Nelson Lloyd, October 29, 
1900 ; Mary Louise, March 17, 1902. 



(V) Jonathan Deming, son of 
DEMING David (3) Deming, was born 
February 29, 1743, in North 
Lyme, Connecticut, died March i, 1788, in 
Colchester, Connecticut. In his early life Jon- 
athan Deming was brought up by Dudley 
Wright, who later on admitted him to part- 
nership in business. He became a prosperous 
merchant and accumulated considerable prop- 
erty. He served in the revolution as an officer 
in the continental army, retiring at the close 
of the war with the rank of major. Was first 
sergeant in Captain Thomas Converses com- 
pany in 1781, captain in the Second Connecti- 
cut Regiment of Light Horse. His home in 
Colchester is still standing". It is said that in 
it was instituted the first commandery of 
Knights Templar in America, and that in the 
third story a hall was fitted for the use of 
companions of the order, and for other Ma- 
sonic meetings. He married, December 30, 
1767, in Colchester, Alice, daughter of Rev. 
1 homas and Mary (Thompson) Skinner, born 
September 2, 1747, in Colchester, died Sep- 
tember 15, 1824. She married (second) 
Hubbard. Children, born in Colches- 
ter: David, December 8, 1768, died Septem- 
ber 14, 1769; Mary, October 10, 1770, died 
Jime 19, 1776: David, May 8, 1773, died Oc- 
tober 6, 1775; Betsey, April 2, 1775, died 
April 27, 1776: Mary, September 3, 1777, 
died January 15, 1778; Alice, September 21, 
1778 ; David, mentioned below. 

(VI) David, son of Major Jonathan Dem- 
ing, was born August 23, 1781, in Colchester, 
died there June 6, 1827. He was for many 
years a successful and prominent merchant in 
Colchester. He was frequently a member of 
the state legislature, and, in 1818, was a dele- 
gate to the convention to form the state consti- 
tution. He was also active in military afifairs, 
was a major of cavalry, and in 1819 became 
brigadier-general of the artillery brigade. He 
received honorary degrees from Yale and ^Vil- 
liams colleges. He married, September 17, 
1804, in Westchester, Connecticut, Abigail, 
daughter of Henry and Abigail (Tinker) 
Champion, born in Westchester. January 17, 
1787, died in Hartford, J\Iarch 31, 1853. Chil- 





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dren, l)<>rn in Colchoter: Mary Thompson, 
October y, 1S05: Harriet Tinker, l-'cbruary 
23, 1S08. died Stiitember 5, 1810; Ahitjail 
Chaniiiion, June 18, 1810; Jonathan Aniury, 
October 19. i8ij: Henry Cliampion, men- 
tioned below. 

(\II) Colonel Henry Champion DeminR, 
son of David Heniinp. was l)<)rn May 23, 1815, 
at Colchester, Comiecticut, died in Hartford, 
October 9. 1872. He was graiiuated from 
Vale Collcj,;e in the class of 1836 and from 
Harvard Law School in 1839. He then 
opened a law ofHce in New York City, hnt 
devoted more attention to literature and to 
journalism tiian to bis iirofession. With Park 
Benjamin he edited the .ViTc World, a literary 
niontbly. In 1847 he came to Hartford, Con- 
necticut, and made another start in the prac- 
tice of law. but finding jxtlitics more attractive, 
he entered u|K>n a public career. He repre- 
sented the city in the tjencral assembly of the 
state in 1849-50, ami from 1859 to 1861. In 
1851 he was a state senator. He was mayor 
of the city of Hartford from 1854 to 1858 and 
from 18(0 to i8')2. He was a Democrat of 
the olil scIkxiI and before the civil war ear- 
ne>tly opposed coercion of the southern states. 
.After the attack on I'ort Sumter, he tjavc his 
support to the federal government, but op- 
posed a war of acre;ression or invasion. But 
the course of events tnially brought him into 
accord with the federal policy of preserving 
the I'nion. .Mthough tlie legi>!ature wa> Re- 
publican, he was elected -peaker pro tctn, Oc- 
tober 9. 1861. such was the contideiuc in his 
ability and good judgment. In September, 
1861. he was commissioned colonel of the 
Charter Oak Regiment, the Twelfth Connecti- 
cut, recruited esjiccially for the Xew Orleans 
e-xjicdition tmder General r.enjaniin I-". Kutlcr. 
.After the passage of the forts, bis regiment 
was the first to reach Xew Orleans and it 
was assigned by General Butler the jiost of 
honor at the Custom House. I le was appoint- 
ed provisional major of the city and detached 
from his regiment fur that duty, l-'rom Oc- 
tober. 1862. to February, 1863, he adminis- 
tered the affairs of the city umler the most 
difficult and trying circumstances. He was 
elected to congress by the Republican party 
in 1S63 and served two terms, winning distinc- 
tion by his rhetorical ability and force of 
character. His military experience mailc him 
an exceedingly useful member of the com- 
mittee on military affairs and he was also 
chairman of the committee on expenditures 
in the war department. In iR'/i he was dele- 
gate to the loyalist convention at Philadelphia. 
Me was appointe<l collector of irUernal reve- 
nue in 18^19 and to the duties of that office he 



devoted the remainder of his life. He was 
conceded to be one of the most elmpicnt and 
convincing public speakers in New England 
in his <lay, and as an orator he won a na- 
tional reputation. He translated Eugene Sue's 
"Wandering Jew" (published in 1840) anil 
"The Mysteries of Paris." lie delivered be- 
fore the Connecticut legi^lature in i8<)5 a eu- 
logy of Abraham Lincoln, and wa> the author 
of the "Life of Ulysses S. Grant," published 
in i8f)8, and also of various other publications. 
.\ man of culture and rehnement, of excellent 
literary taste and discrimination, he was also 
a gifted and prolific writer. 

He marrieil (first) l-ebruary 12, 1850, in 
flartford, Sarah 11. Clerc, born .\ugu>t 12, 
1828. in Hartford, died June 26, [8*19. in that 
city, daughter of Laurent and Eliza C. 
(Boardman) Clerc. He married (sec<jnd) 
June 29, 1871. in East Hartfor<l, .\nnie Put- 
nam (U'ilson) Jillson. born January 7, 1849, 
in Hartford, died in the city of New York, 
October 2J, 1905, without issue, daughter of 
Myron W. anti IClizabelh (Putnam) Wilson, 
widow of Sherman L. Jillson, and great-great- 
granddaughter of Israel Putnam. Children 
burn of first wife at Hartford: i. Henry 
Champion, born November 25, 1850: gradu- 
ated in 1872 at Yale College with the <legrec 
of A. B., and was a member of the Psi L^psi- 
lon and Skull and Bones societies; was presi- 
dent of the .Mercantile Trust Company of 
New York City, from which office he resigned 
in 1908, since wliich time he has not been ac- 
tively engaged in business ; a memlx-r of the 
L'nion, University, Lawyers, Larchniont 
Yacht and Yale clubs: resides at 114 East 
Twenty-seventh street. New York. 2. Charles 
Clerc, mentioned below. 3. Mary Shipman, 
died in her seventh year. 4. Laurent Clerc, 
b(irn .November 21, i8<'o: graduated in 1883 
from Yale College where he was a member of 
Psi L'psilon and Skull and Bones societies ; 
he is assistant secretary of the .\tchison, To- 
[K'ka & .Santa Fe Railroad Comjiany ; resides 
at 114 East Twenty-seventh street. New York 
City: is a member of the University. Yale 
an(l New ^'ork Yacht clubs. 

(\'III ) Charles Clerc, second sun of Colonel 
Henry Chamiiion and Sarah B. (Clerc) Dem- 
ing, was born May 22. 1852. at Hartford. He 
received his primary education in the public 
schools of that city : entering ^'ale C'Mlege, 
he was graduated in the class of 1S72. and 
was a member of Psi L'psilon and Sktill and 
Bones fraternities of the college He pursued 
his professional course in the C ' iw 

School, graduating in 1875 will: >f 

LL. B.. and since that time ha- .v.,, ..v.i.ily 
engaged in the practice of his profession in 



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New York City. He is a member of the law 
firm of Alexander & Green, with offices in the 
Equitable Building, 120 Broadway. Mr. Dem- 
ing is a member of the University, Union, 
Yale, Racquet and Tennis, Lawyers and Ards- 
ley clubs of New York City, of Maryland Club 
of Baltimore, the Metropolitan Club of Wash- 
ington, and of the City Bar Association of 
New York. He married, in 1903, Mabel P., 
daughter of James and Adela C. Wilson. 
They have no children. They reside at 135 
Central Park West, New York City. 



(\T) Frederick Deming, son 
DE]\nNG of Julius Deming (q. v.), was 
born October 4, 1787, in Litch- 
field, Connecticut, died September 13, i860, 
in Newburg, New York. He was a merchant 
in New York City from 1816 to 1820, and 
president of the Union Bank in that city for 
nearly twenty years. He married, July 19, 
18 1 3, in Farmington, Connecticut, ]\Iary, 
daughter of Ebenezer Steele and Prudence 
(Brainard) Gleason, born May 15, 1796, in 
Farmington, died March 31, 1869, in Brook- 
lyn, New York. Children: i. Mary Gleason, 
born May 8, 1815 ; married, May 12, 1846, 
Sidney Greene, of Brooklyn, and died Novem- 
ber 21, 1888. 2. Clarissa Brainard, Novem- 
ber 15, 1818, died December 14, 1899, un- 
married. 3. Louisa, May 8, 1822, died De- 
cember 2j, 1892, unmarried. 4. Charlotte 
Elizabeth, June 8, 1825, died August 28, 1848, 
unmarried. 5. Sarah Ellen, July 14, 1828; 
married, November 4, 1852, Rev. James Leon- 
ard Corning, and died January 10, 1883. 6. 
Frederick, October 30, 1832, mentioned below. 
7. Julia Champion, March 7, 1836; married. 
May 10, i8s9, Tohn Taylor Sherman, and died 
August 8, 1888. 

(VH) Frederick (2), son of Frederick (i ) 
Deming, was born at Litchfield, October 30, 
1832. After traveling extensively, he made 
Litchfield his permanent residence. His son 
Frederick possessed great musical gifts and 
was an organist of more than ordinary merit. 
He married, March 31, 1869, in East Had- 
dam, Connecticut, Emma Louise, born Octo- 
ber 3, 1850, at East Fladdam, daughter of 
George \\\ and Clorinda Buchanan (Hallock) 
Jones. Children, born at Litchfield: i. Cla- 
rissa Champion, March 18, 1872: resides in 
Litchfield. 2. Frederick, September 9, 1873, 
died July 15, 1892. 3. Dudley Brainard, Oc- 
tober 8, 1874 ; resides and practices at Wa- 
terbury, Connecticut ; graduate of the Sheffield 
Scientific School of Yale L^niversity and the 
College of Physicians and Surgeons of New 
York. 4. Elizabeth, April 12, 1884. 5. John 
Hallock, September 24, 1887. 



The surname Bartram is 
BARTRA]\I identical with Bertram and 

Bartrum, and is derived, like 
so many other British surnames, from ancient 
personal names. According to "Patronymic 
Brittanica,'" Bertram is the ancient spelling 
of the baptismal name from which the sur- 
name was taken at the time of the adoption 
of surnames in Normandy and England. The 
family has been traced in England to the 
reign of King Henry L, and is of ancient 
Norman stock. \\'illiam Bartram founded the 
priory of Brinkburne, county Northumber- 
land, England, at that time. The name may 
also be of local origin, taken from a place 
named Bertram or Bartram, which previously 
took its name from some person, for we find 
in the "Domesday Book," William de Bartram, 
as a tenant in chief in county Plants. Two 
baronies by tenure were held in the name of 
Bartram down to the thirteenth century (see 
Burke). It may safely be said, therefore, that 
the family came to England in 1066 with 
^^'illiam the Conqueror. There are two very 
old coats-of-arms, viz. : "Or, a lion ]iassant, 
vert ; azure, an eagle displayed ; or." An- 
other borne by a branch of the family in Cum- 
berland and probably equally ancient, judging 
f roa^iT its simplicity, is described : "Gules, an 
oile, or." A branch of the family in Scot- 
land, probably of later date, bears: "Gules, 
on an escutcheon between an oile of eight 
crosses pattee, or, a thistle head proper. Crest : 
Out of an antique crown, or, a ram's head, ar- 
gent. Motto : J'avance." An immigrant from 
England to Virginia in early colonial days 
founded an important family in the southern 
states, a family tree of which lias Iseen ]nib- 
lished. 

( I ) John Bartram, the immigrant ancestor, 
came from England to Stratford, Connecticut, 
among the early settlers, and died there in 
1676. He was first in Massachusetts Bay 

Francis Bowers, Long and Roger 

Harding, Richard Marjeron, Henry Cowes, 

Frances Bowers, Long and Roeer 

P.unlev, asked permission to withdraw. "The 
Court judgeth it meete on the request of Cap- 
tain Robt. Harding. Richard Marjeron, Henry 
Cowes, Fraunces Bovvers, Jno. Bartram, Long 
& Roger Bounly, shall be released of their 
bonds to this court for theire continuance in 
the countrye & sequestration of theire es- 
tates." ( J\Iassachusetts Bay, "Colonial Rec- 
ords," WA. \\ , p. 207.) This action was 
taken bv the general court, October 18, 1654. 
The only one of these men about whom much 
is known is Captain Harding, who was dis- 
ariued on account of his disaffection for the 
Puritan church and his support of Anne 



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Iliitchin>i>n. lie loliowft! utiicrs of his in- 
(lf|)fH(iciit relit,' ions views Id RlKxie Island. 
Richard Marjeroii was in Salem in i')55. Sav- 
aj;c (llle^ nut mention the others, exce|)t IJar- 
trani, and it is surmised that all were driven 
from Moston l)y reli^jious |)cr>ecution, and 
most of them returned to i-'n}^land or left 
New England. John liartram disaijpcars from 
view for a muni)er of years, hut may have heen 
living (|uietly at Stratford, wliere we lind him 
in I'i'hS and where he died in 1*17(1. Children: 
John, mentioned hclow ; Hannah, horn at 
Stratford, Jiuie j8, iW>8. and ])erha|>s others. 

(II) John (2), son of John (i) Itartram. 
was born ahout i^i<)5, at Stratford, Connecti- 
cut, whence he removed to I'airheld. lie was 
a planter and was made a freeman, March iS. 
1C190. He married Sarah, daughter of Jacob 
Gray. Children. l)orn at l-'airficld: John, 
February 2j^. 1(191 : .Sarah, May 10, i(x)2, died 
in infancy: Jose|)h, hapti/ed .\ut,'iisl S, i(x)(); 
EbeneztT, .\pril _'<), Kif)*;, mentioned below: 
David. l)orn l)ecemi>er 13. 1702, settled at 
Rcildin;.; : .Sarah. Iiaptized May 7, 1704. 

I HI I l^beiHzer, son of John (2) and Sarah 
(Gray 1 liartram. was born at [''airfield, .\pril 
29, I'x/;. He married. May 15. 1728. Eliza- 
beth. dau^;hter of John Williams, and fi>llowed 
farniiii),' in his native town. ChiMren. born 
at I'airfield : Josejjh. baptized I'ebruary 23. 
1729; Hannah. Ikirn July 4, 1731, died .March 
28,1759: Ebenezer, June 13, 1732. men- 
tioned l)elow : Job, March 20, 1733. married, 
November 18, 17(12, Jenisiia, dau.ijhter of Da- 
vid Thompson : Eulalia, June 24. 1737; l!ar- 
nabas. .Sfptemi)cr 30, 1730. 

(I\') ICi)euezer 1,2). son of Ebenezer (i) 
and Elizabeth (Williams) Hartrani, was born 
at Fairtield. June 13, 1732, and baptized there, 
June 13, 1732-33. He was an ardent patriot 
and served both in the army and navy. He 
was a citrporal in (aptain Job I'artram's (his 
brother's t company. Saiuuel \\ hitint^'s regi- 
ment, on the alarm at Ridj^'efieM and Horse- 
neck, t onnecticut. called out by order of I'.riLj- 
adier-( ieneral Silliman. Me was first lieuten- 
ant of a jirivateer. in the naval service of the 
Cfintinentals. known as the "nefcnse." and this 
ship captured many prizes. (See "ilistory U. 
S. N.." 114-115: "Connecticut in the Revolu- 
tion." 524, and "Colonial Records.") He died 
at Itkick Rock. January 3. 1783. He married, 
XovenilH.T I. 1750. Marv. daus,diter of Cap- 
tain John lUirr. She died March 15. 1806. 
Children: Joseph, baptized September 28, 
17'Vi. lost at sea, Decemlier, 1787: Eleazer, 
baptized .August 15, 1762: Thomas, Inirn June 
3- 17'^^. died July 28. 1764: Marv. baptized 
October 6, 1765: Job. baptized Ma'v 17, 1767, 
•Irowned, October 28, 18 17, at I '.lack Rock: 



Jerusha, born .Aui^u^t 6. 17^0; Th»m,i 
May (>, 1771. men: 

May 30. 1773: " 

( \ ) Thomas, ., 
Mary (IJurr) IJartran 
May 6, 1771, and die.l 

lowed the sea and wa> iiiuu ■-;«.., ;ii i..». >.i;i-- 
jjing trailc. He owned a larye tract of land 
at Itlack Rock. I'airtield. an ' ' "- 1 

the pre'-ent bonie of his ;^rai: 
was built in 178«;, and is in , ;i 

to-day. He was a man uf much business abil- 
ity and force of character, am! he hail n lnr'.,'e 
fortune for his generation. He marru 
vember 16, 1797, Sarah liurr, born ai 
Rock. March j>). 1771, died ( )itol)er i«;. 1 -,;. 
dauj^hter of Neliemiah and Sarah ( < )-.lMiriie ( 
ilurr, of one of the oldest ami mo>t respected 
families of this section. Chihiren : Sally, 
baptized January 22, 1799; Joseph, Iwrn No- 
vember 2, 1800, mentioned Ik-1ow : Thomas, 
Ixirn .August 3, 1803, of whom later; Sarah 

.\nn. lH)rn December 1, i8<y), married 

De I'orest. and had issue, T. B. De Forest, of 
r.rid.i;e|x>rt. 

(\'I) Joseph, son of Thomas and Sarah 
(Burr) liartram, was born November 2, iHoo, 
in a house in Black Rock, next to the |)re--ent 
residence of Dr. and .Mrs. WoodrulT. He was 
educated in the public .schools and at 1-airfield 
.Academy. He followed the sea, rising to the 
rank of master mariner, and as captain of 
various vessels, engaged in trade between 
New York City and Savannah. ( ieorgia. 
Shortly after his marriage, however, he re- 
tired from the sea. but was always interested 
in shipping and owned a number of vessels, 
some of which were built at lilack Rock. 
He was one of the most prominent men of 
his day, taking an active interest in all the re- 
ligious and political as well as business af- 
fairs of the community. In politics he was 
a zealous W big. and always attended the cau- 
cuses of his jiarty and the town meetings, ear- 
nestly su])porting the candidates he believed 
best suited to serve tlie jutblic. sonirlinu's i\']<. 
regarding party lines. He re]'; ' s 

town for several years in the gt • 

bly of the slate. He was at il.ii .. ...e 

time of the great freshtrt. and Ins daughter 
who accoinpanied inm to the ca|>ital remem- 
bers hearing him tell of seeing the Injats tied 
to the second-story windows of the houses 
at Hartford. In 1841 he wa^^ elected a fli- 
rector of the Ilridgei'Tt X.itional I'-ank, anci 
served to the time of his deatii. a pcrioil of 
forty years, being at that time one of the obl- 
est bank officers in the state of Connecticut. 
Tie was active in religious matters, and it was 
largely owing to his efforts that the Congrega- 



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tional church in lilack Ruck was founded. 
To it he gave his staunch support and liberal 
contributions as long as he lived. 

He married, September 2, 1829, Elizabeth 
Jane Carpenter, of Harrison, Westchester 
count)', New York, daughter of William and 
Abbie Carpenter. At the time of their mar- 
riage there were no railroads, and their wed- 
ding trip to Niagara Falls was made by stage 
coach and packet boats on the Erie canal. 
William Carpenter was a wealthy land owner 
and farmer. She died November 25, 1878. 
Children of Captain Joseph and Elizabeth 
Jane (Carpenter) Bartram : i. Sarah Jane, 
resided on the old homestead ; vice-president 
of the Bridgeport Protestant Orphan Asylum, 
to which she devoted much time ; interested in 
and substantially aided all charitable and phil- 
anthropic work ; died at her home, Brewster 
street. Black Rock, January 19, 191 1. 2. Thom- 
as William, never married ; with his brother, 
Joseph Burr, founded the commission house of 
Bartram Brothers, now at 62 Pearl street. 
New York City, in the early sixties, and con- 
tinued in that firm until his death, November 
I, 1888. 3. Joseph Burr, born May 17, 1839, 
mentioned below. 4. Elizabeth Martha, died 
unmarried, October 20, 1902. 5. Mary Allen, 
married Rev. Henry Collins Woodruff, Oc- 
tober 15, 1884, resides on the old homestead. 

Rev. Henry Collins WoodrufT was born in 
Brooklyn, New York, February 16, 1845, son 
of Albert Woodruff, a native of Sandisfield, 
Berkshire county, Massachusetts. Albert 
Woodruff was born August 13, 1807, died Oc- 
tober II, 189 1, in Brooklyn, New York. When 
he was only an infant his parents removed to 
the adjacent town of Otis, and when he was 
twelve years old they removed from Otis to 
Hartford, Connecticut. Mr. Woodruff left 
Hartford when he was nineteen and entered 
commercial life in New York City with his 
brother, and continued, after the death of his 
brother, with other partners, until about 1861, 
when he retired from business. His wife died 
in 1882. All his life Albert Woodruff was an 
earnest Christian and an active worker in 
the Sunday school in the cities where he lived. 
He was particularly interested and very suc- 
cessful in establishing Sunday schools in for- 
eign countries. He instituted the Foreign 
Sunday School Association of the United 
States of America, and this has spread to 
nearly all the foreign countries. He was its 
president as long as he lived, and the work 
that he began so well has been productive of 
great good and grown steadily. Rev. Henry 
Collins Woodruff graduated from Yale Col- 
lege in 1868 : attended Andover Theological 
Seminary for two years, graduating in 1871, 



and also attended Union Theological Seminary 
for one year. His first parish was at North- 
port, Long Island, where he remained eight 
and one-half years. In 1881 he came to Black 
Rock, Connecticut, where he has been lo- 
cated since as pastor of the Congregational 
Church, of which his wife's father was one of 
the founders. At the expiration of the first 
quarter of a century of his pastorate the con- 
gregation of his church gave him a reception 
and presented him with two hundred fifty 
five-dollar gold pieces, tokens of their esteem 
and affection. On the occasion of the twenty- 
fifth anniversary of their marriage. Rev. and 
Mrs. Woodruff were given a handsome silver 
loving cup by their parishioners. Rev. H. C. 
\\'oodruff is president of the Foreign Sunday 
School Association of the United States, mem- 
ber of the Yale Alumni Association of Fair- 
field county, and of the Phi Beta Kappa fra- 
ternity of New York. 

(VH) Joseph Burr, son of Joseph and Eliz- 
abeth Jane (Carpenter) Bartram, was born 
at Black Rock, Connecticut, May 17, 1839, 
and was educated in Fairfield. In the early 
sixties he with his brother Thomas formed 
the commission firm of Bartram Brothers, now 
at 62 Pearl street. New York, and he contin- 
ued in this business with substantial success 
to the time of his death. April 10, 1902. He 
was a resident of Black Rock until his mar- 
riage, after which he made his home in New- 
ark, New Jersey. In addition to his business, 
he was director of a number of important 
corporations. In politics he was a Republican, 
but never sought nor held public office. 

He married Eleanor Cook Wardwell. who 
was born in Fall River, Massachusetts, daugh- 
ter of Benjamin Wardwell. The Wardwells 
are of an old and prominent family of Fall 
River. She was one of two children, the 
other dying in childhood. Her father was a 
prominent manufacturer in Fall River. Mrs. 
Bartram now resides in Newark. She and 
her husband were members of the Newark 
Presbyterian Church. Children: i. Joseph 
Percy, mentioned below. 2. Rensselaer Ward- 
well, in partnership with his brother in the 
commission business : married, November 14, 
1901, Alice Booth; children: Rensselaer Jr., 
and Jane Isabel. 3. Howard Preston, resides 
in Newark, with his mother. 

(VHI) Joseph Percy, son of Joseph Burr 
and Eleanor Cook (Wardwell) Bartram, was 
born in Brooklyn. He spent his boyhood in 
Newark, where he received his education. As 
a clerk in his father's office he learned the 
business thoroughly, finally becoming a part- 
ner in the firm and has continued in this busi- 
ness to the present time. For some years he 




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■csiflcd in I'rooklyn and then came to the 
lomc of his ancestors in Black Rock. Me 
narriid, November 7. i}<93. Kkanor I-'ranke, 
Jautjhter of 1 lenry l-'rankc, secretary and 
Tcasurer of the I'ioneer Iron Works, of 
Brooklyn, New York. Children of Joseph 
Percy and Eleanor (l-"rankc) llartram: Elea- 
lor iilizaheth and Joseph I'.iirr. 

(\I) Captain Thomas iJartram. son of 
Fhoinas and .*>arah ( Burr) Bartram, was horn 
It Black Rock. August 5, 18413. lie attended 
:hc piililic schools of his native town, hut left 
It an early atje to follow the sea. lie rose 
[hroiit;h the various ranks to master mariner, 
ind li)r many years commanded vessels ply- 
ing between New York and Salem, Massachii- 
>etts. .\t the aL;e of tiity he retired from the 
sea and spent the later year> of his life at his 
lionie in Black Rock, where he died at the age 
3f eiijlity-threc years. He was a Rei)ul)lican 
in p<ilitics. He married .Anna M.. who died 
jt the age of seventy-tive years, daughter of 
riniothy and Sarah (Taylor) Burr (see Burr 
VII). Children: .Mice .\., resides rm the 
lionitstead at Black Rock; Thomas B.. resides 
in the homestead: Edwin Taylor, mentioned 
l)clo\\. 

(\II) Edwin Taylor, son of Thomas and 
Anna M. ( I'nrr) Bartram, was born at Black 
Rock. April Q. 1856, where he spent his early 
ycar^ and where he was educated in the pub- 
lic schools. He went to New \'i>rk City at 
the age of seventeen and entered the i-m|doy 
L)f Bartram Brothers. He was connected with 
this concern for eight years, then resigned and 
shortly after became secretary and treasurer 
iif the Standard Cord and Paper Company of 
Bridgeport, holding this position for six years, 
lie has since lived retired from active busi- 
ness, except from 1886 to 1905, when he was 
a director of the Bridgeport National Bank. 
In religion he is a Congregatioiialist. attend- 
ing the South Congregational Church: in pol- 
itics he i'i a Republican, and although he takes 
a keen interest in public affairs, lending his 
aid to every movement for the good of the 
community and demonstrating a large public 
spirit, he has declined all offices. In social 
life, he is (lopidar. and enjoys the acquaintance 
and friendship of many men in all parts of 
the city and >urroimding towns. He is a mem- 
ber of the Seasiile. the Bridgeport Yacht, the 
Brooklawn Country and the .\utomobile Qubs 
of Bridgeport. 

He married in 1880. M. Lillian Crumman. 
born in Bridgeport, ilanghtcr of Samuel drum- 
inan. a native of RidL;efield. manufacturer of 
harness and dealer in hanlware of the firm 
of Grumman & Wilson. Mrs. Bartram has 
one brother, Elmer E. Grumman, of the firm 



of Lyon & Grumman, one of the leading har<l- 
ware firms of Bridgc|x>rt. Children of Ed- 
win Taylor and M. Lillian ((irumman) Bar- 
tram: I. Harry E., a farmer in X'ermont. 
making a specialty of his dairy and raising 
produce: married Nettie Haiges. 2. T. Earle. 
educated in the Hopkins Grammar School at 
New Ha\cn, Connecticut. 

(The Burr Line). 

John Burr came from England with \\ m- 
throp's lleet in 1630. .settled in Roxbury, Mas- 
sachusetts, early in 1636, mf)ved to .\gwam 
(now Springfield), where he remained eight 
years, then removed to Eairfield, Connecti- 
cut, where he seems to have taken a high rank. 
He held a number of important offices in the 
colony. He died in Fairfield in 1672. 

(II) Daniel, son of John Burr, was made 
a freeman in 1668. The general court of 
May 8. i6<)o, appointed him commissioner for 
Eairfield county. He married .Abigail, daugh- 
ter of Henry Glover, of New Haven. He died 
October. \<<)S. Children: Paniel, bom July 
30, 1670, of whom further; Abigail. March 
14, 1671 ; Hellinah (Helena), October 26, 
1680: Delxirah, 1684: Samuel, June 30, 1691, 
mentioned below ; Mehitable. 

(Iin Sanuiel. youngest son of Daniel and 
.Abigail (Glover) Burr, was l)orn June 30, 
i6;i. and lived in Eairfield. He was sergeant 
and afterwards captain. His will was dated 
March 6. 177J. and proved October 18, 1774. 
Ebenezer and Mehitable were then deceased. 
He married (first) Elizabeth Wakeman, (sec- 
ond) Ruth . Children, bom at Fairfield: 

I. Seth. baptized February 6, 1726. 2. Seth. 
3. Daniel, baptized May 5. 1736. 4. Nehemiah, 
baptized May 5, 173^). mentioned below. 5. 
Charles, baptized September 3, 1741. 6. Ellen, 
married .Abel Gould. 7. Elizabeth, baptized Oc- 
tober t6. 1738. 8. Ebenezer. 9. Mehitable. 

(I\') Nehemiah, son of .Samuel Burr, was 
baptized May 3. 1736. at Fairfield. He mar- 
ried. .April 21. 1762. Sarah, daughter of 
Eleazer and Hannah (Bulkeley) Osbome. 
Giildren. born at Fairfield: Thomas, April 21, 
1 763 : Noah : Ebenezer, December 31. 1 766 ; 
Nehemiah. February 16. 17^0: Sarah. March 
2<'). 1771. married Thomas Bartram. see for- 
ward; Eleazer, January 8, 1773; ^°^< ^^^ 
young. 

(V) Sarah, daughter of Nehemiah and 
Sarah (O.sborne) Burr, was born in Black 
Rock. March 20. 1771. married. November ifi, 
1707. Thomas Bartram, of Black Rock; died 
October to. 1840. 

(TIT> Daniel (2). eldest son of Daniel Btirr. 
was born in Fairfield. July 30. 1670. He lived 
on Greenfield Hill in the town of Fairfield. 



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His children were all adults when haptized. 

He married Abigail . Children, born 

at Fairfield : Joseph, baptized February 20, 
1726; Timothy, who is further mentioned be- 
low; Abigail: James; Jabez, baptized Novem- 
ber, 4, 1739. 

{ I\') Timothy, son of Daniel (2) Burr, was 
born about 1705, baptized when an adult, Feb- 
ruary 20, 1726. He died July 27, 1772. He 
married Sarah Borland, who died October 
22, 1772. Children, born at Fairfield : Eben- 
ezer, baptized January 2, 1729, mentioned be- 
low; Sarah, baptized March 16, 1723, married 
Captain Ezekiel Hull ; Hester, baptized Septem- 
ber 18, 1730; Timothy, baptized January 2, 
1734; Mabel, baptized January 17, 1740; 
Eleanor, married John Hubbell. 

(V) Ebenezer, son of Timothy and Sarah 
(Borland) Burr, was baptized in infancy, 
January 2, 1729, and died about 1821. His 
inventory is dated November 7, 182 1. He lived 
at Fairfield. He married (first), February 7, 
1750. Sarah Sherwood; (second) Abigail 
. Children, born at Green Farms, Fair- 
field : Eleanor, baptized March 26. 1758, mar- 
ried Lothrop Lewis, July 19, 1778; Ebenezer, 
mentioned below; Zalmon, baptized April 30, 
1769 ; Easter, married D. Hawkins and had 
Ellen and David Hawkins. 

(M) Ebenezer (2), son of Ebenezer (i) 
Burr, was born in 1761, and baptized Febru- 
ary, 1761. He was a soldier in the revolu- 
tion, probably the Ebenezer Burr of Zalmon 
Read's company, 1775. He married Amelia, 
daughter of Rev. John Goodsell. He died Feb- 
ruary 2, 1819, and his grave is in the burying 
ground at Greenfield. (Thildren, born at Fair- 
field: I. Timothy, September 3, 1788. 2. 
Lewis, July 17, 1790. 3. Morris, July 24, 1792. 
4. Ellen, June 27, 1794, married William Brad- 
ley, of Greenfield. 5. Amelia, March 3, 1796, 
married Hezekiah Bradley, of Greenfield. 6. 
Rowland, March 22, 1798. 7.Betsey, May 21, 
1800. married Osborne Sherwood, of Easton : 
removed to White Lake, Pennsylvania. 8. 
Henry, May 17, 1802. 9. Andrew, September 
17, 1805; died 1815. 10. Wakeman, August 
10, 1808; died January 25, 1846. 11. William, 
December 4, 1810. 

(V^II) Timothy (2), son of Ebenezer (2) 
Burr, was born at Fairfield, September 3, 1788. 
He w'as a prominent and successful merchant 
of Greenfield for many years and left a large 
estate. His portrait appears in the Burr Gene- 
alogy. He married. December 22. 1807. Sarah 
Taylor, daughter of Barak Taylor, of Dan- 
burv, Connecticut. Children, born at Fairfield : 
I. (jeorge. August 30, 180S. 2. John, Febru- 
ary 23, 1810. 3. Elihu, April 12, 181 1. 4. 
Abigail, November 24, 1812, died 1872. 5. 



L'arak T.. A])ril 7, 18 15. 6. Sarah A.. Novem- 
ber 3. 1817: married Harry Hanford, of Wil- 
ton, and had children — Morris, William, 
Georgianna and Amelia Hanford. 7. Amelia, 
June 18, 1824; married Seth Bradley, of 
Greenfield Hill, and had Mary and Jane Brad- 
ley. 8. Anna M.. January 13, 1828; married 
Captain Thomas Bartram, of Black Rock, and 
had three children (see Bartram \ I). 9. Tim- 
othy E., March 12, 1834. 



(HF) David, son of John 
BARTRAM (2) (q.v.) and Sarah Bar- 
tram. was born in Fairfield, 
December 13. 1702. He removed to Redding, 
Connecticut, in 1733 or even earlier. In that 
year he was the surveyor of highways in Red- 
ding. He was a farmer in that part of Red- 
ding called Lonetown, and all of his sons set- 
tled in Redding. He married Mehitable . 

Children, born at Fairfield and Redding: John, 
baptized October 24, 173 1 : Hannah, Novem- 
ber 25, 1733; David, May 25, 1735; Paul, 
October 17, 1736; James. April 23, 1738; 
Isa?c, January 23, 1740; Elizabeth. September 
II, 1743; Sarah, twin of Elizabeth: Daniel, 
see forward. 

(IV) Daniel, youngest child of David and 
Mehitable Bartram, was born at Redding, Oc- 
tober 23, 1745. Fie settled in Redding, was 
a tanner and currier, and built the first tan- 
nery in the town on ground now, or lately, 
occupied for the same purpose by Walter M. 
Edmonds. At the time of Tryon's invasion 
during the revolution, together w'ith nearly 
cvcr\- other man in the town capable of bear- 
ing arms, he joined the militia and marched 
to the defense of Danbury, when that town 
was invaded and burned by Tryon in 1777. 
Being absent several days, he sent word to 
his wife that she must get someone to take the 
hides from the vats or they would spoil. As 
there was no man to be found, she herself 
undertook the task, ground the bark, took out 
the hides, turned and repacked them. Just 
PS she had completed the arduous and unpleas- 
ant task her husband arrived home, having se- 
ri'red leave of sbsence to attend to the matter. 
Daniel, his wife, and four children: Uriah. 
Levi, Phebe and David, and several neigh- 
bors left Redding, ]\Iav 3. 1810, for what was 
then the wilderness of Ohio, and arrived at 
Madison. Lake county, Ohio, June 10, and 
made their home there. He died in Madison, 
Mav 17, 1817, and his widow died August 3, 
1835. He married, October 10, 1768, .Ann 
Merchant, of Redding. Children: Gurdon, 
October 25. 1771. died in infancy: .\nna. Tanu- 
arv 2T,. 1772,- clied in infancy; Elinor, March 
I, 1774; Gurdon, see forward: Anna, August 



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lo. 177S, inarrii'd Mead : Elinor. Fcbni- 

i\. 4, 17S0, (lifd in infancy; L'riali. January 

. 17s.': I'llinor. ( Ictiilicr 28, 17S3. settled iii 

lariiin : Jiililla. November 12. 1785; Levi. Xo- 

\tnilier 2(1, 1787; I'liebe, September 19. 1790; 

I >avi<l, June 5, 1795. 

( V ) (iiirdon, son of Daniel and Ann ( Mer- 
i hant ) Martram, was Ixirn at Reddinp. Sep- 
tember 21. i~~f>. He was educated in tbe com- 
mon scliools. ami learned tbe trade of sboc- 
"lakinp from bis falber, wbo biade sboes as 
'II as dealt in leatber. Me was an active 
■ tuber of tbe Metbodist cburcb. and was 
■mineiit in town affairs., boldiufj various of- 
s of trust and bonor. In later life be was 
W'bip. He married. January i. 1804. Lo- 
ne, born .'^eiitember 3. 1787. dauj^diter of 
' iver .*>anford. CbiMren. born at Reddinp: 
Aaron R.. Xovember 5. 1804; was a car- 
.jc builder: married. January 15, 1827. Mar- 
t liates ; cbildren : Walker B., David and 
dia A. 2. Lucy A., .\ugust 27. i8(yi; mar- 
I. .Viiril 18. 1830. Milo Lee. a native of Ot- 
_:o county. New ^'ork. who was a manu fac- 
er of bats at Redding ; cbildren : i. Gurdon 
, born Xovember 29. 183 1. marriecl Carobne 
rbam and lived at Uridpeport. ii. Mary 
r. luarried Sanuiel I?. Osborn. a farmer at 
Idint^: cbildren: Carrie and Milo Lee. 3. 
irney. September 20. 180S: was a cattle 
■ker in Xew York City ; married Laura Cul- 
r, of Aiuenia. Dutcbess county. Xew York ; 
lid. I'.elle C. 4. Colcy. Xovember i. 1810; 
- a blacksmitb and farmer; marrieil Malvina 
'ims. of Westport ; cbildren : Xelson. Apnes, 
r:>b and Louisa. 5. I'.etsey. May 27,. 1813; 
■rried Kbenezer Wilson, of F'ieddinfj. a car- 
.:e maker: cbildren: Cbarles H. Wilson, of 
nicaRo, Lucy and Annie. 6. Oliver, July 11, 
1S15. died in rbibiiiood. 7. Daniel S.. January 
14. 1818. a fanuer; married Eliza Godfrey: 
cbildren: Eli. ( leortre. Frank. Cbarles. Wil- 
liam, Laura. Catberiue and Anna. 8. Epbraim 
I'.. Nfarcb 2^>. 1820. died in infancy. 0. Levi 
W.. Afiril 25. 1822: was a farmer: married 
Sarah Maynes ; cbildren : (lurdon. Francis and 
Elizabeth. 10. Frederick .\., see forward. 11. 
Mary. July i((, 1827: married Rufus P.anks, a 
farmer: cbiMren : Henry. Frederick and Car- 
rie. 12. Julia. September 30. i82<): married 
Myron Haines. ;i merchant in Illinois; no chil- 
dren. 

F'pbraim ."-Ian ford was a larce land owner 
in Saiifordtown. as shown by deeds still in 
the possession of bis descendants, soine of 
which date In-.k to 1733. He married Eliza- 
beth Mix. Children: Rachel, baptized July 
20. I7.?3; .Xbipail. May 18. 1735. married, Oc- 
tober 2. 1775. Daniel Jackson: John, baptized 
April 2<i. 173'): Oliver, see forward: Lois, 



bajitizid September 17. 1743: Esther, April 
27. 1 755- His will, dated January 30. 1761, 
also mentions Epbraim, Elizabeth and Tabitha. 
Oliver, son of Epbraim and Elizalieth (Mix) 
Sanford, was baptized Sei)teml)er 20, 174I, 
died .April 12, 1845. He was a prosperous 
farmer of Redding, lie married, .April, 1767, 
Rachel, daughter of Deacon David Coley, of 
Weston. Chililren : Mary, baptized Jul\ 31, 
17'^>8; David. .August 20. I7'x<: ICphraim, Sc|)- 
tember 15, 1771; Abigail, May 2<j, 1774; 
Enoch A., April 28, I77f>; Levi, DecemlKT 14. 
1777; Oliver; .Abigail ; Mary ; Iktsey ; I^>raine. 
married (iurdon liartram, as mentioned above. 
(\"I) Frederick Augustus, .son of Gurdon 
.■'lid l.oraine (Sanford) liartram, was born at 
Redding. September 13. 1824, died at I'.ridge- 
port. .\lay 14. i8<;3. He was educated in the 
public schools of his native town, and worked 
on the old homestead of his father iluring his 
boyhood years. The old house is still stand- 
ing, one of the oldest in the town. When he 
was si.xteen years of age he left home to be- 
cf>me an apprentice in the employ of I'artram 
& Wilson, carriage makers, at Redding. In 
1848 he engaged in the meat and provision 
business at Fairfield, making a specialty of 
pork packin.g. In 1867 he sold bis business 
and came to I'.ridgeport. where he conducted 
a pork packing business very successfully. He 
formed a partnership in 1874 with George H. 
Bartram, and his son. Edgar B. Bartram, un- 
der the firm name of F. .A. Bartram & Com- 
])any. which continued up to his deatli. Mr. 
Ban ram was a ])ractical and largely a self- 
made man of business, who lent his aiil to all 
projects and movemeiUs tending, in his opin- 
ion, to the public welfare, and was a prinie 
mover in establishing for Bridgeport the Rose- 
dale line of steamships to Xew York, and for 
many years was the president and general 
manager and agent for this line. He was also 
a director in the Itridgeport X.'ilional I'ank for 
man\- years, f lis political affiliations were with 
tbe Republican party. He married. Xovember 
I I. 185 1. Anjelia. daughter of Morris Burr, of 
Greenfiebl. Connecticut (see I'urr \'II). Giil- 
dren : i. Efigar B.. born 18^2: was in partner- 
sbi]) for many \ears with bis father, and was 
killed bv an automobile. October 5. nyxi: mar- 
ried Martha .Shelton. of Bridgeport : child. 
Frederick, born in 181x1. now living in White 
Plains. 2. Lillian F.. born September to. 1833. 
3. "Isabel, died .\pril 15. I<»ni. 4. Frederick, 
deceased. ^. Jessie, married I'riah Washburn 
in Jersey City; Children: Ami lii m^l \ ■n.-; 

(The Burr I 
(I\'>, Joseph, eldest child of Daniel dj.v.) 
and .Abigail Burr, was baptized February 20, 



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1706, and the record of his baptism is to be 
found in both Greenfield and Fairfield. He 
settled at Greenfield. He married, March 3, 
1725, Hannah, daughter of Dr. Joseph Hyde, 
of Fairfield. 

(V) Ichabod, fourth son of Joseph and 
Hannah (Hyde) Burr, was born May i, 1736. 
There is no record of his death nor of his 
wife's name. His widow died in 1818 and 
her dower was divided between her son Jesse 

and her daughter Rachel., who married 

Bradley. 

(\T) Jesse, son of Ichabod Burr, mar- 
ried, in 1780, Ellen Ogden, of Fairfield. 

(\TI) Morris, son of Jesse and Ellen (Og- 
den) Burr, married Arrity Bulkley, of Green- 
field. Children : William ; Frances, married 
William Sherwood ; Amelia, married F. A. 
Bartram (see Bartram VI). 



(IV) James Bartram, son of 
BARTRAM David Bartram (q. v.), was 
born April 23, 1738, at Fair- 
field, Connecticut, and settled early in life in 
Redding in that state. He was a soldier in the 
revolution, a private, June, 1776, in the First 
Battalion, General Wadsworth's Brigade, un- 
der Colonel Gold Selleck Silliman, Captain 
Zalmon Read's company. He took part in the 
battles at Flatbush, Long Island, August 27, 
at Harlem, September 15, and at White Plains, 
October 28, 1776. In the spring of 1779 he 
served three months in the Sixteenth Connecti- 
cut Regiment of ]\Iilitia, Colonel Nchemiah 
Beardsley, Captain Daniel Hickok's company. 
He applied for a pension, August 11, 1832, 
when he was a resident of Danbury, Con- 
necticut. He was granted $25 a year, from 
March 4, 1831. and his name was placed on 
the roll, November 6, 1832. He received 
three payments in 183).. He married Hannah 
Morehouse, who became the mother of 
twenty-one children, of whom ten grew to 
maturity. Children, born at Redding; Isaac, 
mentioned below; Noah, 1760; James, 1770; 
Aaron, February 21, 1784: Lucy; Hannah; 
Hannah ; Betsey ; Irena : Anna. 

(V) Isaac, son of James Bartram, was born 
April 15, 1758. He settled in Redding, his 
native town, and married Molly Hamilton. 
Children, born at Redding: Isaac Hamilton, 
mentioned below ; Hari-y. David, Willis, Cha- 
sie, Lucy, Polly and Huldah. 

(VI) Isaac Hamilton, son of Isaac Bar- 
tram, was born at Redding, May 22, 1785, 
died there April 25, 1864. He was a farmer 
in his native town. Fie married, November 11, 
:8ii. Lydia Piatt, who died October 6. 1S73, 
daughter of Isaac and Mary Piatt. Children, 
born at Redding: i. Betsey, August 5. 18 12, 



married, October 29, 1833, Charles B. Rich. 
2. Mary Jane, February 27, 1814, married, 
December 22, 1861, John Harrington, of 
Newstead, New York. 3. Urilla, 1816, died 
1822. 4. Sally Hill, January 20, 1818, mar- 
ried, April 14. 1834, Aaron Squire. 5. Lydia, 
died young. 6. Lydia B., January 16, 1822, 
married, October 13, 1847, Levi Drew of 
Bethel, Connecticut. 7. Abby, August 19, 
1824, married, June 13, 1852, Perry Fairchild. 
8. Adaline, December 29, 1826, married, Oc- 
tober, 1850, Asahel P. Clapp, of Sharon. Con- 
necticut. 9. Lucy, March 20, 1829. married, 
April 23, 1850, Rev. Charles W. Lockwood. 
10. Huldah. July 4, 1 83 1, married Comfort 
Blake. 11. Laura, September 9, 1833, married, 
November 9, 1852, Joel Osborne, of Redding. 
12. Isaac Newton, mentioned below. 13. Ezra 
Gilbert, October 22, 1843, married, October 
22, 1862, Lucy Maria Stowe. 

(VII) Isaac Newton, son of Isaac Hamil- 
ton Bartram, was born at Redding, Connecti- 
cut. May 25, 1838. He was educated in the 
district schools and at the Redding Academy. 
He worked at farming until he was of age, 
then came to Sharon. Connecticut, where he 
lias lived since 1857. He is an architect, 
builder and contractor, and a man of high 
standing in his business relations. He has 
built many charcoal blast furnaces and smelt- 
ers for iron ore and has been interested in the 
iron industry for many years. He is director 
and superintendent of the Sharon Water Com- 
pany. He organized the Sharon Electric 
Light Company, of which he was director 
and secretary for a time, and the plant of 
which he installed. He also organized the 
power company and was formerly a director. 
In politics he is a Democrat. He represented 
his town in the general assembly in 1868-72- 
76-88-91, and was state senator in 1899. In 
the senate he was chairman of the committee' 
on roads and bridges and was instrumental 
in making the Hartford Bridge free from tolls. 
He served on the board of selectmen of the 
town and has also been town treasurer. He is 
a member of Hamilton Lodge, No. 54, Free 
and Accepted ^Masons, of Sharon : or Royal 
Arch Masons, of Lakeville, Connecticut ; of 
the Methodist Episcopal church of Sharon. 

He married, March 27, 1861, Helen D. Wi- 
nans, of Cornwall, Connecticut, daughter of 
Elijah B. and Hannah (Hart) Winans. Chil- 
dren : I. Phebe M., married Charles Rod- 
man Pancoast, of Germantown, Philadelphia, 
an artist. 2. Blanche W., married (first) 
Henry Moore, a lawyer (deceased) ; (sec- 
ond) Dr. George B. Cameron, of Ger- 
mantown. Pennsylvania : child by first hus- 
band, Helen Bartram Moore. 



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Josluia jL-niiiiiys. immigrant 
JEXNINdS anccst'ir, was l)urn as early 

as 1620, in England. Tlic 
first record of liiin in this country is that of 
his iiiarriagf at Hartford, December 22, 1647, 
to Mary \\ illiains of that town. Fn 1650 he 
settled in I'airlield with otiier Hartford men. 
The tradition of the family says that he lanfled 
first at what is now I'.ridpeivirt ami went to 
Barlow's Plain. ."He was an intelligent and 
industrious man, worthy citizen and main- 
taiix-d an excellent rejnttation. He died in 
1^175. leavinp a g<iod estate to his wife and 
children." From him have descended many 
prominent citizens, (irecn Farms, which was 
formerly part of Fairfield, is composed largely 
of Jennings descendants. "Their name is as- 
sociated with thrift and prosperity; honest, in- 
dustrious ai'd orderly lives; domestic in their 
haliits. or fond of home life; retiring, not 
seeking publicity." They were also patriotic 
as the records show, ready to risk property and 
life in defence of their country. Children: i. 
Joshua, married Mary T.yon. 2. Joseph, mar- 
ried (first) .\bignil Turney ; (second) .'>arah 
Htdkelcy. 3. Michael. 4. John, married 

Snrah . 5. Samuel, married Sarah 

Grumman. f>. l\[atthew. married Hannah 
Wheeler. 7. Isaac, mentioned below. 8. Mary, 

married Curtis. 9. Elizabeth, married 

Smith. 

(II) Isaac, son of Joshua Jennings, was 
born in \f'<~}, at Fairfield. Connecticut, died 
July in, 174^). acconling to his gravestone. 
His will was dated June to. 174''>. and proved 
August 21. t74''>. He married, at Fairfield, a 
daughter of Joseph Picers. Children : Isaac, 
horn 1702; Mary, baptized .\ugust TO. 1705; 
John, mentioneil lielow : .Abigail, born 1 710; 
Josiah. bai)tized May 2". 17TI ; David, bap- 
tized Oetober ,^i, 1714; Sarah, born 171^. 

(III) John, son of Isaac Jennings, was born 
March 24. 170^1. baptized at Fairfield. May 
II, 1707, died in 1700- His will was dated 
May 12, I7()i. proved May 20. 1700. The 
tradition of the family is that his house was 
burned by the I'.ritish during the attack. July 
7 and S, 1770. untler Cencral Tryon. He 
married, lani'ary 20. I7_^i. .Sarah, daughter 
of John Winton. Chililren: Thaddeus, born 
.August 31. 1732, mentioned below: Aaron. 
September 8. 17.^4: Susan. March 2S. 1741; 
Marv. December 5, 1743; David, June 27. 
I74''>: Josiah, September 15. 174S; Sarah, 
April 14. 1751 : Joel, July i.^, 175.V 

( I\ ) Thaddeus. son of John Jennings, born 
August .^i. 17.^2, died in'TRi2. He entered 
Vale College and while a student at Xew 
Haven becaiDe engaged to I.avinia P.urritt of 
tli.it riiv \.}\^ father took him from college 



before he fitu^iu'l \\\- course, un account of 
the engagement without his consent. He con- 
tiiuied his studies at (ireenfield Hill and was 
a good Latin and dreek scholar and a great 
lover of Ixioks. hi later years he accumulated 
a large library. He lived in the town of Wes- 
ton, three nules froin Greenfield Hill. During 
the last two years of his life he lived with his 
son, I'hilemati Jennings, one mile from the old 
homesteafl. He married Eavinia Hurritt. of 
\'ew Haven. Children: Burritt, mentioned Inf- 
low ; .\ppollina. March 8, 1761 ; Philcman, 
.March 27, i7^>3; Sylvanus, May 5, 1765; 
Thaddeus, June 21, 1767; .Susannah, married 
Sellick Summers; Polly; Lavinia, married 
Wakeley. 

{ \' ) iJurritt, son of Thaddeus Jennings, was 
born December 21. 1758, at Weston, Connec- 
ticut, died Febriirry 22, 1848. He was a 
farmer in Cornwall. He was a .soldier in the 
revolution, a private in Captain ElK-nezcr 
Hill's company. Colonel Samuel Whiting's 
regiment in r)ctober, 1777; also in Captain Di- 
mon's company, Colonel Rezaleel I5eel>e's regi- 
ment, from Fairfield county, 1775. He was 
a pensioner and his name appears in the list 
of 1S40. a resident at that time of Cornwall 
(p. (^n. Coim. Rev. Rolls). He married. Xo- 
vember 20. 171x1. Ruth Crofoot, born May 24, 
17^(7, died October 20, 1828. Children: i, 
I^vina, born Xoveinber 25, 1701, died March 
18. 1S70: married, Xovember 25, 1813, Adoni- 
ram Peck. 2. Paidina. May 3. 170.^, died Xo- 
vember in, iSTiT): married. January it, 1820, 
Hiram Dunham. 3. Thaddeus R., January 23, 
I7<)5. died .\ugust 4. 1821. 4. John. March 
-3- 1707. mentioned below. 3. Josiah. May 
28. 1800. die<l Xovember 20. 1876: married, 
June \Ci. 1822. I.ucinda Guild. ^. .Sally. July 
4. 1803. died .August 22, 1848. 7. David T.. 
January zfi. i8n6. died December 3, 181 1. 8. 
Fmily, January 20, 1810. 

(\T) John, son of I'urritt Jennings, was 
born at Cornwall, Connecticut, March 23, 
1707. died December 10. 1870. He lived at 
Cornwall and was a farmer. He married. De- 
cember 5, 1824. Polly Guild, who died June iq, 
1881. Children: i. Haimah. born .September 
15. 1827. died September 10. 1827. 2. Hiram, 
October 13. 1828. died .August 24, 18^12. 3. 
William II.. December 18. 1830. mentioned 
below, a. Mnry .A.. .August 18. 1832. died 

Jaiinarv 21, 1807; married Webster. 5, 

John Weslev. .April 13, 1839, died April 22. 
1864. 

(\TI) William H., son of John Jennings, 
was born at Cornwall. Connecticut. December 
iS. 1830, died .SeptemlHT lo. 1877. He was 
educ.Tted in the Cornwall public scluvils. and 
like his father '••■•■■■•■•• '"•" f'>nowed farming 



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all his active life., and died in his native town. 
He married Ruth Kilbonrne, of Litchfield, 
Connecticut, born in 1834, now living at Ban- 
tam, Connecticut, daughter of Ethan and 
Thankful (Bishop) Kilbourne. Children: i. 
Eleanor, born 1863; married F. M. Seelye, a 
grain merchant at Bantam. 2. Ralph W., men- 
tioned below. 

(Vni) Ralph W., son of William H. Jen- 
nings, was born in Cornwall, Connecticut, 
April 15, 1866. He was educated in the public 
schools of Cornwall. He worked on the home- 
stead until he was twenty-two years old, when 
he came to Torrington, Connecticut, and was 
employed in the grocer)- business for the next 
ten years, and in 1902 engaged in his present 
business as dealer in flour, grain and feed, at 
Torrington. He has been very successful and 
is one of the leading merchants of the town. 
He married, April 6. 1898. Alma Merwin, of 
Sharon, Connecticut, born May 15. 1873, 
daughter of Volney and Emma (Bryan) Mer- 
win. Children: i. Wesley Burritt, born No- 
vember 2, 1899. 2. Merwin W., June 18, 
1905- 



(HI) Captain Jabez Hyde, son of 
HYDE Samuel Hyde (q.v.). was born in 
May, 1677, died September, 1762. 
He married, December 29, 1709, Elizabeth, 
born January 31. 1686, daughter of Richard 
and Elizabeth (Adgate) Bushnell. He lived 
at Norwich West Farms and owned a large 
tract of land. He was a wealthy and influen- 
tial citizen, for many years a justice of the 
peace and for eight sessions representative in 
the general assembly. His wife died August 
21, 1768. He was clerk of the church at Nor- 
wich West Farms (Franklin) for many years 
after 1716. Children: Elizabeth, born 1711, 
married Deacon Simon Tracy; Jabez, men- 
tioned below; Abigail, November 17, 1715; 
Phinchas, February 2, 1720; Joseph. August 
23, 1724. 

(I\') Tudge Jabez (2) Hvde. son of Jabez 
(i) Hyde, was born September 16, 1713. died 
in 1805. He lived at Franklin and was a lead- 
ing citizen, judge of the court and held various 
other offices of trust and honor. He married, 
in 1736, Lydia, born in 1719, died in 1803, 
daughter of Benjamin and Lydia (Hagen) 
Abel. Children; Ezekiel, 1738; Judge Jabez, 
1740; Lydia. 1744; Elizabeth. 1746; .\ndrew. 
mentioned below; Phebe. 1750; Solomon, 
about 1753; Joseph, about 1755; Benjamin, 
about 1757; Dice, 1759; Ambrose, 1762. 

(V) Andrew, son of Judge Jabez (2) Hyde, 
was born in Norwich West Farms, now 
Franklin. October 2, 1748. He was a farmer 
in bis native town. He represented the town 



in the general assembly of the state. He mar- 
ried (first), March 31, 1775, Mary, born April 
I, 1750, daughter of his second cousin, John 
Tracy, and Margaret (Huntington) Tracy. 
She died Decembers, 1804. He married (sec- 
ond) Edna (Hyde) Rogers, of Hoosick, New 
York, born 1758. died 1820, without issue, 
widow of Dr. Stephen Rogers and daughter of 
Captain Thomas and Edna (Burleigh) Hyde. 
Children : Andrew, born March 6, 1776 ; Jude, 
October 23, 1777; Lydia, May 19. 1779: Mary, 
November 21, 1784; Amasa, February 22, 
1787; Rodney, December 29, 1789; Lewis, 
mentioned below. 

(AT) Lewis, son of Andrew Hyde, was 
born at Franklin, November 13, 1792. He 
was a merchant and farmer. He settled in 
Franklin and removed to Yantic in the town 
of Norwich, where he was postmaster, justice 
of the peace and representative to the general 
assembly. He married. January 6, 1822, Mary, 
born September 21, 1798, at Franklin, daugh- 
ter of Asa and Parthenia (Jones) Backus, of 
Norwich (see Backus V). Children: i. 
Mary Bartholomew Janes, born November 29, 
1822, at Franklin ; married, January 17, 1844, 
Thomas Lathrop Stedman, born July 16. 1818, 
at Norwich; son of James and Eunice Hunt- 
ington (Carew) Stedman; she died Septem- 
ber 14, i8c;3 ; children : Lewis Hyde and Mary 
Eunice Stedman. 2. Lucy Anne, December 
14. 1824, died October 29. 1825. 3. Lewis 
Andrew, mentioned below. 4. George Rodney, 
mentioned below. 

(\'n) Lewis Andrew, son of Lewis Hyde, 
was born at Yantic. August 8. 1826. He was 
educated in the public schools of Norwich and 
the Bacon Academy at Colchester, Connecti- 
cut. For five years he was in the employ of 
Tweedv & Barrows, of Norwich, and after- 
ward of the 0"'"ebaug Bank of that city, after- 
\^•ard called the First National Bank of Nor- 
wich. He rose to the ofifice of cashier and 
filled that position with ability and fidelity for 
more than fifty years, continuing until he re- 
tired from active labor. He was prominent 
in the First Congregational Church of Nor- 
wich, of which for sixty-four years he was a 
member and for fiftv-four years deacon, treas- 
urer of church committee fifty-three years. He 
was interested in public affairs, especially in 
public education, and served for forty-four 
years on the school committee and for six 
years as chairman. He married (first). Sep- 
tember 8, 185 1, Anna C. Webster, of Wood- 
stock, who died April 6, 1853, in Norwich. 
He married (second). October 9, t8=;4, Mary 
E., born October 3, t8^o, dauHiter of Daniel 
L. and Marv Ann f Lathrop) Huntington, of 
Norwich. He married (third). September 26, 



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1865, Harriet Stewart, Iwrn SeptciTibcr 13. 

1S35, (laiij^litir of ticDrjic Diiinison ami Susan 

(Clivclaiul ) I'lilliT. His mntliiT was aunt of 

I'r-sidiiii ( li-vflaiid. Cliililruu of second wife: 

Mary Anna. July 3, it<35. 2. Lewis H., 

le _'-. 1X57 : {graduate of Vale and Columbia 

Law Scliool. is a lawyer in New York City. 

V William Trumljull. died younj;. ChiMren 

third wife: 4. Susan ClevelancL Aujjust 30, 

■ ). },'ra(hiate of Mmmt llolyoke College; 

- a missionary teacher in western Turkey 
; ten years. 5. Harriet Louise, .March 2C\ 

I. f).'( Korpe iMiller. .March 19. 1S71 ; Rrad- 
c of Amherst College, is assistant secretary 
the Vomij,' Men's Christian Association of 
: wicli. 7. (iertrude .Stewart, Septemlx-r 12, 
\\: teacher in the art department of Mount 
Ivoke Collcjie. 8. Jessie Elizabeth, Feb- 

V\\) (leorj^e Rodney, son of Lewis Hyde, 

- born at ^■antic. Auf,'ust 21), 1S3J. He at- 
leil the public scliools of his native town, 
.Norwich .\cademy, and Thilliiis .\cademy 

\ndovcr, Massachusetts. He entered mer- 
lile life in Norwich, but on account of ill 
ilth enpaped in farming, assisting bis father 
I he homestead. Afterward he entered the 
nlov of the Xorwich Savings Society as 
;k ;md continued lor ten years. He mar- 
1 (first). October 22. 1856. Clarissa S., 
ghter of (lilman Dickey. He married ( scc- 
1). Sei)tember 20. 18^)4, Kate R. Dickey, 
Mr of. his first wife. Child by first wife: 
Kate Stedman. born November 11, 1837; 
married. Jimc 22. l88j. fieorge R. Schnabel ; 
child: Clara Certrudc Hyde Schnabel : they re- 
side at White I'.ear Lake. Minnesota. Children 
-icond wife : 2. Clara E.. born July 10. 1867 ; 
.rried. June \C\ itt02. \V. T. (Vlcott, of Nor- 
wich. 3. Mary P.ackus. December 17. l8^xT: 
teacher in Pratt Institute. P.rooklyn, New 
York. 4. Harriet Stewart. March 8. 1872: 
married \\"illiam /timbro, a missionarv in Ma- 
dura. India : children : Kathryn and Elizabeth. 
5. Charles < lilman. May 7. 1874 : is a professor 
of Civil Engineering in the I'niversity of Cali- 
fornia. P.erkelev. California; married. May 21. 
i8<)i, Marglurita Isola : children : Margberita. 
Helen and Katherinc Dickey Hyde. 

( Tlic R.ickvts Line). 
I n William P.ackus. immigrant, was born 
in England, settled in 1^38 in Saybrook, Con- 
necticnt. and was the common ancestor of the 
Windham comity and Xorwich families of this 
surname. In iT/lo he removed to Norwich and 
was one of the original ])roprietors of that 
town, flc was admitted a freeman in TfVi3 
and died in ifVu. He married (first"), Sarah 
Charles: ( second "). before 1660. .'\nn . 



I le ha<! sons, Stephen and William, mentioned 
below, and daughters, Sarah and Mary. 

(H) Lieuten.nn William (Jl P.ackus, son of 
William ( 1 1 Kackus. died about 172 1. He 
was one of the early settlers and one of the 
most enterprising citizens of Norwich, .\fter- 
wards be became one of the pro]>rietors of 
Windham, ("onnecticut. He was one of the 
legatees f>f Joshua Cncas, from whose estate 
he received three shares of a tbousaml acres 
each. He married iClizalieth Pratt before K/io. 
.She was born in 1641, died 1730, daughter of 
Lieutenant William and ElizalK-tli (Clark) 
Pratt. Children: William, if/m: John, ifitti ; 
Sar.'di. IM13: l^amuel, \l^>liS '• Joseph, mentioned 
below: Nathaniel, iC)i'»): Elizabeth, died 1728. 
Ilamiah, married twice. 

(HI) Joseph, son of Lieutenant William (2) 
r?ackus, was born at Norwich in 1667. He 
married, in irxjo, Elizabeth Huntington, born 
iT/m). Chihlren: Joseph, iCn)i ; Samuel. 1693, 
mentioned below; .Ann, i'"(5; Rev. .'^imon, 
i7CK)-oi ; James, 1703; I-'lizabeth, 1705; Sarah, 
17CHK Ebenezcr, 17 12. 

(I\') .Samuel, son of Joseph Backus, was 
born at Norwich in i''x>3. He married, 
1715-1^1. Elizabeth, born if><)8. died 1760, 
daughter of John and Elizabeth (Leffingwell) 
Tr.-icy. Children : Samuel, born 1716-17: .Ann, 
171S: Elizabeth. 172021 : Rev. Isaac. 1723-24; 
Elijah. 172^; Simon, 1728-29: Eunice, 1731 ; 
Major .-\ndrcw, 1733: .Asa. mentioned below; 
Lucy. 1738: Deacon John. 1740. died in 1814. 

(V) .Vsa, son of Sanmel P.ackus, was born 
at Norwich in 1736. He married, in I7''>2, 
Esther Parkhnrst. Their daughter Mary, 
born at Franklin. September 21. 171)8. married, 
January f>, 1822. Lewis Hyde (see Hyde VI). 



(\T) Jasper Hyde, son of Eph- 
HYDE raim Hyde (q.v.). was born at 
Stafford in December. i~C^). He 
was an iron manufacturer at Stafford and be- 
came very wealthy. He was an energetic, pro- 
gressive and useful citizen. He married De- 
light Strong, sister of his brother Nathaniel's 
wife. She died ^L^rch 22. 1835. aged eighty- 
two years. He died .Xugust 3, 1848. He had 
two sons, born out of wedlock, but a<lopted 
and acknowledged by him and his principal 
legatees; Ephraim Henry, mentioned below; 
Jasper Rolton. of Stafford. 

(\Tn Covernor Ejibraim Henry Hyde, son 
of Jasper Hyde, was born at Stafford. June 
I. 1812. .\ttenflance at the district school in 
his native town and al>out six weeks of study 
at the academy in Monson. Massachusetts, 
comprised his entire school education. His 
boyhood was passed in work on the farm, ac- 
companied by general service in an old-time 



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hotel connected with the farm, and known as 
the half-way stage station between Worcester 
and Hartford, and about four months as a 
stage driver between Stafford and Sturbridge, 
filled up the years between school and the com- 
mencement of his active business life. Entering 
a country store in his eighteenth year as clerk, 
he became proprietor of the store in his 
twenty-first year, and from that time was 
closely identified with the interests of the 
town. He was interested in a blast furnace 
business for about eight years, and in his 
twenty-ninth year was the chief promoter of 
a cotton mill at Stafford Springs. For many 
years he was interested in the business of 
manufacturing satinets as one of the firm of 
Converse & Hyde, and he was actively en- 
gaged in many other industrial enterprises. He 
devoted his time principally, however, to pro- 
moting the agricultural interests of the state 
and to breeding blooded stock. About 1842 
he had become the owner of two or three large 
farms, and commenced the careful breeding 
of stock from imported and native cattle, be- 
ginning with Devons, and afterwards experi- 
menting with Ayrshires, Durhams and Jerseys. 
Believing the Devons to be the best adapted 
to this country, he applied himself to the scien- 
tific selection and breeding of that class, and 
as a result he greatly improved the stock, and 
produced herds of beauty and excellence, the 
winners of many a sweepstake medal and prize. 
Animals from his herds went to all parts of 
the country, and the improvement of the stock 
in his native state is owing in a large measure 
to his care and wisdom as a breeder of pure- 
blooded Devons. He early became concerned 
in the general agricultural interests of the 
state, and was an active and zealous partici- 
pant in all movements for their protection and 
advancement. He gave to the interests of ag- 
riculture his time, money and talents without 
stint, and brought to the service an indomitable 
will and energy that prosecuted its aims with 
a patient industry that was untiring. It was 
largely owning to his influence and enterprise 
that the Tolland County Agricultural Society 
was organized in 1852. He was president from 
its organization until i860, and from 1864 to 
1868. Hyde Park at Rockville was named in 
his honor, and in recognition of his services 
to the society. He was president of the Con- 
necticut State Agricultural Society from 1858 
to 1881 : vice-president of the New England 
Agricultural Society from its beginning; vice- 
president of the State Board of Agriculture 
from its organization in 1866 to 1882, was 
chosen again in 1890; was chairman of the 
commissioners on diseases of domestic ani- 
mals for more than thirty years ; president of 



the American Breeder's Association from 1865 
until it resolved itself into sections for each 
breed ; president of the Connecticut Valley Ag- 
ricultural Association, comprising Connecticut, 
Massachusetts, New Hampshire and \'ermont; 
corporator of the Connecticut Stock Breeders' 
Association ; vice-president of the Dairyman's 
Association ; chairman of the committee to 
piublish the first volume of the "Americati Herd 
Book" ; president of the Tolland' County East 
Agricultural Society from its organization in 
1870 to 1876; one of the trustees and vice- 
president of the Storrs School. He had long 
been in favor of a school in which the science 
of agriculture should be taught and was one 
of the first two persons who consulted the 
Storrs brothers in regard to the project of 
establishing the school at Mansfield. The 
scheme met his approval, and that the plan was 
finally adopted, and that the school was able 
to maintain itself against the numerous at- 
tacks upon it, was largely owing to his inde- 
fatigable efforts and earnest support. In 1889 
he was chosen one of the building committee 
to erect the beautiful and commodious struc- 
tures, which were completed at the cost of 
about fifty thousand dollars. 

His labors to secure reform in the manage- 
ment of prisons and houses of correction were 
extensive and persistent. He was one of the 
founders and directors of the Prisoners' Friend 
Association, and a director of the Industrial 
School for Girls, and was active in the direc- 
tion of the state board of education, especially 
in 1867-69. He attended as delegate from the 
New England Agricultural Association, the 
United States Agricultural Association con- 
vention at Washington. He was county com- 
missioner for Tolland county in 1842-43 ; 
member of the house of representatives from 
Stafford in 1851-52: delegate to the national 
Democratic convention at Baltimore. In the 
presidential campaign of i860 he took a promi- 
nent part, identifying himself with the state 
rights faction, and was an elector on their 
ticket. He was a state senator and president 
pro tcm. of the senate in 1876 and 1877, and 
lieutenant-governor in 1867-68. During this 
time the office of commissioner of agriculture 
at Washington became vacant, and he was 
stronglv recommended for the place, every 
member of the legislature then in session, ir- 
respective of party affiliation, signed the peti- 
tion, and nearly all of the state delegation in 
congress. He took an earnest and livelv inter- 
est in the Connecticut Experimental Station, 
and was chosen vice-president of the board 
of control at its organization. March 29, 1879. 
He presided at the one hundred and fiftieth an- 
niversarv of the primitive organization of the 




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('ongrcgatinnal church ami society at I'rank- 
lin, Connicticut, Uctolicr 4. iSdS. He was 
president of the Tolland centennial celebration 
in iS/f). delivering the opening address, and he 
occiii)ie<l many other offices of importance. In 
all his puhlic life, covering a period of about 
half a century, his aim was to subserve the 
interests of the state, and no shadow of sus- 
picion ever rested on his name. His conduct, 
methods and motives were always honorable, 
and he left an enviable record. He took an 
efficient and active interest in the L'niversalist 
Society at Stafford, serving as sexton, organ- 
ist, and leader in the choir for fifteen years. 
In his rild age few coulil be found to eipial him 
in activity and endurance. Always strictly 
temi)eratc in his habits, he saved himself from 
the infirmities which so often overtake men in 
their declining years. With a tall and slender 
fnrm. a well-bred face, a flowing white beard 
and the graceful courtesy of an older day, 
he presented a striking figure. Affable and 
agreeable, fond of society and companionship, 
kind and considerate of others, with a ])leasant 
smile and a cheerful greeting always, he had 
a large circle of friends and was most highly 
esteemed. 

He marriefl (first), September 27. 1836, 
Hannah Converse Young, who died February 
j^, 1862. He married (second"). October i'), 
•S^K). M.Try S. Williams, of Hartford. Chil- 
'ren by first wile: Ellen I-'.., married Ernest 
lady, of the Pratt & Cady Company : Ephraim 
Henry, mentione<l helow. Four children died 
•umg. 

(\'IH) Major Ephraim Henry (2) Hyde, 
-on 1 if Governor Ephraim Henry (\) and Han- 
nah (.'onversc (Young) H\de. was born in 
Stafford. Connecticut. October 5. 1848. He 
received his early education in the common 
schools of Stafford, then attended the Wes- 
\v\ru Academy at Wilbrnham, Massachusetts. 
He entered Yale College with the class of 
1871. hut left at the end of his freshman year 
to commence the study of law in the otlice of 
Waldo. Hubbard & Hyde, at Hartford. He 
was admitted to the bar in 1871. and was asso- 
ciated with Samuel L. James until .\pril, 1875. 
when he formed a partnership with Charles M. 
losiyn. under the firm name of Hvde it Joslyn. 
This relationship was contiiuiefl imtil 1804. 
when George H. Gilman was admitted to the 
firm, and the style was Hyde. Joslyn & Gilman 
imtil September I. 184)7. when Frank E. Hun- 
gerford. of Xew Britain, was admitted to the 
firm: the firm name was Himgerford. Hyde, 
Joslvn i"t Gilman tmtil Mr. Hungerford's 
death in June. hkx). since which date the firm 
name has been Hyde. Joslyn. Gilman & Hun- 
rerford. the jiuiior partner being William C. 



Ilungerford. The firm is counsel for many 
im|Hirtant cur{M)ratii>ns, and is well known 
ihrmighout the state. 

In 1873 Major Hyde was assistant clerk of 
the Connecticut house of representatives, clerk 
in 1874, and in 1875 clerk of the senate. He 
was prosecuting attorney of the city of Hart- 
ford from October i, 1875, *o •'^P"' '• ^^77' 
and from April 1. 1879, to April I, 1880. He 
was appointed a member of the contmission on 
tmiform state legislation by (iovernor Morris, 
serving from |8<(3 to i<^>4, when he resigned. 
In this imiHirtant jiosition his services were 
of special value. He was president of the 
Hartford Uiard of charity commissioners from 
l8</) to ii)oi. In 1896 he was a candidate for 
congress in the first congressional district, on 
the Gold Democratic ticket. He is past master 
of St. John's Ix)dge, Free and .\ccepted Ma- 
sons, of Hartford, and a member of the Hart- 
fonl Club, Country Club of Farmington and 
Hartford Golf Club. He has been a member 
of First Company, GoNernor's I'lxit taiard, 
since i88<i. and was major commandant of the 
company from 1891 to l8<^. He married. 
June 2, 1881, Clara Pearce Tuttle. 



This surname is a place 

lU'EKELEY name of ancient English 
origin, and was originally 
spelled I'.uclough in the time <if King John, in 
iHC). and later. It signifies "a large moun- 
tain". There have Ixren and still are many 
variations in spelling. Bulkeley is the one 
most commanly used, other forms being Bulkic, 
I'.ulkley and Buckley. 

( I ) I'.aron Robert de Bulkeley lived in the 
time of King John (1199-1226). 

( 11 ) I'.aron William dc Bulkeley married a 
daughter of Thomas Butler. 

(IH) r.aron Robert (2) de Bulkeley mar- 
ried Jane, daughter of Sir William Butler. 

(IV) I'.aron William (2t de I'.ulkeley mar- 
ried in 1302. Maud, daughter of Sir John 
Havenport. 

(\ ) P.aron Robert (3) de Bulkeley married 
.■\gnes . 

(\'n Baron Peter de Bulkeley married Ni- 
cola, daughter of Thomas Bird. 

(\H) Baron John do Bulkeley, of Hough- 
ton, married Ardcme Fitley. 

(\IH) Baron Hugh de Bulkeley married 
Helen, daughter of Thomas Wilhraliam. 

(1X1 Baron Humphrey de Bulkeley married 
Grisel Moulton. 

(X) p.aron William (3) de Bulkeley. of 
Oaklev. married Beatrice, daughter of Wil- 
liam Hill. 

(Xlt Baron Thomas dc Bulkeley married 
Elizabeth, daughter of Randellc Grosvenor. 



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(XII) Rev. Edward de Bulkeley was born 
at Ware, Shropshire, England. He was ad- 
mitted to St. John's College, Cambridge, April 
6, 1550, and was curate of St. Mary"s, Shrews- 
bury, in 1550; prebend of Chester; prebend 
of Litchfield about 1580; rector of All Saints, 
Odell, in the Hundred of Willey, Bedfordshire, 
where he died and was succeeded by his eld- 
est son, Peter, mentioned below. He married 
Almark Irlby or Islby, of Lincolnshire. 

(XIII) Rev. Peter (2) Bulkeley, son of Rev. 
Edward de Bulkeley, was born January 31, 
1582-83, at Odell, Bedfordshire, England. He 
entered St. John's College, Cambridge, March 
22, 1604-05; fellow 1608, with M.A. degree; 
and "said, but on doubtful authority, to have 
proceeded Bachelor of Divinity". He suc- 
ceeded his father as rector of Odell. He was 
known to be a non-conformist, but "the Lord 
Keeper Williams, formerly his diocesan, and 
his personal friend., desired to deal gently with 
his non-conformity", and connived at it, as 
he had at his father's for twenty years; but 
when Laud became Primate of England in 
1633, Mr. Bulkeley was silenced and with no 
hope of reinstatement. He therefore sold his 
estate and sailed for New England in 1635, 
at the age of fifty-two, with his children, on 
the ship "Susan and Ellen". His wife Grace, 
aged thirtv, was enrolled on the ship "Elizabeth 
and Ann", but it is probable that she sailed 
with her husband. There is a tradition in the 
family that while on the voyage the wife Grace 
apparently died. Unwilling to have her body 
buried at sea., the husband pleaded with the 
captain to keep it until they reached port. As 
no signs of decay appeared, he consented, and 
on the third day symptoms of vitality appeared, 
and before land was reached animation was 
restored. Though carried from the ship an 
invalid, she recovered and lived to a good old 
age. Rev. Peter Bulkeley settled first in Cam- 
bridge and the next year with twelve others 
began the settlement of Concord. Three years 
later he received a grant of three hundred 
acres of land at Cambridge. He was teacher 
of the church at Concord, of which Rev. John 
Jones was pastor, and was installed pastor 
April 6, 1637. He is always spoken of as the 
first minister of Concord. He brought with 
him from England about six thousand pounds, 
most of which he spent for the good of the 
colony. He was a learned and pious man. 
He wrote several Latin poems, some of which 
Cotton Mather, in his Magnalia, quotes, as a 
part of a sketch of his life. He also published 
a volume in London in 1646, entitled "The Gos- 
pel Covenant", made up of sermons preached 
at Concord ; and an elegy on his friend. Rev. 
Mr. Hooker. He was among the first to in- 



struct the Indians, and the singular immunity 
of Concord from Indian attack was largely 
credited, by tradition, to his sanctity and in- 
fluence. He died at Concord, March 9, 1658- 
59. His will, dated April 14. 1658, with codi- 
cils of January 13 and February 26, following, 
was proved June 20, 1659. Before his death 
he gave many books to the library of 
Harvard College. He married (first) Jane, 
daughter of Thomas Allen, of Goldington. 
He married (second), about 1634, Grace 
Chetwode, born 1602, died April 21, 1669, at 
New London, Connecticut, daughter of Sir 
Richard and Dorothy (Needham) Chetwode, 
of Odell. Children of first wife, born in Eng- 
land : Edward, born June 17, 1614, came to 
New England before his father, died January 
2, 1696; Mary, baptized August 24, 161 5, died 
young; Thomas, born April 11, 1617; Nathan- 
iel, born November 29, 1618, died 1627; Rev. 
John, born February 11, 1620; George, born 
May 17. 1623 ; Daniel, born August 28, 1625 ; 
Jabez, born December 20, 1626, died young; 
Joseph, (probably) born 1629; William, of 
Ipswich ; Richard. Children of second wife, 
born in New England ; Gershom, born Decem- 
ber 6, 1636, mentioned below, Elizabeth ; Dor- 
othy, born August 2, 1640: Peter, born Au- 
gust 12. 1643. 

(XIV) Rev. Gershom Bulkeley, son of Rev. 
Peter (2) Bulkeley, was born at Concord, 
December 6. 1636, died December 2, 1713. He 
graduated at Harvard College in 1655, as a 
fellow of the college. In 1661 he became the 
minister of the second church at New Lon- 
don, Connecticut, and in 1666-67 removed to 
Wethersfield, where he was installed as pas- 
tor. In 1676 he asked for dismissal on account 
of impaired health, and thereafter devoted 
himself to the practice of medicine and sur- 
gerv, in which he achieved much success and 
reputation. He was an ardent student 
of chemistry and philosophy, and master of 
several languages, and was also an expert sur- 
veyor. During his pastorate in 1673 he was 
appointed surgeon to the Connecticut troops 
in King Philip's war, and placed on the coun- 
cil of war. The court gave orders to have 
him taken especial care of. At one time the 
partv to which he was attached was attacked 
by a number of Indians near Wachusetts 
mountain, Massachusetts, and in the fight he 
received a wound in the thigh. His monu- 
ment in the Wethersfield cemetery says of 
him : "He was honorable in his descent, of 
rare abilities, excellent in learning, master of 
many languages, exquisite in his skill, in divin- 
ity, physic and law, and of a most exemplary 
and Christian life." His will was dated May 
28, 1712. and proved December 7, 1717. He 



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marrieil. ( )ctt>l)cr 28, i''>59, Sarah Chaunccy, 
horn at Ware. Enj,'lan(l. June 13, 1631, died 
June 3, i'h/j, (laiifjhitT uf Kcv. Charles Chaun- 
ccy, ])re.si(lent of Harvard College. Children : 
Catherine, horn ahuut if/to; Dori>th\, l)orn 
about lUu: Dr. Charles, born alxjut 16^13; 
I'eti'r, lost at sea; Edward, born 1G72; John, 
imntioned Iwlow. 

I X\ ) Uev. John (2) I'.ulkeley. son of Rev. 

rshoni I'.ulkeley. was born in 1C79. Hcprad- 
u;iie<l imni Harvard CoUetje in i'm)<7, studied 
divinit\, and was ordained as minister of the 
church at Colchester, Connecticut, December 

'"t>3- 
! le took ver>' high rank among the 
rijymen of N'ew Enpland. He wrote the 
iace to Woicott's 'Sleditations." lie pub- 
:ied: election sermon (1713) entitled, "The 
(.cssitv of Keli|:;ion in Societies"; "Inquiry 
!o the F<iyht of the Ahitriginal Natives to 
ilie Land in America" ( 1724) ; "An Impartial 
Account of a Late Debate at Lyme I'pon the 
■' Ilowiiiii Points: Whether it he the Will of 
d that the Infants of X'isible Hclievers 
ii.iuld be Haptizcd ; whether sprinkling be law- 
ful and sutticient ; and whether the Present 
Wav of Supporting Ministers by a Public Rate 
• Tax he Lawful." Dr. Chauncey wrote of 
Ikeley: "Mr. John Rulkeley I have seen 
;iimI conversed with, though so long ago that 
I formed no judgment of him from my own 
knowledge. Mr. Whittlesey of \Vallingford, 
'r. Chauncey of Durham and others I could 
I ntii>ii ever spoke of him as a first-rate 
genius ai!<l I have often heard that Dummer 
and he. who were classmates in college, 
were accounted the greatest geniuses of their 
day. The jirefereiice was given to Dummer in 
regard to ([uickness, brilliancy and wit ; to 
Hulkeley in regard to solidity of judgment and 
strength of argument. Mr. Gershom Bulke- 
ley, father of John. I have heard mentioned as 
a truly great man and eminent in his skill in 
chemistry, and the father of Gershom, and 
grandfather of John, Peter Bulkelcy of Con- 
cord, was esteemed in his day as one of the 
greatest men in this part of the world. But 
by all that I have Iwen able to collect, the Col- 
cliester I'.ulkeley surpassed his predecessors in 
the strength of his intellectual power." Mr. 
I'.ulkeley was classed by Rev. Dr. Chauncey in 
1768 among the three most eminent for 
strength of genius and power of mind which 
New England produced. He was regarded 
by men of his time as a famous casuist and 
sage counselor. 

lie married, in 1701. Patience, daughter of 
John and .Sarah Prentice. Children : Sarah, 
horn .\pril 8. 1702; married (first) Jonathan 
Trumb:-Il; (second) John Wells; daughter, 



bort) and died May 6, 1704; John, born .April 
"J. '705. mentioned below; Dorothy, Febru- 
ary 28, 1708; (jershom, I'ebruary 14, 1709; 
Charles, December 26. 1710; Peter, Novemlwr 
21, 1712; Patience, .May 21, 1715; Oliver, July 
2<>, 1717. ilied January i, I77<;: Lucy, June 20, 
1720, died Eebriiary 20, 1722; Irene (twin), 
Eebruary 10. 1722; Joseph (twin), died Feb- 
ruary 25, 1722. 

(X\l) Hon. John (3) I'.ulkeley, son of Rev. 
John (2) liulkeley, was horn .\pril 19, 1705, 
died July 21, 1753. He gr.iduated from Yale 
C'ollege in the class of 1725 and studied law. 
He became eminent in his profession. In 1753 
and for ten years afterward he was one of the 
assistants of the province: he was judge of 
probate and held many other offices of trust. 
He was colonel of his regiment. "Hon. Judge 
I'.ulkelev of Colchester, who for a number of 
years was a great honor to an uncommon va- 
riety of exalte<l stations in life, more sub tana." 
corri])uit Julii 21. A. D. 1753, anno aetatis sui 
41 ). I'.eloved and feared for vertues sake. 
Such vertuc as the great doth make." (epitaph 
on tombstone). He married, October 29, 
1738, Mary Gardner, who died December 4, 
1750. He married (second), April 16, 1751, 
.Abigail Hastings. Children, twrn at Colches- 
ter; Lydia, born October 21, 17.^9. married 
Captain Robert Latimer; Mary, May 27, 1741, 
died June I, 1741 ; John, May 20, 1742. die<l 
November 13, 1742; Mary. November 15, 
1743. married George P.. Hurlburt: F.lii>halet, 
.August 8, 1746, nientioned below; Lucy, Au- 
gust 2, I74'>. married Ca]>tain John Unnb; 
Charles. May 22. 1752. 

(N\II) Colonel Eliphalet Rulkeley. son of 
Hon. John (3) P.idkeley, was born at Colches- 
ter. .August 8. 174'>. He was a prominent of- 
ficer in the Connecticut troops in the revolu- 
tion, a captain of the Colchester company that 
responded to the Lexington alarm. .April 19, 
1775; promoted lieutenant-colonel in May, 
1780. He marrieil. September 16. 1767, .Anna 
p.idkeley. of New Ixindon. Children: Lydia 
Ann. Ixirn May 18. iy<>^. married Colrinel 
Daniel Watrous ; Mary Atlams, JuTie 25, 1770. 
married James Worthington ; John Charles, 
August 8. 1772, mentioneil below; Patience, 
December. 1774. married Charles Chapman: 
Jonathan. Jidy 8, 1777. married E. Simons; 
Pettis. .April 30, 1780; Eliphalet, .April 22. 
1782, died unmarried: Sarah Cliauncey, July 
24. 1784, married James P.olton : I'anny. .\pril 
6. 1787. married Henry Lamb; Orlando. Jan- 
uan- 19, 1793: Julia, married Steuben Butler. 
('XNTIh John Charles, son of Eliphalet 
P.idkeley. was born .\ugusl 8. 1772. at Col- 
chester. He marrierl .^ally Taintor. Chil- 
dren: Charles Edwin, born October 16, 1799; 



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John Taintor, October 3, 1701 ; Eliphalet Ad- 
ams, mentioned below. 

(XIXj Eliphalet Adams, son of John 
Charles Bulkelcv, was born June 20, 1803 ; 
died in 1872. He graduated from Yale 
College in the class of 1824 and began the 
study of law in the office of William P. Wil- 
liams, of Lebanon, Connecticut, and began to 
practice at East Haddam, where he became a 
prominent citizen. He became president of 
the East Haddam Bank ; representative to the 
general assembly and twice state senator from 
the nineteenth district.. In 1847 he removed 
to Hartford, where he was already known and 
where he enjoyed a large practice. He was 
for a number of years one of the school fund 
commissioners, leader in politics and town af- 
fairs and held various positions of trust and 
honor. He was elected in 1857 to the legisla- 
ture from Hartford with Nathaniel Shipman 
and was chosen speaker of the house of repre- 
sentatives by the Union Republicans. He was 
originally a Whig, but joined the Republican, 
party at its organization. For some years he. 
was in partnership with Judge Henry Perkins 
under the firm name of Bulkeley & Perkins, 
a well-known law firm, but his later years 
were devoted to the business of life insurance. 
He was the first president of the'Connecticuf 
Mutual Company and assisted in its organiza-. 
tion. In 1850 he organized the Aetna Life In-- 
surance Company, serving as president until 
his death. He was interested in all the Aetna 
companies, banking and insurance, fire and 
life. He \vas a director of the Willimantic 
Linen Company and other corporations, and 
was a leading stockholder in many profitable 
enterprises. Through his own enterprise, 
good judgment and sagacity in investment and 
development of business he accumulated a for- 
tune and was rated as a millionaire at his 
death. His habits of life were most regular 
and methodical. He was prompt in keeping 
his engagements and was present at all meet- 
ings where he was expected. In eighteen years 
he never failed until his last illness to preside 
at the meetings of the Pearl Street Ecclesiasti- 
cal Society, to which he belonged. When he 
lived on Church street he regularly attended 
the school meetings in the first district, and 
after he removed to Washington street he was 
equally punctual in the south district. At all 
gatherings, religious, political or otherwise, in 
which he took an interest, he was never tardy. 
His regularity and promptness were never ex- 
ceeded by any other citizen, probably. He was 
especially faithful in his political obligations 
and he not only voted himself, but urged others 
never to neglect the duties of citizenship. One 
marked characteristic was his wonderfully re- 



tentive memory regarding people and events. 
His wonderful knowledge in this respect en- 
abled him to give with surprising accuracy 
mr.ny general facts relating to families of 
which their own members were in ignorance. 
Few men have lived in this state possessed of 
such general information with regard to indi- 
vidual associations. In other respects his 
knowledge was extensive, accurate and valu- 
able. He may be said to have died at the post 
of duty for he was stricken while at his desk 
in the office of the Aetna Insurance Company, 
though he was almost blind during his last 
years. He died February 13, 1872. 

He married, January 31, 1830, Lydia Smith 
Morgan, of Colchester. Children: i. Mary 
Morgan, born October 21, 1833, died June 30, 
1835. 2. Charles Edwin, born December 16, 
1835; graduate of Yale College in 1856; law- 
yer of Hartford ; captain of company of artil- 
lery in civil war ; died December, 1864, in com- 
mand of Fort Garesche, near Washington, 
D. C. 3. Morgan Gardner, born December 26, 
1837. 4. William Henry, born March 2, 1840, 
mentioned below. 5. Mary Jerusha, born Sep- 
tember ly. 1843; married Leverett Brainard 
(see Brainard \T) ; director and president of 
the Union for Home Work and in 1904 presi- 
dent of the Orphans' Asylum of Hartford. 6. 
Eliphalet Adams, born July 11, 1847, ^Hed De- 
cember 17, 1848. 

(XX) Hon. William Henry Bulkeley, son of 
Eliphalet Adams Bulkeley, a capitalist, ex- 
lieutenant-governor and merchant of Hart- 
ford, was born March 2, 1840, in East Had- 
dam, Connecticut, and came to Hartford six 
or seven years later with his father, who then 
established his home in the city. The boy 
received his education in the public schools 
of Hartford, in which he made an admirable 
record for scholarship. His business career 
was begun with the company with which he 
has so long been connected, for he succeeded 
his brother, Morgan G., in the humble capacity, 
and at the same salary, above referred to. 
\Mien sixteen vears of age he commenced mer- 
cantile life with an old dry-goods firm of Hart- 
ford, becoming a clerk. In the spring of 1857 
he became engaged in the dry-goods business 
in Brooklyn, New York, with H. P. ]\Iorgan & 
Company. Later he began the dry-goods busi- 
ness in that city for himself, continuing it suc- 
cessfully on Fulton street for some six years. 
On the breaking out of the war of the Rebel- 
lion >oung Bulkeley was one of the first to 
respond to his country's call. At the time 
Fort Sumter was fired upon he was a member 
of Company G, Thirteenth Regiment, New 
York N^ational Guard, the Brooklyn City 
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i8''ii, tlic organization hcinj: in the service for 
four months. In iS^>2 Mr. Iliilkeley organize<l 
Company (i. Fifty-si.\tli I\e;.;imeiit, Xew York 
National ( luard, and was made its captain. 
He was with his command throuj,'h tlie I'enn- 
sylvania crisis of iH(>^. heing in I Jeneral 
"ISaUly" .Smith's division. During the New 
York draft riots the regiment was ordered 
liome, after which it was disbanded, its time 
of Service Iiaving expired. 

Captain i'lulkeky returned to Hartford, and 
enyaged in the lithographing husiness, organ- 
izing the Kellogg & I'.ulkeley Company, htho- 
graphcrs, of Hartford, of wiiicli for many 
years lie has been president. Imme(Hately on 
his return to Hartford he was elected a (hrec- 
tor of the .\etna Life Insurance Company, was 
also vice-president of the same in 1877-70. and 
is at present auditor, which office he has held 
many years. He has ha<! more to do with the 
success of the company than any other man 
who has not held an executive office. ( ieneral 
IJiilkeley has liornc a very dose relation, to the 
company in an advisory capacity for the past 
quarter of a century, and his business judg- 
ment has proved invaluable in the direction of 
its policy. He has been and still is prominently 
connected with a number of the banking, in- 
surance and other corporations of Hartford, 
among which are the United States Hank, of 
which he is vice-president and a director, the 
American National Hank, of which he is a di- 
!or. and the Kellogg & Rulkeley Company. 
1878 he purchased the "Picc Hive." a fam- 
- dry-goods establishment, which he man- 
d for years with great success. He has 
n honored with official position, and has 
had large experience in city and state politics. 
He served his fellow citizens for five years in 
the comnionn council of Hartford, acting a 
portion of the time as vice-president and presi- 
' nt of the board. He al.so served as one of 
' street commissioners of the cifv for some 
' en or eight years, in which he proved a 
•■\- efficient member. Mr. I'.ulkeley was com- 
-snry-general of the state, commissioner of 
nnecticut to the Yorktown Centennial Ccle- 
lion, and was elected to the office of lieu- 
L.i.ant-governor of Connecticut on the ticket 
with .(^lovernor Bigelow, serving with credit 
throi'gh t88i and 1882. He made a good 
presiding officer of the senate. In 1882 he 
was a Republican candidate for governor, and 
in the exciting time which followed the elec- 
tion conducted himself in a manner which 
elicited favorable comment in the press all 
over the country. He is an active member of 
Robert O. Tyler Post. Grand .Army of the 
Republic, of Hartford, and of the .\rmy and 
Xavy Club of Connecticut. In religious con- 



nection he is a member of the Pearl Street 
Cor.gregatioiial Church, and contributes gen- 
i rously to the charities. 

( In Se|)tember iS, 1863, Mr. liulkelcy mar- 
rietl limma. daughter of Melvin ami I.etitia 
tjurney, and they have had six children; i. 
.Marx .Morgan, wife of K. S. \'an Zilc, the 
author. 2. William ICIi|)halet Adams, cashier 
of the .\etna Life Insurance Company. 3. 
(irace (."hetwood. wife of l)avii| \'an Shaack. 
4. John Charles, of Hartford. 5. .Salley Tain- 
tor, wife of Richard McCauley, of Detroit, 
.Michigan. 6. Richard IJeaumarais. of Hart- 
ford. 



The name iJrainerd or 
1!R.\IX.\RD I'rainard is of very ancient 
origin, and is a ])lace name 
originally spelled IJrendewood or I'.rendewode. 
Tradition says that the family came originally 
from the village of I'.raine in b'landers or 
I'Vance. The name is still connmin in both 
!• ranee and Ciermany spelled i'.rainerd and 
iirainard. The family is, however, without 
doubt of English descent, being found in ICng- 
land as early as 1350. In Essex county, Eng- 
land, the name is sjielled P.rainwo(j(l, from 
P.rentwcMxl, meaning burnt wood. 

(I) Daniel r.rainar<l, innnigrant ancestor, 
was bt>rn jirobably in liraintree, England, in 
\(m. .An old inan'.iscri])t, bearing date of 
January 20, i78r). gives the following account 
oi him: "Mr. Daniel P.rainard, who by the 
best account was stolen from hisjiative town, 
P.raintrcc, in the county of Essex m the island 
of (ireat IVitain about eight years of age. 
Being brought to .America, landed up Con- 
necticut at Hartford, was sold for his passage 
to Mr. Wadsworth, farmer in said town. His 
conditions were, to be learned to read and 
write and at the time of his freedom, twenty- 
one years old, two .suits of clothes. At the age of 
twenty-one years he labored for him one year 
(perhaps two years) in Hartford at farming, 
and in the year 1661 or thereabouts came and 
purchased a right of land near the centre west 
of Haddam. twenty-five miles below Hartford 
upon the same river on the west side. Lived 
first in a cave covered like a small hut or cot- 
tage. We presume that be came over in the 
year 1649. It is said that his name was 
Brainwood and that the family owned and em- 
ployed two spring looms, likewise that his 
mother at his emigration was a widow and by 
a certain letter •^cnt him by her she married 
Mr. Grey. In Haddam be was the first jus- 
tice of the peace and commanded great re- 
spect, a judicious, sagacious and penetrating 
man of superior sense but no learning." This 
manuscript is af present in the possession of 



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the American Antiquarian Society of Worces- 
ter, Massachusetts. His home lot had four 
acres and was No. 5J^2- He held many town 
offices. Was constable, surveyor, fence viewer, 
assessor, collector, justice of the peace, and 
on committees for the laying out of highways. 
He was a commissioner to the general court 
in 1669, and deputy many years, between 1692 
and 1706. He was deacon of the church many 
years, serving until his death, April i, 1715. 
His gravestone is in the old cemetery at Had- 
dam, near the courthouse. He was elected 
captain of the train band but his appointment 
was never confirmed. 

He married (first), about 1663-64, Hannah, 
born at Lynn, daughter of Gerrard and Han- 
nah Spencer. He married (second) March 30, 
1693, Mrs. Elizabeth (Wakenian) Arnold, 
daughter of Samuel and Elizabeth Wakeman, 
of England. He married (third) November 
29, 1698, J\lrs. Hannah (Spencer) Sexton, 
daughter of Thomas and Sarah (Bearding) 
Spencer, and widow of George Sexton, of 
Winslovv, Connecticut. His children, all by 
first wife, were born at Haddam and baptized 
at the church in Middletown. Children : Dan- 
iel, born March 2, 1665-66, mentioned below ; 
Hannah, November 29, 1667, married Thomas 
Gates; James, June 2, 1669, died February 10, 
1742-43: Joshua, June 20, 1671-72; William, 
March 30. 1673-74; Caleb, November 30, 
1675-76 ; Elijah, baptized March 26, 1678 ; 
Hezekiah, born May 24, 1680. 

(H) Deacon Daniel (2), son of Daniel (i) 
Brainard, was born March 2, 1665-66, in Had- 
dam, died January or February 28, 1742-43, 
aged seventy-seven. He was a farmer and set- 
tled on the east side of the Connecticut river 
a mile north of East Haddam landing, near 
a spring of water at the southern end of 
Creek Row. In 1890 this property was still 
owned by a descendant. He was collector in 
1688; surveyor in 1688-92; constable, 1693. 
He was elected deacon in the East Haddam 
church in 1693. and held the office the re- 
mainder of his life. He was often on com- 
mittees for laying out land, and was on the 
proprietor's committee January 5, 1782. He 
was captain of the train band in East Had- 
dam and was on a committee to build a church 
in 1724. He was deputy to the general court 
nearly continuously from May, 1726, to May, 
1734. He married Susannah, baptized May 
21, 1704, died January 26, 1754, daughter of 
William and Elizabeth Ventres. Children : Su- 
sannah, born August 9, 1689 ; Daniel, Septem- 
ber 28, 1690 ; Hannah, June 12, 1694 ; Noa- 
diah, April 4, 1697 ; Stephen, February 27, 
1699, mentioned below ; Bezaleel, .-\pril 17, 
1701 ; Mary, September 10, 1703. 



(HI) Stephen, son of Deacon Daniel (2) 
Brainard, was born in East Haddam, February 
27, 1699, died March 30, 1794, aged ninety- 
five years. He was a farmer and settled in 
the southwest district, in Westchester parish, 
in the town of Colchester, on an elevation just 
north of the line dividing the town of East 
Haddam from Colchester. Tradition says that 
the path from East Haddam was marked by 
blazed trees, and that deer were so plentiful 
that they could be shot from their door. He 
cleared the land and prepared to build a house, 
and when Saturday night came sat down on 
a log and looked toward home, and cried be- 
cause he was so far from home. The next 
week he was to return to his father's home 
about five miles distant. He was accompanied 
by two others at the time. The house he built 
was on the site where his grandson Amaziah, 
mentioned below, afterward built a house. He 
was a man held in great respect by all the 
townspeople. He was a consistent member of 
the church in Westchester. He married, De- 
cember 24, 1730, Susannah, born September 
21, 1705. died April 29, 1793, daughter of Jo- 
seph and Elizabeth (Hungerford) Gates. She 
was the first person to be buried in the South- 
west cemetery in Westchester. Children : Su- 
sannah, born September 24 or 29, 1731 ; Eliz- 
abeth, September or December 17, 1733 ; Han- 
nah, November 2, 1737 ; Mary, February 15, 
1739-40; Stephen, March 24, 1741-42; Sarah, 
April 30, 1744 ; William, mentioned below. 

(IV) William, son of Stephen Brainard,- 
was born in Westchester parish, Colchester, 
August 27, 1746 (town records say August 
16). He lived on the homestead of his fa- 
ther and was a farmer. His house was built 
on a higher hill a little east of where his fa- 
ther lived, and commanded an extended view. 
He was commissioned ensign of the train band 
in 1777 in the Twenty-fifth Regiment. He 
was commissioned captain of the same com- 
pany (the Fifth) by Captain General Jona- 
than Trumbull, Xovember 16, 1783. He was 
also captain of the Twenty-fourth Regiment, 
First Brigade, under Lieutenant-Colonel Eli- 
phalet Bulkeley. He was ensign in Colonel 
Wells' regiment. He was in the detachment 
under Colonel Wells, December 9, 1780. at 
Horseneck, when Colonel Wells was attacked 
by the enemy and taken prisoner, together 
with many in his command. Captain Brain- 
ard died January 26, 1820. He married, De- 
cember 31, 1772, Lucy, born May 14, 1752, 
in Colchester, died May 20, 1823, daughter of 
Abraham and Irene (Foote) Day. Children: 
\\'illiam, born October 23, 1773; Elijah, 
March 23, 1775; Ezra, February 10, 1777; 
Lucy, April 22, 1778; Amaziah, June 12, 1780, 



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mciitinncd below: Irciia. Aiitiiist 12, 1782; 
Orin. Juno 11, 17S4: Ilannali. May 5. 17S6. 
(licil May 5, 1786: Susannah, May i, 1788; 
child, born and died June 7, 1790: koxy, jjorn 
February 23, 1792: Sarah, January 28, 1794; 
Dorothy, Xoveniber 5, 1795. 

( \' ) Aniaziah, son of Cajitain William 
Brainard, was born in Colchester, June 12, 
1780, died April i, 1841. Me built his house 
on the site of that of his tjrandfather in Col- 
chester, and was a fanner. In his early years 
he tauf^ht school several seasons, and later 
occuj ied many positions of honor and trust. 
He was justice of the peace from 1828 to 
l8.^5 and in 1839. He was representative to 
the legislature in 1829 and 1830. He was 
often calle<l upon to settle local ilifficulties. 
He was a man of commandinsj fiijure, six feet 
and one inch tall, and correspondingly heavy. 
He married. March 29. 1824. Huldah Foote. 
born December 4. 1791. <lied at Hartford, .\u- 
pust 9. 1881, aged nearly ninety years. She 
was a school teacher in early life, and taught 
one summer at Cold Sjjring. Long Island. 
She was of a quiet and gentle disposition, 
much beloved by her family and friends. She 
was llind the last eight years of her life. 
Children: Leverett, born February 13, 1828, 
mentioned below; .\Ibert, June 26. 1832. died 
unmarried June iC). 1878; Lucy .\bigail, June 
26, 1832, registrar of the Connecticut Chapter 
of tl'c Daughters of the Founders and Pa- 
triots of .\merica. compiler of the I'.rainerd- 
Hrainard gcnealcigy. 

(\'I) Leverett. son of .\maziah I'rainard, 
was born in Westchester. Connecticut, Feb- 
ruary 13, 1828, died July 2. irjo2. His father 
•lied and left him. a boy of thirteen, in charge 
of the farm. He attended the district school 
winters, later attending school at the IJacon 
.Academy in Colchester. ,\fter teaching school 
a coui)le of winters, he returned to the farm. 
Soon afterward he became a book agent, and 
later worked in the insurance business in west- 
ern Pcnnsy'vania. Two years later he re- 
turned to the farm, ami in 1853 was offered 
the ofHce of secretary of the Orient Insurance 
Comjiany of Hartford, which he lieM for tive 
years. He was iirominent the remainiler of 
his life as a business mnn of Hartfnrd. He 
was a member of the common council in 1866, 
of the park commission from 1872 to 1877. 
He was a director of the Xew York, Xew 
Haven & Hartford Railroad Comjiany : of the 
.Aetna Xational P.ank ; the United States 
Bank: the Security Ci>mpany : the Hartford 
Steam I'.oiler Ins]iection and Insurance Com- 
pany: the Hartford &• Xew ^'ork Transporta- 
tion Company: the Connecticut General Life 
Insurance Company: the .Aetna Life Insur- 



ance Company : the Western .Automatic Ma- 
chine Screw Company: the Hartford Faience 
Company; the .\etna Indemnity Com])any ; the 
Board of Tra<le; the Charity Organization, 
and a trustee of the Scottish Union & Xa- 
tional Insurance C(jmpany. He was first vice- 
president of the Connecticut Typothet.-c, and 
had been its president. He was president of 
the Hartford Paper Company; of the iUirr 
Index Comj^'iny ; the Fmploying Printer's .As- 
sociation of Connecticut and vicinity. In Jan- 
uary, 1858, he was admitted as a partner in 
the firm of Case, Lockwood & Brainard Com- 
|)any, and made secretary and treasurer, and 
president after the death of the senior mem- 
ber of the firm, Xewton Case. He was an 
active member of the (iovernor's l-imt (luanl. 
He was re])resentative to the legislature in 
1884, and chairman of the committee on rail- 
roads. In 1894 he was chosen mayor of the 
city of Hartford by a large majority and 
served two years. I'or many years he was 
chairman of the society committee of the 
I'earl Street Congregational Church, imtil the 
removal of the church to I-'armington avenue. 

He was appointed by Governor Bulkeley in 
1890 a commissioner with Ex-(^iovernor 
Thomas M. Waller, from Connecticut, to the 
World's Fair at Chicago. He was made chair- 
man of the joint board's committee on manu- 
factures, and was also a member of the state 
comnn'ttee from Connecticut on international 
exhibits at the fair. He was a member of 
Hartford Lodge, Xo. 88, I'ree and .\ccepted 
Masons: the Hartford Club; the Republican 
Club of Hartford; the Country Club cf I"ar- 
mingtctn : the Hartford Golf Club and the 
Hartf<.r(l Yacht Club, also of the Sons of the 
American Revolution. 

.At the time of his death commendatory res- 
olutions were passed by the various organiza- 
tions to which he belonge I, and the following 
article apjieared in the Hartford Couraiit of 
July 3: "Leverett P.rainard was a part of 
Hartford. Everybody knew him and he had 
a kind word for whomever he knew. He was 
identified with many (^f the corporations here 
whose success has added so niucli to the stall- 
ing of the city in business circles, and he has 
been an imjiortant factor in their growth and 
prosj'crity. He was conservative but far-see- 
ing, and he typifiel the careful, fair-minde 1 
and public-spirited citizen. The responsibili- 
ties that his fellow men imi^osed ui>on him 
testified most emphatically their confidence 
in him. He was respected and trusted as a 
representative citizen. an<l as a friend he was 
held in iieculiarly atTectionate consideration. 
His nature was gentle, all his instincts were 
kindlv : he wished evervbodv well, and the 



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fact was made unobtrusively evident to all 
who came to know him. He was a keen ob- 
server of men and things, and possessed a 
clever wit and a most neat manner of putting 
his notions that made him always a most 
agreeable companion. Jtlany kind things are 
being said of him these days, and they reflect 
the sentiments he himself entertained toward 
his fellow citizens. He had a kind heart." 

He married, November 29, 1865, Mary Je- 
rusha Bulkeley, born September 27, 1843, 
daughter of Judge Eliphalet Adams and Ly- 
dia Smith (Morgan) Bulkeley (see Bulkeley 
XIX). Children : i. Mary Lydia, born Novem- 
ber 14, 1867, died January 11, 1900; married, 
June 5, 1894, Charles Cheney; children: i. Son. 
born and died June 2. 1895 ; ii. Marion Che- 
ney, born September i8, 1897; iii. Ward Che- 
ney, born Novemljer 3, 1899. 2. Charles Ed- 
win, born December 10, 1869, died October 31, 
i88g ; graduated with honor at the Hartford 
high school and entered Yale College, where 
he was a popular member of the junior class 
at the time of his death. 3. Lucy Morgan, 
born January 22, 1872 ; married, October 28, 
1903, Lyman Bushnell Brainerd : chillren: i. 
Mary Leverett. born January 13, 1905; ii. 
Lyman Bushnell, born October 15, 1906; iii. 
Lucy Bulkeley, born October 5, 1908. 4. Rob- 
ert Leverett. born ^iarch 31, 1874, died Au- 
gust 3, 1885. 5. Albert Bulkeley, born July 
9, 1876, died November 2, 1881. 6. Morgan 
Bul!-eley. born January 8, 1879; graduated at 
Hartford high school, 1896, at Yale, 1900, and 
at Yale Law School, 1903 ; was two years in 
law office of Sperry & McLean of Hartford ; 
in T905 became treasurer of the Aetna Life 
Insurance Company, and in 1910 elected vice- 
president of same ; married. April 27, 1905, 
Eleanor Stewart MofTat ; children : i. Morgan 
Bulkeley. born March 17, 1906; ii. Charles 
Edwin, born July 17, 1907. 7. Newton Case, 
bom December 26, 1880; graduated at Hart- 
ford high school in 1898 and at Yale in 1902 ; 
appointed secretary of the Case, Lockwood & 
Brainard Company of which his father was 
president. 8. Edith Hollister, born August 13, 
1882: graduated at Hartford high -school in 
1900 and attended Miss Porter's School at 
Farmington ; married, October 30, 1907, John 
Henry Kelso Davis. 9. Ruth Alberta, born 
January 31, 1885; attended Hartford high 
school and Miss Porter's School. 10. Helen 
Stirling, born May 6, 1889, died November 11, 
1899. ^ 



fll) James Brainerd, son of 
BRAINERD Daniel Brainerd (or Brain- 
ard, q. v.), of Haddam, 
Connecticut, was born June 2, 1669. 



He married (first), April i, 1696, Deborah 
Dudley, of Saybrook, Connecticut, born No- 
vember II, 1670, daughter of William and 
Mary (Roe) Dudley, of Sayhrook. Mrs. 
Ih-ainerd died July 22, 1709, aged thirty-nine, 
and he married (second). May 23, 171 1, Sarah 
Daniels. He was appointed ensign in May, 
1705 ; lieutenant, May. 1714; captain, October, 
1722, by the assembly ; he was captain of the 
home militia. He was appointed one of a 
committee for surveying and laying out of 
land, with his brothers Daniel and Joshua 
Brainerd. He was deputy or representative 
in 171 1, and a member of the legislature from 
1726 until 1737, almost continuously. He was 
chosen deacon of the Congregational church. 
He was a farmer. He died February 10, 1742- 
43, aged seventy-four. His wife died June 4. 
1770, aged eighty-nine. She was called "Sarah 
the First." Children, by first marriage, born 
in Haddam : James, Alarch 25, 1697 ; De- 
borah, April 3, 1698; Gideon, March 4, 1699- 
1700: Mary, January 11, 1701-02; Hannah. 
March 7, 1703-04: Abijah, November 26, 1705, 
mentioned below ; Daniel, August 2, 1707 : Me- 
hetable, July 13, 1709. By second marriage: 
Sarah, May 2, 1713; Zechariah, July 31, 
1715; Jephtha, October 29, 1718; Othniel, 
June 2, 1720 ; Elizabeth. September 28, 1723 ; 
Heder, April 18, 1725. 

(III) Abijah. son of James Brainerd, was 
born in Haddam, November 26. 1705. died 
Septeiuber. 1782. He married (first) Decem- 
ber 28, 1727, Esther, born November 20, 1706, 
daughter of Simon and Elizabeth (Wells) 
Smith, of Haddam. The date of her death is 
unknown. There is no proof that h.er maiden 
name was Smith, but it is thought to be so 
by two or three authorities. Abijah Brain- 
erd married (second) Thankful, born July 
10, 1713, dau2;hter of Shubael and Hannah 
(Crocker) Fuller, of East Haddam. He set- 
tled on Haddam Neck, and was a farmer. Chil- 
dren by first marriage : Othniel, born June 
5, 1729: Simon, October 7, 1730, mentioned 
below; Deborah, September 17. 1732; Esther, 
July 10, 1734; Lydia, August 18, 1736; Zil- 
pah, January 16, 1737-38: Abijah, February 
22, 1738-39: Leah, December 12, 1740; Jeph- 
tha, January 23, 1743. By second marriage: 
Rachel, December 17, 1743-44 ; Dorcas, Feb- 
ruary 19, 1745-46: LIrijah, February 27. 1747- 
48: Asaph, March 17. 1749-50; Shubael, Jan- 
uary 12, 1751-52; Noah, January 12, 1751-52; 
Thankful, March 7, 1754; Cornelius, April 
20, 1756: Mary; Mercy. 

(IV) Simon, son of Abijah Brainerd. was 
born October 7. 1730. He married Hepzibah, 
daughter of Nathaniel Spencer, of Haddam. 
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and 1~<>A. lie Imilt a sawmill and yri^l mill, 
lie \\a> a tarnuT. Ik- ilicd al'liT Sciiti-mlicr i i, 
iSof), and his wife died March (>, 1825. in 
lladilam. lie lived in Chatham, Connecticut. 
( hildren : Simnn, horn N'ovemhcr 9. 1732; 
Kphtha, 1754: Jaliez, Aii'^ust 17, 175S: llep- 
/iliah, ahont ijfio; Tahitha; Lydia, alxnit 
i7'')4: Silas, April 12, I7')7, mentioned he- 
low; Lovisa : Asa, March 7, 1771: Driisilla ; 
AlnRail. 1774. 

( \' I Silas, sun ol Simon I'.rainerd, was horn 

pril 12, i7'^>7. He married (first) Lucinda, 

•tn June iS, t7r>5, dau<;hter of josiah and 

I is (llurlliurt) Hrainerd, of Iladdam .Neck. 

^Iie died .April Q. i8i(). aj^ed fifty years. He 

irried (second) Xovemher 27, 1820, Fanny, 

in Dcccmher -'3. 1782. daiitjhter of Ozias 

1 .Xhigail < h'uller) Chapman, of I-last llad- 

111. She dietl .N'ovemhcr 14, 182S, at Cairo, 

w \ork. lie married (third) .April 28, 

iS)!, Caroline ^^atilda, horn r-'chruary 11, 

i^to.^. (laughter of Jacoh anil .Vhiijail (Carey) 

llnrd, of .Middle Iladdam. He lived in Kast 

i.idjlam, in Catskill, Cairo, Durham and Sau- 

rties, .\cw York. He was a carpenter by 

lie. He o]jencd a quarry in Sauger- 

— , supplying to a very preat extent the 

tv of New Vork with paving stones. He 

.(I Jidy 28 or 30, 1847, aged eighty. Mis 

lie married (second) .\nso!i .Strong, and 

r,\ March 20, 1893. in Mi.ldle Iladdam. 

iiildren hy first marriage: I'anny ; Erastus, 

rntioned helow ; Silas, horn December 31, 

"'jjj; Chaimcey. October 3. 1793: .Abigail; 

itscy: I'anny, born I'cbruary 2(). 1799: I.u- 

nda. < )ctobcr 27. if^x: Lois. Xovembcr 18. 

^02. Child hy second marriage: Raymond 

llastings, December 25. 1821. 

(\'I I Erastus, son of Silas Mrainerd. lived 
in Portland, Middlesex comity, Connecticut. 
He was director in the Middletown Hank from 
1847 to i8(M inclusive; vice-president of the 
Ai^ricnltural Society in 1838-39. He was 
rii)resentative in the Connecticut legislature 
ill the winter of 1843-44: was t>nc of the in- 
corjiorators of the Union Mills in >riddlctown 
in 1834: was one of the pioneers of the quarry 
business in Portland. Commencing with a 
capital of a few hundred dollars, the busi- 
ness grew immensely until Portland quarry 
vessels found their way into every seaport 
•im Passama(|uoddy Hay to Ilrazos, Texas. 
■ 'r some years a very few hands were em- 
l'li>yed, but business increased very rapidlv. 
He married. December 23. 1S13. Mary Wells, 
I"Tn December i. 17112. daughter of James and 
'oribah (Wells) StanclitTe. Mrs. Hrainerd 
.IS the idol of her children, beloved by her 
relatives and all w ho knew her. She was from 
her vouth a devout aiiil consistent member of 



the Trinity F^piscopal Church. She dic<l May 

11. 18S0, aged eighty-eight. He die<l June 
13, i8(ti. Children: .Mary, Ixirn .^^eptember 

12, 1817; Erastu-s. July 27. 1819: Norman 
Leslie, .\pril 10, 1821 ; iienjamin l-ranklin. 
November 29, 1823, mentioned Iwlow ; Jane 
Maria, ( )ctol)er 21, 1S26: Catherine .\nn, 
March 26, 1829; Jcrusha Dickcrson, April i, 
183 1 : .Adelaide. November 6, 1832; Corinne, 
December 29, 1833; I.eRoy, .March 12, 1840. 

(\'II) Iienjamin Franklin, son of lirastus 
Mrainerd. was Ixirn November 2t), 1823. in 
Portland. Connecticut. He was treasurer and 
iiiember of the iSrainerd Quarry Company, and 
a \:ir-j.v >tn.kliMl.!t r in it, and a director of the 
Iriestone .^:iviiigs I'.ank. the .Middletown I*"er- 
ry Comp;my and Portlan<l lluildiiig Company. 
He was an excellent citizen and greatly es- 
teemed by all who knew him. He <lied March 
I, 1886. aged sixty-two years. His wife died 
June 5, 1889. He married, March 2U, 1851, 
.Amelia .Aiin. born at Portland, July 8, 1822, 
(laughter of .Asa and Mary (Diggins) Davis. 
Children: Mary Wells, born June 16. 1852, 
dietl Febniary 12, 1867; Franklin. October 
23. 1854, mentioned helow; .Amelia, March 12, 
1837. died March i. 1838; Judson I'.aldwin, 
June 14. i83i>, mentioned below; Hessie Dig- 
gins. (^ctot)er 12. i8fii ; .Vde'.aide luiiery, 
January 13, 1863. marrieil. January 7. 1891. 
Oliver Henry Raftery, born at .\chill. county 
Mayo, Ireland. May 31. 1833. son of Thomas 
and .Mary Raftery, graduate of the Episcopal 
.Academy. Cheshire. Connecticut, in 18(19, and 
of Trinity College, class of 1873, of which 
he was valedictorian, graduate of the I'.erke- 
ley Divinity School at Middletown in 1S76, 
and ordained deacon in Holy Trinity Ciiurch 
at Middletown in 1876 and priest at .^t. Pe- 
ter's Church. Cheshire, in 1877, installed in 
Portland, (.'onnecticut. his first wife was Mary 
E. Clark, daughter of Rev. O. William Clark, 
of Pittsburg. Pennsylvania. They had three 
children : Herald. Elizabeth P... and one who 
died in infancy. 

(\"IIIl I'ranklin. son of P>enjamin I-'ranklin 
Pirainerd. was born at Portland. October 23. 
1834. I le is engaged in the quarry business and 
lives at Portland. He is a member of the .Sons 
of the .American Revolution, by virtue of the 
revolutionarv services of Josiah Hrainerd. en- 
sign of Fourth Battalion. Connecticut Mili- 
tia. He is a graduate of Harvard College, 
class of 1877. He was elected firesident of the 
I'.rainerd. .^halcr & Hall Quarry Company, 
of F^ortland. July 13. i«p2. He married. Oc- 
tober 8. 1879. in Hartford. Ida. born I'cbru- 
ary. 1853. daughter of Cajitain H. Hobart and 
Isabella (Gildersleeve) Gillum. Children: 
George Gillum. born July 10, 1880, at Port- 



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land ; Amelia. May 22, 1882, died July 14, 
1887 ; Frank Judson, October 26, 1888. 

(V"!!!) Judson Baldwin, son of Benjamin 
Franklin Brainerd, was born at Portland, June 
14. 1859. He was educated in public and pri- 
vate schools,- St. Paul's Episcopal School at 
Concord, New Hampshire, and at Trinity 
College, wdiere he was a student for a time. 
He then became active in the business of the 
Brainerd Quarry Company of Portland, and 
was made treasurer of the corporation and 
held that office for fifteen years. He is a 
member of the Sons of the American Revolu- 
tion, by virtue of the service of Ensign Jo- 
siah Brainerd. He lived for a time in Wy- 
oming, where he owned a ranch. He has 
traveled extensively both in this country and 
abroad. He is at the present time a director 
and secretary of the Brainerd, Shalcr & Hall 
Quarry Company. He is a communicant of 
the Protestant Episcopal church, and in poli- 
tics is a Republican. He married, October 
I, 1884, Harriet I. H.. born November i, 1858, 
in New York City, daughter of Charles and 
Harriet (Cnthbert) Anderson. They have 
no children. 



The surname of Bostwick is 

BOSTWICK of Saxon origin, and is 
traceable to the time of Ed- 
ward the Confessor, who preceded Harold, the 
last of the Saxon kings, upon the throne of 
England. Like all ancient names, it has under- 
gone some mutations in over seven centuries, 
and has even been materially changed since 
the time when Arthur Bostock first trans- 
planted it into the wilderness of America. 

(I) Arthur Bostwick (Bostock), emigrant 
ancestor of the family, was baptized at Tar- 
porley, Cheshire county, England, December 
22, 1603. His first wife, mother of his five 
recorded children, was Jane Whittel, whom he 
married January 8, 1627-28. He emigrated 
to America in 1641 or 1642, and located at 
Stratford, Connecticut, being one of the first 
seventeen settlers of that town. The exact 
date of his death is imknown, but he was living 
in 1680. 

(U) John, son of Arthur and Jane (Whit- 
tel) Bostwick, was baptized in St. Helen's 
Church, Tarporley, Cheshire county, England, 
October 18, 1638. He married, in Stratford, 
Connecticut, Mary Brinsmead, born in 
Charlestown, Massachusetts, July 24, 1640, 
died in 1704. John Bostwick received the en- 
tire estate of his father to which he made 
large additions from subsequent divisions of 
the town lands. He died in 1688. 

(HI) John (2), son of John (i) and Mary 
(Brinsmead) Bostwick, was born in Stratford, 



Connecticut, May 14, 1667. He married Abi- 
gail Walker, a granddaughter of Rev. Peter 
Prudden. In 1707 he went to New Milford, 
Connecticut, and was the second settler of that 
town, where he died, beings upwards of eighty 
years of age. 

(IV) Daniel, son of John (2) and Abigail 
(Walker) Bostwick^ was born in New Mil- 
ford, in 1708, and was the first white male 
child born in that town. He married Han- 
nah, daughter of Samuel and Sarah (Weller) 
Plitchcock, who was born in New IMilford, 
January i, 1719-20, where he died July 31, 
1792. He was prominent in town affairs; was 
deputy to the general assembly during four 
years, and was a lieutenant in the militia. 

(V) Amos, son of Daniel and Hannah 
(Hitchcock) Bostwick, was born in New Mil- 
ford in 1743, died in Unadilla. New York, No- 
vember IQ, 1829. He married, in New Mil- 
ford, December 2, 1766, Sarah, daughter of 
Thomas and Rachel (Buell) Grant, wdio was 
born in Litchfield, August 7, 1745, died in New 
Milford about 1795. He afterwards married 
Sarah Hayes. Amos Bostwick served as en- 
sign in Captain Chapman's company, of the 
Nineteenth Continental Infantry, under Col- 
onel Charles Webb, from January i, 1775, to 
December 31, 1775. The companies were sta- 
tioned along the sound until September 14, 
1775, wheUj on requisition from General 
Washington, the regiment was ordered to the 
Boston camps. There it was assigned to Gen- 
eral Sullivan's brigade, on Winter Hill, on the 
left of the besieging line, and remained until 
the expiration of its term of service, in Decem- 
ber, 1775. It was reorganized as the Nine- 
teenth Continental Infantry, under Colonel 
Charles Webb, and on leaving Boston it 
marched under General Washington to New 
York, b)- wa}" of New London, and on vessels 
through the sound, and served in that vicinity 
from April to the close of the year. The regi- 
ment assisted in fortifying New York City, 
and was ordered to the Brooklyn front on Au- 
gust 27, 1776, but was not engaged in the bat- 
tle of Long Island. It was closely engaged in 
the battle of White Plains, October 28, 1776, 
and at Trenton, December 25. 1776. The regi- 
ment was also in the battle of Princeton, Jan- 
uary 3, 1777, and continued in service, at the 
urgent request of Washington, about six 
weeks after the expiration of their term. 

(VI) Charles, son of Amos and Sarah 
(Grant) Bostwick, was born in New Milford, 
(ktober 9, 1772, died in New Haven, October 
17, 1850. He married Sarah, daughter of 
Thomas and Mary (Macomber) Trowbridge, 
June I, 1797. They had eleven children, of 
whom six lived to maturitv. Their only daugh- 



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tcr. Sarah Smith, was i-iphty-eipht years of 
atrc at the time of her death ; the youngest 

II, I'"rc<lerick F-., lacked b t four months of 
ri.;hty ; ani)ther son, Amos, is now ( 191 1) liv- 
iii;; in Hrooklyii. N'ew York, at the ape of 
niiicty-six. Charles I'.ostwick came to New 
Haven in 1784. to learn the saddlery trade, 
and nn reaching his majority established him- 
self in liusiness in that line, which grew to 
iarfje i)roportions : the business is still con- 
tinued by his preat-prandson, Leonard Bost- 
wick. hfinp one of the few concerns in America 
that have lii'cn o\\iie<l in the same family for 
a full century. Charles fJostwick represented 
New Haven in the state legislature durinp 
seven sessions. He was a deacon in the North 
Church for thirty-five years, and was a colonel 
in the state militia. 

(\'1I) Frerlerick Levi, youngest son of 
I liarlcs and Sarah (Trowbridge) Bostwick, 
w.is born in New Haven, July 9, 1818. He 
married (first") November 19, 1845, Caroline 
\ttwater, oldest daughter of George and Caro- 
line (.\ttwaler') Rowland, and granddaughter 
(if Captain I'.Inathan .\ttwatcr : she died in 
1S49, leaving two daughters. December 3, 
I S3 1, he married (second) Elizabeth Jones 
Iv'wlaud, sister of his first wife. He died in 

• w Haven, March 8, 1808, at the age of 
venty-nine years and eight months. Eliza- 

h J. (Rowland) Bostwick was fifth in de- 
nt from Thomas Fitch, of Norwalk, gov- 
Mior of Connecticut from 1754 to 1766. One 

• her brothers was Thomas Fitch Rowland, 
ill), under contract with Eric^^on, built the 
iiious ironclad "Monitor" which rendered 
■ -h efficient service in the war of i86t. 

(\Tn) Frederick, older son of Frederick 
L. and Elizal)eth J. (Rowland) Bostwick, was 
born i!i New Haven, September to, [85,2. He 
■tended private schools imtil he eiitercil the 
I w Haven high school in i8r>6. intending to 
prepare for Yale College : upon the withdrawal 
of the classical course from the curriculum of 
the high school, he abandoned his intentions 
of higher education, and entered the printing 
office of TiUtle, Morehouse & Taylor, where 
he remained thirty-five years. In loofi he was 
appointed librarian and curator of the New 
Haven Colony Historical Society, of which he 
was a life-member. This society possesses a 
fine collection of books, portraits and other 
articles, relating to the colonial history of New 
Flaven, besides many objects of national inter- 
est. Mr. Bostwick is a njcmber of the Con- 
necticut Historical Society, the Mississippi 
\'alley Historical Societv, the Connecticut Li- 
brary Society, and the .Sons of the .American 
Revolution, and is prominently identified with 
church an<l .social work. lie is the oldest 



male member of the Epworth Methodist 
Church of New Haven, and is president of its 
board of trustees. In 1876 he married Ida May 
Boone, of Columbia county, Pennsylvania; 
they have had si.\ children, three of whon) died 
in early childhcK)d. Of their three surviving 
sons, the oldest graduated from the Sheflield 
Scientific School of Yale Lfniversily in 1903, 
and the second from the same department in 
I90<>; the youngest is now a member of the 
class of 1913 in the academical department. 



Henry Elliot Rus.sell was born 
RL^SSELL in Prosjiect, Connecticut, 
-April 26, 1832, died July 25, 
1864. He was a farmer at Pros|)ect. He 
married. September 9, 1855, Sarah Tyler, bom 
at Prosi>ect, September 23, 1S37, daughter of 
Spencer Tyler. His widow married (scond) 
Cornelius U. Thrall. Chililren of Henry E. 
and Sarah Russell: i. Lewis Russell, died 
aged eleven years. 2. Henry E. Jr., died aged 
two years. 3. William .Spencer, mentioned 
below. Child of Cornelius D. and Sarah 
(Tyler) (Russell) Thrall: Bessie Kleanor 
Thrall, born July 1 1, 1873, ilied in 18(13, 

(III Dr. Wiiliam Spencer Russell, son of 
Henry Elliot Russell, was born in Prospect, 
Connecticut, September 7. 1858. He attended 
the public schools of his native town, the Con- 
necticut Literary Institute at SufTield, Con- 
necticut, and took a special course in Sheffield 
Scientific School of Yale University. In 1877 
he entered Yale Medical School and was 
graduated in the class of 1880 with the de- 
gree of M.D. He t(X)k post-graduate courses 
at Columbia College, New ^■ork City, and in 
1882 was an interne at the New Haven Hos- 
pital. He be^an to practice at Wallingford, 
Connecticut, in 1S83, and has continued there 
with marked success to the present time. He 
is a member of the New Haven County Medi- 
cal Society, the Connecticut State Medical So- 
ciety and the .\merican Medical Association. 
In politics he is a nemocrat. He represented 
the town of Wallingford in the general as- 
sembly of Connecticut in 1883. Dr. Russell 
married. June i, 1882, Eliza Cook Hall, born 
September 28, 18^11. daughter of Ijlwanl ( '. 
and Hannah Maria (Bostwick) Hall, grand- 
daughter of James H. and Maria (Gardner) 
Bostwick (see Bostwick IN). Children of 
Dr. and Mrs. Russell: i. Donald Gardner, 
born May 3, 1890, mentioned below. 2. Elinor 
Tyler, November 22, 1893. Dr. Russell's 
great-grandfather was Daniel Hitchcock, of 
Waterbury or Pros[>ect, Cnnecticut. a sol- 
dier in the French and Indian and revolution- 
ary wars. 

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Spencer Rus?ell, was born at VVallingford, 
Rlay 3, 1890. He attended the public schools 
there and fitted for college at the Hopkins 
_grammar school of New Haven; he was vale- 
dictorian of his class. He entered the Shef- 
field Scientific School of Yale University in 
1906 and graduated with the degree of I'h.lj. 
in 1909. He entered Yale Medical School, 
but on account of his health went west in 
1910 to spend a year in the mining camps. 
He was an assistant instructor in the Shef- 
field Scientific School in 1909. 

(The Bostwick Line). 

(H) John (2) Bostwick, son of John (i) 
Bostwick (q. v.), was born at Stratford, May 
2, 1667. He married Abigail, daughter of 
Joseph Walker, about 1688, and resided in 
Stratford until about 1706, when he removed 
to Derby. Two years later he came to New 
Milford, of which he was the second perma- 
nent settler. Many of his descendants have 
lived there and some have been prominent. 
He died after 1747, being over eighty years 
old. Children : John, October 12, 1688 : Rob- 
ert, 1691 ; Ebenezer, 1693: Joseph, 1695; N^" 
thaniel, mentioned below; Lemuel, 1704; 
Sarah, married William Warriner ; Daniel, 
1708; Mary, February, 1714-15; Hannah, 
1716. 

(HI) Nathaniel, son of John (2) Bostwick 
(q. v.), was born in Stratford, Connecticut, 
September 17, 1699, "^'sf' i'^ New Milford, 
July 13, 1756. He married (first) in New 
Milford, October 7, 1727, Esther, daughter of 
Samuel and Sarah fWeller) Hitchcock. She 
was born in Springfield, Massachusetts, July 
II, 1705, died in New Milford, December 13, 
1747. He married (second) in New Milford, 
in 1750, Jerusha, widow of Theophilus Bald- 
win, and daughter of Eleazer and Elizabeth 

(widow of Welsh) Beecher, She was 

born September i, 1705, died in New Milford, 
Aug-ust 28, 1790. He came to New Milford 
a number of years after his father and built 
his home on the south end of the Town Hill, 
on the road to Bridgewater. He was a suc- 
cessful farmer, was a man of much influence 
of character and active in public affairs. He 
served as deputy from New Milford to the 
general assembly in May, 1738, 1741, 1742, 
and October, 1742. In October. 1743, he was 
appointed the first captain of the Second Com- 
pany in the town. He also served as justice 
of the peace from 1744 to 1753. His will was 
made July 7, 1756, and probated August 10, 
1756. He bequeathed to his wife, Jerusha, 
and children. Children, by first wife: i. 
Arthur, born June 28, 1729, mentioned be- 
low. 2. Sarah, August 28, 1730. 3. Lois, 



;\Iarch 16, 1/^2-;^^. 4. Reuben, September 2, 
1734- 5- Zadock, February 18, 1735-36. 6. 
Abigail, July 20, 1737. 7. Elijah, June 8, 
1740. 8. Gideon, September 21, 1742. 9. 
Eunice, August 21, 1744. 10. Tamar, Jklay 31, 
1746. II. Ichabod, December 13, 1747. By 
second marriage: 12. Johannah, November 
29. 1752. 

(R ) Arthur, son of Nathaniel Bostwick, 
was born in New Milford, June 28, 1729, died 
in Jericho, Vermont, January 10, 1802. He 
married, in New Milford, July i, 1752, Eunice, 
daughter of William and Sarah (Bostwick) 
Warriner. She was born in Brimfield, Mas- 
sachusetts, June 3, 1729, died in Jericho, May 
26, I So I. In May, 1764, he was appointed first 
lieutenant in the Second Company of Militia 
ill New Milford. He removed from New 
^iilford, Connecticut, to Manchester, \'er- 
mont, in 1792, and afterwards to Jericho, \'er- 
mont. Children: i. Esther, born December 

3, 1754. 2. Nathaniel, February 7, 1757. 3. 
Lois, August 20, 1758. 4. John Warriner, Oc- 
tober 18, 1761. 5. William, November 25, 
1765, mentioned below. 6. Elijah, April 17, 
1768, died April 19. 1768. 7. Asenath, De- 
cember 23, 1769. 8. Eunice, November 6, 
1772. 9. Asel, March 9, 1775, died 1778. 

(V) William, son of Arthur Bostwick, was 
laorn November 25, 1765, in New Milford, 
(lied in Auburn, New York, June 24, 1825. 
lie married, in Canaan, New York, March 
10, 1790, Hannah, daughter of William and 
Abigail (Hawley) Warner. She was born 
in Canaan, January 22, 1768, died in Auburn, 
New York, August 14, 185 1. William Bost- 
wick moved to Hardenburg Corners (now 
Auburn), New York, in 1798, coming from 
\\'hitestone. New York, where he had lived 
since 1793. He was a master builder and 
tavern keeper by occupation. He immediately 
built a home for himself and returned to 
Whitestone to make preparations to move his 
family as soon as possible. He arrived in 
Auburn the second of February, 1799, having 
made the journey in a sleigh, with his fam- 
ily of six. His residence was a double log 
house, whitewashed insitle and out, and it was 
soon afterwards opened as a tavern. The 
oven of the establishment stood in the door- 
yard, built against a tree stump. He was one 
of the most energetic men of the town, took 
the lead in all iniportant measures of that 
early day, and assisted in the achievement of 
many public works.. Children: i. Sophia, 
born March 23, 1791. 2. Abigail Hawley, 
June 26, 1792. 3. Laura, March 13, 1794. 

4. Harriet, September 30, 1795. 5. William 
Warner, February 19, 1797, mentioned below. 
6. Polly, September 28, 1798. 7. Hiram, Au- 



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t S, iXoi. 8. I'hiliira, Dccemljcr i, 1802. 

\tit;iistiis Gideon. Xovcml)er 20, 1804. 10. 

lies Harvey, October 21, 1806. 11. Jane 

JlizalK'tli. April 21, 1809. 12. Mctsey Maria, 

I'cliruary 14, 181 1. 13. Henry Hobart, Jan- 

•• ry 20, 1814. 

\'I I William Warner, son of William 

twick, was born I-'ebriiary 19, 1797, in 

litestone. New Vork, died in Joliet, llli- 

1 , October 6, 1845. lie received his early 

ration at the Auburn Ac.ideniy, Auburn, 

,v N'ork, and completed liis >tu<lics under 

care of tlie Rev. Dr. .Mcl)t>nald, of I-'air- 

I, .Vew Vork. .April 15. 1825. he was ad- 

led to the order of Deacons at .New iiruns- 

'-, \ew Jersey, by the Bishop of New Jer- 

His first field of labor was in the coun- 

of Vates and ."^tcuben. New \'ork. From 

town of Hath, as a center, he extended his 

\ ices over a district of country fifty miles 

liamcter. officiating at Penn Van. \Vayne. 

one. Hopelon. Pleasant X'alley, Painted 

r -t, Prattstown. Jerusalem, Dres<len and 

['■•Ingna. Karly in 1S27 ^^^ labors were e.x- 

• led into Allci^bany county, an 1 in the early 

t of the following: year he made missionary 

!^ to Olean anrl Rllicottville. in Cattarau- 

county. In i8::9 he removed to Ilam- 

idsport. New \'ork, and gave iip his church 

r.atli, continuiii'^' his labors at Wayne, 

iicllsville and other villages. In the sum- 

of 1842 his attention was drawn to the 

t as an important field for missionary 

Ic and he made a journey of exploration. 

he autumn of that year he removed, with 

family, to Illinois, and took charge of the 

. rcLration at Joliet. There he continued 

• )rk in his accustomed field, and performed 

li missionary work in addition to his stated 

ices at Joliet until his death. He was not 

lilliant scholar nor a popular preacher, but 

he had the elements of a useful clergj'man ; 

studious, diligent, devout, anrl gave himself to 

the work of his calling. He married, in 

LitchfieM, Connecticut, .\pril 11, 1828, Mary, 

daughter of Ozias and Mary (Jones) Lewis. 

She was lvirn in Litchfield, Afay i, 1809, died 

in Joliet, September 28, 1843. Children: i. 

William Lewis, born December 20, 1830. 2. 

Mary Jones. February i. 1833. 3. Celeste 

Parmelcc. November 26, 1836. 4. James H., 

mentioned below. 

(\'in James H.. son of William Warner 
Bostwick, married Maria Gardner. 

(\'Iin Hannah Maria, daughter of James 
H. Hostwick. married Fdward C. Hall. 

(IX") Eliza Cook, daughter of Edward C. 
and Hannah Maria (Bostwick) Hall, married 
Dr. William Spencer Russell, Tune i, 1882 
(sec Russell IF). 



(Ill) John Ilcminway, 

I II'.MI.N W.W son of Samuel Heminway 
(q.v.), was l)orn at East 
Haven, Lonnecticut. May 2<), 1^)75. He mar- 
ried there, in 1702, Mary .Morris. Children, 
born at East Haven: Mehifable, .May 30, 1702; 
Mary, .April 28, 1704; Desire, March 2, 1707; 
Haimah, DecemlxT 11, I70<>; .Samuel. March 
12, 1713 ; John, mentioned below. 

( I\') John (2), son of John (i) Hemin- 
way, was born at East Haven, TJctober 7, 1715. 
died of chronic pleurisy, April 17, 1762. He 
married, November i). 1738, Mary Tuttle. bom 
December 22, 1720, died January 17, 1779. 
His will was dated in .April and proved De- 
cember 29, 1762. His will states "that he was 
wounded and may not recover" and he per- 
hajis died from the effects of the wound. Chil- 
dren, born at East Haven: John, mentioned 
below; Joseph, June, 174 1 ; -Amy, ^fay 26, 
1743: Joseph, March 14, 1745: Hannah, Feb- 
ruary 14, 1747-48; Jared, May 17, 1749; 
Moses, .August, 175 1 ; Anna; Joel, May 21, 
1754; .Mary, September i, 1755; Lydia, May 
22' 1759. 

(\') John (3), son of John (2) Heminway, 
was born at East Haven, .August 6, 1739, died 
of jaundice, February 28, 1797. He married. 
August 25. 1761, Jemima, daughter of Daniel 
and .Abigail (Chidsey) Hitchcock. She was 
born December 17. 1744. They had a son 
John, mentioned below. 

(VI) John (4), son of John (3) Hemin- 
way, was born at East Haven, February 28, 
1777. He married (first), February 25, 1797, 
Hannah, daughter of Moses and Desire 
(Moulthrop) Thompson. He married (sec- 
ond), in 1806, .Abigail (Rradlcy) Holt, daugh- 
ter of Jonathan and Comfort (Hitchcock) 
Bradley and widow of Samuel Holt. She was 
born October 22. 1776, and married. May 2, 
i/c/i, Samuel Holt, who died June 23. 1803, 
leaving .Alfred. Jeremiah and Mary Holt. 
Children of John Heminway by first wife: 
Harriet; Laura, died May 29. 1810. aged ten 
years: Merrit, mentioned below; John, died 
December 10, 1805, aged four years; Maria. 
Children of second wife: John, Orilla, Wil- 
liam. 

(\'in General Merrit Heminway, son of 
John (4) Heminway. was bom March 23, 
1800. He was educated in the public schools, 
and settled in the town of Watertown. Con- 
necticut, where he became a prominent silk 
manufacturer, and active in public life, hold- 
ing many positions of trust anrl responsibility. 
He was justice of the peace for many years. 
He was influential in politics and held the office 
of postmaster in Watertown. He was briga- 
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1 nown throughout the state of Connecticut. 
He was a member of the Protestant Episcopal 
church and was warden for many years. In 
character he was upright and conscientious, a 
gentleman of the old school, rather stern and 
austere in manner. He married, March 13, 
1832. Mary Ann Buell, a descendant of Wil- 
liam Buell, who was born in England, and 
came in 1630 to Dorchester, Massachusetts. 
He died June 8, 1886; his wife died March 15, 
1898. Children: John, born March 13, 1833; 
Homer, October 19. 1834 ; Mary A., November 
7, 1836; Buell. see below: Merrit. August 8, 
1842. 

(VIII) Buell, son of General Merrit Hemin- 
way, was born at Watertown, Litchfield 
county, April 20, 1838. He attended the pub- 
lic schools of his native town and the Water- 
town Academy. During vacations he worked 
in his father's store and silk mill and acquired 
a thorough knowledge of the business at an 
early age. After graduating from the acad- 
emy he became a bookkeeper in his father's 
office and in the same year, 1857, when he 
was only nineteen years old, he was elected 
secretary of the company, then known as the 
M. Heminway & Sons Silk Company. After 
the death of his father, Mr. Heminway with 
his son, Buell Havens, and Mr. Bartlett, who 
had been superintendent of the old company, 
organized in 1888 the Heminway & Bartlett 
Silk Company, of which Mr. Heminway be- 
came president and treasurer. This concern 
has had a very successful and flourishing rec- 
ord. From time to time the plant has been 
enlarged on account of the growing business. 
Mr. Heminway had many other public and pri- 
vate interests and held many positions of trust. 
In 1880 he became vice-president of the Dime 
Savings Bank and in 1890 directo'r of the 
Citizens' National Bank of Waterbury. He 
was a member of the building committee for 
the new town hall. He was interested in pub- 
lic education and for many years chairman of 
the executive committee and president of the 
Library Association and treasurer of the pub- 
lic school board for ten years, in the Center 
district. When the beautiful new library 
liuilding was erected, he was member of the 
building committee and took a great personal 
interest in its construction. He was treasurer 
of the Watertown Water Company. In poli- 
tics he was a Democrat, though after 1896 he 
ceased to support the democracy of Bryan. 
He was a trustee of the Evergreen Cemetery 
Association. He was a member of the Water- 
bury Club and the Home Club of Waterbury 
and of the New England Society of New 
York. He was fond of good horses and owned 
manv. He traveled extensively both in this 



country and abroad and was a man of wide 
general information and sterling common 
sense. He was a staunch supporter of the 
church and various charities. He was for 
twenty-five years a vestryman of Christ Prot- 
estant Episcopal Church, treasurer of the 
parish for ten years and trustee of its parish 
fund six years. His wife and daughters have 
always been active in the work of the church 
and Sunday school and all are communicants 
of this church. Mr. Heminway inherited many 
of the sturdy qualities of his father. He was 
courteous, kindly and public-spirited, co-oper- 
ating in all movements for the public welfare 
and especially in projects for advancing the 
interests of his native town. He was temper- 
ate in his habits, ambitious, determined and 
honorable in all the relations of life. 

He married, January 17, 1866. Julia M. 
Havens, of Ogdensburg, New York, only 
daughter of George F. and Clarinda J. (Wel- 
ton) Havens, of New York City, the latter a 
daughter of Isaac Welton. She is a member 
of the local chapter. Daughters of the Ameri- 
can Revolution, by virtue of the service (on 
her father's side) of Peleg Havens, descended 
from the emigrant, William Havens, of Rhode 
Island and (on her mother's side) of Captain 
John Allyn, a descendant of the emigrant, 
Matthew Allyn, who settled in Windsor, Con- 
necticut. Children: i. Buell Havens, born 
November 11. 1866: married, October 19, 
1892, Maud Willard. of Brooklyn, New York; 
children: Madeleine, born September 20. 1893; 
Buell Havens. August 24. 1895 ; Caroline Le 
Baron, August 19, 1899; Willard Sands, June 
22, 1905. 2. Mary Julia, born March 2, 1869; 
married, December 22, 1897, Paul Klimpke; 
children: Julia Heminway. born December 15, 
11^98: Gertrude Heminwnv, Dec?m'^er 3. imo; 
Buell Heminway, October 29, 1902 ; Paul 
Heminway, March 24, 1909. 3. Helen Louise, 
born June 14, 1872, died November 10. 1910. 



John Bronson was living in 
BRONSON Hartford, Connecticut," in 

1639, a proprietor "by cour- 
tesie of the town." He spelled his name also 
Brunson and Brownson. His house lot was on 
the road to the Neck, now Windsor street. He 
served in the Pequot war. About 1641 he re- 
moved to Tunxis, and in ]\Iay, 165 1, was a 
deputy to the general court from Farmington. 
He was one of the original members of the 
church in Farmington, October 13, 1632. He 
died in 1680, and the inventory, taken Novem- 
ber 28 of that year, shows an estate valued 
at three hundred and twelve pounds, one shil- 
ling and six pence. He was probably a 
brother of Richard Bronson, of Hartford and 



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I'arniinKloii- Children: i. Jacoh, born 1640. 
2. Jolm, i'<43. 3. Isaac, baptized December 7, 
1^145, nieiitiijncd Ix-low. 4. Abraham. lx)rn 
November 28. 1647. 5. Mary, married John 
Wyalt. 6. Dorcas, married Stephen Hopkins. 
7. Sarah, married John Kilburn. 

( II ) l>aac. son of John lironson, was bap- 
tize.! I iicember 7, i(>45. He married Mary, 
dar^'hter of John Uooi. He lived in Farming- 
ton, where his fir.st three children were born, 
and then removed to W'aterbnry. where the 
rem.iiniiiti children were born. Children: I. 
Isaac, liorn i<)70. 2. John, 1673. 3. Samuel, 
1676. 4. .Mary, CX-tober 15, iCjSo; married 
Thomas Hikco.x and Deacon Samuel Bull. 5. 
J«>se])h, KhSj, (lied May 10, 1707. (1. Thomas, 
January i(>. i»kS5-86, mentioned below. 7. 
Ebenezer, December, 1688. 8. Sarah, Novem- 
ber 15. i(yn : niarrieil Stephen L'pson. 9. 
.Mercy. SeiJiember 2«). U)«»4 ; married Richard 
Bronson. 

(HI) Lieutenant Thomas Bronson, son of 
Isaac P.ronson, was born in Waterbury, Con- 
necticut. January 16. 1^185-86. died May 26, 
1777. He married, December 21, 1700, Eliza- 
beth Cpson. who <licd March 30, 1778, daugh- 
ter of Stephen l'pson, Sr. Children: i. Tho- 
mas, born January 5, 171 1, mentioned below. 
2. Stephen. November 2-,, died December 30, 
1712. 3. F.lizabeth. .-Xpril 18, 17 14. died May 

24, 1 71 5. 4. F'liz.ibeth. .April 24, 1716; mar- 
ried Ebenezer Warner, 

( I\ ) Thomas (2), son of Lieutenant Tho- 
mas ( I ) Bronson, was born in Waterbury, 
January 5, 171 1. died there of measles, June 

25, 1759. He married (first), September 25, 
1734, Susanna, who died .August 13. 1741, 
daughter of John Southmayd. He m.irried 
(second), Jaiuiary 0. 1743-46, .Anna, daughter 
of Stephen Ilojjkins. She married (second) 
Phiiieas Royce. Children of first wife: 1. 
Stephen. l)orn June 30, 1735. mentioned below. 
2. Susanna. December 7. I73''>: married Rev. 
Elijah Sill. 3. Daniel, March 8. 1738-39. 4. 
Sanniel. huM: 21. died June 30, 1741. Chil- 
dren of second wife: 5. David. September 25, 
1748: (lied .August to, 1750. 6. Thomas, 
March 10. 1751. 7. Anna. September 28. 1752; 
married Joseph L'pson. 8. Elizabeth. October 
30. 175s: married (first) Dr. Roger Conant ; 
(second) [osi-nh Hatch. O- Ruth, February 
23. '7.V): married Dr. Jesse l'pson. 

(V) Deacon Stephen Bronson. son of 
Thomas (2) Bronson. was born in Waterbury, 
June 30. 1735, '^''^•' December 15, i8o<). He 
married. ^Iay 17, 17^13. Sarah, who died July 
27, 1822. daughter of Caleb Humaston. Chil- 
dren: I. Mercy or Marcia. Iv^rn December 17, 
1764: married Judge John Kingsbury. 2. 
Jesse, June 0. 17^)6. died of small pox. Febru- 



ary 4. 1788. 3. John. .August 14, 1768. died 
January 22, 1782. 4. Susanna, IJecember 26, 
1770, (iied ( )ctolK'r 21, 1773. 5. Content Hu- 
maston, May 14, 1773, died March 28, i8f/>. 
6. licnnet, November 14, 1775. 7. Susaima, 
.\pril (>, 1780; married Joseph Burton. 

( \'l ) Judge liennet Bronson, son of Deacon 
Stephen Bronson, was born November 14, 
1775, died December 11, 1850. He was fitted 
for college in the school of Messrs. Badger 
and Kingsbury, and graduated at Yale in 1797. 
In I7<)8 he was appointed lieutenant in the 
provisi(jn;il army of the United States, and 
served about two years, when the army was 
di.>-l.'anile(l. 

He then studied law with Ho". Nnah 
B. Benedict, of Woodbury, Connecticut, and 
in 1802 was admitted to the bar and opened 
an office in his native town. In 1812 he be- 
came one of the assistant judges of the county 
court, and held the position two years ; in 1825 
he was one of the first burgesses of the town 
of Waterbury ; he was a representative to the 
legislature in 182'). He iidierited a fair estate 
from his father, and soon became one of the 
leading capitalists of the town. For a time 
he was engaged in the business of clock-mak- 
ing, and he also invested successfully in other 
manufacturing. He was a large land holder 
and successful farmer. He was the first presi- 
dent >>i the Waterburv Brink, retaining that 
position until his death. On June 10, 1838, 
he was elected deacon of the Fir.st Church, 
and on .August 31, having considered the mat- 
ter nearly three months, he "signified his con- 
sent to perform for a time at least the duties 
of that office"; he rcmaineil a deacon until 
1843. He was one of the first trustees of the 
Second .Academy at W'aterbury. He took great 
interest in local history and early began to 
collect material for the history of the town. 
It is largely due to his painstaking efforts that 
the histiirx of Waterbury could be so fully 
written. He was fond of old ways and estab- 
lished customs. .At the time it was proposed 
to heat the meeting house with stoves, he op- 
posed the project, and when the congregation 
began to sit during the prayer and stand dur- 
ing the singing, he saw no need of the change, 
but remaiue<I loyal to the older forms, not- 
withstanding the change. In person Judge 
Bronson was tall, and in early life straight and 
athletic. He had sunken eyes, shaggy eye- 
brows and a ca]>acious forehead. He was a 
good lawyer, but not a ready speaker, and 
made an admirable counselor ami couvevan- 
cer. His excellent business judgment and 
thonn'gh honesty gained for him the entire 
confidence of the community. In his will he 
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for a pastor's library, and in 1857 these books 
were purchased. 

He married, May 11, 1801, Anna, daughter 
of Richard Smith, of Roxbury. She died 
March 4, 1819. He married (second), May 

6, 1S20, EHzabeth Maltby, who died June 12, 
1840, daughter of Benjamin Maltby, of Bran- 
ford. He married (third), May 27, 1841, 
Nancy Daggett, who died at New Haven, Au- 
gust 14, 1867, daughter of Jacob Daggett, of 
New Haven. Children of first wife: i. George, 
born February 27, 1802. 2. Henry, January 
30, 1804. 3. Jesse, February 8, 1806. 4. 
Thomas, January 4. 1808, mentioned below. 
5. Elizabeth Anna, March 3, 1812. 6. Susan- 
na, February 26, 1814, died August 12, 1814. 

7. Harriet Maria, September 13, 18 15. Chil- 
dren of second wife : 8. Rebecca Tainter, Feb- 
ruary 10, 1822. 9. Susan, January 19, 1824, 
died November 25, 1905. 

(Vn) Rev. Thomas Bronson, son of Judge 
Bennet Bronson, was born in Waterbury, Jan- 
uary 4, 1808, died there April go, 1851, after 
a few weeks' illness of a rheumatic affection 
of the heart. He was fitted for college partly 
by his father, and partly in Farmington, and 
graduated at Yale in 1829. On leaving college 
he took charge of a school in East Windsor, 
but was obliged to give it up on account of a 
severe attack of rheumatic fever. In the 
spring of 1830 he began the study of law with 
Truman Smith, of Litchfield, and then at- 
tended the New Haven Law School ; abandon- 
ing this, he studied theology at New Haven 
and Andover. He began to preach in the 
autumn of 1835, although he did not receive 
his license until 1838. He was never ordained, 
but preached in several places in Connecticut 
and New York. Late in the year 1843 h^ 
gave up the ministry and removed to the south, 
where he taught school in Smithfield, Virginia. 
Later he removed to Ouincy, Illinois, and 
taught school there until after the death of his 
father in 1850. He returned to Waterbury 
in 185 1, but died soon afterward. He mar- 
ried, February 13, 1839, Cynthia Elizabeth 
Bartlett. who died February 13, 1852 ; daugh- 
ter of Cyrus M. Bartlett, of Hartford. Chil- 
dren: I. Harriet Anna, born June 2, 1840; 
married Rev. Peter V. Finch. 2. Julius Ho- 
bart, April 30, 1842, mentioned below. 3. Ed- 
ward Bennet, June 12, 1843. 

(YIII) Julius Hobart, son of Rev. Thomas 
(3) Bronson, was born at Sandy Hill, New 
York, April 30. 1842. From the age of eight- 
een months he lived in Waterbury with his 
grandfather. His early education was received 
at a boarding school at Ellington. He fitted for 
college at Phillips Academy, Andover, Massa- 
chusetts, but did not enter on account of ill- 



health. He was for several years with B. P. 
Chatfield, in Waterbury and Bridgeport, en- 
gaged in contracting for buildings and dealing 
in building materials. For three years he was 
obliged to give up business and devote him- 
self to the care of his health, and in 1875 he 
became manager of the Oakville Company, 
and later its president and treasurer. The 
company manufactures pins, safety pins, small 
wire goods and other articles of a like nature. 
In 1869 the present factory was erected and 
the water power greatly improved, and the 
business has steadily prospered. Mr. Bronson 
was director and vice-president of the Citizens 
National Bank several years, and upon the 
death of Frederick J. Kingsbury, September 30, 
1910, was elected president. Mr. Bronson is 
a member of the Waterbury Club and has 
served on the board of managers, being a mem- 
ber of the first board and vice-president of 
the club. He is secretary of the Hospital As- 
sociation and has been since its formation, 
and is also a director. He married, November 
16, 1886, Edith, daughter of Roderick Terry, 
of Hartford. Child, Bennet, born December 
3, 1887. 

(VIII) Dr. Edward Bennet Bronson, son 
of Rev. Thomas Bronson, was born at Hart- 
ford, June 12, 1843. He attended the public 
schools and was graduated with the degree of 
bachelor of arts from Yale College in the 
class of 1865. He entered the College of Phy- 
sicians and Surgeons of New York City and 
graduated with the degree of M.D. in 1869, 
and afterward served as interne at Bellevue 
Hospital. After three years' study abroad he 
took up active practice in New York City. 
He was for many years professor of derma- 
tology and is now professor emeritus of the 
New York Polyclinic. He is physician of the 
City and Babies hospitals of New York City. 
He is a member of the American Dermatologi- 
cal Association, the American Academy of 
Medicine, the American Therapeutic Society, 
the New York Academy of Medicine, the 
County Medical Society, the Dermatological 
Society, Bellevue Hospital Alumni Associa- 
tion. He belongs to the Century Association 
and the University Club of New York. 



The surname Hickco.x is also 
HICKCOX spelled Hickox. Hicox, Hik- 
ox, Hecock, Hickcock, and in 
a multitude of other ways. A branch of the 
family spelling the name Heacock settled 
early in New Jersey and spread through Penn- 
sylvania and the west. Most of the New Eng- 
land and northern New York families may 
be traced to Joseph and Samuel Hickcox, of 
Connecticut, supposed to be sons of \\'illiam, 



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iiR-ntionecl below. Joseph Hickcox was born 

,1- larly as 1650 and died at Woodbury. Con- 

iiLiiiciit. in 1^)87. He resideil at rarniiniijtun 

i and \\ ijodbury. Children: Joseph, born 

''•".?; 'Jr. r.cnjamin. i'>75; .Mary, 1678; Kliz- 

c ih, KkSi : .Samuel, 1O87. 

I 1 ) Wilhani Mickcox. tlie lirst of the name 

N'ew Mnijland, was in New Haven in i'>43, 

t had left before i<J48, probably returning 

luiLjland. 

II ) .Serj^cant .Samuel Hickcox, sun of Wil- 
li Hickcox. it is believed, and brother of 
L-])li. mentioned above, mnrrieil Hannah 
— . He died shortly before February 28, 
(4-95. the dale of the inventory of his es- 
■' . The ajjes of his children in 1695 were 
follows: I. Samuel, twenty-six. 2. Han- 
'1. twenty- four, married Jnhn Jn<ld. 3. W'il- 
.111, twenty-two. 4. Thomas, twenty, mcn- 
iicd below. 5. Jose|»li. seventeen. 6. Mary, 
rteen, married John lironson. 7. Eliza- 
li, twelve. 8. Stephen, eleven. 9. Benja- 
!i. nine. 10. Mercy, six. 11. Ebenezer, two 
ir<. 

' Iin Deacon Thomas Hickcox, son of Ser- 
int Samuel Hickcox, was born in 1675, died 
lie 28. 1728. He married. March 2, 1700, 
Mv, ilau.i^hter of Serf^eant Isaac lironson. 
- widow married. Xovember 23, 1748, Dea- 
1 Samuel Piull and she <lied July 4, 175'). 
ildren, lK)rn in W'aterhury: Thomas, Oc- 
lor 23, 1701. mentioned below; Mary, May 
1704; Mary, March 9, i7or)-o7; Sarah. Jan- 
ly 2, 1709-10: Mercy, married Isaac Hop- 
^: Amos, horn May 19, 1715: Jonas. Oc- 
'T .V^. '7'7: Samuel. .\u-.:rst 30. 1720; Sii- 
• iia, March 25, 1723; James, June 26. 1726. 
I 1\ ) Heacon Thomas (2) Hickcox. son of 
I Vacon Thomas (i) Ilickco.Xj was born at 
W aterbury. October 25. 1701, died there De- 
iibir jS. 1787. He married. .April 19, 1730, 
iiam Richards, widow of Samuel Richards, 
1 she died March 13, 1780. Children, born 
Waterbury : Thomas. .April 4, 1737: Sarah, 
ipch 20, T739; Daniel, mentioned below; 
■les. January 19, 1747-48, died voung; 
nes. M.iy 8,1755. 

\) Daniel, son of Deacon Thomas (2) 

kcox. was Ixirn December ifi, 1742. He 

iiried (first) January 15, 1766. Sibyl P.ar- 

1 tholoniew. who died .April 2, 1774. He mar- 

i ried (second) July 5, 1773, Phebe Orton. 

I Children of first wife, born at Waterbury: 

! Caleb, mentionel below; Daniel, February 11. 

1769: Mary. M.ay 3. 1771. died February 7, 

1772: Chauncey. July 31. 1773. Children of 

second wife: F.liezer, July 23, 1776; Mary, 

January 2^. 1778: Uri. .August 8, 1779; Mer- 

riam. August i, 1781 ; Sibyl, October 13, 1783. 

(\'n Caleb, son of Daniel Hickcox. was 



born October 18, i7f>6, in Waterbury. He was 
an extensive owner in that part of the town, 
now Watertown. He died .March 9, 1813, at 
the age of forty-seven years. He and his 
wife were E])iscopalians. He marrieil Ruth 
Scovillc, born in Watertown, March 8. 1773, 
died there January 8, 1859. Captain Edward 
Scovillc. father of Eilward and gran Ifather 
of Ruth, was son of John and grandson of 
John Scovillc, of Haddam, Connecticut. Chil- 
dren of .Major Caleb and Ruth Hickcox: Be- 
linda, born October 19, J791 ; Edward S., men- 
tioned below; .Albert, born June 21, I79'>; 
Martha S., May 2^. 1799; Emeline. .April 19, 
1802; Ruth .A., March 12, 1804; Bennett N., 
< )ctober 9, 1806; Caroline J. (twin), Septem- 
ber 6, [809; Cornelia J., twin of Caroline I. 

(\TI) Edwaril S.. son of Caleb Hickcox, 
was born in Watertown, March 11, 1794. died 
October 16, 1881. He worked in Ixnlmod 
on his father's farm, and atteni!e<l the pulilic 
schools. .About 1823 he purchased a large 
farm in the west part of the town of Water- 
town and for many years was engaged in 
breeding merino sheep and Devon cattle. He 
was well known in the community, influential 
in public affairs and prominent in the church. 
He married (first) March 4, 1819, .Anna .Mer- 
riman. of Watertown. He married (second) 
.\nna lleecher. Children of tirst wife: Xaiicy, 
born January 9, 1820; Charles C. .August 9, 
1821 : Edward S.. June 16, 1823, died young; 
Belinda, October 10. r825 ; .Anna Pcnderson, 
March 2. 1828; Elizabeth E., June 11, 1830; 
Edward S.. mciitioneil below ; Xancy P., Feb- 
ruarv 21, 183S; Ruth E. 

(\ 111) E<lwar(l S. (2), son of Edward S. 
(i) Hickcox, was born at Watertown. June 
21. 1832. died .November 5, 1865, He was 
educated in the public schools, and worked un- 
til he came of age on his father's fann. He 
then purchased a farm, adjoinin.: his father's. 
He was prominent in town afTairs and held 
various offices of trust and honor, though he 
died at the age of thirty-three. He married 
Charlotte .M. Percy, who died in 1902 at the 
age of sixty-five years, daughter of Tliaddeus 
M. and Enidine (Stone) Percy. .After her 
husband died >>he rem.iiiu'd on the homestead. 
She was an active member of the Methodist 
church. 

Children of Mr. and Mrs. Hickcox: 

1. F. Percy, born February 6. 1859, married 
I,ucia P.urr: children : Miriam. Ruth and Julia. 

2. Howard Minor, mentioned below. ^. Tru- 
man S.. born February 3. 1862. married (first) 
Ivlna Brown: (-iccond) Grace Do<lge: chil- 
dren of first wife: Walter. Clarence and Ra- 
chel. 4. Frank Merriman. bom December 
13- ''*''^3. married .Annie Davis; children: 



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Helen, Bernice, rercy, Howard, Charlotte 
and Wesley, 

(IX) Howard Minor, son of Edward S. 
(2) Hickcox, was born at Watertown, Sep- 
tember 19, i860. 

Mr. Hickcox was only five years old 
when his father died. He assisted in the work 
of the farm in his youth and attended the 
public schools. When a boy he began working 
by the month on farms in the vicinity. He 
was a teamster for Cheney Brothers of Man- 
chester one summer, and tauglit school one 
year. In 1881 he purchased a farm at Wa- 
tertown and since then has been engaged in 
farming. His home is in Watertown Center. 
He engaged in the ice business in 1886 and 
continued same for' five years, and has also 
enga;:ed in the undertaking business. He is 
treasurer of the Evergreen Cemetery Associa- 
tion and has been for many years superintend- 
ent of the cemetery. He is financial agent 
of the Watertown Library Association, and 
chairman of the executive committee. He is 
interested in town affairs, and in politics is a 
Republican. He was selectman one year, tax 
collector for years, member of the board of 
relief four years, town treasurer since 1904. 
Since 1890 he has been judge of probate for 
the district of Watertown. He and his wife 
are members of the Methodist Episcopal 
church. 

He married, October 9, 1881, Ame- 
lia M., liorn August 17, 1862, in Woodbury, 
Connecticut, daughter of Eben J. and Mar- 
garet (Strong) Atwood, granddaughter of 
Stephen Atwood, who was famous for his me- 
rino sheep, and a prominent citizen of Wood- 
bury. Her father died at the age of forty- 
two. Both parents were members of the Con- 
gregational church of Watertown. Children 
of Mr. and Mrs. Hickcox: i. Arthur Percy, 
born February 29, 1884, clerk of the Scoville 
Manufacturing Company of Waterbury : grad- 
uate of Wesleyan Seminary ; married Flor- 
ence E., daughter of Joseph W. and Carrie M. 
(Baldwin) Atwood. 2. Frank Bronson, born 
April 5, 1885, associated in the undertaking 
business with his father ; married Elizabeth, 
daughter of Charles W. and Hattie (Wood- 
bridge) Atwood; child, Howard Merriman, 
born March i, 1910. 3. Mabel Merriman, 
born June 13, 1887; married James Maxim 
Yard, of Farmingdale, New Jersey, now a 
missionary in Western China; children: Eliz- 
abeth Hickcox Yard, born May i, 1909; Pris- 
cilla Sterling, born Chengtu. China, October 
9, 1910. 4. Florence Strong, born December 
23, 1889, died March 27, 1901. 5. Octavia 
Atwood, lx)rn August 12, 1897. 6. Edward 
Scoville, born .March 5, 1902. 



Samuel Pond was born in Eng- 

POND land and was one of the early 

settlers of Windsor, Connecticut. 

He died March 14, 1654, and his inventory 

was filed March 19, 1654. He left sixty-two 

acres of land. He married, November 14, 

1642, Sarah . Children: Isaac, born 

at Windsor, March 15, 1646; Samuel, men- 
tionel below; Nathaniel, December 21, 1650, 
killed by the Indians, December 19, 1675, '" 
King Philip's war: Sarah, February ii, 1652, 
married Jonathan Hoyt. 

(II) Samuel (2), son of Samuel (i) Pond, 
was born at Windsor, March |, 1648. He 
was one of the signers of the "New Planta- 
tion and Church Covenant," of Branford, Con- 
necticut, January 20, 1667. He was propound- 
ed for freeman in 1672. He was a deputy to 
the general court from Branford in 1678-82,- 
83-87, and was lieutenant of the military com- 
pany in 1695. He married, February 3, 1669, 
Miriam Blakeley. Children, born at Bran- 
ford : Nathaniel, 1676, died 1679 ; Abigail, 
1677 ; Samuel, mentioned below ; Josiah, Sep- 
tember 25, 1688 ; Lois, 1690 ; Moses, 1693 ; 
Miriam, 1696; Mindwell, 1698. 

(III) Samuel (3), son of Samuel (2) 
Pond, was born at Branford, July i, 1679. 
He married, June 8, 1704, Abigail Goodrich. 
Children, born at Branford: Samuel, May 7, 
1705, died young; Philip, June 5, 1706; i3ar- 
tholomew, January 19, 170S: Josiah, May 19, 
1710; Abigail, July 13, 1713; Phineas, men- 
tioned below; Perez, January 22, 1718; Mene 
Mene Tekel Upharsin ( !), March 6, 1721. 

(IV) Phineas, son of Samuel (3) Pond, 
was born at Branford, June 9, 171 5. He mar- 
ried Martha — . He settled in Milford, 

Connecticut. Children, born at Milford : Phin- 
eas, January 15, 1737; Jonathan, mentioned 
below; Peter, 1742; Charles, 1744; Abigail, 
March 6, 1746; John; Zachary ; Samuel; 
Mary, married Isaac Jones ; Susan, married 
Ezra Clapp. 

(V) Jonathan, son of Phineas Pond, was 
born at Branford, June 24, 1740. In 1764 he 
purchased of Benjamin Cook, of Farmington. 
fifty-one acres of land, and in the same year 
land of Eliphalet Eaton, of Goshen, in that 
part of the town of Farmington now Bristol, 
and known as Chippeny, or Chippen's Hill. 
His sister Martha, who afterward married 
Isaac Curtis, of Plymouth, probably came 
with him, or soon afterward. While living on 
the Chippen's Hill farm he married Susannah 
Hungerford, of Bristol. She died a year or 
two afterward, and he sold his farm, and in 
1770 settled in the town of Plymouth, Con- 
necticut. His farm of two hundred acres was 
partly in Bristol and partly in Plymouth. 



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I'liis farm remained in tlic possession of Jonn- 
tlian and his descendants until 18^)4, a ])eriotl 
(ii ninety-four years. 1 lie house now or lately 
>tanding on the southeast corner of the town 
was hnilt by him, atwiut 1~<JS- He was a 
Macksmith as well as a farmer. Ife joined the 
(. uni;reKational church at I'.ristol, July 31, 
1774, anil hi> wife and family also were mcni 
Ikts. lie died December 16, 1817, aged scv- 
mty-eijjht. lie married (second) Jerusha Jc- 
: .ine. of liristol, an aunt of the late Chaun- 
iv Jerome, of New Haven, formerly of I'ly- 
iiiouth. She died in i8jS. Child of first wife: 
I'hineas, died yonns;, tUtcihcr jS, iSiS, bur- 
ied at l'2ast I'lyniouth. Children of second wife: 
I. I'hilip, resided at New Haven. 2. Jona- 
th.m. n)cntionctl below. 3. Harriet, married 
i li Terry. 4. W'illard I'... went west; his 

11, .Major J. li. I'onil, was a famous lecturer. 
5 Nancy, died aged sixteen, l-onr others. 

( \1 ) Jonathan (_'), sonof Jonathan (l) 
I'lind. was iiorn in I'lymouth, 1773. died Oc- 
tober II, 1S55. He inheriteil I'art of the 
lMime>tead and followed farmin); at Plymouth, 
lie married (first) lletsey .\dams : (second) 
l.ucia (iildersleive. Children by first wife: 
\le\aiidfr. mentioned below; Sarah, died 
.vi'iinK- 

(\ II ) .Alexander, only son of Jonathan (2) 
!')nd, was born in riymouth, March 9, 181 1, 
led December 26, 1877. He was educated in 
■'ic p^iblic schools and remained on the home- 
rad. to which he succeeded in the course of 
t:iue. He was acti\e in politics and held vari- 
ous ofHces of trust and honor. The homestead 
jiassed out of the family in 1864, when .\lex- 
ander sold it. A peculiar coincidence is the 
fact that each of the generations born in t!ic 
111 Use consisted of eight children, five Ijoys and 
three girls. He married, .Xjiril 6, 1834, Lydia 
(iavlord, born at Hristol, July 5, 1809, died 

< tctober 31. i8r>S (see Gaylo'rd \TI). Chil- 
ilien of Alexander and Lydia Pond: i. Caro- 
line .\melia, txirn I-'ebruary 22, 1835, died 
June. i',K)7: married .\orman (i. (Irannis, of 
\\'alerbury. 2. Sarah .\urelia, June 29. 1837; 
married Spencer A. Clark, deceased, of New 
Haven; son, LcRoy Clark (deceased). 3. 
Charles Hobart, July 16, 1839, died .\pril 17, 
1885. in California. 4. Gad Gavlord, June 2, 
184J. died March 4, 1864. 5. Aliza Au- 
gusta. June 19. 1843; married Judah W'ins- 
t"\v Clark, of Terrvville (deceased) : children: 

label. George Clifford Clark. 6. Martin .M- 

< \andcr. .March 28. 1847. lives in W'aterbury ; 
married Alice M. Wood wort h ; children: 
CiitTord .\Ilen. and Jessie W'oodworth, who 
married Hubert Ciirnell. 7. George Clifford, 
September 11, 1840, ilieil March xft. 1870. 

8 l-M-.ll- I i\< .\ llliTll.'IU' I Ir.!, ,\v 



(\111) lldgar LeKoy, youngest child of 
.Mexamier I'nnd, was born at Plymouth. 
March 3, 1854. lie wa> educated in the pub- 
lic schools of Terryville. At the age of fif- 
teen he began his business career as clerk in 
a store in his native town . He was two years 
in this position and one year in a similar \xi- 
sition in a store in New llaven. He then be- 
came a moulder in the Malleable Iron Works 
of .\ndrcw Terry, at Terryville, an<l since the 
age of eighteen has been connected with this 
concern in various capacities. I le won pro- 
motion from time to time by his ability and 
earnest, faithfid work. He was treasurer of 
the comjiany from 1896 to 1898. Since 189S 
he has been president of the .\ndrcw Terry 
Comi)any. In politics he is a Republican. He 
has served on the school board for several 
years, and has been a member of the Repub- 
lican town committee, and for six years a 
member of the Repniilican state central 
committee. He was for many years chair- 
man of the I'lymouth Re])ublican town 
conmiittee, and an active and earnest worker 
in local jjolitics. He rejjresenlel the town 
in the state legislature in i88fi and served 
on the committee on labor. He was state 
senator in upi, and served on the commit- 
tee on humane institutions. He secureil the 
charter for the Terryville Savings I'ank in 
the session of 1901, and is one of the direc- 
tors of that institution. He is a member of 
Union Lodge, bVee .Masons, of Thomastnn ; of 
the .American \lechanics. and of the board of 
managers of the Sons of the .American Revo- 
lution. He is a Congregationalist. He mar- 
ried, November 6, 1878, I-illa .Antoinette, born 
February 14, 1861, daughter of Willard Ter- 
ry and .Amelia Kvans ( l-enn ) (Goodwin. Chil- 
dren. Ixirn at Terryville: i. Howard Clay- 
ton, .August 21, 1881, died April 16. 1905. 2. 
Edgar LeRoy. December 26, 1883, mentioned 
below. 3. bwigbt Warren, September 24, 
1889, educated in the ]niblic schools of Terry- 
ville and Piristol, and at the Sheftield Scien- 
tific School of Vale College, from which he 
was graduateil in 1909; employed in the .An- 
drew Terry Iron Company; member of the 
Republican town conmiittee. 

(IX) Edgar LeRoy (2). son of Edgar 
I.cRoy (I) Pond, was born at Terryville, 
December 26, 1883. He attended the i)ublic 
schools of his native town antl of I'.ristol and 
entered Vale C<:>llege, from which he was 
graduated in the class of 1904. He studied 
his profession in the A'ale Law School, grad- 
uating in 1906. He was admitted to the bar 
in the same year and practiced law for a short 
time. .At the present time be is in newspaper 
work, i.n ilic vlalT of the Hartford Coiiraiit. 



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He is judge of probate of the Plymouth dis- 
trict, and member of the RepubHcan town 
committee. He has written a book entitled 
"The Tories of Chipping Hill," a brief account 
of the Loyalists of Bristol, Plymouth and Har- 
winton, who founded St. Matthew's Protest- 
ant Episcopal Church at East Plymouth, in 
1891. He married, January 15, 1910, Mary 
Wheeler, of Terryville, daughter of Andrew 
Karlmann. 

(The Gaylord Line). 

(IV) Joseph (2) Gaylord, son of Joseph 
(i) Gaylord (q. v.), was born in Durham. 
He came to Waterbury in 1719, died there 
1742. He married, in 1699, Mary Hickox. 
Children: i. Timothy, born November 29, 
1706, married, April 25, 1733, Prudence Roys. 
2. Samuel, July 5, 1709 ; married Thankful 
Munson. 3. Edward, mentioned below. 4. 
Benjamin, married, January 18, 1729, Jeru- 
sha Frisbie. 5. Joseph, married, March 9, 
1730, Elizabeth Rich. 6. Mary, married John 
Hickox. 7. Thankful, married Ebenezer Row. 
8. Martha, married Caleb Aberbethy. 

(V) Edward, son of Joseph (2) Gaylord, 
was born at Waterbury. He settled in Far- 
mington. He married, August 16, 1733, Me- 
hitable Brooks, at Cheshire. Children: i. 
Jesse born February 23, 1734, died young. 2. 
Jesse, mentioned below. 

(VI) Jesse, son of Edward Gaylord, was 
born at Farmington, September 10, 1735. He 
married Rachel Hungerford. 

(VII) Lott, son of Jesse Gaylord, married 
Sarah Allen. Their daughter Lydia married 
Alexander Pond (see Pond VII). 



John White, the immigrant an- 
WHITE cestor, was born in England and 
settled at Lynn, Massachusetts, 
in 1633. He was admitted a freeman of Mas- 
sachusetts Bay Colony while at Lynn in 1633 
and was made a freeman in 1647 ^t South- 
hampton, Long Island, whither he removed 
about 1644. He had a son John, mentioned 
below. 

(II) John (2), son of John (i) White, 
was born about 1632. He married (first) 

Ann ; (second) in 1653, Zerubabel 

Phillips, of Southampton. Children : John, 
Sarah, Hannah, married Captain Thomas Top- 
ping ; James, mentioned below ; Martha, mar- 
ried, June 12, 1673, Captain John Howell; 
Abigail, married, October 19, 1682, Captain 
Abraham Howell: Esther, married, July 11, 
1678, Samuel Clark ; daughter. 

(III) James, son of John (2) White, was 
born about 1655: died August 21, 1694; mar- 
ried, November 24, 1675, Ruth Stratton, of 
East Hampton, Long Island. He settled at 



Southampton and his children, born there, 
were: Ephraim, December 29, 1677; James, 
mentioned below; Stephen, October 13, 1684; 
Charles. 

(IV) James (2), son of James (i) White, 
was born at Southampton, May 15, 1681, died 
January 23 or February 8, 1729-30. He set- 
tled in Huntington, Long Island, called the 
Island of Nassau. Susanna, widow of John 
Holley, quitclaimed to James White, then of 
Huntington, Michael '\\'aring and Thomas 
Brush, March 17, 1718-19, land bounded 
north by the colony of New York, east by 
the hills on the east side of the great mead- 
ows, south by Stony brook, and west by Mi- 
anus river. He settled in Stamford, Connecti- 
cut, about 1717, building a house at what is 
still called Long Ridge. Plis wife Sarah died 
at Stamford. C)ctober 3, 1720. He made a 
wedding contract with John Waring, of Oy- 
ster Bay, 1720-21, and married his daughter 
Elizabeth Waring, February 23, 1720-21. He 
was surveyor in 1727-28, at Stamford. Chil- 
dren of first wife (found in various deeds 
given in a genealogy by Henry Kirk White, 
189T, at Detroit, Michigan) ; Stephen; John; 
Peter ; Israel, mentioned below ; Deborah, mar- 
ried Augustus Bryant. Children of second 
wife, born at Stamford ; Timothy, February 7, 
1721-22; Timothy, December 27, 1722-23, 
married Mary Newman ; .Sarah, December 27, 
1723 (perhaps twin of Timothy) ; Jacob,,Jan- 
uary 25, 1726-27; Richard, March 8, 1727- 
28; Uriah, February 18, 1728-29; James, 
March i, 1730. 

(V) Israel, son of James (2) White, as 
shown by a deed to his Iirother John of land 
at Long Ridge, bounded on one side by land 
of younger brother. ■ He and brother Peter 
quitclaim land in 1750-51, rights to property 
belonging to "our honored father James." 
Israel White married Mary Benedict, who 
married (second) Edward, son of Samuel 
Benedict. Mary was daughter of James and 
Mary (Andrus) Benedict. Her father was 
born in 1685 ; her mother. May 18, 1689, 
daughter of Abraham and Sarah (Porter) 
Andrus; James Benedict was deacon of the 
Congregational Church of Danbury. Connecti- 
cut. Israel White settled in Danbury. James 
Benedict, father of James Benedict, was born 
at Southold, Long Island, and removed to 
Norwalk, Connecticut, where he married 
(first) May 10, 1676, Sarah Gregory, born 
December 3, 1652, daughter of John and 
.Sarah Gregory ; he was one of eight who 
bought and settled Danbury ; he sold his prop- 
erty in Norwalk, March 26. 1691 ; married 
(second) Sarah, daughter of Robert Porter. 
Thomas Benedict, father of James Benedict, 



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was tlio imniit;rant. born in Eiif^lainl in i6i~; 
niarrictl Mary iJridguni, and resided at Soutli- 
o\i\ and lluntiiij;t'>n, Long Island; was may- 
Mate; lieutenant in iWj3; delegate to the 
t legislative assembly in New Vork ; came 
!■> Xorwalk, Connecticut, about i()65; was 
town clerk there in i'>73: selectman seventeen 
years ending with U»88; deputy to the assem- 
bly in 1670 and 1675. Thomas was deacon of 
the church at Xorwalk and two of his sons 
lie deacons afterward. Children: Thomas, 
■in, Samuel, James, Daniel, Iilizabcth, who 
iirieii John Slauson ; Mary, marrie<l, July 
■ "'7.?- John Olmsted: Sarah, who married, 
ricmlier 19, 1679. and Rebecca Benedict, 
who married Dr. Samuel Wood. Israel came 
with his father to Stamford and himself set- 
■ I. as shown by deeds to his brothers, at 
iiburv. He had a son Israel, mentioned 
!..w. ' 

(\I) Israel (2), son of Israel (i) White, 
■■- born in Danbury. Connecticut, about 1732, 
1 1 dieij at Shamn, Connecticut, February 5, 
JO. He owned a large farm at Sharon, 
wiiilher he mnved about 1775. He was a sol- 
dier in the revi>hition. a private in Captain 
N'l'rlliey's ci'inpany, and was discharged IX'- 
nber 24, i77('). He married Phebe Sanford, 
in 1729, died .April 24, 1796. They had a 
n John, mentioned below. 
I VH) John (3), son of Israel (2) White, 
>\.i.- born in Danbury, .August 9, 1755, and 
died at Sharon. Sc])teml)er 21, 1842. He 
married Chloe Iloldcn, born October 22, 1757, 
died Xovembcr 17. 1802. 

(\TII) Benjamin Holden, son of John (3) 
White, was liorn in Sharon, March 29. 1783, 
died there March 20. ii<('i^. He had a large 
farm ami lived in Sharon all his life. He 
marrieil Betsey Brooks, born March 4. 1787, 
died .March 10, 1681. daughter of Daniel 
Brooks, who was a soldier in the revolution. 
Children, horn at Sharon : Chester, June 5. 
1810. died July 2. 1879: Laura, born June 
14. 1812, dieil Xovember 14. 1888; Marcia, 
July 3, 1814, died ( )ctober 21. 1893: Sanford, 
Kirn .Mav q. 1S16; Daniel I'.rooks, born Mav 
9. i8i8.'dicd April 18. 1898; Henry Kirk, 
mentioned liclow ; Xathaniel Turner, born De- 
cember 17, 1822. died December i, 1883; 
Pollv .\im, born June 3, 1S25. 

(IX) Henry Kirk, son of Benjamin Holden 
\\ lute, was l>orn in Sharon. Xovembcr 26, 
1820, and died in Winsted, Connecticut, in 
1904. He was educated in the public schools 
of his native town and at select schools in 
Amcnia. Xcw Vork. and Sheffield, Massachu- 
setts. He taught school in his youni;er days 
and followed farming most of his life. He 
was active in public affairs and served the 



town as tax collector. He was a zealous and 
faithful member of the Methodist church and 
superintendent of the Sunday school at Lime 
Rock. He married Harriet Louise Parsons, 
born at Sharon, February 17, i82<'i, rlied .May 
ID, 1910, ilaughter it ' ' ' ' ' k- 

wood ) Parsi^ns, ami ,11 

Peirsons, of Suffolk. . ^...;it, 

who settlcrl at Xcw Haven. Connecticut, and 
later at Derby in that colony. Children of 
Henry Kirk and Harriet Louise White: .Al- 
bert Par>ons. mentione<I below; Josephine 
ElizalKlh, born October 15, 1H56; Frances 
Augusta, October 29, i8'j2. 

(X) Albert i'ar.M)ns, son of Henry Kirk 
White, was txirn in .Sharon, .\pril 14, 1853. 
He attended the common and high schools of 
his native town. He was clerk in a store there 
for a time, but has been farming most of his 
active life. He assisted his father on the 
homestead at Sharon until he came of age. In 
1874 he came to the town of Winchester. Con- 
necticut, and has made his home there >ince. 
For the past twenty years he has been superin- 
tendent of the Highland l^ke farm where he 
has charge of three hunilred and fifty acres 
of land and has a very fine dairy of one hun- 
dred cows. He has valuable real estate in 
Winsted. He is a member of Winchester 
Grange. Patrons of Husbandry, and of the 
First Congregational Church of Winsted. In 
politics he is a Reublican. He married, .\pril 
24. 1878, Celena Close, born March 11, 1855, 
daughter of Gideon and Mary .\nn (Inger- 
soll) Close, of Greenwich, Connecticut. Chil- 
dren: Mabel Close, born November 9. 1S82; 
Xelson Henry, August 7, 1889, graduate of 
the Connecticut Agricultural College ; .\lbert 
Russell, February 13, 1897. 



(HI) Thomas (2) Day, son of 
DAY Thomas (i) Day (q. v.), was i)nrn 
March 23. 1662, at Springfield. 
About 1702 be removed from Springfield to 
Colchester. Connecticut, where be died Janu- 
ary 14. 1729. He married Flizabeth Merrick, 
of Springfield. Januarv 28. 1685. Children, 
born at Springfield: Elizabeth. February 2S, 
1687 ; Thomas, October 2^], 1689, mentioned 
below; Sarah. September 30. 1691: Ebenczer, 
.August I. ifi04: Jonathan. .May 20. i'i<)~; De- 
borah. Septemlier 14. kVk); X'athan. Xovem- 
ber 6. 1701 ; Samuel. September 15, 1704. 

( I\' ) Thomas (3), son of Thomas (2) Day, 
was horn at Springfield. October 2;i. 1689. 
He removed w ith his father to Colchester, and 
thence to Sharon. Connecticut, alniut 1755, •'"^ 
died there February 28. i--- '' married 
(first), June, 1722. Sara!) > died 

March 2<<. 172^1. He mar: i» Feb- 



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ruary 2, 1727, Mary Wells, of Colchester, 
born January 22, 1702. Children of second 
wife: Tamar, born November 29, 1727; Jon- 
athan, August 7, 1729 ; Abel, July 26, 1734 ; 
Jeremiah, January 25, 1737, mentioned below; 
Israel, January 25, 1739 : Sarah, June 24, 1742. 

(V) Rev. Jeremiah Day, son of Thomas 
(3 ) Day, was born January 25, 1737, at Col- 
chester. He graduated at Yale College in 
1756. He married (first) Sarah Mills, of 
Kent. Connecticut. She died August 25, 1767, 
and he married (second) in October, 1770, 
Lucy Wood, of Danbury, who died August 16, 
1771. He married (third) Abigail Osborn, 
widow of Rev. Sylvanus Osborn, of East 
Greenwich, now Warren, Connecticut, daugh- 
ter of Stephen Noble, of New Milford, Octo- 
ber 7, 1772. She died in June, 1810. He 
died September 12, 1806. He settled in Sha- 
ron, Connecticut, and represented that town 
in the general assembly in 1766-67. He was 
ordained pastor of the Congregational church 
in New Preston, Connecticut, January 31, 
1770, with a salary of seventy pounds. Child 
of first wife: Mills, born August 13, 
1767, died November 9, 1770. Children of 
third wife: Jeremiah, August 3, 1773; Thom- 
as, July 6, 1777; Noble, May 20, 1779, men- 
tioned below; Sarah, December 9, 1781, died 
1782; ]\Iills, September 30, 1783 (Yale, 1803), 
died 1812, a tutor at Yale. 

(VI) Noble, son of Rev. Jeremiah Day, 
was born in New Preston, May 20, 1779, died 
February 13, 1855. He lived at New Preston. 
He married there ]\Iay 7, 1805, Elizabeth 
Jones, of Hartford. Children: i. Daniel 
Jones, born July 15, 1806; lived at Appalachi- 
cola, Florida, and New York City, died No- 
vember I, 1883. 2. Henry Noble, August 4, 
1808. mentioned below. 3. Jeremiah, October 
4, 1810, died December 29, 1874. 4. Mills, 
April 15, 1813, died March 31, 1834. 5. 
Thomas, June 18, 1816; graduate of Yale 
in 1839, lawyer at Cleveland, Ohio, died 
October 17, 1870. 6. Charles. August 18, 
1818; graduate of Yale in 1840; lived in 
New York City, died August 17, 1889. 7. 
Elizabeth, November 18, 182 1 ; married, Au- 
gust 25,. 1846, Rev. Samuel T. Seeley, of 
Wolcottville, Connecticut, and died Novem- 
ber 26, 1846. 8. Sarah, April, 1823, died 
yoimg. 

(VII) Rev. Henry Noble Day, second son 
of Noble and Elizabeth (Jones) Day, was 
born August 4, 1808, at New Preston, died 
January 12, 1890, in New Haven. He at- 
tended the public schools and prepared for 
college under Solomon Stoddard and Edward 
Beecher at the Hartford grammar school. En- 
tering Yale College in 1824. he was graduated 



September 10, 1828, delivering an oration at 
the commencelnent. Among his classmates 
were many who have since become distin- 
guished in college life upon the supreme bench 
of the United States, and in various other 
ways. For nearly two years he was a classi- 
cal instructor in Burlington, New Jersey, and 
afterward studied law in Philadelphia. In 
October, 1 83 1, he became a tutor at Yale Col- 
lege, and thus continued until 1834. in the 
meantime studying theology in the Divinity 
School under Doctors Taylor, Gibbs and Fitch. 
He was licensed to preach August 7, 1833, by 
the New Haven West Association. For more 
than a year he traveled abroad, and returning 
was ordained pastor of the First Congrega- 
tional Church at Waterbury, Connecticut, No- 
vember 9, 1836. Four years later he was 
elected professor of Sacred Rhetoric in the 
theological department of the Western Re- 
serve College at Hudson, Ohio, and for eight- 
een years continued his labors with the insti- 
tution. In 1858 he accepted the presidency of 
the Ohio Female College, located near Cincin- 
nati, which he conducted with eminent suc- 
cess for six years, returning in 1864 to New 
Haven, where he could conveniently continue 
tb.e literary labor to which he had already 
given. considerable attention, and which occu- 
pied the remainder of his life. For a few 
years he instructed classes of young ladies in 
mental science and English literature, but the 
latter years of his life were given entirely to 
study and reading. He was the author of 
many volumes and essays, which attracted 
wide attention in the literary world, and some 
of his text books are still in use. Following 
is a list of the volumes which he gave to the 
public: "The Art of Elocution," 1S84; "The 
Art of Rhetoric," 1850; "Rhetorical Praxis." 
1861 ; "Book-keeping," 1861 : "The Logic of 
Sir William Hamilton," 1866; "The Art of 
English Composition," 1867; "The Art of Dis- 
course," 1867; "Elements of Logic," 1867; 
"Introduction to English Literature," 1869; 
"American Speller," 1869; "The Young Com- 
poser," 1870; "The Science of Aesthetics," 
1872; "Logical Praxis," 1872; "Elements of 
Psychology," 1876; "The Science of Ethics." 
1876 ; "Outlines of Ontological Science," 1878 ; 
"Elements of Mental Science," 1886 ; "Logic." 
1886; "The Science of Education," 1889. 

The Rev. Noah Porter, president of Yale 
Collere, said of Dr. Day : "As a scholar he 
was minute, exact, and exhaustive, patient of 
toil, ingenious in theory and nice discrimina- 
tion, but always seeking and seeming always 
to find some practical application for the re- 
sults of his most ingenious theories, and his 
most refined analysis. He had the rarest gift 



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to the scholar, tliu ])riLclc>s );ilt of being able 
to lif^lit and maintain his own tires njion his 
own licarth — to contiinic liis own researches 
b_v hiniselt, and to kindle all the enthusiasm 
whicli tlK-\' rc(|iiirci!. While as a teaclier he 
was aniinateil In his classes and in conversa- 
tion was (|iiickene(l hy his friends, he did not 
re(|uirc either to sustain or stimulate his own 
cner^jies. His mind was uiui'^iially indcjiend- 
cnt and self-relying, and |)crha))s too much 
-hut up within itself; he was, however, in no 
-m>e narrow minded, hut was more than usu- 
,illy dis|M>sed to test new theories and to give 
temporary lodgment to new thoughts. .\t the 
Ijottom, however, he* had a serviceable stratmii 
of tenacity. In practical matters he wa> clear, 
exact, and fond of detail. l<nowing very many 
things which a clear head and cool observa- 
tion ha<l taught him. When he died the re- 
membrance of many instructive facts ilied with 
him — facts concerning persons and events of 
no little significance. Socially he was genial 
;ind kind, making ac(iuaintances easil\, no- 
t!Ceablv ui!obtru>ive, yet luiiformly self-re- 
specting and self-i)osse>sed. He was fond of 
(|uiet social games, and was pleased with his 
acknowleilged mastery of chess. His gentle- 
ness and courtesy were consincuous. He 
never forgot nor tempted others to forget his 
^acred profession, although he was prevented 
by consideration> of healtli from the fre(iuent 
exercise of its public functions. He was for 
many years an active ami interested memlier 
of the North, now the United, Church in New- 
Haven, as its jiastors have borne witness." 

In the annual sermon, I'ebruary j, 1S90. by 
Rev. T. T. .Munger, 1). 1).. the following trib- 
ute was paid to the character of Dr. Day : 
"For the last twenty-tive years he lived the 
life of a scholar in our city, engaged in high 
studies, publishing books and contributing to 
the magazines. Without the stimulus or the 
pressure «>f a position, his life wa.> as rig.ir- 
ously and systemalicdly devoted to study as 
though he had filled a chair in the University. 
Indeed he was so fully a scholar that we al- 
ways thought of him as a part of the Univer- 
sity. .\n<l such a life he led up to the very 
close of his eighty-one years. I have often 
tliotii4iit that ati cijucation and scholarly habits 
paiil. if in no other way. in affording an oc- 
cupatii>n in old age. The scholar does not 
weary of life. Hut this life of thought and 
study does not represent the whole career of 
our friend, .\fter a brief ministry in New- 
England, he went to Ohio, w-here as a teacher 
he spent bis strong, productive year-, throw-- 
ing him>elf with rreat energy ami force into 
the life of that state. His real record is 
there, not here, in hundreds of homes, refined 



and elevated by his instniction. Few of you 
can realize what it was for such a man as Dr. 
Day, with the highest New Englan 1 culture, 
to put ti' ' nnnnni) like that of 

Ohio, a He wn« leaven in- 

deed, ail ready f >r the work- 

ing force. 1 know, because I have had spe- 
cial means of knowing, with what energy, 
what fiilelity, what self-denial, what high- 
minded and uncomi>romising ways he gave 
himself to education in that yoimg state. He 
carried N'ale College to < Hue, and heljied to 
establish there the .New Mn'.;laiid standanl of 
education and refinement, for he was a teacher 
of l)oth young men and young women. Those 
intluences. e.xerted in conjunction with those 
of men like-minded, entered deejily and vi- 
tally into the life of the state, and hel|>e<l to 
make it what it is — a state marked by the high- 
est civilization west of the .MIeglienies. Dr. 
Day needed such conditions to call out his 
j)ow-er. Without such stinnilus, he gravitate*! 
in the direction of his natural tastes, which 
were those of the (|uiet scholar, and this tend- 
ency was strengthened by a profoun<l native 
modesty. ( )f his studies. 1 cannot speak. He 
was an original and lioM thinker in mental 
science, a helper in the studies of those who 
teach others to think. He preservc<l to the 
last the youthful characteristics of thought — 
fresh, enthusiastic, generous, free. His the- 
ology kept pace with the age, and grew by 
careful change to the last. He was not afraifl 
of |>rogress, and did not heed the timid or in- 
tolerant protests which always attended theo- 
logical changes. He was conservative but he 
was rational." He received the degrees of 
D. D. and I.I.. D. 

He married, .\pril 27, 1836. Jane I^uisa, 
daughter of Simeon and Susan ( Bishop) 
Marlilc, of New Haven. Children: 1. Henry 
Mills, mentioncil below-. 2. E<lwin Marble. 
iKirn rcbruary iC>. 1S41, died March j_v 1841. 
.V Mary I-llizalKjth, Ixmi \..<.m'),i ., iSi;. ,nt 
Hudson. Ohio; mcmlK-r y\y- 

lonial Dames, of the U' -nal 

church of New Haven, which ihc i.niiil) has 
attende<l since 1814. 4. .Susan .Marble. Oc- 
tober If). 1S48, at Hndsi.n: memtier of the Co- 
lonial Dames an<l of the United longrcga- 
tioiial church of New- I lavcn. The family 
home is at No. 199 Whitney avenue. New 
Haven. 

(\ Iin Henry Mills, ehlest child of Rev. 
Henry Noble ami Jane l.o»;isa (Marble* Day, 
was born .\ugust jo. •'^•^ ■• ^Vaterbury, 
Connecticut, anil was of when the 

family removerl tc* Hii Reared 

amid surroundings of the higiie>l educatifnial 
character, he gra<luated at the Western Re- 



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serve University with the degree of A. B., in 
1859, and in the same year received a degree 
ad eundem from Yale College. After gradu- 
ation he studied law in Cincinnati : was ad- 
mitted to the Ohio bar, and practiced his pro- 
fession in Cincinnati with success until 1865, 
when he came to New York and engaged in 
business in Wall street. In 1870 he became 
a member of the New York stock exchange, 
and so continued until his death, which oc- 
curred October 12, 1901, at his home. No. 6 
East Forty-fourth street. New York City. In 
1873, in association with William Weaver 
Heaton. he established the firm of Day & Hea- 
ton, bankers and brokers, which has continued 
in active business until the present day, a 
most remarkable record among brokerage 
houses of the Wall street district in New 
York City. JNIr. Day was not only a conserv- 
ative and safe business man, respected by his 
contemporaries, but he was also active in the 
social life of the city. As a life member of 
the Metropolitan Museum of Art, he contrib- 
uted to the cultivation of uplifting influences 
in the metropolis, and was a member of the 
American Museum of Natural History. He 
was a member of the Alpha Delta Phi fra- 
ternity, of the New England Society in New 
York, and other similar organizations as well 
as the following clubs : Union, University, 
Union League. Metropolitan and Riding. He 
married. December 21, 1868, Sarah, born Sep- 
tember 20, 1842, now living in New York 
City, daughter of Henry Vallette, of Cincin- 
nati, Ohio. Children: Laura Vallette, Harry 
Vallette and Sherman. The sons are men- 
tioned below. The daughter, born June 15, 
1870, resides in New York. 

(IX) Harry Vallette, elder son of Henry 
Mills and Sarah (Vallette) Day, was born 
May II, 1873, in New York City, and was 
educated at the Cutler and other schools of 
his home city, as well as the Thacher school 
at Nordhoff, California. He entered the Shef- 
field Scientific School of Yale University, and 
was graduated in 1895, with the degree of 
Ph. B. Deciding upon a business career, he 
became a member of the New York stock ex- 
change, April 18, 1895, and in 1901 succeeded 
his father as a member of the firm of Day & 
Heaton, since which time he has been active 
in the management of the business. Mr. Day 
is an honorary member of Squadron A, Na- 
tional Guard of the State of New York, and 
is identified with many of the leading bodies 
and movements in the social life of the city. 
He is a member of the Delta Phi fraternity 
and numerous clubs including the following: 
Racquet and Tennis, University, Yale, St. 
Elmo, Rockaway Hunting, Country, Automo- 



bile of America, Turf and Field, and Coney 
Island Jockey. He is fonrl of outdoor living 
and motoring. 

(IX ) Sherman, younger son of Henry Mills 
and Sarah (Vallette) Day, was born Septem- 
ber 7, 1874, in New York City, and prepared 
for college at the Cutler and other schools of 
that city. Entering Yale College, he was 
graduated with the class of 1896 with the de- 
gree of A. M. During his college career he 
was a member of the sophomore society of 
Eta Phi, of the senior society of Scroll and 
Key, and of the Psi Upsilon and Phi Beta 
Kappa fraternities. He was also president of 
the Yale Athletic Association. After gradua- 
tion he entered the banking office of Day & 
Heaton in New York, but soon decided to 
adopt the profession of law. He entered the 
New York Law School, and graduated in 
1899 with the degree of LL. B. cum laude, 
and was admitted to the bar the same year. 
He became associated with the law firm of 
Hornblower, Byrne, Miller & Potter, in 1900, 
and five years later was associated with L. C. 
KrauthofT, Esq., who is now head of the firm 
of Krauthofif, Harmon & Matthewson, of 
which firm Mr. Day became a member in 
1909. This firm occupies commodious offices 
in the City National Bank Building, formerly 
the United States Custom House. In 1905 
he became the president of Henrv Hooker & 
Company, carriage and motor body manufac- 
turers, in New Haven, Connecticut, in which 
position he still continues. From 1896 to 1901 
Mr. Day was a member of Squadron A, Na- 
tional Guard, State of New York. He is a 
member of numerous clubs, including : Rac- 
quet and Tennis (of which he is governor). 
Union, University, Brook, Rockaway Hunting 
(a governor), Turf and Field, Midday Yale, 
City Lunch (a governor), and Aiken. Mr. 
Day is an independent Republican, but takes 
little part in political movements. 



(\^I) Judge Thomas Day, son of 
DAY Rev. Jeremiah Day (q. v.), was 
born in New Preston Society, town 
of \A'ashington, Connecticut, July 6, 1777. He 
was graduated from Yale College in the class 
of 1797 and read law in the office of Judge 
Reeve at Litchfield, Connecticut, and after- 
ward in the office of Judge Dewey, of the 
supreme court of Massachusetts, at Williams- 
town, where Mr. Day tutored in Williams Col- 
lege. In September, 1799. he came to Hart- 
ford and was a student under Theodore 
Dwight until he was admitted to the bar two 
months later. He began to practice there and 
continued to the time of- his death. 

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ant secretary of state of Connecticut, and in 
1810 siiccccrlcd George Wvllys as secretary of 
state ami \va> re-elected annually nntil May. 
1835, filling the office with marked ability and 
efficiency for twenty-five years. In May. 
181 5, lie was appointed associate judge of the 
county court for the county of Hartford and 
annually thereafter, except one year, until 
May. 1825, when he was made chief justice 
of that ci>urt and continued by annual ap- 
pointment until June, 1833. In 1818, as one 
the senior aldermen of the city of Hart- 
: I, he became one of the judges of the 
ciiy court :md continued such by successive 
annual electinus until March, 183 1. He was 
one of the committee that prepared the .>-tat- 
utes of 1808 and he had the duty of compiling 
the notes, preparing the index and writing the 
iiitriiduction. He was also one of the com- 
mittee that prepared the statutes of 1821 and 
^-•4. In 1805 he commenced regularly to 
Tt the decisions of the supreme court of 
•rs, but took no note of cases in the latter 
h.ill of the eighteenth century. Ilis reports 
'"\er a period of more than half a century. 
■ the June term in 1S33 he declined a reap- 
iitmcnt and the supreme court placed on 
■rd its high respect for his eminent serv- 
and exalted character and thanked him 
his advancement of judicial science 
tlirough his numerous reports and other legal 
productions and for his uniform kindness and 
courtesy in all his intercourse with the bench 
and bar. He edited several F.nglish law works, 
in all about forty volumes, in which he intro- 
duced notices of .American decisions, and 
made other improvements. 

He was one of the commissioners to dis- 
tribute the stock at the formation of the Phoe- 
nix Bank, ami remained closely connected with 
that institutinn as •^tiKkholder and director to 
the day of his death. He was for many years 
one of the trustees of the Hartford gram- 
mar .school, of the Hartford Female Semi- 
nary, of the .\merican .\sylum for the Deaf 
ami Dumb, and of the Retreat for the In- 
sane. He was director of the Connecticut Bi- 
ble Society, president of the Hartford County 
Missionary Society, an auxiliary of the .Amer- 
ican r.oard of Commissioners of Foreign Mis- 
sions, president of the Connecticut Branch of 
the .American Education Society, president of 
the Ci(X)dricli Associatimi. He was one of the 
charter members of the Connecticut Histo- 
rical Society an<l aided in its reorganization in 
1825, being at that time its recording secre- 
tary. On the revival of the society in 1839. 
he became its president and continued in that 
office until shortly before he died. He was 
a liberal contributor to the funds of the Wads- 



worth .Athcnxum and was its first president. 
The corfxjration of Yale College in 1847 con- 
ferred on Judge Dav the honorarv degree of 
LL. D. He died at Hartford, March i, 1855. 
His portrait adorns the walls of the .Athen- 
:eum. He was one of the leaders at the bar 
and one of the most prominent citizens of 
Connecticut in the first half of the nineteenth 
century. 

He married, in 1813, Sarah Coit, of Pres- 
ton, Connecticut. <laughter of Wheeler and 
Sibyl (Tracy) Coit. Her father was a de- 
scendant of John Coit, who came from Wales 
alx)ut 1^)30. Samuel Coit, father of Wheeler 
Coit, married, in 1730, Sarah Spalding. Rev. 
Joseph Coit, graduate of Harvard in 1697, 
-M. .A., Yale, 1702, father of Samuel Coit. mar- 
ried, in 1705, Experience Wheeler. Deacon 
Joseph Coit, father of Rev. Joseph Coit, mar- 
rie<l, in 1667, Martha Harris. John Coit. fa- 
ther of Deacon Joseph Coit, married Mary 
Jenners, an<l was the immigrant. He had a 
grant of land in Salem in 163'^. removed to 
Gloucester. Massachusetts, in i(>t4. and was 
granted land at \ew London, Connecticut, 
October ig, 1650. He died in i^>59: his wife 
January 2, 1676, aged eighty years. Wheeler 
Coit was born in Preston, in 1730. He was 
a merchant and appears to have been a man of 
influence and high standing in the community. 
He represented Preston in the general assein- 
bly in 1793. and died in 1796 of yellow fever, 
which he caught in New N'ork. \\heeler Coit 
was a widower with two children when he 
married, in 1774. Sibyl Tracy. The eldest of 
these children, I.ucy, married (first) Edward 
Ledyard Jr. and (second) Thomas Fanning, 
who was a soldier in the revolution. Sibyl 
(Tracy) Coit was a daughter of .'^amuel and 
Sibyl (Lathrop) Tracy, granddaughter of 
Daniel and .\bigail (Leffingwell) Tracy, 
great-granddaughter of John and Mary 
(Winslow) Tracy. Mary Winslow was a 
daughter of Josiah Winslow, of the famous 
old Plymouth family. Lieutenant Thomas 
Tracy, lather of John Tracy, was son of Na- 
thaniel Tracy, of Tewksbury, county Glouces- 
ter. England, and was born there about 1610, 
and came to Salem. Massachusetts, in 1636, 
and to Wethersfield. Connecticut, thence to 
Saybrook. and was one of the thirty-four 
founders of the town of Norwich. Connecti- 
cut, in 1660. 

Sibyl (Lathrop) Tracy, wife of Samuel 
Tracy, was a daughter of Ebenezer and Lydia 
(Leffingwell) Lathrop, granddaughter of Is- 
rael and Rebecca (Bliss) Lathrop. Samuel 
and Elizabeth (Scudder) Lathrop were par- 
ents of Israel, and Samuel was a son of the 
immigrant. Rev. John Lathrop, one of the 



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most distinguished and liberal of the I'uritan 
divines. 

Children of Thomas and Sarah (Coit) Day: 

1. Sarah, born September 23. 1814; married, 
in 1856, Alexander H. Holley, of Lakeville. 

2. Elizabeth. February 16, 1816: married, Sep- 
tember 7, 1841, Professor Nathan P. Sey- 
mour, of Western Reserve College, Hudson, 
Ohio. 3. Thomas Mills, mentioned below. 4. 
Catherine Augusta, August 6, 1819: married 
Rev. S. J. Andrews. 5. Harriet, November 
26 1821 : married, September 21, 1842, Judge 
John Phelps Putnam, of Boston, judge of the 
superior court; she died February 19, 1894; 
she was a member of Trinity Church, Boston. 
6. Robert, February 28, 1824, died June 22, 
1824. 7. Mary Frances, May 7, 1826 : married 
Heman Ely. 8. Ellen, September 7, 1829, died 
April 2, 1850. 

(\TI) Thomas Mills, son of Judge Thomas 
Day, was born in Hartford, November 21, 
1817, in the old Day home on Prospect street 
street on the site of the Hartford Club build- 
ing. He attended the public schools and fitted 
for college. He was graduated from Yale in 
the famous class of 1837, a classmate of Sec- 
retary William M. Evarts, Chief Justice Mor- 
rison R. Waite, of Edwards Pierrepont, at- 
torney general under President Grant, and 
minister to England, John Hooker, of Hart- 
ford, supreme court reporter. Professor Ben- 
jamin Silliman and Samuel J. Tilden. At the 
time of his death in 1905, Mr. Day was the 
oldest surviving: member of the Skull and 
Bones, the well-known fraternity of Yale. 
From 1838 to 1840 Mr. Day studied law and 
was admitted to the bar. He practiced in 
Hartford for a time, but on account of deaf- 
ness had to abandon this profession. Until 
1849 h^ engaged in mercantile business, al- 
though in 1840 he published a "Digest of Con- 
necticut Law Reports." In 1850 he went 
abroad for a year. Mr. Day bought the Hart- 
ford C our ant from the estate of John L. Bos- 
well, soon after the death of Mr. Boswell, in 
1854, and afterward formed a partnership with 
A. N. Clark, father of William B. Clark, pres- 
ident of the Aetna Insurance Company, and 
Mr. Day became editor and Mr. Clark pub- 
lisher. In 1867 Mr. Day retired and the pa- 
per was consolidated with the Press, an even- 
ing daily. He sold the Courant to General 
Joseph R. Hawley, Charles Dudley Warner, 
Stephen A. Hubbard and William H. Goodrich. 

At the time of his death he was the oldest 
living member of the Hartford bar, being ad- 
mitted August 13. 1840, in the Hartford coun- 
ty court, before the superior court of the state 
was given jurisdiction over the admissions to 
the bar. His brother-in-law, Rev. Samuel 



Andrews, who was admitted to the bar, C)c- 
tober 13, 1842, succeeded to the honor of be- 
ing "the oldest living member." On account 
of his infirmity he led a retired life and en- 
gaged in no active business after he retired 
from journalism. He lived for more than 
fifty years in the house in which he died. At 
one time he vv-as the state printer. He was 
for a time on the staff of Governor Holley 
with the rank of lieutenant-colonel. His sis- 
ter, Sarah Coit Day, married Governor Hol- 
ley. He was a communicant of Trinity Prot- 
estant Episcopal Church and at one time a 
vestryman. In early life he was a ^^'hig•, in 
later years a Republican. 

He married (first) December 3, 185 1, Anna 
J. Dunn, of Boston, from whom he secured 
a divorce, December, 1858 ; she died in 1887. 
He married (second), December 2. 1862. El- 
len C. Pomeroy, of Coventry, Connecticut. 
Children of first wife: i. Ellen Channing, mar- 
ried Charles J. Bonaparte, of Baltimore, sec- 
retary of the navy during the administration 
of President Roosevelt. 2. Thomas, died in 
infancy. Children of second wife: 3. 
Thomas ]\Iills, born August, 1864 ; a lawyer, 
practicing in New York City ; living in Plain- 
field. New Jersey. 4. Sarah Coit, born June, 
1866. 5. Arthur Pomeroy, mentioned below. 
6. Clive, born February, 1871 ; professor of 
Economic History at Yale University. 

(VIII) Arthur Pomeroy, son of Thomas 
Mills Day, was born in Hartford, November 
6, 1868. He attended the public schools and 
vi-as graduated in 1886 from the Hartford 
public' high school. He entered Yale College 
and graduated in the class of 1890 with tlie 
degree of A. B. He was a member of the 
Delta Kappa Epsilon and other college soci- 
eties He took up the study of law and was 
graduated from the Yale Law School in 1892. 
Since then he has been interested in various 
manufacturing enterprises, is a trustee of the 
Mechanics' Savings Bank and of the Loomis 
Institute, and since 1905 has been secretary of 
the Connecticut Trust and Safe Deposit Com- 
pany and manager of its trust department. 
He is a member of the University Club, the 
Hartford Golf Club, the Graduates Club of 
New Flaven. In politics he is a Republican. 
He is a communicant of Trinity Protestant 
Episcopal Church. He married, September 
24. 1904, Lucy B., daughter of Admiral F. M. 
Bunce (see Bunce sketch). Children: Arthur 
Pomeroy Jr., bom June 21, 1906; ]\rarvin 
Bunce, born December 22, IQ09. 

(The Bunce Line). 
(\'III) Rear Admiral Francis ;\I. Bunce, of 
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lliince (q. v.), was born December 25, 1836. 
He was appf)inte(l actiiifj inidsbipmaii. May 28, 
1X52, aiul grailnatL-d at tlie Naval Academy at 
Annajjolis and warranted niidsbipnian. June 
10, 1857; "Germantown," East India Squad- 
ron, 1857-60: passeil midshipman. June 25, 
i8/'«; ■"Lirtxiklyn," (iulf Stpiadron, engaged 
in Chri(|iii survey: ma->tcr. (October 24, i860; 
"Macedonian," (julf S(|uadron. January 7, 
1862; connnissioned lieutenant from April 11, 
186 1 ; executive officer of "Penobscot," 1862; 
in that vessel took part in an engagement with 
rebel batteries at Vorktown. X'irginia. He 
was assigned to temporary duty with the army 
during the civil war, and had ciiarge of the 
disembarkation of tiie luavy artillery and mor- 
tars for use in the batteries at the investment 
of that place by General McClellan in April, 
1862. He rejoined tlic "I'enobscot," block- 
ading otT Wilmington, North Carolina, and 
• "k part in several skirmishes witii I'ort 
her and batteries aiiout Fort Caswell. He 
:nnianded a successful boat expeilitii>n up 
Little river between North and .South Caro- 
lina. de>troying several schooners and large 
quantities of cotton, turpentine and resin, to- 
gether with extensive salt works. 0\\ the 
capture of the "Rolx-rt Bruce" by the "Penob- 
scot." he was placed in charge of her as prize 
master, and brought her to New York, No- 
vember I, 1862. He was detached from the 
"Penobscot" and ordered as executive of 
"Pawnee." refitting at Philadelphia. He 
serve"! in her in the South .\tlantic blockad- 
ing s(|uadron station. Stono river. .South Car- 
olina. He was commissioned lieutenant-com- 
mander, January 16. 1863, and during the win- 
ter of 1863 soundetl f>ut and buoyed and re- 
moved obstructii.ins from interior channels 
from .^tono river to Morris island, .\cting 
as aide to (jeneral Gilmore. he had charge of 
the embarkation and transportation of General 
George C. Strong's brigade, five regiments, 
throut;h these channels to ^^orris island, and 
commanded the naval part of this attack, July 
ID. 18(13, residting in the capture of Morris 
island to Fort Wagner. His conduct in this 
affair was honorably mentioned in the report 
of Conmiander G. P>. P>alch and letter of .Ad- 
miral Dahlgren, to the navy department. He 
was detached from the "Pawnee." and ordered 
to the monitor "P.atapsco" an<l took part in 
that monitor in all the actions in which she 
was engaged during the siege of Chnrlestown. 
and also in the night boat attack on Fort 
Sumter, under Commander T. II. Stevens, and 
received honorable mention for conduct in 
that officer's report. In November, 1863, he 
was woimded by a premature explosion of a 
cartridge in action. He was detached from 



the "Patapsco" and ordered to the "Wabash" 

for r- ■• •! ■■ •! ......,r "Kaatskill" 

on 1 ■, i8'.3. He 

rcti:i : Kiry 7, 1864. 

and ilio ^laihe iiiuiiili wa.^ oi'icred to tempor- 
ary conmiand of the "W'rchawkcn," He was 

detached ' ' ' .'.i- 

bash" on 1 

was given ., . 1 

boats of the squadron licfi'- 
til ordered to command ihr 
April 6. 1864. ( )n .May i 
detached from the .South g 

squadron, and - ' ' • r 

"Dictator," C<'r 
tember 26. 181., 

nadnock" Septemlier 5, 1S05, and t<M>k her 
from Philadelphia to San I'rancisco, the first 
extended sea voyage ever maile by a monitor. 
He received for this service the thanks of 
the navy department •■•■•■ '''• ..■...>....;,. 
tion of Commodore is 

recommended for pi> nt 

by the secretary of the navy, lie ^vas ai the 
lioston navy yard in 1866-69, and command- 
ed the monitor "Dictator" in April. iSTiQ. He 
was detached October 4, i8<V), having fitted 
her for sea service. He commanded the ".\'an- 
tasket." November 12. 1869. stationed at San 
Domingo. On July 20. 1870. he was detached 
for special ordnance duty at Pittsburg, Penn- 
sylvania, 187 1 : commissioned commander 
from November 7, 1S71 ; commanded "'Ashuc- 
lot," .Asiatic station, detached, on lighthouse 
duty, July to October, 1875; returned to duty 
at the navy yard, Washington, and during 
1877 attended torpedo instniction at Newport, 
Rhode Island. January 7, 1879 to July 29, 
1881, commanded the "Marion," Home and 
South .\tlantic squadron : commanded receiv- 
ing ship "Wabash." navy yard, Boston. 1882- 
85: commissioned captain. January 11, 1883; 
senior member of board on timber preserva- 
tion for naval purposes : commanded ".Xtlan- 
ta," June i, 1886, to December I, 18S0: com- 
mand of naval station. New London. I'ebru- 
ary 12, 1890. He was appointed by the presi- 
dent as president of a commission to select a 
suitable site for a dry dock on the shores of 
the Gulf of ^^exico. or waters connected 
therewith. November 22. 1890. and the com- 
mission reported and dissolved March 9, 1891. 
He was senior member of tin- boanl of ex- 
amination of master mechanics, foreman, etc.. 
of navy yards, .\pril 17, 1891; this Imard 
later onlered to report on navy yard organi- 
zation, the employment of lalior, etc.. dis- 
solved February 4. 1892. On June 30. 1891. 
he was ordere<l to command naval training 
station and ship "Richmond." Newport. Rhode 



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Island. August 20, 1894, he was relieved 
from the command of that station and the 
"Richmond," and ordered to the navy depart- 
ment at Washington as a member of the board 
of inspection and survey. On March i, 1895, 
was commissioned commodore ; March 23, 
1895, assigned to duty as president of the 
naval examining and retiring boards at the 
naval department at Washington. On June 
19, 1895, Commodore Bunce was assigned to 
the command of the naval force on the North 
Atlantic station and ordered, June 27, to hoist 
the flag of rear admiral, and to affix that title 
to his official signature. The United States 
ship "New York" was designated as his flag- 
ship. He received, March 5, 1897, a letter 
from Secretary of the Navy Herbert, on his 
retirement from office, expressing his official 
and personal satisfaction with the discharge 
of the duties assigned to the admiral during 
his term of office. On May i, 1897, he was 
relieved from the command of the North At- 
lantic station, and ordered to command the 
New York navy yard and station. August 17, 

1897, ordered senior member of a board to 
report on the requirements of the country as 
to dry docks, and February 19, 1898, was 
commissioned rear admiral; December 25, 

1898, he was transferred to the retired list of 
officers, as he was then sixty-two years of 
age, and the senior officer on the active list 
of the navy. He continued on duty at the 
New York navy yard until relieved, January 
14. 1899, when he received from the secretary 
of the navy the following letter : 

"Navy Department, January 12, 1899. 
"My Dear Sir: 

"As the time approaches for your retire- 
ment, I cannot let the occasion pass without 
expressing my appreciation, not only of the 
long distinguished and useful service which 
you have rendered as an officer of the United 
States Navy, but also of the efficient man- 
ner in which you have discharged the duties 
of the very responsible post you have held as 
commandant of the Brooklyn Navy Yard dur- 
ing the existing demands of the recent war. 
I wish to say this for the Department and per- 
sonally for myself, and, also, to wish you 
many happy years to come, feeling sure that 
if the call of your government should come at 
any time, yor.r ripe experience would be at its 
service. 

"Very truly yours. 

"John D. Long, Secretary." 

On June 20, 1899, the senate and house of 
representatives, Connecticut, passed the fol- 
lowing resolution, of which an engrossed copy 
was sent to the admiral : "The country has 



been deeply indebted to Admiral Bunce for his 
long and successful service in the navy during 
the late Civil war. He had astonished and de- 
lighted, not only the Naval authorities of the 
world, but the world of science itself, by his 
courage and skill in successfully navigating 
the ironclad monitor 'Monadnock' around 
Cape Horn. At the outbreak of the recent 
hostilities with Spain he was placed in charge 
of the principal coast defenses of the country 
and of its largest maritime interest at its 
metropolis port. That duty he fulfilled with 
the wisdom and energy which have charac- 
terized all its previous history." 

Admiral Bunce married. May 28. 1864, 
Mary Eliza, daughter of John W. Bull, of 
Hartford. 



John Hall, immigrant ancestor of 
HALL this branch of the family, was 

born in county Kent, England, in 
1584. died in Middletown, Connecticut, May 
26, 1673. His will was dated May 14, 1673. 
He came from the west of England to Bos- 
ton in 1633 and settled first in Cambridge, 
soon afterward removing to Roxbury, where 
he was a member of John Eliot's church. He 
was admitted a freeman in Boston in 1635. 
In September, 1633, he and two others made 
a trip to the Connecticut river and returned 
with a favorable report of the land. He re- 
moved t:") Hartford soon after he was admit- 
ted a freeman, but did not remove his fam- 
ily until 1639. He was a carpenter by trade. 
He had home lot No. jy of six acres on Lord's 
Hill in 1639, and also bought land. He was 
surveyor of highways in Hartford in 1640. 
In 1650 he sold his house and home lot and 
removed to Middletown, and in 1659 was ap- 
pointed to have charge of the customs. He 
held various positions of honor and trust. He 

married Esther , who probably died 

in England. Children, born in England : John, 
born 1619; Richard, 1620; Sarah. 1622: Sam- 
uel, mentioned below. 

(II) Samuel, son of John Hall, was born in 
England, about 1626, died in Middletown in 
1690. He was admitted a freeman in 1654 
and had lands recorded to him in 1655. His 
home lot of five acres was on the east side 
of Main street, extending to the river. The 
Mansion House block occupies a part of the 
front of his lot on Main street. He was a 
farmer and a large land holder, and also 
learned his father's trade of carpenter. His 
will was dated February 13, 1690. He mar- 
ried, in 1662, Elizabeth, daughter of Thomas 
Cooke, who came to Guilford, Connecticut, 
with \\'hitfield, and was a signer of the plan- 
tation covenant June i, 1639. After her hus- 



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band'^ diaili I'llizabcili rcmr)vcil Id Guilford 
and lived with iicr sun Thomas. Children: 
Samuel, born I'ebruary 3, i(/>3-^>4, mentinned 
below ; John. Iwrn .\ufjusl 7. i6<)S; Thomas, 
born August 29. 1671. 

(Ill I .Samuel (2), son of Samuel (i) Hall, 
was born at Middletown, Fciiruary 3, i''/)3-64, 
died at ICast .Middletown. March 6. 1740. He 
was a farmer and settled first on the farm 
given him by his father at the Upper Houses, 
liliddletown, n<.>\v {'ornwali, where he was 
chnsen deai-cn <ii tiie church, i'"ebruary 10, 
1716, soon alter its organization. He removed 
to the other si !e of the river. East Middle- 
town (now I'l inland), where he had a largt 
■farm, and was elected deacon of the church, 
Novemlicr 9. 1721. and held the ortice during 
life. He married (first) January 8, 1091, 
Sarah, daughter ui Barnabas and Sarah 
(White) Hinsdale, of Hartford. He mar- 
ried (second) ^^ay 16, 1722. Elizabeth Stock- 
ing, who died Scptemlx^r 2, 1737, widow of 
George Stockins,'. CiiiMren: Sarah, Iwrn May 
l(), iC<j2, died Deceiniier 16, 1712; Elizabeth, 
August 2^1, i'x^4; Samuel, March 28, 1697, 
died I'ebruary 22. 1713: John, .\ugust 19, 
\(>L)r), mentioned below; .Mercy, November 13, 
1704, c|ied November 10, 1712; Thomas, Oc- 
tober 15, 1707: Isaac, Mav 2, 1709. 

(I\r John (2), .son of Samuel (2) Hall, 
was Ixirn .\ugust IQ, 1(199. dieil January 3, 
1767. He was a farmer and lived in Port- 
land, Connecticut. He married (first) July 
ly, 1722, Mary Ranney : (second) Septemlier 
30, 17''5. .'~>nrah. dausjhtcr of Heacon John 
Gains. Children: John, liorn June i, 1723, 
mentioned below: Hannah, .Ajiril 3, 1726; 
Mary, ."^epteniher 19, 1728: (Gideon, March 30. 
1734: .Mary, February 28. 1737. 

(\) John (3). son of John (2) Hall, was 
born Jiuie i, 1723. in I'ortland, died there in 
1754. He married. March 7. 1745. Abigail 
Shepard. Children: .-Xbigail, born June 3, 
1746, died young: Abigail. June 31, 1748, died 
February 10, 1749; .Miigail. May 2. 1750, died 
Dccemiier 27. 1752: Joel, mentioned below. 

( \T) Joel, son of John (3) Hall, was born 
in East .Middletown, .\|iril 5, 1753, died there 
May 2-,. 1818. He marrie<l. May 2(). 1774, 
Haimah. dau'jhter -of George and Hjtnnah 
Ranney. of Chatham. Chibircn: Joel. lx)rn 
January to, 1776: Samuel. Xovemlier 20. 
1777, mentioned below: .Abigail. Jatuiary 10, 
1780, married John Coleby : Esther, 'March 
18. 1781s. marricil Robert Patten: Jesse. June 
28. 1787; Jo-ci)h. .August 21. 1789: Hannah. 
August 14. 1 70 1. 

(\TI) Samuel (3). son of Joel Hall, was 
born November 20. 1777, died October 6, 
1849. He resided in Chatham, Connecticut. 



He was a farmer and (piarry owner. He was 
a member of the firm of brown-stone tpiarry 
owners known as the .Shaler & Hall (Juarry 
Company, organized by Nathaniel .Shaler and 
.Samuel Hall. The following adverti>euK-ut 
was inserted in the Midd ctoxcn Gazette or 
Federal Advertiser, under date of October 13, 
1781 : 

■"The I'reestonc Quarry at Chatham 
(known by the name of Johnson's Quarry) is 
now worked imder the direction of Shaler and 
Hall, who will sup|)|y the stone at the .Short- 
est .Notice, anil at the lowest prices cither in 
the Rough or finished, and in such Dimensions 
as niay be required. They will contract to 
furnish any (piantity, for public or jirivate 
IJtiildings, I'lays, (irave Stones or Monuments, 
and deliver them at any Port in North .Amer- 
ica. ()nlers directed (postpaid) to Shaler and 
Hall at the Quarry, Chatham, will have due 
attention. October 13th. 1781." 

He married, October fS, 1798, Ruth Hates, 
who died Sei)tembcr 4. 1851. daughter of Da- 
vid and Ruth Hates. C"hildren: Alfred, born 
December 2},, 179Q. died May 19. 1803: .Al- 
niira, January 10, 1802; Hannah, October 29, 
1803: I'anny, September 13, 1805: Ruth, July 
14, 1807: .Alfred, November 15, 1809, men- 
tioned below : .Abigail, .\pril \i\. 1812. (lied De- 
cember 3, 1825: .Samuel Nelson, January 24, 
1820; Jane. l*"cbruary 2, 1822; Ellen Mary, 
SeiJtembcr, 1824, died June is. 18^5. 

(\HI) Alfred. son"of Samuel "(3) Hall, 
was horn in Portland, November 15. 1809, 
dieil Se()tembcr 10. 1873. He entererl Wash- 
ington (now Trinity) College on the day it 
opened, and c<implcted his education at the 
Harvard Law School. He began the- prac- 
tice of law in Middletown, but at the rec|ucst 
of his father returned to Chatham to assist 
him in the management of the quarry. He 
succeeded his father as president of the Quar- 
ry Company, and for many years took an ac- 
tive interest in its affairs. He was a mcml)er 
of the legislature in 1848-51-52, and repre- 
sented the eighteenth district for one term in 
the senate. He was also judge of iprobate. 
He returned to Middletown and engaged in 
the ])r;icticc of law, his death occurring there. 
He niarrieii. September 10, 1833, Maria Ly- 
dia, born February 8, 1814. died Julv 11, 
1882, daughter of Seth and Maria Whiting, 
of Hartford. Children: Samuel, born Octo- 
ber 14, 1834. graduate of Trinity College and 
of P.crkeley Divinity School. Midilletowii : Al- 
fred Gordon. February 6. 1837: Maria Whit- 
ing. July 3. 1830. died March 13. 1844: Jane 
Whiting. Aueu<t i. 1841. died March 27, 
1844: James Philip. May 18. 1S44: Mary El- 
len, December 29. 1846; John Henry, March 



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24, 1849, mentioned below ; Alice Elizabeth, 
November 6, 185 1. 

(IXj John Henry, son of Alfred Hall, was 
born March 24, 1849. He attended the pub- 
lic school in Portland and Chase's School in 
JMiddletown, and completed his education at 
the Episcopal Academy of Connecticut, at 
Cheshire. He entered the employ of Sturgis, 
Bennet & Company, Nos. 125 and 127 Front 
street, New York, tea and coffee importers, 
and remained five years with them, being pro- 
moted until at the age of nineteen he had 
charge of the foreign and insurance depart- 
ments. In December, 1877, '^^ returned to 
Portland and purchased a large interest in 
the Pickering Governor — at that time in a 
very depressed condition — under the firm 
name of T. R. Pickering & Company. The 
business at once improved, and by hard work 
and wise management he brought the enter- 
prise to success. In five years from the time 
of his association with the firm, the manufac- 
ture and sale increased from less than five 
hundred a year to five thousand. He engaged 
in competition with English manufacturers, 
and the sale of the Pickering Governor in 
Great Britain now represents four times the 
original output. During the ten years from 
1878, Mr. Hall was a prominent resident of 
Portland. He was elected president of the 
Shaler & Hall Quarry Company in 1884, and 
refused nominations to both branches of the 
state legislature. In 1888 the business was 
incorporated, and Mr. Hall was elected treas- 
urer of the company. About this time R. W. 
H. Jarvis, president of the Colt's Patent Fire 
Arms Manufacturing Company, was obliged 
to retire from active work on account of ill 
health. Mr. Hall was offered the position of 
general manager of the concern, which was 
being aft'ected by the general depression of 
trade. Mr. Hall at once took the position and 
almost from the beginning assumed the en- 
tire care of the business. Under his vigorous 
direction the business was strengthened at 
home and abroad, and in 1890 he was elected 
vice-president and treasurer. During his res- 
idence in Hartford Mr. Hall has taken an ac- 
tive interest in city affairs, although he de- 
clined nomination to municipal offices. How- 
ever, he served from 1890 to 1896 on the board 
of water commissioners. Pie was state sen- 
ator in 1895-96, representing the Democratic 
party, and in 1896 and 1900 supported the 
gold platform of that party. He is a director 
of the Phoenix Fire Insurance Companv, the 
Phoenix Mutual Life Insurance Company, the 
Hartford National Bank, the Dime Savings 
Bank. He was one of the organizers of the 
board of trade, and a member of its first board 



of directors. He is a director in the Neptune 
Meter Company of New York. He is a mem- 
ber of the Hartford Club, the Manhattan Club, 
the Engineer's Club and the New York Yacht 
Club of New York City, and the Metropolitan 
Club of Washington. He belongs to the Suns 
of the American Revolution and Mayflower 
Society, and is a thirty-second degree Mason. 
He is senior warden of the Church of the 
Good Shepherd (Episcopal). 

He married, February 9, 1870, Sarah G. 
Loines, who is descended on her father's side 
from Quaker stock, and from Stephen Hop- 
kins, of Rhode Island, who was prominent 
during the revolution, being chief justice 
of the court of common pleas and the superior . 
court, governor of Rhode Island, .speaker of 
the house of representatives, and twice elected 
a member of the continental congress at Phila- 
delphia, and one of the signers of the Declara- 
tion of Independence. Children : Clarence 
Loines, born December 17, 1871 ; Grace 
Loines. December 24, 1878, wife of John C. 
Wilson. 

(The Loines Line). 

The original spelling of the surname Loines 
is supposed to have been de Loines, and the 
progenitor of the family is thought to have 
been among the French refugees who fled 
from France to Holland after the revocation 
of the Edict of Nantes. The name appears 
early among the colonists of New Haven, Con- 
necticut, and it is possible that Roger Loines, 
mentioned below, was a descendant of that 
family. On Hempstead, Jamaica, and other 
records, the name is spelled Linas, Lines, 
Lynes, Lounes, etc. In the family Bible of 
the descendants, it is spelled Loines and de 
Loines. 

(I) Roger Lines, or Loines, was one of the 
founders of North Hempstead, Long Island, in 
1647. With John Ellison and Richard Valen- 
tine he was a freeholder and shared in the 
division of land at that time. He had allot- 
ments of land there as late as 1658, although 
his name appears on the Jamaica records pre- 
vious to this. March 15, 1658, he was granted 
six acres of meadow land, which was granted 
the next year to Robert Williams. Roger 
Loines was one of the founders of Jamaica, 
Long Island. The oldest known document re- 
lating to that town is a deed from the Indians, 
witnessed by Daniel Denton and Roger Loines, 
in which land was sold to the grantees for two 
guns, a coat, and a certain quantity of powder 
and lead. The next year, March 10, 1656, he 
was one of the petitioners for permission to 
make a settlement in the place, and he received 
on November 22, 1658, three shillings an acre 
for laying out the lots for the purchasers. On 



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I )iciiiil)cr 20, iftdj, Roger Loincs, with tlic 
•tliiT twinty-fivo hoiisolnildcrs, united to call 
Rev. Zacliariah Walker as their minister, and 
Roper Loines became a member of the Presby- 

rian church, and helped to support the min- 

:. r. He married Mary . Children: 

h liii. imntiiiiied bclnw; N'alham'el. married, 
1679, Damaris Bay lis; Thomas; Gabriel. 

I 11) |<ilin. sun of Roger Loines, was born 
■ Hempstead, Long Island. He removed with 

> parents to Jamaica, and shared in the sec- 
■ ikI allotment of land. He died in Jamaica 
in 1^)88. He had a son William and probably 
'luT children. 

( Iin William, son of John Loines, was 

rn about 1650-60. He lived in Hempstead, 
in a place called Cow Xcck. which is men- 
tioned in a i]cc(\ for land bought by him from 
Richard ( )sborne. He married .Mary, daugh- 
ter of (leorge ami Mary ( F.Uison) Baldwin. 
1 1<- received by will of his father-in-law one- 

If his commonage in the town of Hemp- 
< :id. .Marv ( ['".llison ) IVddwin wa-^ dati'^h- 

I of John F'-llison. one of the original settlers 
: Hempstead. Children: William, mentioned 
i'llow. and probably others. 

(I\') William '(2). son of William (i), 

I ■lines, was l)orn in I7r)6. and married, in 

" ^. .-\nn. daughter of Obadiah Valentine 

-oe X^ileiitine). Children: ^L^ry. horn 1734; 

Stephen. 17.V: William. 

( \' ) William (^). son of William (2) 
I ' lines, was born May 23, 1746. and married 
>.irah, ilaughter of Richard .Msop ('see .-M- 
-ip). He was a Quaker, and the records of 
the birth of his children are taken from the 
records of the Society of Friends. Westbury, 
Long Island. Children: James, born .April i, 
I7'>t: Richard, mentioned below; Anne. De- 
cember 14.. 1773: Sarah. May i. 1787. 

(\'F) Richard, son of William ( j^) Loines, 
was horn December 18. 176(1. and died .-\ugust 
23. 1832. He married Sarah, daughter of Wil- 
liam and Elizabeth C Twining) Hopkins Csee 
Twining and Hopkins). Children: i. William 
II., inontioiicd below. 2. Sarah K.. horn .Au- 
gust 17. 1816: died December 23, 1874: mar- 
ried. May 22. 1843. Henry A. Garrett. 3. 
Elizabeth H., born December 23, 1818; mar- 
ried November 13. 1841. William Carpenter. 
4. .Anna R.. horn Jiuie 23, 1821. 5. Mary B., 
horn July 31. 1823: married May 8. 1844, 
Robert Matthews. 6. Richard .A., born De- 
cember 17. 1825; married October 31* 1840, 
I'lizabeth .A. Carpenter. 

(VH) William H.. son of Richard Loines. 
was born July 31. 1814. and died June 30, 
i88o. Tie married, in \ew "N'ork City. June 
12. 1848. Elizabeth L.. dauLditer of John' and 
Lydia (Bennett) Aitken. Children: i. Sarah 



Garrett, born January 8. 1849; married. l"eb- 
ruary 9, 1870. John H. Hall, of I'ortland, Con- 
necticut (see Hall). 2. Lydia A., bom Sep- 
tember 21, 1850, die 1 March 2*9. 1882. 
3. .\nna R., born July 2J. 1852. 4. Elizabeth C, 
l»orn January 20, 1855 ; married, July 17, 1877, 
in New York, William G. \\ tlson. 3. Helen 
.A., Iwrn November 9, 1856, died l-'ebruary 11, 
1862. 6. William H.. born Febiuarv ;. 1859, 
dietl Jaiuiary 7, 1862. 

(The \'.Tlcniiiu- I. Mil- p 
The original signification of the name Valen- 
tine was strong, healthy, robust, powerful. The 
canonized rei)reseiuative of the name, St. Val- 
entine, was a presbyter, or, according to some 
writers, a bishop, who flourished about the 
middle of the third century and suffered mar- 
t\rdom at Rome A. D. 270. 

(I) Richard N'alentine was of English ori- 
gin, and |)robably a lineal descendant of Rich- 
ard X'alentine, uf the parish of Eccles, in Lan- 
cashire, England. With Roger Loincs and 
John Ellison he was one of the founders of 
Hempstead, Long Island, in 1647, and shared 
in the first division of land. His name appears 
as the ])Iaintiff in a case of assault and bat- 
tery against Thomas Southard. In 1683 he 
was the owner of thirty-four acres of land, six 
oxen, sixteen cows, one hog, twelve sheep, and 
two horses. He served as selectman, as over- 
seer in 1676, and constable in 1679. He died 
about 1684. leaving a widow. Children: Oba- 
diah. mentioned below ; William ; Ephraim ; 
Richard. 

(II) Obadiah, son of Richard Valentine, 
was born in Hempstead, about 1669. April i, 
1684. he had a grant of a home lot in that 
town, adjoining those of his brother Ejjliraim 
and Caleb and Richard Carman. He married 
Martha, daughter of Richard Willets. Her 
father was born in December, 1660. and died 
in 1703; married (first) in 1686, .Abigail 
Bowne. who died 1688: (second). May 15. 
ifxHi. .Abigail, daughter of Thomas Powell, of 
Huntington. I-ong Island; children: i. Hannah 
Willets; ii. .Abigail, born February 28. 1600; 
iii. Mary Willets, March 16, 1602; iv. Martha 
Willets. January 24, 1604; mentioned above: 
V. Jacob Willets, June 6, 1697; vi. Phebc Wil- 
lets, .April. i''k»: vii. Elizabeth Willets. June 
27. 1701. Her grandfather was Richard Wil- 
lets. who was said to have come from the west 
of England and was at Hempstead as early as 
1657; was a man of property and influence; 
was surveyor of highways, selectman, and as- 
sistant ; died 1664-65; married Mary, daugh- 
ter of William and Jane Washburn : children : 
i. Thomas Willets, born May 3. 1650, married 
Dinah Townsend ; ii. Hope Willets. born Sep- 



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teniher, 1652, married JMercy : iii. John 

\\'illets, born July, 1655 ; iv. Richard Willets, 
mentioned above. Children of Obadiah Valen- 
tine, recorded in Friends' Church, Westbury, 
Long Island: Ann, born 1715, married Wil- 
liam Loines (see Loines) ; Martha, January 
17, 1717; Mart, April 12. 1719; Phebe, born 
October 29, 1721 ; Elizabeth, April 28, 1724; 
Esther, March 16, 1733. 

(The AIsop Line). 

The surname Alsop is taken from the vil- 
lage of Alsop, Derbyshire, England, and the 
family is numerous in that vicinity. Richard 
Alsop was Lord Mayor of London in 1597, 
and the immigrant mentioned below may have 
been of his family. 

(I) Richard Alsop. the immigrant ancestor, 
came to America, according to tradition, with 
his uncle, Thomas Wandell. Thomas Wan- 
dell, according to family tradition, had been 
a major in Cromwell's army, but on account 
of a quarrel was obliged to flee for safety first 
to Holland and then to America. He married 
the widow of William Herrick, whose planta- 
tion on the Newtown creek in Long Island 
he bought in 1659, afterwards adding to it fifty 
acres. On this property, since composing the 
Alsop farm, he resided, and some }'ears later 
made a voyage to England. He returned by 
way of the Barbadoes, and it is supposed 
brought with him from England his sister's 
son, Richard Alsop, whom he adopted as his 
heir. Wandell died in 1691, and was interred 
on the hill occupied by the Alsop cemetery. 

Richard Alsop received a commission in the 
Newtown troop of horse while he was yet un- 
der age. He inherited his uncle's estate and 
lived there the rest of his life. He died Octo- 
ber. 1718, aged about fifty-eight. He married 
Hannah Underbill, who died August 28, 1757, 
aged ninety-one, daughter of Captain John 
Underbill. Her father was a noted Indian 
fighter, and said to have slain one hundred and 
fifty Indians on Long Island, and was one of 
the commanders of the expedition which ex- 
terminated the Pequots in Connecticut ; he was 
born in 1597 : was strongly solicited to go with 
Governor Carver to the settlement of Ply- 
mouth : came to New England with Winthrop 
as captain of militia, as he liad served in the 
war of the Netherlands in 1630 ; he disciplined 
the Boston militia and was one of the first 
deputies from Boston to the general court ; he 
was a founder and the first captain of the An- 
cient and Honorable Artillery Company of 
Boston: in 1637 his friend. Sir Harry Vane, 
sent him as commander of the colonv troops to 
Saybrook, Connecticut, and the same year he 
was disfranchised and eventually banished 



from the jurisdiction of iMassachusetts, his 
ideas of religious toleration being more liberal 
than those around him ; he was representative 
from Stamford, Connecticut, to the general 
court in 1633 ; in 1644 removed to Long Island 
and lived in Flushing: in 1655 was appointed 
by Governor Nicoll as high sheriff of North 
Riding on Long Island ; he died July 21, 1762; 
married (second) Elizabeth Winthrop. and 
had Deborah, Nathaniel, Hannah, born 1666, — ■ 
married Richard Alsop, Elizabeth and David 
Underbill. Children of Richard Alsop: Tho- 
mas, mentioned below ; Richard : John ; Han- 
nah : Deborah : Amy ; Elizabeth : Susannah. 

( II ) Thomas, son of Richard x\lsop, was 
born September 7, 1687. He served for some 
time as magistrate in Newtown, but subse- 
quently went to New York as a merchant, and 
died there September, 1740. He married Su- 
sannah Blackwell. His three sons became 
Quakers. Robert settled in Newtown and 
Thomas in Hempstead. Children : Richard, 
mentioned below ; Robert ; Thomas : Mary ; 
Sarah. 

(III) Richard, son of Thomas Alsop, was 
born about 1720. and married Sarah Pearsall. 
Children: i. Sarah, born May 11, 1747; mar- 
ried William Loines (see Loines). 2. Phebe, 
born April 10, 1749. 3. John. February 27, 
1753. 4. Hannah, April 7, 1755: died 1757. 
5. Hannah, born December 18. 1757. 



(The Hopkins Line). 

(I) Gerrard Hopkins, the immigrant ances- 
tor, came from England to Maryland in 1656, 
in the family of John Bnrragc. and settled in 
Anne Arundel county. The land office records 
at Annapolis have the followinsj': "2j.th Jany., 
1656, John Burrage demands land for trans- 
portation of himself, Margaret Burrage, his 
wife, Margaret and Elizabeth, his daughters, 
John Willson. Garrett Hopkins and Mary 
Thomas." The will of Garrett or Gerrard 
Hopkins was proved October 12 1691. He 
married Thomasina Chappell, daughter of 
John Chappell of Anne Arundel county. Her 
father's will was dated December 30. 1706, 
and proved June 26, 1714. She married (sec- 
ond), March 13, 1700. John \A'elsh. Children: 
Gerrard. mentioned below: Ann: Thomasine; 
Mary. 

(II) Gerrard (2), son of Gerrard (i) Hop- 
kins, was born about 1673 and died 1743. He 
married (intentions dated March 11, 1701), 
Margaret Johns. His will, flated January i, 
1741-42. proved February 2, 1743-44, shows 
that he had land in both Anne .Arundel and 
Baltimore counties. He was also the owner of 
several slaves, and evidently a man of means. 
Children: Elizabeth, bom January 6, 1704; 



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eph, Sc])tiinher 2, 1706; Gcrrard, born Jan- 
wary 7, 17CXJ; I'liilip, January y, 1711; Samuel, 
mentioned tjilow; KicliarU, < )ctulJcr 15, 171 5; 
William, June S. 1718; John. Aufjust 30, IJ20. 

( III ) Samuel, son of Gerrard (2) Hopkins, 

was born Xovember 16, 1713. He removed to 

.iltimore and died there in 1767. His will 

1^ dated ( Xtobcr 31. 17'»5, and proved May 
1707. He married, July 2, 1740. Sarah 

lis, of Ijaltimorc, born December 26. 1723, 

m1 May 15, 1795. Children: Gerrard, born 
i rliruary 0, 1742; Samuel. October 10, 1743; 
I'hn, November 4. 1745; Margaret, July 2, 
1747: I'hilip. July 30, 1749; Elizabeth, June 
17. 1731 ; \\ illiam, mentioned below. 

( l\ ) William, son of Samuel Hopkins, was 
lH>rn June 23, 1 760, and died July 12, 1802. 
Xiciirding to the Pennsylvania Archives he 

< rvcd in the revolution as a substitute. He 
IN a t.inniT .ind i-urritr. He owned several 

IS of land in rhiladel])hia near Front street 
.1 the ( iermantiiwn road. He married, No- 
. inber 12. 1783, Elizabeth Twining, born 
arch 7, 1765. died December 23. 1832, 
lUiilitcr of David Twining (see Twining) ; 
•:ld. Sarah, born Xovember 3. 1786; died 
•vemlier 2~. i86f>: married, .'Vpril 14, 1813, 
iCi.li.ird I..iiiii-s of Xcw York (see Loincsi. 

(The TwiniiiR Line). 

Ihe surname Twining is of Anglo-Saxon 

!Ljin, and sii^nilie^ ""twn meadows", it is a 

icc name, aiul the family was seated in Glou- 

~ter-hirc, Kntrland. where, i>n the river 

\on. a few miles from Tewksbury. there is 

\ illage of that name. It is claimed that mem- 

rs of the fatnily emigrated to .America from 

I III' section at the junction of the Severn and 

.\von rivers. John Twining ajipcars as the 

Mibnt of W'inchicombe about the middle of the 

iicenth century, and in the Scottish locality 

■''■<■ name is said to be found on tombstones of 

at least as early a date. Families of the name 

arc still in Scotland. Wales, in London, and 

clsewlure in Mtddle-.e\. and other parts of 

England. In Xova Scotia there is a branch 

of the family which came from Wales. 

( I ) William Twining, the immigrant an- 

< stor. was a freeholder at Yarmouth. Massa- 
chusetts, in 1(143. and that year his name ap- 
pears on a list of those able to bear arms. In 
i''i45 he .served against the Xarragansctts, 
coming from Easthain. whither he had re- 
moved. He was admitted a freeman Jmie 3. 
i'')52. and was a townsman in 1655. He died 
in Eastham. .April 15. 1630. He married 

i>robably second), in 1632. .Annie, probably a 

>ter of Deacon Doano. who was Ixirn \^<)0. 

^.ime from Wales to Plymouth. 1621. one of 

the founders of Ea-itham and assistant of Gov- 



ernor Prince in 1633. Children : William, 
mentioned below ; Stephen, Iwrn February 6, 
1659; Isabel, married Francis Uaker. 

(II) William (2), son of William (i) 
Twining, was born probably in England, the 
son of the first wife of William. He died 
in .Newtown, 1 hicks county, Pennsylvania, 
NdVenilier 4, 1703. He was a deacon of the 
Eastham church as early as 1677. He owned 
land at Easton harbor, and had an interest 
in drift whales at the end of the cajie. .Alwut 
i(h)5 he changed his religious views and united 
with the Society of Friends. He therefore 
removed to Pennsylvania, where he became a 
staunch (Juaker and o fast friend of the In- 
dians. He married Elizabeth, daughter of Ste- 
phen Deane, of Plymouth, who came in the 
ship "Fortune" in 1621 and built the first corn 
mill in New England in 1632. Children: 
Eliza ; .Annie, married, October 3. 1672. Tho- 
mas I'ills; Susanna, born February .'5. i()34. 
died young ; Joanna, born May 30, 1657, mar- 
ried Thomas Bills ; Mehitable ; Stephen, men- 
tioned below ; William, born February 28, 
1634. married Ruth Cole. 

(HI) Stephen, son of William (2) Twin- 
ing, was born at Eastham. February 6. 1659, 
and died at Xewtown. Pennsylvania, February 
18, 1720. He moved to Pennsylvania with his 
father in 1695 and owned eight hundred acres 
of land in P.ucks county, besides considerable 
property in his native town. He was appointed 
overseer and elder in the Society of Friends, 
May 7. 1713. and .April 12. 1715. He was a 
leading member of the society, and their meet- 
ings were held at his house. He married, at 
Eastham. .Abigail, daughter of John and .\bi- 
gail Young, of Eastham. Children: Stephen, 
l«irn December 30, 1684. married Margaret 
Mitchell; Eleazer. born November 26, 1686, 
died December 17, 1716; Nathaniel, born 
March 27, 1689. married Joan Penquitc ; 
Mercy, born September 8. 1690, married July 
10. 1713, Joseph Lupton ; John, mentioned be- 
low: Rachel, married John Penquite, Jr.: Jo- 
seph, born March 8. ifV/i, died September 12, 
1710: David, died July 23. 171 1 : William, died 
December 9, 1716. 

(IV) John, son of Stephen Twining, was 
born March 3. 1692. nnd died at Newtown, 
.August 21. 1773. He was a farmer and bc- 
longeil to the Society of Friends. He mar- 
ried, in Xovember. 1718. Elizabeth, daughter 
of Roger and Elizabeth (Richards) Kirk. Her 
father was born ir>86, settled in Pennsylvania 
as early as 1714. and married Elizabeth Rich- 
ards, of New Garden ; had Mary, Timothy, 
William. Elizabeth (mentioned above). De- 
l)orah. Rebecca and .Samuel Richards. She 
was descended from .Alphonsus Kirk, son of 



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Richard Kirk, of Lurgan. Ireland, who came 
from Belfast in i68S to Jamestown. \'irginia, 
•and removed toPennsylvania, March 29, 1689; 
married. December 2^, 1692, Abigail, daughter 
of Adam and Mary Sharpley. of Shelpot 
Creek. Xew Castle county, and settled in what 
is now Centreville. ■ His oldest son Timothy 
had a son Roger Kirk, father of Elizabeth, 
mentioned above. Children of John and Eliza- 
beth Twining: John, born August 20. 1719; 
Joseph, June n, 1720. died December 28, 
1733. at Xewtown : David, mentioned below ; 
Eleazer. bom June 8, 1724 : William, yiay 25, 
1726; Thomas. June 28, 1728, died Januarj- 5, 
^733 • Jacob, October 15. 1730, married Sarah 
^Miller: Rachel. X'ovember 11, 1732, died De- 
cember 22. 1733 '• Stephen, April 5, 1734, mar- 
ried Mary Wilkinson. 

(V) David, son of John Twining, was bom 
June 17, 1722, and died December 2, 1791. He 
was a prominent man in societ\- and busi- 
ness and served two terms in the legislature in 
Peimsylvania. He raised Edward Hicks, a 
prominent Quaker preacher. About 1762 he 
married Elizabeth Lewis. Children : i. Eliza- 
beth, married \A"illiam Hopkins, of Philadel- 
phia (see Hopkins. IV). 2. Beulah, bom 
1770: married Dr. Torbert. 3. Sarah, mar- 
ried Thomas Hutchinson. 4. Mar\-, married, 
;May 23. 17SS. Jesse Leedom. 



(II ) Thomas, son of John Hall. 
HALL (q. v., p. 71), was bom in X'ew 
Haven, IMarch 25. 1649, f^i^d in 
^^'allingford. September 17. 1731. He mar- 
ried. June 5. 1672. Grace , died 'Slav 

I. 173 1. — the first marriage in Wallingford. 
Children. Abigail, bom January 7, 1674: 
Thomas. July 17, 1676: Man.-. X'ovember 22, 
1677: Jonathan. July 25. 1679: Joseph. July 
8. .16S1. mentioned below: Esther, Februan.' 
23. 1682: Benjamin. April 19. 1684: Peter. 
December 28. 16S6: Daniel. January 27. 16S9; 
Rebecca. Januan,- 6, 1691 : Israel. October 8. 
1696. 

(III) Joseph, son of Thomas Hall, was 
born July 8. 1681. died Xovember 3. 1748. 
He married. X'^ovember 13. 1706. Bertha Ter- 
rel. who died December 2S. 1753. He lived in 
Wallingford. Children: Temperance, July 15, 
1714. died December 7. 1716: Joseph. Septem- 
ber 23. 1718. died September 6. 1737: Eph- 
raim. mentioned below. 

( IV) Ephraim. son of Joseph Hall, was 
bom April 25, 1723. He married Cfirst) Eu- 
nice Moss, who died ilay 9. 1765. He mar- 
ried (second^ October 13. 1766. Chloe. bom 
December 6. 1739. daughter of David Moss. 
Child of first wife: Temperance, born August 
10, 1764. Children of second wife : Ephraim, 



October 5. 1768: Chloe. Xovember 13. 1770; 
Comfort, February 25, 1773, mentioned below; 
Reuben, 1775: Joseph. March 17, 1776: Da- 
vid ;Moss. October 24, 1777: Content. March 
15, 1780: Bethia. March 2~. 17S2. 

(\~^ Comfort, son of Ephraim Hall, was 
bom Febmar}' 25, 1773. at Wallingford. He 
settled on a farm in Westiield parish, Middle- 
town. He married Jemima Bacon. 

(VI) Sylvester, son of Comfort Hall, v.as 
bom at ^Nliddletown. X'ovember 22. 1796, died 
October 3. 1875 • he married December 31, 
1825, Rosetta Johnson, bom October 15, 1806, 
died October 30, 1869. Children, bom at Mid- 
dletown: i. Seth Jacon, mentioned below. 2. 
Lois, December 5, 1831, died April 20, 1908; 
married, September 8, 1855, William M. 
Booth, born Januar\" 10, 1823, son of Abner 
Booth : children : i. Lucy Booth, bom June 5, 
1856. died 1867; ii- Martin W. Booth, married 
Eloise Benedict and had Clair M., bom July 
4. 1879, William M. Booth, bom 1882. Ray- 
mond B. Booth, 1S87: iii. Ida Booth, married 
A. B. ^^"ilcox and had Rosa and Fred Wil- 
cox : iv. Rosa Booth, died unmarried. 3. Ann 
\Mlcox, bom July 18, 1833. died April 8, 
1908: married (first) Xovember i, 1845. Par- 
son F. ^liller: (second) Jesse !Miller. born 
August 5, 1825, died April 2. 1885 : and had 
Emma Miller, who married, October 14, i860, 
Charles Mackendrick. 

(\TI) Hon. Seth Jacon. son of Sylvester 
Hall, was bom in \\'estfield Society.', town of 
^Middletown, Connecticut, September 4. 1829, 
died May 27, 1909. He was educated in the 
public schools and at Rev. McGonegal School 
at ^Nliddletown. He worked on his father's 
farm until he came of age. and for nine con- 
secutive winters taught school in the vicinity 
of his native town. He went to work in 1850 
in the factory of Jesse G. Baldwin as a bur- 
nisher and afterward in the factory of Charles 
Parker. In 1857 he entered the employ of 
Harrison W. Curtis as bookkeeper and sales- 
man and continued until 1861. !Mr. Curtis 
was a dealer in crocken,- and hardware. Dur- 
ing the dull winter season he taught school, 
returning to the store in the spring. In 1861 
he embarked in the flour, grain and feed 
business and prospered. His sons. John B. 
and Silas B. Hall, were associated with him 
in this business later. Five years later he 
formed a partnership with Isaac C. and Tared 
Lewis under the firm name of I. C. Lewis & 
Company, formerly I. C. Lewis & Brother. 
After t\vo years and a half the firm was 
dissolved and Mr. Hall continued the business, 
dealing in coal, in addition to grain, flour and 
feed. His location was at The Corner, an 
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Meriilen have been more successful. He built 
up a lar^e trade aiul iiiade profitable invest- 
ments in real estate in the city. lie was up- 
rifjlit. cai)able and earnest, a useful citizen as 
well as a successful man of affairs. He was 
prominent in public lite for many years. In 
politics he was a Democrat. lie served the 
city both in the conuuon council and board of 
aldermen ; was town treasurer, member of the 
board oi selectmen and the board of relief 
from 1890 to 1894. He was state senator 
from the sixth district and represented it with 
credit to himself and his constituents. He was 
trustee and treasurer of the corporation of 
the Meridcn 1 lospital from tiie bepinning until 
he died. I'or many years he was a justice of 
the peace. He was treasurer an<l trustee of 
the Young Men's Christian Association and 
served on the building committee and board 
of managers. He was one of the directors of 
the Middlesex County Hank several years; 
director of the Meridcn N'ational Bank and 
vice-president of the City .Savings I'ank of 
.Meridcn. lie was one of the trustees of the 
State Reform School. He was a prominent 
member of the First Baptist Church, a trustee 
and for more than twenty years a deacon. 

He married, October 14, i860. Lois, born 
lanuarv 24, 18.^3, daughter of Silas and 
Esther' (Huel) iVlake.sIce (see Blakeslee VII). 
Their residence on East .Main street, built in 
1891. is one of the finest in the city. Chil- 
dren: I. John Blakeslee, born September 6, 
1861 ; married. December 16, 1895, Jennie 
Holcomb. daughter of Bertrauil L. and Chloe 
Elizabeth (Holcomb) Yale, granddaughter of 
Levi and .Annie (Guy) Yale, of P.ranford, 
Connecticut : children : Liane Holcomb, born 
February 13. 1807. and Elizabeth Yale, July 
6, 1890. 2. Judson Sylvester. .March 30. 1866; 
unmarried. 3. Silas B.lakeslee. March 25, 
1869: married, November 25, KX)^. Alida, 
adopted daughter of Dr. r)aker, of Middle- 
town : no children. 4. Esther Rosctta. July 24. 
1880: unmarried. 

(The ni.ikcslce Line I . 
( I ) Samuel Blakeslee, immigrant ancestor, 
came with his brother John from England to 
Boston about 1^136. He removed first to Guil- 
ford, Connecticut, and later to New Haven, 
where his name first appears in 1646. In the 
latter town he married, December 3, 1650, 
Hannah Potter. He died in i(S;2. The Tol- 
lowing account of him is taken from the notes 
of a descendant. Captain Sanuiel Blakeslee, 
who bad it from his father ami other obi men. 
"In the early settlement of .America there was 
two men and brothers by the name of Samuel 
and John Blakeslee. both blacksmiths by oc- 



cupation, left England with their anvil, vise, 
hanmiers, tongs and other necc-sar)' tools 
fitted to their occupaticjn. and landed at Bos- 
ton in Massachusetts. ' '■ .. i. . ..^g 

and is since called I s- 

rcn strip of l.ind win . ■<( 

the town of Boston to tlu- inaut land , here 
they lived a few vpar-i with their families and 
labored at bl.i. ' ' for their support. 

But the then \: ton was |X)or and 

the narrow nci! i.ny had purchased 

was incapable of aitordmg much for the sub- 
sistence of their families. Ihese two brothers, 
being stout, robust, enterprising men, agreed 
to'seek an inheritance. Thcv rose with their 
families, left Bo-ton and j : 11 ji,^. ^^^ 

shore to New 1 laven in ■ Thev 

did not dispose of their Ian , -cd and 

they died, and it was never disiKiscii of. Sam- 
uel bought land in New Haven and settlwl 
with his family ; but his brother John went to 
the western part of the state to what is now 
\\oo<lbury or Roxbury." Children : John, 
l)orn 1651, Guilford; Mary, November 2, i^>59, 
New Haven; Ebcnezer. July 17, i(ii>^, men- 
tioned below; Hannah, May 22, 1666; Jona- 
than, March 3, 1668, died young; Jonathan, 
.April. 1672, died young. 

(II) Ebcnezer, son of Samuel Blakeslee, 
was lx)rn July 17, 1664, in New Haven, and 
was one of the earliest settlers of North 
Haven. In his house the Presbyterians held 
religious services until a church was estab- 
lished and later on the Ei)iscopalians held 
their services there. Tradition says "the 
early Blakeslees were Episcf>palians." He 
married Hannah Lupton. Children: Ebcnezer 
(twin), February 4. 1685; Hannah (twin); 
Susannah, May 21, 1689; Grace. January i, 
1693-94; .Abraham, December 15, i6")5: Sam- 
uel, about 1697, mentioned below; Thomas, 
1700; Isaac, July 21, 1703. 

(III) Samuel (2), son of Ebcnezer Blakes- 
lee, was born 1697. and was buried September 
5. 1 761. In 1720 he IxMight land in Walling- 
ford, at North Farms, which has since been 
held in the Blakeslee name. In the W'alling- 
ford records there is a deed from Ebcnezer 
Blakeslee to bis son .'>amuel "for loving affec- 
tion and gofid will." He marricil Elizal'>eth, 
daughter of Daniel and Hannah ( Cornwalh 
Doolittle, born October 15, 1700, died .April 
I. 1772. Children: Joseph, mentioned below; 
Samuel. 

(I\') Joseph, son of Sanuiel (2) Blakeslee, 
was lK>rn .April i. 1732, in W'allingford. He 
spent his life in Wallingford. on his father's 
homestead, and died there, aged seventy-two 
years. He was a farmer and a mason by oc- 
cupation, a Congrcgationalist in religion, and 



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a Federalist in politics. He was a non-com- 
missioned officer in the French and Indian 
war. In the revolution he and Charles Ives 
hired Benajah Hall to serve for three years, 
under an act passed by the legislature that 
any two men hiring one man for the service 
were exempt during the time of service. He 
married, April i, 1756, Lois, daughter of 
Stephen and Sarah (Hart) Ives, born January 
9. I737> clied May 16, 1795. Children : Sam- 
uel, born November 23, 1759, soldier in the 
revolution, enlisted in July, 1776, served until 
1780; Lois, January 9, 1762: Joseph, March 
II, 1767; John Webb, March 11, 1769, men- 
tioned below; Thankful, May 16, 1771 : Viney, 
July 29, 1775; Asahel, July 8. 1778; Asenath, 
August 17, 1781. 

(V) John Webb, son of Joseph Blakeslee, 
was born March 11, 1769, died November 5, 
1825. He married, November 12, 1792, Ruth, 
daughter of Charles and Sarah (Butler) Ives, 
born January 26, 1772, died November 25, 
1838. They lived and died in Wallingford, 
near the Blakeslee homestead. They were 
Baptists in religion, and lived exemplary lives. 
Mr. Blakeslee was a leader in tlie church 
clioir, and all his children were singers. Chil- 
dren: Idumea, born June, 1793, died on the 
eighth day of the same month ; Lovicy, June 
27, 1794: Rachel. June 24, 1796; Laura, June 
27, 1798: Obed, March 10, 1800; Lois, Febru- 
ary 17, 1802; Emily, January 21, 1806: Silas, 
September 13, 1808, mentioned below ; Ann, 
September 24, 1810; Oliver, July 22, 1815. 

(VI) Silas, son of John Webb Blakeslee, 
was born September 13, 1808, in Wallingford, 
died June 6, 1893. He married, January 17, 
1832, Esther, daughter of Robert and Betsey 
(Peck) Buel ; she was born November 20, 
1808, died April 17, 1889. Both died in Wal- 
lingford, where they had lived all their lives, 
and were buried in the Memoriam cemetery. 
Children: Lois, born January 24, 1833, men- 
tioned below; Ruth Ann, October 31, 1836, 
mentioned below ; John Webb, October 22, 
1840, mentioned below; James Ellis, February 
13, 1843, <^''ed July 17, 1847. 

(VII) Lois, daughter of Silas Blakeslee, 
was born January 24, 1833, and was baptized 
by Rev. Charles Keyser, December 21, 1851. 
She married, October 14. i860, Seth J. Hall 
(see Hall VII). She is a member of Susan 
Carrington Clark Chapter, Daughters of the 
American Revolution, of Meriden, by virtue of 
the revolutionary service of her grandfather, 
Martin Buel. of Moses Peck and Joseph 
Blakeslee. 

(YU) Ruth .\nn, daughter of Silas Blakes- 
lee, was born October 31, 1836. She married, 
October 4, 1857, Elijah J. Hough, born July 



28, 1829, son of James and .Mary ( Rice) 
Hough. Children: i. Jennie B. Hough, born 
January 15, 1864; married, October 2;^. 1884, 
George D. Hall, born June 20, 1859; children: 
i. Louis Cook Hall, born March 27, 1888; ii. 
Almon Blakeslee Hall, November 27. 1891 ; 
iii. Mabel Hough Hall, March 7, 1898. 2. 
Hattie B. Hough, born October 22, 1868 ; mar- 
ried, January 16, 1889, James Norris Barnes, 
born March 13, 1858: ch.ildren: i. Norman 
Hough Barnes, born November 18, 1891 ; ii. 
James Penwell Barnes, December 6, 1893 ; iii. 
Blakeslee Hough Barnes, July 14, 1895 ; iv. 
Elijah Hough Barnes, January 18, 1901 ; v. 
Russell Norris Barnes, November 25, 1905 ; 
vi. Ruth Elizabeth Barnes, January 25, 1907. 
3. George E. Hough, born October 3, 1873; 
married, November i, 1894, Jennie Dav, 
daughter of Joel and Delphine Paddock ; chil- 
dren : i. Ruth Blakeslee Hough, born Febru- 
ary 14, 1901 ; ii. Grace Edna Hough, Novem- 
ber 19, 1906. 

(VII) John Webb (2), son of Silas Blakes- 
lee, was born October 22, 1840, died January 
27, 1910. He married, October 22, 1861, 
Emerett M. Atwater, born December 5, 1840, 
died November 10, 1909. Children : Emma 
A., born April 3, 1865, unmarried; Mary A., 
April 24, 1 87 1, unmarried. 



John Hall, the immigrant ancestor, 
H.-VLL came from Coventry, county War- 
wick, England, in 1630, to Charles- 
town, ]\Iassachusetts, probably in the fleet with 
Governor Winthrop. He was then about 
t\vent}'-one years old. He joined the First 
Church in Charlestown at its organization, 
July 30, 1630. In 1632 a majority of the 
members being on that side of the Charles 
river organized the First Church of Boston, 
among the number being John Hall and his 
(first) wife Bethia. He had Lot No. 48 in 

1633, and was admitted a freeman May 14, 

1634. About 1640 he became a resident of 
Barnstable, and was on the list of those able 
to bear arms in 1643. I" 1653 he was a resi- 
dent of Yarmouth, in that part of the town 
later set off as Dennis. He married (second) 
Elizabeth Earned. His will is dated July 15, 
1694, and proved August 29, 1696. He died 
July 23, 1696, and was buried on his farm. 
The will mentions eight sons. Children of 
first wife: i. .Samuel, married Elizabeth Pol- 
lard, and died s. p., January 20, 1694. 2. 
John, baptized in Charlestown, May 13, 1638; 
died at Yarmoi'th, October 14. 1710. 3. She- 
bar, baptized February 9. 1639 ; died young. 
Children of second wife, baptismal dates 
given: 4. Josejih. A'armnuth, Julv 3, 1642: 
died May 31, 1716. 5. Benjamin, July 14, 



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')'^7 



M)^4; (lied July 23. |(>44. (<. Xatli.inicl. I'cb- 
iiiary H, Ki^h. 7. (^c^^llum, Marcli 5, i'>4.S; 
ilicd Uctuhcr 31, 1732. 8. William, jime 8, 
i')5i. 9. IJcnjainiti, May 29. l<>•,^'• •'•i^''' -^i'- 

"■'' 7. '/i/- "J- lilihlia. 1O55; nu'iiiioncd 

1 low. 
ill) MiisiKii Mlisha Hall, son of John Mall, 
was l>a|)ti/.(.-d I'i55. antl was livinj^ as laic as 
:7.^3. lie inarric'd Lydia , who died 

I iiruary J3. 1724. He was ch<jscn reprcsen- 

.tive of \'arinMiitl> in 1703, continninp in 
•nice live years. He was ciisij;n of the militia, 
•iiid resided in the cast precinct of \'armoutli, 

■ r Dennis. Children: Khenezer. horn No- 
\ ember 20, iC)8o. mentioned below; ICIisha, 
lime 14 or 16, 16S2; Tabitha. December 18, 

uS?; hulah. Jannary 18. if>%; liathsheba, 

'lilt i(t^~ : riiebc, March 3, i<»89; job, Sep- 
uiiiber 10 or 14, Ux}! ; Sylvanns, May 17, 

I'-M- 

(HI I Khenezer, st)n of Knsi^n Klisha 
Hall, was born November 20. i(>So, and 
died Xovcniber 10. 1748. He married Mchit- 
iMe KMrid!j;e, and lived in Yarmouth. Chil- 
i i-n : Setli. bt)rn November 29, 1708, men- 
li.ined below; and two daufihtcrs. 

(1\ ) Seth, son of Ehenczcr Hall, was born 
November 29. 1708, and lived at Yarmouth, 
lie married (first | Susanna Howes: (second) 

Mercy . He removed to Hebron. Tol- 

i.iiid count). Connecticut, and settled there, 
("iiildrcn: Ebenezer. bi>rn September 26. 1731 : 
^uios, Auj^ust 4, 1734, mentioned below ; Seth, 

'.'' '^' ^73^'- Jt>hn, .\ui,'ust 6, 1747: three 
. lujjhters. 

( \') .\mos, son of Seth Hall, was Ixirn Au- 
nst 4, 1734. and lived in Hebron, Tolland 
•unty, (."onnccticiil. He married Helsey liry- 
iit, March 4, 1762. Child: l-^zra, Ixirn Octo- 
' r 21. 1782, mentioned below. 

i\"Ii kzra, son of .\mos Hall, was born 

( Vtoher 21. 1782, and resided in Hebron. Tol- 

^ land county. He had a >;<M>d clucation and 

taught schcHil for a number of years. He 

I married, ( Vtober 10. i8o<), I'hila l-'ord, daugh- 

I tcr of F.bcnczer and Lois ( .Northani I I'ord, 

uramldaui^htcr of Isaac Ford. Lois was 

ui.uhler of Jonathan and .\nna Mack ( \Vil- 

iins ) Northam. Child: (luslavus Ezra, born 
i ebruarv 13, 181 1. mentioned below. 

(\H) Gustavus Ezra, son of Ezra Hall, 
was born in Hartford county, town of Marl- 
borough. I'cbruary 13. 1811, and his early life 
was spent on a fami there. He received his 
education in the public schools and for a time 
attended a private school. He established 
himself in the lumbcrintr business, which he 
conducted successfully for manv vcar'^. In 
politics he was a Democrat until the break- 
ing out of the civil war. when he became an 



ardent snpiwrter of the Republican jiarty until 
his death, lie died .\pril 2^, 1875. He mar- 
ried, December 15, 1831, I>^>uisa Skinner, Ixirn 
I-ebruary 2j, 1812; <licd January 13. 1893, 
daughter of David and .Mary (Lord) Skinner. 
Her mother was a deNcendant of linvernor 
John Ilaynes, Elder William ( ioodwin. Kich- 
ard Lord and I'eter I'.ulkeley. Her father 
was dcsceiulcd from Richard Lonl, one of the 
first settlers of Hartford, ami also from John 
Skinner, of Hartford, and I'eter Hulkcley, of 
Concord, whose son. Kev. Gershoin I'.ulkeley, 
was one of the founders of Wetherslield, Ci>n- 
nccticut. Children: I. Charles, Uirn May 27, 
1833. 2. Ezra. lx)rn May 11, 1835. 3. Mar- 
tin. Ixirn June 14. 1S37, died young. 4. 
Charlotte Electa, Ixirn September 28. 1842. 
5. Mary, horn .Kugust 16. 1843. (>. Joel. .\u- 
gust I, 1845. resides in Hartfnrd. 7. Eliza- 
beth, born .\iigust 2j. 1847, married James T. 
Mather, and resides in Mristol.' 8. and 9. 
David Skinner and Daniel, twins, Ixirn Au- 
gust 18, 1850. Daviil Skinner lives in Hart- 
ford. Daniel died .\ugust 19, 1850. 10. Mar- 
tin Luther, born September 18, 1852, died 
Se|iteinber 23, 1872. 

(X'lII) Mary, daughter of Gustavus Ezra 
Hall, was born in Marllxirough. Connec- 
ticut. She attended the public schools and 
the W'ilhrabam Acatlemy, where she grad- 
uated in i86('). and then for a time taught in 
Lasell .'seminary and at W'ilbraham Academy. 
She was attracted to the pmfession of law 
and began to study in the office of her brother. 
.\fter his untimely death she continued to read 
law under the direction and instruction of 
John Hooker, Esq. She passed the examina- 
tion for admission to the bar and was formally 
admitteil on October 3, 18S2. Two years later 
she was commissioned a notary public by Gov- 
ernor Waller. She has practiced her profes- 
sion with zeal and success. At first she was 
the only woman practicing law in the state, 
and for thirteen years the occupied this unique 
distinction. She has been occupied chiefly 
with probate court and office ])raciice. She 
has the esteem of the other attorneys of the 
county and state. 

Miss Hall has traveled extensively both for 
l)leasure and on business. In upo she repre- 
sented .\merican scx'ieties at three interna- 
tional meetiii.!.;s and organizatinns having to do 
with |icnal and charitable iuNtitutions. The 
Intcrnatii^nal Organized Charities met in Lon- 
don; the Conference of Charities and Correc- 
tion, in Paris, and the International Prison 
Congress, in P.russels. Miss Hall represented 
the state at these conferences and was a dele- 
gate from the .Associnted Charities of Hart- 
ford, visiting many of the public and private 



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charitable institutions in England and on the 
continent. She was a member of State Board 
of Charities from 1893 to 1905. Miss Hall is 
president and treasurer of the board of direc- 
tors of the Good Will Club, and also its super- 
intendent. Miss Hall was the founder of this 
interesting and useful organization. In 1878 
she began by calling together a few boys and 
entertaining them by reading stories, provid- 
ing games and talking on topics of natural 
history and other subjects of interest to boys. 
The attendance increased and the club became 
popular. In April, 1880, larger quarters were 
required and the club was formally organized 
with constitution, by-laws and officers elected 
by the boys. Other ladies came to her assist- 
ance. The club grew and larger rooms were 
secured. At first the club was open but two 
•or three evenings a week, but finally with the 
aid of the help that came from volunteers 
among the college students of Hartford, and 
the ladies, the club was opened every evening 
except Sunday. The corps of workers has 
grown to nearly a hundred and the work is 
divided wisely. The management of the club 
is eminently sensible and its value measured 
by its achievements is inestimable. Each boy 
member takes a pledge of good conduct and, 
should he violate this pledge, forfeits both 
badge and membership. Several hundred boys 
between the ages of eight and twenty-one are 
members. Lessons in gymnastics, elocution, 
instrumental music and military drill are given 
and the boys in later years have been taught 
the fundamentals of various useful trades. 
The primary purpose of the club is to afford 
wholesome amusement and entertainment for 
boys and thus incidentally keep them out of 
mischief and teach them to avoid idleness. No 
religion or sectarianism is suggested in the 
■club. The Good Will Club is similar to the 
very successful boys clubs now in operation in 
many of the larger cities. At the dedication 
of the Good Will Building, February 22, 1889, 
Miss Hall closed her address with these 
words : 

"And may I add that my work in and 
for the Good Will Club is a memorial work 
in perfect harmony with the large and small 
sums given here, because too sacred to be 
given elsewhere. I should be ungrateful to 
the memory of a noble brother, whose boy- 
hood was of the finest type, and whose active 
life began and closed in this beautiful city, 
did I not acknowledge in this presence that 
the little I have done and the more I hope to 
do is in loving memory of Ezra Hall." Miss 
Hall is also a life member of the Connecticut 
Historical Society. She wrote the history of 
Marlborough for the "Memorial Historv of 



Hartford County," and has recently published 
an historical sketch of Marlborough. 

(VHI) Ezra Hall, son of Gustavus Ezra 
Hall, was born in Marlborough in 1835 ^"d 
died, in November, 1877, in the prime of life. 
He prepared for college at Wilbraham Semi- 
nary and the East Greenwich (Rhode Island) 
Seminary, where he graduated in the class of 
1858. He was the orator some years after- 
ward at the celebration of the centennial of 
the seminary. He graduated from Wcsleyan 
College in the class of 1862, and immediately 
began the study of law in the office of Hon. 
Thomas C. Perkins, of Hartford. He was 
called to the bar, in Hartford, and practiced 
there the rest of his life. When he was but 
twenty-seven years old, in 1863, he was elected 
state senator from the second district of Hart- 
ford county, and was the youngest senator at 
that term. In 1864 he was a member of the 
house and in 1871 he was again state senator 
from the second district. He was elected 
president pro tcni., and presided over the 
senate during the trying period when the elec- 
tion of state officers was in controversy. He 
was chosen a Fellow of Yale College by the 
senate, and was in the corporation and voted 
for the election of Dr. North Porter as presi- 
dent. In 1864 he served on an important com- 
mittee to collect the votes of the union sol- 
diers then in camp. He was a member of the 
state central committee of the Republican 
party in 1866-67. I" 1867, in partnership with 
Marshall Jewell and H. T. .Sperry, he pur- 
chased the Morning Post of Hartford, later 
called the Evening Post. The newspaper was 
published a number of years by the firm of 
Sperry, Hall & Company, afterward the Even- 
ing Post Association. Mr. Hall retained his 
interest in the newspaper as long as he lived. 
In 1874 he was admitted to practice in the 
supreme court of the United States and he 
argued a number of cases before that court, 
mostly questions arising in the insurance busi- 
ness. At the time of his death a local news- 
paper paid this tribute on record : "Mr. Hall 
had attained an honorable position at the bar 
and a high place in public esteem. He was 
courteous in his profession and indefatigable 
in the discharge of its duties. No client ever 
had reason to complain of any neglect of his 
interests. He was always honorable in his 
practice and had in this respect the entire con- 
fidence of his associates at the bar." 

The Bar Association took action, as follows: 
"Resolved, that we regard with profound sor- 
row the death of Ezra Hall, Esq., member of 
this bar. Mr. Hall has been taken away in 
the fulness of his manhood from the active 
and successful pursuit of his profession and 




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llolll .1 mini. II iiM.liiilK^> ..i Ilif tlial iiKnlc 

him a must valtiaMc mcmljcr ot tlic (-ommiiii- 
ity. \\ itii nrv.ii itiduslry, with cnthtisiaMii m 
hi» pioiobiuii, with untiring dcvutiuii to the 
intiTfit.-i coniiniltctl to his care, and with an 
iinuMial kiiww lid-i- of men .1;.' 
maiKiL;iiiK!ii ■ 1 laii.-c!., lif Hint 
ol |Jr(»u•^^l^-lll.ll hwiiur and a h; ;., 

moral duty. Witli a vi^oroii :oar 

pcrcciiti'-ii :iik1 a tli. ipini^h un^ and 

pi' ill* wa^ .lulc lu make 

ci: I to the court or to 

the Hii\, Ml- iiiniM w.i^ i)rai.'ti.al an'l -.i-a 
ciiHI>. Hi-- tiili'i^iitv v.ii.[',ii--Ii ;i,,l Ic, \\:i:i .1 
cutinli'iiaiici' iiidualitij; iiituial 1 ilmcincnt, 
with t;;rcat kimhiCbS of lieart and an atfable 
manner, he liad yet a linn will, n de- 
cided jiid>;ment and great cm uac- 
tcr. Ill v\.i.s warm in his ; md 
found '^ii-ai h:ii>|vmess in serviii^ in ■-. >\aoin 
he li>\i"l III- w.is a man of professed an<l 
coii>i>tiiu ( liri^tiaii life, lie met death with 
entire i . ■ni]- i>ure, expressing a desire to live, 
hut a r<.iilMir>s to die. llc leaves behind him 
a ; til memory and the inlluence of 
a . 

11 - ! Fanny, daughter of Edwin T. 

Pease. 1 hey had two children : Robert Ezra 
and I'rances. 

(The Lord Lino). 
I) Thomas LortI, immij^rant ancestor, was 
■ fin in Mnglnnd as early as 1590. He was 
one of the early settlers of Hartford, Connec- 
ticut. I Ic marrictl, in lin;,'laiul. Dorothy 

, who died at Hartford at the advanced 

age of eii;hty-scven years in 1678. .Ml their 
eight children were liorii in Kntjland and 
came w ith them to this country. Children : 
kichard, lK>rn 161 1, mentioned below ; Thom- 
as, i(>i9. settled at Wetliersikld ; Ann. 162 1 ; 
William, 162^, died at Sayhrook, May 17, 
1768; John. 1625: Robert, 1627, a sea cap- 
tain: Irene. 1629: Dorothy, 1631. 

(II) Kidiard. son of 1 homas Lord, was 
born in lint^land in i(>ii and died in i6<J4. 
lie married .*<arali tlraves (?). who died in 
1676. He was one of the most energetic and 
efficient men of his day : captain of the troop 
formed in 1657 and distinf;uislie<l as an In- 
dian tighter. He died in New London. His 
home was at the corner of Main anil Pearl 
streets. Hartford. He was <lcpnty to the gen- 
eral assembly from i')5''> to Kiit^. Children: 
Richard. Iiorn 1636. mentioned l>clow ; Sarah, 
163R. died 1705. married Rev. losepli Havnes ; 
Dorothy. 

nil) Richar.l (2). son of Richard ft) " 
Lord, was born in 1636: died in 1685. He 
married Mary, daughter of Governor John 
Ilaynes. He left a large estate to his only 



an e 
lr>w I 



mem 

(I 1.^^. -'" "f Richa; 

Lor ;i 171,^. He 

man n and Kliza- 

!iler of 
:id one 

- ., Mis 

widow niarrie"; 

.Abigail, l>f>rii p j 

i^'ie/j; Al.i 1, 

1701 : Ma !, 

'/or '■• 
i»d. 

(\ ^ 1 I.'ird. was 

born Marcii lo. 171^. died . -', 1762. 

He praflnat<>d at >'ale CfilK VVith 

his 1: ' ' .r ::-iii 1 l;irtford 

and land in Chatham 

and L .11 the -""i!' •■ "I "f 

Marlborough, then Colchester. 

December 14, 1743, Paticnrr !' 1 

March 21. 1714, daughter I ■ 

ley, grancklauchter of Rev. ' 

and ■ • ' ' ' • 

Pet. I 

Ichal 

1744: Patience. .1740: Ma: 

12. 1748: Sarah. jS, 17JO <! 

U'Ust 30, 1769. in.iMK'l I'avid ^ 

.^kiiiner \' ) : Elizabeth. ( )ctober 7 

Sei)tcmber 19. 1753: Jcrusha, 1^ .i > 5. 

'755: Lydia. July 4. 1756. 

(\') Epajihras. son of Richard !_\> T r,I. 
was born in 1709, die<l 1799. 1' 
at Yale College in 1720 He si 1 
brother Ichabod ■ ' 
Connecticut. Hi 
ter of Captain ' . ^ . 
town. He marrieil ( secon 
of Rev. John Hulkeley, of ' 
descendant of Rev. T'cier \'-- 
R(>aphras, died vounir : .'~^aiii 

Hope: F.p:r ' ' •■ 1744. nun 

I")oroth\-. : 1747 : Till 

Lucy. 175' 1751 : 1% 

53: lioroihy, 1754; John, 175 
1756: Ternsha. i"i;S: Fiinirc. ' >. 

•76^ ' ■ 

(\ - (I) 

Lord. . ,, , • i-.-i- 

niary, iXy^ He marric<l Paticnri 

drcn : Sarah, i7fV'): Hope. 17' 1 



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Deacon David Skinner, died July 2, 1807; 
Lavinia, 1770; Epaphras, 1772; Patience, 
1774; Mary, born 1775, died 1862, married 
(second wife) Deacon David Sliinner (see 
Skinner VI): George, 1777; Sarah, 1781 ; 
Gardner, 1783 : Eliphalet, 1785. 

(The Skinner Line). 

( I ) John Skinner, immigrant ancestor, was 
one of the Hooker company and probably 
came from Braintree, county Essex, England. 
He was a kinsman of John Talcott, of Hart- 
ford, mentioned in his will in 1659. Skinner 
was one of the founders of Hartford. He 
died there in 1650-51. His will was proved 
October 23, 1651. The estate was partitioned 
January 18, 1655, and at that time the ages 
of the children were given in the records, and 
it is from this record that the birth years of 
the children are computed, viz.: Mary, 1638: 
Ann, 1639; John, 1641 : Joseph, 1643; Rich- 
ard, 1646, who continues the family line, as 
mentioned below. 

(II) Richard, son of John Skinner, was 
born in Hartford in 1646. He also lived at 
Hartford. Children, born at Hartford : John, 
born 1675, mentioned below ; Richard, mar- 
ried, November 24, 1708, Hannah Pratt: 
Ebenezer. 

(III) John (2), son of Richard Skinner, 
was born in 1674-75 in Hartford. About 1696 
he removed to Colchester : was deacon of the 
First Church there in 1703. He died at Col- 
chester, August 27, 1740. He married Sarah 
Porter. Children, born at Colchester: Sarah, 
July 17, 1697: Ann, October i, 1700; John, 
August 30, 1703: Daniel, August 30, 1705; 
Noah ; Hannah, January 27, 1707 ; Joseph, Oc- 
tober 7, 1710: Mary: Aaron, June 14, 1713. 
mentioned below : Elizabeth. 

(IV) Deacon Aaron Skinner, son of John 
(2) Skinner, was born in Colchester, Jvme 
14, 1713; died November 17, 1766. He mar- 
ried, August 4, 1737, Eunice Taintor, who 
came of another old Hartford family. Chil- 
dren, born at Colchester: Aaron, July 12, 
1740: David, mentioned below. 

(V) David, son of Aaron Skinner, was born 
December 22, 1743. He lived in Colchester, 
now the town of Marlborough. He married 
(first) December 8, 1766, Sarah Lord, who 
died August 30, 1769 (see Lord IV). He 
married (seconil) Eebruary 28, 177 1, Jerusha 
Lord, of Colchester. Children of first wife, 
born at Marlborough : Ichabod, September 2, 
1767: David, April 5, 1769, mentioned below: 
children of second wife: Sarah, Januarv 28, 
1772: Jerusha, October 28, 1773: Charles, 
December i, 1775: Charles, .\i3ril 5, 1777: 
Aaron, JMarch 22, 1779; Henry, June 22, 1781 : 



John, August 30, ; Oliver, died young; 

Oliver, died 1854: Lydia : Eunice. 

(VI) Deacon David Skinner, son of David 
Skinner, was born at Marlborough, Connec- 
ticut, April 5, 1769; died November 21, 185a. 
He married (first) Hope, died July 2, 1807, 
daughter of Epaphras Lord (see Lord VI). 
He married (second) September 18, 1808, 
Mary Lord, her sister. Children of first wife, 
born at Marlborough : Ichabod, September 
29, 1793, died February 11, 1851 ; Ralph, Jan- 
uary 3, 1796, died at Leona, near Fredonia, 
New York, January 20, 1873 • Hope, July 27, 
1798, died December 13, 1870; Emily, Octo- 
ber 12, 1800, died January 23, 1823 ; Loana, 
February 12, 1803, died June 5, 1805; Julia, 
August 18, 1805, died September 8, 1834: 
Prentice Bulkeley, July 2, 1807, died July 27, 
1807. Children of second wife : Alary Electa, 
October i, 1809, died February 7, 1886: 
Louisa, February 27, 1812, died January 13. 
1893, married Gustavus Ezra Hall (see Hall 
VII); Homer, August 11, 1815; Charlotte, 
March 6, 1818, died September 11, 1872. 



Francis Hall, the immigrant an- 
HALL cestor, was the son of Gilbert Hall, 

who lived in the county of Kent, 
in the southeastern part of England. The 
former came from Mil ford, county Surrey, in 
the ship with Rev. Henry Whitefield and his 
party of emigrants from Kent and Surrey. 
They arrived at what is now New Haven in 
time to participate in the meeting of colonists 
held in Newman's barn, June 4. 1639. In 
1640 Francis Hall joined Mr. Ludlow in the 
planting of a settlement at the head of a small 
inlet of Long Island Sound, which they named 
Fairfield. At this time he was thirty-two years 
old, and had a wife Elizabeth and two sons, 
Isaac and Samuel, who were born in England. 
His wife died in 1662, and he married (sec- 
ond), October 30, 1665, Dorothy, widow of 
John Blakeman, and daughter of Henry 
Smith, of Stratford, Coniiecticut, who sur- 
vived him. About 1669 he moved to Strat- 
ford, where he held the office of constable, 
and May 11, 1676, was a deputy from that 
town to the general court held in Hartford. 
He held large landed property in Fairfield, and 
also in Stratford. He died there in 1690, aged 
eighty-two years. Children : Isaac, born in 
England ; Samuel, born in England, mentioned 
below; Elizabeth: Hannah, married, July 14, 
1675, Joseph Blakeman, of Stratford; Alary: 
. Rebeccah. 

(II) Samuel, son of Francis Hall, was born 
in England, about 1635, and died in Fairfield, 
1694. He settled in the latter place, on lanl 
conveyed to him by his father. He also lived 



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ill StrattDrd, wlicrc his name is on the ])roi)- 
crty record, 1(174-87. lie left liis i)roi)erty by 
will tu his willow aiul to soii^ Saimiel anil 
Isaac. Ciiililreii : Sanuiei, David, Isaac. 

(Ill) .^anniel (2), son of Samuel (i) Mali, 
lived in .Stratford in 1755, and in l-'airficld, 
1764. He died in the latter place. In his 
will he mentions his wife Rebecca, and chil- 
dren, Nathaniel, David, Sarah. Mabel, Re- 
becca, I'ilienezer and .Abbott. 

(I\') I'ihenezer. son of Samuel (2) and 
Rebecca Hall, was born 1723, and died Jan- 
uary, i/(j>). Ills will mentions ids wife l-lliza- 
bcth and five children, viz.: Selh, Eshon, Dan- 
iel, .Mary Silliman anci F.sther Treadwell. 
I'' enezer received by deeil of 1,'ift from his 
I her twenty-one acres on line of division 
' tween hairlield and .Stratford, Connecticut, 

II what is now Park avenue, Bridtjeport. He 

.irrie<l (first), November ig, 1747. Tabitha 

llulibell, who died Xovember 30. 1778. Abel 

llubiiell, her brother, died in 1832, aged one 

'iMidrol and three years. He married (sec- 

nd ) h'lizabcth . Children of second 

wife: .Setli ; Daniel; Esther, married 



Treadwell ; .Mary, married Isaac Silliman, an- 
cestor of Professor Silliman, of Vale Collcfje : 
K^Iwn, mentioned below. 

l\') F,slx)n, son of Ebenezer Hall, was 
i; rn March 20, 1753. at Stratford. He mar- 
rictl. May 4, 1775, Rhoda P>rinsmade. Chil- 
dren: Josiali Prinsmade, Iwrn March 30, 
1776; Xaoini P)ennett. July 3, 1778: Cershom 
( idel, ."September 18, 1780; Sarah, December 
1, 1782: Isaac, Se])tember 2^, 1784: .\lmon, 
September 25, 1787: Priscilla, August 9. 1790; 
b -icph Piennett. mentioned below: Pamela, 
larch 4. 1795: Rhoda, March 12, 1798; 
I iiilemon, February zS. 1802. 

(VI) Joseph Bennett, son of Esbon and 
Rhoda ( I'.rinsmade ) Hall, was born February 
12, 1703. at Easton, Connecticut, and died 
I aged seventy years. He was a farmer and 
j school teacher. He was a soldier in the war 
I of 1812. He studied for the ministry ami 
I was ordained in the Universalist denomina- 
tion. He married Cornelia Baker. Children: 
Henry, born 181'), of Bridgejiort : Eliza Jane, 
1818: Priscilla. 1820: William, mentioned lie- 
' low: Mary Cornelia. 1825: Theodore Wel- 
lington: .\nn Celeste. March 2, 1834: Colonel 
James .Martin, October 12, 1838. of Toledo, 
< lliio. the only one living. 

(\'II » William, son of Joseph I'ennctt Hall, 
was t)orn in Easton, Connecticut. October 6, 
1822. He attended the district schools and 
! iston .\cadeniy. .At the early a.;e of eight 
■ lars he began to make his own wav in the 
world as a clerk in a store up to 1843, when 
he came to Bridge|x)rt, Connecticut. Here he 



was cmployctl in the store of his brother, 
Henry Hall, and with him he continued until 
he engaged in business on bis own account on 
Water street, at that time the principal thor- 
oughfare of the town, and there were no stores 
in what is now Main street. Mr. Hall foresaw 
the p<jssibilities of the future, and in time he 
rented an f)ld house at the corner of Main 
street and I'airfield. raised it up, building a 
basement, and started a gro:cry store here 
with his savings and money l»orrowed for the 
purjxise. His venture was succe>sfnl and he 
continued in business in this location for more 
than half a century, becoming one of the lead- 
ing merchants of the city. He added a 
cracker bakery antl conducted it in connection 
with his grocery up to the time of his death. 
He was enterprising and worked hard, thus 
achieving success. He stood high in the 
esteem and confideiKC of the business world 
and had he lived would have won still greater 
success. He was a Democrat and took a keen 
interest in public affairs, but never accepted 
jniblic office: a member of St. John's Protes- 
tant F'piscopal Guirch and held various offices 
in that society. He died March 7, 18S1, when 
only fifty-nine years of age. .\lthough he has 
been dead two decades, his memory still lives 
with those who knew him. His career is 
worthy of the highest commendation, for 
starting at the lx)ttom of the ladder, he 
grasped every opportunity that made for suc- 
cess. He was of fnigal habits, saving his 
money so that he was ready to start independ- 
ently in a modest way. He then securely es- 
tablished his credit by ))romi)tly meeting every 
obligation when it was due, and ever keeping 
within his resources, he assumed no obliga- 
tions that he could not meet. He was con- 
spicuous among the reliable men of the city, 
and his name was synonymous with honesty, 
integrity and uprightness. .At his death he 
was rated as one of the most substantial men, 
having demonstrate<l what can be achieved by 
strict attention to business. He set an example 
well worthy the emulation of all young men 
to-day, and the story of his life is an incentive 
for the better things. 

He married. May 25, 1852, Clara Baldwin, 
of (ireenfield Hill, born Xovember 22, 1827, 
daughter of Abraham Dudley and Henrietta 
(Jennings) BaUlwin, and granddaughter of 
Michael Baldwin (see Bajilwin \I). Her 
father was a graduate of Vale College and a 
lawyer, practicing in ("ireenfiel 1. a justice of 
the peace, of high ideals and pur|>oses, excel- 
lent judgment and morlel character. Her 
mother, Henrietta Jennings, was a <laughter 
of Joel. The Baldwin family is of ancient 
English ancestry. Mrs. Hali had brothers, 



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William, Henry and Michael, and sisters, Hen- 
rietta, Sarah and Anna Baldwin. Although 
eighty-three years old, she retains all her 
faculties and takes as much interest as ever 
in affairs. Since Mrs. Hall came to Bridge- 
port in 1852 she has seen the city develop 
from a small town to a great industrial center. 
She formerly attended the Congregational 
Church, but for many years has been attend- 
ing St. John's Protestant Episcopal Church. 

Mr. and Mrs. Hall had one child, Dr. Wil- 
liam Dudley Hall, born July 13, 1856, in 
Bridgeport, graduate of Harvard College in 
the class of 1880 with the degree of M.D., 
who has been practicing his profession in Bos- 
ton since graduation, making a specialty of 
diseases of the eye. 

(Tlie Baldwin Line). 

(I) Nathaniel Baldwin, second son of Rich- 
ard Baldwin, of parish Cholesbury, Bucking- 
hamshire, England, and brother of Timothy 
and Joseph Baldwin, who settled in Connecti- 
cut also, came to Milford, Connecticut, early, 
and was admitted a freeman, November 29, 
1639. He and his brothers were planters in 
Milford. He was a cooper by trade. He 
removed to Fairfield, Connecticut, in 1641 or 
earlier, and died in 1690. He married (first) 
Abigail Camp, who joined the church, at Fair- 
field, June 9, 1644, and died there March 22, 
1648. He married (second) Joanna, widow 
of Richard Wescott. She married (third) 
George Abbott, of Fairfield. Children of first 
wife: John, baptized June, 1644; Daniel, bap- 
tized with John; Nathaniel, January, 1645; 
Abigail, March 19, 1648. Children of second 
wife: Sarah, born 1650: Deborah, 1652; Sam- 
uel, mentioned below. 

(II) Samuel, son of Nathaniel Baldwin, 
was born at Fairfield in 1655. He was a 
blacksmith. He joined the Fairfield church. 
He was invited to Guilford, Connecticut, by 
vote of the town, "to work upon trade as 
smithing upon trial," and he settled in that 
town and acquired a handsome property. His 
home was on a grant dated July 15, 1676, of 
half an acre on the green, opposite the house 
of John Bishop. He died January 12, 1696. 
He married Abigail Baldwin, born November 
16, 1658, daughter of John Baldwin, of Mil- 
ford. She married (second) John Wadhanis, 
of W^thersfield, and had daughters Mary and 
Martha Wadhams. Children : Abigail, born 
December 14, 1678: Deborah, April, 1680, died 
young: Dorothy. December 27, 1683: Joanna, 
May 18, 1686; Samuel, January 13. 1689; 
Timothy, April 14, 1691, mentioned below : 
Nathaniel, November 28, 1693. 

(III) Timothy, son of Samuel and Abigail 



(Baldwin) Baldwin, was born at Guilford, 
April 14, 1691. He was an ensign of the 
military company there. He owned land in 
Goshen. Connecticut. He married, December 
24, 1713, Bathsheba Stone, born August 10, 
1695, daughter of Samuel and Sarah (Taint- 
or) Stone. He died August 3, 1745 ; she died 
July 20, 1776. Children, born at Guilford: 
Timothy, July 27, 1714, died 1720; Bathsheba, 
February i, 1716; Michael, April 2, 1719, 
mentioned below; Timothy, October 29, 1721 ; 
Abigail, March 5, 1724; Stephen, August 10, 
1726: Elisha, April 6, 1729; Deborah, April 
IS- 1730; Abraham, April 17, 1732; Sarah, 
July 24, 1735 ; Mary, May 2, 1739. 

(IV) Michael, son of Timothy Baldwin, 
was born at Guilford, April 2, 17 19, and died 
in 1787. He had land of his father at Goshen, 
whither he went to settle, but returned to 
Guilford before July 9, 1743. He removed to 
New Haven as early as 1775, in order to edu- 
cate his sons. Seldom has a man had, among 
his children, a United States senator and gov- 
ernor, a judge of the United States supreme 
court and a speaker of the house of repre- 
sentatives, of Ohio. His sons-in-law, Joel 
Barlow and Colonel Bomford, were also dis- 
tinguished men. He was a blacksmith by 
trade. His house on George street. New 
Haven, faced College street. It was protected 
from damage and destruction during the Brit- 
ish invasion in the revolutionary war by a 
British officer who had been a paroled pris- 
oner during the last French and Indian war 
in this house, then a country tavern. Alichael 
Baldwin married (first), December 7, 1749, 
Lucy, daughter of William and Ruth (Strong) 
Dudley. She was born March 29, 172 1, and 
died June 2, 1758. He married (second), 
November, 1768, Theodora Wolcott, born No- 
vember 4, 1746, daughter of Josiah and Ruth 
(White) Wolcott, of Coventry. Children of 
first wife: i. Ruth, March 4, 1751 ; died 1755. 

2. Dudley, April 17, 1753 ; mentioned below. 

3. Abraham, Yale, 1772, United States senator 
from Georgia, president of Georgia Univer- 
sity. 4. Ruth, September 13, 1756: married 
Joel Barlow, poet, editor, diplomat. 5. Lucy, 
May 22, 1758 ; died 1760. Children of second 

wife: 6. Lucy, born 1770, died 1798. 7. Wil- 
liam, March 3, 1772. 8. ]\Iichael, August 26, 
1774, speaker of the House of Representatives, 
Ohio. 9. Theodore, 1777. 10. Henry, Jan- 
uary 4, 1780: congressman from Pennsyl- 
vania. II. Clarissa, November, 1782: mar- 
ried Colonel George Bomford. 12. Sally, 
1787 ; married Edmond French. 

(\'') Dudley, son of Michael Baldwin, was 
born in Guilford, April 17, 1753, and died at 
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from Vale Collide in 1777. and settled as a 
lawyer at (jrecntield Hill, town of l-'airfield, 
wiiere a ijpjnn^iiit; career was cut slmrt In- 
early death at the aj^e of thirty-six years, lie 
married Sally 15radlcy. \vh>> died in ito2. 
Their only child was Ahrahani iJinlley. men- 
tioned i)el(iw. 

( \T ) .Abraham l)iidle\, sun of Dudley liald- 
win, was horn at l'"airtield, .\])ril 15, 17S8. He 
graduated from N'ale College in tiie class of 
1807. lie was a laivyer at I'airfield. lie died 
June 8, 1862. Me married (first) Mary 
(irant; (second) in 1815, I Icnrietta Jeimings, 
■ in June 3, 1784, in r'airtielil. dau^;liter of 

.1. (,'randdaui,diter of John Jcnnini;s. Chil- 
..:i.n. horn at I'airtield: l)i. William, died on 
a journey to Pike's Peak with a com|)any of 
which he was the surgeon; Henrietta, married 
Henry .'^turj^'cs, of Southport : Sarah, married 
Phil I'anlield: Henry, married Martha .X\- 
vord : .Michael, married Dehorah Sturges ; 
Ann, married .Mien Nichols; Clara, the only 
li\ini; memher of the family, married William 
I lall, a merchant of Bridgeport (see Hall IV). 



(ATI) Jesse Hall, son of Joel 
HALL Hall (q. v.), was born at Chat- 
ham, Connecticut. June 2^. 1787. 
He married (first) June 4, i8aS, Harriet 
Clieney. born July 31. 1787. die<i May 24, 
■"■-•7, daughter of Captain Daniel and Julia 
< ornwall) Cheney, granddau'.;hter of Elisha 
* lieney (4), Samuel (31, Samuel (2), Wil- 
liam Cheney ( i ). He married (second |. Feb- 
'".iry 2. 1830, Rmma Ransom, born Januaiy 
i7f)7, died July 31. iS-^^, daughter of .\mos 
■ 1 Jemima (Mc(.'arthy) Ransom. Children, 
born at Chatham, of first wife: 1. Charles 
Cheney, horn ,\pril 4. 180Q, died June 4, 1826. 
2. I'Mwin, June 11, 1810, tlied December. 1842: 
married. January i. 1834, Rachel Smith, of 
Chatham.' 3. Henry, .\i"ril 18. 1812. died July 
. 1856: married. June 2. 1834. Harriet M., 
lighter of Colonel James W'ard. 4. Joel, 
mentioned below. 5. Julia Cornwall, born 
25, 1816, died (October 25. 1848: mar- 
ried, September 11. 1838. Rev. P.liss .Ashley. 
6. Harriet, horn January 22, 1820. died .April 
10. 1883: married (first) November 10. 1841, 
I iither H. Perkins, of Hartford; (second) 
Charles S. Mason, of Hartford. 7. Eliza 
(twin). January 22. 1820: married. Decem- 
ber 10. 1S45. Charles Henry Sasje. ChiKlren 
of second wife: 8. Enuiia Ransom. February 
8. 1834: married. October i, 1857. Rev. Jared 
Starr, rector of the Protestant Episcopal 
church at Newington. Connecticut. 9. Eliza- 
beth. June 2. 1836: married. September 21. 
1850. John S. Harris, and lived in Hartford. 
(\ HI) Joel, son of Tesse Hall, was bom at 



Cromwell, Connecticut, March 15, 1814, died 
January 19, 1850. He married, December 24, 
1836, Eliza .Ann Stocking, Iwrn April 15, 181 1, 
daughter of David Stocking (6), Steven (5J, 
Steven (4), (ieor;;e (3), Samuel (2). George 
Stocking (i). Children: 1. Jesse, mentioned 
below. 2. Joel, died unmarried. 3. Eliza, 
married Rev. Douglas C. Peaboily ; she died in 
187(1, leaving two children. 4. Elizabeth, mar- 
ried William Morgan, of Hartford. 

(IX) Jesse (2), son of Joel Hall, was U^rn 
in 1840. He lived at Portland, Connecticut. 
Me married Clara E., daughter of Henry 
Stewart. Children : J. Stewart ; Stephen 
Stocking, mentioned below. 

(X) Stephen Stocking, son of Jesse (2) 
Hall, was horn at Portland, Connecticut, Jan- 
uary 18, 1864. He atten<led school at Sea- 
bury Institute in Old Saybrook, Connecticut, 
whither the family removed in 1870. and again 
removing to Portland in 1880, com]>leted bis 
education at the Mi<ldletown high school. He 
became a clerk in the office of T. R. Pickering 
& Company of Portland in 1881, and when 
this concern was incorporated. May i, 1888, 
he was made secretary and later a director of 
the company, the name of which became the 
Pickering (jovernor Company. He is also a 
director of the City Savings Hank of Middle- 
town ami trustee of the Freestone Savings 
Bank of Portland. He is a communicant of 
the Protestant Episcopal church of Portland. 
In |X)litics he is a Republican. He is a mem- 
ber of the Automobile Club of Hartford, the 
Lincoln Farm .Assixriation, and the National 
Geographical Society of Washington. D. C. 
He married, September 5, 1888. Marie Ella, 
born October 13, 1865, daughter of Richard 
Henry Pascall. presi<lent of the Pickering 
Governor Company, who was Iwrn October 6, 
184 1, in l"\nton. StatTordshire. England, son 
of Richard and .Margaret ( Pickering) Pas- 
call. He came to this country in May, 1849. 
Richard Pascall, father of Richard Henry 
Pascall, was born in 1800. died in 1844. Mar- 
garet (Pickering) Pascall. Ix>rn January 13, 
1800, died September 9, 1859. was a sister of 
Hon. Thomas R. Pickering, of Portland. 
Margaret (Pickering) Pascall founded the 
Pascall Institute at 576 Lexington avenue. 
New York City. Mr. and Mrs. Hall have 
had one child, Nettie Pascall, Imrn June 20, 
1889, died November 30, 1890. 



In records incident to the 
BALDWIN Conquest of England, the 

name of Baldwin appears in 
the Battle .Abbey, and one of the name is 
known as early as 672. The Earls of Fland- 
ers bearing the name date from the time of .Al- 



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frecl the Great. Baldwin 2nd married 
Elstouth. daughter of Alfred, and Baldwin 
5th married the daughter of Robert of France, 
and their daughter Matilda married Wil- 
liam the Conqueror. Surnames, however, 
were not used in England until long after the 
Conquest. Baldwin de Hampden of the time 
of the Conquest became John Hampden, the 
patriot of the English revolution. The name 
is found in Denmark, Flanders and in Nor- 
mandy, and other parts of France. 

The Baldwins of the United States came 
largely from county Bucks, England, where 
the name "John Baldwin" is of frequent his- 
torical mention in successive generations, as is 
Henry and Richard. In New England we 
have Richard Baldwin, of JMilford. Connecti- 
cut, before 1639: Richard Baldwin, of Brain- 
tree, 1637; John Baldwin, of Stoughton, Con- 
necticut, 1638: John Baldwin, of Milford, 
Connecticut, 1639; Nathaniel Baldwin, of Mi\- 
ford, 1639; Joseph Baldwin, of Milford, Con- 
necticut, 1639, and of Hadley, Massachusetts, 
subsequently ; Henry Baldwin, of Woburn, 
Massachusetts, 1640; John Baldwin, of Bil- 
lerica. Massachusetts, 1655, and John Bald- 
win, of Norwich, Connecticut, the immigrant 
progenitor of Judge Simeon Eben Baldwin 
(see forward). Yale University has on its 
alumni rolls over eighty-three Baldwins. 

(I) John Baldwin, of Norwich, Connecticut 
Colony, by a tradition of unusual value, came 
to America with a relative, but not by blood, 
in, the capacity of ward or servant, as was 
at the time so usual. Probably he came with 
Sylvester Baldwin who died on the ship "Mar- 
tin," June 21, 1638, and whose son Richard 
settled in Milford. The widow of Sylvester 
"with five in her family had lands in New 
Haven and John seems to be needed to make 
up the number," as John, son of Sylvester, 
was only three years old when "John Baldwin" 
testified to the nuncupative will of Sylvester. 
John Baldwin, the founder of the Norwich 
family of the name, appears early in Guilford, 
Connecticut, and while there he married Han- 
nah Birchard, April 12, 1653. In 1660 he re- 
moved to Norwich, the year of the settlement 
of that town. In 1659 Uncas, the Indian 
chief, for seventy pounds, gave a deed of a 
large tract of land to an English companv at 
Saybrook, that included the territorv of the 
present town of Norwich, and Major John 
IMason, at the head of the company, which 
included the pastor of the Saybrook church 
and most of its members, in the spring of 
1660, settled at Norwich, founding the town 
and establishing tbe church. Of the thirtv 
original proprietors, John Baldwin was one. 
He brought with his wife at least three chil- 



dren. He was made a constable in 1678, at 
the time an office of trust and honor. We 
have no record of his death, but the record ot 
the birth of his first three children are from 
the Guilford records. Children: i. John, born 
December 5, 1654; removed with his father 
from Guilford to Norwich ; married, in 1680, 
Experience Abell : resided near Lebanon, Con- 
necticut ; was a grantee there 1695, assisted in 
organizing the town government incorporated 
October, 1700 ; was elected one of the first 
selectmen and deacon of the church ; he had 
five children born between August 3, 1684, 
and April 2, 1699. 2. Hannah, October 6, 
1656. 3. Sarah, November 25, 1658. 4. 
Thomas, see forward. 5. Ebenezer, who died 
without issue. 

(II) Thomas, son of John, the immigrant, 
and Hannah (Birchard) Baldwin, of Guil- 
ford. Connecticut colony, was born in Nor- 
wich, Connecticut, in 1662, two years after the 
place was first settled. He was a fanner, 
owning land purchased by his father from 
the Indians, his land being near Lebanon, then 
a name of a settlement, but not a town. It 
was three miles distant from the town flat and 
is now known as Fitchville. in the town of 
Bozrah, Connecticut. He married (first), in 
1685, Sarah, daughter of John and Sarah 
(Royce) Caulkins. and granddaughter of 
Robert Royce, of New London, and of Hugh 
Caulkins. of New London. Sarah (Caulkins) 
Baldwin died in New London in 1685, child- 
less, and Thomas Baldwin married (second) 
Abigail Lay, of Lyme, Connecticut, in 1692. 
When the church at Norwich changed pastors, 
in 1700, she was one of the first women to 
join, under the ministration of Mr. ^^'ood- 
ward. Children of Thomas and Abigail (Lay) 
Baldwin, all born in Norwich, Connecticut: 
I. Abigail, July 5, 1693: married her cousin 
John',\son of John, the immigrant. 2. Marv, 
June 5, 1695 ; married a Mr. Birchard. 3. 
Hannah, January 22, 1699; married a I\Ir. 
Backus. 4. Thomas, June 15, 1701 ; married 
Anna Brigham, May 5, 1730; settled in that 
part of Norwich which became the town of 
Bozrah : had eight children ; his widow mar- 
ried Captain John Hough, of New London, 
5. John, March 8, 1704: married, ]\Iay 30, 
1734, Lucy ]\Ietcalf, of Lebanon. Connecticut: 
lived in Stafford, Connecticut, 1737-39: in 
Mansfield, Connecticut, for seven years after 
1739, and finally settled in Hanover, New 
Hampshire, where he died. They had eight 
children. 6. Phebe, April 10, 1707 : married 
a l\Ir. Post, of Hebron. Connecticut. 7. Eben- 
ezer, see forward. 8. Jabez, November 2, 
1713, died unmarried, December 15, 1737. 
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wlicn lie iliol and liecause he made his mark 
to a Icj-al ducument, instead uf siyiiiiiy his 
name, the date of the document bemi; i"33, 
when he was seventy-" >ne years of aye, a biog- 
rajflier, by rea>on <il tiiis incident, has made 
the l)road statement that he was unable to 
write his name : but a document conveying 
land to his sun Thomas, in 1723, has a well- 
written signature attested to have been his 
own, and tliere is no reason to disa|)|)rove the 
first document and creilit the secoml one, 
probalily made at a period of physical inability 
In holil a pen. 

(Ill) kbenezer, son of Thomas and Abi- 

.iil (Lay) r.aldwin, was born in Norwich, 
I t.nnecticut. April jo, 1710. lie was brought 
up on hi> father's farm near Lebanon, and 
there appears to iiave been but one case of in- 
iliscretiun brought against him in his youth, 
under the "Blue Law" <>f Connecticut: that 

' conveving and meeting company with sev- 
,il others at the house of William Water- 

m, on a Sabbath evening, for which offence 

• w.-i- lined five shillings ami costs. The 
inplaint against him was not on account of 

:\ disturbance or imjiropcr comluct : it was 
ly charged to have been a social meeting 

■ Sunday evening, which was jiresenteil as 
•iitrary to law. He became a leading man 

■ the town of .Norwich, was known as Cap- 
in liaMwin, and held many numerous places 
I trust and was entrusted by the town au- 
thorities to secure a grant of land twenty 
miles s<|uare of the colony (of Connecticut) 
lying west of the Susciuchannah (Wyoming) 
purchase, with leave to buy the "native right 
to said lands." This was a sjieculative under- 
taking by the town, the ]iroht for which was 
to go into the town treasury. Captain Eben- 
ezer I'.aldwin married, October 10. 1738, 
Bethiah I'.arker, who came to Norwich from 
Marshfield. Massachusetts, and the\- settled ti^ 
farming in Norwich, where their eight chil- 
<lrcn were born as follows: 1. Khuda. .\ugust 
3- '739 • tnarried Jacob Witter, of Norwich, 
an<l had no children. 2. I'ethia. December 4, 
1741 or laimary 4. 174J. 3. Bethia. March 20, 
1743. die<l utnnarricil, September 5, 1S30. 4. 
Ebenezer, July 3. 1745: N'ale. 17*13: clergy- 
man, tutor at Vale, chaplain in the revolu- 
tionary army for ten months in I77'i, minister 

i of the Congreijational church. Danbury. Con- 

1 necticut. where he tlied unmarried, October i, 

177*1. 5. Oliver. l>ecemher 2. 1747: married 

Mercy Clapp and had four sons: Ebenezer. 

Oliver. Havid and Erastus. and three daugh- 

1 ters: Sarah. Klioda and Dorothy. He was a 

farmer, the land having been acquired by his 

■Moestors from the Indians. His lameness 

tcvcnted his serving in the .\merican revo- 



lution, but he was enrolled among the minute- 
men, only to be called out in case of invasion. 
6. Elijah, lebruary 9, 1750 or January lO, 
1751. 7. Mary, .\pril 1, 1753: married Jabcz 
Colton, of Long .\ieadow, .Mass.ichusetts, and 
had four children : Kev. Simeon Colton, of 
North Carolina, Elijah Colton, Stejihen Col- 
ton and Mary (Colton) l-'uller. Each married 
and had chililren. S. .^imeon. see forwaril. 

(I\ ) Simeon, son of Ebenezer and Bethiah 
( Barker) Baldwin, was Iwrn in Norwich. Con- 
necticut, Deccmlwr 14, 1761. He was pre- 
pared for college by his brother, the Kev. 
Ebenezer Baldwin, of Danbury, Connecticut, 
anfl was residing with his brother when the 
rumor of the battle of Bunker Hill reached 
Danbury. He was then between thirteen and 
fourteen years of age and was desjiatched on 
horseback to the house of the minister at .New 
Milford, who received the Boston newspaper, 
to obtain, if possible, the copy as a loan, in 
order to give the news to the people of Dan- 
bury. He accomplished his purpose, covering 
the fifteen miles and back in impulsive boy- 
fashion, with but little regard to the comfort 
of his horse, and the imjiortant news was read 
to the assembled multitude awaiting his return. 
On the death of his brother, in Octolxrr. 1776, 
he completed his preparatory studies at Cov- 
entry, under tutorship of Rev. Joseph Hunt- 
ington, and at Lebanon at .Master Tisdale's 
school. He matriculated at Yale College in 
1787. and was a student in New Haven, when 
the British attacked the place, and he joined 
a company of tmdergraduatcs formed to resist 
the advance of the enemy at "Neck Bridge." 
He was graduated at Vale, A.U.. 1781 : .\.M.. 
1784. In 1782 he went to .Albany as senior 
j)receptor in the Albany .\cademy, and served 
as tutor at Yale. 1783-86; taught in New 
Haven and sturlied law with Judge Charles 
Chauncy. In 1786 he was aclmitted to the 
bar and practiced his profession in New 
Haven, and in 1790 was elected clerk of the 
city court of New Haven, serving 1790-1S00. 
He also served as clerk of the district circuit 
court of the L'nited States, and continued an 
extensive practice in the state Courts up to 
1803, when he to<ik his scat in the Unite<1 
States congress as a representative from the 
New Haven district. He served throughout 
the eighth United States congress. 1803-05. 
and declined a rcnomination in 1804. He was 
reappointcil clerk of the Ignited States courts, 
serving up to 1806. The legislature of Con- 
necticut in 1806 made him an associate judge 
of the superior court and supreme court of 
errors of the state, and he continued in that 
high office for eleven years, up to May. 1817, 
by annual reappointment, which was at the 



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time the custom. He was made a member of 
the commission which located the Farmington 
canal, by the general assembly, and in 1822 
was elected president of the board, resigning 
in 1830, after the canal was completed to 
Northampton. He was city councilman of 
New Haven, 1798-99; alderman, 1800-16, and 
1820-25. In 1826 he was elected mayor of 
the city of New Haven, and at the expiration 
of his term of office he declined further pub- 
lic duties and continued in the practice of the 
law to within a short time of his death, which 
occurred at New Haven, Connecticut, May 
26, 1851, in his ninetieth year. 

Judge Simeon Baldwin was the last sur- 
vivor of the class of 1781 of Yale College, 
which class included Chancellor Kent. Judge 
Baldwin published in 1788 "An Oration pro- 
nounced before the Citizens of New Haven, 
July 4, 1788 : in commemoration of the Dec- 
laration of Independence and Establishment 
of the Constitution of the United States of 
America," to be found in the principal large 
libraries of the world. In 1848 he prepared 
an interesting account of the early life of his 
classmate, Chancellor Kent, which was 
published in Kent's "Memoirs,"' pp. 9 18 
(1898). 

He married (first), July 29, 1787, Rebecca, 
eldest daughter of Roger Sherman, the signer 
of the Declaration of Independence, and Re- 
becca (Prescott) Sherman; children, born in 
New Haven: i. Rebecca, May 30, 1788, died 
unmarried in 1861. 2. Ebenezer, 1790, Yale, 
A.B., 1808, died unmarried in New Haven, 
Connecticut, January 26, 1837; was a lawyer' 
in Albany, New York, master in chancery, 
surrogate, recorder and military aide to Gov- 
ernor Clinton, of New York, author of a His- 
tory of Yale College. 3. Roger Sherman, see 
forward. 4. Simeon, 1794-1795. Rebecca 
(Sherman) Baldwin died in New Haven, 
Connecticut, September 4, 1795, in her thirty- 
second year. Simeon Baldwin married (sec- 
ond), April 22, 1800, Elizabeth, next younger 
sister of his deceased wife and widow of 
Sturgis Burr, of New York City, and Fair- 
field, Connecticut, who died in 1796. Chil- 
dren, born in New Haven, Connecticut: 5. 
Simeon, 1801 ; was a shipping merchant in 
NJew York City ; married, October 7, 1830, 
Ann Alehitable, daughter of Lockwood De 
Forest, and had two children : Henry and 
Simeon, born in 1832 and 1836, respectively. 
6. Elizabeth, 1S04-1822, unmarried. 7. Charles, 
1805-07. 8. Martha, 1808-1809. 9. Charles, 
1810. The mother of these children died in 
New Haven, July 16, 1850, aged eighty-five 
years. 

(V) Roger Sherman, son of Simeon and 



Rebecca (Sherman) Baldwin, was born in 
New Haven, Connecticut, January 4, 1793. 
He was prepared for matriculation at "fale 
College in his native city and was graduated 
at Yale, A.B., 181 1, with high honors, receiv- 
ing his master's degree in course. He studied 
law in his father's law office in New Haven 
and at the celebrated law school at Litchfield, 
Connecticut, conducted by Judges Reeve and 
Gould. 

He was admitted to the Connecticut bar in 
1814, and his law practice in New Haven was 
brilliant and eminently successful. His 
knowledge of the law was unusual in one so 
young, and his fame as a lawyer brought 
him a large clientage. In 1837 and 1838 he 
was a member of the Connecticut state sen- 
ate. In 1839 he was associated with John 
Quincy Adams, ex-president of the United 
States, before the United States supreme 
court in the defence of the negroes rescued 
from the slaver "Amistad" by a United States 
vessel, after the slaves had overpowered the 
Spanish crew and were drifting on the high 
seas without a navigator. The claims of the 
government of Spain for a return of the prop- 
erty so rescued was contested by the United 
States government, and Mr. Baldwin con- 
ducted the case at the request of ex-President 
Adams. His skill in handling Cjuestions of 
international law won praise from the bench 
and bar, and called out special praise from 
the learned Chancellor Kent. He represented 
his district in the general assembly of Con- 
necticut, 1840 and 1841 ; served as governor 
of Connecticut, 1844-45 .• was United States 
senator by appointment of the governor to fill 
the vacancy caused by the death of Senator 
J. W. Huntington, November i, 1847, and he 
vv'as retained in the position by the joint legis- 
lature of Connecticut at its next annual con- 
vening to complete the unexpired term of Sen- 
ator Huntington, ending March 4. 185 1. The 
Republican party of Connecticut in i860 
elected him a presidential elector-at-large for 
the state, and when the electoral college con- 
vened in 1861, he cast the vote of the state 
for Abraham Lincoln for president and Henry 
Wilson for vice-president of the LTnited States, 
the successful candidates. Governor Bucking- 
ham made him a delegate to the peace con- 
gress that convened at Philadelphia in 1861. 
He was ex-officio, a fellow of Yale College, 
1844-45, 3nd he received the honorary degree 
of LL.D., from Trinity College in 1844, and 
from Yale in 1845. He married, October, 
1820, Emily, daughter of Enoch Perkins, of 
Hartford, Connecticut : children, born in New 
Haven, Connecticut: i. Edward Law, .\.B. 
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2. Elizabeth W'ooster, 1824; marrieil, August 
28, 185O, I'rofessor William Uwif^lit, son of 
Josiah Dwit,'lit ami Sarah ( Williston ) Whit- 
ney, who tilled the chair of Sanscrit in Vale 
College from 1S54 and was author of "Ori- 
ental and Linguistic Studies" and other 
learned works. They had six children. 3. 
Roger Sherman, 1826, ^'ale. .\.l!. 1847: .\.M. 
1850; lawyer; unmarried; died 185O. 4. Mlien- 
ezer Simeon, i8j8. died .Xjjril j8, 1830. 5. Hen- 
rietta Perkins, .\|)ril 2. 1830; married, .\u- 
gust 20, 1850, Uwight, son of Man. .Alfred 
Uwight l-'oster, of \Vorccster, Massachusetts. 
He was born December 1 ^. 1828, grailuated at 
Yale, A.B. 1848. .\. .M.' 1831, LL.D. 1871: 
was attorney-general of Massachusetts, 1863- 
66, and judge of the supreme court of the 
commonwcahh. They had eight children. 6. 
George William. 1832; Vale, .\. U. 1853; law- 
yer; never marricil. 7. Emily Frances, 1834. 
cMed .\pril 2~. 1836. 8. ICbenezer Charles, 
1837. died December, 1837. 9. Simeon Eben, 
see forward. Hon. Roger Sherman Baldwin 
died in New Haven, Connecticut, I'ebruary 
19, 1863, and his widow, Emily (I'erkins) 
Baldwin, in 1874. 

(\T) SijiiCDU Eben Baldwin, son of Roger 
Sherman and lunily ( I'erkins I Baldwin, was 
horn in New Haven, Connecticut, Eehruarv 5, 
1840. 

He was i)repareil for college in the Hopkins 
Grammar School. New Haven, and was grad- 
uated at Vale. .A.B... 1861: .\. .\1.. 1864, and 
after pursuing a course in law in the law 
schools of \'ale anil Harvard, he was admitted 
to the bar of Connecticut in i8()4. He at once 
began the practice of law in New Haven, and 
was instructor in law at Vale I'niversity, 
l8<'>9-72. and professor of constitutional law, 
of law !.;c)verniug uiercantile transactions, cor- 
porate bodies and wills, and of private inter- 
national law, accepting the chair in 1872 and 
holding it continuously to the present time. 
He was made a member of the connnission to 
revise the general education laws of the state 
in 1872. the revised statutes of the state of 
Connecticut in 1873 and in 1S74, and a mem- 
ber of the commission to consider the subject 
of taxation as existing in tlie state, in 1885 
and 1887. .As chairman i>f that commission 
he drew up the report outlining a more equit- 
able system of taxation, which became opera- 
tive through the passage of an act emi)o. lying 
the report of the committee, and which added 
largely to the revemies of the state. In i8<)3 
he was elected an associate judge of the 
sujirenie court of errors of the state of Con- 
necticut, and he was advanced to the position 
of chief justice of the court in 1907. the high- 
est judicial position in the gift of the state. 



He was the originator of the movement made 
before 1878 to introtluce code pleadings in 
Connecticut, and the legislature apj«>inteil him 
a member of the commission that put the plan 
in shape for legislative action. l4is standing 
as a jurist learne<l in the law was recog- 
nized by the -American Bar .Association, of 
which he was a member, by electing him presi- 
dent of the association in 1890. In the coun- 
cils of the International Law .Association he 
was recognized by being made its presiilent, 
1899-1901. The Association of American 
Law Schools also honorcrl him with the presi- 
dency of the association in 1905. The learned 
societies likewise recognized the value of his 
membership and he was elected president of 
the .American Social Science .Association in 
1897; the New Haven Colony Historical .So- 
ciety,' 1884-96; the .American Historical .As- 
sociation, 1905 ; l.ie Connecticut Society of 
.\rch;eological Institute of .America, 1905: the 
.American Political Science .Assi>ciatiou, 1910; 
director of the Bureau of Comparative Law 
of the American Bar .Association, Kjoj. The 
National Institute of Arts and Letters and 
the International Law Association of Lon- 
don elected him to membership; the Massa- 
chusetts Historical Society made him a cor- 
responding member and the .American .\nti- 
quarian Society a life member. The A'ale Club 
of New Vork and the Vale Graduates Club 
of New Haven elected him to membership, 
and Harvard University conferred on him the 
honorary degree of LL.D. in 1891. He has 
enriched the law libraries of his state and 
nation by authorship as follows : "Baldwin's 
Connecticut Digest"; "Baldwin's Cases of 
Railroad Law" (1896) ; ".Modern Political In- 
stitutions" (1898); "Two Centuries Growth 
of .\merican Law" (1901), of which valued 
work he was co-author ; ".American Railroad 
Law" ( 1904) ; ".American Judiciary." 1905. 
Judge Baldwin ])rcscrves in a remarkable de- 
gree both physical and mental vigor. Having 
been retired from the bench by the age limit 
in 1910. he was made the candidate of the 
Democratic party for the governor of the state 
in that year, was triumphantly elected after a 
hard campaign, and was inaugurated in Jan- 
uary, 191 1. 

Governor I!aldv,in married, October 19. 
1865. !>Jusan, darghter of Ednnmd and Harriet 
(Mears) Winchester, of Boston; chililrcn, 
Ixirn in New Haven, Connecticut: i. Flor- 
ence. January 3, i8r)8. died September 16, 
1872. 2. Roger Sherman. Januarv 17. 1869, 
A.B. Vale, 1891. I.L.B.. 1893. 3. JTelen Har- 
riet, January 27. 1872. wife of U'arren Ran- 
dall Gilman. M.D.. of \\'orcc«ter. Massachu- 
setts. 



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John Baldwin, immigrant an- 
BALDW'IN cestor, was born in England, 
and came early to New 
Haven, Connecticut. He was among the first 
settlers of Milford, Connecticut, though not a 
"free planter." He joined the church March 
19, 1648, and was buried at Milford, June 21, 
1681. Among his descendants are many of 
the most prominent men of Connecticut. He 

married (first) Maiy . He married 

(second) Mary Bruen, of Pequot, daughter 
of John Bruen, who came from Stapleton, 
Cheshire, England. She died September 2, 
1670. Children of first wife: John, born 
1640, baptized March 26, 1648; Josiah, 1642; 
Samuel, 1645 : Nathaniel, mentioned below ; 
Elizabeth, baptized July 19. 1649; Joseph, 
baptizefl November 9, 165 1. Children of sec- 
ond wife: Mary, baptized September 17, 
1654; Sarah, December 25, 1655; xAbigail, No- 
vember 15, 1658; Obadiah, October, 1660; 
George, 1662; Hannah, November 20, 1663; 
Richard, first week of June, 1665. 

(H) Nathaniel, son of John Baldwin, was 
baptized at Milford, March 22, 1648. He re- 
moved from Milford to Cohansee in 1702, but 
soon returned. He and his brother Obadiah 
were at one time appointed grave diggers for 
the town, and his brother Richard was sexton 
of the meeting house. In 1676 he drew a lot 
on the west side of the ]\Iilford run. He mar- 
ried Sarah Phippen, born in Boston, daughter 
of Benjamin and \\'ilmot Phippen, grand- 
daughter of David Phippen. She joined the 
church at Milford, October, 1681, and he 
joined July 16, 1682. Children, born at Mil- 
ford: Nathaniel, September 6, 1676; Benja- 
min, January 26, 1681,; John, baptized Novem- 
ber 5, 1682; Samuel, baptized November 29, 
1685, died young; Joseph, baptized May 15, 
1687: Samuel, born January 14, 1689, men- 
tioned below : Elizabeth, baptized November 
5, 1693, married Caleb Galpin. 

(HI) Samuel, son of Nathaniel Baldwin, 
was born at Milford, January 14, 1689. He 
was one of the original members of the So- 
ciety of Amity, November 2, 1742, and died 
there January 21, 1764, aged seventy-five 
years. His grave is at Woodbridge. His will 
is dated March 28, 1763. He bequeathed to 
his younger children, Jabez, Levi, Rebecca, 
Eli and Joseph, stating that he had already 
provided for the elder children, and neglecting 
to give their names. He married Rebecca 

. Children : Anne, born November 29, 

1736; Abigail, April 6, 1738: Matthew, men- 
tioned below : Jabez ; Levi ; Rebecca ; Joseph, 
baptized in Amity, January 8, 1744, died 
young; Anne, baptized June 23, 1745, died 
young; Eli, baptized February 14, 1747, died 



young; Eli, baptized January 17, 1748; Israel, 
baptized January 4, 1750, died young; Joseph, 
baptized March 8, 1752. 

(IV) Matthew, son of Samuel Baldwin, 
lived at Woodbridge, Milford and 2\liddle- 
bury. He was originally of Milford. In 1768 
Samuel Sanford deeded to Matthew Baldwin, 
then of New Haven ; in 1774 Matthew was of 
j\Iilford, according to a deed to Joseph Smith, 
who deeded land to Matthew the following 
year, when Matthew was of New Haven. In 
June, 1766, deeds made by him state both 
places as his residence. He married, in Wood- 
bridge, Abigail Thomas, daughter of a sea 
captain of New Haven; she died July 11, 
1812, aged eighty years. Children: Abigail, 

born 1753 ; Anna, 1756; Amy, married 

Humphrey; Sally, 1763; Patience; Matthew, 
June 15, 1767, mentioned below; Abel; 
Daughter, married Milo Lewis ; Isaac, \\ent 
to Pittsburg, it is said ; Truman, October 22,. 
1772. 

(V) Matthew (2), son of Matthew (i) 
Baldwin, was born at Woodbridge, June 15. 
1767, died in 1817. He settled in Wood- 
bridge, now Naugatuck. He married, June 3, 
1789, Mary Newton, of Milford, born June 
22, 1769, died Mafch 14, 1857. David Lom- 
bard deeded to him a "one-bit purchase" (a 
town right in one of the divisions), the right 
of his father. His will was dated June 24, 
1817, but much of his land had already been 
disposed by deed. Children, born at \\'oo(l- 
bridge: Alanson, born 1790, farmer: Mar- 
shall, 1792, a farmer; Lockey, 1794, married 
Sheldon Wooster ; a farmer: Harriet, 1796, 
married Silas Thomas, and resided in German, 
New York ; Lucian, mentioned below ; Eme- 
line, 1803; married Beri Driver; .Anna, 1805; 
Miles, 1808, died 1810. 

(\T) Lucian, son of Matthew Baldwin, was 
born February 6, 1800, at Woodbridge. Con- 
necticut, now Naugatuck, died September 20, 
1855. He was a farmer and school teacher, 
a prominent citizen and a man of exemplary 
character. In politics he was a Whig. He 
married (first), in 1824, Laura Johnson, who 
died soon afterward. He married (second), 
at Oxford, May 20, 1830, Aurelia Tolles, of 
\^'oodbridge, born August 12. 1803, died Sep- 
tember 21, 1889, daughter of Daniel Tolles, a 
farmer of Bethany. Child of first wife: 

Laura J., married Brooks. Children 

of second wife: Mary T., born July 8. 1833, 
died January i, 1837: Ellen A., December 5, 
1834, died April 5, 1836; Milo L., March 12, 
183(3, died May 23, 1864; Henry Dwight, Au- 
gust 15, 1837, served in Twentieth Connecti- 
cut Regiment in civil war ; was a stone mason 
bv trade; died November 15, 1882; Herbert 



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999 



Clark, mentioneil below ; Edward Wadsworth, 
May 2y, if<43; a liotel keeper in Huston; 
served in Twentietli Connecticut Regiment in 
civil war; Kllen Auyusta, March 20. 1846; 
married \\ illiam U. Gilbert, a carpenter, of 
Derby. 

(\ 11 I Herbert Clark, son of Liician Bald- 
win, was born at O.vford, September 3, 1840. 
During his boyhootl and youth he attended 
the public schools and assisted in the work of 
the farm. lie was fifteen years old when his 
father died, and he continued to work and 
share the nianai;iinent of tiie homestead, also 
working out on farms in the vincinity. He 
enlisted November 7, 1861, in Company K, 
Thirteenth Connecticut Regiment of \'olun- 
teers, and served in the iJeijartnient of tile 
Gulf, lie took part in the engagements at 
Georgia Landing, lri>h I'.end, Lane River, 
Mansuary Plain and the Siege of I'urt lluil- 
st>n, and was in tiie Red River campaign. In 
|S<)4 his reginient was transferred to X'irginia, 
after he had re-enlisteil for three years, and 
he was under Sheridan, taking jiart in the 
battles of I'.erryvillu, Winchester. I'isher llill 
and Cedar Creek, where he was wounded. 
He was made corporal December 12, 1862, 
sergeant August 27, 1863, first sergeant No- 
vember I, 1864. second lieutenant January i, 
1865, and breveted first lieutenant from March 
'3' '''^'^5. f'T gallant anil meritorious service 
at Tort Hu<Uon. He was nuistered out .\pril 
25, 1865, and returned to O.xiord. In the fall 
of that year he bought a farin of eighty-eight 
acres in Oxford, now in the town of ISeacon 
Falls (incorporated 1871). He has followed 
farming with mucli success since that lime. 
He is a mciniier of Uii-"^"" I'ost, Grand .\rmy 
of the Repulilic; of Seymour, and of the 
Grange, I'atrons of llusliandry. He is a Re- 
publican and" has helil various town offices. 
He was assessor, member of the Iward of 
relief, justice of the peace, first selectman for 
many years, selectman from 1873 to iS<>o in- 
clusive, and chairman of the board during 
that time, with the exception of two years; 
member of the Connecticut general assembly 
in i87f>-8o-83-84-0i-99-i9oi. He has been aii 
active ami useful citizen, faithful to every 
trust and etVicient in the discharge of every 
duty. In religion he is ;in Kpiscopalian. 

He married. December 2-,. iSryi, Josephine 
Helen Jones, of Pompey. ( )nondaga county, 
.New York, a native of Scott. Cortland county, 
New York, liorn December 17, 1844, daugh- 
ter of \an Rensselaer and Helen ( Clute » 
Jones. Her father was born in Onondaga 
county, her niother in Saratoga county. New 
York. Her lather, who died in 1S88! was a 
prosperous merchant and farmer, a Democrat 



in politics, a Baptist in religion; children: 
Elizabeth. Harriet. Mary, Josephine H.. 
George and William Jones, besides two who 
dietl in infancy. Children of Mr. and Mrs. 
Daldwin: Edward Dwight, born June 11. 
|8<>S, died I'ebruary 18, iHi*j; l.ucian Earl. 
Jamiary 20. 1870; living at .Middletown. Con- 
necticut; married Sailie T>ler, of Rye, New 
York; chiMren: Raymoml Earl, Helen May. 
.Mildred, died January 3, Hjocj, .Arabel; Al- 
fred Carleton. mentioned liclow ; Harriet May. 
May 2, 1874; marri. ' ' ' •■ • ',,- 

Naugatuck ; child. I: 

gust 8. 187O; marricil ; . . ,! 

rington, Connecticut; \\ illiam A., Januarv 21. 
1884. died Julv 7, i88s; HaniM T,, December 
24. J887. 

(\1II) Alfred Carletoi, Herbert 

Clark Ilalilwin. was born m i.c.umii Falls, 
Connecticut, Deceniber 5, 1872. He altemled 
the common schools of his native town and 
the high school at Sc\mour, Connecticut. He 
studied liis profession in the Yale Law ScIkxiI. 
graduating with the degree of LL.M., in the 
class of 1894. He was admitted to the bar in 
June of the same year and began to practice 
law in the office of Woosttr. Williams & 
Gager. of Derby, Connecticut. He was ap- 
pointed assistant clerk of the Connecticut 
house of representatives in 1901. and clerk in 
1903. In 1905-07 he was clerk of the Con- 
necticut senate and was clerk of bills in igo). 
He was city attorney of Derby for two years, 
and has been prosecuting attorney of the town 
of Huntington, Connecticut, since 1903. He is 
well and favorably known throui;hout the 
state. He is a director of the Shelton Sav- 
ings Hank ; member of the Derby and Shelton 
Board of Trade : member of the Shelton I'.usi- 
ness Men's Association; the L'nion League 
Club of New Haven ; the Connecticut Bar 
.Association; of King Hiram Lodge. .\o. 14. 
Free and .Accepted Masons, of Derby, of 
which he has been junior deacon and senior 
warden ; member of Solomon Chapter. Royal 
.Arch .Masons, of Derby; of l'nion Council, 
Royal and Select Masters, of Derby: of Ham- 
ilton Commandery. No. 5, Knights Temjilar. 
of .Ansonia, Connecticut : of Pyramid Temple, 
Mystic Shrine, of Bridgeixirt; of Charles L. 
Russell Camp, sons of Veterans, of which he 
is past commander. He is aUo past com- 
mander of the Connecticut Division. Sons of 
X'eterans. and National Counsclhir of the 
same. In religion he is a Unitarian and chair- 
man of the standing conuuittee of the L^nitar- 
ian church of Dcrb\ . He marrie<l. December 
ID. i89<>. at College Point. New York. Emma 
Ritta Gillette, born .September 14. 1871. at 
College Point, daughter of George L. and 



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Rhoda (Terrill) Gillette. Children: Harri- 
ette Gillette, born March 25, 1898; Alfred 
Carleton, July 4, 1900; Ralph Vaughn, April 
7, 1905 ; Herbert Edward, June 20, 1908. 



The immigrant ancestor of 
THOMPSON the subject of this sketch 

was Anthony Thompson, 
who came from England, and settled in New 
Haven in 1639. The same year he signed the 
constitution of the colony, and in 1644 he took 
the oath of allegiance. He is mentioned in 
the first and second divisions of land, also as 
having an estate worth one hundred and fifty 
pounds. He married twice ; nothing is known 
of his first wife ; his second was named Kath- 
erine. She survived him, and after his death 
married Nicholas Camp, of Milford, Connec- 
ticut. He died the latter part of March, 1648. 
In his will he mentions children of the first 
wife as follows (order of birth not known) : 
John; Anthony; Bridget; children of second 
wife : Daughter ; Daughter ; Ebenezer. 

(II) John Thompson, "the mariner," son of 
Anthony Thompson, was born aboiit 1632, in 
England. He married Ellen V " ' '' " '. Chil- 
dren : John ; Joseph, born April 8, 1664, men- 
tioned below ; Mary ; Samuel : Sarah L. 

(III) Joseph, son of John Thompson, was 
born April 8, 1664, died December 14, 171 1. 
He married Elizabeth Smith. Children : 
Anna ; Joseph, mentioned below ; Stephen ; 
Jonathan ; Ebenezer. 

(I\") Ensign Joseph (2) Thompson, son of 
Joseph f I ) Thompson, was born March 5, 
1703, died July 5, 1745. He married Hannah 
Smith. Children : RIabel ; Esther ; Jeduthan, 
mentioned below ; Mary. 

(V) Jeduthan, son of Joseph (2) Thomp- 
son, was a private in the revolution, in Brad- 
ley's Connecticut Matrosses, and was killed 
by the British in New Haven, where the 
Webster school now stands. He married 
Thankful Beardsley. Children : Thankful ; 
Eunice ; Hannah ; Joseph, mentioned below. 

(VI) Joseph (3), son of Jeduthan Thomp- 
son, died July 23, 1856. He married IMary 
Ann Sharp. Children: Fanny; Cynthia; 
Louisa ; Jeduthan, mentioned below ; Charles ; 
George ; Lucinda ; Joseph ; Jane. 

(VII) Jeduthan (2), son of Joseph (3) 
and Mary Ann (Sharp) Thompson, was born 
Feljruary 8, 1809. He married Amanda C. 
Hockin, who was born in New Haven, 1814, 
died January 24, 1889, daughter of Elias and 
Clarinda Hockin. Children : Elias ; Horace ; 
Susie ; Sherwood Stratton, mentioned below. 

(VIII) Sherwood Stratton, son of Jeduthan 
(2) Thompson, was born in New Haven, No- 
vember 14, 1844. He. attended the Webster 



school until the age of fifteen, when he was 
obliged to go to work. He entered the dry 
goods store of S. L. Smith, as a clerk, and 
slept on the counter nights. He remained 
with them about two years, when the civil 
war broke out, and in 1862 he enlisted, at 
the age of seventeen, in Company A, Twenty- 
seventh Connecticut Volunteers. During his 
service he was promoted to corporal. When 
his enlistment expired, at the end of nine 
months, he returned to New Haven and went 
into the baking business with S. S. Twitchell 
under the firm name of Twitchell & Thomp- 
son. After the death of ]\lr. Twitchell, in 
1874, Mr. Thompson assumed entire control, 
and the name was changed to S. S. Thomp- 
son & Company, and became a wholesale busi- 
ness exclusively. In politics Mr. Thompson is 
a Republican. He has served as councilman 
for two years ; alderman and acting mayor 
two years ; park commissioner two years ; 
member of the board of education one year; 
and police commissioner. He is a member of 
Admiral Foote Post, G. A. R. ; The Army and 
Navy Club ; New Haven Colony Historical 
Society ; Union League ; Young Men's Repub- 
lican Club ; Sons of the American Revolution ; 
Waltonian Club : Chamber of Commerce, and 
Founders and Patriots' Association. He has 
been identified with Harmony Lodge, I. O. 
O. P'., since January 2, 1867 ; Hiram Lodge, 
No. I, A. F. and A. M., since November 22, 
1866; Franklin Chapter, R. A. M., since No- 
vember 7, 1871 : Harmony Council, R. and S. 
M. ; New Haven Commandery, Knights Tem- 
plar, since December 15, 1871 ; the Mystic 
Shrine since December, 1899; 'I'lcl Israel Put- 
nam Lodge, A. O. U. W., since March 8, 
1888. 

In religion he is an Episcopalian, and a ves- 
tryman of Trinity Church. 

He married (first) Marv J., daughter of 
Robert and Mary E. (Burwell) Blair. He 
married (second), December 24, 1878, Ellen 
Louise, born in Newtown, Connecticut, Jan- 
uary 22. 1850, daughter of Captain Julius and 
Mary Elizabeth (Parsons) Sanford (see San- 
ford VII and Parsons II). Child of first 
wife : Nellie B., married Henry L. Pardee, of 
New Haven, May 4, 1889; children: Sher- 
wood Wallace Pardee, born December 28, 
1892 ; William H. Pardee, July 8, 1895. Child 
of second wife : Paul Sanford, born Septem- 
ber 10, 1882, attended the public schools and 
the \\^ebster school, and is now president and 
manager of the S. S. Thompson Company. 
Mr. Thompson attends Trinity Church. He 
is a director of the Business Men's Associa- 
tion and a member of the Chamber of Com- 
merce ; an honorary member of Company A, 




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CONXECTICLT 



Twenty-sevcntli Connecticut \ oluntcers ; a 
nicnil)cr of Sons of the Revolution ; Foumlcrs 
an<l I'alriots Club; New Haven County Ilis- 
toriiai Society; New Haven Coniniamlery, No. 
2. Knijjiits Templar: New Haven Autoniohile 
Ciul) anil the Ouinnipiack Cliilt. He married, 
Jaiuiary j^i. n/y>, Marj^arite. ilauijiiter of 
\\ illiam J. and Anna E. (Johnson) R<x>t. 
Child, lUoise Sanford, horn June 19. I^JO?. 

Ihe lollowinn ajipeared in the Xcw Haven 
! -adir of Aj)ril 2(j, 1893. under the caption 

\ (jifted Soprano." 

■Mr~ ■■ ' ■ ' - ■ ' •- •■1 

Evtn ti 

linilr\ii. in-'i Mur 1 ■ V . • 1 ' i 1 ; u mi 

till ^iHKitiK "' Mr- I li'inii-.n 

.T 1 ■•, rile wi'li ll'r \'« I ' 



New Hnvrn Orntrria Soririv 'Thr PrnHiRnl ?nn,' 
■Til. ■■ 



liccn 
and 

.11 ,' . ' ''rnisc 

I1 i«h- 

ti Con- 

II. Mil. Mil' began 

<i" i.-|lk. and nt the 

a^: -in the historical 

■| ■ . I ■ iiliiniing to ileliKht 

;i which time her niotlior 

|ii 1 W'ti'ii M's rhonipsnn 

».Ts -!\ii.M ',. '.: :;. ? ■ ■ .1 irom the 

war. 11. i."uii.i In- lu ,1> n.l he dc- 

Icrniiniij i.. -.11 In- liil. .vl.iwn and 

m.>M.I !• .\. v li . 11; liiiici- Mr- ili..iupson, then 
Mi-- .•-■ iM' ; ■ !iu- a resident of the city. She 

h;i.l I. -I'l. 1 ■! ■ !■. hut .T Vt;!. s\liile when her 

rriiurk I.;.- .1! inicled the 

atliiiiii.il "1 • In July, 

l8(i;. at llu- ai.' a menitier 

of the (."enter 1 i-n th.iURht 

th.it her v.ioe 1 work and 

only Ko<id i. T '1- .1 sub- 

stitute |.. llle MIC- 

ce**fiil lliat -!i 

"In .April. i>' ■ ■ r in 

Ihe quartette rh \: \\\ 1 riiiil\ Chnrcli .11 UridRC- 
port. She rtni iim .1 there two years, and then rc- 
liinied I., llle I'luur Church as soloist. receiviiiK a 
very iniuli I ir>;tr - ilary than had ever been paid her 
at BridKe)."ri. Ilir v.iice had Rrown much stronger, 
and she was ciiMilercd hy far the best soprano 
siniier in tl'.e stale. She made her debut in concert 
mu-ic in ild Music Hall, .\pril .S. i,S/«). She re- 
ceived most extravagant applause and merited it. 
It «.i. .1 TPi; Ir. , ..f iWx) that the Peace Jubilee" 
w.T- KMcii ;ii 1;. -! .11 There was a chorus of one 
hundri.t .11!. I -i\;\ v.iiees from New Haven, and 
the nioriiiiiK the Niiigers departed a concert was 
given at wliieh Mrs. Thompson sing the 'Inflam- 
malus.' which was thought to he one of the most 
remarkable performances of the jieriod. for her sne- 
ers, was complete, and she was then only nineteen 
ve.irv ..I age. She sang in Ihe sccmd "Peace Ju- 
bilee' in i8t.', in Hoslon, being a member of the 
■Boui|uel of .Artists.' Muring several of the M- 
loHjii; V. ir- -111- sang fr(c|ucntly !"■ r .l.r. , n-ucs 
a rts in different c • ich- 

'■ - -s of pupils. .\s \v.is 

a:.- : sh,. r,,„,,n,,' irch 

unn; iS,-., - Col- 

lege Str.,t , ,,^ 

retnrinnii I ■ ' ' ■ 

time, at a >iMt 
solo part> 111 • 



Since titat time Mrs. I iioinp>«)n I 
ten years at the Church . f \h<- ]<■ 
I'iKjn her resi>jnation the 
of that church presentc! 
heauriful Ixiok of resoluti'.n^ .m.i iii.iin-.^. 

(The Sanford Line). 

The Sanford family of I ■ r- 

ica is desccndetl from 'Ih' a 

Norman follower of Willi. im i r. 

His name ai)|>ears in the I'latt . 11, 

indicating that he fought in the t lu- 

tings in io<yj. He held the manors oi .Sand- 
ford and Rothal and the former is still in the 
possession of his descendants. The coat-of- 
arnis: Quarterly first and fourth jier chevron 
sable and ermine in chief two iKiars' heads 
coujHjd close or, second and third (juarterly 
per fesse intlented azure and ermine. Crest: 
A falcon with wings endorsed preying on a 
partrirlge projier. Motto: Ncc temerc nee 
tiniii!e. 

(I) Thomas Sanford, .\mcrican immigrant, 
was probably the son of .Anthony and Joan 
Sanford, of Stratford, England, grandson of 
Raiif Sanford, of Stow, Gloucestershire. He 
came to Hoston in i^i^i ; was in Dorchester in 
1634, and in Milfonl, Connecticut, in i'>39. 
He married (first) Dorothy, daughter of 
Henry Meadows, of Stow, luiglaiul. lie mar- 
ried (second) Sarah , who died in \(^\. 

He left an estate of four hundred and fifty 
pounds. He died in October. \<A\. ageil 
al)out seventy-one years. Children : Ezekiel, 
lx)rn 1635; Sarah, 1637: Mary, January 16, 
t64i ; Samuel, .\pril 30, i'i43. mentioned be- 
low : Thomas. December. i'>44; I-'phraim, 
Nfay 17, \(\\f^: Elizabeth, .Xueust 2~. 1648. 

(H) Samuel, son of Thomas Sanford, was 
born in Milford, Connecticut, .\pril 30. 1643, 
dicfl there in \f*}\. He married there, .\pn1 
tf). I'Vl. Hann.di I'.r. ns.m. Children, Iwirn at 
Milford: Hannaii. I'cbriiary 2. )'^>75 ; I'lionias, 
Scptcml>cr 29, 1678: Samuel. March 12. 1680. 
mcntionrd below: Sarah, lulv 10, 16R2; Marv, 
>A^ : Thomas. May 4. 1687. 
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Hannah (Bronson) Sanford, was born at ]Mil- 
ford, March 12, 1680. He married Esther 
Baldwin, born 1683. They removed to New- 
town, Connecticut, in 171 1. Children, born at 
Newtown: Nathaniel, December 3, 1702; 
Samuel, April i, 1704, mentioned below; 
Ebonorer, February 22, 1705 ; Esther, Febru- 
ary 10, 1707; John, October 17, 1709; Daniel, 
November i, 171 1 ; Stephen and ]\Ioses, twins, 
1713 ; Job, January 10, 1715 ; Hannah, January 
16, 1717; Rachel, June 13, 1720. 

(IV) Samuel (3), son of Samuel (2) San- 
ford, was born in Milford, April i, 1704, died 
in Newtown, Connecticut, March 7, 1758. He 
married, June 16, 1730-31, Hannah Gillet. 
Children, born at Milford : Samuel, March 23, 
1731-32; Thomas, March 3, 1732-33; Amos, 
October 18, 1733-34; ]\Iary, 1735; James, 
1736; Sarah, 1738; Hannah, 1740; Lois, 1750. 

(V) Captain Samuel (4) Sanford, son of 
Samuel (3) and Hannah (Gillet) Sanford, 
was born March 23, 1731-32, died July 12, 
1817. 

Fie settled in Newtown, Connecticut, 
and was a maker of spinning wheels, looms 
for spinning thread, weaving cloth and car- 
pets, etc. His homestead was lately occupied 
by Frederick Sanford. He married (first) 
August 19, 1765, Abiah Dunning; (second) 
Charity (Foot) Bristol. Children of first 
wife, born at Newtown: Annette, March 12, 
1767; Isaac, February 2, 1768; Josiah, Sep- 
tember 6, 1769 ; Betsey, September 26, 1771 ; 
Sarah, July 28, 1773; Joel, March 23, 1775; 
Ruth, 1777; Ruth, December i, 1779; Azubah, 
June 3, 1781 ; Artemisia, 1783; Abigail, 1785. 
Children of second wife ; Abiah Ann, Febru- 
ary 10. 1790; Josiah, June 9, 1793, mentioned 
below; Philo, July 11, 1796. 

(\T) Josiah, son of Samuel (4) Sanford, 
was born in Newtown, June 9, 1793. He suc- 
ceeded his father in the cabinet-making busi- 
ness in 1830, and began the manufacture of 
broadcloth, cassimere and satinets with hand 
looms at Sandv Hook, in the town of New- 
town. From 1830 to 1842 he carried on a 
large and profitable business and built a large 
part of the village. Besides his mill, he con- 
ducted a general store, owned large tracts of 
land and had an excellent farm. He was a 
capable and upright business man, of great 
force of character. He was one of the found- 
ers of the Newtown Academy. He taught 
his sons the value of industry, self-reliance 
and integrity and their careers gave evidence 
of an unusual early training. Fle died July 
26, 1851. Children: Edwin; Julius, men- 
tioned below; Henry: Frederick: Charlotte, 
married George B. Wheeler ; Margaret, mar- 
ried Albert Northup ; Josiah ; Augusta. 



(^''II) Captain Julius Sanford, son of Jo- 
siah Sanford, was born at Newtown, August 
27, 1819. He was educated in the public 
schools. He was fonder of machinery than 
his brothers, and early in life became familiar 
with his father's business. At the age of 
eighteen he began an apprenticeship to learn 
the trade of machinist in the shops of War- 
ner & Isbell, at Naugatuck. After he served 
his time he returned to Sandy Hook and 
learned the hatters' trade under Moses Par- 
sons. He worked for i\Ir. Parsons a number 
of years and married his daughter. He began 
manufacturing hats on his own account — nap, 
fur and silk hats then in fashion, but eventu- 
ally made a specialty of wool felt for men's 
soft hats and enjoyed a large and flourishing 
business. 

At the beginning of the civil war he helped 
raise a company and was elected captain. 
There was no braver nor more respected a 
captain in the Twenty-third Connecticut Regi- 
ment than Captain Sanford of Company C. 
He had a sword presented by many citizens of 
Newtown, Connecticut. This sword was 
seized when Captain Sanford was taken pris- 
oner and held until June, 1910, when it was 
returned to his daughter, Mrs. Sherwood 
Stratton Thompson. Mrs. Thompson will pre- 
sent it to the ^Memorial Library of 
Newtown, \\niile on guard duty at Bra- 
zier City, Louisiana, he and his com- 
mand were taken prisoners, but not before 
they had destroyed the stores in their custody. 
He was confined in the military prison at 
Camp Ford near Tyler, Texas, and suffered 
the rigors and hardships of prison life, miti- 
gated to some extent by the kindness of Ma- 
sonic brethren and some of his fellow pris- 
oners. 

\Mien he came home he became a char- 
ter member and first IMaster of Hiram Lodge 
of Free Masons, of Newtown. He took 
charge of a music store in New Haven 
after the war, but never recovered his health. 
He died November i, 1879, of disease con- 
tracted in prison. Fle was a kindly and char- 
itable man, intensely fond of his home and 
family, and beloved by all who knew him. He 
was a Republican in politics and an Episcopa- 
lian in religion. 

He married Mary Elizabeth, daughter of 
Moses and Huldah (Adams) Parsons (see 
Parsons IV). Children: i. Ellen Louise, 
born January 22, 1850; married, December 
24, 1878, Sherwood Stratton Thompson (see 
Thompson VIII). 2. Kate, died young. 3. 
Gertrude, born July 28, 1866; married, Octo- 
ber 5, 1897, Clarence Buckmaster Bolmer, of 
Yonkers, New York; now of New Haven. 



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ICX)3 



( I'lic Parsons Line). 
I ) riiilip Parsons, immi);;raiu ancestor. 
- horn in luij^land an<l was one of the first 

Mlers of luifielil. Connecticut. In 1697 he 
wa.-. liviii}^ in the tireat South F'ield in tliat 
town. He \va> a tanner and cordwainer as 
well as a farmer. He died after 1747. He 
boupht land of Zacliariah I'.ooth, June 19, 
171,^ i'l ''"-' South l-'icid, and a house and 
thirty acres there I'ehruary 20. 172^1. of Ca- 
lcl> lirooks. r-'rom time to time he made other 
purchases of real e>tate and was cviflently a 

man of suhstance. He married .\nna . 

Children, horn at Ivnfield : I'hilip, .\uf;ust 2, 
lynH; .Nathaniel, .March 11, I70<>10, men- 
tioned lielow : Sluihael, June II, 1715, <lied 
without issue: Thomas. .Vovemher 29, 171.S; 
Sarah, .May 5, 1/22; I^henczer, December 14. 
1724, died youni,'. 

(11) Nathaniel, son of I'hiliji and .\nna 
Parsons, was horn at iuitielil, March 11. 1709- 
10. He or his son of the same name was a 
soldier in the French and Indian war in 1758 
in Lieutenant David Par>on"s company, under 
Major (ieneral rhineha.s Lyman. Third Com- 
pany. l'"irst Keiiiment. He houLjht land on 
the Scantic river. l'"ehruary 26, 1728-29, and 
v.iriiius otlur property at Lntiehl. .Another 
■Iianiel I'arsons apjicars to have been livinjj 
I he >ame time in luilield. He moved to 
ers. Connecticut, where his wife Mary 
July 31, 1786. in her eif^^hty-second year: 
iin\ had a son .Stephen, lx)rn February 20. 
17.^0-3 1. Nath.inicl. son of I'liilii). married 
January 29. 1 735-3' >, -Mice Collins. 

.Alice (Collins) Parsons was horn ^L^rch 
14. 1716, daughter of Rev. Nathaniel Collins, 
minister of the Fnfield church, graduated at 
Harvard College in i'>97. married, in 1701. 
Alice .\dams. who died l-'ehruary 19, 1735, 
daughter of Rev. William .\dani^, of Dedham. 
Ma-sacbtisetts. Rev. .Nathaniel Collins was 
born June 13. i(>8i. died February O. 1758. 
son of Rev. Xatluniel Collins, who was born 
at Cambridge. .Massachusetts. March 7. 1642, 
died at Middletown. Connecticut. December 
28, i(k*<4; graduated at Harvard in Krfo and 
was ordaiiud minister at .Middletown. .Novem- 
ber 4. i()<)<i; married, .\ugust 3. I<)(i4, .Mary, 
daughter of William Whiting. Deacon Fd- 
ward Collins, father of Rev. Nathaniel Col- 
lins, Sr.. appeared in C.imbridge as early as 
i''>38 and was deacon of tin- I'lr^t church there: 
was admitte<l freeman. May 13, 1(140 ; lived 
many years on Governor Cradocks planta- 
tion and finally purchased it: dejiuty to the 
general court many years : died in Charles- 
town, .\pril (). 1(189. aged eighty-six. .Mice 
(.Adams) Collins was a descendant of Henry 
Adams, the immi-rant. of P>raintree, .Massa- 



chusetts, from whom the two presidents were 
descended. .Alice Bradford, wife of Rev \v ■' 
liam .Adams, was the daughter of Mai 
liam Uradford ami his wife .Alice ( Ki> 
liradford, granddaughter of Governor \\A- 
liam Bradford and wife Alice (Carpenter) 
Mrailford. Governor '' ' ' ' t 

distinguished of the 
son of William of \ 

Children of .Nathaniel and .Ali < 

Parsons, bt>rn in luifield : .Naii. 
live<l in luifield : .\sa. I'ehruary 4. 1742. l.il- 
ward. 1745, died in .Springfield: Fl)cnezer, 
1748: William, 1750, mentioned below; Shu- 
bael, 1752, died at Ilnlield: .Alice. 

(HI) William, son of .Nathaniel and .Alice 
(Collins) Parsons, was Iwrn at Enfield, March 
24, 1750. died at Windsor Point, May 20, 
1819. He marrieil. .August 24, 1775, \biL;ail 
Wright, v\lio died in January. 1837. CbiMn-n. 
born at Windsor: .Abigail, .April 17, 1777; 
Ro-xanna, .March 3, 1779: Rlioda, October 25, 
1782: William, December 30, 1785: David, 
^rarch 18, 1787: Phineas, July 24. 1789: .Abi- 
gail, November 22. 1791 : Moses, .May 9. 1794, 
mentioned below; Laura, January 30. i-'iO. 

(lY) Moses, son of William and .Abigail 
(Wright) Parsons, was born at Windsor, 
May 9, 1794. He removed to Newtown. Con- 
necticut. He married (second) Huldah 
.Adams. Their daughter. .XLiry Elizabeth Par- 
sons, married October 4. 1848, Captain Julius 
Sanford (see .Sanford \II ). 



John Duer. the first of the name 
Dl'I-'R of whom there is a recortl. was a 
wealthy planter of .Antigua. His 
wife was IVances. daughter of General Fred- 
erick I'rye. of the British West India serv- 
ice. They had a son. William, mentioned be- 
low. 

(H) Colonel William Duer. son of John 
Duer. was born in 1747. in Devonshire. Eng- 
land. He was educated at Eton, and in 1762 
went to India as an aide-de-camp to Lord 
Clive. He came to New \'ork in I7()S. Here 
he was colonel of the New York provincial 
congress, delegate to the continental congress 
in 1777, delegate to first constitutional con- 
vention of New York and assistant secretary 
of the treasury. He married Lady Catherine 
.Alexander, daughter of the famous William 
.Alexander. L<ird ."Sterling, anti ."^arali Living- 
ston, daughter of Philip IJvingston. the second 
Lord of Livingston Manor. William .Alex- 
ander, Lord Sterling, was a major-general in 
the revolution and <licd in 1783. He was an 
only son of James .Alexander, who established 
the family in .\nierica in 171(1. and married a 
graiuldaughter of Johannes de Peyster. His 



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family was of ancient descent in Scotland, its 
lineage going back to King Robert II. The 
eldest son of Colonel William Duer was Wil- 
liam Alexander, mentioned below. 

(Ill) William Alexander, son of Colonel 
\Mlliam Duer, was born in 1780, died in 1858. 
From 1829 to 1842 he was president of Co- 
lumbia College. He had a son, William Den- 
ning, mentioned below. 

(I\') \Mlliam Denning, son of William Al- 
exander Duer, was born in December, 1812, 
in Albany, New York, or in Rhinebeck, New 
York, died in 189 1. He married Caroline, 
daughter of James Gore King, who was the 
son of Rufus King, the statesman. The lat- 
ter was born in Maine, and was the first 
United States senator elected from New York 
state ("see King VI). Children: i. Ed- 
ward Alexander, born 1840; married Anna 
Vanderpool, daughter of John Van Buren 
Vanderpool, and granddaughter of President 
Martin \'an Buren. 2. James Gore King, 
born in 1841 : married, 1864, Elizabeth Wilson, 
daughter of Orlando Meads, of Albany ; chil- 
dren : Caroline King; Eleanor Theodora, mar- 
ried Joseph Larocque Jr. ; Alice. 3. Rufus 
King. 4. William Alexander, born 1848 : mar- 
ried Ellen, daughter of William R. Travers, 
and granddaughter of Reverdy Johnson ; child, 
Katharine Alexander. 5. Denning, mentioned 
below. 6. Sarah Gracie. 7. Amy. 

(\') Denning, son of William Denning 
Duer, was born September 15, 1850, in New 
Jersey. He was educated at private schools, 
at Sing Sing, New York, ancl at Churchill's 
Military School of Sing Sing, New York, 
While at this school he became the lieutenant- 
colonel of the school regiment. He then en- 
tered Columbia College, from which he grad- 
uated with the degree of A. B. in 1867. For 
a number of years after he was a stock broker 
in New York City. Subsequently, under Pres- 
ident Arthur's administration, he became at- 
tached to the United States consul's office at 
Lisbon, where he remained for two years. In 
1890 he returned to America, retired from ac- 
tive pursuits, and settled in New Haven, Con- 
necticut. He is a member of the Quinnipiack 
Club of New Haven. He is also a member 
of Trinity Church, New Haven. He married, 
February 12, 1874, in New York City, Louise 
Suydam, daughter of Henry Lispenard. She 
was born August 17, 1853, on Long Island, 
and was later adopted by her uncle, Ferdi- 
nand Suydam. Child, Caroline Suydam, born 
August 16, 1876. 

(The King Line). 
According to the latest researches in the 
family history, John King, of Weymouth, is 



the progenitor, (See genealogy of the King 
family of Scarborough, published in newspa- 
per form and bound in book form in the New 
England Historic Genealogical Society, Bos- 
ton. ) 

(I) John King, immigrant, was born in 
England, and settled at Weymouth, Massachu- 
setts, where he was called John, senior. He 
was master of a fishing vessel in 1640, and 
was before the general court in 1638. His 
home at Weymouth was near what is still 
called King's Cove. He was at Lynn for a 
time, and was a proprietor of the town of 
Weymouth. He deposed in 1657, in the Tidd 
case, that he was fifty-seven years old. His 
first wife died and he married Dorothy Hunt, 
widow of Enoch Hunt. Children: ;\Iary, 
born June 15, 1639; Abigail, March 14, 1641 ; 
Thomas, mentioned below. 

(II) Thomas, son of John King, was born 
at Weymouth in 1643 ^'''d died, according to 
his gravestone, at Dighton, November 30, 
1713, aged seventy years. He was town 
clerk of Freetown in 1669. He married, in 
1670. Alary Sprague, born April 5, 1652, 
daughter of William Sprague, of Hingham. 
His son John is mentioned below. 

(III) John (2), son of Thomas King, was 
born about 1675-80. He was living in Bos- 
ton as early as 1699. He married (first) 
Elizabeth , who died in Boston, No- 
vember 20, 1715. He married (second) ]\Iary, 
daughter of Benjamin Stowell (intention 
April 2, 1718). She died March 7, 1770. 
She joined the North Church, Boston, June 
20, 1725, and seven days later her children, 
Mary, Sarah, William, were baptized, and 
later David and others. The births and bap- 
tisms of Mehitable and the second Richard 
are not recorded. Children, born in Boston 
of first wife: i. John, born January 2 
2. Elizabeth, January 13, 1708. 3. AVi 
August 31, 1709. 4. Richard, October 25, 
171 1, died young. 5. Lydia, January 19, 1713. 
Children of second wife, also born in Boston : 
6. Richard, mentioned below. 7, Mary, June 
8, 1 7 19. 8. Mehitable, married John Knee- 
land. 9. Sarah, February 27, 1720. 10. ^^'il- 
liam, baptized June 27, 1725. 11. David, bap- 
tized August 12, 172(5. 12. Rebecca, baptized 
November 10, 1728. 13. Josiah, baptized 
April 4, 173 1. 14. Martha, baptized Septem- 
ber 2, 1733. 15. Katherine, May 23, 1736. 

(R) Richard, son of John (2) King, was 
born in Boston in 1718. The following in- 
scription is from a memorial recently erected 
to him : 

111 memory of Richard King, born at Boston, 
Massachusetts, in 171S, died at Dunstan's Landing. 
Scarborough, 1775. Commissary of Subsistence and 



JStOIl, f 

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lliam, \ 

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Captain in the li>rcc that cnpturecl Loui^burK in 
1745 tiiuUr riiMural Pippcrell. I-armcr, merchant, 
ship-owner and inanistrati- in the tnwn of Scart).>r- 
ongh. His remains arc liuritd on tliis knoll. 

Also, in memory of his sons: Rufus Kinp, horn at 
Scarliorouyh. .March 24th. 1755. d't'l Api;il 29th, 
1827, buried at Jamaica, b>nK Island, New York. .\ 
graduate of Harvard I'niversity in 1777. Served as 
M;ijor and .\ide on the staff of General Glover in 
Rhode Island in 1778. .Memlier of the .Massichu 
setts General Court from .N'ewlniryport in 17S3 
Delegate from Massachusetts to Continental Con- 
gress 17X4. .Member of the Convention which 
framed the Constitution of the United States in 
I7«7. Member of the convention of .Massachusetts 
which ratified the Constitution of the United States, 
1778. Senator of the United States from the state 
of New York, l78<>-i/J: I><I.VI9; lXiO-2^ .\ppointed 
Minister Plenipotentiary to Great Britain by Wash- 
ington, I7<A Continued umler .\danis and JefTersiin 
until 1803. Again appointed in 1825 by J. Q. .Xdains. 
Inflexibly opposed to the extension of slavery in the 
Union. Orator, Statesman, Patriot. 

William King, born February, 1768. First Gov- 
ernor of Maine. Horn at Scarborough, February, 
1768. died at Bath. June 17, l8.s2. Buried in Maple 
Grove Cemetery, Bath. Member of the Maine Lc-gis- 
lature. President of the Constiiiitional Convention 
of Maine, P'irst Governor of Maine. 1821. [•"or 
twenty-eight years trustee of Bowdoin College. His 
statue stands in the Capitol at Washington, repre- 
senting the State of Maine. 

Cyrus King, born at Scarborough, September, 1772, 
il"il' at Scarborough .\pril 25. 1817. Graduate of 
•;mbia College, 1794. Member of Congress from 
■\c. 1813-7. 

Richard KinR lived in early youth with the 
Stowells in Xcwton, Massachusetts. Me was 
apprenticed to learn the trade of hoiisewritjht 
and he was in hiisiness with Ehenezer Thorn- 
ton, of W'atertown, Massachusetts. In 1748. 
then a resident of P)Oston, he hought of Wil- 
liam Cleaves, of Boston, land at Dunstan 
Landing, Scarhorough, Maine, and soon alter 
removed thither. Fie was selecttnan of Scar- 
borotigli in 1757-58-59-fx-), and served on a 
committee to determine the line hetween the 
two parishes of the town. He held various 
other town ofiices and ins name is often in 
the town records. Me was parish treasurer 
from March, 1754, to March ig, 1764. The 
Stowells also hail interests in Scarborough. 
He had a store at .^Scarborough and he ajipears 
to have suffered from unpopularity on account 
of his political views. Even the son Rufus 
was hazed on account of suspected loyalty to 
King George, though later he was an ardent 
enotigh patriot. In 1777 there was a partial 
division of Richard's estate. He married, 
Xovetnber .20, 175.^ Sibylla I'.ragdon, at Scar- 
borotigh. She <lied OctolK'r 19, 1759. He 
married (second) January t,i. 1762, Mary, 
daughter of Satnuel Black. He died March 
2, 1775, aged tifty-sevcn years, ^^ary died 
May jS, 181(1. aged seventy-nine. She was 
born at York, Maine, October 8, 173^1. Chil- 



dreti of first wife: i. Rufus, March 24, 1755. 
mentioned belnw. 2. Mary, Xovetnber 2. 
■756. 3- I'auline, .March i, 1759. Children 
of second wife: 4. Richard, December 22, 
1762. 5. Sibylla, September 8, 1764, died 
Se|)temlxT 12, 1770, (1, Uorcas, .May 20, 
17(/). 7. William, l-ebruary 9. 1768. 8. Bet- 
sey, January 7, 1770. 9. Cyrus. September 6, 
1772! 

(\' ) Hon. Rufus. son of Richard king, was 
born at .Scarborough, .Maine, .March 24, 1755. 
He gra<luated at Harvard College in 1777 and 
in the following year served as aide to General 
Glover with the rank of ca])tain in an expedi- 
tion to Rhode Island. In 1784-8(1 he was del- 
egate from .Massachusetts to the congress of 
the confederation and lia<l the hi)nor of pro- 
posing the immediate ])rohibition of slavery 
in the northwest territory. He served on the 
commission which settled the boundary be- 
tween Massachusetts ami Xew York, and in 
1787 was one of the Mas.sachusetts delegation 
to the convention which framed the constitu- 
tion of the L'nited States. He lived at Xew- 
buryport, Massachusetts, during the revolu- 
tion. In 1788 he removed to Xew York and 
found that state ready to acknowledge him as 
a Federal leader of national fame. In 1789 
he was elected with (ieneral Schuyler the two 
first United States senators from .Xew York. 
In 1796 he was ajipointed by President Wash- 
ington minister to England, then as now the 
most important foreign post, and he was con- 
tinued in that oflice by Presidents .\dams and 
JelTerson until 1803. .\fter ten years of pri- 
vate life he was in 1813 again elected senator 
from Xew York and re-electe<l in 1819. In 
the senate he combated slavery and opposed 
the Missouri compromise. He was appointed 
minister to England again in 1825, but was 
forced by failing health to resign and returned 
in 1827 to Xew York to die. after devoting 
fifty years of honorable and distinguished 
service to his country. He ranks as a states- 
man with Hamilton, JefTerson and Burr, and 
as a di])lomat among the foremost of his day. 
He was an orator of ability. He married, 
March 30, 1786, Mary, only child of Hon. 
John -Msop, a wealthy and patriotic Xew 
York merchant, who had been a member of 
the first continental congress in 1774-76, of the 
Xew York provincial congress of 1775-76, and 
of the Xew York committee of safety in 1775. 
She was fourteen years younger than her 
husband and a woman of rare persininl beauty 
and talents. Children: John . Msop, governor 
of Xew York in 1857 : Charles, president of 
Columbia College: James Gore, mentioned be- 
low. 

( Nil James Gore, son of Hon. Rufus King, 



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was born in New York in 1791, died in 1853. 
He was educated in Europe. Between the 
years 1818 and 1824 he resided in Liverpool, 
England, and was engaged in the American 
trade. He returned to New York City to be- 
come a partner in the banking house of Prime, 
Ward & King. He was a memlser of congress 
in 1849, was president of the New York cham- 
ber of commerce, and was in his day one of 
the most prominent business men of the city. 
After the panic of 1837 in this country he 
went to London and by his influence and abil- 
ity induced the Bank of England to advance to 
his firm five million dollars in gold, which was 
the basis of resumption of specie payments 
and sound finance in the United States. In 
politics he was a Federalist. He resided at 
Weehawken, New Jersey. He married, in 
181 3. Sarah Rogers, daughter of Archibald 
Gracie. Children : Caroline, married William 
Denning Duer (see Duer III) : Edward, born 
1833 ; graduate of Harvard and has been pres- 
ident of the Harvard Club of New York ; a 
prominent banker and president of the New 
York stock exchange ; president of the Union 
Trust Company ; president of the St. Nicholas 
Society ; member of the Century Association, 
Harvard and University clubs, director of the 
Metropolitan Museum of Art and of the Na- 
tional Academy of Design ; member and treas- 
urer of the board of trustees of the New York 
Public Library, the Astor-Lenox-Tilden foun- 
dations and a governor of the New York 
Hospital; married (first) Isabella Ramsey 
Cochrane, niece of Dean Ramsey, of Edin- 
burg; (second) Elizabeth Fisher, of Phila- 
delphia. 



William Russell, the immi- 
RUSSELL grant ancestor, came from 

England to America in 1638. 

He married Davis and both died about 

1670. He left one child, a son one year old 
at the time of his death. His wife had died 
just before. He directed in his will that his 
"son be devoted to God in the way of learn- 
ing, being likely to prove a useful instrument 
in the good work of the ministry," and desig- 
nated the person to be his guardian. He had 
a daughter Anna and others who died young. 
(II) Rev. Noadiah Russell, son of William 
Russell, was born July 22, 1669, and gradu- 
ated from Harvard College in the class of 
1681. He was for a time a tutor at Harvard 
and was one of the ten founders of Yale 
College and one of the original trustees from 
1701 to 1713, one of the framers of the fa- 
mous "Saybrook Platform," and was pastor 
of the First Church in Middletown, Connecti- 
cut, for twenty-five years, until his death. It 



was written of him : "he was accounted a man 
of weight and wisdom throughout the colony." 
Such was his faithfulness and ability that the 
church immediately after his death summoned 
his son William to succeed him as pastor. He 
married Mary, daughter of Hon. Giles Ham- 
lin, who came from England, and was one of 
the first settlers and principal proprietors of 
Middletown. Of their children, five sons and 
four daughters, Rev. William is mentioned 
below. 

(Ill) Rev. William (2) Russell, son of 
Rev. Noadiah Russell, was born in 1690, and 
graduated from Yale College in 1709. He 
was for some time a tutor at Yale and was 
trustee of the college from 1745 to 1761. He 
was ofifered the position of rector or president 
of Yale College, "and was the first of the 
alumni to receive that honor from his alma 
mater, but could not accept, because negotia- 
tions with the people of Middletown for the 
removal of their pastor were ineffectual." 
LTntil his death in 1761, for a period of forty- 
six years, he was pastor of the church at Mid- 
dletown, to which he was called immediately 
after the death of his father anrl predecessor. 
The pastorates of father and son over the 
same church covered a continuous period of 
nearly three-quarters of a century, ending in 
1761. Rev. William Russell married Mary, 
daughter of Rev. James Pierpont (Harvard, 
1681), also one of the ten founders of Yale 
College and one of the original trustees of 
Yale from 1701 to 1714, and during thirty 
years, 1684-1714, pastor of the First Church 
of New Haven. Another daughter, Sarah 
Pierpont. married Rev. Jonathan Edwards 
(Yale 1720), the distinguished theologian and 
president of Princeton College and ancestor 
of three presidents of Yale (Timothy Dwight, 
president 1795-1817. Theodore D. Woolsey, 
1846-1871, and Timothy Dwight, 1886-1899). 
The Pierponts are descended from Sir Hugh 
de Pierpont, of Picardy, France, A. D., 980, 
whose grandson. Sir Robert de Pierpont, went 
from France to England in the armv of ^^''il- 
liam the Conqueror and was ennobled for dis- 
tinguished conduct at the battle of Hastings, 
1066. Among the children of Rev. William 
Russell were: Rev. Noadiah, who was pastor 
of the same church for thirty-seven j-ears; 
\\'illiam ; Sanr.'eb mentioned below. They had 
four sons and five daughters. 

{IV) Samuel, son of Rev. William (2) 
Russell, was born in Middletown, about 1725, 
and married Ruth Wetmore of that town. 
They had four sons and three daughters. 

(Y) John, son of Samuel Russell, was born 
.August 19, 1765, died December 7. iSoi. He 
married Abigail \\'arner, born December 4, 



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1759, (lied July II. 1846. Children: Satmicl, 
tnenticmcil l)clo\v ; Lucy Warner: Julia: Ed- 
ward ; Augustus. 

(\^I) Samuel (2), eldest son of John Rus- 
sell, was born .Xugust 25, 1789. He founded 
the wcaltliy and faniou*; hou-e nf Rus>cll & 
Company, in Canti>n, China, in 1824. in part- 
nership with Philip Amidon, Aui,'iistine Heard, 
John M. Forbes, William H. Low, John C. 
Green. A. A. Low. Joseph Coolidge, Edward 
Kinp and others. He married (firit) Octo- 
ber 6, 18 1 5, Mary Cotton Osborne, a descend- 
ant of Cotton, Increase and Samuel Mather, 
of Massachusetts. She was born neceml)er 
-"1. 1796. died September 4. 1819. He mar- 

! (second) October 2('>. 1825. Frances Aim 

iiornc, born December 4, 1798, sister of 
his first wife. Children of first wife: George 
Osborne, mentinned below: John Augustus, 
mentioned bclc^w. Child of second wife. Sam- 
uel W'anlsworth, born August 25. 1837. 

(\ II) George Osborne, son of Samuel (2) 
Russell, was i)orn July 5. iSi6. at Middle- 
town. He married (first). May 16, 1843, .Au- 
gusta Harriet Mather, born July 17, 1824. 
She died .\|)ril 8. 1844, and he married fsec- 
ond) March 22. 1846. .Amelia Charlotte 
Mather, her sister, born April 17. 1822. Child 
of first wife: George Clarence, .\pril i. 1844, 
died .\u.gust 23. 1843. Children of second 
wife: Samuel, mentioned below; George Os- 
borne. April 22, 1850. 

(\'in John Augustus, son of Samuel (2) 
Russell, was born at Middletown. .August 24, 
l8i8. He married Helena Eliza Webster. 
Children: Frederick, hirn .April 12. 1852: 
Aut;ustus, February 12. 1853: Francis Wil- 
liam. April 29. 1854; William W., July 27, 
l8fio; Mary .A., February 22, 1862: Cornelia 
Augusta. June 9. 1866. 

(\'1II) Samuel (3). son of George Osborne 
Russell, was born in Middletown. September 
8. 1847. He attended Russell's School. New 
Haven, and Phillips .Academy, .Andover, Mas- 
sachusetts. For two years he studied in the 
office of James Renwick, an architect. Xew 
York City. I'or the next twelve years he was 
vice-president of the Russell Manufacturing 
Company, and since 1882 when he retired 
from active business he has been a director of 
this corporation. He is also a <!irector of the 
Bombav Tramway Company of India, vice- 
president of the Middletown Savings Rank, 
trustee of the Connecticut Hospital for the 
Insane, the Connecticut Industrial School, the 
Russell Library of Middletown and St. Luke's 
Home. He is a member of the Union Club of 
Xew York, the Lenox Club of Lenox. Mas- 
sachusetts, and the Carrituck Shooting Club 
of North Carolina. In religion he is an Epis- 



copalian, in politics an Indq)en<lcnt. He was 
mayor of the city in 1896-97. He married 
(first) ( )ctober 26, 1870. Lucy .McDonough 
Hul)bard, born X'nember 6. 1846. died Feb- 
ruary 2, 1876, daughter of Henry G. Hub- 
bard. He married (second) July 31, 1878, 
Sarah Chaplin Clark, Iwrn July 6, 1846. in 
Cambri<lge. 

The fine old colonial mansion in which Mr. 
Russell lives on High street. Middletown, was 
built by his t^rand father. Samuel Russell, while 
he was yet at the head of the great commercial 
house of Russell \- t"omi)an\. tl ' ' 11 

mercantile firm in the e.ist. iloin n 

Canton. China, and having bran . ..: 

Manila, Philippine Islands. The mansK>n xyas 
built in 182S under the direction of David 
Hoadley, architect, and was well under way 
when the ow ncr came home from abroad. He 
came up the Cotmecticut river in the river l)oat 
from the ship in which he had returned from 
China, and saw the house looming up on the 
hill and, it is said, was well pleased with it. 
Tile house is a beautiful specimen of colonial 
architecture, solidly built and well preserved, 
notwithstanding its age. Its elevation with 
the spacious grounds surrounding it. with its 
wealth of magnificent old trees anrl foliage 
mark it as a stately old home in which its 
owner justly takes much pride. Mr. Russell 
is able to relate many interesting epis<xles 
told by his grandfather of his experience with 
Chinese merchants for whose high sense of 
honor in business he had great respect. 

Children of Hon. Samuel Russell, by his 
first wife: Henry Hubbard, born August 2, 
1871 : Samuel. January 14, 1873; Thomas Mc- 
IX>nougli. .A]iril 11. 1874, mentioned below; 
Lucy Hubbard, January 13, 1876. Qiibl of 
secon<l wife, Helen Pickering, September i, 
1882. 

Henry G. Hubbard, father of Lucy McDon- 
ough (Hubbard) Russell, was a descendant 
of George Hubbard, who was born in Eng- 
land in 1601 and settled in Hartford as early 
as 1639. one of the first who came by land 
from the vicinity of I'.oston in i' 135-3^1 and 
located at Windsor, Hartford and \\ethers- 
field. Mrs. Russell was a granddaughter of 
Commodore McDonough of the United States 
navy. 

Mr. Russell is descended through his 
mother, Amelia C. (Mather) Russell, l)orn 
April 17, 1822, in the tenth generation from 
John Mather, of Lowton, \Vin\vick parish, 
Lancashire. Eni;land : .Amelia (91, Thomas 
(8). Rev. Richard (7). Timothy (6), Richard 
(5». Snnniel (4), Richard (3), Samuel (2). 
John Mather ( i ). 

(TX^ Thomas McDonough. son of Hon. 



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Samuel (3) Russell, was burn at i\iiddIeto\vn. 
Connecticut, April 11, 1874. He attent'led pri- 
vate schools and prepared for college at St. 
Mark's School, Southborough, Massachusetts. 
In 1893 he entered the Sheffield Scientific 
School of Yale University and took a course 
in engineering and became a contracting en- 
gineer. 

He is consulting engineer of the Russell 
Manufacturing Company of Middletown and 
]:rominent among the younger business men 
of the city. He has been active in poli- 
tics and prominent in public life. He repre- 
sented the city in the general assembly in 1901, 
was an alderman of the city in 1902 and 
mayor in 1908-09. His father has also been 
mayor of the city. He was a member of the 
board of education from 1902 to 19 10. In 
politics he is a Republican. He enlisted in 
the Second Connecticut Regiment, Company 
H. of Middletown, in 1898, and became cap- 
tain in 1902. He resigned his commission in 
1908 and served as paymaster of the regiment 
in 1908-09. He was appointed major of the 
staff of the governor of Connecticut in 1909, 
and now holds that rank and dignity. He is 
a member of tbe Union League Club of New 
Haven ; St. John's Lodge, No. 2, Free and 
Accepted Masons, of Middletown; Washing- 
ton Chapter, Royal Arch Masons, of Middle- 
town ; and the Knights Templar, of Middle- 
town. He is a trustee of the Middletown Sav- 
ings Bank, director of the Central National 
Bank of Middletown, and an active member 
of the fire department. He is a prominent 
member and vestryman of Trinity Protestant 
Episcopal Church of Middletown. He resides 
in a charming and artistic residence that he 
built on Lligh street, opposite his father's 
house. 

He married, November i, 1899, Henrietta, 
born August 2, 1874, daughter of Jonathan 
Ingersoll, of New Haven. She is a member 
of the local chapter of the Daughters of the 
American Revolution. Children, born at Mid- 
dletown : Thomas McDonough Jr., February 
I, 1901 ; Margaret Hubbard, April 2, 1905. 



William Russell, the first of 
RUSSELL the name of this branch of the 
family, was found in Strat- 
ford, Connecticut, about the middle of the 
eighteenth century. He married there, July 
2, 1741, Bethia, daughter of Eliphalet Curtis. 
She died March, 1749, aged twenty-eight, and 
he married (second) Hannah, daughter of 
Zechariah Brinsmade, March, 1753. Children : 
Mary, born January 18, 1742-43; Hannah, 
April 9, 1744; Elizabeth, August 23, 1745; 
Eleazer, May 11, 1747; William, baptized No- 



vember, 1753, mentioned below; Plliphalet, 
bajitized September, 1755. 

(II ) William (2), son of William ( i) Rus- 
sell, was born in Stratford, Connecticut, and 
baptized there November, 1753. He married, 
January 12, 1777, Jerusha, daughter of Pier- 
st)n Hawley. He was a whaler by occupation 
and died in Stratford. He was a soldier in the 
revolution, a private in Captain Samuel Whit- 
ing's company (Second Stratford), Colonel 
Waterburv's regiment, in 1775. Children: 
Eliphalet, born November, 1777; Jerusha, Feb- 
ruary 2-j. 1779; William Samuel, June 17, 
1781 ; Anson, January 19, 1783; Charles, Jan- 
uary 12. 1785 ; Alden, October 26, 1786, men- 
tioned below; Betsey, October 22, 1788; Wil- 
liam, August 27, or November, 1791 ; Marcus, 
August 5 or 20, 1793. 

(III) Alden, son of William (2-) Russell, 
was born October 26, 1786, in Stratford, and 
died there. Like his father and grandfather, 
he was a whaler by occupation. He first went 
out with them and later ran a coasting vessel 
from Derby to Boston. He went to China 
and other foreign ports, first as mate and later 
as captain. He retired some time before his 
death and went to live on the old Russell 
homestead, which his grandfather had built. 
He was a public-spirited man and took an active 
part in town affairs. He was much interested 
in the public schools. In religion he was an 
Episcopalian. He married Sarah Andrews, 
who died in Stratford. Children: i. W'illiam 
B., born February 15, 181 5, East Hampton, 
Connecticut ; married Sarah Brown ; three 
children, of whom one is living. 2. George 
W., June 16, 1817; married Margaret Bergen; 
four children lived to maturity. 3. Chester, 
November 20, 1820, mentioned below. 4. 
John, January 21, 1823; M.D. ; married; two 
children ; died in Texas. 5. Sarah Ann, June 
6, 1825 ; married Herrick Sutton. 6. Charles 
Flenry, October 23, 1827; major of a Mary- 
land regiment in civil war ; married ; no chil- 
dren. 7. Joseph, February 16, 1831 ; married; 
three children ; lived in Greensboro, Alabama. 
8. Maria, April 12, 1833, died young, y. 
Isaac, October 16, 1834; removed to Califor- 
nia. 10. Julia, June 2, 1839, died at age of 
twenty-one. 

(W) Chester, son of Alden Russell, was 
born November 20, 1820, in Stratford, died 
April 19, 1 89 1, in Bridgeport. He was edu- 
cated in Stratford and received his early busi- 
ness training there. Later he went to Bridge- 
port and went into the grocery and bakery 
business, in partnership with Mr. Sutton. He 
remained in this business all his life and was 
very successful. Since his death his sons 
have conducted the business. He was a Re- 



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piil)lican in politics but did not take office of 
any kind. He devoted himself to business and 
his home, and lived an exemplary life. He 
was trustee of the First .Methodist Church 
and active in its interest. 

He married, .\]>ril 3. 185 1. .\nn Elizabeth, 
daughter of .\lpheus IJeers, born January 7, 
1823, Cornwall, Connecticut. Children: 1. 
Franklin .\ugustus, born March 7, 1852; mar- 
ried Frances Benjamin : children : Charles B., 
Eflith C, Franklin, Marguerite. 2. James 
Howard, born December i, 1854; married 
Carrie Hitchins; no children. 3. William 
^"luster, born ( )ctober 15, 1856; a salesman; 

iried Emma (ioodalc; children: Harry M., 
trude, Chester. 4. Jane Elizabeth, un- 
m.irried. 5. b^rauces I.miise, died at age of 
one year. (>. .\ellie I'ranccs, married kobert 
Marvin, of Jacksonville, l-'lorida ; chil'l |'li/i- 
bcth R. 7. Harriet May, unmarried. 



Charles K. Bush, representative 
I'iCSH from Orange and a member of the 
judiciary conunittee of the general 
assembly, 11JO9, was born in Milford, Connec- 
ticut, ^iay 17, 1846. 

His father, Benjamin Piatt Bush, was born 
at Milford. May 29, 1817, and received his 
education at the public schools of that town. 
He was at one time in the carriage manufac- 
turing business in Milford, but has for many 
years been retired from business and is still 
li\iiiij. Jtme 10, njio, in the city of Des 
ines, Iowa. 

Ir. I'.ush's grandfather on the paternal side 
- C'aptain William Bush, who came of an 
_:lish family, and was born in or near the 
iu> of Eondoii, June 15, 1783. He came to 
Milford. Connecticut, with Captain .\dam 
P 'ud, brother of Governor Pond, and died in 
ford, November 4. 1820. from injuries re- 
ed on shipboard. He followed the sea 
.liiriug his active life and was a master mari- 
ner. 

He married Sarah Piatt, who was born 
in Milford, March II, 1786. He had four 
children: William, born March 21, 1813, died 
at Milford in H)n~: Sarah, born June 20, 1815, 
married Enoch Blackwell, late of San Fran- 
cisco. C'alif<irnia : P.cnjamin Piatt, before men- 
tioned : J.me Uendle, born .\pril 20, 1820, mar- 
ried Benjamin Douglass Wells, and died in 
San Francisco, California, 1877. 

Charles K. Bush spent his boyhood in 
northern ( )hio, whither his parents removed 
in iS4(>. He was educated in the schools of 
that state. He returned to Connecticut in 
i8')'i with his parents .nnd has since resided 
there. I le graduated from the Yale Law 
Schi>ol in the class of 1870. He was admitted 



to the bar and began immediately to practice 
his profession in .\ew Haven. He has taken 
a leading position among the lawyers of the 
city, and won substantial success. His resi- 
dence is in the town of (Jrange, Connecticut, 
of which he has been prosecuting attorney for 
the past fourteen years. He is a representa- 
tive from ( )range in the general assembly of 
Connecticut, and is at present a member of 
the jiidiciary committee of that body. He is 
a Republican. He is a member of Annawom 
I-iiilge of I'ree Masons of West Haven, Con- 
iKciicut ; of Jo.seph Andrew Chapter, Royal 
.\rch Masons, of West Haven, and of the 
Protestant Episcopal church, of which he was 
a vestryman for many years. 

Mr. Ijush married. January 18, 1874, Maria 
b'lizabeth Tikiob, burn July, 1849, in St. 
("roi.x, Danish West Indies. They have six 
children, i. Charlotte Marion, born January 
2, 1875. 2. William Edward, born Septem- 
ber, 1876; he is a graduate of the Sheffield 
Scienlitic School of Yale University, class of 
1897, and is a civil engineer by iimfcssion: he 
has three children : William, Thomas Kim- 
berly and Lucy. 3. Charles Kimberly. Jr., born 
.\pril, 1878: is also a civil engineer by profes- 
sion : he has two children : Benjamin Piatt 
and Maria Elizabeth. 4. George Tikiob. born 
August, 18S1, is a graduate of the Sheffield 
Scientific .*^chi'o| of S'ale L'nivcrsity, class of 
1904: he is an electrical engineer in the em- 
ploy of the Southern Bell Telephone Com- 
pany and resides in Richmond, X'irginia. 5. 
Francis Benjamin, Ixirn February, 1883, is in 
the lumber business in Brooklyn. New York, 
where he resifles. 6. Robert Finlay, born .Au- 
gust 18, 18S7, is an actor by profession. 

(The Plait Line). 

The Piatt family from whom Mr. Bush is 
descended through his grandmother. Sarah 
(Piatt) Bush, is an ancient one in the annals 
of Connecticut. The first of the family in 
this country was Richard Piatt, son of Joseph 
Piatt, who was baptized September 8. 1^x33, at 
Bovington, England, and who emigrated to 
Connecticut and joined the church at New 
Haven, January 29. if'>40, and removed with it 
to Milford. lie had five sons: John. Joseph, 
Jusiah. Isaac and Epenctus. Isaac and Ejiene- 
tus removed to Huntington, Long Island. 
Plattsburgh. in the state of New York, was 
seltle<l bv the descendants of one or both of 
them. Senator O. H. Piatt, of Connecticut, 
and Senator Thomas Piatt, of New York, are 
supposed to have belonged to the Long Island 
branch of the family. Joseph and Josiah re- 
mained in Milford. Mr. Bush is descended 
from Josiah. 



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(II) Josiah, son of Richard Piatt, was bap- 
tized November i6, 1645 ; he was married 
to Sarah Canfield, December 2, 1669, and he 
was admitted to the church October 22, 
1672. 

(III) Joseph, son of Josiali Piatt, was bap- 
tized January 15, 1693; was married to Me- 
hitable Fenn, June 16, 1720. 

(IV) Joseph (2), son of Joseph (i) and 
Mehitable Piatt, was born November 13, 1724, 
died August 30, 1806. Hannah, his wife, died 
September 25, 1809, in Milford. 

(V) Benjamin, son of Joseph (2) and Han- 
nah Piatt, died at Milford, April 25, 1808, 
aged fifty-three years. His daughter, Sarah, 
born March 11, 1786, was wife of William 
Bush as before stated, and died at Milford, 
March 2, 1848. 

(The Kimberly Line). 

Mr. Bush's father, Benjamin Piatt Bush, 
before mentioned, married Charlotte Ward 
Kimberly, October 14, 1844. She was born 
in West Haven, Connecticut, March, 1819. 
She was the daughter of Captain Francis and 
Ada (Ward) Kimberly. Children: Charles 
Kimberly, born May 17, 1846; Francis Piatt, 
October 28, 1S48; Catherine Fields, July 2, 
1850, died in 1870: William Benjamin. De- 
cember lOj 1854. 

The Kimberly family of which Mr. Bush's 
mother was a member was also an ancient one 
in Connecticut. Thomas Kimberly, the foun- 
der of the family in this state, and probably 
the progenitor of most of the Kimberlys m 
this country, was born in England and set- 
tled in Dorchester, Massachusetts, in 1635, 
coming with his wife, Alice, from London. 
He removed to New Haven, Connecticut, in 
1638, and was the second marshal of the 
colony of New Haven. About 1667 he re- 
moved to Stratford, Connecticut. One of his 
children, Eleazer, was the first male child born 
in New Haven. He was for many years sec- 
retary of state and died at Glastonburv in 
1707.' 

Another son, Nathaniel, from whom Mr. 
Bush was directly descended, was born in 
New Haven about 1640 and died at West 
Haven in 1705. His son, Nathaniel, was born 
about 1670 and died in West Haven in 1720. 
His son. Nathaniel, was born in West Haven 
about 1700, died there in 1780. His son, Si- 
las, was born in West Haven about 1740 and 
died in 1803. He had several children, among 
whom were Hon. Dennis Kimberly, who was 
one of the most eminent lawyers in Connec- 
ticut and one of its most prominent citizens, 
and Captain Francis Kimberly, who was the 
grandfather of the subject of this sketch. 



Robert Searls, the immigrant 
SEARLS ancestor, was born in Dorches- 
ter, England, about 1640. Other 
Searles or Searle pioneers came before he 
did, and many of the Searles families are de- 
scended from John Searles, of Springfield, 
Massachusetts, who was there as early as 1637, 
and from Philip Searl, of Roxbury, Massa- 
chusetts. The name is spelled in various ways 
in the early records, but the descendants of 
Robert Searls have kept the same spelling for 
generations. Robert Searls married, in 1660, 

Deborah , and about the same time 

came to America and settled in Dorchester, 
Massachusetts. He was admitted an inhabi- 
tant there June 9, • 1662. The town record 
says that he was "town clerk for many years," 
and doubtless the completeness of the records 
relating to the Searls family is because he was 
clerk for sixteen years. He died at Dorches- 
ter, February 7, 1717, and his wife died March 
2, 1713-14. Pie signed the Dorchester peli- 
tion to the King in 1664. In 1668 he owned 
twelve acres in the "Great Lots." Children : 
Nathaniel, born in Dorchester, June 9, 1662; 
Salter, June 26, 1664; Esbon (given Edna in 
some accounts), February 24, 1669, died 
young ; Robert, mentioned below : Esbon, 
March 18, 1674; Deborah. April 4, 1677; 
Jabez, March 13, 1679. 

(II) Robert (2), son of Robert (i) Searls, 
was born in Dorchester. Massachusetts, July 
2, 1671. He died in Dorchester of smallpox, 
being, the town records say, "the fourth per- 
son that had it in the town of Dorchester, 
though such numbers had it in Boston and 
surrounding towns, and hundreds died of it 
there." His wife died May 17. 1761, and 
both were buried in Dorchester, and their 
graves marked with headstones. He was mar- 
ried. December 4, 1695, by Reverend Mr. 
Danforth, to Rebecca Evans. Children : Sal- 
ter, baptized December 6, 1696; Rebecca and 
Deborah, twins, February 15, 1700: Mary, 
December 21, 1701 : Robert, mentioned below. 

(III) Robert (3), son of Robert (2) Searls, 
was born in Dorchester, July 3. 1705. Pie was 
known generally as Robert Searls Jr. He 
married, January 6, 173 1, in Dorchester, Sarah 
]\Iaudsley, of an old Dorchester family. Chil- 
dren, born in Dorchester : Elizabeth, born De- 
cember 17, 1732; Rebecca, IMay 26. 1734; 
Elijah, March 28, 1736; John, May 17, 1738; 
Salter, mentioned below. 

(IV) Salter, son of Robert (3) Searls, was 
born in Dorchester, June 15, 1741. When a 
young man, he removed to Brooklyn, the 
county seat of Windham county, Connecticut, 
and he died there. May 25, 1808. He served 
on the school committee and other offices. He 



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married Alica Cady, uf ISrixiklyii, Connecti- 
cut. She was liorn February 23, 1747. and 
died ( )ctobcr 24. 1 8 19. Tlicir children all set- 
tled ill Windluiin county in the tt>\vns of 
I'laintield. liruuklyn. Hampton, and Poinfret. 
(Iiildriii: Daniel ; Sarah: Phinehas ; Elijah; 
Joel; John; Richard; l!ela, further mentioned 
helow. 

(\) I'.ela. son of Salter Searls, was Iwrn 
aliout 17<XJ. lie lived in what is now Chap- 
lin. Connecticut, lie married Hannah Wol- 

it. .Nmoii!.; their children were Henry, and 

iwin L'lark. mentioned below. 

( \'I ) Edw in Clark, son of I'.ela Searls, was 
born at Cha))!in, Connecticut, in 1815-16 and 
died ( )ctober 3. 1837. lie was educated in 
the public schools and when a younj^ man was 
a [general merchant at I'omfret. He after- 

■ rd became a very successful broker in N'cw 
■rk City ;ii'.d resided in Urooklyn. New 

. rk. He married Caroline Mathewson, born 
at I'omfret. .March 20, 1820, daughter of Da- 
rius and Mary (Smith) Mathewson. Her 
father. Darius M.-ithewson. was a soldier m 
the war of 181 j and his father was a personal 
friend of Washington, a prominent patriot of 
the revolution. He was a member of the gen- 
( r.il assembly and of the state constitutional 
nvention of 1818. The immigrant ancestor, 
lies Mathewson, was at Providence, Rhode 
L-land, as early as i()38; was deputy to the 
general court in 1680; married Hannah Field. 
' "''rirles Edwin Searls. the only child, is men- 
•led below. 

■ \ll) Hon. Charles Edwin Searls. son of 
Edwin Clark Searls, was born in Pomfret, 
March 25. 1846. and the first four years of 
his life were spent there. The family then 
went to Rrooklyn. where he lived until after 
the death of his father. Since 1858 his home 
has been in Windham county, in the town of 
Thompson. He attended private schools in 
Hrooklyn and the Rawsonian Institute at 
Thompson. He entered Yale College in 1864 
and was graduated with the degree of bach- 
elor of arts in i8<)8. He began to study his 
prfifession in the law office of ("lilbert W. Phil- 
lips, of Putnam, and he was admitted to the 
Connecticut bar in 1870 at the .August term 
of court. .Since then he has been in active 
and successful practice in Putnam. He stands 
high in his profession and takes rank among 
the foremost lawyers of the state. He has had 
for clients most of the large corporations of 
this section. He has been prominent in pub- 
lic life. In politics he is a Republican. He 
was elected town clerk of Thompson in t86o. 
and since that time he has been a justice of 

, the peace for Windham county. He was 
j elected to the general assembly from Thomp- 



son in 1871 and again in 1886, when he was 
one of the leading candidates for speaker of 
the house. He was elected Secretary of State 
in 18X0 and served one term, 1881-j. In 1871 
he was chairman of the committee on new 
towns and i)robate districts in the legislature 
and when elected was the youngest memlier 
of the house. In 188/) he was chairman of the 
committee on a])|)ropriati<>n> and of the select 
conuuittee on constitutional amendments. In 
iHr/) he was a delegate from Connecticut to 
the Republican National Convention at St. 
Louis. In i«)03 he was appointed state's at- 
.torncy for Windham county and has held that 
im[)ortant otTice to the present time. In 1909 
he was elected state senator from the twenty- 
eighth district and was chairman of the judi- 
ciary committee and the joint committee on 
rules. He is a I'-ember of the Connecticut 
.State I'ar .Association and the .American Bar 
.Association and has been a member of the 
e.xeciitive committee and (jf the committee on 
jurisprudence, of the former Iwdy, and a 
member of the local council for Connecticut 
of the latter. For .several years he was school 
visitor in the town of Thompson. He attemls 
the Congregational church. He is in frequent 
demand as a ]iublic speaker. 

He married. October 8. 1902, Sarah .Alice 
Fell, born at Stoneham. January 2, 1862, 
daughter of Thomas Fell, a native of England, 
a prominent business man, formerly of Bos- 
ton, later of Providence. Rhode Island. 



The name of Kingsbury is 
KIN'CiSBl'RY ancient in England. Gil- 
bert de Kingsbury was the 
incumbent of St. Peter's Church, Kingsbury, 
Warwickshire, about 1300. There were fami- 
lies of the name early in counties Northamj)- 
ton, Dorset. Herts. Suffolk, ^fiddlesex. and 
Warwick. William de Kyngesbury appears 
on the roll of Caxton's Manor, in Little Cor- 
nard. Suffolk, as early as 1360. in the time 
of Henry I\'. when he held Wattyscroft in 
the Manor of Little Cornard. In 1414 appears 
the name of John de Kingesbury. who was 
perhaps his son, or brother. Thev were un- 
doubtedly the ancestors of the Suffolk family 
from which Henry Kingsbury, the .American 
immigrant, was descended. 

(I) John Kyngesbury lived in dreat Cor- 
nard. county Suffolk. Englanil. and his will 
was dated .August 10. 1530. He directs that 
he shall be buried in the churchyard of St. 
.Andrews of Cornard. He mentions his wife 
F.lyn. several daughters, and two sons. John, 
the elder, and John, the younger, inentioned 
ImjIow. 

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lived in Edwardstone in 1578. He had two 
sons, James, mentioned below, and Roger. 

(III) James Kingsbury lived in Boxford, 
and was a husbandman. His will was dated 
April 12, 1590, and proved June 8, 1590. His 
wife Agnes died in 1602. Children, baptismal 
dates given: i. James, September 6, 1562; 
mentioned below. 2. Rachel, September 9, 
1565. 3. Abraham, February 9, 1567. 4. 
Henry, June 22, 1575. 

(IV) James (2), son of James (i) Kings- 
bury, was baptized at Boxford. county Suf- 
folk, September 6, 1562, and was buried there 
April 26, 1622. He married, October 22,. 
1584, Anne Francis. Children: i. James, of 
Carsey. 2. tienry, of Assington ; came to 
New England in 1630. 3. John, baptized 
1595; came to New England 1635 and settled 
in Dedham. 4. Elizabeth. 5. Sara, baptized 
1597- 6. Joseph, came to New England and 
settled in Dedham in 1638. 7. Thomas, of 
Assington ; mentioned below. 8. Alice. 

(V) Thomas, son of James (2) Kingsbury, 
lived in Assington. According to Governor 
Winthrop's account, he agreed to come to 
New England, but never came. There is 
hardly a doubt, according to the family gene- 
alogy, that he was the father of Henry, men- 
tioned below. 

(VI) Henry Kingsbur}-, the immigrant an- 
cestor, was at Ipswich, Massachusetts, as 
early as 1638, and a commoner in 1641. He 
subscribed to the Major Denison fund in 1648 
and the same year sold his farm of thirty-two 
acres to Thomas Saflford, and bought a house 
and land on High street, in Ipswich. On Au- 
gust 30. 1660, he and his wife Susan sold to 
Robert Lord their Ipswich property, and re- 
moved to Rowley. He served as fence viewer 
in Rowley in 1661-62-63. His farm was on 
the [Merrimack river in that part of the town 
which was afterwards Bradford. According 
to a deposition made in 1669, his age was fiftv- 
four, making the date of his birth 161 5. He 
bought a house and land in Haverhill, March 
31, 1648, and removed there, where he died 
October i. 1687. His wife Susanna died in 
Haverhill, February 21, 1678-79. Children: 
I. John. 2. Ephraim, killed by the Indians, 
May 2, 1676; he is believed to have been the 
first person in Haverhill slain in King Philip's 
war. 3. James. 4. Samuel, born 1649. 5. 
Thomas. 6. Joseph, mentioned below. 7. Su- 
sanna, married, January 29, 1661-62, Joseph 
Pike, who was killed by the Indians, Septem- 
ber 4, 1694, in Amesburv, on the wav to Hav- 
erhill. 

(VH) Joseph, son of Henry Kingsbury, 
was born in 1657. He was made a freeman, 
October 11, 1682. He removed from Haver- 



hill, Massachusetts, to Norwich, Connecticut, 
with his wife and sons Joseph and Nathaniel. 
He was chairman in the meeting at which the 
society was organized in 1716, and two years 
later he was chosen one of the first deacons. 
His descendants are numerous in Franklin 
(West Farms), formerly a part of Norwich. 
He married, April 2-5, 1679, Love Ayer, 
daughter of Thomas and Elizabeth (Hutch- 
ins) Ayer, of Flaverhill, who married, April, 
1656. She w'as born April 15, 1663, and died 
April 2, 1735. He died April 9, 1741, aged 
eighty-five. Children : Joseph, born June 22, 
1682, mentioned below; Nathaniel, August 23, 
1684; Elizabeth, May 10, 1686, died May 24, 
1706 (?) ; Mary, October 13-19, 1687; Eliza- 
beth, October 16, 1693; Susannah, September 
24, 1695. 

(\TII) Joseph (2), son of Joseph (i) 
Kingsbury, was born June 22, 1682, in Haver- 
hill, Massachusetts. He married, February 
5, 1705, Ruth Denison, daughter of John, son 
of John of Ipswich, born 1686-87. Chancellor 
Walworth calls her "that remarkable Ruth 
Denison who brought better blood into the 
family than the Kingsburys had before." They 
resided in Haverhill, Andover and Norwich. 
He died in Norwich, Connecticut, December 
I- 1757' ''"d she died May 6, 1779, aged 
ninety-three years. Children : Ephraim, born 
January 4, 1706-07, mentioned below ; Han- 
nah, March 6, 1708; Love, February 23, 1710, 
at Norwich: Ruth, February 24, 1712, at Nor- 
wich; Joseph, February 27, 1714, at Norwich; 
Ehenezer, February 11, 1716, mentioned be- 
low; Eleazer, February 7, 1718; Eunice, 1720; 
Grace, October 14, 1722, died August 18, 
1729; Daniel, December 14, 1724; Tabitha, 
October 7-17, 1726; Irene, March 13, I729; 
Nathaniel. February 7, 1730. 

(IN) Ephraim, son of Deacon Joseph. (2) 
Kingsbury, was born January 4, 1706-07. He 
married, July 3, 1728, ^lartha Smith. Children : 
Asa, born April 7, 1729; Absalom, February 
13- 1730; Martha, August 16-18, 1733; Oba- 
diah (Dr.), August 2, 1735; Irene, December 
15- ^737 '• Ephraim, March 13, 1740. men- 
tioned below; Tabitha, October 15-18, 1742; 
Anne (or Anna), November, 1746, died Sep- 
tember 6. 1747; Joshua, December 26, 1749. 

(N) Ephraim (2), soft of Ephraim (i) 
Kingsbury, was born March 13, 1740, in 
Franklin, Connecticut. He married, April 13, 
1758, Phebe French, of Franklin, who was 
born October 5, 1741, and they lived together 
for sixty-eight years, lacking a month. He 
was a soldier in the revolutionary war, being 
in Major Thomas Brown's regiment in the 
Lexington Alarm. He w-as an ensign with 
Generals Spencer and Wooster, 1776. in Con- 




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mcticut, i.n tlic liordir of W'c-.stchcstiT county. 
New York. lie ciic»l March kj, iS_".. am! 
his wife difti March J5, i8jS. I "hiUlrcii ; An- 
drew, l)orn April J4, I75<K Uhvcr, June 13. 
1761: WilhaiM, I'ebruary 9. 1764; PhelHT, 
March 22, i~(^>: Jahez. ( )ctobcr 22, 1769, 

i.ntii>ncil below; Mphraim. June 18. 1775. 
(,\I) Jaln-z, soil of lC|)hraini (2) Kings- 
bury. \va> Ixirn ( )ciobcr 22, 17O9, in Coven- 
try, C'otnucticut. He married (first), Decem- 
ber 10. i7Sii, I'Veelove L'tley, of Mansfield, 
Connecticut, who died May 20, 18.23. He mar- 
rie<i (seciind). I'ebruary 4. 18^4, Chlfx; Tal- 
cott, of ISoIton, Connecticut, who died May 
24. 1857. lie fjied ( Htober 15, 1854. Chil- 
dren, by first wife, burn in Coventry: i. Anna, 
born Jidy 13, i7<>o; married. December 20, 
iSi;. Daniel Smith, of Stafford. Connecticut. 
J. I I>lia. October 12. 1793; married, 1819, 
Ucl.M) Llnise. of Warehouse Point. (.'■•niKiii- 
cut. 3. Aniariah. March 10, 1796; married, 
March 10. i8nj, Kmily Buckland. of East 
\\ i"i.Ui>r, Coiineclicut. 4. l-ijihraim, July 20, 
171;'/. married, Se|>temlaT H). 1H24. Clarissa 
!'■ ' • •' < "oventr\ , C.Vinnecticut. 5. Alvin. 
A' '3, mcntione<l below. 6. LSackus, 

>i . ;. 1805. died June 5, 1831. in Cov- 

cnir), n-.suli of an explositjn in Holton quarry. 
7. Xelsun, April 3. i8t)8; married, N'ovember 
12, 1833. Nancy Thrall, of X'ernon, Connecti- 
cut. S. i'hebe. June <). 1810; married, June 
10, 1S38. FilH-nezer Peek, of Coventry. 9. 
Kra-tu>. .\pril 2<). 1812; married Hannah 
Nenlliam. of Staffortl. Connecticut. Children 
by second wife: 10. Harriet Newell, born May 
21, 1825: married. February 4. 1863. .\aron 
Dart, of South Windsor. Connecticut. il. 
Jain-/ Hyde. Novi-mlKT 2. 1827; married, 
January 3. 1854. .\nn Jeannette Preston, of 
X'ernon. Connecticut. 

(XII) .\Iviii. son of Jal)ez and Freelove 
(L'tley > Kingsbury, was Ixirn in Coventry, 
Connecticut. .March <). 1803. and died in 
Rrooklyn. New York. December 8. iSftj. .^t 

nc time he was in the luml>er business in the 

iiy of New York, and for many years was 
• "RHis'ed as a woiilcn manufacturer. He mar- 

ed F'.meline. dauphter of Lieutenant Joseph 
i\ini,'-hury : she was born at North Coventry, 
Ml- !i 12. 18(13, died in Coventry. Octol)er 7, 
1877. Children: 1. Martha Roxana : married 
her cousin. Charles .X. Kingsbury, who was 
bom in Chaplin, son of F.phraim Kini;sbury. 
-• Joseph. Ijorn Octolwr 31. 1830. died .\uRUSt 

■^'- '•^'.^.V 3- Riuh. Ixirn November 8. 1832, 

• ! Deacon Marcus Lillic. 4. Addison, 

•ward. 5. .Xndrew Backus .l>orn in 

ry. Novcmlier 15, 1837. died .Xuffust 

-•o. 1841. 

(Xlin .\ddison. son of .Mvin and Emc- 






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a businev- .. „ 

tions and which iias achieved a 

and wide. In nd'Htt^in !" 



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KiiiK>iiur\ Is ui an iiivciittvc turn ot mind, 
ami a number of the ideas he ha« patented 
have Ix'en of • .;nd 

improving; tlii -s. 

The machines .. , — ..; nd 

m.anufactured by this company are considered 
to Ik' far sujH^rior to others of their class, and 
in all the improvements which have been in- 
trwluced the aim has been to simplify con- 
struction and to av' ■ ' ' a- 
tion. In these par' as 

bi-en fullv assured. co- 

nomical from every point of view. I'hey cost 
the least possible amount of money that a 
machine with their earning capacity could be 
placed on the market for; they retpiire com- 
paratively less space than other machines do- 
inj; same amount of work ; and they are able 
to stand the greatest amount of wear and tear. 
By means of the improvements introduced by 
these machines, the d.iilv output, which was 
from six to » !.' ' ' ' in- 

creased from ■ -id 

in Kfo^. with :'. .el- 
lent working order. 1 he machines are en- 
tirely automatic, are ^h-pprr) -n rvT^pVrr wnrk- 
inR order .and arc r^ as 

soon as they are ' I- 

justed to 3 r An- 

otluT (x-int • wv can 

l)e easil\ op. • of or- 

dinary intelligence, ihu.t di>|>ensing with 
the services of a high-prjcc<l operator. 



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They have been built with the utmost care 
for the safety of the operator, and the danger 
of accidents is practically eliminated. One of 
the specialties of the business is the furnish- 
ing of printed labels for their box customers. 
Mr. Kingsbury is treasurer and manager of 
the Kingsbury and Davis Machine Company, 
whose factory, which is located at Contocook, 
New Hampshire, produces the paper box ma- 
chinery. The machinery invented by Mr. 
Kingsbury for cutting the blanks for boxes is 
still in use, cutting blanks from strawboard in 
rolls at a speed of one hundred and twenty a 
minute. Since 1883 his son, Arthur Lillie, 
has been a partner, and when his son, Louis 
Addison, attained manhood he was also ad- 
mitted to a partnership. More than two hun- 
dred and fifty hands are employed in the fac- 
tories managed by Mr. Kingsbury, and the 
business is conducted under the corporate 
name of Kingsbury Box and Printing Com- 
pany, of which Mr. Kingsbury is president, 
Arthur Lillie Kingsbury is treasurer, and 
Louis Addison Kingsbury is assistant treas- 
urer. In political matters Mr. Kingsbury is 
a Republican. For many years he has been 
a deacon of the Congregational Church at 
South Coventry, and for more than thirty-five 
years has served as clerk of the church. His 
residence is in South Coventry. He has an 
extensive acquaintance and high standing in 
business circles, and his career has been one 
of superb success ; it may well be cited as an 
excellent example of what may be achieved 
in business by energy, integrity, persistence 
and industry. 

Mr. Kingsbury married (first), October 26, 
1858, Charlotte Elizabeth, born August 22, 
1832, died December 30, 1879, daughter of 
Harry and Fannie Lillie. He married (sec- 
ond), October 27, 1881, Sarah Melissa, born 
May 28, 1843, died in South Coventry, April 
29, 1900, daughter of Seymour and Mary 
(Reed) Scott. He married (third), in Bridge- 
port, Connecticut, January 24, 1901, Ida M. 
(Warner) Robertson, widow of George Rob- 
ertson. Children of the first marriage, born 
in Coventry : Arthur Lillie, see forward ; 
Lillie Gertrude, born June 8, 1865. died July 
16, 1867; Louis Addison, see forward. 

(XIV) Arthur Lillie, son of Addison and 
Charlotte Elizabeth (Lillie) Kingsbury, was 
born at South Coventry, January 2, 1861. He 
was educated in the public schools of his na- 
tive town and at a private school in Mystic, 
Connecticut. As mentioned above he is treas- 
urer of the Kingsbury Box and Printing Com- 
pany, and since 1882. has resided in North- 
ampton. Alassachusetts, where he has charge 
of the factory of the company located in that 



town. He married, November 12, 18S4, Alice 
Bingham, born in Hartford, Connecticut, Jan- 
uary 2, 1858, daughter of Louis C. and Ellen 
M. (Davison) Palmer, and they have one son, 
Harold Palmer, born September 6, 1886, who 
is associated with his father in the manage- 
ment of the factory at Northampton. He mar- 
ried Elizabeth Miller, October 7, 1908. 

(XIV) Louis Addison, son of Addison and 
Charlotte Elizabeth (Lillie) Kingsbury, was 
born February 11, 1869. His education was 
similar to that of his brother, and he is the 
assistant treasurer of the Kingsbury Box and 
Printing Company, and manager of the plant 
at South Coventry. He married, September 
9, 1892, Bessie Dell, born in South Coventry, 
OctoJDer 12, 1866. daughter of William and 
Mary A. (Lucas) Bradbury. Children, born 
in South Coventry : Elizabeth, September 27, 
1896; Eleanor, June 5, 1900. 

(IX) Captain Ebenezer Kingsbury, son of 
Joseph (2) Kingsbury (VIII). was born Feb- 
ruary II, 1716-17, at Haverhill; married, No- 
vember 28, 1743, Priscilla Kingsbury, a cou- 
sin (and she is said to have read the Bible 
through before her marriage to see if it for- 
bade the marriage of cousins). She was a 
daughter of his uncle Nathaniel. She died 
January 31, 1805, aged eighty-two. He died 
September 6, 1800, in the eighty-fourth year 
of his age, in Coventry. He was admitted to 
the church in Bolton, Connecticut, November 
24, 1739. He was deacon of the church and 
a prominent citizen, representative in the gen- 
eral assembly. 1754-55-58-59-64-66-67-69-71, 
to 1780. inclusive; lieutenant of the trainband 
in the Fifth Regiment in I75i: captain in 
1756: member of the committee of corre- 
spondence in 1774. The story is told that at a 
critical time of the revolution, he returned 
from a session of the general assembly one 
Saturday night and his daughter Priscilla 
molded bullets from the clock weights and his 
son Joseph baked biscuits on the Sabbath and 
when he returned Monday morning his saddle 
bags were balanced on the one side with food, 
on the other with the bullets, while sand took 
the place of the lead in the clock. Children: 
Ebenezer, born August 28, 1744; Mary, 
March 31, 1746; Ebenezer, January 27, 1749; 
Priscilla. December 26. 1751; Joseph, men- 
tioned below: Priscilla, January 21, I756> 
Martha Egerton, July 16. 1758: Ebenezer, 
August 30, 1762; Mary, November 26, 1764. 

(X) Lieutenant Joseph Kingsbury, son of 
Ebenezer Kingsbury, was born April 17, 1753, 
at Coventry: married (first), February 21, 
1780, Lois Porter, born in Coventry, April 14, 
1759, daughter of Jonathan and Lois (Rich- 
ardson) Porter. He enlisted in Captain Tal- 



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cott's company ami was commissioned lieu- 
tenant tarl\ in tlu- rcvolntiun. The company 
was stationed lor a time at ( iroion, Connec- 
ticut, and thence was ordered to New York 
ami New Jersey. Me was in Captain Paul 
r.rij,'liam's cnmpan\, Colonel John Chandler's 
rejjinient i/zJ-f^o. His wife died May 20, 
1S14. and he marrieti (second) Sarah Wood, 
horn in 1774. lie died April 13. 1828; his 
widow, December 17, 1843, in Scotland par- 
ish. Children, l)orn in Coventry: Lois. Janu- 
ary 14, 1781 ; Oliver, June 24, 1782; Eunice 
Uackns, Xovemlier 14. 1784; Ward. January 
H), 1787; I'ersis. Dicetnlier 10, I78<l: Elexta, 
June 9, 1791 ; Mary, Octohcr 3. 1793: Roxana, 
Auf,Mist 5, 1796; Ruth. April 4, I7f>8; Addi- 
son, July 5, 1800; Emeline, March 12, 1803, 
married, September 18, 1826. .\Ivin Kings- 
bury (XII), mentioned al)ove. 



Daniel Perkins, born in Nor- 
Pl'.RKIN'S wich. Connecticut, 1776, died 
March 8, 1845, and was buried 
in the Elm Street cemetery. He married Isa- 
bella Maples. She dierl March 10. 1855, aged 
sixty-nine years, and was buried in the same 
cemetery as her husband. 

(II) Daniel Wolcott, son of Daniel Perkins, 
was horn in Xorwicli, Connecticut, February 
28, 18 1 5, in a house on the road to New Lon- 
don, at East (ireat Plain, and died in Nor- 
wich, .August 22, 1888. He was a builder 
and contractor in Norwich, and prior to the 
civil war he went to I'.rooklyn. New York, 
where he continued the snme business with 
success. He retirnefl to Norwich in 1865, in 
which year he retired from active pursuits. 
]\r was a member of the legislature, and he 
and the Hon. John T. Wait, of Norwich, were 
instrumental in having the eight-hour law 
parsed, which was the first law of its kind 
passed in the state of Connecticut. For si.x- 
teen years he served in the capacity of super- 
intendent of the Sunday school of the First 
Piaptist Church of Norwich, and for a number 
of years was chairman of the board of educa- 
tion of the West Chelsea school district of 
Norwich. He married Mary Jones, of Phila- 
delphia. Pennsylvania. Children: i. Elizabeth 
Ann. born .\pril 16. 1830, died November 29, 
1830. 2. Theodore Mason, born August 9, 
1840, in Brooklyn. New York, died Septem- 
ber 23. 1865. 3. John Tyler, horn December 
5. 1841, see forward. 4. William Maples, born 
March 6. 1844: served in the I'nited States 
navy during the civil war and so continued 
until the close of hostilities, when he returned 
to Norwich and has since been engaged in the 
building business: he married Lydia F. Har- 
ris, in Norwich, December 30, ii<C»>- rliildn-n • 



i. William, deceased ; ii. Ida, marrierl Hanni- 
bal Hamlin Stanhope; iii. Fred, married Mar- 
garet Hefferman ; iv. Theodore, died January 
31, 191 1 ; V. .\rthur, deceased; vi. Ruth, de- 
ceased. 5. Henry Peale, twin of William 
.\la|)!is, died July 14, 1844. 6. Charles Wol- 
cott, born November 2Ti, 1846; served in the 
army during the civil war, and at the close 
of the same returned to Norwich and has since 
tievoted his attention to the building business. 
He married (first), December 25, 1869, Hat- 
tie L. Clark, of Colchester, Connecticut; one 
child, Charles T. ; married (second) Hattie 
.Morrison, in Thompsonville, Connecticut, Jan- 
uary 21, 1885; children: Elmer, Ijeairice and 
Madeline. 7. Marv Francis, born September 
G. 1848, died Aprir3. 1853. 8. Sarah Isabella, 
born August 13, 1851 ; married, November 6, 
1869, George A. Robinson, of Leonard's 
Pridge, Connecticut; children: William; 
Clara ; Mary, married Louis Wilson : Lena, 
married Fred Evnrts ; Lillian : Walter ; Geor- 
gia. 9. Joseph Jabez, born August 13, 1853, 
died November 26, 1853. ip. Clarissa Mary, 
born .\ugu>t g, i83(), died October 5, i8to. 
II, Hezekiab, see forward. 

(Ill) John Tyler, son of Daniel Wolcott 
Perkins, was born in Brooklyn, New York, De- 
cember 5. 1841, died suddenly at his home, 
2J2 West Main street, Norwich, Connecticut, 
of heart disease. March 7. 1908. He was edu- 
cated in the public schools. In the early part 
of the civil war he enlisted in the C'niled 
States navy as landsman, and was promoted 
to the rank of paymaster's steward ; he served 
during the first year in the North Atlantic 
squadron, taking part in the engagements at 
Roanoke Island and Newbern ; during the tol- 
lowing two years he was in the East Gulf 
.^(juadron: he was honorably discharged and 
nnistered out of the service, November 4, 
i8()4. .After the war he engaged in business 
with his father, who was a builder and con- 
tractor in Norwich. .Afterward he became the 
head of the firm and the name became lohn 
T. Perkins & Compan\ ; his brothers were his 
partners. Mr. Perkins was not a carpenter, 
but was a good accountant and expert in mak- 
ing estimates and drawing contracts ami speci- 
fications. He also had much knowledge of 
business law that was of value to him in busi- 
ness and in the administration of estates and 
trusts that came to him. He was a shrewd, 
conscientious and capable man of business and 
uniformly successful in his undertakings. He 
retired from business several years before bis 
death and spent his declining years at his 
Norwich home. During his last years he was 
oftt-n employed to adjust fire losses for insur- 
ance companies. For many years he was 



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T<eenly interested in the work of the First 
Baptist Church, and he took a prominent part 
in raising the funds and building the new edi- 
fice on West Main street. His friends in the 
church say he was the best financier ever con- 
nected with the management of the society. 
He was a member of Sedgwick Post, No. i, 
Grand Army of the Republic, and of Norwich 
'Council, No. 12, Ancient Order of United 
Workmen. 

A Norwich newspaper paid this tribute to 
his memory: "Mr. Perkins ranked as one of 
the successful business men of Norwich. In 
whatever he undertook, he was guided by cor- 
rect principles and gave satisfaction, and his 
integrity was never doubted. He had a pleas- 
ing and gentlemanly personality and was ever 
an agreeable person to meet. He was a suc- 
cess in life and did all the good he could in 
a charitable way. In his home, among his 
kindred, in the church and this community, 
Mr. Perkins shed an influence for good and 
his advice was often sought and followed. The 
many people who knew Mr. Perkins feel that 
Norwich has suffered a distinct loss in his 
passing away." 

Rev. William T. Thayer in the funeral ad- 
dress, said : "The community is better or 
worse for every citizen. Years of conscien- 
tious worthy living have given this life a rat- 
ing to which no words of mine can add. Go- 
ing in and out among you. like the thread in 
the loom, this life has spun from the shuttle 
of time into the fabric of your city's history. 
It is better for his having lived and to him 
this community owes a debt. A good citizen, 
a faithful friend, a devotee to the home, he 
lias brought you lessons of integrity and 
honor. We gather here to-day in part pay- 
ment of that debt. But it is not thereby paid 
in full. A nation's patriot and benefactor has 
fallen. He stepped into the ranks with other 
men and none was more loyal to the institu- 
tions of liberty and honor he fought to save. 
A lover of integrity, justice and peace has laid 
down his tools. Let us then not be idle, but 
quicken their use and hasten the completion 
of our community whose walls are integrity, 
whose halls are equality and whose assemblies 
are governed by justice and honor." He was 
buried in the Yantic cemetery. 

He married, November 4, 1868, Nancy L., 
born September 9, 1845, i" Norwich, Connec- 
ticut, daughter of Captain James Wyson and 
Elizabeth Ann (Cobanks) Baker. The cere- 
mony was performed by Rev. R. K. Ashley, 
pastor of the First Baptist Church of Nor- 
wich. Children: i. John Hunt, born Sep- 
tember 26, 1869, assistant treasurer of Dime 
Savings Bank of Norwich ; married, Febru- 



ary 14, 1893, Mabel, daughter of Charles P. 
Sturtevant, who was son of A. P. Sturlevant, 
who was a prominent citizen of Norwich and 
owner of the famous old Sturtevant House 
on Broadway, New York City, and of mills and 
other real estate in Norwich ; children : i. 
Anna M., born July 20, 1897; ii. Marjorie S., 
died November 6, 1899, aged six years. 2. 
Mary Elizabeth, born May 14, 1872 ; married, 
August 29, 1900, Dr. John Aldrich, of West- 
erly, Rhode Island, son of James Aldrich. 
Captain Baker, father of Mrs. Perkins, was 
born in Salem, Connecticut, and was chief en- 
gineer of the Stonington Line of Steamboats 
plying between Stonington and New York; 
died June 30, 1877, at the old homestead in 
Norwich ; his wife, Elizabeth Ann Baker, was 
born in New York, November 27, 1812, died 
January 3, 1898. 

(Ill) Hezekiah, youngest son of Daniel 
Wolcott Perkins, was born in Norwich. Con- 
necticut, December 23, 1857, died March 7, 
191 1, and was buried in Maplewood cemetery. 
He served in the capacity of accountant in the 
office of John A. Morgan & Son, of Norwich, 
for more than thirty years, a fact which at- 
tests to his faithfulness and ability. He served 
as a member of the Norwich city council, was 
chairman of the board of education of Nor- 
wich. West Chelsea district, for six years, and 
was the first secretary of the Cemetery Asso- 
ciation. He was a member of Somerset 
Lo.dge, Free and Accepted Masons ; Franklin 
Chapter, Royal Arch Masons ; Franklin Coun- 
cil. Royal and Select ^Masters; and was chair- 
man of the board of trustees of the First Bap- 
tist Church of Norwich for sixteen years. He 
married, October 18, 1881, in Norwich, Lena 
Gilbert, daughter of Gilbert L. Congdon, a 
resident of Norwich, formerly of Montville, 
Connecticut. Child, Maude Estelle. married, 
October 16, 1902, Louis Avery Wheeler, of 
Norwich. 



(HI) Jabez Perkins, son of 
PERKINS Sergeant Jacob Perkins (q.v.) 
was born in Ipswich. Massa- 
chusetts, May 15, 1677. He married (first), 
June 30, 1698, Hannah Lathrop, who died 
April 14, 1721. He married (second), De- 
cember 17, 1722, Charity Leonard, of Middle- 
borough. He, with his brothers, Joseph and 
Matthew, removed from Ipswich to Norwich, 
in the part of the town afterwards named Lis- 
bon. They bought about two thousand acres 
of land there in 1695. Joseph and Jabez Per- 
kins were leading citizens in town and church 
affairs. Children by first wife, born in Nor- 
wich : Jabez, June 3, 1699 ; Hannah, 1701 ; 
Elizabeth. 1703; Mary; Jacob, May 22, 1709, 



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nicntiorud below ; I-ucy, I7<X>; Luke (per- 
haps); Jiulith, 1714. Child by second wife: 
Charity. December 6. 1724. 

(W) Jacob (2), son of Jabez Perkins, was 
born in Norwich, May 22, 1709. He married, 
October 14. 1730, Jemima Leonard of Taun- 
ton. NLissachiisetts. Children : Jacob and Je- 
mima (^twins), born September 14, 1731 ; 
Timothy, June 30, 1733; Simeon, February 
13. 1734: ^fary. July 11, 1735, died young; 
Daniel, October 0. 1736; Abia, November 30, 
1738; Luce, July 30, 1740, died July 13. 1756; 
Elkanah, June 14, 1742^ died .'Xpril 13, 1744; 
Zebuloii. December 12, 1743: Jabez, July 28, 
1745: Jmlitb, April 14, 1747; Zephaniah, May 
I, 174'): llezekiah, January 15, 1751, men- 
tioned below; ^^ary, August 23, 1753; Ebcn- 
ezcr, Aupust 30, 1756. 

(V) Hezekiah. son of Jacob (2) Perkins, 
was born in Lisbon, Connecticut, January 15, 
1751. lie married, about 1783. Sarah, daugh- 
ter of Eleazcr and Amie (Bowen) Fitch, of 
Windham, Connecticut. He passed his early 
life on the sea. being at one time commander 

I ship in trade with France. He was ap- 
nted cashier of the Norwich Bank, which 
- chartered in I7')6. and continued in that 
■ e until his death, when he was succeeded 
his son, Francis .\shur. During his boy- 
hood he resided in Liverpool and Norwich. 
He died in Norwich. September 11, 1822. 
Children : Francis Ashur. born .\ugust 12, 
1784; Charlotte. November 16. 178^), died Feb- 
ruary if). 1787; George Leonard. August 5. 
1788, mentioned below: Charles. June 13, 
I7ix>. died .\ugust 5. 1790: Charlotte Whit- 
ing, January 5. 1707: Henry Fitch. July 14, 
17'tn: Eliza Leonard. May 12. 180T. died May 
10. 1802. 

(VI) Colonel George Leonard Perkins, son 
of llezekiah Perkins, wasborn in Norwich. Au- 
gust 5, 1788. died September 5. 1888. at Gro- 
ton. Connecticut, aged one himdred years one 
month. He married Emily I^ithrop. June i, 
1810. and she survived him Csee Lathrop TX). 
He was known everywhere for more than 
forty years as the "venerable treasurer of the 
Norwich and W'orcester Railroad Company." 
and always lived at Norwich, where he was 
highly honored and respected for his fine char- 
acter. When he was twenty-two he was 
thought to have consumption, and was sent on 
a sea voyage to Brazil for his health. He was 
so feeble when he started that his attendant 
had to carry him on hoard ship, but his voy- 
age had such a good effect that he returned 
home in good health, and once said to a friend : 
"When T landed in New York I felt as if I 
could jump over any tree on the Battery, and 

T have gone on jumping ever <;inrr " He en. 



gaged in business in Norwich, as writer of 
newspaper advertisements, on March 0. 1809. 
When the war of 1812 broke out he was ap- 
pointeil |)aymaster of the second district, in- 
eluding Rhode Island and Connecticut, with 
the rank of lirigade major, and this office 
brought him in contact with itiany rifficers and 
men in high position in the cotmtry. whose 
friendship he always kept. M the end of the 
war he again engaged in business. He was 
one of the original corporators of the Nor- 
wich and Worcester Railroad Coinpany, and 
was on its first board of directors ; he was its 
first treasurer, signed its first check, and re- 
mained in his office until his death, a period 
of fifty-three years. He was a member of the 
Park Congregational Church of Norwich, and 
was the first to establish Sunday schools 
there. He voted at every presidential election 
from ^Ladison on. and several of the presi- 
dents called on him when passing through 
Norwich. He walked from Norwich to 
Poiighkeepsic in order to be a passenger on 
Fulton's wonderful steamboat going to New 
York City. In 186 1 he was chosen by Gov- 
ernor Buckingham of Connecticut to be a 
bearer of dispatches from him to President 
Lincoln, a task which was very difficult. He 
was a man of strict moral character and his 
advice to yoimg men was never to take spiritu- 
ous liquors except by the advice of a physi- 
cian, and "not then, if the physician himself 
drinks them." He always rose early, and even 
went to work sometimes before breakfast, ac- 
complishing much work before his clerks ap- 
peared. He had a marvelous memory, and 
could relate anecdotes in every particular 
which happened almost a century before and 
jwssessed a keen relish for humor. When he 
was over one hundred he seemed but seventy- 
five, being tall and vigorous in appearance, 
with the faculties of perfect manhood. The 
anniversary of his one-himdredth birthday 
came on Sunday, and his name was mentioned 
in many sermons that dav in the different 
churches. He entertained his frienrls on the 
next Monday, and remarked that he "had 
reached par." He died just one month after 
his birthday, at the Fort Griswold House, 
Groton. where he was spending his vacation 
with his family. Children: i. Mary I^throp. 
born .^t1gust 30. 182 1. died 1842. 2. George 
Pcrit. October 14. 1823. died 1840. 3. Thomas 
Hezckiah. August 13. 1834. mentioned below. 
4. Emily Newton. October 11. 1836. 

CX'!!) Thomas Hezekiah. son of Colonel 
George Leonard Perkins, was horn .^ugust 
13. 1834. died May 20. 1880. He was an in- 
surance broker in Norwich. He married 
ir.r^f"). lulv 12, isir,. ri;7;,hetb g. Luske. He 



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married (second), September 23, 1872, Helen 
L'Hommidieii, daughter of Charles L. Rey- 
nolds, brother of Henry Lee Reynolds. She 
was born June 19, 1844. Children of second 
wife: Helen Lathrop, ■ born April 4, 1874; 
Harold Reynolds, April 5, 1878; Marion Rey- 
nolds, December 8, 1880. 

(The Lathrop* Line). 

( \'I ) Samuel (2) Lathrop, son of Samuel 
( 1 ) Lathrop (q.v.), was born in March, 1650, 
in New London, then Pequot, Connecti- 
cut. He married (first), November, 1675, 
Hannah Adgate, who died September 18, 
1695. He married (second), December 30, 
1697, Mary Edgerton, of Norwich. They re- 
moved to Norwich where his rank among the 
citizens is shown in the enrollment of 1730, 
when his name was next to the two Deacons 
Huntington, whose names followed the three 
ministers. Lord, Willes and Kirtland. He was 
a member of the first church of Norwich. He 
died December 9, 1732, and his wife died Jan- 
uary 31, 1727-28. Children, born in Norwich, 
by first wife : Hannah, January 6, 1677 ; Eliz- 
abeth, November i, 1679; Thomas, August 25, 
1681, mentioned below; Margaret, October i, 
1683, died April i, 1696; Samuel, January 6, 
1685; Simon, May 3, 1689; Nathaniel, July 
15, 1693. 

(VH) Thomas, son of Samuel (2) Lath- 
rop, was born August 25, 1681, in Norwich. 
He married. February 24, 1708-09, Lydia, 
daughter of Joshua and Mehetable (Smith) 
Abel, of Norwich. She died March 22, 1752. 
He was a prosperous man, as the inventory 
of his estate, four thousand four hundred and 
fifty-two pounds nine shillings ten pence, 
shows. His wife's inventory was five thousand 
eight hundred and fifty-two pounds six shil- 
lings ten pence. Letters of administration on 
his estate were taken out October 22, 1774, by 
his brother and Joseph Coit. Children, born 
in Norwich: Daniel, born May i, 1712; 
Lydia, April 10, 1718; Joshua, mentioned be- 
low. 

(Vni) Joshua, son of Thomas Lathrop, 
was born in Norwich, May 8, 1723. He grad- 
uated at Yale College in 1743, and became 
prominent among business men in his town. 
He and his brother Daniel are spoken of in 
the sketch of Dr. Woodward as "successively 
the most celebrated druggists of their day in 
Connecticut. Importing medicines from Eu- 
rope, they not only supplied a wide area of 
country about home, but also received orders 
from New York." He married. May 21, 1748, 
Hannah, daughter of David and Rachel 

* This family name variously appears as Lathrop 
and Lothrop. 



(Schellinx) Gardiner. David ("lardiner's pa- 
• rents were John and Sarah (Coit) Gardiner; 
John Gardiner was .son of David and Mary 
(Herningman) Gardiner: David was son -of 
the pioneers of Gardiner's Island. Lion and 
Mar}- (Williamson) Gardiner. Hannah (Gar- 
diner) Lathrop died July 24, 1750, and he 
married (second) November 5, 1761, Mercy, 
daughter of Rev. Nathaniel Eells, of Ston- 
ington. His will, dated May 29, 1795. men- 
tions his wife, Mercy, his son Thomas, daugh- 
ter Lydia Austin, friends and nieces Abigail 
Gardiner, Hannah Thomas, Mehetable Carew 
and Sally Eells. He died October 29. 1807, 
and his wife died July 7, 1833, aged ninety- 
one. In Mrs. Sigourney's "Past Meridan," 
this tribute is given : "Among childhood's un- 
fading sketches of my native place is the fig- 
ure of a beautiful old man of eighty-four. Dr. 
Joshua Lathrop, who, until the brief illness 
that preceded dissolution, took daily eques- 
trian excursions, withheld only by very in- 
clement weather. Methinks I clearly see him 
now; his small, well-knit, perfectly upright 
form, mounted on his noble, lustrous black 
horse, readily urged to an easy canter, his ser- 
vant a little in the rear. I see the large, fair, 
white wig, with its depth of curls, the swarthy 
cocked hat, the rich buckles at knee and shoe, 
and the nicely plaited ruffles, over hand and 
bosom, that in those days designated the gen- 
tleman of the old school. Repeated rides in 
that varied and romantic region, were so full 
of suggestive thought to his religious mind, 
that he was led to construct a good little book, 
in dialogue form, on the works of nature and 
nature's God, entitled. 'The Father and the 
Son,' which we younglings received with great 
gratitude from its kind-hearted author. His 
quick, elastic step in walking, his agility in 
mounting his steed, as well as his calm and 
happv temperament, were remarkable, and a 
model for younger men." The "Norwich His- 
tory" says of him : "He was the last in Nor- 
wich of the ancient race of gentlemen that 
wore a white wig. This, with the three-cor- 
nered hat, the glittering buckles at his knee 
and in his shoes, the spotless ruffles in his bos- 
om, and the gold-headed cane, made him an 
object of admiring wonder to young eyes." 
The Panoplisf has preserved a very pleasant 
memorial to him preached by his pastor. Rev. 
Dr. Strong. Children, born in Norwich: 
Thomas, born September 11, 1762, mentioned 
below; Lydia. October 10, 1764: Daniel, .^pril 
3, 1766. died June 29, 1766; Daniel, October 
13, T769; Joshua, probably died vounc. 

(IX) Thomas (2), son of Joshua Lathrop, 
was born in Norwich, September 11. 1762. 
He married, in Boston. October 9, 1783. 



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ilia, (laughter of William and Lydia (Colt) 
lliiMiard. Siu- was bom in I'.oston, Jidy 5, 
1 7' 15, j^rantl(laii).;litcr of his Aunt Lydia, and 
slip ijicd huccinbcr 2(>. i7</3. Icavinp two chil- 
dren. Ill- married (second) .S<.-i)tcml)er 21, 
■ "((I. liaimah. dau^;htfr of Captain liphraim 
and l.ydia ( Ilinitington) Bill, of Xorwich, 
where she was horn ScptemlK-r 21. ijO). lie 
alwavs hvcd in .Xorwich, and was rcmem- 
hi-red lonp for his kind generosity. He was a 
type of the true old-time gentleman, well hold- 
ing up his position in society. His w^iil was 
dated July 16, 1810, and he died Dccemher 

^ 1S17, accortling to his headstone in the 
iiietery. His wife lived almost fifty years 
longer than he did, and died January 28, 1862, 
aged ninet\-two. (hildren hy first wife, horn 
In Xorwich: i. Joshua, July 25, 1787. 2. 
riisha, February 8, 1789. Children by sec- 
■ 1 wife: 3. I^ydia .Austin, September 21, 
1702. 4. Mary, October 14. 1795. 5. Emily, 
Jul\ ,^<i. I7<)8; married, June i, 1819, George 
Leonard Perkins, of Xorwich City (see Per- 
kins \"I). '>. William, June i. 1801 ; married 
Icru<ha ( iilchrist : died September 13, 1823. 7. 
Il.innah Gardner, March 9. 1806: married, 
< iftober to. 1825. George Burbank Ripley, son 

1' Hwight Ripley, of Xorwich. 



Martin Potter, of South 
PoTTI-.k Shields. iMigland. left a large 
landed estate that rcverteil to 
the (lean and chapter of Durham, after wait- 
ing the necessary time for the lost heir. .\lK>ut 
1830 the .American heirs claimed the estate, 
but their efforts were unsuccessful. His will 
"IS dated .'September 10, 17 14, and he was 
■ ied in the |iarish yard of St. Hilds. .South 
: lelds. county Durham, .\pril 14, i-\u. He 
lje(|ueathed to his wife .Anna and children, 
and the property is pretty fully set forth in the 
will which is too Um'^ to be given in this 
place. It is supposed that the two eldest sons, 
lohn anci William Potter, entered into the pos- 
■<ion of their share of the estate, while the 
■untrest son Martin was killed or died at sea 
at the age of nineteen. The claim for the 
property was made by the heirs of William 
Potter, whi^ emii^ratcil to .America in 174S and 
married .Abigail Durfey. Martin Potter mar- 
ried .\nn Reid. who died at the age of eighty. 
Children, horn and baptized at South Shields: 
John, mentione<l below: William, born 1704, 
died young: William, born Februarv, 1707, 
j died unmarried, October 20, 1792: Martin, 
born luly 4, 1710, died aged nineteen : George, 
died in childlvxid : Jane. 

(11) John, son of Martin Potter, was Iwrn 
( at South Shield^;. June 3. t70I', died in 1770. 
I He married. December 10, 1723, Eleanor Wil- 



kinson. Children, all lK»rn in England: Wil- 
liam, mentioned below; Sarah, (Jcioher 31, 
1727; John, I'ebruary 20, 1732; I'lcanor, June 
'3- T.V^: Elizabeth, I'ebruary 21, 1739: Isa- 
bella, December 9, 1742; I homas, died in 
Philadelphia. 

(II!) Williani, s<jn of John Potter, was 
Ixirn in EuLjIand, (October 20, 1723, rlie 1 < )c- 
tol)er 12, 1773, at Xcw Lonili>n, Coiuucti- 
cnt. He married, .^^epleinber 13, 1748, .Abi- 
gail Diirfee. who dietl in 1823, aged ninety- 
three. Children, horn at .Xew London: Wil- 
liam. .August 3. 1749: John, died 1832; 
Joshua, died 1837: .Abigail, married James 
Miller : Thomas, mentioned below ; Eleanor, 
married Thomas Rice: Sally, marricil William 
W'.ignall : George. Ixirn October 14, 1707 ; 
Richard, 1770. 

(IN) Thomas, son of William Potter, was 
born at Xew London, in 1758, dieil June 17, 
1883. He marrie<l Lurena I'itch. Children, 
l)orn at \oank, Connecticut : Thomas, Octo- 
ber 8, 1784, tuentioncd l)elow : Hannah. Sep- 
tember (>. 1786; .Abby, .Xovember 2-. 1788; 
Josefih, Afarch 19, 1791 : William, May 24, 
1795; Sally, February 9, 1797: Henrietta, July 
9, 1804: James, July 3, 1806. 

(\') Thomas (2), .son of Thomas (i) Pot- 
ter, was horn at .Xoank, October 8. 1784, died 
December 27, 1873. He married. .August 28, 
1812, Prudence Latham, who died in i8(')6. 
Children, born at .Xoank: Mary .\nn. .May 15, 
1S14, married Rial Chaney : Emma Jane, De- 
cember 24, 1816, marricil David .Alexander 
Redfield : Thomas Carey, mentioned below ; 
Julia .Smith, married William Brown, 

(\I) Thomas Carey, son of Thomas (2) 
Potter, was born at Xoank, He married 
Phebe .Ann. daughter of Colonel I lenry and 
.Ann ( Balxrock) Potter (see Potter A'll). 
They had one son, Thomas Wells, mentioned 
below. 

(\'1I ) Thomas Wells, son of Thomas Carey 
Potter, was liorn at Xcw London. June 27, 
1846. died March 29. 1808. He was educated 
in the public schools of his native town. He 
engaged in the grocery busine'^s ami for 
many years had a store on State street, Xew 
London. He was active and prominent in 
public affairs, and served as president of the 
board of education of Xew London. He was 
treasurer of the Huntington Street Piaptist 
Church for many years and superintendent 
of the Sunday school. He was a member of 
Brainard Loijge, Free and .Accepted Masons, 
anil served as its treasurer. He married 
(first) October 2J, i8u8. Ellen Culver, of 
Xew London, born December 3, 1846, died 
March 6, i88<j, dai'ghter of Christopher and 
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married (second) JNIay 2"/, 1890, Nellie M. 
Smith, of New London, daughter of Ezra 
Chappell and Phoebe Ann (Coffin) Smith 
and granddaughter of Deacon Henry Smith, 
of. New London. She is a direct descendant 
of Rev. Nehemiah Smith, one of the found- 
ers of Norwich, Connecticut. Deacon Henry 
Smith was a son of Major Simeon and Char- 
lotte (Smith) Smith. Children of first wife: 
I. Ellen Culver, born August 5, 1871, is a 
physician practicing in Philadelphia, Pennsyl- 
vania ; unmarried. 2. Mary Lamb, born No- 
vember 18, 1873; married, December 25, 1902, 
Rev. Joseph A. Elder, pastor of the Hunting- 
ton Street Baptist Church ; children : Thomas 
Potter and Freeman Elder. 3. Thomas Wells, 
born September 3, 1875. 4. Susan Geer, born 
November 19, 1877. There were no children 
by the second marriage. 

(The Potter Line). 

(I) Nathaniel Potter, immigrant ancestor, 
came from England and was admitted an in- 
habitant of the island of Aquidneck in 1638. 
He and twenty-eight others, April 30, 1639, 
signed the following agreement: "We, whose 
names are underwritten, do acknowledge our- 
selves the legal subjects of his Majesty King 
Charles, and in his name do hereby bind our- 
selves into a civil body politicke, unto his laws 
according to matters of justice.'' He married 

Dorothy , born in 1617, died February 

19, 1696; she married (second) John Albro. 
Nathaniel Potter died as early as 1644. Chil- 
dren: Nathaniel, born 1637, died October 20, 
1704; Ichabod, mentioned below. 

(II) Ichabod, son of Nathaniel Potter, was 
born about 1640, died in 1676. He married 
Martha, daughter of Thomas and Martha 
Hazard. She married (second) Benjamin 
Mowry. He was interested in lands at West- 
erly and signed papers relating thereto March 
22, 1661 ; was on a grand jury, October, 1671. 
His widow moved from Portsmouth to Kings- 
town. Children of Ichabod Potter : Thomas, 
mentioned below; John, born 1665; Robert, 
1670; Ichabod. 1677: Susanna, 1679: Sarah, 
1681. 

(III) Thomas, son of Ichabod Potter, was 
born at Portsmouth, Rhode Island, about 
1663, died June 23, 1728, at South Kingston. 
He married (first) January 20, 1687, Susan- 
na, daughter of John and Susan (Anthony) 
Tripp. He married (second) December 8, 
1720, Lydia (Wilcox) Sherman, daughter of 
Daniel and Elizabeth (Cook) Wilcox. His 
will was dated in the codicil, June 4, 1727, 
and proved June 3, 1728. He bequeaths to 
his children in detail, mentioning by name 
four negro slaves, and apprentice and an In- 



dian boy. Children, born at North Kings- 
ton : Susanna, June 28, 1688; Sarah, July 25, 
1690 : Ichabod, September 23, 1692 ; Thomas, 
mentioned below; John, October 2, 1697; Na- 
thaniel, April 15, 1700; Captain Benjamin, 
January 19, 1703; Joseph, January 30. 1706; 
Martha, August 16, 1708. 

(I\') Thomas (2), son of Thomas (i) 
Potter, was born at North Kingston, Febru- 
ary 8, 1695-96, died January 8, 1773. He 
married (first). March 19, 1717, Mary, daugh- 
ter of George Babcock, of Westerly; (sec- 
ond) Judith Rogers, born 1712, died 1805. 
Children of first wife, born at Westerly: Su- 
sanna, February 20, 1718; Thomas, Septem- 
ber 14, 1720; Jonathan, 1723; Mary Eliza- 
beth, January 29, 1727 ; George, mentioned 
below; Stephen. Child of second wife: 
Caleb, born at Hopkinton, Rhode Island, .\u- 
gust 19, 1749. 

(V) George, son of Thomas (2) Potter, 
was born at Westerly, January 3, 1731-32, 
died August 9, 1794. He married, Septem- 
ber 18, 1754, Content, daughter of Rev. Jo- 
seph and Bethial Maxson. Children, born 
at Hopkinton: Mary, May 30, 1756; George, 
February 10, 1757; Joseph, mentioned below; 
Hannah, March 9, 1761 ; Susan, March 18. 
1763 ; Content, ]\Iay 25, 1765 ; Lydia, Octo- 
ber 10, 1766; Colonel Nathan, May 31, 1769; 
Lucy, October 10. 1771 : Elizabeth, Septem- 
ber 19, 1775. 

(\'I) Joseph, son of George Potter, was 
born at Hopkinton, Rhode Island, February 6. 
1759, died December 14, 1822. He married, 
April 7, 1784, Phebe, daughter of Thomas 
and Sarah Wells. Children, the three young- 
est of whom were born at Potter Hill, Rhode 
Island : Tliomas Wells, born January 26, 
1785 ; Joseph, August 4, 1787 ; Colonel Henry, 
mentioned below; Robert T., July 31, 1794; 
William, May 8, 1800. 

(VII) Colonel Henry Potter, son of Joseph 
Potter, was born at Potter Hill, March 12. 
1790, died November 22, 1864. He learned 
the art of making cotton and superintended 
the erection of a cotton mill during the war of 
1812. He was active in military affairs and 
used part of the mill at one time for a drill 
shed. He was made adjutant of the Rhode 
Island regiment to which he belonged. He 
commanded a battalion which was in the serv- 
ice at the battle of Stonington and he was 
afterward commissioned lieutenant-colonel. In 
1820 he removed to Waterford, Connecticut, 
where he resided most of his life. He died 
at Mystic, Connecticut, in 1864. He married, 
November 17, 1812, Ann, daughter of Hon. 
Daniel and Content (Potter) Babcock, a rela- 
tive. She was born at Hopkinton, May 9. 



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1791. Lhildrtn; i. Hon. Williaiii II.. lK>rn 
at Potter Hill, August 20, i8i(i, dicil March 
28. 18K7; married, April 12, 1S42, IlridRct 
Kalhlmii. 2. I'liebc Ann, born 1823, died ^Iay 
31, i8()3: married Thomas Carey Potter (see 
Potter "\I). 



This surname was evidently a 

STREET jilace name, doubtless derived 

from the military roails or 

rots which were built by the Romans in 

^land. .\s early as 1300 the name of Alice 

.sirete is foimd in the Domesday Book. 

J he coat-of-arms of the family contains three 

hf>rses on a shield iliviiled by a bar. The crest 

• ;i man's arm upraised hoIdin<; a bell in his 

■)d. Motto: Xon nobis St>lum Nati. 

I ) Richard Street was of Stoyumber, Som- 

vtshire. luii^laucl. and was a clothier. His 

II was dated September 10, 1591, and proved 

lember 30, 1592. Children: Michael, died 

7 : Robert : Thomas : John ; Xicholas. nien- 

U'd below. 

II) Xicholas, son of Richard Street, left 
\ ill which was proved May 3, 1610. He 

vried Mary , who was living in 1609 

: who left a will. ChildVen : i. Xicholas, 
mentioned below. 2. Mary, baptized at Taun- 
ton, f'lni^land, March 22. 1578. married. Jan- 
ii:irv 17, i(x)2, John Gilberil. 3. Thomas, bap- 
1 at 'Taunton, March 28, 1593, of Stogum- 
and liawdri, by gift of his father. 4. Jane, 
•tized June 22, 1583: buried. .August 29. 
;. at I'.ridgewater, England. 
I HI I Xicholas (2 i. gentleman, son of Xich- 
olas (i) Street, was of I'.ridgewater, Som- 
ersetshire, Englantl. Ili> will was dated Xo- 
1 veniber i, 1616, proved I'ebruary 13. 1617. 
' He married (first) at Bridgewater. January 
1602, Susanna Cilbcrd. who was buried 
ruary 22. i'>03. He married (second) 

ly . whose will was dated July 16. 

5, proved February 6. 1626. Child of first 
!!•: Xicholas, bai)tized January 29, 1(103, 
mentioned below. Children of second wife: 
Edwar<l. baptized at liridgewater. May i, 
1607, buried Xovembcr 3. i6ifi: John; Mat- 
thew ; William : Franci-. : Mary, baptizetl June 
10. K>i.i, burieil Ma\ 8. 1A15; Philip, bap- 
tized fune 2^ 161'), burieil Xovembcr 2^, 
1616. " 

(I\) Rev. .Xicholas (3) .Street, son of 
Nicholas (2> Street, was baptized at Bridge- 
water, England, January 2<). 1(103. His fa- 
ther died when Xicholas was thirteen years 
old, leaving his "antient estate of Rowber- 
ton neare Taunton, and also my Lease of 
Huntesbell in the Xarsh." The estate of 
Rowberton belonged to the Manor of Canon 
Street Priorv of Taunton. He matriculated 



at 0.xford, Xovembcr 2. 1621, at the age of 
eighteen, and received his degree, I'ebruary 
21, i(>24-25. The first record of him in .New 
England is his ordination as assistant to Rev. 
Mr. Hooke, as teacher of the church at Taun- 
ton, Massachusetts, in 1637-38. Seven years 
later Mr. Hooke went to Xew Haven and .Mr. 
Street continued as sole [)astor fifteen years. 
He followed .Mr. Hooke to Xew Haven and 
took his place as colleague of Rev. John Dav- 
enport, September 2h. K>yj. F'rom iitt^y un- 
til his death, .Ajiril 22, •'>74, he was pastor of 
the I'irst Church. He lived on what is now 
College street, on the sjiot where College street 
church now stands. He marricfl (first) 

, and (second) Mrs. Mary .Vcwnian, 

widow of Governor Francis Xewinan, of New 
Haven. She married (third) Governor l.eete, 
and died December 13. 1(183. Children: .Sam- 
uel, born 1635, mentioned below: Susanna, 

married Mason: Sarah, married James 

Heaton : .Abiah, married Daniel Sherman. 

(\') Rev. Samuel Street, son of Rev. Xich- 
olas (3) Street, was born in 1635. He grad- 
uated at Harvard College in 1(164, <*"c of a 
class of seven, all of whom he outlived by 
six years. He lived in Xew Haven and 
taught in the school .Mr. Davenport had 
founded, and in which his father also taught. 
.\fter teaching here with his father for ten 
years, he was installed .Xpril 22, 1674, the first 
settled clergyman at W'allingford, (Tonnecticut, 
and remainetl there pastor forty-five years. In 
i(>8i he was granted two hundred acres of 
land, and in 1C186 a house lot of six acres, later 
other grants. He was one of the original 
signers of the Plantation Covenant of W'al- 
lingford in 1710. He died January 16, 1717, 
aged eighty-two. He married. Xovembcr 3. 
1(164, in Xew Haven. .\nna Miles, who died 
in W'allingford, April 11, 1687. aged ninety- 
five, daughter of Richard and Katherine 
(Constable) ^files. Chibiren : i.Anna. b'lrn 
in Xew Haven, .-Xugust 17. 1663. 2. .Samuel, 
July 27, 1(167, mentioned below. 3. Mary, in 
Xew Haven, September 6, 1670. 4. Susanna, 
born in W'allingford. June 1(1. 1675, married 
Deacon John Peck. 5. Xicholas. July 14, 
1677, in W'allingford: married Jerusha Mor- 
gan. 6. Katherine. Xovembcr 19. 1679. at 
W'allingford. 7. Sarah, January 15. 16S1, at 
W'allingford, marrictl Theophilus Yale. 

(\'I) Lieutenant Samuel (2) Street, son 
of Rev. .""^amuel ( i ) Street, was born in Xew 
Haven. July 27. 1(1(17. He was made lieuten- 
ant of the train band. May 10. 171(1. in W'al- 
lingford. His estate was administered Feb- 
ruary 18. 1719-20. He married (first) July 
14. 1(^190, Hannah Glover. Ixirn (October 10, 
1(172, died July 8, 1715. daughter of John 



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Glover, of New Haven. He married (sec- 
ond) December 20, 1716, Mrs. Elizabeth 
(Brown) Todd, daughter of Eleazer and 
Sarah (Buckley) Brown, and widow of Mi- 
chael Todd. She married (third) Captain 
John IMerrinian. Children: i. Eleanor, born 
December 3, 1691. 2. Nathaniel, January 19, 
1693, married Mary Rajanond. 3. Elnathan, 
September 2, 1695, mentioned below. 4. 
Mary, April 16, 1698. married John Hall. 5. 
Mehitable, February 18, 1699, married Abra- 
ham Bassett. 6. John, October 26, 1703, mar- 
ried Hannah Hall. 7. Samuel, May 10, 1706. 

( VH) Captain Elnathan Street, son of Lieu- 
tenant Samuel (2) Street, was born Septem- 
ber 2, 1695, died November 30, 1798. He 
married, February 6, 1722, Damaris, daugh- 
ter of Dr. Benjamin and Elizabeth (Andrews) 
Hull, of Wallingford. She was born Feb- 
ruary 4, 1700, died May 22, 1787. They were 
married by Captain Yale. He was confirmed 
ensign of the train band of Wallingford by the 
assembly. May, 1740, and captain, 1745. Chil- 
dren: Benjamin, born May 18, 1723; Sam- 
uel, January 10, 1725, died January 15, 1725; 
Samuel, December 8, 1728; Nicholas. Febru- 
ary 21, 1730, mentioned below: Captain El- 
nathan, Jr., February 20, 1732 ; Anna, Feb- 
ruary 16, 1736; Mary, June 28, 1738; Jesse, 
April 24, 1 741. 

(\'HI) Rev. Nicholas (4) Street, son of 
Captain Elnathan Street, was born February 
21, 1730. He graduated at Yale College in 
175 1. He was the second pastor of the Con- 
gregational church in East Haven, where he 
was ordained October 8, 1755. He continued 
in the ministry for fifty-one years until his 
death, which occurred on the anniversary 
of his ordination, October 8, 1806. He was 
held in high esteem in the community and 
elsewhere for his personal excellence. In 
theology he was conservative and Calvinistic, 
and delighted in doctrinal preaching. He pos- 
sessed, however, "the rare faculty of present- 
ing abstruse subjects in a form of language 
interesting to his hearers," and those of his 
sermons which still exist are marked by prac- 
tical earnestness as well as intellectual ability. 

During the revolution he was in arrlent sym- 
pathy with the American cause, and did much 
to encourage the spirit of patriotism. The 
stone meeting house in which he preached is 
still standing, a conspicuous feature of East 
Haven village. The following item appeared 
in The Connecticut Journal and Nc^v Haven 
Post-Boy, published during the revolution : 
"New Haven, April 12, 1775. We are in- 
formed from the parisli of East Haven, that 
last week, the women of that parish, in imita- 
tion of the generous and laudable example of 



the sijcieties in the town of New Haven, pre- 
sented the Rev. Mr. Street, of said parish, 
with upwards of one hundred and thirty run 
of well spun linen yarn, which was gratefully 
received by the family ; and the generous 
guests, after some refreshment and taking a 
few dishes of colifee, agreeable to the plan of 
the Continental Congress, to which that so- 
ciety unanimously and fixedly adheres, dis- 
persed with a cheerfulness that bespoke that 
they could be well pleased without a sip from 
that baneful and exotic herb, (tea) which 
ought not so much as once more be named 
among the friends of American liberty." He 
married (first) December 6, 1758, Desire, 
daughter of Moses and Desire (Flemenwav) 
Thompson, of East Haven. She was born 
July 5, 1745, died January 27, 1765. She was 
one of his pupils when he taught school in 
East Haven, and was only thirteen when he 
married her. He married (second) Aiiril 24, 
1766, Hannah, daughter of David Jr. and 
Hannah (Punderson) Austin. She was born 
August 21, 1741, died October 9, 1802. Chil- 
dren of first wife : Eunecia, born October 27, 
1759; Desire, August 16, 1761 ; Lucinda, July 
I/- 1763- Children of second wife: Hannah, 
March 8, 1767 ; Moses Augustimis, Januarv 
26, 1769, died May 3, 1769 ; Moses Augustine, 
April 3, 1770; Nicholas, March 22, 1772: El- 
nathan, February 16, 1774, mentioned below; 
Justine Washington, November 4, 1777 : Mary, 
October 6, 1782. 

(IN) Elnathan (2), son of Rev. Nicholas 
(4) Street, was born February 16, 1774, died 
November 13, 1849. He lived in East Haven, 
and was a farmer by occupation. He was 
married by his father, November 2, 1802, to 
Clarissa Morris, daughter of Amos and Bet- 
sey (Woodward) Morris, and sister of Nicho- 
las Street's wife. She was born July 6, 1783. 
Children : Jane Caroline, born October 7, 
1803: Harriette Jennetts, July 8, 1807; Mary 
Antoinette, July 7, 1810; Lucie ]\Iorris, July 
31, 1812; Nicholas, April 11, 1814: Benjamin, 
December 24, 1816; Augustus, May 30, 1819; 
Thaddeus, April 22, 1821, mentioned below; 
Cornelia Clarissa, November 30, 1823 ; Elna- 
than Dwight. October 8, 1826. 

(X) Thaddeus, son of Elnathan (2) .*^treet, 
was born April 22, 1821, died January 16, 
1882. He was a farmer by occupation, and 
lived in East Haven. He married, January 9, 
1850, Elizabeth .Amelia Hot'chkiss, born Octo- 
ber 26, 1826. Children; Samuel Hotchkiss, 
November 14, 1850; Frederick Burton, Sep- 
tember 29, 1853. mentioned below ; Clifford 
Herbert, February i, 1861. 

(XI) Frederick Burton, son of Thaddeus 
Street, was born in East Haven, Connecticut, 



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Sqti-mlaT 29. 1S53. lie attcudc-l tlie piililic 
scliDols and the New Miliurd ln>.titutc. He 
worked on the Imniestead in his youth aiul 
afterwanl. I'or mmuc til'teeii years he was in 
partner>hip with his hrothcr in the grain, feed 
and tlonr trade. In iH<>«> he associated him- 
self with Lieutenant Govcrni>r J. 1). Dewell 
as sole [lartncr in the firm of |. 1). Dewell & 
Coni|)any, wlioU-sale ijrocers. In tiiis husi- 
ness he has hcen very successful and takes 
rank anion.; the foremost merciiants of New 
I iavcn. 

lie is an active member of the Con- 
grct,'ationaI church, has served as deacon and 
superintendent of the Sunday school since 
1879. In politics he is a Kepuhlican. Me is 
a meniher of the .\ncicnt ( )rder of United 
Workmen, tie New Kntjland f)r<ler of Pro- 
tection, the Sons of the .American Revolution 
and the TOundcrs and Patriots Society. lie 
rried. September jo, 1882. Eveline Jane 

■ rs born May iS, 1S58, dancrhtcr of Dr. 
. '..niel .\. anti F.meline (Rol)crts) Jones, of 
Danielsonvillc, Connecticut. Mrs. Street is 
the recjcnt of Mary Clap Wooster Chapter, 
Daui^rhtcrs of the Revolution, New Haven. 
She is a gifted musician, trained at the New 
England Cfinservatory of Music. She is prom- 
inent in social life. l"hildrcn of Frederick 1'. 
•m.l Eveline Jane .Street: i. Emeline A., born 
icmbcr 13. 18S4; graduate of Xassar Col- 

• ■. ir^o.s. 2. (iracc ilotchkiss, i)orn Septem- 
ber 10, 1800. 

Dr. Daniel .Mbion Jones was horn March 2, 
1833, in Harkbamstcad. Litchfield coimty, 
Coimecticut, son of (^rvilie and Rhoda (Wood- 
ruff) Jones, descendant of William Jones, a 
lawyer of London. luigland, who came in i6^io 
to New England in the same ship with the reg- 
iciiles CiofTe and Whalley, and it is said that 
his father. David Jones, was one of the judges 
executed with King I'harles II. William Jones, 
we are told. she!tere<I the regicides in his house 
for a month. From Boston Jones came to 
New Haven: was magistrate from 1662 to 
16^14 and re-elected annually until 1692 : dep- 
uty governor k'xij to 1706. Nathaniel Jones, 
son of William Jones, was horn in England, 
died in New Haven, .\ugust 21. 1^191 : married, 

October 7, i'>S4. . Theopbilus Jones 

son of Nathaniel Jones, was born March 18, 
1(100: married, December 26, 171 1, Hannah 
Mix. Nathaniel Jones, son of Theopiiilus 
Jones, was born March ,v >~'7: married. June 
8, 174,^, .^arab Merriam. P.enjamin Jones. 
son of Nathaniel Jones, was l)orn at Walling- 
ford, February 3, 1757. married Esther Wood- 
nifF. Orville Jones, son of Pienjamin Jones, 
married Rhoda W'oodrulT, mentioned above. 
! Dr. Jones was also descended from William 



the Conepieror through the Plantagenels, twice 
in the Drake line and once in the .XNop line. 

Dr. Jones was a dentist of higii re))utation 
anil be had a large practice in D;inielsunville. 
.\t the time of his death, in the jirime of life, 
in iH(t4, his widow, who had studied dentistry 
under his instruction and also in the office of 
Dr. R. R. Curtis, of Winsted, and had assisted 
her husband in his work for some time, reso- 
lutely imdertook to continue the business. 
She was the pioneer woman dentist of this 
country, the first to practice this profession 
alone. She practiced dentistry at Daniclson 
until 1876 when she came to New Haven, 
where she continueil to practice with great 
success. She is a memlier of the .'state Den- 
tal .Society, and of Mary Clap Woo>ter Chap- 
ter. Daughters of the .American kevrdution. 

.Mrs. Jones was born in A\'inchester, Con- 
necticut, July 2ft, 183^1, daughter of John Eno 
and Deliorah Ilungerford (I'lakeslee) Rob- 
erts. Samuel Roberts, the immigrant, came 
from England about 1636 and locatetl at New 
Haven. Samuel (2) Roberts, son of Samuel 
( I ) Roberts, married Catherine . Sam- 
uel (3) Roberts, .son of Samuel (2) Roberts, 
married, .September 22, 1691, Mary Hlake. 
Samuel (4) Roberts, son of Samuel (3) Rob- 
erts, married, March 22. \~\(t-ij. Rachel 
Webb. Joel Roberts, son of Samuel (3) Ri>b- 
crts, married Esther I^omis. Judah Roberts, 
son of Joel Roberts, married Mercy Eno. John 
Eno Roberts, son of Judah Roberts, married 
Delx>rah Ilungerford I'lakeslee. 

Sanniel Mlakeslee. immigrant ancestor, came 
from I\ngland in i'>3''i. .^amnel (21 P.lakes- 
lee, son of Samuel ( i I Illakeslee, married 
Sarah Kiml)crly. Samuel (3) Plakeslee, son 
of .S.inuiel (2) Blakcslee. married Eleanor 
Lane. Deacon .Samuel (4) Hlakeslee, son of 

Samuel (3) P.Iakeslee, married Ruth . 

Deacon Samuel (5) Hlakeslee, son of Dea- 
son Samuel (4) P.Iakeslee, married Ly<lia 
Woodford, and their jiaughter was Deborah 
Hungerforfl (Illakeslee) Roberts. Mrs. Jones 
was also descenflcd from William the Crju- 
qucror through the Plantagenets in the Drake 
line: five of her ancestors fought in the .Amer- 
ican army in the revolution, ()crforming meri- 
torious service. 

Dr. Jones had a sc»n, Daniel .Albion Jones, 
who was three years old at the time of the fa- 
ther's death : graduated at the Vale .Academic 
School in 1884: studied dentistry three years 
in bis mother's office and grailnaled fmni the 
Harvard Dental .School in iS.Vo and from the 
^'ale Medical .School in 1890: has practiced 
dentistry at New Haven since then: a member 
of the Free Masons, the Yale L'niversity Club: 
a musician of note : married Emma, daughter 



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of Joseph Blakeslee Beadle, of Montclair, New 
Jersey. 



Frederick Pauly was born at Zer- 
PAULY iiitz, Germany, August 22, 1840. 
He was educated in the pubHc 
schools and resided in Berlin, Germany, 
where he died August 11, 1873. He married 
Helen Koepken, born at Templin, Germany, 
December 3, 1841. She married (second) 
A\'illiam Riedel and had four children. Chil- 
dren of Frederick and Helen (Koepken) 
Pauly: Frederick and Rudolph, twins. Fred- 
erick died in infancy : Elizabeth : William F. ; 
Frank, see fonvard. 

(II) Captain Frank Pauly, son of Fred- 
erick Pauly, was born in Berlin, Germany, 
May 26, 1872. He was educated in the com- 
mon schools of bis native land. He came to 
America in 1885. landing July 17. lie found 
employment at his trade in the factory of 
Sargent & Company, New Haven, Connecti- 
cut. Since 1897 he has been a foreman in the 
electro-plating department of William Scholl- 
horn & Company, New Haven. He is a skill- 
ful mechanic and highly esteemed both by his 
men and by the firm. He joined the New 
Haven City Guards, May 11, 1892. This fa- 
mous military organization has been the fa- 
vorite of German-American citizens since its 
organization, September 14, 1861, during the 
civil war, under Captain George A. Basser- 
man. First Lieutenant Jacob P. Richards and 
Second Lieutenant William K. Schmidt. The 
company became officially Company B, Sec- 
ond Regiment, Connecticut National Guards, 
and helped to strengthen the state militia, 
which had been depleted by enlistments in the 
army. Captain Basserman became major of 
the regiment, September 22, 1863 ; lieutenant- 
colonel, 1866, and colonel, June 4, 1866. 
He was succeeded as captain by Lieutenant 
Richards. William K. Schmidt was com- 
missioned captain, ]\Iarch 11, 1865; Carl G. 
Engel, April 4, 1866; Fred Bucholz. Au- 
gust 8, 1868. Captain Engel again became 
captain, February 27, 187 1, and continued un- 
til July 15, 1878, when he was promoted to 
major ; Captain Frank W. Tiesing served from 
July. 1878, to the time of his death, November 
8. 1883 ; Captain William Kaehrle from No- 
vember 30, 1883, until he resigned May 14, 
1886. He was succeeded by Captain John 
Gutt. Captain Pauly advanced in rank from 
private , to corporal, sergeant, second lieuten- 
ant, first lieutenant, and December 13, 1899, 
was elected captain and also commissioned 
same day. He has commanded the City 
Guards since that time. He is a member of 
Humboldt Lodge, Odd Fellows, of New Ha- 



ven, and was secretary for a number of years 
and is past grand ; member of the Encamp- 
ment. No. 27, Odd Fellows, of New Haven; 
of the New England Order of Protection ; of 
Connecticut Rock Lodge, Free and Accepted 
Masons, New Haven, in which he has held all " 
the offices including that of worshipful mas- 
ter, elected in 1908 and re-elected in 1909. In 
politics he is a Democrat. He was elected 
member of the common council from the sixth 
ward in 1900-01. In religion he is a Lutheran. 
He resides at 165 Cedar Hill avenue. New 
Haven. He married, January 6, 1895. Eliza- 
beth Mooney, born November 18, 1875, daugh- 
ter of Lawrence P. Mooney, of New Haven. 
Children: Elizabeth, born July 25, 1896; 
Mary, January 6, 1899; Helen, November 26, 
1901 : Frank Jr., December 31, 1904: Marga- 
ret, February 17, 1907. 



Jonathan Fairbanks, immi- 
FAIRBANK grant ancestor, was born 

in England, before the 
year 1600. He came to Boston with his fam- 
ily in 1633 and remained there about three 
years, after which he settled in Dedham, 
where he was one of the earliest pioneers. 
He was one of the signers of the famous Ded- 
ham covenant, when the town was established 
and named. The house which he built is still 
standing, and was occupied as early as March 
22, 1636-37. He was admitted to the church, 
August 14, 1646. He was a town officer. He 
died December 5, 1668. and liis wife, Grace, 
December 28, 1673. Children, born in Eng- 
land: John, died November 13, 1684; George, 
died January 10, 1682-83 > Jonas, mentioned 
below; Jonathan, died January 28, 1711-12; 
Mary, born April 18, 1622 ; Susan, married, 
October 12, 1647, Ralph Day. 

(II) Jonas, son of Jonathan Fairbanks, was 
born in England and came to Dedham with 
his parents. In 1657 he removed to Lancas- 
ter, and March 7, 1659, signed the covenant, 
and became "one of the fathers of the town." 
He was bv occupation a farmer, and it is be- 
lieved also a carpenter. In 1652 he was fined 
for wearing great boots before he was worth 
two hundred pounds, which was contrary to 
a regulation of the government of Massachu- 
setts, ordered in 1651. He was killed with 
his son Joshua in a raid made by King Philip 
and his warriors upon the settlement. Febru- 
ary 10, 1675-76. At this time from fifty to 
fifty-five persons were massacred and twenty 
or more carried into captivity. His son Jona- 
than and one of his children were also victims 
of the massacre of September 22, 1697. He 
married, . May 28, 1658, Lydia, daughter of 
John Prescott, who came from Sowerly, parish 



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of Halifax. ICnglaiid. Slic was Ijorii in W'atcr- 
t(n\ii, Massacluistlls, August 13. 1(141. After 
his death she married Khas liarrmi, of W'atcr- 
fijwn, afterward i<i < irutoii and Lancaster. 
Children: Marie. l»>rn June 20, 1659; Joshua, 
April 6. iW)i, killed In the Indians, February 
10. i'>75-76; Grace. November 15, 1663; Jona- 
than. < )ctober 7. Rrf/i; Ilasadiah, February 
28, 1668; Jabcz, January 8, 1670, mentioncfl 
below ; Jonas. May 6. 1673. 

(Ill) Captain Jabez I'airljanks, son of 
Jonas I'airbanks. was born in Lancaster, Jan- 
uary 8, 1670. died there March 2, 1758. He 
was a very efficient soldier and otVicer in the 
Indian wars, and was doubtless incited to 
heroic exjiloits by the massacre of his father 
and brother in 1676. and of his only surviving 
I'Totber in i(yi)~. Durinic '''<-' raid on the town 
in the latter year, he was the means of saving 
a garrison and perhaps many lives. The his- 
torian, Marvin, speaks of him in this connec- 
tion, as follows: "l-'irst in the order of time 
of our military heroes, was Lieut, afterwards 
t'apt. Jabez Fairbanks. He was a famous 
scouting officer, and traversed large sections 
of the country to the north, east and west, in 
search of i)rowlin'; Indiaiis. During the war 
of 1722. sometimes known as Dummcr's war, 
because it was carried on under the direction 
of William I )miinier. actiiit; tjcvernor of the 
colony, the services of Captain Jabcz Fair- 
banks were sought by the latter to enlist men. 
He was offered the choice of the office of ser- 
geant if he remained at home in Lancaster, or 
that of Lieutenant if he were willing to serve 
at (Iroton or at Turkey Hill. He chose the 
latter. an<l at once entered the service. He 
reported ilirectly to the Ciovernor during the 
war. and the published correspondence be- 
tween them furnishes many interesting chap- 
ters of bistorv." In 1700 lie had lamls laid 
out to him. and ujion this site the home of 
the family remained for over a hundred years. 
In 1 7 14-2 1 -22-23 ''<? ^^'^s a representative to 
the general court. He married (first) Mary, 
daughter of Thomas and Mary (Houghton) 
\\'ililer. who died February 21. 1718. in her 
forty-third year. He married (second) Eliza- 
beth W'hitcomb. March 2>,. 1710. She died 
May II. 1755. aged eighty years. Children: 
Joscjih. i6<)3; Jabez: Flizabeth. married De- 
liverance Pirown. December 24. 1718: Jonas: 
Thomas : Abigail. 

(I\') Deacon Thomas Fairbanks, son of 
Captain Jabez Fairbanks, was born in Lan- 
caster, and baptized there in 1707. He died 
February 10. 1701. aged eighty-five years. His 
name appears on the muster roll, as sentinel, 
in Captain Josiah Willard's company in the 
Indian war. June 3 to November 10, 1725. 



I le was also a soldier in Captain Ephraim 
W'ilder's company. Samuel Willard. colonel, 
in July. 174K. which was calle>l out to rescue 
John Fitch, his wife and four children, who 
had been cajjtured by the Indians. He mar- 
ried Dorothy, daughter of Samuel and Doro- 
thy (Wilder) Carter. April 24, 1729. She 
was baptized February 4, 1710-11. died Sep- 
tember 13. 1784. Children: Sanuiel, born 
.April 8. 1730. killed at Lake George, Septem- 
ber 8. 1755: John. May 4, 1731 : Jonathan, 
November 12, 1732; Thomas, August 29, 
1736; Dorothy, October 17. 1738; Joseph, Oc- 
tober 27, 1741 ; Ephraim, July 26, 1742; Mary, 
I'cbruary 22. 1744: Silas, .\pril 27. 1747; 
Oliver, mentioned below. 

( \') Oliver, son of Deacon Thomas Fair- 
banks, was baptized September 22, 1751, in 
the Second Precinct, whicli was incorporated 
as Sterling, April 25, 1781. He died April 
24, 1829. He was a revolutionary soldier. 
His name appears on the Lexington alarm 
rolls, as a private in Captain Daniel Robbins' 
company. Colonel Asa Whitcomb's regiment, 
which marched on the alarm of April 13, 1775, 
from Lancaster to Cambridge ; also as cor- 
poral in a Lancaster company that marched on 
the alarm to Bennington, August 21, 1777. 
He tnarricd. March 3. 1772. Susanna, daugh- 
ter of Jonathan and Elizabeth Gates, of Little- 
ton, Massachusetts. Children : Oliver, bap- 
tized November i. 1773. died January 28. 
178^; Susa, baptized September 22, 1774, died 
January 13. 178^1: John, born 1775; Sena. 
1777. died 178^): Ephraim. 1779: Paul (twin). 
1781 : Artemas (twin), died young: Jona- 
than. 1783: Oliver (twin). March 21, "1788; 
Susannah Gates (twin) ; Artemas, baptized 
.September 4. 1791. 

(VT) Captain Paul Fairbanks, son of Oli- 
ver Fairbanks, was born in T^ncaster, 1781, 
died in Sterling. July 12. 1850. He married 
(first) Catharine Phelps. April 9. 1801. She 
died June 9. 181 1. aged thirty years. He mar- 
ried (second) .\rathusa Ross. December (1. 
1812. She died April 2, 1824. aged thirty- 
four years. He married (third) Mrs. Pa- 
tience Richardson, who died September 23. 
1858. aged seventy-six years. Children of first 
wife: .Xsenath. bofn October 23. 1802: .Arad. 
February 11. 1805. died young: Dolly. .August 
19. 1807: .Arad. August 3. 1809: Ephraim. 
June I. 181 1, mentioned below. Children of 
second wife: Susan, May 30, 1814; Luke, 
1813. 

(\'in Ephraim Fairbank (as be spelled the 
naqie). son of Captain Paul Fairbanks, was 
born Jimc i. i8ti. died November 10, 1892. 
He married Susan Stearns, born October 12, 
1812. They adopted a son. W'illiairi Goodnow 



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Fairbank. nient-'oned l)elo\v. Thev liad no 
children of their own. 

(\"III ) '\^'i^iam Goodnow Fairbank, ad-'ipt- 
ed by Ephraim and Susan (Stearns) Fair- 
bank, was born February 24., 1840, at Sterling, 
IMassachusetts. He began his education in the 
•district schools of his native town and adopted 
the profession of teaching. He graduated in 
the class of i860 at the State Normal School 
at Bridgewater. Massachusetts. His first ex- 
perience as a teacher after graduation was in 
the Farm School, Thompson Island, in Bos- 
ton harbor. He then accepted a position as 
teacher in the Lyman School for Boys, a state 
institution at \\'estborough, IMassachusetts. 
At the time he resigned, six vears later, he 
was the principal of the eight schools main- 
tained in the institution. He took charge of 
the Vermont State Reform School as superin- 
tendent, June 14, 1869, and filled the position 
with conspicuous ability and success for a 
period of seventeen years. He resigned in 
August, 1886, to become superintendent of 
the Connecticut Industrial School for Girls 
at Middletown, Connecticut, and since Sep- 
tember 7, 1886, he has been active and effi- 
cient in the discharge of his duties in this 
institution, making a remarkable record of 
some forty-seven years of work in the indus- 
trial training and reformatory work, and 
superintendent of important institutions since 
June, 1869. interrupted only by a period of 
about two years, in 1865-66, when he was 
ill. His is doubtless the longest term of con- 
tinuous active service in a position of this 
kind in this country. The Connecticut Indus- 
trial School is not a state institution, but it 
's one of the most important institutions for 
'ndustrial training in the state, and his work 
^here has been singularly fruitful and suc- 
cessful. Both at the A^ermont and Connecti- 
cut institutions ]\Ir. Fairbank has planned 
much of the new Iniilding during his admin- 
istrations, being a practical draughtsman. He 
is a member of Winiski Lodge, Free and Ac- 
cepted Masons, at Waterbury, A^ermont. He 
is a member of the Baptist church of Ster- 
ling, Massachusetts. 

^Ir. Fairbank married, December 2. 1862, 
Margaret Lefler, born at Hingham, Massa- 
chusetts. May 10, 1841, of German ancestry. 
He first met her at the Normal School at 
Bridgewater, IMassachusetts, and she is now 
assistant superintendent and visiting agent of 
the Connecticut Industrial School, having 
charge of placing the girls from the institu- 
tion in suitable homes. Both are heSi-tily 
interested in the work to which they have 
together devoted so many years of faithful 
service, and both are fitted by nature and 



training for the difficult duties of the work. 
She is a member of the Methodist Episcopal 
church. Their only child, ^^'illiam Ephraim 
Fairbank, born 1866, is now acting school 
visitor and general assistant in the Connecti- 
cut Industrial School : married Clara Belle 
Simons, of Erving, Massachusetts ; children : 
Jessie M.. born September 21, 1895; Dorothy 
"M., January 27, i8g8. ]\Ir. and ^Irs. William 
G. Fairbank adopted two children: Marv. a 
niece of ]Mr. Fairbank : she died in \'ermont, 
April II, 1880, at the age of twenty. IMabel, 
whom they took into their family in 1886 ; she 
is the wife of Charles Miller, a graduate of 
AVesleyan University of Middletown, Con- 
necticut, became a teacher in the Providence 
high school, later vice-president of the Provi- 
dence Normal School, now a teacher in the 
Morris high school of New York Citv. 



The Twinings of Twining be- 
T\ATNING longed to the race which was 
English before William the 
Conqueror arrived, and the home from which 
they sprang is in the county of Gloucester. 
Prior to the Saxon Invasion under Cuthwrin, 
in 577. there is no mention of the name, the 
origin of the patronymic originating at that 
time. 

Twining ]\Ianor dates from the time of 
King Edward I., and from that day on we 
find the name spelled in some fourteen or fif- 
teen dififerent ways contained in the records^ 
especially in Tewkesbury, Pershore and Eves- 
ham. Among the prominent members of the 
family was Richard, 1472, Monk of Tewkes- 
bury Abbey, John, Lord Abbott of AA'imcombe, 
1474, Thomas, Monk of Tewkesbury. 1539, 
and from that day to the present a continuous 
line of leading and prominent ecclesiastics in 
the English church. In other branches of life, 
Daniel, 1777 to 1853, was rector of Stilton 
Hunts. His daughter, Elizabeth, 1805 to 
1889, was a celebrated botanist and philan- 
thropist. Frank Theed Twining, 1848 to 1883, 
was a famous physician. The family is also 
prominent in Wales and in Nova Scotia. 

(I) \\'illiam Twining, founder of the fam- 
ily in America, came over to this country be- 
fore June I, 1641, when his name, "Mr. Wil- 
liam Twining, Sr.," is found in the court rec- 
ords of Plymouth Colony in a case of tres- 
passing regarding certain lines. He was then 
a resident of Yarmouth, situated some thirty 
miles southeast of Plymouth, and incorporated 
as a town in 1639. His daughter Isabel was 
married there on the same date, and his first 
wife was then living. In 1643 '""^ is included 
in the list of those able to bear arms at Yar- 
mouth, and for the next two years the records 




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rank him ninon^; the militia, cun^istinp of 
fifty soldiiTs. to each of \vhf)m was j;ivcn, on 
goin;; forth, one pound of hiillcts and one 
pound of tobacco. In 1^145 lie was one of 
the tivc soliliers to he sent out a;;ainst the 
Xarra^^ansctts. Sfjon after this he removed 
to Nanset. now Eastham, I'arnstahlc county, 
Massachusetts. In this latter jdace he was 
chosen constable, June 3, 1^>5I. May 13, lf»54, 
he was granted two acres of meadow, "lying 
at head of (ireat N'amshaket." In 1655 his 
name is include<l in the list of twenty-nine 
legal voters of freemen in the town. The 
same recorcls sliow that several parcels of 
land were granted to him at Rock Harbor, 
Poche. and other localities on the cape, lie 
appears to have resided in Poche, on the cast 
side of Town Cove, "on the lot containing 
two and one-half acres, lying next the Cove." 
He ilied here, .\pril 15, i<>5«>. That he was 
a man n{ more than ordinary character is 
shown by the titles of Mister he fixed to his 
name in the early records, a distinction given 
to but few men. even though they were men 
of substance. In 1652 he marriecj .Anna 
Doanc, who dieil I'ebruary 2~. i'>So. .She 
m."iy liave been a sister to Deacon John Doane, 
1590 to KX5, who came to Plymouth, 1621. 
and F.astham. i<i45. The children, so far as 
is known, by his first wife, born in England: 
I. lsal)el. dieii in Yarmoulii. .May i^). 1706; 
niarried Francis I'..ikcr. and inmii'^rated with 
her husband in tlie "Planter" in 1635. She 
had eight children. .2. William, referred to 
below. 

(ID William u). son of William (i) 
Twining, was born about 1625, probably in 
England, and was therefore but a l)'>\ when 
he came over with his father. He is first 
mentioned in the records when he married, 
at Eastham. In ir>52 he was admitte<l and 
sworn, and from this date to i^^i his name 
occurs four tinier as one of the grand jury. 
As early as 1077 he was a deacon of the 
Eastham church. He is alluded to as Dc.ncon 
Twining as late as \ftSi. He deeds land at 
Bound UviyoU in Yarmouth, in i6<V), and two 
years later sells Thomas Dagget one hun<lrcd 
acres at .Mama Ka^set. In 1050 the town of 
Eastham granteil him three aiKl one-half acres 
which had formerly belonged to Joshua 
Cooke. He also had lands at P.illingatc. and 
several other places in Itarnstable county. 
The last occurrence of his name in Eastham 
records is in i'x>5, when he ami his son Wil- 
liam were nunu'rated among the legal voters 
of the town. Previous to this date his re- 
ligious views underwent a radical change, and 
he became a memln-r of the Society of 
Friends. The circumstances of this change 



are unknown, and the .Monthly Meeting, with 
which he united, is not on record. 

With the change of erred, however, came 
also a change • 1. in order :' 

might enjoy tli' iruits of ;i 

able religion. \'. ^ ic find him .,;. 

son Stephen locatmg m the new jjrovincc of 
Pennsylvania. L'p to this date, ifx^S. the 
family had remained intact, and this was the 
first division. William Twining, jr., located 
at Newtown, 15uck> county, Penn ' 'id 

his name first appears in tin/t r 1- 

dletown monthly meeting rec .. cr 

with that of his son .Stephen, in a discussion 
against selling rum or strong drink tt» the 
Indians. In 1703 the records state a mar- 
riage was heltl at his house. He died Novem- 
ber 4, 1703, and his will, after l)eing lf)st 
sight of for one hundred and eighty years, 
was foimd in 1885 in the register's office in 
Philaileliihia. 

William Twining marrie<l Elizalieth, <laugh- 
ter of Stephen and Elizabeth (Ring) Deane. 
who .lied December 28, 1708. Children: I. 
Elizabeth, died March 10, 1725: married John 
Rogers, of ".Mayflower" descent; eight chil- 
dren. 2. .\nn, died September i. i'^>75: mar- 
ried Thomas Hills, and hail two children. 3. 
Susanna. Iwrn January 25, 1^)54. died young. 
4. \\ illiam. referred to below. 5. Mehitable. 
sup|>osed ti> have married Daniel Doane. C>. 
Joanna, born May 30. i')57, <lied June 4, 1723: 
married Thomas Hills, the widower of her 
sister .-\nn. 7. Stephen, Iwrn l-'ebruary 6, 
1659, married .\bigail Young. 

(Ill) William (3), son of William (2) 
and Elizabeth ( Deane ) Twining, Imrn Jan- 
uary 23, i'>34, died January 2ji. 1734. \'ery 
little is known about him. He seems to have 
remained behind when his father and one 
brother removed to Pennsylvania, and to have 
devoted the eighty years of his life to the 
tilling of his land, in which he was eminently 
successful. He was also a mechanic. His 
descendants, while not so numerous as those 
of his brother Stephen, are characterized as 
people of note and refinement and success in 
life. Many of them have filled the higher 
aveinies of life. He marrieil. March 21. 1^)89, 
Ruth, born ifV«8, died after 1735, daughter of 
John and Ruth (Snow) Cole, a "Mayflower" 
descendant through the line of prominent 
Cajie Cod families. Chiltlren: i. Elizalxrth, 
born .August 23, I'Vjo, marrieil Joseph Mer- 
rick Jr. 2. Thankful. January it. I'V)^. died 
.August 2S. 1779: marrie<l, .April. 1719. Jona- 
than Mayo: twelve children. 3. Ruth. .Au- 
gust 2J, iftf/), marrieil, Octolvr, 17 19, Joshua 
Higgins Jr.; twelve children. 4. Hannah, 
.April 2, 1702, married. June 12, 1 731. David 



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Young, possibly also married (second ) Dratli- 
aneal Snow Jr. 5. William, referred to be- 
low. 6. Barnabus, September 29, 1705, mar- 
ried Hannah Sweet. 7. Mercy, February 20, 
1708, married David Higgins ; six children. 

(IV) William (4), son of William (3) and 
Ruth (Cole) Twining, born September 2, 
1704. died November 17, 1769, becoming, ac- 
cording to tradition, a practitioner of law in 
Orleans. His will was made and probated 
the year of his death. He married Apphia 
Lewis, February 21, 1728, and she was living 
in 1776. Children: i. Abigail, born Decem- 
ber 28, 1730, died before 1769; married Jo- 
seph Rogers. One daughter. 2. Thomas, re- 
ferred to below. 3. Ruth, December 30, 
1736, died before 1769. 4. William, 1739 to 
1759, gravestone at Orleans. 5. Elijah, No- 
vember 4, 1742, died October 2, 1802: mar- 
ried Lois Rogers. Nine children. 6. Eleazer, 
1744 to 1762, gravestone at Orleans. 

(V) Thomas, son of William (4) and Ap- 
phia (Lewis) Twining, was born July 5, 
1733, died April 23, 1816. That he was a 
man of more than ordinary prominence and 
ability is fully borne out by the Orleans 
church and town records. Fifty years of his 
life were spent in the dignified callings of 
farmer and carpenter. In 1758 he served as 
corporal in the French and Indian wars. In 
1783 he sold his homestead, located just south 
of the present University Church, to Simeon 
Higgins, and with his brother Elijah removed 
to Tolland, called Granville, Massachusetts, 
before 1810, where they purchased an ex- 
tensive tract of land upon which their remain- 
ing days were spent. In 1797 the Tolland 
Congregational Church was organized and 
Thomas Twining was chosen its first deacon. 
The house which he built is still standing in 
good condition, and shows that Deacon Twin- 
ing was a good carpenter and selected the 
most durable materials out of his forests. As 
late as 1793 he sold his remaining salt water 
and meadow lands on Pleasant bay. The 
gravestones of himself and his brother Elijah 
are still standing in the Twining cemetery. 
He married (first) Alice Mayo, January 16, 
1755, and (second) Anna, daughter of Isaac 
Cole, October 24, 1765, who was born Decem- 
ber 3, 1740, died October 12, 1828. It is 
traditionally claimed that she was a Doane. 
Children, all by second wife: i. Stephen, re- 
ferred to below. 2. William, born December 
14, 1769, died November 22, 1842; lived in 
his father's house at Tolland : married Re- 
becca Brown. Ten children. 3. Alice, Feb- 
ruary 6, 1772, died 1846 ; married James 
Graham. One child. 4. Apphia, 1774, died 
1843 ! married Chauncey B. Fowler. Seven 



children. 5. Anna. 1777, died December 2t„ 
1861 ; married Colonel Joseph Wolcott. 

(VI) Stephen, son of Thomas and Anna 
(Cole) Twining, was born September 28, 
1767, died December 18, 1832. tie graduated 
from Yale University in 1795, and for many 
years was steward and acting treasurer of 
the College. His profession was that of a 
lawyer. From 1809 to 1832 he was a deacon 
of the First Church of Christ (Congrega- 
tional) of New Haven. The following anec- 
dote is related of him : "After Stephen, who 
was much more disposed to work with his 
head than with his hands, went to Yale Col- 
lege, the old man and his son William were 
ploughing with a yoke of oxen, one of which 
was rather inclined to reflection than action. 
The old man. quite out of patience, finally 
exclaimed, "What can we do with that lazy 
off ox ?' 'Send him to college,' was the prompt 
reply." His tombstone in the New Haven 
cemetery bears the inscription, "He feared 
God." His descendants, though not a numer- 
ous body, have excelled in the higher avoca- 
tions and the leading professions. 

October 2, 1800, Stephen Twining married 
Almira, daughter of Alexander and Mar- 
garet Catlin, who was born in Litchfield, Con- 
necticut, August 24, 1777, died in New 
Haven, May 30, 1846. Children: i. Alex- 
ander Catlin, referred to below. 2. W^illiam, 
born December 9, 1805, died June 5, 1844. 
Of him and his brother Alexander Catlin it 
is said, they were men of "strong and cul- 
tured minds and of perfectly balanced char- 
acters. They were always physically vigor- 
ous." William Twining married Margaret 
Eliza, daughter of Horace and Catharine 
(Thorn) Johnson. Eight children. 3. Mary 
Pierce, July 26, 1809, died March, 1879. "A 
woman of great energy, opportunity and 
executive ability, an active leader in New 
Haven charitable societies." 4. Helen Al- 
mira, April 4, 1812, married Seagrove W. 
Magill. One child. 5. Julia Webster, Feb- 
ruary II, 1814. died July 8, 1893. 6. Ann 
Loring, November 19, 1816, died February 
21, 1897 ; married James Hadley. She was the 
mother of Arthur Twining Hadley. president 
of Yale University. 7. .'\lmira, died young. 

(VII) Alexander Catlin, son of Stephen 
and Almira (Catlin) Twining, was born in 
New Haven, Connecticut, July 5, 1801, died 
November 22, 1884. He was a civil engineer • 
and a classmate of President Woolsey and 
the Rev. Leonard Bacon, D.D., and an asso- 
ciate of Professors Silliman and Olmsted in 
scientific observation. Yale University con- 
ferred on him a degree of LL.D., and from 
1856 to 1882 he was a deacon of the First 




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Church I'f Llirivt ( Coiigrctcational). When 
he (lied tlie New York lndcf>i'nJi'nl saiil of 
him: "The ticath <jf Professor A. C. Twin- 
ing; ends a li)i)(4 hfc of varied and hrilliant 
achievements, and wliicli was even riclier and 
more hrilhant in riclmcss and fruit fulness of 
Cliri>tian character. Professor Twininjj is 
known anionj; astronomers as tlic author of 
the "Cosmic Theory in Meteors." As a civil 
cnpincer he was engaged as chief or con- 
trolling engineer of every line running out of 
New Haven, ami on the .Xorllua-t roads, 
through N'ermont, on the Lake Shore, the 
Cleveland. Cohmihus, Pitt>liurgh, and various 
roails of Chicago, including the Rock Island 
and (^Id Milwaukee Line. As an inventor he 
pioneered to a successful result the industrial 
manufacture of artificial ice. I'or nine years 
he scrvei! as professor of mathematics and 
astronomy in Slidillehury Ci.>llege, and while 
then residing in \ crmont was active in the 
temjKrancc reform, into which he entered 
with much energy, as chairman of the State 
Temperance Conuuittee. 

"In political matters he took deep interest 
as one of the jinmioters of the original move- 
ment which issued in the foundation of the 
Republican Party. He was one of the pro- 
jectors of the famous "Conn." letter to i^resi- 
ilent lluchanan. lie was deeply interested in 
Constitutiiiual i|nestions. and reached the high- 
est ])oiiu in his lectures on the Constitution of 
the United States in Yale Law School. 

"In que>tii>ns of theology and philosophy 
vigor and subtle ingenuity. On his friends 
he was at home, and discussed them with l)old 
the beauty of his face and head and striking 
and winning courtesy of hi> manner, tlie sim- 
plicity of his Christian character, made a 
lasting impression, while few that ever met 
him even casually have failed to notice that 
to him it was given to invite and receive the 
spiritual confidence of others and to give them 
solid and permanent assistance, and where 
there are few to attempt it, and still fewer 
to succee<I." 

March 2. 1^29, .\lexander Catlin Twining 
married Harriet Amelia Kinsley, of West 
Point, New York, who dicil in 187 1 (see 
Kinsley \1 ). Children: I. Kinsley, referred 
to below. 2. Harriet .\nn. lK)rn December 2j. 
1833. died February 23. 1896. 3. Theodore 
Woolscy (twin), .Sc]itember 4, 1833, die<l 
.\tigust 14. 18(14; graduate Yale, academic. 
1858, law. i8<>j: paymaster Uniteil States 
navy, died of yellow fever. Aui;u>t 14. 1864. 
on Ixianl I'nited States >teain-ltip "Roebuck." 
at Tampa Hay. I'lorida. 4. Sutherland Doug- 
las (twinK Septenjber 4. 1835, Yale .\le<iical 
School. i8fi4. served as surgeon in the L'nitcd 



States army, at IJaltimore, an<l AleN.imlria. 

Virginia ; prominent physician > : 

marrieil Mirst) ('it-rtrtide Tenn\ 

without issue. !>■■"■ 

.\la«ill. .March 9. • 

1837, living unni.r 

ticut. (>. .\iary A 

in .New Haven, < 

Gridley, who died without i>-.iic. 1870. 7. 

Eliza Kinsley. June 19. i8|^, nnmnrricd 

( \ III ) Kinsley, eld. 
Catlin and Harriet Ai 

ing, was iHirn at We; . 

July 18, 1832. He was a member oi the Phi 
lieta Kappa Society and graduated with high 
honors from N'ale University in the class of 
1853, and was prepared for the ministry at 
Yale Divinity School and Andover 'TheolMg- 
ical ."seminary, lie \\ns licen^e<l as a Ci'Miire- 
gational minister, a:.d from r^;') !• iS-«) be 
was a clergyman of that de; l"or 

two years after this he tra\ , and 

on his return to this country, m i>^7>^. '"/rame 
the literary editor of the .New ^'<)^k /»n/i'- 
pctidcnt. which position he held imtil i8r)S. 
when be undertook the literary editi>rshi]) of 
the Evati^flist. Yale University gave him 
the <lcgree of D.D., and Hamilton College 
that of L.H.D. He was a member of the 
Century Club of New ^'ork. I le died in the 
fall of 1901. Dr. Twinini; wa-. a man of 
remarkable gifts. l)oth intellectual and spirit- 
ual, and the range of his learning was ex- 
ceedingly wide. Dn all rpiestions of an edu- 
cational, philosophical, theological and socio- 
logical character he had jxisitive convictions 
and well developed ideas for practical reform. 
He wa^ a man who won and retained strong 
friendshij) among a wi<le circle of acquaint- 
ances, and his s<jcial gifts were proverbial. 
He possessed one trait to a very unusual de- 
gree — a spirit of helpfulness that counted not 
the cost to himself. 

June 3, 1861, he marrie<l (first) Mary K. 
Plunkett. who tlied in i8«i4. without issue. 
.August 25, 1870, he married (second) Mary 
Ellen, liorn at Clinton, New York. March 30, 
1844. daughter of .\mos Delos (Iridley. Chil- 
dren: I. Edith de Ciueldry. Ixirn September 
23, 1872: married, Se|)temlie! <). I<>13. Nice- 
Chancellor I'redcrick \\ illiam Stevens. 2. 
.Mice Kinsley, born Sejitember 2~. 1877, mar- 
ried. May 4. 1904. l-'liot Watmus, of New 
Haven. Connecticut, son of Judge Watrous, 
ami grandson of Ciovernor Dutton. of Connec- 
ticut. 3. K'' ' • ■■ ' • ' ' v. 

( IN ) Kin .insley ( I ) 

and Mary 1 ' ;. was Ixirn 

in Providence, Kiioile Islau'l. Septemlnrr 9. 
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Jersey. He was prepared for college at Phil- 
lip's Academy, in Andover, Alassachusetts, 
and entering Yale University, graduated 
therefrom in the class of 1901. He studied 
law in Cornell University Law School and the 
Yale University Law School, after which he 
entered the law office of Messrs. Lindabury, 
Depue & Faulks, in Newark, where he studied 
for eighteen months longer, and was admitted 
to the bar in November, 1905. Soon after this 
he formed a legal co-partnership, which con- 
tinued for two and one-half years, and was 
succeeded by his present alliance as a member 
of the firm of Lindabury, Depue & Faulks. 
In politics Mr. Twining is a Republican. For 
some time he has been one of the aldermen 
of Morristown, and he is now serving his sec- 
ond term in that office. He is a member of 
the Alpha Delta Phi fraternity, the Wolf's 
Head and the Phi Delta Phi fraternity, the 
Morristown Field Club, the Yale Club, the 
Morristown Club, and the Morris County 
Golf Club. Mr. Twining is a member of the 
First Presbyterian Church of Morristown. 

(The Kinsley Line). 

( I ) Stephen Kinsley, immigrant ancestor, 
settled first in Braintree in 1637. The records 
show that his descendants have spelled the 
name without a "G" wherever they have 
settled. John Kingsley, of Dorchester, is be- 
lieved to be a brother. Stephen was a pro- 
prietor of the town of Braintree, and was ad- 
mitted a freeman, May 13, 1640. He re- 
moved to Dorchester and bought half of the 
Hutchinson farm, February 23, 1656. He re- 
turned to Braintree and sold land in Milton, 
May II, 1670. He was representative to the 
general court in 1650 and first ruling elder at 
Braintree in 1653, afterwards of Dorchester, 
and representative of Milton in 1666, where 
he died. His will was dated at Milton, Alay 
27, 1673, proved July 3, 1673, in which he 
mentions his family. Children: I. Samuel. 
2. John. 3. Daughter, married Henry Crane. 
4. Daughter, married Anthony Colli ver. 5. 
Daughter, married Robert ^lason. 6. ]\Iary, 
born August 30, 1640, at Braintree. 

(II) Samuel, son of Stephen Kinsley, was 
born probably in England, died before 1673, 
when his father's will was made. He probably 

lived at Milton. He married Hannah . 

Children: Samuel, born 1662, and two daugh- 
ters. 

(III) Samuel (2), son of Samuel (i) Kins- 
ley, was born in 1662, at Dorchester. He 
married Mary Washburn, in 1694, daughter 
of John Washburn. They settled at South 
Bridgewater, Massachusetts, and bought the 
Jeduthun Robbins place, adjoining Thomas 



\\'ashburn's. His children, except Daniel, 
who is believed to belong here, are given by 
the Bridgewater history. See also Easton, 
Massachusetts, history. Children : Samuel, 
John, Nathan, Benjamin, Mary, Sarah, Ben- 
jamin, mentioned below; Bethia, Susanna, 
Daniel, born 1720-30. 

(IV) Benjamin, son of Samuel (2) Kins- 
ley, was born March 16, 1701. He married 
Widow Perkins and had sons, Samuel, Ben- 
jamin, Silas, mentioned below. 

(\') Silas, son of Benjamin Kinsley, was 
born December 8, 1735, in Bridgewater or 
Easton, died May 15, 1775. He married Re- 
becca (Richardson) Packard, widow of Zebu- 
Ion Packard. She died March 15, 1772. Chil- 
dren: I. Daniel (Captain), born December 
23, 1758, married Polly Keith. 2. Azel, July 
5, 1760, married Martha Floward. 3. Bethuel, 
June 2, 1762. 4. Adam, February 10, 1764, 

married Leonard and went to Canton. 

5. Silas, June 7, 1766, lived at Canton. 6. 
Zebina, mentioned below. 7. Rodolphus. June 
5, 1770, married Salome Cary. 8. Benjamin, 
March 5, 1772. 

(AT) Zebina, son of Silas Kinsley, was 
born at Bridgewater, Massachusetts, August 
3, 1768, died September 3, 1804. He re- 
moved to West Point, New York. After his 
removal there he married Anne, born Sep- 
tember 5, 1777, died in 1848-49, daughter of 
James Duncan, of West Point. The large 
estate inherited by her from her parents ad- 
joined the United States reservation, and a 
few years ago it was purchased by the gov- 
ernment and added to the United States reser- 
vation. That portion of the Silas Kinsley 
family that lived on this estate were interred 
in the West Point cemetery. Children : i. 
Elizabeth (Eliza) Cornelia, born April 10, 
1797. 2. Harriet Amelia, September 11, 1798, 
at West Point, married Alexander Catlin 
Twining (see Twining VII). 3. Maria, April 
17, 1800. 4. Zebina James Duncan, February 
17, 1802, graduated from the Military Acad- 
em\- ; married Eliza Van Schonaren. 5. Sally 
Ann, December 30, 1803. 



(Ill) Ephraim Nichols, son 
NICHOLS of Isaac Nichols (q. v.), was 
born December 15, 1657. He 
married, October 17, 1682, Esther, widow of 
Ebenezer Llawley, previously widow of Wil- 
liam Ward. He settled in Fairfield, and was 
the ancestor of the Fairfield Nichols family; 
He died in 1692, and his widow married 
Eliphalet Hill, of Fairfield, about 1693. After 
his death she married a Mr. Lord, so that she 
had five husbands. Children : Ignatius, born 
December 17, 1683, mentioned below: Deb- 



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ill. January i, i'J85; Esther, Dcccmljer 16, 
1 ( if<>). 

(1\ ) I>,'natiiis, son of Ei)liraini Nichols, 
was l)orn Dcccnilxr 17, i(t>^i. He married 
At)it;ail Stajiles, of l*"airtielii. wlio was Iwrn 
in i(>S«j, (lied Ucceniher u, 1745. Children: 
Xaliian; Ij^natins ; liphraini, l)a]ili/i<l January 
^0. 1727, mentioned lieiow; Al)i;^ail ; Hester. 
( \ I l'l|)liraim (J), mjii of li^natius Nicliols, 
\\a> baptized January 30. 17^7. lie married 
Ivcliecca. ilaus^hter of Ones^imus GoliI, of 
iirtield, July 5. 1741. Children: Ebenezer, 
• 111 Xuvember 4. 1742; llezekiah. January 
5. 1744. mentioned bel<nv : David. .March 29, 
174(>: ICunice. Ai)ril 4. 174S; I'eter, Septem- 
ber jS, 1750: .*^arah. July 2H. 175.': John, Au- 
gust 2. 1754: llpliraim. .\pril 15. 175H; Jesse, 
.\pril 2(), 175'): Uebecca ; blUen : Hannah. 

(\l) ilezekiah. son of liphraim (2) 
Nichols, was Iwrn at Stratford, January 5, 
1744. He married .Mary Kippen and settled 
in Danhury. In 1790 the census shows he 
liatl three males over .sixteen, two under that 
age ami three females in his family. 

(\'II) Samuel, son of Hezekiah Xichols, 
was born in Danbury, died at Fairfieltl. Con- 
necticut. He was town clerk of [•'airfield 
twenty-two consecutive years, and for a long 
time deacon of the CoiiLjreijational church. 
He married W'ilsana Wheeler. Children: 
Jane. John. Julia, .\bbie, Henry, Annie, John, 
' mentioned below. 

(\'1I1) John, son of .Samuel Nichols, was 

Iniin at I'airfield. 1830, died there Sei)tember 

o, K;o!. He hail a common school education, 

j and followed farmini; all his active life. He 

' was a comnumicant of the I'rotestant lipisco- 

I pal church. 1 le was j;ifted musically and was 

j organist and member of the choir for many 

1 years. He also sanp in New York City at 

' St. I'rancis Xavier's Church. He married 

I FiTiette Edwards, born December 26. i8.V>, 

I daui;liter of .\brahani and l-'inette (Edwards) 

T'enson (see l'iensi>n \' I. Children, born at 

•rfield: I'inelte licnson. unmarried: Henry 

\ Mson. unmarried: Anna Trowbridge, im- 

married : Funma, unmarried. 

! 

( The licnsoii Line). 
I 1 1 Dirck I'.enson, inimi;;rant ancestor, 
line originally from C^oningen, and lived 
for a time in .\mstcrdam, where he married 
Catherine P.erck. 1648 (spelled Uerex. by 
Pearson), daughter of Sani-on and Tryntie 
(\'an Kechteren ) I'.erck. lie came to Amer- 
ica about i<>48, located tirst in .Mbaiiy. .New 
York, and was in New .\msterdam in 1649. 
where he purchased, .August 2. 1(148, half a 
lot situated on the northeast side of b'ort 
Amsterdam, on Manhattan Inland, from Hen- 



ry Egbertson. His wife was born in i'>25, 
died April 14, Hnji, widow of llarmen 
Tomes Hun, her secoml husband, whom she 
married on or alxnit .May 2O, iMjI. Dirck 
IJenson <lied in .Mbany, or lleverwyck. as it 
was then called, January 6, 1659. Kikcr says 
that he died February 12. 1659. Hannen 
Tomes 1 lun, whcjin his wife married (second I, 
made a joint will with her on their marriage, 
providing for the chiblren of her late hus- 
band. Children: Dirck, Iwrn Noveml)er g, 
1649; Samson, July 4, K152: Johannes. I'eb- 
ruary 8, 1655, mentioned below ; Cateryna, 
February 12, 1657; Maria, July 15, 1659. 

(II) Johannes or John, son of Dirck I'.en- 
son, was Ixjrn l-'ebruary 8, i(>53, <lieil 1715, in 
what is now Harlem. New York. He married 
Lysbet, daughter of Teuwes (.Matthew) .\l>- 
rahamse and Helena \'an Deuscn, I-"ebruary 2, 
i(j8o ( Riker says 1676). Teuwes was son of 
.\braliam \'an Deusen. who came fr<jm New 
.Amsterdam to Ueverw^ck at an early date. 
Children: Samson, born October 13. i(»Si ; 
Helena. October 8. 16S2: Dirck, Februarv 28, 
16S6: Catlyna, .August 24. iCJKS: Rachel,' .Au- 
gust 29, iCyC)o; Matthew, January 5, I'xjj, 
mentioneil below; Catrina, .August 27, i'><<3; 
Maritje, .April 26, i(V>i;; Johannes (John Jr.), 
May 2tj. 1 701 : llenjamin. .March 24, 1704. 

(IH) Matthew, son of Captain John IJen- 
son. was born January 3, I'igj, died in .New 
York City. He marrie<l (tirst I Elizabeth, 
daughter of .\rnt I'.ussing. in 1716. He mar- 
ried (seccand) Hannah ( Edsall ) De Gnjot, 
daughter of John Edsall. antl wiilow of (ler- 
rit De tlroot, December 9. 1727. Children: 
Gerrit ; llenjamin, Ixjrn I'ebruary 1,^. 17.^2, 
mentioned below ; .Samuel, marrieci Ann 
Steele in 1759: Charity, married William Sloe 

'" '755- 

(I\') P.enjamin. son of Matthew Pienson, 
was born February 13. 17.^2. dieil .Xugust 3, 
\"i). He was a captain in the French and In- 
dian war. He had the famous Crown Point 
Patent, and resided at Claverack, New York. 
He was a cooper by trade. He married, in 
173A, Catherine Dirinda. born Aiiril 18. 1728, 
died b'ebruary 3. 1803. (.'hildren: Isanna, 
born I'cbruary 10, 1737: Catherine. .\i)ril 3, 
I73<;: Charity. September 14, I7fii : .Matthew, 
.April 2/. 17(14: Hendrick, September 3. I7(V): 
lienjamin. October 3, 1768; .Mary, July 31. 
1773: William, October 3, 1776: .Abraham, 
January 31, 1780; Jacob. March 13. 17H1 

( \' ) .\braliam. son of P.enjamin lienson. 
was born at Haverstraw-on-the-Hudson, New 
A'ork. January 31, 1780. died .March (1. 1849, 
at I'airfield, Connecticut. He was educated 
in the public schools of his native town and 
in New York Citv. whither his mother and 



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the family moved when he was young. They 
resided on Canal street, then a residential 
section. 

He began early in life to follow the 
sea and in the course of time became a master 
mariner. He was captain of his first ship in 
1812, and continued in command of various 
vessels to the end of his long and interesting 
life. H^e was prominent in the coasting trade. 
He commanded one of the first steamboats 
plying between New York and Albany. Com- 
modore Vanderbilt, who owned some of the 
vessels that Captain Benson commanded, gave 
him a handsome cane in recognition of his 
faithfulness. Later he ran a steamboat from 
New York to Bridgeport. He opened a tav- 
ern in Fairfield, and in addition to this served 
as postmaster for a time, under President 
Jackson, the postofifice being in the hotel. He 
served in the war of 1812, and the resolutions 
relating to this war were drawn up in his 
hotel, which is still standing in a good state 
of preservation and occupied by Mrs. Nichols; 
this house, formerly owned by General Abel, 
was one of the best known from New York 
to Boston. In this house all the meetings of 
the section pertaining to the war were held, 
and Mrs. Nichols, daughter of Abraham Ben- 
son, has a number of these documents. In 
this house was burned the first coal used in 
the town, and the old fireplace with its swing- 
ing crane is still to be seen, together with 
many other rare and interesting things. Abra- 
ham Benson married (first) Esther, daughter 
of Lieutenant Jarvis ; she only lived a short 
time. He married (second) Gussie Burr, the 
adopted daughter of General Abel Burr ; she 
bore him eight children. He married (third), 
June 3, 1831, Finette Edwards, born January 
25, 1804, at New Milford. One child, Finette 
Edwards, born December 26, 1836, married 
John Nichols (see Nichols VIII). 



The founder of the New Eng- 
HADLEY land branch of the Hadley 
family was George Hadley, 
who came from England to Ipswich, Massa- 
chusetts, before 1639. Like the majority of 
the Puritan settlers of New England, he had 
too little love for the country from which 
he had been driven by persecution, and was 
too busy with the difficult task of making a 
home in a new land to leave any record of 
his English home. There is no doubt he pos- 
sessed all the moral worth and all the de- 
votion to religious convictions which marked 
the Puritan character. His descendants may 
well be proud of the fact that their ancestor 
was one of the founders of New England, a 
title which Judge Samuel P. Hadley most ap- 



preciatively says is to his mind "more hon- 
orable than any a .Stuart or any other king 
could bestow." 

It may be well to call attention here to an- 
other branch of the Hadley family which has 
no connection on this side of the Atlantic 
with the New England Hadleys. The Quaker 
Fladleys of Indiana and North Carolina are 
descended from Simon Hadley, who came to 
America in 1712 from Kings county. Ireland, 
where his English ancestors had settled. The 
two branches doubtless came from common 
stock in England, as is indicated by the re- 
peated use of certain names which seem to 
iDe a family inheritance. Possibly in the near 
future some member of the family may be 
able to trace the family pedigree back, as 
some believe it can be traced, to John Had- 
ley, who was lord mayor of London in the 
years 1377 and 1392. 

(I) (jeorge Hadley, immigrant ancestor, 
was born in England about 1600, and bef(.ire 
1639 settled in Ipswich, Massachusetts. He 

married (first) Proctor; (second) 

June 29, 1668, Deborah Skillings. He re- 
moved about 1655 to Rowley, Massachusetts, 
but returned to Ipswich, where he was living 
in 1678. His will may be seen in the ]\Iassa- 
chusetts Historical Rooms at Boston. Chil- 
dren: I. John, married, September 3, 1682, 
Susanna Pettis ; resided in Gloucester, Mas- 
sachusetts. 2. Samuel, mentioned below. 3. 
Martha. 4. Abigail, died .September 12, 1660. 
5. Joseph. 6. Mary Page. 

(II) Samuel, son of Georpe Hadley. was 
born about 1655, at Ipswich or Rowley. Mar- 
ried Jane Martin (North ?), daughter of 
George Martin. He took the oath of alle- 
giance in December, 1677; was a member of 
the train band in 1680. He was living as 
late as 1727. He was a weaver by trade, and 
resided in the west parish of Salisbury or 
Amesbury, Massachusetts. Children: i. Esth- 
er, married, January 6, 1701-02, Richard 
Goodwin. 2. Samuel, married, January 20, 
1704, Dorothy Colby. 3. Hannah (published 
June 24, 1707), married Ephraim Pember- 
ton, of Haverhill, Massachusetts. 4. John, 
married, November 8, 1707, Hannah Lawe ; 
he settled in Gloucester, Massachusetts. 5. 
Son. 6. Susanna, married, September 18, 
1714, Thomas Potter, of Ipswich, Massachu- 
setts. 7. George, bom August 25, 1686, men- 
tioned below. 8. Elizabeth, born October 10, 
1688. 9. Sarah, born October 10, 1691 ; mar- 
ried, December 15, 1720, Thomas Wells. 10. 
Martha, born February 24, 1695 : married, De- 
cemer 21, 1714. Samuel Whiting. 11. Joseph, 
born December 26, 1700; married. Jul}- 12, 
1721, Flannah Flanders. 12. Benjamin, born 



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Feljruary 24. 1704: iiiarriL-cl Anna W'ceil, No- 
vcmljcT 21, 1727. 

(J II) George (2), son of Samuel Ilailley, 
was Iwrn AuKiist 25, 1686. lie married Sarah 
Wigjjins. Children: 1. Ann, born Scpteinlx-r 
25, 1707; married Rlias Sari^ent. 2. Georjje. 
\v>rn April 24, 17CKJ. mentioned below. 3. 
Johanna, born .Ai)ril 10, 1711; married James 
Ilyle. .\pril 2. 1731. 4. James, born Septem- 
ber 9, 171.V 5. Samuel, born I-'eliruary 24. 
1714. h. Ilannali. l)orn November i, 1715. 
7. John, born \pril 28. 1717. H. Sarah. Ijorn 
Jidy 31, 171S. (). Meiiilable. born Jtdy 6. 
1722. 10. Rhoda. born Ajiril i. 1724. 11. 
Jo-luia. born April 12, 1727. 

( I\ ) CJcorye (3), son of George (2) Ilatl- 
ley, born Ajiril 24. 1709. was drowned in 
Island Pond, Ilampstead, New I lamiishire, in 
1740. He married. January 4. 1733. Eliza- 
beth riummcr. (."iiildren : 1. Sarah, iwrn ( )c- 
toher (i, 1733. 2. Hannah, born December 
21, 1734. 3. Joshua, born .November i. 1736; 
married Mar\ Cliase. .N<»veml)er 5, I7'>i. 4. 
riummcr, born 1738; married Mehitable 

: died September 12. 1814. 5. Georj^e. 

born Aui;ust 8, 1740. died November 3, 1826. 
Ca])tain (ieorjje Iladley was born after his 
father's I'eatb at his grandfather's in Haver- 
hill, .MassaciuKetts. wiiere his niutiier resided 
:o't,r her iiusband's untimely death. 

V) Captain George (4) lladlcy. son of 

•'•■gc (3) Hadlcy, was born at Haverhill, 
Ma>sachusetts, .\ugust 8. 1740. He settled at 
W'eare. New ilamp>hire, about 1771. having 
lived in Ha.n|>stead and GotTstown. New 
llamii>liire. before coming to W'eare. He 
served as a -ioldier in the I'rench and Indian 
war and in the revolution. He was a promi- 
nent citizen, held all the im|>ortant town offices 
an<l wa-i a member of the general court. 
There is a tradition that he was holding plow 
one day. his iiired man driving the oxen. Ail 
at once he lay down in the furrow, groaning 
with pain. The hired man offered to iiel]i 
him. but was told ti> take the cattle to the 
barn. Captain Hadley had found a pot of 
gold hidflcn there by some one. and did not 
want the hired man to see it. He soon paid 
for his farm and ever after was well off. 
He married (first) Lydia Wells; (second) 
Mehitable (Hadley) Toy. daughter of Daniel 
Hadley. of W'eare. Children of Captain 
•George and Lydia (Wells) Iladley: i. Enoch, 
born .\ugust 13. i7'>4, at Ilampstead. 2. I'.ct- 
sey. Ixirn December jj. \~(iC\ at Goffs- 
town : niarrie ! Jacob Tewksbury. 3. Sarah, 
born SciUeniber 24, I7<>8. ,nt (iotTstown: 
married Ralph P.laisdell. 4. Philij). bom .Au- 
gust 6. 1770, at GofFstown. 5. Jesse, born 
August 18, 1772. at W'eare. 6. George, born 



September 20, I77''i. at W'eare. 7. Hannah, 
lx»rn June 6, 1780: married David Ha<lley. 
8. Weils, Iwrn .August 4, 1783. 9. James, born 
July 5, 1785, mentioned below. 10. .\mos, 
Iwrn December 21, 1788. Child of Captain 
George and Mehitable (Iladley) Cloy) Ilad- 
ley: II. John Langdon, lx)rn February 19. 
1810. 

(\l) Dr. James, son of Captain George 
(4 ) I ladley, was liorn at W'eare, New 
Hampshire. July 5, 1785, died in iWxj. He 
was graduate<l from Dartmouth College in 
1809. He was professor of chemistry in the 
College of Physicians and Surgeons at Fair- 
field, .New York, 1813-36; and at P>ufTalo 
Medical College, 1840-^)9. He married .Maria 
Hamilton, September 4, 1812. Children: i. 
(.icorge. 2. .\nn, ilicd Sei)temlier 13, 1873. 
3. .Mary. 4. James, horn March 30, 1821, 
mentioned below. 5. Hamilton. U. Henry 
Hamilton. Ijorn July 19. 1826. 7. John. 

(\II) James (2), son of Dr. James (i) 
and .Maria (Hamilton) Hadley, was born in 
Fairfield. .New York, .March 30. 1821. .After 
completing the regular course at the Fairfield 
Academy he acted there as assistant instruc- 
tor for some time. He then entered Yale 
College, from which he graduated in 1842. at 
the age of twenty-one. receiving the degree 
of Master of .Arts in ourse. He remained 
in college as a graduate student one year, and 
attende<l the theological school for two years, 
[•"rom September. 1844. to .April. 1845, he was 
tutor in mathematics at .\liildk-bury ( \'er- 
mont) College. Later in the latter year he 
returned to \'ale College as assistant pro- 
fessor of Greek language ancl literatlire. re- 
maining in that position until 1858. when he 
succeeded Rev. Dr. Theodore D. W'oolscy in 
the full profcssorshiji. and continued therein 
during the remainder of his life. He also 
lectured in the law departiuent of Yale Col- 
lege, and in 1870-71 delivered a course of 
lectures in the I larvard Law ScIxkiI. He re- 
ceived the degree of LL.D. from W'esleyan 
University in i8fi6. He was an original mem- 
ber of the .American Oriental Society, and 
president in 1870-71 ; was a memlx'r of the 
.National .\cademy of .Science and of the 
.American Philosojihical .Association, and 
served ujion the .\merican committee for the 
revision of the New Testament. .Among his 
puhlishe<l writings are : ".A ( jreek Grammar 
for Schools anil Colleges" (i860): "\ Prief 
History of the Enulish Language" (i8«>4(; 
"Elements of the Greek Language" (1809); 
and two posthumous works, "'rwelvc _Lcc- 
tures of Roman Law." edited by President 
Theodore D. W'oolscy ( 1873), and "Philolog- 
ical and Critical Essavs." edited bv William 



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D. \\hitney (1873). Dr. James Hadley mar- 
ried, August 13, 1851, Anne Loring Twining. 
He died in New Haven, Connecticut, Novem- 
ber 14, 1872, after an illness of one month. 

(\ III) Arthur Twining, son of Dr. James 
(2) and Anne Loring (Twining) Hadley, 
was born in New Haven, Connecticut, .\pril 
23, 1856. He was prepared for college at the 
Hopkins Grammar School, and was graduated 
from Yale College in 1876, at the age of 
twenty, with the highest honors, as valedic- 
torian of his class, and taking the Woolsey 
and Bristed scholarships, one of the Win- 
throp prizes given to "students most thor- 
oughly acquainted with Greek and Latin 
poets." the Clark prize for the solution of 
astronomical problems, and one of the Town- 
send prizes for English composition. He 
studied history and political science at Yale 
College, 1876-77, and then went abroad and 
spent two years in study of the same subjects 
in the University of Berlin, under Wagner, 
Treitschke and Gneist, also taking up history. 
On his return home he was made a tutor in 
Yale College, remaining in that capacity until 
1883. teaching various branches, but German 
principally. For three years following he was 
university lecturer on railroad administration. 
In 1886 he was elected to the professorship of 
political science and was dean of the grad- 
uate department, which he held until May 
25, 1899, when he was elected to the presi- 
dency of Yale University, to succeed Dr. Tim- 
othy Dwight, resigned. He entered upon his 
new duties on commencement day, 1899, the 
thirteenth president, the first layman and also 
the youngest man chosen for the position. In 
1885 Governor Harrison appointed him com- 
missioner of labor statistics in Connecticut, a 
position which he held for two years. In 
1887-89 he was associate editor of the Ncii> 
York Railroad Gazette, having in charge the 
foreign railway department. He was presi- 
dent of the American Economic Association, 
1899-1900, and is a member of the Inter- 
national Institute of Statistics, and of the 
American Academy of Arts and Sciences. He 
received the degree of A.M. from Yale in 
1887. and has also the honorary degree of 
LL.D. from Harvard, Columbia, Johns Hop- 
kins, California and other universities, and 
the degree of Ph.D. from Berlin. His pub- 
lished writings are : "Railroad Transporta- 
tion ; Its History and Its Laws" (1885) ; "Re- 
ports on the Labor Question" (1885) ; "Re- 
port on the System of Weekly Payments" 
(1886) : "Economics: An Account of the Re- 
lations between Private Property and Public 
Welfare" (1896), which is in use as a text 
book in various colleges ; "The Education of 



the American Citizen" ( 1901 ) ; "Freedom 
and Responsibility" ( 1903 ) ; "Baccalaureate 
Addresses" ( 1907) : "Standards of Public 
Morality" (1907). He was associated with 
Colonel H. G. Prout in the editorship of the 
Railroad Gazette from 1887 to 1889. He has 
contributed to various magazines, one of the 
most notable articles from his pen being m 
Harper's Mai^uzuie. in April, 1894, in appre- 
ciation of the value of Yale Democracy, and 
advocating the importance of a high standard 
of scholarship, rigid adherence to it, and the 
utility of athletics as a factor in university 
life. He contributed articles on transijortation 
to Lalor's "Cyclopedia of Political Science" ; 
also articles on railroads to the ninth edition 
of tlie "Encyclopedia Brittanica," and in 1899 
accepted the editorship of the supplement to 
that work. 

Dr. Hadley married, June 30, 1891, Helen 
Harrison Morris, a \'assar graduate, daugli- 
ter of Governor Luzon B. ]\Iorris. Children: 
^lorris, born 1894; Hamilton, 1896; Laura, 
1899. 



John (2) Leverty, son of 
LE\'ERTY John (i) Leverty, was born 

in Donegal, in the north of 
Ireland. He was a carpenter and builder of 
prominence in Bridgeport, Connecticut, 
whither he came when a young man. He 
invested largely in real estate in that city and 
built and owned many houses. He died at 
Bridgeport. He married Ellen Roe, who was 
born in West Mead, Ireland. Children of 
John and Ellen Leverty : Michael ; Mary Ann, 
twin of Michael, married Patrick Devett, of 
I'.ridgeport; James, mentioned below: Alex- 
ander, born 1841, mentioned below: Ellen C, 
married \\'illiam Delaney : Edward : John ; 
Sarah. 

(Ill) James, son of John (2) Leverty, was 
born in Bridgeport, Connecticut, in 1839. He 
was educated there in the public schools. He 
learned the trade of harnessmaker and after 
following his trade a short time embarked in 
the retail grocery business with a store on 
Main street, Bridgeport, and this was his 
business until he retired on account of ill 
health a few years ago, and is now living 
quietly at his home. No. 62 James street, 
Bridgeport. He has the respect and confi- 
dence of all who know him. Upright and 
enterprising in business, he fairlv won the 
success that came to him as a builder. Tem- 
perate in all things, earnest and conservative, 
he has given to his children a worthy example 
of an honorable life, and the best possible 
education. He is a faithful member of the 
Catholic church. In politics he is a Democrat. 



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I Ic married, at I'.ri'lfjcijort, Mary Dcnncljy, 
burn in cnunty Kerry. Iri-lanii, near the Lakes 
of Killarney. 'I'liey arc the jiarentN <il tliirteen 
chililreii: i. Ann Elizaiicth. married Jolin !•". 
Kelly, and they have three children : James, 
Archibald and (iei)ri,'e \'. 2. John Anijustine, 
married Adeline .Mtir|)hy. and they have one 
son: James Ivaynmnd. ,^. I'hilip, ilied youn;^. 
4. Archibald, sni)erintendent of the Mast Side 
jM)st 'iffice, r.rid^ei)ort. 5. James I'. 6. Helen 
r'.itricia. livin;^ at home. 7. Mary Cecilia, 
wr at home. S. Charles J., physician in 

: ivjeport. (). Cecilia Irene, living at home. 
10. .\iary N'eronica. livinj^ at home. 11. Rob- 
ert J., deceased. IJ. David G.. deceasetl. 13. 
X'incent U. Of the above all were lK)rn in 
Uridtjcport. and all of the living still reside 
there. 

John .\ii>justine, James 1'. antl N'incent D. 
are enijaged in the drui,' business for them- 
selves, havini,' three drut; stores in l>rid!;e|)i)rt. 

I'hilip Dennehy, father of Mrs. James Lev- 
erty, was born in county Kerry, Ireland, 
where he died in 1S33. Immediately after his 
death his wi<low came to .-\merica with seven 
children. Mr. Dennehy was a successful man 
in his line of business, accordinfj to the stand- 
ards of his day. and was possessed of some 
means. The children were brouL;ht up in this 
country and well olucated. rhilij) Dennehy 
married .\nn McMann, a native i>f the city 
of Dublin. Ireland. She died in \ew York 
City. 

(Ill) .Alexander, son of John (2) Leverty. 
was born at ISridi^eport, October 5. 1S41, died 
there June 21. l<;oS. He attended the public 
schools of his native town, and learned the 
trade of mason. When a youns man he started 
in business on his own account as a contractor 
and wa- in time anion-; the lari;est in this line 
of business in the city. He Iniilt many of the 
residences erected in his day and was par- 
ticularly active in huildintj homes to sell to 
people in r.ridijcport. He owned much real 
estate antl left when he died more than a 
thons<uid building lots. He was a prominent 
Free .Mason. He was one of the founders of 
the Seaside Club, in the rooms of which a 
lartje oil jiaintinij of Mr. Leverty has been 
placed. lie was a Democrat in politics. l'"or 
some years he was a trustee on the library 
board of I'.ridpeijort. He married, .\pril 2j. 
l8«>5, at New ^■ork City ( by Rev. Chauncey. 
rector of the St. James Protestant Kpisco|)al 
Church). Leonora Hannah ( )L<>nnor. liorn 
January H), 1842, at < )rillia. < >iitario. (.'an- 
ada. daut;hter of John ( )Connor, born in 
Killarney. comity Kerry. Ireland, died in 
1874 at Orillia. Ontario, married Sarah Dea- 
con, born 1S20. in Roche-^ter, count v Kent, 



I£np;land. dice! in 1852; children: Catherine; 
Leonora H., mentioned alK)ve ; Sarah, married 
John l''owlin>;. .Mr. O'Connor [graduated 
from 'J'rinity College, Dublin, a civil en}.;ineer 
by profcs.sion. He settled late in life at Oril- 
lia. Ontario, and >pent his In t m :irs tturc. 
His father wa> Kdward •' 
land. Children of Edwari 
miah. Ldward. John, mentioiu.i ,ti''\( 
Mar),'aret, Catherine. Children of .Mr 
and Leonora Hannah Leverty: i, Dr. 
ander S., Iwrn January 21, 1866, graduate 
of Columbia College, class of iSgj, and of 
^'ale .Medical School in i8«^, now practicing 
in -New N'ork City. 2. Robert tjordon, born 
in llridgeiHirt. 187,5. dieil .May 27. ii>io: he 
wa> a graduate of the public >cho<i|> of his 
native city and studied medicine at the New 
York University, of which institution he was 
a graduate: shortly alter his practice began 
he was ai)i)ointed a city ])hysician and served 
with tideiity : he was kind and considerate, 
and it was characteri>tic of him that he gave 
to the poor whom he attended as nuich as to 
his i)rivate jjatients. He married Lleanor 
Pearson; children: .Alexander Pearson and 
William Ciordon Leverty. Among the ances- 
tors of Lleanor ( Pearson ) Leverty was one 
of the ten men who founded ^'ale College 
:ind who served as its tirst president. 



Lieutenant William Clark, im- 
LLARK migrant ancestfir. was lx)rn in 

England. He came to this coun- 
try in i<i30 in the ship ".Mary and John," and 
-ettled at Dorchester. Massachu-etts. He 
lived there until i'>59. when he was invited by 
Rev. Eleazer .Mather, of Xortham|)ton, son of 
Rev. Richard Mather, of Dorchester, to lo- 
cate in that town. He moved thither in i<'i39, 
his wife riding on horseback with a child in a 
pannier on each side and a third in her lap, 
while he walked. Henry Woodward and 
Henry Curtis accompanied them. Clark was 
allotted land at N'orthampton. June i. 1659, a 
home lot of twelve acres on what is now Elm 
street, on .Mill river, including the Judge 
Dewev or President Seelye |>lace. This lot 
has remainetl in the possession of his de- 
scendants to the jirescnt time. He built a log 
house which stfiod luitil burned by a tire set 
by his negro slave. The frame h>>use he then 
built lasted until i82f>. and in after years 
was known as the Elihu Clark house. He 
was an active and i>rominent citizen, select- 
man for twenty years after ifVio and de()Uty 
to the general court for thirteen years after 
ir/>5. He was one of the famous "seven pil- 
lars" of the church at Northampton. He was 
made a lieutenant of the military company in 



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1661 and served in King Philip's war. He 
was commissioner to end small causes, and 
associate justice of Hampshire county for 
many years. He had also been selectman 
of the town of Dorchester in 1646-47. He 
died July 10, 1690, aged eighty-one years. His 
will was dated July 10, proved September 30, 
1690, bequeathing to children : John, Samuel, 
William. Rebecca and Sarah and to daughters 
of son Nathaniel, deceased. He married 

(first) Sarah , who died September 6, 

1675; (second) November 15, 1676. Sarah 
Cooper, widow of Thomas Cooper, of Spring- 
field. She died May 8, 1688. Children, all 
by first wife: Sarah, boru June 21, 1635. died 
young; Jonathan, October i, 1639; Nathaniel, 
January 27. 1641 ; Experience, Alarch 30, 
1643: Increase, Alarch i. 1646, died aged six- 
teen : Rebecca, 1648 ; John, mentioned below : 
Samuel, baptized October 23, 1653 : William, 
born July 3, 1656; Sarah, born March. 1659. 

(II) Deacon John Clark, son of Lieutenant 
William Clark, was born at Dorchester, !\Ias- 
sachusetts, 1651, died at Northampton, Sep- 
tember 3, or November, 1704. He was ad- 
mitted a freeman in 1684. He was elected 
deacon of the' Northampton church in 1691 ; 
was sergeant of the military company ; deputy 
to the general court fourteen sessions after 
1699. "He died of fatigue and a cold taken 
in a violent snow storm on returning from 
Boston in 1704" at Windsor, Connecticut. He 
married (first), July 12, 1677, Rebecca Coop- 
er, of Springfield, daughter of Thomas 
Cooper. She died in 1678, and he married 
(second). Alarch 20, 1679. Mary, thirteenth 
child of Elder John Strong. Elder Strong 
was born in England, came to Dorchester in 
the "Mary and John," with William Clark 
and the other original settlers of Dorchester, 
in 1629-30: was admitted freeman. ]\Iarch 9. 
1636-37 : removed to Taunton and was con- 
stable there in 1638 and juror in 1640; re- 
moved to Windsor, Connecticut, and thence 
about 1659 to Northampton, where he was 
ruling elder of the church : died April 14, 
1699 : married Abigail, daughter of Thomas 
Ford, of Windsor : progenitor of a very 
numerous and distinguished family. Child of 
Deacon John and Rebecca Clark : Sarah, born 
April 20. 1678. Children of John and Mary 
(Strong) Clark: John, born October 28. 
1680 : Nathaniel. May 13, 1682 : Ebenezer. 
October 18. 1683, mentioned below : Increase, 
April 8. 1685: Mary, October 27. 1686; Re- 
becca. November 22, 1687: Experience, Oc- 
tober 30, 1689: Abigail. IMarch. 1692: Noah, 
March 28, 1694: Thankful. February 13. 
1696. died young: Josiah, June 11. 1697. 

(III) Lieutenant Ebenezer Clark, son of 



Deacon John Clark, was born at Northamp- 
ton, October 18, 1683. He had the second 
house built by Lieutenant William Clark in 
1659. He was lieutenant of the Northampton 
company and prominent in town affairs. He 
was selectman in 1731. He lived to be nearly 
a hundred years old. He married, in 1712, 
Abigail, daughter of Joseph Parsons and 
granddaughter of Joseph Parsons, of Spring- 
field and Northampton. They had eight chil- 
dren. Their sons: i. Ebenezer, born 1714, 
married, 1740, Jerusha Russell, of Sunder- 
land ; lived at Northampton. 2. Ezra, men- 
tioned below. 3. William, lived on Elm street, 
Northampton, farmer and drover : died De- 
cember 29, 1807. 4. Elihu, the youngest, had 
the homestead. 

(IV) Ezra, son of Lieutenant Ebenezer 
Clark, was born in Northampton in 17 16. His 
house was near the toll gate on Bridge street. 
In 1742 Benjamin Alvord conveyed to him a 
house and land near this bridge. He was a 
member of the committee of safety and a 
selectman in 1776. He had five sons and five 
daughters. ITis seventh child. Jonas, born 
175 1, had the homestead. He was in the 
revolution on the alarm of August, 1777. 
Ezra Clark had a grant of land in 1743 on 
Plain (Bridge) street, seventeen acres and a 
half. He was delegate from Northampton to 
the congress at Stockbridge, September 22, 
1774: member of the committee of inspection 
in 1774-75 ; member of the committee to select 
a minister and later on the ordination com- 
mittee in 1778, when Rev. Solomon Williams 
was installed. 

(\') Jonas Clark, son of Ezra Clark, was 
born in Northampton, in 175 1. He was a 
soldier in the revolution and was in battle of 
Bunker Hill. 

(\T) Ezra (2), son of Jonas Clark, was 
born in Northampton, Massachusetts. He suc- 
ceeded Dr. George Holmas Hall, a physician 
in regular standing, in the sale of drugs and 
medicines at Brattleborough, \'ermont. in 
1809. The inhabitants of that town had pre- 
viously bought their medicine direct from 
their doctor, and thus the druggist came to 
bear the title of "doctor," whether he wished 
it or not. He lived for about eleven years 
in Brattleborough and was the only druggist 
in the town. About 1820 he moved with his 
family to Hartford. Connecticut, and was suc- 
ceeded by N. B. Williston, formerly a clerk 
in his store, in partnership with E. Hunt. The 
new firm bought the stock and fixtures, but 
not the building, which Mr. Clark owned for 
twenty years after he left the town. Mr. 
Clark embarked in the iron and steel business 
in Hartford and was a partner in the firm of 




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Davi<l WalkiiiMiii & Company. \\ licii l)i> sijii 
Ezra was of a^i-, lie \va> ailinittcd to tlic Hrni, 
and the name hccanic siiCLCssivily Clark. Gill 
& Company, lizra Clark & Company, Clark 
& ( (imi)any ami L. L. linsworth & Son. 

lie married Laura Hunt. Children: (ieoryc 
II., Spencer .Morton. Il/.ra Jr., I.aura (Mrs. 
E. \V. Coleman), Harriet. .Vhhe. .Martha, 
Mary. Kllen ( .Mrs. C. .\. Taft). 

(Vih Hon. iizra (.5) Clark, son of Ezra 
(21 Clark, was horn September 12, 1813, in 
I5rattlel)oroiij;h, \ erniont. lint came to Hart- 
ford with his parents when he was si.\ years 
old. lie was educated in the public schools 
and when he came of ii^i: was admitted to 
partner>hip in his father's firm. In 1857 he 
suffered with the ^'reat maji>rity of mercliants 
and manufacturers, hut he came hack to Hart- 
ford anil paid every deht in full. I Ic was for 
many years a powerful and commanding fi;.;- 
ure in lHi>iness in Ilartfonl. He was a direc- 
tor of the I'lxchani^'e I'.ank and jiresident of 
the National Screw Company cjf Hartford, 
which uiiiler his mana^iement was highly suc- 
cessful. I he business was consolidated after- 
ward with the .American Screw Company of 
Providence, Rhode Island. 

From youth he was keenly interested in 
politics and became a prominent and dis- 
tinguished figure in public life in the city and 
state. He was a member of the common 
council and of the board of aldermen, and for 
a time was judge of the city court. He was 
chairman of the North district school com- 
mittee : city and town auditor ; president of 
the .Spring Grove Cemetery .Association and 
the board of water commissioners. He repre- 
sented the Hartford congressional district at 
Washington in the thirty-fourth and thirty- 
fifth congresses. He took special satisfaction 
in the work of the water board, on which he 
served many years. While he was president 
of the board the greater part of the original 
system of water works of the city was con- 
structed, including the reservoirs. He also 
laid out Reservoir Park connecting the vari- 
ous reser\'oirs of the city water supply by a 
pictrrcs(|ue driveway through the woods. 
The large Tumbledown Rrook Reservoir was 
planneil and built under his supervision. He 
was president of the Young Mens Institute 
of Hartford. 

He married, (~)ctoher 1.4. 1841. Mary, 
daughter of Paniel P. and Mary (Whiting^ 
Hopkins, of Hartford. Her mother was de- 
scended from Nathaniel Whiting, her father 
from Jobn Hopkins. His wife died May 28. 
1866. Children: i. Frances, liorn 184^. mar- 
rie<l .Mbert L. Hutler. 2. Charles Hopkins, 
mentioned below. 3. Howard Morton. Ixirn 



1850, (lied .April. 1894; was cashier of the 
Cnileil .State> liank of Hartford. 

(\III) Charles l|opkin>. sou of Hon. 
Ezra (.?( t lark, was born at Hartford, .\pril 
t, 1848. He received his earl\' education in 
the public scIkkiIs of Hartford. I'roni i8<iC) 
to 1865 he attended the public scIumiIs of .\ew 
York City and what was then the I'rcc .Acail- 
emy. He entereil the Hartford public high 
school and graduated in the class of |8<)7. He 
then entered ^'alc College, fmm which he was 
graduated in 1871. .A few weeks after com- 
mencement he went to work on the Hartford 
Courant and has lieen connected with that 
newspaper ever since. In 18H7 he was ad- 
mitted to the firm of Ilawlcy, (loodrich & 
Comp;m\. iiublishers of the Coiirattt. and 
after the business was incor|)orate<l he was 
made secretary of the Hartford Courant Com- 
pany. Since the death of Stephen .A. Ilnh- 
i)ard in 1890 he has l>een e<litor-in-chief. and 
since the death of Charles IJiidlcy Warner, 
president uf the company. The Hartford 
Courant was established in I7'i4. the olilest 
pajier of continuous publication in the conn- 
try, and has always taken rank among the 
best newspapers of .New England. .Many dis- 
tinguished men have lieen on its etlitorial staff. 
Charles Dudley Warner and L'nited States 
.Senator Joseph R. Haw ley were part owners 
and contributors to its columns. Cnder the 
administration of Mr. Clark the newspaper 
has gained in prestige and influence, even as 
it has grown in circulation. Its plant has 
more than kept pace with the progress of the 
art of printing anil the enlargement of the 
scope and usefulness of the modern daily 
newspaper. In politics, the Couraiit has been 
one of the most rational Republican journals 
of the country. It is one of the few news- 
papers that has been likened to the Bible in 
the confidence accorded by its readers, and 
in hundreds of families this newspaper has 
Ix-en a regular and welcome visitor generation 
after generation. General .Arthur L. Good- 
rich and Frank S. Carey are assi-tciated with 
Mr. Clark rfit the present time in the manage- 
ment of the Courant. 

Mr. Clark is also a director of the Connec- 
ticut Mutual Life Insurance Company, the 
Phoenix I-'irc Insurance Company, and the 
Collins Company. He is treasurer of the 
Wadsworth .Atheneuni. the Hartforrl Public 
Library and the Trustees of the Good Will 
Club, and trustee of the \\'atkinson Library 
of Reference. He is a member of the Skull 
and Bones Society of Yale College, the Cen- 
tury. I'nivcr^ity and Yale clubs of New 
^'ork. the Graduates Club of New Haven, the 
Countrv Club at Farmingtnn. and the Hart- 



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ford Club of Hartford. In 1901 he was 
Hartford's delegate to the Connecticut consti- 
tutional convention, and in 1905 was with the 
famous party in charge of Secretary Taft in 
the expedition to the Philippines. He is a 
member of the South Congregational Church. 
He married (first) in December, 1873, El- 
len, born November 6, 1850, daughter of 
Elisha K. and Matilda (Colt) Root. Her 
father was president of the Colt Fire Arms 
Company after the death of Colonel Samuel 
Colt. She died February 28, 1895. He mar- 
ried (second) in November, 1899, Matilda C. 
Root, sister of his first wife. Dr. Edward 
K. Root is a brother of Mrs. Clark. Children 
of first wife: i. Horace Bushnell, born June 
22, 1875, graduate of Yale College in 1898; 
assistant city editor of the Courant; president 
of the Hartford board of fire commissioners. 
2. Mary Hopkins, born May 13, 1878, mar- 
ried Henry K. W. Welch. Mr. Clark resides 
at 160 Garden street, Hartford. 



John Cunningham, the 
CUNNINGHA-AI first of the 'family to 
come to this country, 
was born in Glasgow, Scotland, in 1786, of 
an ancient and honorable family, and died in 
1834 at Albia, near Troy, New York. He 
came to i\merica when he had reached his 
majority in 181 1 and followed his trade of 
a stone mason in the city of Albany, New 
York, becoming one of the most enterprising 
and successful masons and builders in the 
capital. He was the contractor for the foun- 
dation of the old state capitol. He married, 
July 2T,, 1815, in Troy, New York, Matilda 
Orr, born in Belfast, Ireland, 1797, of Scotch 
ancestry, died in Troy, New York, in 1849. 
Children: i. Elizabeth, born 1825, died 1861 ; 
married \\'illiam Lincoln ; child, Frances, mar- 
ried ^^'illiam Defrest. 2. Andrew, born 1827, 
married Phoebe Pierson ; children : John, ]\Ia- 
tilda, William and Andrew. 3. William Orr, 
mentioned below. John Cunningham and 
Matilda, his wife, are interred in the Lincoln 
lot, Oakwood cemetery, Troy, New. York. On 
their tombstone is inscribed : "They serve the 
dead the best who do as they desire." 

(II) William Orr, son of John Cunning- 
ham, was born in Carmine street. New York 
City, March 4, 1829, died at his residence. No. 
28 First street. Troy, New York, March 2, 
1870, interred in the Cunningham lot. Oak- 
wood cemetery, Troy, New York. He was 
educated in the public schools of Albany. New 
York. He entered the employ of his uncles, 
William and David Orr, in their paper busi- 
ness, at Albia, New York, and on becoming 
of age was made a partner in "Orr's & Com- 



pany," in their new mill at the State Dam. 
above Troy. This mill was then the largest 
paper mill in the country, supplying the Neisj 
York Tribune and Neii.' York Evening Post. 
He was a man of sterling character, com- 
bined with great energy and business acumen. 
He was a director in several banks and in- 
dustrial enterprises. He was a communicant 
and vestryman of St. Paul's Protestant Epis- 
copal Church, and was president of the Young 
Men's Association. In politics he was a Re- 
publican. 

He married, June 25, 1857, Jane Chester, 
born at Waterford, New York, February 
9, 1835, daughter of John and Caroline 
(Chester) Knickerbacker. Her mother was 
from Hartford, Connecticut, and educated at 
Miss Pierce's School, Litchfield, Connecticut. 
Her father was a descendant of one of the 
old Dutch families having their original grant 
at Schaghticoke, New York. Children : Sey- 
mour, mentioned below ; Stuart, born 1870, 
died in infancy. 

(Ill) Seymour, son of William Orr Cun- 
ningham, was born in Troy, New York, Sep- 
tember 13, 1863. He attended the Troy 
Academy. Later he entered the Rensselaer 
Polytechnic Institute and graduated with the 
degree of civil engineer in 1884. He became 
interested in the oil business in Pennsylvania 
and Ohio. In 1887 the old home at Troy, 
New York, was sold and he brought his 
mother to Washington, D. C, and built a 
residence at No. 17 19 K street, where he 
still maintains his winter residence. His 
Litchfield home, "Forked Chimney," was built 
in 1893. cin South street, near the site of the 
old Parmelee house. In politics he is a Re- 
publican. In religion he is an Episcopalian. 
He married, June 6, 1892, Stephanie Whit- 
ney, of Oakland, California, born October 22, 
1869, daughter of Hon. George E. Whitney, 
lawyer and state senator of California, and 
Mary (Van Swaringen) Whitney, of Louis- 
ville. Kentucky. Mrs. Cunningham was 
named Stephanie in honor of her uncle. Jus- 
tice Stephen J. Field, of the United States 
supreme court. Children of ^Ir. and Mrs. 
Cunningham : Cecil, born Alarch 8, 1893 ; 
Macklin, February 21, 1894: Jane Chester, 
February 27, 1896: Pamela, j\lay 5, 1906. The 
three oldest were born in Washington. D. C, 
the youngest in Litchfield, Connecticut. 



Henry Lewis, the immigrant an- 
LEWIS cestor, settled in Chester county, 
Pennsylvania, and married there, 
March 12. 1670. Margaret Philpin (alias 
Prouthern). Children: Henry, mentioned be- 
low ; Sarah, born July 2, 1673. died 1674; 



CUN'XECTICL'T 



•039 



Samuel. ()cl<il)cr i. \hy('i; lilizalictli, I'il)rn- 
ary 14, 1677. 

(II) Henry (2), son of Henry (i) Lewis, 
was born in Chester, Pennsylvania, Deceniljcr 
26, 1671. He marrieil at Iiartholoniew Cop- 
pock's limise in S])rinij;fiel<l. Mary, tlanghtcr 
of Robert Taylor, of Si)rinf;fiel(l. Ciiildren : 
Isaac, born May 5, 1694: Mary. Ajirii 3. KV/i; 
Jolin, nicntionefl below: Sarah, December 11. 
iTiqS: Margaret. N'ovember 17, 1700: Mary, 
December 16. 1702: Hannah. September 21. 
1704. 

(HI) Jiilm, son of Henry (2) Lewis, was 
born May 23. KifjJ. He settled at Ilaverfoni. 
Pennsv Ivania. He was a mason. He marrie<l. 
in 17^5. Katherine Roberts, born ( )ctobcr 2S. 
1702, ilaii.i,'htcr of Aliel and Mary Roberts. 
Children, born at Havcrford : Abel. ( K-tober 
12. 1726: Mary, January i. 1728: Samuel, 
mentioned below: Rachel. I'ebruary 19. 1734; 
John. July 21. 1737: Lvan. June 13, 1740; 
Elizabeth, Sejjtemlier 9. 1743. 

(I\') Samuel, sun of John Lewis, was lx)rn 
in Havcrford in 1730-32. He settled in Rad- 
ii' >r. county Chester. Pennsylvania. He mar- 
ried. I'el)ruary 7, 1759, Catherine Richards, 
daughter of Samuel of TredytTrn. Pennsyl- 
vnnia. Children: Samuel, nientioneil below: 
I knry : Jacoi): Isaac: John, born Sci>teml)er 
'). 1772, die<I September 24. 1S51: Catherine: 
Mary: Elizabeth: lleulah. 

( V) Samuel (2), .son of Samuel ( i ) Lewis. 

i~ born in county Chester. He lived at 

•.\nesburi;, Pennsylvania. 

t\I) Samuel (3), son of Samuel (2) 
Lewis, was born in 1813 at Waynesbur!?, 
Pennsylvania, and was a larcje and successful 
manufacturer of pisj iron. He died at .Allen- 
town. Pennsylvania, in 1903. He married 
Elizabeth. <laui;hter of Joseph P.alliott. of 
^\'hitehall. Pennsylvania. 

(\'II) John S. Lewis, son of Samuel (3) 
Lewis, was Iwrn at Philadeljihia. .\ugust 2. 
1839. He attended the public schools of .\1- 
lentown. Pennsylvania, and when a youn<j man 
entered the employ of his father, who owned 

11 works at .\llcntown. and learned thor- 

-;hly the business of smeltinfj and manu- 

lurinf,' pier iron. His father owned this 

iness from 1846 to 1878 and was one of 

best known and most successful of the 

ly captains of industn,-. He had five iron 

naces and extensive iron mines. Mr. Lewis 

the course of time became superintendent 
the iron works and continue<l in chars^e 

til he retired in 1890 from active business. 
>iiKe his retirement, ^Ir. Lewis has made his 
li nie in Thompson. Connecticut, where he 

' lis a beautiful country estate. He is a Re- 
'lican in [x>litics. He married, Xovember 



26, 1864, Mary .Ann Rosin. Iwrn July 29. 1833. 
daughter of Rev. .\llenson Rosin, of .^outh- 
boro, Connecticut. She had one brother and 
two sisters. Her father was a well-known 
Conpregational minister at Southboro and 
\\'estiH>ro, Connecticut. Mr. and Mrs. Lewis 
had one child. Harriet Rosin, liorn at Thomp- 
son. ( ktobcr 2(). 1865, now living there with 
her father. 



Dr. Itennctt .Sperry Lewis, who 
LEWIS has for many years been engagcil 

as a medical practitioner in New 
Haven, Connecticut, and who bore his |)art 
bravely in defence of the rights of the L'nion 
during the civil war. is a descendant of one 
of the olflest Colonial families. 

(I) Benjamin Lewis, immigrant ancestor, is 
first heard of in Xew Haven, Connecticut, 
from whence he went to Wallingford in K/19. 
and to Stratford about i^>75-7''>. He ex- 
changed his farm in Wallingford with Juhn 
Hull, of Stratford and Derby, for Hulls prop- 
erty in Stratford, and was the first of his 
name in that town. He married, in Strat- 
ford. Hannah, born in 1654. died in 1728. 
daughter of Sergeant John Curtis. Children : 
John, born September, 1672. in Wallingford: 
.Mary, Xovember. if>74. in Wallingford: 
James, I'i79. see forward : Edmund. 1/179. in 
Stratford: Joseph. 1683: Hannah, ifH^: 
Mary, alwut 168S: Martha. t(ycji ; Kenjamin. 
1696: Eunice. 

(II) James, son of Benjamin and Hannah 
(Curtis) Lewis, was born in Stratford in 
1679, died January 20, i-f>C}. He married. 
Xovember 11, 1702. Hannah, born in i»>83. 
died July 2, 1756, daughter of James Judson. 
Children : John, see forward : Mary, horn 
May 18. 1706: James. October 12.' 1708: 
David, June 5. 171 1: .Abigail. Xovember 9. 
1712: Ephraim. alxjut 1718. 

(III) John, son of James and Hannah 
(Judson) Lewis, was born December 20. 1703. 
lie married. December 7. 1727. Sarah, daugh- 
ter of Xathaniel Sherman. Children: Xathan. 
born September 19. 1728: Xathaniel Sherman. 
June 3, 1730: .Amy, .August 19. 1732: Sarah, 
January 2. 1734-35: John. October 23. 1737. 
died January 14. 1738: John. January 19. 
I73S-39- <Iie<l January, 1744-43 : Jiid-on. 
March, 1743: John. Xovember 3,' 1747: 
Stephen, see forward. 

(I\') Stephen, son of John and Saral\ 
(Sherman) I.ewis. was born in August. 1749. 
He married. September 12. 1768. Jerusha. 
born in 1732. died in 1838. daughter of 
Stephen Curtis. Children : .Abraham Curtis 
and Stephen Curtis (twins): Chary, born 
March 22. i7rx;: Caty. June 22. 1771'; .Anne. 



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August 15, 1773, ilied young; lictty, July 15, 
1782, died }oung. 

(V) Abraham Curtis, son of Stephen and 
Jerusha (Curtis) Lewis, died in 1845. He 
married (first) January, 1799, Elizabeth 
Beers; (second ) November 17, 1805, Juliana, 
born in 1775, died in 1848, daughter of Stiles 
Judson. Children by first marriage; Caty, 
born April, 1800; Charles, November, 1801; 
Charles Beers, September, 1804. Children by 
second marriage ; Sidney Judson, see for- 
ward ; Stephen, September 17, 1809; Cath- 
arine, September i, 1811; Juliana, April 12, 
1813; Angelina, July 17, 1815; George, De- 
cembei; 10, 1816; Helen Naomi, March 10, 
1819; Jane, May 2J , 1823; Rebecca, June 17, 
1825; Edwin, December 10, 1827; Edward, 
December 10, 1828. 

(V'l) Sidney Judson, son of Abraham Cur- 
tis and Juliana (Judson) Lewis, was born 
June 4, 1807. He married, January 10, 1826, 
Sarah Johnson Peck, born November 11, 1809. 
Children, born at Stratford : George Mills, 
born April 2, 1827, married, December 25, 
1850, Mary B. Pickett; Mary Elizabeth, De- 
cember 3, 1828 ; Augusta Ann, May 26, 1830, 
married, October 17, 1850, Henry B. Taylor ; 
Charles Beers, February 10, 1832, married 
Fanny M. Bowers, of Middletown ; Sydney 
Ellsworth, October 1, 1833, married, October, 
1857, Anna Matilda Jacobs ; Stephen Duane, 
May 16, 1835 ; Phebe Rebecca, May 3, 1837, 
married Cyrus Clark ; Bennett Sperry, see 
forward ; Stephen Curtis, December 28, 1843. 

(VH) Dr. Bennett Sperry Lewis, son of 
Sidney Judson and Sarali Johnson (Peck) 
Lewis, was born at Stratford, September 5, 
1840. He attended the public schools of his 
native town until he was eiglit years of age, 
when his parents removed to Bridgeport, and 
he became a pupil of the public schools of 
that town. He enlisted in the Union army, 
April, 1861, for a service of three months, 
re-enlisted September 5, of the same year, 
and served until the close of the war. At first 
he was mustered into Company H, First Con- 
necticut Volunteer Infantry, from which he 
was transferred to Company I, Sixth Regi- 
ment, with the rank of sergeant ; was ad- 
vanced to the rank of second lieutenant of 
Company E, then first lieutenant, and finally 
appointed captain of Company B, of the same 
regiment. May 25, 1864. He took part in 
the first battle of Bull Run and was in many 
skirmishes around Washington during his 
three months' service. Later he was an active 
participant in a number of the most important 
engagements of the war, and distinguished 
himself by his personal bravery and the in- 
fltience which his gallant conduct had upon 



his men. At the close of the war he took up 
the study of medicine at Harvard College, 
from which he was graduated with the de- 
gree of Doctor of Medicine in 1874. He es- 
tablished himself in the practice of his pro- 
fession in New Haven, Connecticut, his home 
being at No. 79 Howard avenue, and now has 
a large and lucrative practice, having thor- 
oughly earned the confidence and esteem of 
his fellow citizens, both in his private and his 
professional life. He is a member of Ad- 
miral Fort Post, Grand Army of the Repub- 
lic, of New Haven. He married, July 20, 
1881, Virginia Graves, born in New Haven, 
Connecticut, May, 1858. They have no chil- 
dren. 

John Graves, grandfather of Airs. Lewis, 
was of Hebron, Connecticut, and had three 
sons ; John Samuel, see forward, Thomas, 
and Dennison, once mayor of \"ineland, New 
Jersey. John Samuel, son of John Graves, 
married Polly Merwin, and had children ; i. 
John, who resides in New York City, married 

Carrie : children : William Frederick 

and Ethel Hilda. 2. Adele, married Captain 
John S. Seibold, of the United States army, 
who was graduated from Phillips-Exeter 
Academy, Andover, Massachusetts, and from 
Yale College, and is now retired ; children ; 
Julia and Dr. John. 3. Elizabeth, married 
Stephen Miller \'an Wyck, deceased, and had 
no children. 4. William, of East Orange, 
New Jersey, married Desire Masson. 5. Wil- 
helmina, married Cyrenias C. Fitzgerald, now 
deceased, who lived in Nicaraugua ; children: 
Minola and Harold Graves. The first wife 
of Mr. Fitzgerald was a daughter of the 
president of the Republic of Nicaraugua. 6. 
Florence, married Alfred Ritter, of New 
Llaven. 7. Carlton, married Maude Moore, 
of ^^^orcester, Massachusetts, and is now liv- 
ing in X^irginia ; child, Charles Lewis. 8. Vir- 
ginia, wife of Dr. Bennett S. Lewis. 



Edmund Chamberlain, 
CHAMBERLAIN immigrant ancestor, 

w^as one of the original 
settlers of Woburn. Massachusetts. He mar- 
ried, January 4, 1647. ^t Roxbury, Mary 
Turner. She died December 7, 1669. in Rox- 
burv, and he married (second) Widow Han- 
nah Burdctt, at IMalden, June 22, 1670. Chil- 
dren of first wife ; Mary, baptized April 16, 
1648; Sarah, December 18. 1649. died March 
II, 1652; Edmund, May 30, 1656, died in 
Indian campaign of 1675; Jacob. October 15, 
1658. Children of second wife: Susanna, 
June, 1671, died 1672: Ebenezer. 1672, died 
1672 ; Susanna, married John Tuckerman, of 
Boston ; Edmund, mentioned below. 



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(II) lliliiumd (J), sun ui luliminci (1) 
Ciiaml)crlaiii, was born January 31, U]ij(fjj. 
In i'>8<i lie rcinovcil to New Roxlniry ( Wixid- 
stock), Connecticut. He marrie<l, \o\cihIiit 
21, i6f^, in Woodstock, Klizabeth I'lartlinln- 
nicw : ceremony performed by Rev. Josiali 
Dwi^ht: she dieil in I74'>. Children: Ed- 
niiintl, born .August .23. 1700, mentioned be- 
low; Elizabeth. March 6, 1702: William, I'cb- 
riiary 23, 1704: John, married, Heceml)er 30, 
1725, Hannah Child; Peter; Mary; Hannah; 
Sannu-1. 

(III) Edmund (3), son of Edmund (2) 
Ciianiberlain, was born .Xu-^ust 23, 1700. 
Either this Edmund or his father was chosen 
deacon of the church in Woodstock in 1725. 
and was still living in I7»>i. Ik- was married, 
January 5, 1734, by Rev. .Vmos Throop, at 
WiHidstock. to .Sarah \\rii,dit. She die<l De- 
cember 2~. 17S3. Children: William, bap- 
tized .November 17. 1734; .\biel, Ixirn 1737, 
mentioned bel>)w ; \\illiam, tjaptizcd March 22, 
1741 ; Edmund, baptized March 20, 1743. 
probably served in the revolution. 

(I\ ) .\biel. >on of I'.dmund (3) Chamber- 
lain, was iHirn in 1737, died January 12. 1S20. 
He served in the revolution, 1776, in Captain 
Jonathan Morris' company. Eleventh Regi- 
ment, from Woodstock, Connecticut. He 
married, alxiut 17(0, Grace .Xinsworth, of 
West Woodstock. She died January 10. 178S. 
Children, born between i7r>o and 1788: Syl- 
via, born i7(>4, died .March id. 1822, unmar- 
ried; .\l)iel, Ix^rn 1774. mentioned below; Zer- 
viah, married .\bicl .\llard, removed to Sara- 
toga; Eimice (twin), born 1777, married a 
Mr. Walker; Olive (twin). die<l March 7, 
l8(^>8, unmarried; Polly, married a .Mr. War- 
ner; Hetsy, married a Mr. Hibb.ird ; Wil- 
louRhby, marriod a .Mr. Foster; Huldah, mar- 
ried a Mr. Waters; Joanna, married a Mr. 
Coonibs ; Nathan .Xinsworth, married Polly 
Gooflcll almut 1820, served in war of 1812: 
AN'illiam, married IJetsy Tucker about 1819; 
Rensselaer, b.iptized March 30. 1788. 

(\') .\biel (2), son of .\biel (1) Chamber- 
lain, was born in 1774. died September 23. 
1R46. He married Salome, dauijhter of .\bel 
Child. September 3, 1803. She was the fifth 
in descent fmni Benjamin Child, the oriijinal 
settler of Rovbury. Massachusetts, in 1^130. 
She was Imtii July S, I78r, died Jamiary 29, 
1850. Children : Rensselaer, born November 
19. 1804. died .Xuj^ist 20, 1829: Electa, Octo- 
ber II, i8c/), died September 7, 1844; Emc- 
line, Julv 12. 1808, died July U\ 1824; Abel 
Child. January 6, 181 1, mentioned below; 
John Newton, May 26, 1812, died February 
21, 1880, married Persis Plimpton. September 
M- if^.V*^: Relekah, ( Vtolur 4. 1813. liviiit: in 



\>»M^ ill StiirbridgC, M .-- 1. l>n„.|l, (..•,, r.. 
|S|i;, livr 

• I- ; Alvan. 
j.iiii:.i! ;. . iSi/i, iii.-irrii-.l .-,i;.ii; Lihxl , .s.iiiiutl, 
\.'\<iiilii. i>-'.'.'. I;si;i.4 in |8i:)2 in .New 
I laveii, ti ; ■ 

(\ I ) .\! M of .\biel 

iK'rIain. w:i if. i\. iS 

18. 1885. lie ni 1 

W,>,>,!.,,,^K-. An 

r 



doiiliil(.':>:< ■^rii^inal Mliicr> in KjSi;, Her 

mother, Sally (Palmer) Ho<iiut. wa< the 

si.xth in tlesccnt froni Thoi; 

nal settler in Rowley. .\l 

Children: .Myron .Newton. 1 ,. 

i83f'>. die<l January 10, 1X1)9: .s.i 

.August 20. 1840; Mniiru'; M'ir 

6, 1847; George ' t i.S. 1.^41^. 

mentiiined helov. - rcival, July 

II, 1854. died Ma\ ,, 1 . i' /■,. 

( \ H ) George Rensselaer, son of Abel 
Child Chamberlain, was hum An ust 18, 
1849, in New Haven, Com June 

14. 1910. He attended tht <U r-{ 

his native city, and graduated iruui il: 
Haven high school. He then to«)k a 
with Professor Louis Ball at his art 
and preparerl for the ShetVield S^ 
School of Yale University, but <lid not 
Insteafl, in 1868. he went into the furniture 
business which had l)een establishc<l bv hie 
father in 1835. under the firm name < i' 
& Chamberlain, and after 1838 contir 
the latter alone. In 1872 ( iconic '■' 
berlain was admitted to partner^' 1 

name changed to that of .A. C. ' :i 

& Son, and the business moved to 234 .S;.iie 
street. Here they occupied the entire build- 
ing, afterwards the third floor of the ; 
Journal-Courier building and later . 
building in the rear of the Courier b-;. _ 
In 1876 James II. P. Chamberlain, a brother 
of crieorge R. Chamberlain, became a partner, 
and the name was again changed to .\. C. 
ChamlH-rlain & Sons. In 1883 the firm moved 
to its present location on (3range street, into 
a building which wa< erected especially for 
its use. In i8S(> William M. Parsons, the 
jire.scnt treasurer. In-came a partner, and in 
iSot the p.Trtnership wa' .-bnu'ie'l into n joint 
iny, under 1" ' "ham- 

■liturc and ' which 

'.i. , n .; , , . ,ime simpliiii ■. : ,■> ...; name, 

The I h.TmlKTlniu Company. The olhcers are 
at [iresent : William .M. Parsons, president 



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and treasurer ; Robert R. Chamberlain, secre- 
tary. 

Mr. Chamberlain was a member of Hiram 
Lodge, No. I, Free and Accepted Masons, 
the oldest lodge in the state. He was a deacon 
of the Plymouth Congregational Church, and 
a member of the Congregational Club of New 
Haven. He married, June ii, 1874, M. Anna, 
born November 7, 1849, daughter of Lewis 
and Anna Parsons. She is the sixth in de- 
scent from Cornet Joseph Parsons, original 
settler in Springfield, 1636. Children: Eliza- 
beth Mary, born April 24, 1877, married, in 
1908, Charles H. Porter; Robert Rensselaer, 

Novembei- 15, 1881, married, in 1902, ; 

children : John R., born 1903 : Mary, 1905. 



James Patterson, immi- 
PATTERSON grant ancestor, v/as a sol- 
dier in the Scotch army of 
Charles, defeated at the battle of Worcester 
by Cromwell, and was one of the prisoners of 
war transported to New England to be sold 
as slaves or servants for a term of years. He 
sailed from London in the ship "John and 
Sarah," about November 11, 1651, and ar- 
rived at Charlestown, Massachusetts, before 
■May, 1652. In 1658 he received a grant of 
land in the town of Billerica and between that 
date and 1685 he received sixteen other grants. 
In 1661 his name appears on the town rec- 
ords in a vote of the proprietors. He was 
admitted a freeman, April 18, 1690. During 
King Philip's war his house was garrisoned 
by himself, John Baldwin. Edward and Thom- 
as Farmer, Henry and John Jefts and two 
soldiers. For services in this war his son 
James was rewarded by a grant of land in 
Narragansett No. 6, now Templeton, Massa- 
chusetts. The father was also in the Expe- 
dition to Canada in 1690, and his son James, 
by virtue of the father's service, was a pro- 
prietor of Sudbury, Canada, granted in 1741, 
in Maine, comprising the present towns of 
Jay and Canton. James Patterson died May 
14, 1701, aged about sixty-eight years. His 
will was proved in 1701. His widow Rebecca 
was administratrix of his estate. Among the 
debts mentioned is one to Sister Kebee, of 
Charlestown, and to Peter Proctor, of Chelms- 
ford. He married. March 29, 1662, Rebecca, 
daughter of Andrew and Jane Stevenson, of 
Cambridge. Children : ]\Tary, born in Biller- 
ica, June 22, 1666: James, December 28, 1668; 
Andrew, mentioned below ; John. February 8, 
1675; Joseph, November i, 1677; Rebecca, 
May 18, 16S0; James, February 13, 1683; 
Jonathan, November 31, 1685. 

(II) Andrew, son of James Patterson, was 
born at Billerica, February 4, 1672. and 



settled in the adjacent town of Charlestown, 
Massachusetts. He married, in 1697, Eliza- 
beth Kibbee, of Charlestown, baptized Au- 
gust 14, 1681, daughter of James Kibbee by 
his second wife Sarah, daughter of .Andrew 
Stevenson, of Cambridge, and widow of John 
Lowden ; she married James Kibbee, October 
23, 1679. She was probably the Elizabeth 
Patterson who purchased Thomas Hodgman's 
homestead in Reading, September 8, 1725. 
Andrew Patterson was a mariner and was 
lost at sea, March, 1707, leaving one child 
(posthumous), James, who is further men- 
tioned below. 

(III) James (2), son of Andrew Patter- 
son, was born in Charlestown, October 5, 
1707. The date of August 13, 1707, is doubt- 
less reckoned from the age given at death, 
without allowing for the change in calendar 
in 1752. He resided in Sudbury; married 
there October 14, 1730, Lydia, daughter of 
Jonathan and Abigail (Reed) Fiske, of Lex- 
ington, Massachusetts, and of Sudbury. James 
Patterson removed to Princeton, and Peter- 
sham, Worcester county, and died at Prince- 
ton, May 4, 1766. His widow died September, 
1776, aged sixty-six years. Children: i. 
Jonathan, born November 30, 1735 ; sergeant 
in Captain Samuel Howe's company from 
Marlborough sent to the relief of Fort Wil- 
liam Henry in 1757: also in Captain Samuel 
Dakin's company in the Canadian Expedition 
of 1758 and was killed by Indians at Lake 
George, July 20, 1758. 2. David, mentioned 
below. 3. Andrew, April 14, 1742: married 
Elizabeth Bond and lived in Sudbury. 

(IV) David, son of James (2) Patterson, 
was born at Sudbury, May 17, 1739. He lived 
in his native town, a blacksmith by trade. He 
removed to the adjoining town of Framing- 
ham and with his wife signed the covenant 
of the church, November 16, 1759. They 
moved to Boylston, Worcester county, in 1783, 
but returned to Framingham in 1799 and died 
there November 28, 1809, aged seventy years. 
His widow died May, 1829 (born July 23, 
1740). (An interesting account of his wife's 
family (Clark) may be found in Maine Hist. 
Coll. vol. I. 203, 1207, 214, and the histories 
of Framingham). He married Beulah Clark. 
Children: David, born August 7, 1760; Lydia, 
December 8. 1761 ; Molly, September 30, 
1763; Jonathan, mentioned below: James, 
September 3, 1767; Isaac, March 9, 1769; 
Nancy, February 18, 1771 ; Enoch, Septem- 
ber 30, 1772, proprietor of the Patterson 
House, Boston, alderman, removed from Bos- 
ton to Dedham : Artemas, March 30. 1774; 
Sally. April 12, 1775; Sally, July 31, 1776; 
Beulah, June 20, 1779 ; Catharine, February 




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7, 1781; William, Ajiril 19, 1782; Finis. Sep- 
tember I, 1784. 

C\) Jonathan, son of David Patterson, was 
born in FraminphaTn, .September 3, 1765. Me 
removed to X'erniunt when a young man and 
in 1794 t" Can.'ida. wiiere he took up a farm 
of four lumdrcd acres, lie built a frame 
houve at Three Rivers, province of Ouebec, 
and lived there until the secontl war with 
Great liritain. when he removed to Northlior- 
ou>,di. .Massachusetts. He was for a time a 
resident also of Connecticut. lie died at 
NnrthlxMouijh. Worcester county, .Massachu- 
setts. .Vuijust 20. 1846, ciKhty-oue years old. 
He married. March 11, 1792. Sarah, daugh- 
ter of Deacon Seth Rice, and a cousin of 
Governor Rice of Massachusetts. She died 
March 28. 1S44. Children: William. David. 
Ansi^n. nienti'ued below: h'riuiklin. Lawsi>n. 
Isaac. Sally, marriefl Jewell Iiartlett. of Wa- 
terbury : .Mary, married Ilnrry Proctor: So- 
phia, married lulward Proctor, of N'orlhlx>r- 
ouph ; all of these children settled in Massa- 
chusetts, where many of their descendants 
have lived. 

(\'I) .Alison, son of Jonathan Patterson. 
was iKirn March 3. 1800. in Three River>. 
province of (Juehec, Canada, but his early 
life was spent largely in Northborou£;h. Mas- 
sachusetts, where he attendcil school and 
learned the trade of blacksmith. Besides fol- 
lowinjj his trade he was a farmer and the first 
to i;row i;;irdcii seed for the market in this 
section, lie lived in NorthborouRh at the 
time of his marriai^e. but srwu removed to 
Derby, Connecticut, where he devoted his at- 
tention to raising seeds. Later he removed 
to lluntin,t;ton. Connecticut, where he <lied in 
188 _^. He was a Democrat in politics in later 
years, antl he and his wife Maria were devout 
members of the Concrepational church. Dur- 
ing his last years he became a Unitarian, 
however. He was kindly, charitable and ex- 
ceedingly hospitable. His house was always 
full of guests. He married (first), Septem- 
licr 26, 1833. Maria, born at Whalen. New 
York. 181 2, died at Huntington. Connecticut, 
daughter of Captain Samuel Garlick. who 
came from Stratford. Connecticut. Ixirn 17*14. 
died at Rose. New York. 1843. Her mother, 
Hnldah (Gilbert) Garlick. born at Hunting- 
ton, die.l ,it Galen. New York. 1S78. at the 
remarkable age of ninetv years. Dr. Samuel 
Garlick. father of Captain Samuel Garlick. 
was Imni at Stratfonl. ilied at Galen at the 
age of one hundred and ten years. Afost of 
his desceniiants settled in Wayne county. New 
York, whither he went to live in 18 15 at the 
site of the present village of ("lalen. Anson 
Patterson marrie.l (si-cmili S.dlv r,ill),Tt: 



(third) March 4. 1R44. Ksther Smith; 

(fourth) Marcia li<M>th. t hibl of tir^l 

wife: Sanuiel Ans<in. lueiiii.iu ! 1. 1 .w ("M 

of second wife: John ' 

died at Mimtintrton. h\ 

fortv-t'i 

l-ox; 

•"« at • , 

Wallace, rcsKJenis 01 1 

(\II) Samnc! \n-f^i >n Patter- 

-son, was !>•! ilie houK'- 

stead in .\ -ctts. and 

was aljout .1 M .1 • •• 

moved to New I 
He attended the p' 

and Trumbull : he learned the trade oi .sad- 
dler and for fifteen year- fo||o«e'! thi^ trnde 
and lor two year 
making and two •, 

He then coufluctcii .. ^.■■.,, ,...- 

bull for two years. In 1X^19 he came to Strat- 
ford where he engaged in the manufacture 
of hoop skirts, .\fter two years Ijc engaged 
in the meat and provision business in p.Trt- 
nershij) with K. Whiting under tin ' 
of R. Whiting & Comjiany and c '^ 

nine years. He was then for t\\ 

the oyster business in the firm of Patterson, 
Patterson & Company. .Since then he has 
been farming in .Stratfor<l. I'or some time 
he devoted himself to raisint; fruits and vege- 
tables and afterward made a specialty of 
flowers, es|)ecially carnations and violets for 
the Rridgeptjrt market. I le has liccn very 
successful as a market gar<lcner and florist. 
In politics he is a Democrat and he has served 
the town as selectman. i89<^>-07. and member 
of the school board. He has been a Free Ma- 
son more than fifty years and is a memlKT 
and past master of St. John's Lodge, No. 8, 
of .Stratford. He is past master also of 
Ilousatonic Grange, No. 79. Patrons of Hus- 
bandry. He is an attendant of the Protestant 
Fjiiscopal church. 

He married, at .Stratford. January i. 1857, 
Elizabeth Gray, Iwrn at Stratford. .August 
28. 1838. daughter of George Gray, who was 
lK>rn at Weston. .April 26, 1810, and flied at 
Stratford at the age of sevcnly-scvcn, .Augtist 
25, 1887. (ieorge Gray was a well-to-do 
farmer and lumber dealer and a meml>cr of 
the Methodist cbi;rcb. He niarrie<l P.elscy 
Curtis, Ix.rn January 19. 181 1, died July 9, 
1874. a daughter of Ezckiel Curtis. Gnldrcn 
of George and Petsey (Curtis) Gray: i. Mor- 
ris. Ivirn December 10. 18 ^v <li«i in Carn.H 
coimtv. Missouri. Jaminry u. 1802: married 
Estclla .Searles. Iwirn April 2',. 18.^5: resides 
in .*^tratfor<l: ii. .Monzo, marricil .\nna Cur- 
tis: iii. .Augustine, born March ti, 184 1 : re- 



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sides at Torrington, Connecticut ; iv. Eliza- 
beth, married Samuel A. Patterson, men- 
tioned above: v. Julia, born February i, 1846, 
married George Graham, and resides at New- 
town : vi. Louise, born August 27. 1848, mar- 
ried Charles Carey, of Stratford, and had 
two children. Joshua Gray, father of George 
Gray, was a farmer living at Weston : chil- 
dren : Daniel. Millie, Andrew. Eliza, Laura, 
George and Phoebe. 

The only child of Samuel Anson and Eliza- 
beth (Gray) Patterson was Ella j\Iaria, born 
May 12, 1858, and married, September 26, 
1883, Charles F. Axtell, a lawyer of Morris- 
town, New Jersey, where they reside ; chil- 
dren : i. Roland P., born January 6, 1885 ; 
telephone operator, residing at Stratford, 
married, November 6, 1909. Adeline Hub- 
bell Hopson : ii. Kenneth E., born in 1889, 
died February 8. 1892; iii. Rachael E., born 
August 9, 1893: iv. Merritt F., born August 
16, 1897. 



Thomas Selden, immigrant an- 
SELDEN cestor, was born in England, 

and was one of the original set- 
tlers of Hartford, Connecticut. He died there 
in 1655. His home lot was near the present 
junction of Washington and Lafayette streets. 
He was admitted a freeman in April, 1640 : 
was town constable in 1650. His will was 
made August 14, 1655. He married Hester 
Wakeman, sister of John Wakeman. Thomas 
Selden was cousin or uncle of Thomas Hos- 
mer. His widow married (second) Andrew 
Warner, who went from Hartford to Hadley 
where she died in 1693. Children: i. Thomas, 
baptized August 30, 1645, married Felix, 
daughter of Captain William Lewis, of Far- 
mington ; removed to Hadley and died there 
November 24. 1734. 2. Mary, baptized March 
26, 1648-49. 3. John, baptized jNIarch 3, 
1649-50, died in ]\Iay, 165 1. 4. Esther, bap- 
tized Alarch 3, 1649-50, died in May. 165 1. 
5. Joseph, mentioned below. 

(H) Joseph, son of Thomas Selden, was 
baptized November 2, 165 1, at Hartford, died 
at Lyme, Connecticut. July 14, 1724. He 
settled in 1678 in Hadley; removed in 1684 
to Deerfield, Massachusetts : before i68g to 
Hadley and before 1700 to Lyme, Connecticut. 
He married. February 11, 1677, Rebecca, 
daughter of Edward Church. She died June 
9, 1726, aged sixty-five years. Children: i. 
Rebecca, born February 12 or March 5, 1678, 
married James Wells. 2. Hester. April 11, 
1680, died July 21. 1681. 3. Joseph. May 10, 
1682. 4. Thomas, 16S4, mentioned below. 
5. Mary, March 5. 1689. 6. Esther, May 2, 
1691, married Jabez Chapman. 7. Samuel, 



2\Iay 17, 1695, ^i^'ed at Lyme. 8. Sarah, July 
20, 1712. 

(HI) Thomas (2), son of Joseph Selden, 
was born in 1684 at Hadley or Deerfield, 
]\Iassachusetts. Fie settled at Haddam, where 
he died September 12, 1754. He left two 
sons : Thomas, Joseph, mentioned below. 

(IV) Joseph (2), son of Thomas (2) Sel- 
den, was born in Haddam 1710-20. He mar- 
ried Ann Arnold, daughter of Nathan Lewis. 
Children, born at Haddam: i. Joseph, men- 
tioned below. 2. Edward, was living at Had- 
dam when the census was taken in 1790, later 
of Windsor, Connecticut; he marrfed. Janu- 
ary, 1784, Sibbell ^Nlay, daughter of the min- 
ister. 3. Cephas, born February, 1757, mar- 
ried, December, 1778, Martha Brainerd: liv- 
ing at Haddam in 1790 and had five females 
in his family ; later of West Hartford and 
Hartland, Connecticut. The father Joseph, 
according to the census of 1790, was living in 
Haddam with one female in his family. Elias 
Selden was living in Haddam and another 
Joseph at East Haddam in 1790. 

(V) Joseph (3), son of Joseph (2) Selden, 
was born about 1745 in Haddam. He mar- 
ried Susan Smith. Children: Joseph. John, 
Calvin, Samuel. David, Hezekiah, Fannie and 
Dorothy. 

(VI) Flezekiah, son of Joseph (3) .Selden, 
was born in West Hartford, 1783, died there 
in 1866 at the advanced age of eighty-three 
years. He was a farmer, and in early life 
active in the state militia. He married (first) 
Eunice Stanley, who died in 1826, aged forty- 
eight. He married (second) Fannie Wood- 
ruff. Children of first wife: Julia. Edward, 
Henry, Joseph, mentioned below. Child of 
second wife : Newton, died young. 

(VII) Joseph (4), son of Hezekiah Sel- 
den, was born in West Hartford, October 17, 
1823. He attended the public schools of his 
native town and the West Hartford Acad- 
emy. He also attended the academy at West- 
field, ^Massachusetts. He worked on his fa- 
ther's farm until he came of age. then went to 
Vernon and Rockville, where he learned the 
trade of dyer in the mills. He engaged in 
business as a merchant and manufacturer of 
cotton and woolen goods, and for thirty years 
was one of the leading and most substantia! 
business men of the community. He came 
to Norfolk in 1875 as agent of the Hartford 
Axle Company. In 1878 he organized the 
Aetna Silk Company of which he has been 
president and treasurer to the present time. 
The capital of the company at first was $10,- 
000. Its first officers were Robbins Battell, 
president; Joseph B. Eldredge, treasurer; Jo- 
seph Selden, agent. In 1879 the company 



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purcha>f<l the property un wliicli Ijusincss was 
commenced and in 1883 rented the building 
erected for it by -Mr. Iildredge on the site of 
the old Ryan mill. After Mr. Haltell died. 
Mr. Seldi-n \\a> elected president. Mr. John 
D. I'assett has been secretary of the conipaiiy 
since 1S93. The company has always en- 
joyed a [)rosperoiis business. The capital has 
been increased to over $40,000 antl the pay 
roll multiplieil fourfold. The company manu- 
factures silk thread for mamifacturinj,'. in all 
shades and sizes, sellini^ the i;ouds to cloth- 
intj and >hoe manufacturers in New York, 
Pliiladeli)hia. Chicaijo, Rochester, (ilovers- 
ville, .\mesbury. Massachusetts, and else- 
where. The ])resent ofttcers arc: Joseph Se!- 
den, president and treasurer; J. D. I'.assett, 
secretary. The company has branch offices at 
757 Broadway, Xew York; 54 North Fifth 
street, I'hiladelphia ; 23J Franklin street, Clii- 
cagt>. and at Gloversville. .\ew ^'ork. In pol- 
itics Mr. Seidell is a Republican, lie repre- 
sented .Vorfolk in the .tjeneral assembly in 
1885 and was chairman of the committee on 
manufactures. He was selectman of tiie town 
of X'ernon before coming to .Vorfolk. lie has 
been deacon of the Norfolk Conijregational 
Church since 1890. 

lie married ( first 1 in 1845, Lavinia Ful- 
ler, iiorn at Vernon. .New York, daughter of 
Erastus I-'ullcr. Me married (second) in 
1858, Emma I'uller. sister of his first wife. 
Me had one child, Julia, by his second wife, 
born March 8. i8')<>. dieil June 1, 1895; mar- 
ried John D. Uassett ; children, born in Nor- 
folk. Connecticut : Joseph. November 27, 
1888: Mary. December 15. i8.^Q: Emma. .'Sep- 
tember 9. 1892. .Ml the children e<lucated 
at Whitman College. Walla Walla. Washing- 
ton. 



(I\') Joseph (2) Perkins, son 
PERKINS of Josei)h (i) Perkins (q. 
v.), was born in Norwich, 
; Connecticut, October 25. 1704. Me married 
I (first) 1728. I.\dia Pierce, who died Janu- 
1 si'V /• '".^o. Me married (second). July 23, 
' '730. Mary, dauijhter of Dr. Caleb Rushnell. 
of Norwich. Me died July 7. 1794. He grad- 
I uated from Yale CoUes^e in 1727 and was the 
■ first of thirty-six of the name who took de- 
grees at that college between 1727 and 1858. 
' He studied medicine and [)racticed in Nor- 
wich, and "became very eminent, both in 
I medicine and surgery, performing all the cap- 
ital operations in that part of the colony. He 
possessed l)rilliant talent^, was distinguished 
for scientific pursuits and undisscmbled piety, 
patriotism and benevolence." Mc was a dea- 
con for manv vears. CliiM. In first wife: 



Lydia. born about 1729. Qiildren by second 
wife: Joseph, born August 10. 1733; Mary, 
July II, 1735; Simon, Octolicr 25, 1737; 
Elisha, January lO. 1741, <hed of NelKiw fever. 
September 6. i/i/j; .\ndrew, mentioned be- 
low; Solomon, June 16, 1745; Caleb, Janu- 
ary 25, 1749. 

(\') Captain .\ndrcw Perkins, son of Jo- 
seph (2) Perkins, was Ixjrn in Norwich, July 
'7. '743- He married (first) October 21, 
ij('(), .\nne Turner. She was Ixirn 1747, and 
died June 12, 1785. Me married (second) 
January 2<), 1786. Mary, only ■'■'•■'"■ • .>f 
Roinrt and .\bigail Niles. Iwrn 1; 1 

I'ebruary 24, 1787. He married 
nary 6. 1789, Elizabeth, daughter ui Lldad 
Taylor Esq.. of Westfiehl. .\lassaclmsett-. l»>rn 
1761 and (lieil May 21, 1819. He wa- : 
ping merchant in Norwich, and was kn 
Ca|)tain .Andrew, or later as .-\ndrew 1 l....;.. 
Esq. Children by first wife: Anne, born Feb- 
ruary I, 1768; Mary Bishop, August i. 1770, 
died January 8. 1780; .\ndrew. born June 22, 
1775. die<l in Hispaniola, .\pril 27. 1796; Bet- 
sey, born .November 13. 1776; ^lary B.. June 
'3- '77y> '''*^'l Noveml)er 25. 1799; Charles, 
born November 2(>, 1782. died January 2, 
1783; Charles, born December 17, 1783, died 
January 16, 1784. Children by third wife: 
Francis, born October 13, 1790. <lied June 4, 
1802: Charles, mentioned below; Harriet, 
born November 9. 1794, died March 19. 1821 ; 
Abigail, I).irn May 3. 1795: Edward, 
May 27, 1796, died November 22. 1812; Fran- 
cis, born July 16. 1804, died Octol)er 5, 1804. 

(VI) Charles, son of Captain .Andrew Per- 
kins, was jjorn in Norwich, June 21. 1792, 
and died in London. England. November 8. 
1856. He attended the public schools of his 
native town and was gratluated from Yale 
College. He studied law and practiced in 
Norwich, Connecticut. Burlington. \'ermont 
and Rochester. New York. He ilied suddenly 
while on a trip abroad. He married Clarissa 
Deming. Ixirn at Litchfield. December 21, 
1795. daughter of Julius and Dorothy (Cham- 
pion) Deming (see Deming \'). 

(\'II) Julius Deming. son of Charles Per- 
kins, was born at Litchfield, March 16, 1830, 
and eclucatcd there in tlie public scbo<.>ls. and 
at Russell's Collegiate Institute, in New Ha- 
ven. He went to New ^'ork City in 1847 
to work in a large wholesale house and c^n- 
tinued there until after the civil war. Since 
the war he has made his home in Litchfield. 
He was one of the prime movers in the or- 
ganization of the Shepaug \'alley Railroad 
built in 1700-01. raising a (juarter of a million 
dollars for the purpose in one year. He was 
a member of the state lioard of agriculture 



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and was at the head of the agricultural fair 
association of the town for two years. He 
was instrumental in procuring the water 
works installed in the town in 1891. He is 
a trustee of the Norwich Hospital. In politics 
he is a Republican. He was state senator in 
1893. He married, January 16, 1868, Mar- 
garetta Warner Dotterer, of Redding, Con- 
necticut, daughter of Darius H. Dotterer. 
Chil(h-en: i. Edith Howell, born July 20, 
1870 ; married William Woodrich Rockhill, 
minister to China, now ambassador of the 
United States to Russia, residing at St. Pe- 
tersburg. 2. Julius Deming, June 4, 1880, 
died February 5, 1909 ; gj-aduate of Yale Col- 
lege, class of 1903, gradwate of the law school 
of the University of Denver, 1907 ; practiced 
law at Denver imtil the time of liis death. 
Julius Deming Perkins, died at Litchfield, 
1911. 



Aaron Thomas, son of Seth 
THO]\I.\S Thomas (q. v.), was born in 
Thomaston, March 13, 1830, 
and educated there in the public schools. He 
engaged in the manufacture of clocks and in 
teaming until January, 1859, when he was 
elected president of the Seth Thomas Clock 
Company. In October, 1865, a new clock 
company was organized, under the name of 
Seth Thomas' Sons & Company, and Aaron 
Thomas became president. This concern was 
also very successful, and he continued at the 
head of it until it was consolidated with the 
older company, January 21, 1879. Mr. 
Thomas was keenly interested in public af- 
fairs, and represented Thomaston in the gen- 
eral assembly in 1881. He was a Republican. 
He was a member of the Congregational 
church of Thomaston. He was characterized 
by indefatigable energy and devotion to busi- 
ness, an indomitable will and great persever- 
ance. His ideals were high and he was kindly 
and generous in his impulses. He favored 
progress and public improvements and was 
a citizen of unusual puJDlic spirit. He mar- 
ried, October 4, 1848, Phebe A. Hine. Chil- 
dren: Edson, mentioned below; Minnie, 
Aaron Jr., Edward. 

(IV) Edson, son of Aaron Thomas, was 
born in Thomaston, 1850, died 1892. He was 
educated in the public schools, and learned 
the business of clock making in his youth. He 
was for many years superintendent of one of 
the factories of the Seth Thomas Clock Com- 
pany. In his later years he had an insurance 
agency in Thomaston. He was a member of 
the Congregational church. In politics he 
was a Republican. He married, December 
27, 1871, Cora ]\IcKee, of Terryville, born 



January 3, 1852, daughter of Charles Au- 
gustus and Mary (Wood) McKee. Children: 
Edna, born z\pril 29, 1872 ; Jessie, November 
9, 1873; Seth, December 12, 1875. mentioned 
below; Edson Arthur, November 25, 1877; 
he graduated from Torrington high school, 
and has been connected witli the Clock Com- 
pany since his graduation. He is a Repub- 
lican ; a member of Congregational church 
and of Franklin Lodge, Odd Fellows. 

(V) Seth (2), son of Edson Thomas, w^as 
born in Thomaston, December 12, 1875. He 
was educated in the public schools of Thom- 
aston and Waterbury. He is a stockholder 
in the Seth Thomas Clock Company, founded 
by his great-grandfather, and has been ac- 
tively connected with the company most of 
his life. He is a member of Franklin Lodge, 
Odd Fellows, of Thomaston. In politics he is 
a Republican. He is a member of the Con- 
gregational church. He married. May 14, 
1902, Jennie Morrell, of Westerly, Rhode 
Island, born October 22, 1874, daughter of 
Albert H. and Helen Adelaide (Torrey) Spi- 
cer. Children : Seth Richard, born January 
6, 1903; Morton Spicer, June 4, 1906; Laura 
Andrews, October 28, 1909. 



(Ill) Onesimus Gould, son of 

GOULD Lieutenant-Governor Nathan 

Gould (q. v.), was born about 

1700, in Fairfield. He settled in Greenfield. 

He married Eunice . Children, born 

at Fairfield : Rebecca, baptized October 4, 
1724; Nathan, September 17, 1726, men- 
tioned below; David, October 22, 1728; Lu- 
ther, October 10, 1731 ; Eunice, .August, 1733; 
Stephen, May, 1736; Sarah, August 27, 1737; 
Aaron, January 25, 1740. 

(JV) Nathan, son of Onesimus Gould, was 
born September 17, 1726. He was a soldier 
from Fairfield in the revolution, in Captain 
Jonathan Dimon's company, and his son Na- 
than Jr. was of the same company. In 1790, 
according to the first federal census, he had 
in his family five males over sixteen and one 
female. Other heads of this family at that 
time were Jesse, Luther, Samuel, Stephen, 
Talcott, Ichabod, Aaron and Dimon, several 
of whom also fought in the war. Among his 
children was Nathan, mentioned below. 

(V) Nathan (2), son of Nathan (i) Gould, 
was born about 1755, and served, as stated 
above, in the revolution. He married .\bigail 
Burr. Among their children was Medad, 
mentioned below. 

(VI) Medad, son of Nathan (2) Gould, 
was born about 1780, in Fairfield, died there 
April 16, 1843. He married Elizabeth Jack- 
son, w-ho died July 29, 1852, at Fairfield. 



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i\II) Mi)riis, son i>f Mcflail (ii)iil<l. was 
burn alxnit i.'<io in Woton. Connecticut, died 
Scptcnilx-T g, 1890. lit- was «.iliuatc<l tlii-rc 
in the <listrict schools. He learnc<l llic trailc 
of carpenter, and followcil that trade and 
farmin;:. He built a liouse and settled at 
Klack- Kock ami en!iaj.;e<l there in ship-hiiild- 
in>,' for a period of twenty-five years. Dur- 
inji his la-t years he worked with his son. 
as his health permitted. He was an earnest 
and faithful church member and for some 
time deacon of the Congregational church 
and sui)erinten<lcnt of the Sunday scliool. 
In politics he was a Reput)lican and a use- 
ful citizen, serving for many years as con- 
stai)le. He married r'amiie i leach Wilson, 
born at Easton. Connecticut, in 181 1, dieil at 
r.ric!}.;c|>>rt. April 13, iK8(i. I'.oth husband 
and wife are buried in the .Mountain Grove 
cemetery. I'.ridyeiiort. Ciiiidren : i. Eliza 
• incis. married Marcus llurr, a Con!,'rega- 
i.tl clergyman: had tive chihlren. 2. 
*,v,.rL;e A., ileccased. married \ iola J. Smith. 
3. William Jackson, deceased. marrie<l Abbie 
Jane Stursjcs : had four children. 4. Sarah 
Klizabctb. married David Sturges. 5. Charles 
Morris, mentioned below. 

f\HI) Charles Morris, son of Morris 
nld. was born November 29, 1846, at 
.;i idscport. He was educateil in the public 
schools of his native city. He learned the 
trade of ship joiner with John Wynian. of 
Mystic, then later spent two years in New 
^'ork. In 1872 he embarked in business as 
a builder ami contractor in Uridgcport in 
partnership with bis brothers, (ieortje .\.. au<l 
William J., umler the firm name of (lould 
■thers. The firm has ha 1 some of the larg- 
' and most difficult contracts to execute in 
;- vicinity. The brothers built the P.ridjje- 
:t I-'ort,'c Comjiany's factory and the roll- 
..li,^ mills. lUillard's .Machine and Tool Com- 
pany's plant, and rcjiair shops of the New 
York. New Haven & Hartford Railroad 
Company, at New Haven. Afany other fac- 
tories and buildinps too numerous to mention 
were built by this enteriirisinp; firm. The 
partnership continued tmtil Mr. Goubrs two 
brothers died, when he retired from this busi- 
ness and entered the roofini; business with 
his son — a business which they are now car- 
ryinsj on extensively. Mr. tiould is promi- 
nent in Masonic circles, heint; a member of 
Corinthian Lodsjc. No. 104. Free and Ac- 
cepted Masons, in which be has ])assed all the 
chairs, as well as in Jerusalem Chapter. No. 
13, Royal .Arch Afasons : Jerusalem Coun- 
.cil. No. 16. Royal Select Masters : Hamilton 
Commandcry. No. 5, Kniphts Templar ; and 
all the Scottish Rite holies, as follows : De 



Witt Clinton Lodge of Perfection; Washing- 
ton Council. Princes of Jerusalem; Pe- 
rpionnock Chapter. Rose Croix; Lafayette 
Consistory. .Supreme I'rinces Royal Secret, 
and Pyramid Temple. .Nobles of the Mys- 
tic .'shrine, includinj,' the thirty-second degree. 
He is also a prominent Chid I'ellow. having 
held all the offices of .\rcanum Lodge: also 
a member of the Stratficld llncampment. in 
which he has held all the offices. He is a 
member f)f the (,'ongregational church, and 
in politics a Republican. 

Mr. Gould marrieil, September 23, 1872, at 
nridi;eport. 1 lenrietta. daughter of P.urr Cur- 
tis, of that city. Children : 1. Harry C, born 
August, 1875. at l!rid.;,'ci><jrt, in partnership 
with his father: married Maud, daughter of 
John Beach, of Monroe. Connecticut. 2. 
.Anna, at home. 



The surname Piatt ba~ been 
PL.ATT early found in many countries, 

the word meaning an open, level 
piece of land. In Norman French the name 
was spelled Pradt, then Pratt : in German. 
Platz. Coats-of-arms were granted to half a 
dozen different branches of the family in Eng- 
land as early as the reign of Elizabeth, and 
some as early as 1326. Senator Orville Hitch- 
cock Piatt was descended, through both father 
and mother, from long lines of New England 
farmers, who for many generations had held 
prominent stations in the communities in 
which they lived. They held ofl[ices in church 
and town atTairs. were landowners. <leacons. 
tithingmen, and captains of militia. One an- 
cestor was imprisoned by Governor Andres 
in \fiSii. for daring to attend a meeting of dele- 
g.'ites "to devise means to obtain a redress of 
grievances imder his arbitrary rule." .An- 
other was among those who marched to Fish- 
kill in the .Hurgoyne campaign of October. 
1777. to reinforce General Putnam. It was a 
sturdy, loyal, patriotic, efficient New England 
stock. 

(T) Deacon Richard Piatt, immigrant an- 
cestor, is believed to be the Rfchard who was 
baptized September 28. 1603. son of Joseph, 
in the parish of Bovington. Hertfordshire, 
England. He settled as early as 1638 at New 
Haven. Connecticut, and was one of a party 
of sixty-one who formed a church settlement 
at Milford, in the same colony, being the first 
settlers in that iilnce. Niivcmber 20. 1639. and 
at the time having fotir in his family. He was 
chosen deacon at Milford in 1669 and be- 
queathed a Bible to each of his nineteen grand- 
sons. His will is dated January 24. 1683-84. 
In .August. 1880. a memorial stone, suitably 
inscribed, was placed in the new bridge over 



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the Mapawaug. Children: i. Mary, married 
(first), May i, 1651, Luke Atkinson; (sec- 
ond) January 3, 1667, Thomas Wetherell. 2. 
John, settled in Norwalk ; married Hannah 
Clark. 3. Isaac, see forward. 4. Sarah. 5. 
Epenetus, baptized July 12, 1640 ; was an as- 
sociate of his brother Isaac in his varied expe- 
riences. 6. Hannah, born October i, 1643. 
7. Josiah, 1645. 8. Joseph, 1649; married, 
1680, Mary Kellogg. 

(II) Isaac, second son and third child of 
Deacon Richard Piatt, was, with his brother 
Epenetus, enrolled among the fifty-seven land- 
owners of Huntington, Long Island, in 1666. 
They were doubtless residents there for some 
years earlier. Both were admitted freemen, 
May 12, 1664, by the general assembly of Con- 
necticut, then having jurisdiction over Long 
Island, under the old charter, and their names 
appear among the proprietors in the patent of 
1666, and again in the patent of 1668. Both 
were imprisoned in New York by Governor 
Andros in 168 1 for attending a meeting of 
delegates of the several towns to obtain "a 
redress of grievances under his arbitrary rule." 
After their release, at a town meeting, a vote 
was passed to pay their expenses. He and 
his brother were among the sterling patriots 
of the time, fully recognizing and claiming 
their civil and religious rights. He bought 
land at Huntington in 1679 of John Greene, 
and of Jonathan Hammet, May 15, 1683. He 
was recorder of Huntington in 1687. was cap- 
tain of militia, and it is said of him that "he 
held every ofiice of consequence in the gift 
of his townsmen." His death occurred at 
Huntington, July 31, 1691. He married 
(first) at Milford. Connecticut. Alarch 12. 
1640, Phebe Smith; (second) at Huntington, 
about twenty years later, Elizabeth, daughter 
of Jonas Wood. Children, all by the second 
marriage: Elizabeth, born September 15, 
1665 ; Jonas, see forv/ard ; John, born June 29, 
1669; Mary, October 26, 1674; Joseph, Sep- 
tember 8. 1677 ; Jacob. September 29. 1682. 

(III) Jonas, eldest son and second child of 
Isaac and Elizabeth (Wood) Piatt, was born 
at Huntington. Long Island, August 16, 1667. 
He married there Sarah Scudder. Children: 
Obadiah, see forward; Timothy, settled at 
Fairfield, Connecticut; Jesse, was the father 
of three children ; Isaac, remained in Hunt- 
ington. 

(IV) Obadiah, eldest child of Jonas and 
Sarah (Scudder) Piatt, was born in Hunting- 
ton. With his brother Timothy he settled at 
Fairfield. Connecticut, across Long Island 
Sound, where he purchased lands in 1724. He 
married. August 10, 1722, Mary Smith, who 
died at Ridgefield. November 16. 1771. Chil- 



dren: Abel, born August 2. 1723: Sarah, June 
25, 1725; Jonas, see forward; Obadiah. Au- 
gust 8, 1729, was the ancestor of Professor 
Johnson T. Piatt; Ann, November 5, 1731; 
David. September 15, 1734; Mary, January 7, 
1736; Elizabeth, May 10, 1737. 

(Y) Jonas (2), second son and third child 
of Obadiah and Mary (Smith) Piatt, was 
born at Fairfield, Connecticut, October 9, 
1727. He settled at Redding, Connecticut, 
where he married, October 17, 1747, Elizabeth, 
daughter of Ephraim Sanford. He and his 
wife were admitted to the Redding church, 
July 5, 1749. Children, born at Redding: 
John, see' forward; Daniel, baptized August 
II, 1754; Eunice, baptized May 30, 1756. 
Children, born at Ridgefield: Obadiah, May 
I?' 1758; Isaac, April 13, 1760; Samuel; Jo- 
nas : William ; Jehu ; Huldah. 

(AT) John, eldest child of Jonas (2) and 
Elizabeth (Sanford) Piatt, was born at Red- 
ding in 1752, where he was baptized Febru- 
ary 5, of the same year. He was a soldier in 
the revolution, was taken a prisoner at Fort 
Lee, November 16, 1776, and was one of the 
band of "Prison Ship Martyrs." At the close 
of the revolution he settled at Washington, 
Connecticut. He married, July 7, 1775, Eliza- 
beth Parmie (Parmalee). Children: John, 
born February 21, 1777; David. August 31, 
1778; Ruth Ann, March 31, 1782; Betsey, 
May 8, 1790; Daniel Gould, see forward. 

(VII) Daniel Gould, youngest child of John 
and Elizabeth (Parmalee) Piatt, was born at 
Washington, Connecticut, July 25, 1797. died 
October 26, 1871. He was a farmer at Wash- 
ington, and in addition to this occupation 
served as deputy sherifif and a judge of pro- 
bate, and at times taught school. He married 
(first) January 3. 1817, Almyra Hitchcock; 
(second) September 26, 1871, Harriet Davis, 
of Cold Spring. New York, who died Decem- 
ber 18, 1885. Children, all by first marriage : 
Orville, born March 11, 1822. died in 1826; 
Orville Hitchcock, see forward ; Simeon D., 
February 12, 1832. 

(VIII) Hon. Orville Flitchcock, second son 
and child of Daniel Gould and Almyra (Hitch- 
cock) Piatt, was born in Washington, Connec- 
ticut, July 19, 1827. He attended the public 
schools of his native town and the academy 
known in later years as "The Gunnery," from 
the principal. Frederick W. Gunn, under 
whom Mr. Piatt received instruction in his 
youth in higher mathematics, rhetoric and the 
classics. No more tender tribute to a friend 
was ever penned than the sketch which Sena- 
tor Piatt contributed to a memorial of Mr. 
Gunn printed in 1887. It reveals much of the 
inner life of both men and is significant of the 




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influences that went to shape the character 
and career of the younger. "He was more to 
me than a teacher : my love for him was the 
love <ine has fur father, tirntluT ami friend." 
is one of the sentences of this tribute. Fred- 
erick \V. Gunn was the youngest of eight chil- 
dren, all of whom became identified with the 
cause of anti-slavery. He was of the class of 
1837 of Yale College, and among his class- 
mates were: Chief-iiistiie .M. R. W'aitc, Wil- 
liam M. Evarts, Edwards Pierrepont and Ben- 
jamin Silliman. In 1839 he opened his school 
in the mailemy at Judea, and it was here that 
Orville H. Piatt, whose education had been 
commenced in the Old Red Sch<x)lhouse on 
the (irecn,, first fell under his inspiring influ- 
ence. ^^r. Piatt was thirteen years of age 
when he entered the school of Mr. Gunn, and 
ting eight \ears he enjoyed the closest re- 
•ns with his teacher. At the end of four 
rs the number of scholars was reduced to 
I , all the children of Abolitionists, and Mr. 
nn was obliged to remove his school to the 
on which "The Gunnery" now stands, 
r two winters Mr. Piatt lived with Mr. 
in. and the third winter taught in the 
lolhouse on Christian street. Later Mr. 
nn became principal of a large school in 
wanda and persuaded young Piatt to ac- 
pany hiiu in the capacity of assistant. Mr. 
tt worked with his father during his youth 
jlie farm when not employed with his school 
■OS. and at the age of twenty years com- 
iiccd the study of law in the office of Hon. 
icon H. Hollister, of Litchfield, an able 
\er and well known historian. In sum- 
•\'r up the character of Mr. Gunn, Mr. Piatt 
V. rites, in part : "His scholarship was good 
but not conspicuous. He was not a book- 
worm : not a plodder. The time and energfy 
which, perhaps, otherwise applied, might have 
won him the tlrst liunurs, were lar;.,'^i-ly used 
in the study of literature and poetry. * * * 
Transferred to the city he lost none of his 
' o for coimtrv surroundings. He excelled 
the study ol botany. He loved the free- 
1 of the open fields — the solitude of the 
-Iiore. In those days, as all through his 
r years, he was fond of hunting and fish- 
ing. He enjoyed such pastimes with the 
relish of the true hunter and anq:ler. whose 
real pleasure is found, not in killing game and 
catching fish, but in the exhilaration which 
comes to one who roatns alone the woods and 
fields. * ♦ * His ideal was manliness. His 
development of that ideal was along the line of 
physical, intellectual and sentimental growth. 
He cultivated muscle, health, imagination, 
taste, intellect '* * * His idea of educa- 
tion, acted upon in his own college experience 



as well as when he came to be a teacher, was 
the pi-rfecting of a noble manhood — the creat- 
ing of a noble life." Tiic words written by 
Mr. Piatt might well have Ix'cn written of 
himself. 

.Mr. Piatt was admitted to the bar of Litch- 
field county in 1840. and afterward at Brad- 
ford county, Pennsylvania, where he spent 
six months in the town of Towanda. in the 
law oflfice of Hon. Ulysses Mercur, who was 
afterwanl on the supreme court bench of that 
state. In 1851 Mr. Piatt returned to Connec- 
ticut, and from that time until his death his 
legal residence 'was at Meriden. Soon after 
coming to that city, he became associate edi- 
tor of the ll'liij;. a newspaper that continued 
for some three years, and in newspaper work 
acquired a useful training in writing and in 
broadening his vision and enlarging his knowl- 
edge of men and aflFairs. In the meantime 
he continued in practice and was beset by 
the usual difficulties of a young lawyer in get- 
ting a start in his profession. In 1853 he 
was elected judge of probate for his district 
and served three years. In 1855-36 he was 
clerk of the state senate of Connecticut. He 
was one of the original members of the Re- 
publican party, and from 1S58 to the time of 
his death was a stout supporter of the poli- 
cies and candidates of the party, and year by 
year a more powerful factor in state and na- 
tional politics. In 185- he was elected sec- 
retary of state of Connecticut. In 1861-62 he 
was state senator from his district, and in 
1864 was representative to the general as- 
sembly and was chairman of the judiciar>' 
committee, and by virtue of that office leader 
of his party in the house. He proved an able, 
efficient and indefatigable political leader in 
one of the most trying times of the govern- 
nunt in the midst of the civil war. One not- 
able contest over the adoption of the consti- 
tutional amendment to extend the opportunity 
for voting to the soldiers in the field was won 
after a memorable struggle. The speaker de- 
cided that, although two-thirds of the mem- 
bers of the house present had voted for the 
amendment, two-thirds of the entire member- 
ship were required, and Mr. Piatt appealed 
from the decision. After a protracted debate 
the appeal was sustained and the amendment 
was finally adopted by the state. In i86() he 
again represented Meriden in the general as- 
sciTibly and was chosen speaker of the house. 
He demonstrated his fitness for this office and 
won the commendation of political opponents 
by his fairness and impartiality. When he 
retired from the speaker's chair at the close 
of the term, he was known and respected 
throughout the state as one of its purest and 



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ablest officials, one whose qualifications for 
legislative work were of an exceptionally high 
order, and whose brilliant abilities, energy and 
influence it was eminently desirable to retain 
in the public service. Notwithstanding this, 
however, and in the face of a strong party 
sentiment to keep him in public office, Mr. 
Piatt retired for a time from politics in order 
to give his attention more fully to his law 
practice, which had grown to very extensive 
proportions and demanded his close personal 
supervision. During the civil war he gave to 
the government his earnest and loyal support, 
and to the full extent of his powers gave his 
aid to the Union cause. In 1877 he was ap- 
pointed state's attorney in New Haven county. 
In 1879 he was elected United States senator 
to succeed W. H. Barnum, Democrat, who 
had been elected to fill the vacancy caused 
by the death of Orris S. Ferry, Republican. 
On the thirty-eighth ballot in the Republican 
caucus Mr. Piatt received seventy-six votes, 
General Joseph H. Hawley received seventy- 
two, and Marshall Field received one, and his 
election followed as a matter of course. At 
a reception given in his honor, and attended 
by men of all parties, he made a characteristic 
speech in which he said : "That which is right 
is priceless to me ; and in all campaigns and 
achievements of the Republican party in which 
I have participated I have never steered a 
middle course, but have done what I thought 
right." A friend said of him at that time : 
"Senator Piatt carries to the senate independ- 
ence of judgment, intimate acquaintance with 
political history and a thorough mastery of 
the fundamental principles of a Republican 
form of government. We greatly mistake if 
the senator does not prove to be one of the 
ablest and most serviceable members Connec- 
ticut has ever sent to the honorable body to 
which he is accredited." His election was due 
in large part to the work of Senator H. Wales 
Lines, of Meriden, one who knew him well 
and appreciated fully his sterling qualities. 
At the expiration of his term of office he was 
re-elected, and by successive re-elections he 
was continued in his high office as long as he 
lived. 

The last session of the fifty-eighth congress 
had in it enough of interest to make any ses- 
sion memorable, brief as it was. It marked the 
end. not only of the congress, but also of the 
first administration of President Roosevelt, 
and for some reason the radicals in all par- 
ties seemed to expect that the administration 
would be marked lay revolutionary demonstra- 
tions. The elder statesmen in the senate were 
filled with apprehension, and Mr. Piatt re- 
trrned to Washington weighed down with a 



sense of foreboding. He wrote : "The great 
victory of November started up every fool 
crank in the United States and we are going 
to have lots of trouble." The senate might be 
swept from its moorings by the spirit of the 
hour, and up to the day of final adjournment 
the Connecticut senator kept looking for the 
first sign of weakening in the legislative foim- 
dation. As chairman of the judiciary com- 
mittee and as a member of the committe on 
finance. Mr. Piatt was in the way to impress 
his conservatism on his associates and on the 
administration, and his position was strength- 
ened by the support he gave to the president 
and Secretary Hay in matters of international 
concern in which they were deeply interested. 
As if the senate did not have business enough 
to attend to in ordinary course, the house of 
representatives invited further congestion by 
impeaching Charles Swayne, judge of the dis- 
trict court of the United States for the north- 
ern district of Florida, of high crimes and 
misdemeanors in office. The charges against 
Swayne were petty and there was some irri- 
tation in the senate that the scant time at its 
disposal should be invaded for their considera- 
tion. Yet, proceedings having been instituted, 
they must be treated as solemnly . as if the 
charges were momentous and the culprit the 
chief justice of the United States. It had 
been many years since the senate had sat as 
a high court of impeachment, the last occasgjn 
having been in the trial of Secretary Belknap 
in a former generation, so that the duties 
which fell upon the chairman of the judiciary 
committee found him handicapped by lack of 
experience. Not only did Mr. Piatt have to 
handle the preliminaries of the trial, but when 
the time for it came, Mr. Frye. the president 
pro tempore, begged on account of illness to 
be excused from the confining task of presid- 
ing over the court, and Mr. Piatt was named 
in his stead. The Connecticut senator might 
well have pleaded age and feebleness also, but 
with characteristic fidelity he bent his back to 
the burden. For over a month, in addition 
to all his other duties, he was obliged to pre- 
side over the wearisome deliberations of the 
court, listen to the interminable testimony and 
the arguments of counsel, and to pass upon 
questions of procedure. No one who wit- 
nessed the senate in session during that pe- 
riod is likely to forget it soon. The presid- 
ing officer invested the proceedings with sim- 
ple dignity, and at their conclusion an im- 
pressive picture remained in the records of 
the senate. Yet all this time he was strug- 
gling with an insidious disease. Early in the 
trial he had been seized with an attack of 
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III- minht, without critiiisin. have (luittcd his 
\vi>rk in Washington altof^ethcr. but he chniR 
t<i it as tl)i)iij;h it were a relij^inus |>enancc. 
Ever\ nidrnin}^ he ronsed himself witli an ef- 
fort to go to tlie Capitol in a closed carriage, 
and every evening he returned to his rooms 
to complete the day in bed. All through it, 
too, he attendeil to the nndtifarious business 
of the senate, carrying the while, as had been 
the case for years, the i)eculiar local business 
which otherwise would have fallen upon his 
dying colleague. The wonder is that he should 
have borne up under the strain as long as he 
ditl. but he carried his work right thnaugh to 
the fniirth i>i March, with the "crushing, 
grinding avalanche of legislatii>ti" inciileiil to 
the closing weeks of a congress and witnessed 
the ceremonies inducting }'resident Roosevelt 
into office. Some of his Connecticut friends, 
wliM came to the inauguration, remonstrated 
with him for overtaxing his slender ()hysical 
resources during the trial, and he admitted 
that perhaps he ought to have remained in his 
room, but he said earnestly: "It was just as 
necessary that I should attend that impeach- 
ment court each day as that a man should be 
on haml when he is going to be hanged." In 
recognition of the completion by Mr. Flatt of 
twenty-six years of service in the senate, 
Charles Henry lUitler, reporter of the supreme 
court, hafi arranged to give him a dinner on 
March 18, the day on which the special ses- 
sion 111 the senate came to an end. On the 
eve of the dimier word was receive<l that Gen- 
eral Hawley was dying. He was no longer a 
member of the senate, his term of service hav- 
ing just e.xpire<l, but he had been a colleague 
and close friend for a quarter of a century, 
and at Mr. Piatt's request, the invitations 
were recalled. The sefpicl was as remark.nble 
a tribute as the dinner would have been. I-et- 
ters of hearty eulogy were received from many 
of the intended guests, among them being the 
following from President Roosevelt: "My 
dear Mr. lUitler: May I, through you, extend 
my heartiest greetings to the guest of the 
evening. Senator O. H. Piatt. It is difficult 
to say what I really think of Senator Piatt 
without seeming to use extravagant expres- 
sion. I do not know a man in public life who 
is more loved and honored, or who has done 
more substantial and disinterested service to 
the coimtry. It makes one feel reall_\ proud 
as an American, to have such a man occupying 
such a place in the councils of the nation. .As 
for me personally. I have now been associated 
with him intimately during four sessions of 
Congress, and I cannot overstate my obliga- 
tions to him. not only for what he has done 
by speech and vote, but because it gives me 



heart and strength to sec and consult with 
so fearless, high-minded, practicable, and far- 
>;^Iiied a public servant. Wishing >ou a most 
pleasant evening, iK-lieve me. Sincerely yours, 
Theodore Roosevelt." ( ieneral Hawley died 
on the day set for the dinner : the burial was 
at Hartford, and Senator Piatt went north 
on the funeral train. It was a raw and blus- 
tering <lay in Hartford, anil he became chilled 
as he waited for a long time, with bared head, 
at the railway station. He returneil to sec the 
President and to wind up some departmental 
alTairs. and after two or three days went to 
his home at Kirby Corner, Washington. Con- 
necticut, and tried to get up sutficieiit energy 
to take his first outing, which had been set 
for the last day of March. Instead there came 
a chill followed by fever, and this was the 
beginning of the serious illness which followed 
and endeil in his death on Good Friday, .\])ril 
21.UJOS. 

Step by step, and year by year, he had 
gained influence and importance in the august 
legislative body of which he was a member. 
His level head, vigorous intellect, convincing 
logic and unfailing fidelity to his partv and 
his country, won him a conspicuous place in 
the iiaticiiial life. He was an able and con- 
vincing speaker and his work on the stump 
was always dignified and effective. One felt 
the absolute sincerity and earnestness, the 
greatness and modesty of the senator, whether 
in the daily routine of ordinary life or during 
the times of strife and action in the senate. 
He became finally the dean of the senate and 
for many years prior to his death ranked 
among the foremost senators of his nation. 
It would be impossible to give in the brief 
space of this account of his life an adequate 
sunmiary of bis long years of activity and use- 
ftdness in the legislative halls of the country. 
1 le was admirable in committee work and a 
powerful debater. Intensely patriotic and 
striving to do his full duty always, absolutely 
honorable and upright, his motives were never 
even suspected. His most bitter political foe 
gave him his cordial respect. W'ith experi- 
ence, he seemed every year to gain in force 
of character and in intellectual power, but he 
never lost his native modesty of bearing, and 
his appreciation of the value of the friend- 
shijis of earlier years in all classes of society. 
He was a graccfid presiding officer and was 
often called upon to serve as chairman of 
nominating conventions of his party. He pre- 
sided at the Republican state convention in 
New Haven in i8<x). Though his services as 
a legislator cannot be reviewed at length, men- 
tion must he made of the famous amendment 
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name, the Piatt Amendment, the vahie of 
which was so soon demonstrated after Cuba 
became an independent republic and was again 
threatened with civil war such as has sapped 
the vitality and disgraced the citizenship of 
Latin-America so often. 

The personal attachments of Senator Piatt 
were deep and tender. He was not demon- 
strative, and his native diffidence restrained 
him from showing his inmost feelings, but 
there was a gentle insistence in his manner 
which was more eloquent than mere words, 
when in the company of those he liked, and 
to a very few he opened his heart. At times 
he was subject to fits of depression, when he 
felt like going back to the simple Hfe of his 
early da}'s, but these were fleeting phases 
which made their appearance when he was 
overburdened with work. His view of his 
political aspirations is shown in his own 
words, as follows: "I have no ambition. 
If the people of Connecticut want to send some 
one to the Senate in my place I shall not 
whimper or even care. I only want to go on 
while I have strength, doing what there is 
for me to do as well as I can, and whether it 
is here or elsewhere — in the Senate or in some 
quiet cabin by the way — makes no difference. 
I have no high notions about myself, ask for 
nothing, want nothing, am content. I think 
I have that much philosphy." He was unaf- 
fectedly religious : generous in charitable 
undertakings, and philanthropical as far as 
his time and opportunity would permit. He 
was fond of old-fashioned things ; read old 
books and studied old customs, especially 
those relating to the early history of New Eng- 
land, and found relaxation in writing about 
the early history of Connecticut. Archjeology 
was also a favorite stud}^ Among some of 
the interesting papers he prepared, are : "The 
E.xtinction of the Meeting House," "The 
British Invasion of New Haven in 1779." and 
"Encounter Between Roger Griswold and 
Matthew Lyon in 1798." In 1899 he was 
made a regent of the Smithsonian Institution, 
and always took the deepest interest in its 
affairs, one of his last acts being to help se- 
ctire a four million dollar appropriation for 
the National IMiiseum in 1904. Throughout 
his life he fashioned his conduct after the 
manner of one who believes profoundly in 
the never ending influence of every spoken 
w-ord and every unspoken thought. To Sena- 
tor Hoar he once said: "I am one of those 
who believe that no thought conceived by the 
brain, no word spoken by the lips, no act per- 
formed by the will, has ever been lost or ceases 
to exert its influence upon mankind. The 
world is to-day what these thoughts, words. 



and deeds of all who have gone before us have 
made it." During the last years of his life 
Senator Piatt had a summer home at Wash- 
ington, Connecticut, and from that home his 
funeral was held. 

He married (first) May 15, 1850, Annie, 
only daughter of James Perry and Ann (Wal- 
lis) Bull, of Towanda, Pennsylvania; she died 
in November, 1893. She was a prominent 
member of the First Congregational Church 
of Meriden, Connecticut, and greatly inter- 
ested in the good work of that society. Sen- 
ator Piatt married (second) April 29, 1897, 
Jeannie Penniman, widow of George A. Hoyt, 
of Stamford, Connecticut, and daughter of 
Hon. Truman Smith, LTnited States senator 
from Connecticut (see Smith). Children of 
first wife : James Perry, see forward : Daniel 
Gould, born at Meriden, February 7, 1858, 
died in January. 1864. 

(IX) Hon. James Perry, eldest and only 
surviving son of Hon. Orville Hitchcock and 
Annie (Bull) Piatt, was born at Towanda, 
Pennsylvania, March 31, 185 1. He attended 
the Gunnery School at Washington, Connecti- 
cut, where his father had been a pupil in his 
youth, and he completed his preparation for 
college at the Hopkins Grammar School in 
New Haven. He entered Yale College, and 
was graduated in the class of 1873 with the 
degree of Bachelor of Arts. Followiu'.;' the 
example of his father, and in accordance with 
his own inclinations, he studied law and was 
graduated from the Yale Law School with 
the degree of Bachelor of Laws in 1875. He 
was admitted to partnership in his father's law 
business, under the firm name of O. H. & J. P. 
Piatt, and continued to practice until appointed 
to the bench. In 1878-79 he represented the 
town of Meriden in the general assembly, and 
was then appointed city attorney of Meriden 
and continued in this office until 1893, when 
he was chosen by the general assembly as 
judge of the city and police court of Meriden. 
He served until 1902, when he was appointed 
justice of the LTnited States district court. 
He has commanded the fullest confidence of 
bench and bar from the very beginning of his 
judicial career. In politics he is a Republi- 
can. In religion he is a communicant of the 
Protestant Episcopal church. He is a mem- 
ber of Meriden Lodge, No. 77, Free and 
Accepted Masons, being at one time master of 
the lodge ; and of St. Elmo Commandery, 
Knights Templar, of Meriden. He is also a 
member of the Home Club of Meriden, the 
Yale Club of New York, and is a trustee of 
the Meriden Savings Bank. His home is at 
No. 130 Lincoln street. Meriden. Mr. Piatt 
married, December 2, 188;, Harriet White 




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Ivrs, 1)11111 in Merideii, September 14, 1861. 
Children: Margaret, born December 30, 1886; 
lames r'err\- |r., I-'cbriiary 20, 1889, died 
July 24, 1889." 

( 'I'lie Smith Line). 

( I) John Smith, immigrant ancestor, set- 
tled at Lancaster, and left a will dated April 
12, 1665. proved September 27, 1669, be- 
f|npathii!g to sons, John and Richard, and 
• laughters. Ann Aloore and Alice (Alles) 
:-iiiitli. We know that Ann (Smith) Moore, 
iiis daughter, married, November 16, 1654, 
Jolin Moore, son of John Moore, the immi- 
grant. John Moore, Jr.. became a proprietor 
of Lancaster, March 11, 1653-54. The Moore 
Gfenealogy in the "Xew England Register"' 
rills her daiigb.ter of John and Sarah Smith, 
I ml there is doubt as to the identity of John 
Smith, of Sudbury and Lancaster, or rather it 
appears that there must be two named John 
Smith. A John Smith, of Sudbury, married 
there. October 13. 1647. Sarah Hunt, and had 
Jnhn, born February 7, 1648, and Robert, 
-May 11, 1654. Another John Smith with a 
'ifo. Sarah, died at Charlestown, Massachu- 
M Its, March 26, 1673, called "Sr." and by 
will dated March 8, proved June 17, 1673. be- 
(jucathed to wife Sarah and children two thou- 
sand acres of land at Lancaster given him by 
the Indians : to sons John. James and Josiah, 
daughters Elizabeth. Sarah and Mary, prop- 
erty at Charlestown, etc. ; his widow Sarah 
died November 12, 1687. She could not have 
been Sarah Hunt, however, unless he had 
two wives named Sarah, for John and Sarah 
had a son r>enoni, born at Charlestown, June 
15. 1646. before the date of the marriage of 
Sarah Hunt to John Smith, of Sudbury. 

Xow in 1640 Jeremiah X'^orcross, of Water- 
town, had an account before the general court, 
December i. 1640. and in X'^orcross' will pre- 
sented at court, October 6, 1657. bequeaths to 
"Mary, wife of my wife's son John Smith." 
His wife was widow Adrean Smith. His 
son Xathaniel. by the way, graduate of a uni- 
versity, was minister at Lancaster, in 1643. 

This will connects John Smith, of Lancas- 
ter, with Richard Smith, mentioned below. 
Richard Smith, of Sudbur}-, married, October 
6, 1647. ]\[ary Kerley; their child Hannah was 
born September 21. 165 1, and his wife and 
infant died May 27. 1654; he removed to Lan- 
caster and married (second) in Boston, 
Widow Joanna Ouarles and had John, born 
February 20, 1656. and Francis. August 26, 
1657. He may have had other children, but 
his will, dated June 14, 1680. mentions none 
and leaves all his property to Thomas Read 
Sr.. a cousin, of Sudbury, with whom he spent 
his last years : the will states his age as about 



filt\-tive. making his birth \ear 1625 (in Eng- 
land) and states that his father was Antony 
Smith, of nerkshire, England; he says he 
lived fourteen years at Watertown and served 
Jeremiah Xorcross (doubtless his step-father). 
It seems to be proved, therefore, that John 
and Richard were sons of Adrean Smith, 
widow of Antony Smith, and wife of Jere- 
miah Norcross; removed to Sudbury and 
lived with cousin, Thomas Read Sr. (cousin 
used to mean nepliew, usually) : will refers to 
marriage and death of wife and child in Bos- 
ton and residence at various places at the East 
(this usually meant Alaine) ; returned to Sud- 
bury and was cared for by Read, to whom he 
bequeathed all his estate. 

Richard Smith was with John at Lancas- 
ter and signed the town orders in 1653. 

The only dates from which we can Hx the 
age of John Smith who died at Lancaster in 
1665 arc the suit in 1640. proiiably about the 
time he came of age, and the date of marriage 
of Ann. his daughter, to John Moore in 1654. 
Both John and Richard appear to have been 
born in England. John as early as 1618, Rich- 
ard in 1625. John subscribed to the town or- 
ders of Lancaster, March 15, 1653-54; his 
wife Marv died at Lancaster, December 27, 
1659. 

(II) Richard Smith, mentioned in the will 
as son of John Smith, of Lancaster, settled in 
Lyme, Connecticut. John Smith, probably the 
brother of Richard, but notwithstanding the 
will of Richard, possibly son of Richard and 
Joanna (Ouarles) Smith, mentioned above, 
settled also in Lyme and had a son named 
Ouarles. X'o other person of the name is 
found at this time in Massachusetts than the 
widow mentioned. (See Deed June 27, 1722, 
vol. 2, p. 120. Lyme). 

Though Richaril, mentioned above, died at 
Sudbury, there is proof that he owned land 
at Lyme and may have lived there. With the 
consent and approbation of his wife Joanna 
he deeded land to Peter Pratt at Lyme, No- 
vember 23, 1674. Richard Smith bought land 
of John Holmstead. of Xorwich, in 1667. and 
received a deed March 30, 1673-74. Even 
earlier. March 13. 1669, he owned land at 
Lyme and deeded it to Walsbon Brockway. 
He had a grant of land at Lyme, July 10, 
1674. Land was granted to Richard Smith 
Sr.. and Richard Sjnith Jr., in 1678 and in 
1680 land of Richard. Sr., is mentioned in 
connection with fencing. 

.As Richard Sr. died apparentlv without is- 
sue, we must conclude that he was not the son 
of John, but of Antony. Richard Smith, Jr., 
was his nephew. Richard, Jr., was born about 
1750; he married (first). Xovember 17. 1677, 



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Elizabeth _, who died April 3, 1690. He 

married (second) Elizabeth Harris, a widow. 
In his will dated 1701 he bequeaths to wife 
Elizabeth. He died March 8, 1701-02. He 
had a son Daniel, mentioned below. 

(Ill) Daniel, son of Richard Smith, was 
born at Lyme, Connecticut, April 15, 1692, 
died at Lyme, March 22, 1729-30. He mar- 
ried Elizabeth , December 7, 1726. 

They had a son Richard, mentioned below. 

(iV) Richard. (2), son of Daniel Smith, 
was born at Lyme, December 28, 1728, and 

(V) Phineas, son of Richard Smith, mar- 
ried Deborah Ann Judson. They had a son 
Truman, mentioned below. 

(VI) Truman, son of Phineas Smith, was 
born in Woodbury, Connecticut, November 
27, 1791, died in Stamford, Connecticut, May 
3,"i8S4. He was graduated at Yale in 181 5, 
and was admitted to the bar in 1818. He 
was a representative in the state legislature 
during- the years 1831-32-34: a Whig repre- 
sentative from Connecticut 1839-43, and 
1845-49 ; a presidential elector in 1844 : and 
United States senator 1849-54, resigning 
April IT, 1854, his term of office being com- 
pleted by Francis Gillett. He was appointed 
by President Lincoln, jrdge of the slave trade 
court in New York under the treaty of 1862 
with Great Britain, and he served from 1862 
to 1870, the system being abolished by the 
treaty of 1870. He was the author of "Ex- 
amination of the Question of .\n?esthesia" 
(1859) reprinted as "An Inquiry into the 
Origin of Anaesthesia" (1867). He was the 
father of Jeannie Penniman, wife of Hon. 
Orville Hitchcock Piatt (see Piatt VIII). 



(VIII) Simeon D. Piatt, son of 
PLATT Daniel Gould Piatt (q.v.), was 
born at Washington, February 
12. 1832. He attended the Gunnery School in 
Washington and worked on his father's farm 
in boyhood. He continued on the homestead 
until he was twenty-four years old. From iSfio 
to 1864 he was a stationary engineer. Subse- 
quently he bought the old cotton mill prop- 
ertv below the railroad station and operated 
a grist mill there until the coming of the rail- 
road in 1871. when he was appointed station 
agent, the first at Washington depot on the 
new road. Besides his duties for the railroad 
he carried on a lumber and coal business and 
he was also postmaster of Washington Depot 
for man}- \ears. In 1886 he came to Torring- 
ton and during the next ten years had a drug 
store in that town. For five years he was in 
the boot and shoe business. Since 1901 he 
has been retired from business, making his 
home at Torrington. In politics he is a Re- 



publican. He voted first for General John C. 
Fremont and he has voted for every Republi- 
can candidate for president since then. He 
was at one time treasurer of the town of Wash>- 
ii:gton. He is a member of Rising Sun 
Lodge, No. 27, Free and Accepted Masons, 
of Washington, and was its secretary for many 
years. He is a member of the Congregational 
church. He married, in 1855, Mary Helen, 
born at Richland, Kalamazoo county, Michi- 
gan, May 30, 1836, daughter of William and 
Mary Ann (Mitchell) Logan. They have one 
son. Dr. William Logan, mentioned below. 

(IX) Dr. William Logan Piatt, son of 
Simeon D. Piatt, was born at W'ashington, 
April 20, 1859. He attended the Gunnery 
School in Washington and the College of Phy- 
sicians and Surgeons of New York City, grad- 
uating in 1881. He practiced with Dr. Or- 
lando Brown, of Washington, for two years, 
and in 1883 located in Torrington, where he 
has since been in general practice. F[e is a 
n^ember of the Litchfield County Medical So- 
ciety, the Connecticut State Medical Society 
and the American Medical Association. He 
is a member of Seneca Lodge, No. 55, Free 
and Accepted Masons, of Torrington ; Cyrus 
Chapter, No. 45, Royal Arch Masons, of Tor- 
rington ; Royal Arcanum : Torrington Busi- 
iiess Mcn"s Association and of the Torrington 
Hospital Association. He married, in Janu- 
ary, 1882, Rose Cook, of Washington, Con- 
necticut, daughter of Thomas and Mary (Par- 
sons) Cook. Children: Dr. Daniel Philip, 
mentioned below : Mildred H., born August 2, 
1890, married, May 4, 1909, James M. Dayton, 
who is with the Excelsior Needle Company of 
Torrington. 

(X) Dr. Daniel Philip Piatt, son of Dr. 
\\4lliam Logan Piatt, was born at Torrington, 
March 29, 1886. He attended the public 
schools of his native town and Betts Academy 
of Stamford, Connecticut. He received his 
medical education at the Bellevue Hospital 
Medical College of New York, graduating 
with the degree of M.D. in May, 1907. Since 
then he has been associated in practice with his 
father at Torrington. He married, October 
ifi. 1909, Edna Chedsev, of Yonkers, New 
York. 



William Piatt, descendant of one 
PLATT of the oldest Connecticrt famil- 
ies in the male line, lived at Eas- 
ton. Connecticut. He died on a sea voyage 
taken for his health at thirty years of age. 
He married L}-on. She married (sec- 
ond) Bethel Todd. 'William Piatt had two 
children. Ebenezer Lyon, mentioned below, 
and Elizabeth. 




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(II) I'lhenczer Lyon, son of William Piatt, 
was horn in 1782, at Kastoii, Connecticut, died 
Sejjteinber IQ. 1S58, at Redding, Connecticut, 
lie had a colleg^e education and taught school 
in Easton and Redding. lie was also a farmer 
and owned a farm at Easton. He married, at 
Easton, Anne Edwards, who died Alarch 2, 
1855, aged sixty years, daughter of Isaac Ed- 
wa'-fls. born April ". 1762. This family lived 
at Brookficld, Connecticut, at the time of the 
revolution. Tic then removed to Monroe, 
Connecticut, and died at the home of his son, 
Benjamin Edwards. LaceyviUc. New York, 
January 4. 1843. aged eighty years. Children 
of Isaac Edwards : Zaimon. died at Easton ; 
Benjamin, died at Laceyville. New York ; Polly 
married a Mr. I.amphiere ; Jerusha. married 
.'\ndrew ^^'ake!ee ; Maria, married Bradley 
W'akeman : Anne, married Ebenezer L. Piatt. 
Children of Mr. and Mrs. Piatt, born at Eas- 
ton : I. Mary, born May i. 1814; married 
Ste])hen Nichols. Bridgeuort. 2. William. 
.■\pril 18, 1817, died at Bridgeport. Connec- 
ticut : father of five children : Harriet L., 
Elizabeth A.. Emma. Josenb.ine. Wilbani. last 
three deceased. 3. Edwards, born December 

30, 1821 : married ; children: Hanford, 

Georgianna. Eugene, all deceased. 4. Wake- 
man Bradley. 5. Marietta, November 6, 1827; 
married Eds'.m Crofut : two cb'ldren : ^lav 
Emma. Howard, deceased. 6. Charles. March 
28. 1829. died February 19. 1861. unmarried. 
7. dranville. April 22, 1834. died Jantiary 25, 
1002. aged sixty-seven: left one daughter. 
.Anna, married a i\Ir. Barnes. He enlisted in 
sixth regiment in civil war and served during 
the war and in the commissary department at 
Richmond. \'irginia. after the war for some 
three years. 

(III) Wakeman Bradley, son of Ebenezer 
L\on Piatt, was born at Easton. June 3. 1825, 
died August 7. 1891. at Bridgeport. Connec- 
ticut. He was educated mainly by his father, 
at home and in the public schools in which 
his father was a teacher. He worked in the 
hniiber business in Bridgeport (his home), 
rmd Stamford, until he retired from business. 
He was well known and highly respected in 
the comnnmity of Bridgeport. He applied for 
enlistment in the local artillery company of 
Bridgeport at the time of the civil war but 
was rejected by the examining surgeons. He 
n-ioved to Bridgeport. Connecticut, in 1858, 
and lived there until his death, owning real 
estate. He was interested in the welfare of 
the cit\' of Bridgeport and contributed sub- 
stantially by his life work to make the city 
larger and better. He belonged to no church. 
but gave generously in charity. In politics he 
was a Republican. lie married. January 16, 



1853. at Redding, .\ntoinette Wilson, born in 
Redding. March 5. 183 1. daughter of Charles 
and Sarah .\nn (Jenkins) Wilson, grand- 
daughter of Calvin Jenkins, who was a revo- 
lutionary soldier, enlisted at age of sixteen 
and served all through the war. She remem- 
bers him well : he died aged eighty. Cal- 
vin Jenkins married Eunice Jackson ; they 
moved first to Richfield, then to Redding, and 
died there. They had eight children : Eunice, 
William. Nathan. Elizabeth, Calvin, Harry, 
Clark. Sarah Ann, above mentioned, all de- 
ceased. Her father, Charles Wilson, born 
January 28, 1803, was a farmer, a man of 
high standing and exemplary character. She 
had sisters : Emeline Wilson, married James 
Lord and had four children, and Sarah Wil- 
son, married Noah Sherwood and had two 
children. John Wilson, father of Charles Wil- 
son, was born at Wilton. Connecticut; he was 
a master mariner, sailing from Norwalk. Con- 
necticut, and was lost at sea, August 20. 1769. 
Married Patty Elizabeth Shute. of Weston ; 
the\- had five children: i. Alfred, born May 
20. 1795. died in South Norwalk. 2. W^illiam, 
March 10, 1797, died in Norwalk. 1900; he 
had three sons: i. William, born in Norwalk; 
ii. Charles, in Norwalk : he had a son Freder- 
ick, who is engaged in the jewelrv business in 
Danbury. Connecticut : iii. Albert, born in Nor- 
walk. deceased. 3. Polly, April 25, 1800, died 
in Ridgefield. in 1840; married W'esley Haw- 
kins. 4. Charles, father of Mrs. Piatt, died 
at Redding. 5. Samuel, went west when a 
young man. Mr. and Mrs. Piatt had one 
child : Antoinette .-\mie, married William E. 
\\ills. born at Colburn, Canada ; a traveling 
salesman ; son of Henry Wills, who came from 
England to Canada when a young inan. then 
removed to Connecticut, and settled at Long 
Hill, a farmer until his death in 1909. Chil- 
dren : i. Lloward Wakeman Wills, born Au- 
gust 29. 1890. student at Yale: ii. Robert 
Henry ^^'ills. November 10. 1893 : iii. Frank 
\\'ilsou Wills, horn i89r). died aged eighteen 
months. 



(\T) Josiah Piatt, nephew of 
PLATT Josiah Piatt (V), and grandson 
of Josiah (IV). as mentioned in 
his will in 1758. was born before that date. 
He was a farmer in W^est Haven and deacon 
of the church there, aiding largelv in its sup- 
port. Tie and his wife are buried at West 
Haven. Children: Nathan, mentioned below; 

John, married Eunice . and both are 

buried at West Haven ; Mary, died young 
(gravestone at West Haven) ; Mary, married 
Jonathan .Ailing, of New TTavcn. and David 
R. .Ailing, a coal dealer of New Haven is a 



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grandson ; Amy, died unmarried ; Ann, died 
unmarried. Josiah Piatt had many descend- 
ants through his son Xathan, of whom Miss 
Sarah A. Piatt of West Haven, who is com- 
piling the records of his descendants, is one. 

(VII) Nathan, son of Josiah Piatt, was 
born about 1780, and was a soldier in the war 
of 1812. His house was raided by the British 
soldiers during the attack on New Haven. He 
was a man of great moral and religious worth. 
His name is enrolled on the records of the 
First Congregational Church at West Haven, 
Connecticut. He was one of the deacons and 
was a large contributor to the support of the 
church. He married Cata Merrick, who was 
born in 1776 and died in 1859, daughter of 
Barnabas Merrick, born 1728, at Harwich, 
Massachusetts, married December 7, 1755, 
Ellis (Alice) Bangs, granddaughter of Joshua 
Merrick, great-granddaughter of William 
Merrick, the son of the immigrant, William 
Merrick (p. 28 "IMerrick Genealogy" : see also 
'Tlatt Lineage," and pp. 640 and 1364, Beer's 
"History of New Haven County, Conn."). 
Children : Amy ; Nathan, born at Orange, in 
1800, and lived at West Haven, died in 1877, 
married Mary, daughter of John and Esther 
(Cmberfield) Meloy, granddaughter of Ed- 
ward Meloy ; Catherine ; Pauline ; Sarah Ann ; 
Mary ; John ; Newton ; Louisa ; Zenas Mer- 
rick, mentioned below ; Charles. 

(VIII) Zenas Merrick Piatt, son of Nathan 
Piatt, was born in West Haven, Connecticut, 
November 18, 1818, and died in Derby, Con- 
necticut, August 18, 1884. His early educa- 
tion was received in the common schools. Af- 
ter traveling in the western states for a time, 
he became a clerk in the store of Roswell 
Humiston, and a few years later he purchased 
the business of his employer, and continued it 
with abundant success as long as he lived. In 
politics he was a Democrat, taking an active 
part in public affairs and possessing great in- 
fluence. He married, November 5, 1845, '■^"" 
Maria Hummiston, of New Haven, born 
June 12, 1822, died February 22, 1907, daugh- 
ter of Roswell and Lovisa (Moorehouse) 
Hummiston, and granddaughter of David 
Hummiston, born April 18, 1764, and Susan- 
nah (Warner) Hummiston, born April 2, 
1769. Children: i. Edward Merrick, men- 
tioned below. 2. Dwight Walter, born De- 
cember 6. 1848. lives in Winsted, Connecti- 
cut. 3. Frederick Augustus, June 6, 1850, 
died August 16, 1851. 4. Frank Pierce. No- 
vember 13, 1852, died November 15, 1904; 

married Flora , and had two children : 

Vida and Alice B. 

(IX) Edward Merrick, son of Zenas Mer- 
rick Piatt, was born in Derby, November 6, 



1846. He was educated there in the public 
schools, and at the Eastman Business College, 
I'oughkeepsie, New York. His business ca- 
reer began in the oiifice of the Gravel Roofing 
Company in New Haven, where he was book- 
keeper for a time. From that concern he went 
into the employ of the Naugatuck Railroad 
Company as receiving clerk at the Bridgeport 
office, and in 1869 was appointed station 
agent at Derby, a position he filled with ability 
during the following eight years. In 1877 he 
was appointed station agent at Winsted on the 
same railroad and continued there for a period 
of ten }ears. He has been in the grain and 
feed' business in Winsted since 1886. For 
twenty }ears the business was conducted un- 
der the firm name of Balch & Piatt, and since 
1906 he has been in partnership with Wilbur 
F. Coe and the firm name has been Piatt & 
Coe. In politics he is a Democrat. He was 
deputy sheriff of the county while living at 
Derby and grand juror, and he has been town 
clerk and town treasurer of Winsted. He is 
a prominent Free Mason, treasurer of St. An- 
drew's Lodge of Winsted ; secretary of Meri- 
dian Chapter, Royal Arch Masons ; treasurer 
of Tyrian Council, Royal and Select Masters ; 
member of Alagnolian Chapter, Order of the 
Eastern Star. He is clerk and vestryman of 
the Protestant Episcopal Church, treasurer of 
the Clifton Club, director of the Business 
Men's Association. He married, October 16, 
1872, Ella Whipple, of Derby, Connecticut, 
daughter of Henry and Roxanna (Terry) 
Whipple. Children: i. Henry Edward, born 
February 4, 1874, at Derby, died May 4, 
1879. 2. Annie Olive, born at Winsted, De- 
cember 24. 1879; married, October 27, 1909, 
Ernest Newell Mackey, contractor and 
builder of Glastonbury, Connecticut. 



(II) Josiah, son of Richard 
PL ATT Piatt (q.v.), was born in Mil- 
ford, in 1645. He married, at 
]\Iilford. December 2, 1669, Sarah Camfield, 
and both were admitted to the church Octo- 
ber 22, 1672. Children, born at Milford: 
Josiah, born June 29, 1671, died young; Sarah, 
born September 17, 1673 ; Mary, November 
13' 1675; John, September 5, 1677; Josiah, 
mentioned below; Richard, August 9, 1682; 
Hannah, baptized November 29, 1685 ; Abi- 
gail, baptized March 4, 1688 ; Joseph, born 
Januarv 15, 1693. 

(Ill) Josiah (2), son of Josiah (i) Piatt, 
was born in Milford, January 12, 1679. He 
married Sarah Burwell, January 8, 1707, 
children : Abigail, Josiah, Nathan, Isaac, Sa- 
rah, Francis. In 1766 his age was stated as 
ninety-one, evidently a few years too great. 



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He is called of Now Haven. October i8, 1758, 
when he deeded land to his son Josiah on 
Gelding Hill, Xewtovvn, and to his grandson, 
Josiah Piatt (3) land in Newtown. He died 
after his son Josiah. 

(I\') Josiah (3), son of Josiah (2) Piatt, 
was born October 13. 1707. His will, dated 
October 26. 1758, at New Haven, bequeaths 
to wife Sarah, sons Josiah Xathan, Isaac, 
Jonas, daughter Frances Peck, grand-daugh- 
ters Sarah, Abigail and Mary. He gave land 
in Newtown to sons Josiah and Jonas, and to 
grandson Josiah ; land in Waterbury to sons 
Nathan and Isaac. 

(\) Josiah (4), son of Josiah (3) Piatt, 
was born 1730-35. He married Sarah San- 
ford. November 13. 1758; (second) Lydia 

. who conveyed her dower interests in 

his estate to the children February 10. 1804. 
Children, born at Newtown : Hannah, October 
3- '7^9; Nathan, mentioned below; Isaac, De- 
cember 24, 1762: Lois, May 28, 1765; Amos, 
January 12, 1768: Jonas, January 11, 1770. 

(\'I) Nathan, son of Josiah (4) Piatt, was 
born at Newtown, March 3, 1761. Woodmont, 
the house built in 1700 by Josiah (2) is still 
standing, a fine specimen of the earlv colonial 
architecture. He married Rub_\- Smith, who 
died February 12, 1829, aged sixty-six, and 
lived for many years at Waterbury. He was a 
soldier in the revolution. He married (sec- 
ond) Charlotte Dickerman. He died at Wal- 
lingford in 1845 and was buried in Water- 
bury. Chiklren of first wife: I. Levi Smith, 
born January. 1787. died March 26, 1845. 2. 
.Alfred, mentioned below. 3. Anner, born 
July, -1791. died March 19. 1870: unmarried. 
4. Ely, born July, 1793. died February 13, 
1865, ancestor of the Norwicli familv. 5. .\1- 
mon, horn January 22. 1796, died December, 
1882: married .Mvina Allen. 6. Martha, born 
June 12, 1798; married Asahel Judd. 7. Sally, 
born September 9, 1800, died at Kenosha, 
Wisconsin ; married Daniel Tuttle. 8. Leon- 
ard. March. 1804, died July 11, 1858. 

(MI) Alfred, son of Nathan Piatt, was 
born in Newtown, .April 2, 1789. When ten 
years of age he came to Waterbury with his 
father and settled at a point on the river about 
three miles below the center, afterwards 
known as Piatt's Mills, or Plattsville. He 
studied at the school in Litchfield, quite fam- 
ous in its day. of wliich James Morris was 
the master, for whom the town of Morris was 
afterwards named. At the age of nineteen 
he embarked in business for himself. He op- 
crated a saw mill, which he had built near 
his father's flour mill, and afterward was a 
travelling salesman for the celebrated Water- 
bur\- wooden clocks. He was one of the earli- 



est members of the firm known as A. Bene- 
dict, afterward the Benedict & Burnham Man- 
ufacturing Company, and he was the first to 
manufacture brass and copper wire in Water- 
bury. For several years he made all the wire 
used by the Scovill and the Benedict & Burn- 
ham Alanufacturing Companies in making 
button eyes. After a time he sold out his in- 
terests in the firm of Benedict & Burnham, 
and bought of his father and Gideon Piatt the 
mill and water jwwer at Platts Alill. .After 
running the old mill several years he built a 
new one in its ])lace near the old site, and 
continued actively in business to the end of 
his life. In building his mill he devised an 
improved method of making buckwheat flour, 
built special machinery, and patented both 
process and machines. He was the first to 
produce buckwheat flour white in color and 
free from grit. His business developed into 
the present concern known as the Piatt 
Brothers & Company. He was a prominent 
member and for many years deacon of the 
Baptist church, and was one of three men who 
gave obligations to the full amount of their 
property as security for the debt incurred in 
building the first Baptist meeting house at 
the center of the town. He died December 
29, 1872. He married, June 8, 1814, Irene, 
daughter of Nirom Blackman, of Brookfield, 
Connecticut. Children, born at Waterbury: i. 
Nirom Blackman. born September i. 1818; a 
merchant of Waterbury : died October 14, 
1863; married. September 17, 1840, Eliza 
Kirtland, daughter of Wheeler, of Woodbury ; 
children : i. Frances Eugenia, born March 28, 
1842. married Charles H. Russell; ii. Margaret 
Phoebe, born September 5. 1843. married Wil- 
son N. Osborn, of l.runswick. New York ; iii. 
Charles Kirtland, born October i, 1846; iv-v., 
died young : vi. Ida Kirtland, married Lewis 
Elmer F'erkins. of Naugatuck ; vii. William 
Wheeler, of California. 2. Charles Sanford, 
born July 30, 1820, removed to western Mas- 
sachusetts ; died in Great Barrington, Massa- 
chusetts, February 5. 1896; married Mary M. 
Tobey. September 4. 1861 : children : Mary. 
Charles, Frederick Charles, Jcannette. 3. Wil- 
liam Smith, mentioned below. 4. Clark Mur- 
ray, mentioned below. 5. Alfred Legrand, 
mentioned below. 6. Seabury Blackman, born 
October 5, 1828; entered A'ale. class of 1852, 
but on account of ill health left in his junior 
year : studied law in the oflice of J. W. Web- 
ster and was admitted to the bar May 18, 
1864: began practice at Birmingham, where 
he was appointed judge of the borough court ; 
died at Derbv. .August 12, 1895. 

(\'III) William Smith Plaft, son of Alfred 
Piatt, was born at Waterbury, January 27, 



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1822. He received his education in the com- 
mon schools, at the Waterbury Academy, and 
at a high-grade private school at New Haven, 
conducted by Amos Smith. He made a spe- 
cialty of physics and chemistry, and finally de- 
voted himself exclusively to mechanical en- 
gineering. Before he was of age he acquired 
the art of rolling sheet zinc, and was the first 
to produce it successfully in Waterbury. 
Afterward he also invented and built machines 
for the manufacture of buttons of zinc and 
seamless zinc tubing. In 1874 he entered into 
partnership with his father Alfred Piatt, and 
brother, Clark Murray Piatt, to manufacture 
metallic buttons, and in 1876 the Patent But- 
ton Company was formed to make buttons that 
could be attached to clothing without the use 
of needle and thread. Mr. Piatt was remark- 
able for his strength of character, his absolute 
independence and self-reliance, his powers of 
abstraction and great pertinacity. He was an 
earnest investigator of problems in physical 
science, psychology and theology. He used 
his wealth wisely and gave generously in char- 
ity, living modestly. He was deacon of the 
Baptist church, and for many years had been 
its largest benefactor. 

He married, October i, 1844, Caroline, 
daughter of William and Alma (Porter) Or- 
ton. After the death of her parents she lived 
imtil her marriage in the family of Deacon 
Timothy Porter, her mother's brother; she 
died May, 1901. Children, born at Water- 
bury: I. Orton William, died young. 2. Helen 
I. W., mentioned below. 3. Caroline Amelia, 
born September 12, 1853: attended the Water- 
bury public schools, and studied art in New 
Haven ; has traveled extensively in this coun- 
try and abroad. 4. William Hubert, born Oc- 
tober 7, 1856, died aged six years. 5. Irving 
Gibbs, born June 18, i860; educated in pub- 
lic schools of Waterbury and the Eastman 
Business College at Poughkeepsie, New York, 
then was associated in business with his 
father and until his death was director of Piatt 
Brothers & Company ; he died December 6, 
1896. 

(IX) Helen I. W. Piatt, daughter of Wil- 
liam Smith Piatt, was born in Waterbury, 
March 4, 1849. She attended the district and 
private schools and graduated from St. Mar- 
guerite School in 1870. She married, October 
17. 1878, Wallace Henry Camp, born Febru- 
ary 20. 1850, son of Jabez McAll and Mary 
(Heaton) Camp, of Harwinton, Connecticut. 
His grandfather. Rev. Joseph E. Camp, was 
the first pastor of the Congregational church 
in Northfield, and served in that office from 
1794 to 1837. From 1865 to 1870 Wallace 
Camp lived at Wolcottville, and then came to 



\\'aterbury to work for the Scovill Manufac- 
turing Company, and since then has been look- 
ing after real estate interests. He is a mem- 
ber of the Second Congregational Church, and 
in January, 1880, was elected superintendent 
of the Sunday school, an office he filled with 
ability until 1892. Since June, 1894, he has 
been deacon of this church. He has been ac- 
tive in various charitable organizations. Chil- 
dren: I. Roland Heaton, born November 11, 
1879 • educated in public schools of Waterbury, 
the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 
Boston, Yale College, class of 1904, and Har- 
vard Law School, class of 1909. 2. Edith 
Caroline Camp, born March 26, 1881 ; edu- 
cated in Waterbury schools and Smith Col- 
lege, class of 1904. 3. Hilda Mary Camp, 
born April 24, 1888; attended Kent Place 
School at Summit, New Jersey ; graduate of 
Smith College, class of 1910. 4. Orton Piatt 
Camp, born May 6, 1890; graduate of Taft 
School at Watertown, now a student at Yale 
College, class of 1912. 

(Mil) Clark Murray Piatt, son of Alfred 
Piatt, was born at Waterbury, January i, 
1824, he died December 20, 1900. In his boy- 
hood he attended the public schools, but when 
he was very young began to work in his fath- 
er's shop at button making. He spent a year 
at the Connecticut Literary Institute at Suf- 
field, Connecticut. All his active years of busi- 
ness life he devoted to the manufacture of 
buttons, etc., in the firm of Piatt Brothers & 
Company. He invented many useful and valu- 
able devices and machines used in the manu- 
facture of buttons. He married. May 20, 
1849, Amelia Maria Lewis, daughter of- Sel- 
den Lewis, of Naugatuck (see Lewis). Chil- 
dren, born at Waterbury: i. Bertlia Louise, 
mentioned below. 2. Lewis Alfred, born May 
31, 1854; graduated at Yale College, 1879; 
married, June 20, 1882. Ellen Brainard ; he 
was secretary and is now president of Piatt 
Brothers & Company ; member of board of 
agents of the Bronson library ; holds other 
offices in corporations ; has patented useful in- 
ventions. 3. Edward LeGrand. born April 19, 
1857, died December 20, 1862. 

( IX) Bertha Louise Piatt. dau^htcrot'CIark 
Murray Piatt, was born in Waterbury and 
was educated there in the public schools and at 
the Emma Willard School, Troy, New York, 
graduating in the class of 1870. She married, 
May 20, 1873, Jay Hiscox Hart, born in 
Berkshire county, Massachusetts. December 
II, 1847, and educated at the South Berkshire 
Institute. He has lived and engaged in busi- 
ness in Great Barrington, Massachusetts, and 
New Haven, Bridgeport and Waterbury, Con- 
necticut. He is secretary of the Patent But- 




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ton Company and treasurer of Piatt Brothers 
& Company. lie has been tax collector of the 
city of ^^'aterbury, member of the board of 
fire commissioners and of the common coun- 
cil. Children: i. Amy Louise Hart, born Oc- 
tober 4, 1874; married Elbert Norton. 2. 
IJertha Murray Hart, October 10, 1876. 3. 
Lewis Jay Hart, August 21, 1878; married, 
September, 1905, Mary Steele; children: 
Lewis Steele Hart, born July 6, 1907 ; Thomas 
Steele Hart, February 14, 1909. 4. Alfred 
Lucius Hart, born December 10, 1880. 5. 
Ruth Spencer Hart, born September 22, 18S2 ; 
married Joel Ives Butler, August, 1907; 
child : James Hart, born September, 1909. 6, 
Doroth)- Hart, born February 27, 1889. 7. 
Lloward Piatt Hart, born August 10, 1891. 
(VHI) Alfred Legrand Piatt, son of Al- 
fred Piatt, was born June i, 18,25. He was 
rducated in \\'atcri»ir\ and New Haven, and 
was a miller and manufacturer. He worked 
at button making for a number of years at 
Leominster. Massachusetts, but from 1861 
until his death, August 11, 1896, resided at 
Platts Mill. He and his son and Oliver G. 
Camp constituted the Piatt Mills Company of 
which he was president and manager. They 
leased the flour mill, which they sold to Piatt 
brothers & Company in 1892, and conducted 
a flour and feed business at Platts Mill and 
in the city of Waterbury. The mill was 
burned February 6, 1895. He married July 
2S, 1847, Sarah Aim Sherman, daughter of 
( >rnan Sherman. Children: i. Sarah Jane, 
born January 8, 1849. died November 21, 
1904; married Jared P. King, May 10, 1870; 
died July 24, 1904: children: Lilian, died 
young: Rupert Vivian. 2. Alfred Sherman, 
born November 12, 1854: married Eugenie A. 
Ncttleton, December 18, 1876: child, Alice 
Eugenie. 

(VH) Almon Piatt, son of Nathan Piatt, 
was born in Newtown. He married, March 5, 
1S17, Alvira R. Ailing, who died March 12, 
1837. He was a miller in Waterbury, Ham- 
den, Milford, and at Platts Mill,' Water- 
bury. During his last years he was an invalid 
and lived with his daughter. He was a 
prominent member and deacon of the Baptist 
church, a man of kintlly disposition and ster- 
ling character. Children, born at Waterbury: 
Albert, December 24, 1819 : Martha S., March 
6, 1822: ]\Iary J., born June 25. 1824, married 
Jimius Brown : Sarah Elizalieth, born August 
24. 1827, married, January 12, 1852, Lewis 
John Atwood (see Atwood) : Ely, born ATarch 
4, 1830. 

(The Lewi? Line). 
The surname Lewis is one of the most an- 
cient in England and \\"ales. Most of the 



American families appear by tradition and 
otherwise, to be of Welsh descent. The im- 
migrants of this name to New England be- 
fore 1650 were numerous, and their descend- 
ants have formed one of the largest and most 
prominent families from colonial days to the 
present. 

( I ) John Lewis, immigrant ancestor, was 
b(M-n in England or Wales, and came from 
.'sandwich, England, with wife Sarah in the 
ship "Hercules," in 1635, a"'' "Jied December 
8, 1676, at New London, Connecticut, where 
he was an early settler. He was called Sen- 
ior in the records as early as 1648. He was 
admitted a freeman in 1669. He had sons 
John and Joseph. 

(H) Joseph, son of John Lewis, was doubt- 
less born in England. Pie died in Simsbury, 
Connecticut, in 1680. He was in Windsor in 
1675. He married Elizabeth, daughter of 
John Case, in 1674. She married' (second), 
1684, John Tuller. Children: Elizabeth, 
born March 20, 1675 ; Joseph, mentioned be- 
low : John, January 8, 1680. 

(HI) Joseph (2), son of Joseph (i) Lewis, 
was born at Simsbury, March 15, 1676. He 
died at \^'aterbury, November 29, 1749. He 
married, at Waterbury, April 7, 1703, Sarah 
Andrus (or Andrews), daughter of Abraham 
Sr. She married (second) in 1750, Isaac 
P>ronson, who died the following year, and 
she died March 6, 1773. Children: daugh- 
ter, born August 12, died September 7, 1704; 
Joseph, born July 12, 1705 ; Sarah, April 29, 
1708; John, mentioned below; Mary, June 
10, 1714; Rev. Thomas, August 6, 1716, died 
in Mendham, New Jersey, 1777; Samuel, 
born July 6, 1718; Abram, February i, i720» 
(I\') John (2), son of Jo.seph (2) Lewis, 
was born at Waterbury, April 14, 171 1 ; died 
February 24, 1799. J-fe married (first) at 
Waterbury, December 4, 1734, Mary, daugh- 
ter of Samuel Munn, of Woodbury, Connecti- 
cut ; (second) May 29. 1750, Ame Smith, 
daughter of Captain Samuel, of New Haven. 
She died September 26, 1796, aged seventy- 
si.x years. Children of first wife, born at 
\\'aterbury: David, born April 4, 1736; John, 
mentioned below ; Sarah, April 9, 1743. Chil- 
dren of second wife: Ame, May 24, 1751 ; 
Samuel Smith, September 7, 1753 ; David, 
April II, 1756. 

(V) John (3), son of John (2) Lewis, 
was born in Waterbury, December 10, 1740, 
and died there March 5, 1812. He married 
there, November 17, 1763, Sarah Gorden, 
daughter of James. He was a magistrate and 
a prominent citizen of Waterbury. Children, 
born at Waterbury: Anna, January 5. 1765; 
Ezra. May 28, 1768, mentioned below; Leava 



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(Relief or Leafy), July 25. 1770: John, July 
16, 1772; Sarah, August 18, 1775; Chauncey, 
January 16, 1779; Alanson, December 8, 1788. 

(\T) Ezra, son of John (3) Lewis, was 
born in Waterbury, JMay 28, 1768. He mar- 
ried, November 11, 1790, Anna Hine. born 
November 20, 1769, daughter of Hezekiah. 
Lie was a well-to-do farmer of Naugatuck, 
Connecticut. Children : Selden, mentioned 
below; Eunice H., born January 18, 1796, 
married William Mitchell. 

(\TI) Captain Selden Lewis, son of Ezra 
Lewis, was born at Waterbury, August 15, 
1791 : married (first) November 23, 1814, 
Amelia Horton, who died February 23, 1824 ; 
(second) March 13, 1825, Lockey, daughter 
of Dacon Calvin Spencer. Children of first 
wife: Albert, Burritt. Children of second 
wife: Amelia M., born January 3, 1826, mar- 
ried, May 20, 1849. Clark AL Piatt (see 
Piatt): James, June 6, 1827; John Edward, 
December 19, 1834. 



Francis French, immigrant an- 

FRENCH cestor, was born in England 
about 1635-40, died February 
14, 1699. Me was one of the first settlers 
of Derby, Connecticut, a town set oflc from 
Milford. He came in the ship "Defiance," ac- 
cording to some accounts, with his Uncle 
^^'illiam, who settled at Cambridge, Massa- 
chusetts, and was then ten years of age. He 
was a selectman of Derby in 1666. He mar- 
ried Lydia . Children : Lydia, born 

August 21, 1662, died September 7, 1664; 
Elizabeth, June 20. 1664 ; Anna, August 10, 
1666; Mary, September 4, 1668; Dora, Sep- 
tember 20, 1670; Samuel, January 6, 1672; 
Susanna, June 6,, 1675; Francis, February 11, 

1677, mentioned below ; , November, 

1679. 

(H) Francis (2), son of Francis (i) 
French, was born at Derby, February 11, 1677. 
He had a son Israel, mentioned below. 

(HI) Israel, son of Francis (2) French, 
was born about 1700. He was one of the 
first settlers in the north part of Derby, now 
the town of Seymour, Connecticut. He built 
a house where William Gaylord lately lived 
in 1740. He was surveyor of highways in 
1764. He married, September n, 1739, Sarah 
Loveland. Children: David, born 1741, died 
August 4, 1821, called "King David"; Israel; 
Enoch, mentioned below ; Bowers ; Charles, 
December 19, 1765, town clerk. 

(IV) Enoch, son of Israel French, was 
born about 1755. With Israel French Jr. and 
Charles French, his brothers, he was a sol- 
dier in Captain Daniel Holbrook's company. 
Colonel Edward Russell's regiment at New 



Haven and Fairfield in July, 1779. in the rev- 
olution. He married Comfort , who 

died September 27, 1852. Children, born at 
Seymour: i. William, born September 29, 
1783, died October 16, 1823. 2. Nancy, De- 
cember 22, 1785, married, January 29, 181 1, 
William Bassett. 3. Bird, October i, 1797, 
lived at Salisbury ; married Eliza Thorp, Au- 
gust 2, 1822. 4. Pamelia, September 16, 1799, 
married, September 8, 1822. Isaac Bassett. 

5. Enoch, January 8, 1803, died May 12, 1824. 

6. Israel, mentioned below. 

(V) Israel (2), son of Enoch French, was 
born at Seymour, January 29. 1805, dietl May 
4, 1872. He married, February 8. 1829, Car- 
oline Tolles, born January 17, 1805, at Sey- 
mour, died there August 28, 1888. He was 
educated in the public school of his native 
town, learned the trade of tool maker, fol- 
lowed his trade, and was a builder and con- 
tractor at Seymour. He served as justice of 
the peace for years. Children, born at Sey- 
mour: Wales, 1831 ; Mary, 1833, died young; 
Daniel, 1834; Mary, 1835; Edwin; Ellen, twin 
of Edwin, 1837 ; Charles, 1840 ; Hobart, men- 
tioned below. 

(\T) Hobart, son of Israel (2) French, 
was born at Seymour, Connecticut. January 
30, 1844, and attended the public schools of 
his native town. When he was about nine- 
teen years old, he left home and went to Chi- 
cago, Illinois, where he worked for about 
four years. He returned to Connecticut and 
found employment in the Wheeler & Wilson 
sewing-machine shops at Bridgeport, Con- 
necticut, and afterward became bookkeeper 
in the ofifice of the Armstrong Manufactur- 
ing Company of Bridgeport. He was for 
many years private secretary for Mr. Arm- 
strong, a position of great responsibility. For 
twelve years afterward he was secretary and 
treasurer of the Acme Shear Company. In 
1907 he resigned in order to devote his at- 
tention to various offices of trust and respon- 
sibility and to his private affairs. He was a 
soldier in the civil war, enlisting at the age 
of sixteen without the knowledge of his par- 
ents, September 21, 1861, in Company A, 
Tenth Regiment Infantry Volunteers, and was 
discharged December 21, 1861. He is a mem- 
ber of Elias Howe Post. Grand Army of the 
Republic. He is a member of the Metabetch- 
onan Canada Fish and Game Club, and is 
fond of fishing and hunting. He is a promi- 
nent Free Mason, a member of PequOnnock 
Lodge : of Royal Arch Masons : of Royal and 
Select Masters ; of Knights Templar, and has 
taken the thirty-second degree of Scottish 
Rite ?\Iasonry. He is a member of the Inde- 
pendent (3rder of Odd Fellows, and of the 



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Seaside, Algonquin and Country clubs. He 
married. March 14. 1878. at i;rid.ye])ort. Alice 
Estelle Ilradley, born October I. 1855. at Xew 
Haven, daughter of Andrew Jackson and Su- 
san Margaret (Green) Bradley, of Bridgeport 
(see Bradley \'H). Children: Mabel Louise, 
born July 23, 1879, lives at home : Earl 
Towles. iDorn May 31, 1881. 

(The Bradley Line). 
The name of Bradley is of Anglo-Saxon 
origin, compounded of brad (broad) and lea 
(a field or meadow), and this was easily and 
quickly converted to its present form. The 
earliest mention of' the name in England as 
far as known is in the year 1183 when the 
Lord High Bishop of Durham mentions an 
estate in W'ollsingham which contained three 
luindred acres and Roger de Bradley, who 
hekl fort\- acres at Bradley. There are nu- 
merous townships bearing the name located 
res])ectivcly in Cheshire. Lincolnshire. Der- 
byshire. Southhampton and Staffordshire, the 
latter containing three thousand, three hun- 
dred and seventy-six acres. In 1437 there is 
mention of the Bradleys of Bradley. Again 
in 1475 the ^^''11 oi Sir John Pilkington, 
Knight of Yorkshire, bequeathed to his 
brother, Charles, a place named Bradley. 
There are great and small Bradley parishes 
in Suffolk and Lower and L'pper ISradley 
in Kildwick. Yorkshire. John Bradley was 
iiishop of Shaftsbury in 1539. In 1578 Alex- 
ander Bradley resided in the see of Durham, 
and about the same time Cuthbertus Bradley 
was curate of Barnarde castle. Thomas 
Bradley was Doctor of Divinity and chap- 
lain tn King Charles I., and afterward prelD- 
end in the Cathedral Church of York and 
rector of .Ackworth. His son, Savile, was 
fellow of Magdalen College, Oxford, and an- 
other son, Thomas, a merchant in \'irginia. 
.About this time the persecutions in l-'ngland 
led many to emigrate to America, and this 
movement so increased that a tax was levied 
on all who left the country. This led many 
to slip away by stealth, and so left no record 
of their departure. Among the original lists 
of emigrants, religious exiles, etc., a number 
of Bradle\s were mentioned as having em- 
barked for .America. There are several dis- 
tinct branches of the family in the L^nited 
States, the founder of which came from Eng- 
land. Peter Bradley, a mariner, lived at Xe\v 
London, in 1654. Francis Bradley was 
founder of the Fairfield liranch. The Haver- 
liili branch was founded by Daniel Bradley, 
who was born in 1615 in England, and canie 
to this country in the .shiji "Elizabeth" from 
London, in 1635. .About the beginning of the 



se\entccnth century William Bradley was 
born in the market town of Bingley. in the 
West Riding of Yorkshire. England. His 
mother died at or soon after his birth, and 
by a second marriage of his father (whose 
name does not ai)pear) there were born a 
daughter and four sons: Ellen, Daniel, Josh- 
ua, Xatlian and Stephen. Their names are 
preserved through the fact that the elder half- 
brother sent for them and their mother 
(whose name was not preserved) after the 
death of the father, and they came and lived 
under William's care until the younger ones 
were able to care for themselves. Daniel was 
drowned in December, 1658. Xo record of 
Joshua is found after 1665, when he had a 
son born. In 1658. when Xathan was twenty 
years old and Stephen sixteen, they were 
residents of Guilford, Connecticut, where they 
passed their lives and were prominent citi- 
zens. Their mother married again, and died 
in Guilford. January, 1683. 

(I) William liradley came from England 
in 1643-44 and settled in the Xew Haven 
colony. He married. February 18, 1645, 
Alice Prichard, probably a daughter of Roger 
Prichard, who was early in the New Haven 
and Connecticut colonies. Four sons and 
four daughters were born to William Bradley 
and wife, among these was probably Isaac. 

(II) Isaac Bradley appears at Branford, 
Connecticut, in 1667; is first on Branford 
records in 1674, at which time he is noticed 
as a "sojourner at Xew Haven." and the town 
granted him a home lot of two acres at Canoe 
brook. He removed to East Haven in 1683. 
He api^ears to have been interested in the 
.settlement at East Haven before he located 
there, as he subscribed one pound toward 
building a house for the mi.nister about 168 1. 
He was a carpenter by occupation, and bought 
a lot next to the river, north of John Potter, 
in East Haven. He died at East Haven. Jan- 
uary 12. 1713. His wife, Elizabeth, died nine 
days previous. Children : Isaac, William, 
Samuel, Daniel, Sarah, married George Par- 
dee, in 1703, and Elizai)eth. married John 
Auger, in 1710. 

(III) Daniel, fourth son of Isaac and 
Elizabeth Bradley, was born December 20, 
1696, in East Haven, and died there Decem- 
ber 13, 1780. only .seven days short of eighty- 
four years old. In a list of freemen of East 
Haven made in 1754 his name appears. He 
married, about 17 19. Mehitable Hemingway, 
born May 30, 1702, died June 30, 1773, in 
East Haven, daughter of John and Mary 
(Morris) Hemingway, of that town. Chil- 
dren: Mary, born .April 2. 1720. married Ben- 
jamin Pardee: Stephen, Xovember 13, 1723; 



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Abigail, June 26, 1725 ; Daniel, March 6, 
1728; Timothy, ^lay 6, 173 1 ; Jacob, men- 
tioned below. 

(IV) Jacob, youngest child of Daniel and 
Mehitable (Hemingway) Bradley, was born 
July 7, 1734, in East Haven, where he died 
October 14, 1795. He married, about 1754- 
55, Elizabeth Goodsell, born July 11, 1739, 
daughter of Jonathan and Elizabeth (Todd) 
Goodsell, who survived her husband, dying 
August 5, 1802. Children : Daniel, born Jan- 
uary 16, 1756; Sibyl, May 3, 1758; Lydia, 
October 12, 1760, married Levi Parker; Jo- 
seph, May 16, 1763; Mary, November 24, 
1765; Amma (Ammi), November 21, 1769; 
Lovisa, March 28, 1772, married Joel Brad- 
ley. 1794: Hezekiah, July 21, 1774; Asahel, 
mentioned below. 

(V) Asahel, youngest child of Jacob and 
Elizabeth (Goodsell) Bradley, was born June 
5, 1778, in East Haven, and resided in that 
town. He married, about 1800, Asenath 
Grannis, born about 1778, daughter of David 
and Mary (Shepard) Grannis. Children: 
Betsey, Asenath, born 1803, Ebenezer, Joseph, 
Mary, Jared, died young, Jared, Asahel and 
Lydia. 

(VI) Joseph, second son of Asahel and 
Asenath (Grannis) Bradley, was born in 
1806 in East Haven, and resided in New 
Haven, where he died in 1835. No record of 
his wife appears, but the family record states 
that he had sons, Andrew Jackson and Jo- 
seph. 

(VTI) Andrew Jackson, son of Joseph 
Bradley, was born July 26, 1832, in New 
Haven, died in 1898 at Bridgeport, and was 
buried in Milford, Connecticut. He was edu- 
cated in the public schools at New Haven, 
where he spent his boyhood, and for many 
years lived at Milford, afterward at Bridge- 
port, and retired from active life about three 
years before his death. He was a man of 
broad general information, with a special in- 
terest in the study of medicine, and a life- 
long student. He was a member of the i\Iil- 
ford Congregational Church, and affiliated 
with the Masonic fraternity. He married, 
February 27, 1854, at Port Chester, New 
York, Susan Margaret Green, born April 10, 
1836, in Milford, daughter of Samuel and 
Susan (Stowe) Green, the last mentioned 
being a daughter of Isaac Stowe, a soldier of 
the revolution. Susan (Green) Bradley died 
November 18, 1909. Children: i. Frank W., 
born November 24, 1854, died at the age of 
one year. 2. Alice Estelle, born October i, 
1855, at New Haven, married Hobart French, 
of Bridgeport (see French VI). 3. Louise 
Hobart, .April 23, 1859. 4- Harold Stowe, 



December i, 1875, at Bridgeport, died De- 
cember 15, 1881, at Alilford. 



The emigrant ancestor of the 
SPERRY Sperry family of Connecticut 

was a native of England, and is 
of record in West Haven as early as January 
4, 1643. He presumably came as agent for 
the Earl of Warwick. Fie was the last friend 
and benefactor of the regicides, Goffe and 
Whalley, who for a time made their refuge in 
what became known as "The Judges" Cave," 
and which adjoined Richard Sperry's home 
tract. The latter, known from early days as 
"the Sperry Farms," has remained in the fam- 
ily for more than a quarter of a century. 

( II ) Nathaniel, son of Richard Sperry, was 
born August 13, 1656. He married, October 
2, 1683, Sarah, born July 25, 1663, daughter 
of Abraham and Mary (Cooker) Dickerman, 
and granddaughter of Thomas Dickerman, of 
Dorchester, Massachusetts, 1636. 

(III) Nathaniel (2), son of Nathaniel ( i) 
Sperry, was born March 8, 1695, died Sep- 
tember 8, 1 75 1. He married, on Christmas 
Day, 1719. Sarah, born February 26, 1695-96, 
daughter of John Wilmot. 

(I\') Simeon, son of Nathaniel (2) Sperry, 
was born March 16, 1738-39, in Woodbridge 
(then New Haven), where he passed his life 
and died. He was a farmer and small manu- 
facturer, and held various town offices. He 
was a man of quiet disposition, and was 
highly respected for his integrity and strong 
character. He married Patience Smith. 

(V) Enoch, son of Simeon Sperry, was 
born in 1787, in ^Voodbridge. He was a 
farmer and small manufacturer, and lived on 
the mill site at the upper end of "the Sperry 
Farms," where stood his grist mill and card- 
ing machine. He held several town offices. 
He was a man of unusual ability, particularly 
in mathematics, and able to solve most diffi- 
cult problems without the use of ordinary 
arithmetical methods. He was a member of 
the Congregational church, often served as 
moderator, was frequently called upon to 
settle disputes, and his decisions were never 
questioned. He discussed both religious and 
political questions with freedom and intelli- 
gence. He was a most considerate neighbor, 
and ever pleased to assist the needy and dis- 
tressed. His home life was beautiful. He 
married Mary Atlanta, daughter of .\sa and 
Eunice (Johnson) Sperry. Children: i.. Lu- 
cien Wells, see forward. 2. Stiles Denison, 
born October 15, 1822, was a prominent mer- 
chant in New Haven, and later treasurer of 
the State Savings Bank, Hartforrl, holding 
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served two terms in the legislature. TTc was 
a prominent Mason, and held hig;h rank in 
the order. 3. Xeheniiah Day. see forward. 4. 
Joseph Hart, killed in 1846, hy fall from 
iiorse. 5. Laura .Ann. born October 20, 1835, 
died January 25, 1879. In early life she was 
a school teacher. She married Andrew J. 
Ramsdell, and lived in New Haven. 6. Enoch 
Knight, born in Woodbridgc, was for a num- 
ber of years accountant and bookkeeper of 
the City Bank of New Haven, and has been 
engaged in mercantile pursuits in that city. 
Under appointment by President Lincoln he 
served efficiently for some years as United 
States consul to the Barbadoes. Later in life 
he had charge of the Treat estates. Lie mar- 
ried, November 10, 1863, Sarah Amanda, born 
July 29, 1844, ilied April 8, 1877, daughter 
of Jonah Newton and Mary Amanda (Gould) 
Treat. An only daughter, Edith Amanda, 
was born January 8, 1873. 

(VI) Lucien \A'ells, eldest son of Enoch 
and Mary Atlanta (Sperry) Sperry, born 
March 8, 1820, died in 1S90. He began life 
as a carpenter, but a self-acquired liberal edu- 
cation enabled him to become a school teacher. 
In 1854 he joined his brother, Stiles D. 
Sperry, and for twenty years they carried on 
a mercantile business in W'cstville, Wood- 
bridge. New Haven and Hartford. In 1885 
Lucien W. Sperry bought land on Mill river, 
and with Chauncey Sperry, son of the late 
Enos Sperry, was engaged in a wood and 
coal business luitil 1863. In later years he 
was a director in various local banks and rail- 
road companies. Lie was a Democrat in poli- 
tics. He was selectman from 1864 to 1868, 
when he declined renomination. In 1866 he 
was elected mayor of New Haven, and was 
re-elected the two years following, receiving 
the largest majority ever given a candidate 
for the office up to that time. He was a state 
senator from the fourth district in 1869-76. 
From early youth he was active in militia. At 
the age of twenty he was elected captain of 
a company in his native town, the next year 
was appointed lieutenant-colonel of the Second 
Regiment, and later became colonel. He was 
captain and later major of the Second Com- 
pany, Covernor's Horse Guards. He married 
Harriet A., daughter of Enos Sperrv. of 
Westville; she died in 1888. They feft a 
daughter, Mrs. Eugene S. Miller. 

(\T) Hon. Nehemiah Day Sperry, third 
son of Enoch and Mary Atlanta (Sperry) 
Sperry, was born in Woodbridge, Connecti- 
cut. July 10. 1827. From the common school 
of his native town he went to Professor Amos 
Smith's private school in New Haven. Be- 
fore attaining his majority he was a school 



teacher in various places, receiving the largest 
salary paid a country teacher in the state up 
to tiiat time. With his savings, in 1848, he 
became junior member of Smith & Sperry, 
one of the most successful building and con- 
tracting firms of New Haven, and was soon 
recognized as one of the best-equipped busi- 
ness men of the city. Lie yet maintains his 
interest in the firm. Mr. Sperry early began 
his activities in the lines of public improve- 
ments. Lie formed a company to contract and 
operate a horse railway between New Haven, 
Fair Haven and \\"estvillc, and as president 
managed its afTairs with energy and discre- 
tion for ten years. For some years he was 
a director in several corporations, among 
them the New^ Haven & Derby railroad and 
the New England ITudson Suspension Bridge 
Company. In early life he was a Whig, and 
for a time was a member of the American 
party, but retired from the convention in 
Philadelphia when it incorporated in its plat- 
form a pro-slavery plank. ITis determined 
stand for principle gave him great jrajjularity, 
and in 1855 '^^ "^^'^'s nominated for governor, 
but not having reached the constitutional age, 
he was named for secretary of state, was 
elected, and then re-elected. He attended the 
national convention of the American party in 
1856, vigorously opposed the resolutions on 
slavery, and refused to support the nominees 
of the party. That year he attended the first 
national convention of the Republican party, 
with w'hich he has ever since been actively 
identified. He was made chairman of the Re- 
publican state committee, and served as such 
with ability and courage during the civil war 
period. 

In 1861 Mr. Sperry was made postmaster 
at New Haven by President Lincoln. This 
position he occupied until 18S9. wd:en he was 
removed by President Cleveland, as a conse- 
quence o^ "pernicious political activity." He 
was reappointed by President Harrison — one 
of his early official acts. Postmaster-General 
Wanamaker mentioned the New- Haven office, 
under Mr. Sperry's administration, as one of 
four in the country wdiich led all others in 
general merit, and the attorney-general stated 
that its busiiiess management was "Washing- 
ton Monument high." In 1895 I\lr. Sperry 
resigned the office, and his fellow citizens, re- 
gardless of party, gave him a complimentary 
banquet at the Hyperion Theatre in New 
Llaven, which w-as the largest ever given in 
the state. 

In 1864 he was a member of the Republican 
national convention which renominated Presi- 
dent Lincoln, was chosen secretarv of the 
national committee, and also one of a com- 



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mittee of seven charged with the conduct of 
the campaign. In 1866 he was the nominee 
for congress from the New Haven district, 
but for private reasons was constrained to 
decline. In 1868 he presided over the state 
convention which nominated the electors who 
voted for General Grant. In 1888 he was a 
delegate to the Republican national convention 
which nominated Benjamin Harrison for the 
presidency, and was a member of the platfurm 
committee. 

In 1894 Air. Sperry was elected a repre- 
sentative in congress, the first Republican 
from the second Connecticut congressional 
district in twenty-five years, and he was re- 
elected for seven consecutive terms. His term 
of service, sixteen years in all, was the long- 
est of any man who ever represented this dis- 
trict, and when he voluntarily retired, March 
4, 191 1, a Democrat succeeded him. During 
his service in congress JMr. Sperry was a 
was while he was a member of the post office 
and post roads, where his knowledge of pos- 
tal affairs and his experience as postmaster of 
New Haven for nearly thirty years made him 
a valued adviser on all matters that came 
before the committee. He has often been 
called the father of rural free delivery, and it 
was while he was a member of the post office 
committee that the service was inaugurated. 
Some of the first rural delivery routes estab- 
lished in the entire country were started in 
his district, and are still in existence. When 
he retired from congress the committee of 
wdiich he w^as a member presented him with 
a testimonial of the friendship and respect the 
members felt for him. During his term in 
congress he was able to secure for New 
Haven and surrounding towns many river and 
harbor improvements. Appropriations for the 
New Haven breakwater, one of the most im- 
portant works along the New England coast, 
were authorized to finish the entire work. The 
New Haven harbor itself was permanently 
improved by widening and deepening the 
channels and at the docks. The Connecticut 
river was also placed on a permanent basis, 
and the harbor of refuge at Duck Island was 
ordered finished. Smaller harbors, like Bran- 
ford, Mil ford and others were taken care of. 
When Mr. Sperry first went to congress there 
were but two government buildings in his dis- 
trict. New Haven and Middletown, both old 
and out of date. When Mr. Sperry retired, 
buildings in the following cities and towns in 
his district were either completed or author- 
ized : Waterbury, Meriden, Ansonia, Nauga- 
tuck, \\'allingford, Seymour, as well as new 
buildings for New Haven and Middletown. 
The New Haven building is looked upon as a 



monument to Mr. Sperry's congressional 
career and will be the finest government 
building in Connecticut when completed. Air. 
Sperry took an active part in the Dingley 
tariff law and in the Payne tariff law. Al- 
ways a strong Protectionist, Mr. Sperry spoke 
and worked for the protection of American 
labor and American manufacturers, but at the 
same time he is a strong believer in reciproc- 
ity, and one of his last public acts was to 
vote for the reciprocity treaty with Canada. 
At the time Air. Sperry retired he was the 
oldest man in congress, and his colleagues 
looked up to him as the nestor of the house 
and a connecting link between the Republican- 
ism of Lincoln and the present day. 

As an orator and convincing speaker, Air. 
Sperry possesses exceptional powers. A 
strong supporter of the public school system, 
in 1878 he vigorously clenounced the action 
of the board of education of New Haven in 
discontinuing the reading of the Bible in the 
schools, arousing such a public sentiment that 
his protest was carried in every ward in the 
city, compelling revocation of the order of 
discontinuance. An earnest Protectionist, in 
1888 he was one of the two speakers selected 
by the National Protection League to speak 
in the great debate before the State (jrange. 
The free trade advocates had selected Daniel 
A. Wells, Professor Sumner and J. B. Sar- 
gent, but only the last name appeared. Air. 
Sperry also stood alone, his colleague (Pro- 
fessor Danslow, of New York) being absent, 
and the result was a pronounced victory for 
him. Later, before the general assembly, 
Air. Sperry's speech on protection was pro- 
nounced the most masterly ever heard upon 
that subject. In 1888 he debated the Alills 
tariff bill before a large assembly, against one 
of the ablest free-trade advocates in the state. 
Growing out of this, his article on "The Ad- 
vantages of Protection," which appeared in 
The Christian Secretary, of Hartford, that 
more than four hundred thousand copies were 
circulated, and it was subsequently further 
circulated in pamphlet form. At the National 
Postal Convention held at Alexandria Bay, 
Thousand Islands, Air. Sperry was the prin- 
cipal orator, and his address was heard with 
delight and admiration. 

Air. Sperry attained the thirty-third degree 
in Alasonry, and has been a member of the 
order for upwards of half a century. He is 
also an Odd Fellow, and has been president 
of the Chamber of Commerce and of the 
Quinnipiack Club. 

He married (first) in 1847, Eliza H., 
daughter of \\'illis and Catherine Sperry, of 
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(second) in 1875, .Minnie 1!., (laughter of 
Erastus and Caroline Newton, of Lockport, 
New "iOrk. His only daughter is Caesara A., 
widow of Ephraim I. Frolhingham, and who 
is mother of one child. Newton Sperry Froth- 
intrham. 



Robert .Marcy was a resident of 

.MARCV Kentucky. His ancestry was 
French. The original name was 
Mas>ey. which he changed later to Marcy. 
He was a manufacturer of firearms. He 
married (second) Margaret Harris. He had 
three children, one of whom was John Harris, 
mentioned below. 

(H) John Harris, son of Robert Marcy, 
was born in McCracken county. Kentucky, 
near Cairo. October 25. 1837. His father died 
when he was a young boy and he came north 
and was brought uj) in W'aterbury, Connecti- 
cut, where he was educated in the public 
schools. He learned the trade of carpenter 
and engaged in business as a master builder 
and contractor in Waterbury. He removed 
to i\torris, Connecticut, where he continued in 
business as a builder and contractor for 
twenty-five years. He retired from active 
business in 1908 and since then has made his 
home in Litchfield. 

He married. October 28. i860, Clara Todd, 
born in \\'ashington. February 26. 1840, 
daughter of Marvin L. and Fannie ( Patter- 
-Mii) Todd (see Todd IX). They had one 
<ni\. Robert .Adrian, mentioned below. 

(HI) Dr. Robert Adrian Marcy, son of 
John Harris Marcy, was born October 6. 1861, 
in Morris. Connecticut. He attended the pub- 
lic schools and was graduated from the Water- 
bury high school. He received his medical 
education in the New York University, grad- 
uating with the degree of M.D. in 1882. He 
located in New Preston, in the town of Wash- 
ington, Connecticut, and engaged in the prac- 
tice of his profession from 18S2 to 1908. 
Since 1908 he has practiced at Litchfield Con-' 
necticut. He is a member of the Litchfield 
County Medical Society, the Connecticut 
Medical Society and the .American Medical 
Association. In politics he is a Democrat. 
He representeil the town of Washington in 
the general assembl\- of the state, 1900-01. 
He is a member of Rising Sun Lodge, Free 
Masons, of Washington. He married. .-Xpril 
12, 1908. ^klartha ^lorgan. of Danbury, Con- 
necticut, born in Danbury, March 18, 1880, 
daughter of .Mfred Morris and Laura (Wild- 
man ) Morgan, granddaughter of George and 
.Ann ( Morris) Morgan and great granddaugh- 
ter of Peter and Clarissa (Taylor) Morgan. 
Mrs. Marcy is a member of the local chap- 



ter. Daughters of the .American Revolution. 
They have no children. 

(The Todd Line). 
Todd is an ancient and honored Scotch sur- 
name. With a single exception, the Todds 
seem to have come to Yorkshire. England, 
from the highlands of Scotland. One John 
Todd was Higli Sheriff of Yorkshire in 1390. 
.A Sir \\'illiani Todd was sheritif in 1477 and 
Lord Mayor of York in 1487. Rev. Robert 
Todfl, a noted dissenting jircacher of Leeds, 
was a Yorkshire man. The Todds in .Amer- 
ica arc in three branches : Those of \'irginia 
and Kentucky, into which family President 
Lincoln married, and the descendants of a 
pioneer at Rowley. Massachusetts, and of 
Christopher Todd, mentioned below. 

( I ) William Todd, the English progen- 
itor of this family, was born at Pontefruct, 
West Riding, of Yorkshire. England. 1 le 
married there, September 24. 1592. Isabel 
Rogerson. Children : \\'illiam, mentioned be- 
low : John, born at Pontefruct, October 18, 

1594- " 

(II) William (2), son of William (i) 
Todd, was born at Pontefruct, June 29, 1593, 
and was killed in a duel at York in 1617 and 
buried at Pontefruct, .May 8, 161 7. He was 
a farmer, miller and baker. He married, 
Mav 22. [614. Katlierine Brewster March, 
baptized Xoveniber 29. 159(1, daughter of John 
and Isabel (Brewster) March, who were mar- 
ried July 22. 1593. Children: Mary, born 
at Pontefruct, October 14. 1614: Christopher, 
mentioned below. 

(HI) Christoi)her. son of William (2) 
Todd, was the immigrant, born at Ponte- 
fruct. January 12. 1617. and died at New- 
Haven, Connecticut, .April 23, i(386. He w-as 
one of the fifty Puritan settlers who came to 
Massachusetts with Davenport and Eaton, and 
he was one of the eighteen signers of the 
original compact, a shrewd, capable man. ac- 
quiring much i)ropcrty and standing well in 
the colony. He settled in New Haven, on 
what is now known as the Lieutenant Thomas 
Church place, and the farm remained in his 
family for a hundred years. His will was 
made March 28. 1686. He married Grace 
.Middlebrook. of Hold Mills. West Riding., of 
Yorkshire. England. Children : John, bap- 
tized December. 1642; Samuel, mentioned be- 
low: Mary, September 19, 1647: Grace, bap- 
tized December 15. i(J5o: Michael, baptized 
June 18, 1653: Mercv. baptized Februarv 18. 
"1656. 

(I\') Samuel, son of Christopher Todd, 
was born at New Haven and baptized .April 
29, 1645. He was ]3ropounded for freeman 



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in 1670 and was a proprietor of the town of 
New Haven as early as 1683. He was a 
miller, baker and planter. He married, No- 
vember 26, 1668, Mary, daughter of William 
and Alice (Prichard) Bradley. Children, 
born at New Haven: Samuel, July i, 1672; 
Joseph, February 4, 1674; Mary, February 
12, 1675; Sarah, February 3, 1677; Joseph, 
January 29, 1679 ; Hannah, February 7, 1680 ; 
Jonah, February 16, 1687; Daniel, mentioned 
below ; Abigail ; Mercy ; James. 

(\') Daniel, son of Samuel Todd, was born 
at New Haven, March 14, 1686, and died 
there, July 29, 1724. He married, April 20, 
1721, Desire, daughter of John and Mercy 
Tuttle. Children, born at New Haven: 
Mary, 1722 ; Katherine, 1723 ; Daniel, men- 
tioned below. 

(\T) Daniel (2), son of Daniel (i) Todd, 
was born at New Haven, March 5, 1724. He 
was admitted a freeman, September 16, 1777. 
He removed from New Haven to Derby, Con- 
necticut, where he was killed by a fall from a 
building. He married, October 3, 1743, Sybil 
Carrington. Children : Mary, baptized June 
12. 1757, by Rev. Daniel Humphreys, of the 
Congregational church, at Derby ; Daniel, 
baptized with Mary, mentioned below; Sybil, 
baptized July 29, 1759 ; Katherine, baptized 
June 12, 1761 ; Joseph, baptized March 24, 
1771. 

(VH) Daniel (3), son of Daniel (2) Todd, 
was born in Derby, in 1751. He was ad- 
mitted a freeman September 16, 1777. He 
married, March 27, 1775, Eunice Hitchcock. 
Children, born at Derby : Joseph, January 4, 
1776; Daniel, December 24, 1777; Samuel, 
1782 ; Sybil ; Jonathan, mentioned below ; Mil- 
licent ; Marvin : Eunice ; Edward ; Edward ; 
child, died in infancy ; Carrington ; Edward. 

(VHI) Jonathan, son of Daniel (3) Todd, 
was born at Derby. He settled in Warren, 
Connecticut. He married (first) Rhoda 
Ward, of Cornwall, Connecticut; (second) 
Ann Batterson. He had four children by 
first wife : James ; Rhoda ; Harriet ; Amelia ; 
children by second wife : Marvin L., men- 
tioned below ; Emeline ; Cyrus ; Sylvanus. 

(IX) Marvin L., son of Jonathan Todd, 
was born at Warren, December 25, 1816, and 
died November, 1899. He married Fannie 
Patterson, Iwrn at New Milford, Connecticut, 
May 4, 1813, died in 1900. Children: Clara, 
born February 26, 1840, married, October 25, 
i860, John H. Marcy, born October 25, 1837 
(see Marcy II); Mar}% born June 6, 1842; 
Dwight, born January 11, 1844, died July, 
1898: i\Iarvin, born September 23, 184 — ; 
Caroline, September 25, 1849, died April 2^. 
1876. 



The Honorable George Leavens 
LILLEY Lilley was born August 3, 1859, 

in Oxford, Massachusetts. He 
was the sixty-third governor of Connecticut 
and the first to die in office since the adop- 
tion of the present constitution, in 1818, and 
was the descendant of a line of Massachu- 
setts farmers whose sturdy virtues he per- 
petuated while adding to the name the lustre 
of noble service to the state to which he had 
long since given his allegiance. He passed his 
boyhood on his father's farm, occasionally visit- 
ing his maternal grandparents in Woodstock, 
Connecticut. He was brought up not in pov- 
erty, but in a family where meagerness of 
resource called for such help as each member 
was fitted to give. His early education was 
obtained in the common schools and a teacher 
still living tells of permitting the curly head 
to rest on folded arms while the boy who had 
to be up before daybreak made up some of 
the sleep he should have had. He afterward 
attended \\'orcester Polytechnic Institute, 
where he diligently applied himself to his 
studies, but at the end of a year, by reason 
of his father's rapidly failing health, was 
compelled to leave and devote himself to the 
management of the farm and the superin- 
tendence of the retail meat business which his 
father had conducted in conjunction with his 
agricultural labors. Soon his father died and 
the entire care of the family devolved upon 
this youth who amid his arduous labors and 
many cares never abandoned his purpose of 
acquiring an education. Already he was learn- 
ing to turn to account his experience of active 
life, learning from men as well as from books. 
Of his studies, history was his especial de- 
light, a preference readily understood when 
we reflect upon the inspiration which this boy, 
struggling against fearful odds but animated 
by a noble purpose, must have found in the 
record of the heroes of the past. His record 
shows how he emulated them. While still a 
youth he began to display the taste for ad- 
venture which caused him to take so kindly 
to the vicissitudes of politics. He tried some 
daring business experiments ; perhaps the most 
striking was the chartering of a schooner 
and a voyage to Nova Scotia which resulted 
in bringing into Boston a cargo of potatoes 
at a time when these vegetables were very 
cheap in the maritime provinces but very dear 
in the capital of the commonwealth. It took 
the boy's last dollar to charter the vessel, 
which, being an ancient hulk of doubtful sea- 
worthiness, nearly took him and all her crew 
to the bottom ; but he stood by the ship and 
brought his potatoes into Boston, and it is on 
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the wharf, received from the Boston commis- 
sion men a good price for his trophies. It 
was while working for a wholesale meat tirm 
in Worcester that young Lilley. whose fidelity 
to the interests of his employers was so 
marked as to cause business rivals to try to get 
him away after simjjly observing his methods, 
came into contact with the Swifts, the Chicago 
meat packers, who were then coming to the 
front. In his association with them he mani- 
fested the same daring spirit whicli had ani- 
mated him in his Nova. Scotia enterprise. 
The Ixiyish-looking meat salesman wanted the 
management of a branch house of the Swift 
concern and persevered until he had sur- 
mounted numerous obstacles and received the 
consent of his employers to open in Water- 
bin-y, Connecticut, the branch house of Lilley, 
Swift &' Company. He devoted his whole 
self to the business, which became one of the 
largest in the country. Later Mr. Lilley in- 
terested himself in real estate, and at his 
death possessed large holdings in Torrington, 
Winstcd and Waterbury, but his business was 
always his chief thought. Social life claimed 
more or less of his attention and he became a 
member of clubs and various social and fra- 
ternal organizations in his home city, of which 
he became a resident in 1881, and elsewhere 
in Connecticut. 

L'ntil 1S90 Mr,. Lilley 's only part in pol- 
itics had been that of a voter and leading cit- 
izen of Waterbury. He sprang suddenly into 
prominence through criticism of the (then) 
town government's administration of town 
moneys. His appearance in the arena marked 
a new era in the politics of Connecticut. The 
state election was at hand. The Republicans 
wanted a strong candidate for representative 
in the assembly. The Lilley fighting blood 
was up : he accepted the nomination and was 
triumphantly elected, serving in the session of 
1901, in which he succeeded in securing the 
enactment of a law consolidating the town 
and city of Waterbury, attracting the notice 
of the entire state by his independence and 
straightforwardness as a member of the joint 
committee on railroads. The 1900 census had 
shown Connecticut to have a population large 
enough to entitle the state to a fifth member 
of congress and tiie legislature of 190 1 under- 
took the task of re-districting the state with 
this in view. The bill to accomplish this was 
introduced by Representative Lilley, but failed 
of passage and in its stead was created the 
office of representative in congress at large. 
Mr. Lilley was urged to stand for the nomina- 
tion and somewhat against his will consented, 
being elected after a most stirring campaign. 
The friendships of the session of 1901 were 



the basis of his nomination for this office 
and he was elected by a large margin of votes. 
In 1904 and 1906 he was renominated by ac- 
clamation, in 1906 being chosen temporary 
and permanent chairman of the Republican 
state convention at New Haven. In 1904 
President Roosevelt carried Connecticut by 
very large figures and Congressman Lilley 
was far ahead of the rest of the state ticket 
and well up toward the Roosevelt vote. At 
the May state convention of 1904 Mr. Lilley 
was elected a member of the Republican state 
central committee, representing the fifteenth 
senatorial district, a part of his home city, 
and served on the committee until his death. 
While in congress he for two terms repre- 
sented Connecticut on the national Republi- 
can congressional committee and was a inem- 
ber of its executive committee. He served on 
the house committee on territories during the 
fifty-eighth congress and on the committee on 
national afl'airs in the fifty-ninth and sixtieth, 
also serving for two sessions on the commit- 
tee on expenditures in the post office depart- 
ment. He served on and headed important 
subcommittees from time to time and was for 
a time a member of the board of visitors to 
the United States Naval Academy. In Feb- 
ruary, 1908, he became conspicuous by bring- 
ing charges of gross corruption in the pro- 
curing of contracts by the Electric Boat Com- 
pany for submarine boats for the navy. In 
November, 1908, he was elected governor of 
Connecticut. 

The public life of Governor Lilley was not 
a long one, but like all his previous life was 
filled with the activities which spring from 
earnestness of purpose and loyalty to prin- 
ciple and to friends. He was faithful to the 
trust of those who elected him: he would not 
see them imposed upon or their money wasted. 
Thrift and economy were fairly ingrained in 
him through the habits of years. He knew 
they made for success in private life and he 
believed that they did the same in public 
affairs. ^^^1stefulness and extravagance, 
grafting and inefficiency in the public service 
he could not tolerate. .Such a man could not 
fail to leave a marked impress upon his time. 
He had been governor of the state but two 
months and a half when stricken with his 
fatal illness, but there had been ample time 
for his administration to attain to that dis- 
tinction which his friends were sure would 
characterize it and he was certain to stand 
out as one of Connecticut's best governors. 
Questions of grave moment were before the 
legislature wdiich came in with the beginning 
of his term. On these Governor Lilley reso- 
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made it clear that no effort should be wanting 
on his part to secure beneficial legislation in 
the interests of the people. 

Governor Lilley married, June, 1884, Anna 
E. H. Steele, of \\'aterbury. Connecticut, 
and they became the parents of three sons : 
John Leavens, a graduate of Yale ; Frederick 
Pliny, a graduate of the United States Naval 
Academy, and Theodore, also a graduate of 
Yale. Mrs. Lilley was a daughter of Nor- 
man Steele, a well-known citizen of Water- 
bury. The domestic life of Governor and 
Mrs. Lilley was one of mutual devotion and 
happiness. During the strenuous tours of the 
last campaign Mrs. Lilley w^as her husband's 
constant companion and during his illness her 
care was unfailing. 

Governor Lilley died -\pril 21, 1909, at 
the executive mansion in Hartford, Connecti- 
cut, after a month's illness. That his death 
was hastened by his strenuous life of disin- 
terested effort can hardly be doubted when 
the record of his labors is recalled. In the 
face of bitter opposition and enmity he had 
set the example of a man who met the inci- 
dents of his day understandingly, who kept 
the faith and loved honesty and plain dealing. 
He had made a place for himself in the hearts 
• of those about him which will endure. His 
personality was striking ; genial, agreeable, al- 
ways approachable, at his death thousands of 
the people of Connecticut felt that they had 
lost a dear friend and that the state had been 
bereaved of one of its most loyal governors. 
He had not yet completed his fiftieth year 
when his earthly life closed, but in that time 
had lived more than many a man who reached 
an advanced age. His industry was untiring ; 
for the drone he had no use. Of all the por- 
traits of himself perhaps his favorite was an 
enlargement from an old tin-type which 
showed him a sturdy youngster in homespun 
and woolen tippet with a milk can in either 
hand. A verse which was a favorite with him 
throws much light upon his character when 
taken in conjunction with his well-known love 
of liistory and his independent spirit : 

"But we shall never write our name 
On the immortal scroll of fame 
Through anything that they have done." 

Governor Lilley is said to have had a 
premonition of early death, due to the fact 
that since 1636 no male member of the Lilley 
family had lived beyond the age of fifty-six. 
Of this the governor often spoke and when 
he went to the legislature in 1901 he told a 
personal friend that he believed he had only 
about ten years to live and that he felt it 
incumbent upon him to accomplish a great 



deal in that time. The yeav^ allotted to him 
were even fewer than he had supposed, but 
into them he crowded labors which would fill 
a much longer period, and the fruits of those 
labors will cause his name to be inscribed 
with honor in the annals of Connecticut. 



William Story, immigrant an- 
STORY cestor of the Ipswich family, was 
born in England in 1614, of an 
ancient English family. He was a carpenter 
by trade and when he passed the examination 
to go to New England, April 8, 1637, was in 
the emidoy of Samuel Dix, a carpenter and 
joiner, coming from Norwich, England. 
Story settled at Ipswich of which he was a 
proprietor as early as 1642. Andrew Story, 
father or brother, was a proprietor in Ipswich 
in 1636, served in the Pequot war and had a 
grant of land from the town in 1639. 

\\"illiam Story was a commoner, subscribed 
to the Major Denison fund in 1648 : had a 
share and a half in Plum Island in 1664 ; was 
a voter in Ipswich in 1679, when he was 
called "senior." He sold land in Ipswich 
February 12, 1643, ^"d bought land, January 

1, 1655, of William Symonds and John West, 
land adjoining a tract he had previously 
bought of Robert Kinsman, seven acres of 
which were originally granted to John 
Wedgewood. Story was surveyor of high- 
ways in 1662. He owned land in the Che- 
bacco district November 10, 1652. He was 
given permission to set up a mill on the Che- 
bacco river in 1671. He signed the Loyalist 
petition in 1668 and also the Proctor peti- 
tion. His wife Sarah deposed in 1^68 that 
she was forty years old, fixing her birth year, 
therefore, as 1628. Children: i. William, 
married, October 25, 1671, Susannah Fuller. 

2. Mary. 3. Samuel, mentioned below. 4. 
Hannah, born August 19, 1662. 5. Seth, born 
1664, soldier in King Philip's war. Perhaps 
others. 

(II) Samuel, son of ^^'illiam Story, was 
born at Ipswich about 1660. He married 

Elizabeth . He removed to Norwich, 

Connecticut, about 1722 and his inventory, 
dated 1726, includes a wood lot in Ipswich. 
He left five sons living. His son Ephraim 
was deceased. Children, born at Ipswich : i. 
Ann, r^Iarch 31, 1691, married Proc- 
tor. 2. Ephraim, October 22, 1692. 3. John, 
mentioned below. 4. Solomon, March 13, 
1696. 5. Stephen, October 7, 1697. 6. Eliz- 
abeth Nidden. 7. Mary .\ndrews. 8. Dor- 
othy Day. 9. Hannah Knowlton. 10. Mar- 
garet Choate. 11. Samuel. 

(III) John, son of Samuel Storv, was born 
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his lirother Samuel were amonjj; the hi ripest 
taxpayers of Norwich. 

(I\') The family hved in Norwich and 
Preston and vicinity. Jonathan Story was 
amont^ the Separatists in Long Society in 
1752. Ezekiel sold a house for a parsonage in 
1773. Solomon Story married, July 30, 1752, 
at Preston. Dorcas P>ro\vn ; Amos Story mar- 
ried September 17, 1755, Hannah Reynolds: 
Solomon Story married. Jul_\- 29, 1773. Dor- 
othy Rude. The census of 1790 does not 
give the families by towns, but in New Lon- 
don county, mostly in Preston, there were the 
following heads of families: Ephraim (2), 
Henry (2), James, William, Solomon, Me- 
hitable. Jonathan and Ebenezer. 

(\T) James Story, grandson of one of 
those mentioned in the foregoing paragraph, 
lived at Fort Point, Norwich, where he built 
tlie old Story House. He was a farmer and 
shipwright. He had a brother Samuel, also a 
shipwright of Norwich. He married Eliza- 
beth Webb, niece of Sarah Huntington, daugh- 
ter of Samuel Huntington. Children: i. 
Ebenezer, who lived at l'"ort Point, Coimecti- 
cut, and married Mary Marshall, of Penob- 
.scot, Maine: he was a farmer and fisherman: 
their only child, Mary .\nn, married Isaac 
Williams and had five children: Isaac, un- 
married, died in California : Ann Mary, mar- 
ried William Bushnell and had Lena P)ush- 
nell, who married l-'rederick Mason: .Ablaie. 
married Rensford Harvey and had two chil- 
dren born in Providence : Antoinette, married 
Edward Dean and had a daughter Grace ; 
Phebc, married and had one son, Tyler How- 
ard, who resides in Hartford, Connecticut. 2. 
Sarah Ann, married Solomon Pienham, who 
was lost at sea: children: Rebecca. James and 
\ustin Benham. 3. Caroline, married James 
-Miner, of Groton, Connecticut: children: 
James Prentice. Charles and Hiram. James 
Miner married (second) Sarah Welch. 4. 
Ebenezer, mentioned below. 5. William, mar- 
ried (first) Hannah Elizabeth Stanton, daugh- 
ter of Lodowick Stanton, and had two chil- 
dren : married (second) Phebe Gay: children: 
Florence, who married Judge Aleech, of Chi- 
cago : Lizzie : Arthur, of Norwich. 6. Cla- 
rissa, married Deiinison Cook and had one 
child, Dennison. 7. Hannah, married Hermon 
Wright and had one child. Fannie. 8. Abbie, 
married Ephraim Lewis and had one child, 
Abbie, who died unmarried. 9. Rebecca, died 
aged eighteen. 10. Fannie, married Eben 
Crocker : children : John and James Crocker. 
II. James, married Emma Palmer: children: 
James, .Albert, who died young, and Nellie. 

(\TI) Ebenezer. son of James Story, was 
born at Norwich. He married (first) Nancy 



Churcii : ( second ) Mary Avery. Mary w^as 
the daughter of James and Hannah (Pride) 
Avery. Hannah Pride was a daughter of Cap- 
tain Pride, a master mariner, lost at sea and 
believed to have been the victim of pirates. 
Children of James and Hannah ( Pride) 
Avery : Frank Avery ; Huldah Avery : Mar- 
tha .\very, who died young : Jerusha .Avery, 
who married Theophiius Vale Winshiji, a well- 
known farmer of East Great Plain, Norwich: 
Mary Avery, who married Ebenezer Story, 
mentioned above. Children of Ebenezer Story 
by first wife : Ebenezer ; Charles : Nancy. 
By second marriage : Carrie : Thomas W'in- 
,ship, mentioned below : Belle ; Jane : Hannah ; 
Lucy. 

(V'lll) Thomas Winship Story, son of 
Ebenezer Story, was born February 3. i860, 
at Fort Point, or Brewster's Neck, Connecti- 
cut. He was educated in the public schools. 
For many years he has been engaged in the 
fish and oyster business, but at present is en- 
gaged only in the oyster business. In politics 
he is Republican. 



George Pardee, the immigrant 
PARDEE ancestor, was born in England, 

in 1619, according to some ac- 
counts. The name appears to be of French 
origin, however, and the tradition in the fam- 
ily supports the theory that the family came 
from France originally. He settled early in 
New Haven, Connecticut, and in 1644 was 
apprenticed to learn the tailor's trade of Fran- 
cis Brown. It is assumed that he was well 
educated in the land of his birth, for in 1662, 
when he became the school teacher of New- 
Haven, he could have had little opportunity 
for fitting himself in New Haven in the prim- 
itive schools of the early colonial days. In 
Atwater's "History of New Haven Colony" 
(p. 289) we read: "The colony school being 
discontinued. November 5, 1662. the town of 
New- Haven negotiated with George Pardee, 
one of their own people, to teach the children 
English and to carry them on in Latin so far 
as he could. The business w-as debated and 
some expressed themselves to this purpose, 
that it was scarce known in any place to have 
a free school for teaching English and writ- 
ing, but yet showed themselves w-illing to have 
something allowed by the public and the rest 
by the parents and masters of such that went 
to school and in the issue of tw-enty pounds 
was proi^ounded and put to vote and they con- 
cluded to allow George Pardee for this year 
out of the town treasury, the remainder to be 
paid by those that sent scholars to the school 
as he and they could agree. This George Par- 
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He was also advised to be careful to instruct 
the youth in point of manners, there being a 
great fault in that respect, as some expressed." 
At the end of the year for which he was en- 
gaged the colony was absorbed by Connecti- 
cut and the school discontinued. Two years 
later the Hopkins grammar school, which is 
still flourishing, was established. In 1655-56 
Pardee was assigned the fourth seat on the 
aisle in the meeting house in the formal des- 
ignation of seats. He married (first) Octo- 
ber 20, 1650, Martha, daughter of Richard 
]\liles; (second) December 29, 1662, Rebecca 
Lane. Children of first wife: John, born Au- 
gust 20, 165 1 ; John, December 2, 1653; 
George, mentioned below ; Mary, February 18, 
1658, married Joshua Hotchkiss; Elizabeth, 

June 10, 1660, married Olmstead. 

Children of second wife : Joseph, born April 
27, 1664; Rebecca, April 11, 1666, married 
in 1699, Samuel Ailing; Sarah, February 2, 
1667 ; Hannah, July 7, 1672, married Edward 
Vickers. 

(II) George (2), son of George (i) Par- 
dee, was born at New Haven, January 15, 
1655, and died November 22, 1723. He -mar- 
ried (first) February 10, 1675, Mercy Ball, 
who died August 13, 1684; (second) February 
II, 1685, Mary Denison. Children of first 
wife, born at New Haven: Mercy, January 16, 
1676; Eliphalet, December 26, 1678; Martha, 
March 18, 1680; John, November 4, 1683. 
Children of second wife: Stephen, 1686; 
Ebenezer ; George, mentioned below ; Samuel ; 
Sarah, married John Thompson ; Mary, mar- 
ried Isaac Chedsey ; Elizabeth. 

(III) George (3), son of George (2) Par- 
dee, was born at New Haven, January 16, 
1690 ; married Sarah Bradley. He settled in 
East Haven. Children, born at East Haven : 
Isaac, mentioned below : Lydia, January 10, 
1725; Jacob, 1727: Mercy, 1730. 

(IV) Isaac, son of George (3) Pardee, was 
born at East Haven, November 3, 1722. He 
married Sarah Leavitt. Children, born at East 
Haven : Leavitt ; Isaac ; Joseph, mentioned be- 
low ; Anna ; Jemima. 

(V) Joseph, son of Isaac Pardee, was born 
at East Haven, and married there in 1783, 
Sarah Fields. He was living in East Haven 
in 1790, according to the first federal census. 
He was a soldier in the revolution, a private 
in Captain Bradley's company of matrosses 
(artillery) during Tryon's invasion. February 
5, 1779, to February 4, 1780: also in Captain 
Phineas Bradley's company of New Haven 
and vicinity, in Captain Eliphalet Lockwood's 
coast guard in 1779 : also in Captain William 
\'an Deusen's company of coast guards at 
New Haven, February 20 to August i, 1781. 



Children : Joseph ; Isaac ; Laban, mentioned 
below : Betsey : Hezekiah ; Almira. 

(VI) Joseph (2), son of Joseph (i) Par- 
dee, was born at what is now Orange, Con- 
necticut, about 1785. He married Sarah Hine, 
of Orange or Woodbridge, Connecticut. Chil- 
dren, born at Orange: Edwin, lived and died 
at Bethany, Connecticut, married Caroline 
Prince: Joseph Harvey, married (first) El- 
vira Stone, (second) Fanny Clark (third) 
: Sidney, mentioned below. 

(VII) Sidney, son of Joseph (2) Pardee, 
v^'as born at Orange, Connecticut, in 1810, died 
in 1891. He married Eliza Lucretia Downs, 
born at Milford, Connecticut, in 1812, de- 
scendant of Governor Andrew, of Connecticut. 
Children, born at Orange: Frank Woodruiif, 
October 18, 1835, mentioned below; Justine 
S., married Sandford B. Cocks, of Cornwall, 
New York; Emma W., married W. H. 
Rounseville, of St. Peter, Minnesota. 

(VIII) Frank WoodrufT. son of Sidney 
Pardee, was born in Orange, Connecticut, Oc- 
tober 18, 1835. He attended the public schools 
of his native town and the well-known Amos 
Smith School of New Haven. He went to ' 
work first in the New Haven clock shop under 
Chauncey Jerome, and worked alongside John 
Woodruff, who was afterward a congressman 
from Connecticut. Then he entered the em- 
ploy of T. Benedict & Son as clerk in the 
coal business. Subsequently he formed a part- 
nership with H. H. Benedict, son of the sen- 
ior partner of the firm, and continued the coal 
business under the firm name of Benedict, 
Pardee & Company from 1S70 to 1894, when 
the business was incorporated as the Benedict 
& Pardee Company, of which Mr. Pardee is 
vice-president. The concern transacts a 
wholesale business in coal, having offices at 98 
Meadow street. New Haven, and in New 
York. Mr. Pardee is also a director of the 
Waterbury Gaslight Company of Waterbury, 
Connecticut. He is a member of the Center 
Congregational Church of New Haven. In 
politics he is a Republican. 

He married (first) October 13, 1857, Orilla 
Heminway, born January 28, 1837. died Janu- 
ary 3, 1888, daughter of Captain John Hem- 
inway, of East Haven. He married (second) 
Mary Elizabeth Mason, born December 12, 
1852, oldest daughter of Joseph Mason, Esq. 
Children by first wife: i. Jennie Eliza, born 
September 6, 1858, died in 1862. 2. Nettie 
Heminway, March 2, i860, died in 1861. 3. 
Annie Justine, February 14, 1864; married 
John Glover Smith (deceased) and has one 
son, Arthur Woodruff Smith, born May 27, 
1892. 4. Frank Wyckoff, January 18, 1877; 
married, October 28, 1903, Ethel Knapp, of 




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Greenwich, Connecticut, horn Sejjtemlier 17, 
1881 ; they have a daughter, Janet Ehzabeth, 
born September 10, 1906. The family home is 
in New Haven, Connecticut. 



(\'I) Laban, son of Joseph 
PARDEE Pardee (q. v.), was born in 
New Haven, in 1790. He mar- 
ried Loie Bradley, daughter of Samuel and 
Sarah Bradley. Among their children was 
\Villiam Bradley, mentioned below. 

(VII) William Bradley, son of Laban Par- 
dee, was born in Xcw Haven, in 1821 and 
died there September 29, 1893. He had a 
common school education in his native city. 
For many years he was engaged in carriage 
making and repairing. Afterward he became 
connected with a silk manufactory at New 
Haven and conducted it successfully to the 
time of his death. In politics he was a Demo- 
crat ; in religion, an Episcopalian. He mar- 
ried, August I, 1859, Nancy Maria English, 
born February 14, 1823, daughter of James 
English and sister of Governor James E. 
English (see English V). Among their chil- 
dren was William Scranton, mentioned below. 
(YIII) William Scranton, son of William 
Bradley Pardee, was born at New Haven, 
September 16, i860. He received his prepara- 
tory education in the Hopkins grammar 
school, of New Haven and graduated from 
Yale College with the degree of bachelor of 
arts in the class of 1882. Choosing law as his 
profession he entered the Yale Law School 
from which he received the degree of LL. B. 
cum laudc in 1S84. In the same year lie 
was admitted to the bar and entered upon the 
practice of his profession at New Haven. He 
achieved a position of prominence in his pro- 
fession, in which he continued until 1909. 
Since then he has devoted his time to the silk 
business established by his father, now con- 
ducted by the firm of Marvin & Pardee, of 
which he is a jiartner. Mr. Pardee has 
evinced a keen interest in public affairs and 
much public spirit. He drafted the first "Cor- 
rupt Practice Act," which became a law, and 
also the "Fourteen-Town Act." In politics 
he is a Democrat. He is a life member of the 
New Haven Colony Historical Society. In re- 
ligion he is an Episcopalian and he has been 
vestryman of the Trinity Protestant Episcopal 
Church of New Haven. He is president of 
the National Order of Sign Removers, a so- 
ciety for the preservation of the scenery of 
the country from the assaults of the bill-board 
advertisers and similar nuisances, and he is 
an active member of the Connecticut Civil 
Service Reform Association, the influence of 
which has been potent in abolishing the spoils 



system in the administration of state and na- 
tional government. In social life he is promi- 
nent, being a member of the Quinnipiack 
Club, of which he is president ; of the New 
Haven Yacht Club, of which he is commo- 
dore; of the New Haven Chamber of Com- 
merce ; and of the New Haven Country Club. 
His home is at 581 George street. He is un- 
married. 



William M. Keating was born 
KEATING at Borris, county Carlow, Ire- 
land, and came when a young 
man to this country. He was a gifted musi- 
cirm and a trained and skillful pianist and or- 
ganist. He taught music at Windsor Locks 
and New Britain, Connecticut. He was also 
a bookkeeper for the Russell and Irwin Com- 
pany, New Britain, Connecticut. He was or- 
ganist for many years at St. James' Catholic 
Church, South Manchester, and at St. Brid- 
get's, North Manchester, a position he was 
filling at the time of his death. He married, 
in 1873, Mary Jane Stuart, born in White 
Plains, New York, in 1851, daughter of Ar- 
thur Edward Stuart, of New Britain. Chil- 
dren : I. Dr. \\'iniam P. S., mentioned below. 
2. Johanna Elizabeth, born at South Manches- 
ter, March i, 1876, unmarried, resides at 
South Manchester. 3. Arthur Edward, born 
at South Manchester, June 7, 1878; married 
Ida Anderson ; he is one of the superintend- 
ents in the silk mill of Cheney Brothers. 4. 
Enmia Julia, born at South Manchester, July 
24, 1880, twin of Elizabeth; a music teacher; 
married to John F. Doyle. 5. Elizabeth, twin, 
Jul\- 24, 1880. 6. Rev. Paul Francis, men- 
tioned below. 7. Mary Jane, mentioned be- 
low. 

( II) Dr. William Patrick S. Keating, .son of 
William M. Keating, was born in 1874. He 
attended the grammar and high schools of 
.South Manchester, Connecticut. He then en- 
tered Jefferson Medical College at Philadel- 
phia, Pennsylvania, in 1895, ^"d was gradu- 
ated with the degree of M. D. in 1899. He 
was then for six months an interne at St. 
Mary's Hospital at Philadelphia. In 1899- 
1900 he assisted a physician in general prac- 
tice at Willimantic, Connecticut, his employer 
being partly disabled by ill health. Dr. Keat- 
ing went from Willimantic to his native town, 
South Manchester, Connecticut, where he 
practiced until 1904. In that year he located 
at \\'illimantic and has remained there since, 
having won a large practice and a prominent 
place in his profession. He was appointed 
health officer of the city of Willimantic bv the 
mayor in 1905, and reappointed from time to 
time to the present. Dr. Keating was elected 



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to the town and city school committee of 
U'illimantic in igo8 for three years. During 
the past two years he has been secretary of 
the Willimantic City ^ledical Society. He is 
a member, secretary and treasurer of Wind- 
ham County Medical Society, member of Con- 
necticut State Medical Society, the American 
Medical Association, the Knights of Colum- 
bus, the Ancient Order of Hibernians, the 
Foresters of America, the Modern Woodmen, 
the Knights of ]\Iaccabees, the American 
Benefit Society, the New England Alumni 
Association of JefTerson Medical College. Dr. 
Keating is medical examiner for the second 
district, Boston post office department, and 
for the Metropolitan Life Insurance Company 
and New York Equitable Life Assurance 
Company. Dr. Keating inherits from his 
father a love for music and skill, and is an 
organist of ability. He is unmarried. He is 
a practical Roman Catholic, and a communi- 
cant of St. Joseph's Roman Catholic Church. 

(II) Rev. Paul Francis Keating, son of 
William M. Keating, was born at South Man- 
chester, July 9, 1882. He attended the public 
schools of South Manchester and the St. 
Thomas Seminary at Hartford, Connecticut, 
and St. John's Seminary at Brighton, Massa- 
chusetts. He was ordained a priest of the 
Roman Catholic church at Hartford, May 30, 
1910. 

(II) Mary Jane Keating, daughter of Wil- 
liam M. Keating, was born October 30, 1888. 
She is a graduate of Mount St. Joseph's Semi- 
nary, Hartford. .She married Henry Mathieu, 
shoe dealer in Willimantic, Connecticut: child, 
Mary Elizabeth Mathieu, born July 3, igio. 



The surnames Kelsey and Kelso 
KELSEY are identical, though Kelso is 

the common Scotch spelling, 
Kelsey the English. Other spellings such as 
Calsey, Kelse, Kelsea, Kelsy are also found. 
There is a parish of North and South Kelsey 
in Lincolnshire, England. A Kelsey family 
has its seat in Chelmsford and Thorp, county 
Essex, early, and had a coat-of-arms. 

(I) William Kelsey, immigrant, was doubt- 
less born in England. The family generally 
spells the name Kelsey, but in the early rec- 
ords Kelso was common also. He came to 
Cambridge, Massachusetts, as early as 1632, 
and was a proprietor in 1633. He was admit- 
ted a freeman, March 4, 1634-35, and sold a 
meadow at Cambridge, April 19, 1636. He 
removed to Hartford, Connecticut, where he 
lived until 1663, and then settled in the ad- 
jacent town of Killingworth, Connecticut. He 
was (leinity to the general court in 1671. Chil- 
dren : .\bigail, born April i, 1645; Stephen, 



November 7, 1647; L^aniel, 1650: ?\Iark, mar- 
ried (first) March 8, 1658-59, Rebecca Hos- 
kins : (second) Abigail Atwood ; John, men- 
tioned below. 

(II) Lieutenant John Kelsey, son of Wil- 
liam Kelsey, was born in Hartford and re- 
moved to Killingworth, becoming one of the 
principal men of the town. He was admitted 
a freeman in 1658. He married Phebe, daugh- 
ter of Nicholas Disbrow. Children, born be- 
tween May II, 1670, and March 17, 1682: 
Williaiu, John, Hannah, Joseph, Esther, 
Phebe, L\dia, Stephen, mentioned below, and 
Josiah born January 26, 1688, 

(III) Stephen, son of Lieutenant John Kel- 
sey, was born at Killingworth, March 17, 
1682. He married, June i, 1704, Concur- 
rence, daughter of Nathaniel Haytor. Chil- 
dren, born at Killingworth : Stephen, Oba- 
diah, Joseph, Benjamin, Hiel, Ebenezer, Con- 
currence, Nathaniel, mentioned below. 

(IV) Nathaniel, son of Stephen Kelsey, 
was born at Killingworth in 1722-23. He 
married there, June 19, 1746, Martha, daugh- 
ter of Benjamin and Martha (Chapiuan) Tur- 
ner, granddaughter of Captain Samuel Chap- 
man, of Saybrook, who was grandson of 
Robert Chapman, the pioneer at Saybrook. 
Nathaniel Kelsey and his ancestors were all 
farmers. 

(\') Stephen (2), son of Nathaniel Kelsey, 
was born in Killingworth in 1757. He mar- 
ried, March 27, 1783, Lois Griffing, of Killing- 
worth. They had a son Stephen, mentioned 
below. 

(VI) Stephen (3), son of Stephen (2) Kel- 
sey, was born in 1789. He married Melinda, 
daughter of Lemuel and Jemima (Kelsey) 
Davis. They had a son Alvah, mentioned be- 
low. 

(\'II) Alvah, son of Stephen (3) Kelsey, 
was born in 1809 in Killingworth or Haddam, 
Connecticut, died at Guilford in that state. 
He settled in Guilford. He married. Septem- 
ber 15, 1833, Mary Almira Higgins, of the 
noted Higgins family of Connecticut, living at 
Haddam. Children : Flobart, Richard T., 
Watson, Egbert, ]\Iary, .Addie, Cynthia and 
Nettie. 

(VIII) Richard T., son of .A.lvah Kelsey, 
was born at Guilford in 1841. He had a com- 
mon school education. Like his paternal an- 
cestors he has followed farming all his active 
life. In religion he is a Baptist. He married 
.Antoinette Baldwin, liorn in New York state, 
daughter of Arvah and Harriet (Carpenter) 
Baldwin. Arvah Baldwin was born in 1800, 
son of Henry and Mary (Lounsbury) Bald- 
win, of North Salem and Carmeltown, New 
York ; he died in 1825, aged seventy-two years. 



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James naldwin, father of Henry, was horn 
in 1773. married Hannah, daughter of Eph- 
riam and Katharine (Flcwellen) Golden, of 
Hempstead. Long Island : they lived at North 
Castle. Westchester county. New York. James 
was son of Thomas and Elizabeth Baldwin, 
grandson of George and Mary (Ellison) 
Baldwin, and great-grandson of George, the 
immigrant, and Mary (Dennison") Baldwin, 
pioneers in Connecticut. Harriet (Carpenter) 
Baldwin was daughter of Walter Carpenter, 
a farmer near Peekskill. New York, and Mary 
(Requa) Carpenter, a descendant of Gabriel 
Requa. wjio was born at Rochelle. France, in 
1678. and came with his parents at the time 
of the Huguenot settlement in New Rochelle, 
Westchester county. New York, both parents 
d\ing on the voyage. Marv Requa was a 
daughter of Sergeant Daniel Requa. born 
1735. died 1801. of distinguished revolution- 
ary record, and his wife Maretje (Mary) 
(Alartling) Requa. of Phillipse Manor. New 
York, both of whom are buried at the Crane 
Burying Ground near Lake Mahopac, Put- 
nam county, New York, .^rvah Baldwin and 
wife removed early in life from New York 
state to a large farm near the line between 
r.r.-.nford and Guilford. Connecticut, and 
II rth of both towns, about five nu'lcs, where 
: Richard T. Kelsey now resides and where his 
, children were born. Children of Richard T. 
Kelsey: i. Gustave. carpenter at Walling- 
ford ; married Lina Wightman and had George 
and Erna. 2. Ernest Russell, mentioned be- 
low. 3. Agnes Fayette, married Dr. LI. W. 
.Murrlcss, of Guilford. 4. Richard Percy, a 
farmer at Branford: married Marion Murphy. 
(IX) Dr. Ernest Russell Kelsey. son of 
Richard T. Kelsev. was born at Guilford. Au- 
gust 17. 1873. He attended the public schools 
of his native town and the Maryland Medical 
College of Baltimore. Maryland, receiving his 
degree of M. D. in ioot. and since then has 
been practicing his profession at Winsted, 
Connecticut. He is a member of the Ameri- 
can Medical Association, the Connecticut 
Medical Society and the Litchfield County 
Medical Society. He is visiting physician of 
the Litchfield County Hospital. He is a mem- 
ber of the Fraternity Benefit League ; of St. 
Andrews Lodge. Free and Accepted Masons, 
and is a Ignited States pension examiner. He 
married, in igoi. Elizabeth Philips. They 
have no children. 



Sergeant Francis Nichols, im- 
NICHOLS migrant ancestor, was born in 

England, and was among the 
first settlers of Stratford, Connecticut, where 
he was living as early as 1639. He had a 



military training and belonged to the Horse 
Guards of London, it is believed. He was 
closely related to Colonel Richard NichoUs, 
the first English governor of New York. He 
owned land in Southhold. Long Island. His 
estate was distributed among his children be- 
fore his death. He married (second) Anne, 
daughter of Barnabas Wines, of Southold. 
She married (second) John Etton. of South- 
old. His children, born in England, were : 
Isaac, mentioned below : Caleb : John ; daugh- 
ter, luarried Richard IMills ; Anne, mentioned 
in the will of her Grandfather Wines in 1675, 
married Christopher Goings, Jr. 

(II) Isaac, son of Francis Nichols, was 
born in England, died in 1695 at Stratford, 
Connecticut. He was a deputy to the general 
assembly several terms. His will was dated 
September 28. 1694. proved November 6, 
1695. He bequeathed his homestead and lands 
to Benjamin, after the death of his wife, and 
stated that he had given a^ he was able to his 
other children. Children, born at Stratford : 
]\Iary. born February 2. 1648. married Israel 
Chauncey ; Sarah. November i, 1649. married 
Stephen Burritt ; Josiah. January 29. 1652-53, 
married Margaret Nichols : Isaac. March 12, 
1654, mentioned below ; Jonathan. December 
10. 1655, married Hannah Hawkins: Ephraim, 
December 15, 1657. married Esther Hawlcv. 
widow of Ebenezer ; Patience. February 2, 
1660; Temperance, May 17, 1662: Margery, 
November 30. 1663; Benjamin. February 2, 
ifi66. removed to Derby: Elizabeth. April 2, 
1668, married. Tulv 9. 1691. Rev. Joseph 
Webb. 

(III) Isaac (2), son of Isaac (i) Nichols, 
w-as born March 12. 1654. He owned a house 
and land at Stratford in 1686. He married 

Mary , who died at Stratford in 1690. 

He died in 1680. Children : Francis, born 
June 3, 1676: Richard. November 26. 1678, 
mentioned below; Joseph, November i. 1680. 

(IV) Richard, son of Isaac (2) Nichols, 
was born in Stratford, November 26. 1678, 
died there September 20. 1756. Lie married, 
June 3. 1702. Comfort Sherman, died Febru- 
ary n, 1726-27. daughter of Theophilus Sher- 
man, of W'ethersfield. His will was dated 
September 25. 1755. and proved October. 9, 
17.^5- He left a widow Elizabeth, his second 
wife. Children, born at Stratford: Theo- 
philus. March 31, 1704: Elijah, September 3, 
1706: Nathaniel. .April 8. 1708. mentioned be- 
low: Joseph: William: Jerusha. ]\Tarch 27, 
1717, married James Walker; Temperance, 
married Joseph Thompson ; Comfort, married 
Daniel Burritt. 

(VI Nathaniel, son of Richard Nichols, was 
born in Stratford, April 8, 1708, died in 1780. 



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He settled in Newtown, Connecticut, and mar- 
ried Ann Booth, born 1710, daughter of Jona- 
than and Hester ( Galpin ) Booth. 

(VI) Theophilus, son of Nathaniel Nichols, 
was born in Newtown in 1748. He settled in 
Newtown and married, in 1771, Sarah 
Meeker, born 1753, died in 1852, daughter of 
David and Hannah (Hill) Meeker. Hannah 
Hill was born in 1729. 

(\'H) Captain James Nichols, son of The- 
ophilus Nichols, was born September 9, 1775. 
He was one of the most prominent farmers 
of his day in Newtown, a man of substance 
and influence. He was also a successful deal- 
er in cattle. In politics he was a Whig, and 
was selectman of the town. He was called to 
many positions of trust and settled many es- 
tates. He was a member of the Protestant 
Episcopal church. He married Lucy, born 
February 22, 1780, daughter of John Beach. 
He was familiarly known as "Captain Jim." 
(VIII) Isaac (3), son of Captain James 
Nichols, was born April 19, 1802, in New- 
town, died there September 7, 1853. He was 
brought up on the old homestead in his native 
town, just south of the Beers Sherman place. 
In his earh^ life for a number of years he was 
associated in business in Bridgeport with 
Gideon Thompson, but when still a young man 
returned to the homestead and followed farm- 
ing there the remainder of his life. He was 
a thrifty farmer and useful citizen. In poli- 
tics he was a Whig, but he never sought or 
desired public office. In religion he was an 
Episcopalian. He married (first) in 1827, 
Betsey Piatt, born 1798, died October 6, 1835, 
daughter of Moses and Ann (Judson) Piatt. 
He married (second) March 20, 1838, Louisa, 
born April 4. 1812, died October 21, 1894, 
daughter of John and Sarah (Bennett) Bart- 
lett. Children: Henry, born May 8, 1829; 
James, December 25, 1830, mentioned below; 
William, February 11, 1833: Mary B., Octo- 
ber 3, 1835; Augusta, February 22, 1839; 
Sarah, May 29. 1840; Margaret, March 20, 
1842: Beach, February 8, 1844: Louisa B., 
September 7. 1845 : William. August 18, 1847; 
Arthur, April 2, 1849: Grace, November 26, 
185 1. 

(IX) James (2). son of Isaac (3) Nichols, 
was born at Newtown, December 25, 1830. 
He attended the district school, worked on his 
father's farm in his boyhood, and later taught 
school for a time in the vicinity. He was am- 
bitious and determined to follow the profes- 
sion of law. He .studied at every opportunity 
as he worked and taught school, and when he 
came of age entered the office of .A.mos S. 
Treat, as a student. In the spring of 1854 
he was admitted to the bar at Danbury, Con- 



necticut, and immediately began to practice 
at Thompsonville, Connecticut. A few months 
later he was appointed assistant clerk of the 
superior court of liartford county. In 1857 
he was appointed judge of probate for the 
Hartford district, and filled this office, with 
conspicuous ability. In 1867 he was appointed 
special agent and adjuster of the Alerchants' 
Insurance Company of Hartford and demon- 
strated unusual fitness for the difficult and 
responsible duties of his office. From the out- 
set he manifested special aptitude for the in- 
surance business and took high rank in insur- 
ance afifairs. At the time of the great fire 
in Chicago in 1871 Judge Nichols was secre- 
tary of the Merchants' Insurance Company. 
This disaster wrecked the company as well 
as many others and the charter was surren- 
dered. He became secretary of the National 
Fire Insurance Company, organized in Hart- 
ford in December, 1871, and on the death of 
Mark Howard, president, in 1887, he suc- 
ceeded him and has made a brilliant record 
at the head of this corporation. The National 
Fire Insurance Company is reckoned among 
the soundest and best-managed corporations in 
the country. Under his management its as- 
sets have increased from $1,969,907, in 1887, 
to more than $10,500,000 in 1911, with a sur- 
plus of about $3,000,000. The home office on 
Pearl street, Hartford, is one of the hand^ 
somest structures in New England. 

Judge Nichols became widely known 
throughout the country in the famous Bennett 
Brothers case, as chairman of the committee 
in charge of adjusting the loss. Bennett 
Brothers of Syracuse carried insurance 
amounting to $120,000 in twenty-three compa- 
nies and a loss of $350,000 was claimed. The 
policies were assigned to the creditors of the 
firm, among whom were sixty-three of the 
leading mercantile firms of New York City. 
The creditors fought the case bitterly, signing 
a memorial to the companies interested, urg- 
ing them to settle the claim regardless of the 
committee, and threatening to withdraw their 
business and trying to influence others to boy- 
cott the companies. The companies stood by 
the committee and the case was tried in the 
courts, resulting in the exposure of fraud, the 
punishment of the criminals and saving of a 
large sum of money. The National Company 
survived the shock of the San Francisco dis- 
aster in 1906 with flying colors. Its present 
capital is one million dollars. Judge Nichols 
is also president of the Mechanics' & Traders' 
Fire Insurance Company of New Orleans; 
vice-president of the Charter Oak National 
Bank and of the Franklin Fire Insurance Com- 
pany of Wheeling, West Virginia; a trustee 





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in the Society for Savings: a director of the 
Plitenix Mutual T.ife Insurance Company, and 
of the Pratt & Cady Company. He is a Re- 
publican in politics and has been a member 
of the common council of Hartford. He is 
a member of the .Asylum Avenue Congrega- 
tional Church. He belongs to St. John's 
Lodge. Free and Accepted Masons, of Hart- 
ford, the Hartford Golf Club, the Country 
Club, the Connecticut Congregational Club 
and the Hartford Club. His home is at 639 
Prospect avenue, Hartford. 

He married, July Q. 1861, Isabella M., born 
August 5. 1842, died October 9, 1895. daiiRh- 
ter of Nathan and Cynthia (Loomis) Stark- 
weather, of Hartford. Children: i. James L., 
born February 20, 1863, died June 29, 1871. 
2. Helen C. born December 24. 1870; mar- 
ried. December 24, 1890, Harry A. Smith, 
vice-president of the National Fire Insurance 
Company : children : i. James Nichols Smith, 
born October 2, 1891, at Rochester. New 
York: ii. Harriet Helen Smith, born January 
6. 180^1, at Rochester: iii. Malcolni Keith 
Smith, born February 18. 1901, at Hartford. 
-5. I.'sabella, born October 23, 1874. died Tune 
28, 1875. 



John Richards, immigrant 
RICHARD.S ancestor, was of Eele river, 
Plymouth colony, as early as 
July 12. i''>37. when the general court placed 
liim under bonds and probablv indentured him 
for one year for some slight breach of the 
peace: and he "acknowledged himself indebted 
to the king" with Thomas Little as his surety 
to appear before the next general court and 
especially to keep the peace toward Mark 
Mendall. At the next session of the court 
he seems to have given satisfaction and was 
made rectus in curia and November 5, 1638, 
he received from the court twentv-five acres 
at Mannnmet Pond due to him bv indenture. 
He is supposed to have married late in life 
Lydia P)eman. In 1644 he was a merchant 
and was dignified by the title of Mr., which 
was reserved for those of noble birth or spe- 
cial education. In 1652 he was perhaps ab- 
sent as "Mrs." Richards, as the records call 
her. a prefix verv rare at that time, and in- 
dicating the highest social standing, if not 
qnalitv of birth, is reported in Plymouth as 
claiming a "stray steere." John Richards 
was doubtless the brother of ^^'■illiam and 
nephew of Thomas Richards, Sr. His cousins 
became the wives of Thomas Hincklev. after- 
wards governor, and of ^^^illiam P.radford. 
son of the governor, and himself afterward 
deputy governor. About 1658 he removed to 
New London with Thomas Crocker and 



Thomas Leonard and he died there in 1687. 
In 1660 he purchased two house lots on what 
is now State street and built his house at the 
corner of Huntington street, which, accord- 
ing to Miss Caulkins in her history of New 
London, remained the seat of the family for 
more than a century. In 1671 he was prob- 
ably received into the church at New London 
and had seven children baptized. The order 
of birth of his children is not known. Chil- 
dren: John, baptized March 26. 1671 ; Israel: 
Mary, born 1669; Penelope, baptized with 
John and Israel : Lydia, baptized with the 
others; Elizabeth; Hannah, baptized with 
Elizabeth and the others ; David, born 1673. 

(II) Israel, .son of John Rkhards, was 
born probably at Plymouth. He was baptized 
when nearly, if not quite, an adult. March 26, 
1671, at New London. He early enjoyed the 
benefits of the blue laws, for in September, 
1693. he was sentenced to pay a fine of ten 
shilling and stand in the stocks for two hours 
for night walking on Sabbath evening. He 
inherited from his father a farm near Mill 
Pond, two miles north of the town plot ; and 
deeded land to his son Jeremiah in 1726. Chil- 
dren : Israel, lived in New London ; Jere- 
miah, mentioned below. 

(III) Jeremiah, son of Israel Richards, was 
born in New London. He married Mary 

. Children : Daniel, mentioned below : 

Anna, married Joshua Strickland, and lived 
at Meredith. New York; Nehemiah, married 
Love Richards and lived at Montville. Con- 
necticut; Jeremiah, married Eunice Wheeler; 
Christian, married James Harding and lived 
at Exeter, New York ; Lydia, married Asa 
Stanton and lived at W'ilkes-Barre, Pennsyl- 
vania ; Silas, married Mary Rogers and lived 
at Westford. Massachusetts. 

(I\'') Daniel, son of Jeremiah Richards, was 
born at New London about 1775. He married 
Jemima Harding. He settled in the north 
part of New London, now Waterford. Chil- 
dren : Mary, died immarried ; Daniel H., mar- 
ried Mary Strickland and lived at Waterford ; 
Charles, mentioned below ; Abby, married 
(first) • More, (second) Joshua Rich- 
ards, a relative ; Giles, died unmarried : Eliza, 
born May 15. 1813. married David S. Keeney 
and lived at W'aterford ; child. Fanny. Janu- 
ary I, 1838. who married, September 5. 1858. 
George G. Fitch. 

(Y) Charles, son of Daniel Richards, was 
born about 1798. He married. February 3, 
1830. Emilv J., born September 28, 1805, 
daughter of Jesse Jerome, of New London. 
Children, born at New London: i. Sarah .A.. 
marriefl Henry Putts: children: Clara. Charles 
R.. Matilda .\. IL. .Adelaide, Frederick and 



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George Butts. 2. Charles Lewis, mentioned 
below. 3. Adelaide L., born December 11, 
1832: married (first). December 4, 1854, 
Franklin B. Harris, who died without issue 
August 17, 1855; lived at New London; mar- 
ried (second) Thompson Harrington, of Ly- 
ons, New York 4. William H. 5. Emma 
Jerome, married Augustus iL Leach, of 
Lyons, New York. 

(VI) Charles Lewis, son of Charles Rich- 
ards, was born August 26, 183 1, died October 
21, 1883. He was educated in the public 
schools. For a number of years he was en- 
gaged in the ship chandlery business in the 
Sandwich Islands. In 1849, when gold was 
discovered in California, he went thither with 
Captain James Smith, of New London, and 
remained for some years. He became inter- 
ested in a line of packet boats plying between 
San Francisco and Honolulu. He was a mem- 
ber of the firm of Wilcox & Company and 
later of C. L. Richards & Company. He lived 
for eighteen years in Honolulu and in 1867 
returned to Norwich, where he bought the 
place now owned by Charles D. White on 
Washington street. He was a director of the 
First National Bank of Norwich. He had 
large investments in Norwich real estate, and 
was interested in the growth and welfare of 
the city. He married, August 22, 1868, Ada 
Louise, daughter of Uriah Avery Pollard, of 
New York City, an importer of art goods, 
also in business in New Orleans. Asa Pol- 
lard, her great-grandfather's brother, was a 
son of Amos Pollard, who fought in the bat- 
tle of Bunker Hill and whose name is in- 
scribed on the monument. Children: i. 
Charles Chapman, born August 2, 1869: en- 
gaged in business in Chicago ; married Rosa- 
lie Decatur, daughter of Admiral Laman ; 
children : Charles Lewis, Joseph Laman, 
Blanche and Rosalie Decatur. 2. Mary Eliza- 
beth, born June i, 1872. 3. Louis Jerome, 
January 15, 1874; sanitary engineer in Eliza- 
beth, New Jersey. 4. Ada Louise, June 29, 
1877. 5. Frank Pollard, January 2, 1879; an 
accountant. 6. Halsey, September 3, 1883; an 
architect in New York. 



Roderick Richards was a 
RICHARDS cabinet-maker by trade and 

lived and died at Portland- 
ville. Otsego county. New York. 

(II) Harvey, son of Roderick Richards, 
was born at Silver Lake. Penns\-lvania, in 
1822, died April 2, 1902, at Bridgeport, Con- 
necticut. He opened a shop in that city situ- 
ated at 126 George street, and conducted a 
large business as a pattern maker. He was 
well known and highly esteemed in the com- 



nnmit\'. He married Caroline Eckert, born 
in 1823, in Pennsylvania, died February 25, 
1895, in Bridgeport. Children: Charles Rod- 
erick, mentioned below ; Alice, married 

Wells, of Bridgeport. 

(Ill) Charles Roderick, son of Harvey 
Richards, was born in Binghamton, New 
York, November 17, 1847, died at Bridgeport, 
November 18, 1902. He was educated in the 
public schools of his native town and learned 
the trade of pattern maker in his father's shop. 
He worked for a time in Brooklyn and then 
came to Bridgeport where he entered the serv- 
ice of the Howe Manufacturing Companv and 
later, after they retired from business, went 
to the Union Metallic Cartridge Company, 
with whom he studied draughting, becoming 
an expert, and remaining with this concern 
as a mechanical engineer for thirty-five years. 
He belonged to no fraternal orders. He was 
a worthy and useful citizen and much beloved, 
especially by his family and those who knew 
him best. He married (first) Lillian Peck, 
who died June 6, 1890. He married (sec- 
ond), April 6, 1S93, at Bridgeport. Carrie 
Ellen, daughter of William Warren Stiles 
(see Stiles X). They have no children. 

(The Stiles Line). 

(II) John (2) Stiles, son of John (i) 
Stiles, was born in England about 1633. He 
settled at Windsor, Connecticut, and seems 
to have been a citizen of good character and 
repute among his townsmen. He married 
Dorcas, daughter of Henry Burt, of Spring- 
field, Massachusetts, October 28, 1658. She 
was born in 1638. President Stiles relates a 
"tradition in the family, that the mother of 
Dorcas Burt, before she came over, was laid 
out for dead in England, put into the coffin, 
but at her funeral signs of life appeared, and 
she recovered, came to New England, set- 
tled at Springfield, and here in America had 
nineteen children (ten of whom, at least, lived 
to have families) one of which was this Dor- 
cas." John Stiles died at Windsor, Decem- 
ber 8, 1683. His widow probably married 
again, as a "Darkis" Stiles married John She- 
thar, at Killingworth, Connecticut, January 7, 
1712-13. Children: Sarah, born at Spring- 
field, September 12, 1661 : Hannah, at Wind- 
sor, l\Iarch 23, 1664-65 ; John, December 10, 
1665; Ephraim, mentioned below; Thomas, 
died about 1740 or 1745. 

(III) Ephraim, son of John (2) Stiles, 
married, August 2, 1694, Abigail Neal, of 
Westfield, Riassachusetts, where he settled, 
and afterwards removed to Springfield. Mas- 
sachusetts. He died about 1755. Children: 
Rachel, born at Westfield, May 21. 1695; 



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Isaac, at W'estficld, October 6, 1696, men- 
tioned belmv ; Ephraim, at Westfield. Decem- 
ber 5. 1699; Abigail, at Springfield. March 15, 
1704: Hannah, at Springfield, July 31. 1708. 

(I\') Isaac, son of Ephraim Stiles, was 
born at \\'estfield, October 6, 1696. He mar- 
ried (first) Mary Brooks, his cousin, Decem- 
ber 22, 1720. who died October 21. 1734. He 
married (second) Deborah Hermon, of Suf- 
field, Connecticut, May, 1757. He lived at 
Westfield. and died October 4 (or 9), 1790. 
Children, by first wife, all born at Westfield: 
Abigail, March 26, 1724 ; Isaac, June 23, 1726; 
Martin, July 17, 1728, mentioned below; 
Daniel, October 17, 1729, died young; Israel, 
Ma\' 2". 1731 : Daniel, January 20, 1732-33; 
Mary. September 6, 1734. 

(V) Lieutenant Martin Stiles, son of Isaac 
Stiles, was born at Westfield, July 17, 1728. 
He married Dorcas Adams, of Sufifield, Con- 
necticut. December 4. 175 1. He was engaged 
in the French and Indian wars ; he also served 
as lieutenant, commission bearing date 1776, 
in the revolutionary war: he was at Fort Ed- 
ward, Ticonderoga, White Plains and New 
London. The summer previous to his death, 
when eighty years old. he raised five acres of 
Indian corn by his own labor. He died De- 
cember 9. 1S08. and his wife died September 
13. 1813. Children: Martin, born May 5, 
17^3. mentioned below : Dorcas* born at West- 
field. 

(VI) ]\Iartin (2), son of Lieutenant Mar- 
tin (i) Stiles, was born at Westfield. May 5, 
1753. He married, August, 1771, Tirzah 
Loomis, of Southwick, Massachusetts, born 
February 20. 1752. He died June 11, 181 1, and 
his wife died July 17, 1828. Children, all 
born in Westfield: Elijah, January 9, 1773; 
Warham. December 28, 1774. mentioned be- 
low: Ezra, Feljruary 12, 1777; Japhet. March 
12, 1779: Salmon, July 6, 1781 ; Edward, 
September 27, 1783; Isaac, March 3, 1786; 
Tirzah, March 15. 1788; Henry, April i, 
1790: Charles, April i, 1792: Mary, April 21, 
1794. 

(VII) Warham. son of Martin (2) Stiles, 
was born at Westfield. December 28, 1774. 
He married Sarah Nelson, of Westfield. Feb- 
ruary 20. 1800. He removed to West Haw- 
ley. Massachusetts, in September, 1802, and 
built a log cabin in West Hill, on the farm 
now occupied by his youngest son, Rowland 
Stiles. He and his wife both died there in 
1863. Children : Rowland, born at Westfield, 
July 18, 1801 ; Warren, Westfield, May 19, 
1802: Gardiner. Hawley. May 13. 1804: Alvah 
Hawley. July 25, 1806 : Sarah. Hawley, April 
26, 1808, died young ; Sarah, Hawley, March 
12, 1810: Martin, Hawley May 19, 1812, men- 



tioned below ; Roxanna, Hawley, March 23, 
1814; Aaron Nelson, Hawley, March 26. 18 16; 
Horace, Hawley, February lo, 1819; Tirzah, 
Hawley, April ij. 1821 : Marv, Mawlcv, Feb- 
ruary 23, 1823; Lucy, Hawley, February 28, 
1827; Rowland, Hawley, April 15, 1831, 

iMII) Martin (3). son of Warham Stiles, 
was born at Hawley, May 19, 1812. He mar- 
ried Harmenia Baker Lemoin, of Hawley. He 
moved to North Adams. Massachusetts, where 
he died January 23, 1882. He was a clerk, 
next a general merchant, and afterwards a 
building mover. His wife was born in West 
Hawley and died in North Adams in 1886. 
Children : .Augustus Henry, born July 28, 
1837; Clarissa L., March 20, 1839; Orville 
Martin, January 8, 1841 ; George Emerson, 
December 23. 1841 ; Orville Martin, May 12, 
1844; Charles Edgar, June 27, 1846; William 
Warren, June 21, 1849, mentioned below; 
Charles Frederick, November 25 or 27, 1853. 

( IX) William Warren, son of Martin (31 
Stiles, was born June 21, 1849, was killed at 
Troy, New York, He married, in 1869, Lucy 
Hawley. He was a railroad man and started 
early in this work. He was a conductor, and 
was one of the first to take a train through 
Hoosac Tunnel. He was greatly esteemed by 
railroad men, and a good career was cnt off 
by his early death from an accident while at 
his post. Children : Carrie Ellen, married 
Charles Roderick Richards (see Richards 
III): Charles, died in infancy; Frank, died 
aged twent\'. 



John Parrott, or Parruck, the 
PARROTT ancestor of the family under 
consideration, was born about 
1675. He came from England and settled at 
Stratford, Connecticut. He married Hannah, 
daughter of Thomas Beardsley. and he and 
his wife owned the covenant in the Stratfield 
Church, December 8, 1706, and had their son 
baptized at the same time. Hannah was 
brought up by her uncle. Captain John Beards- 
ley, who resided at Pequonnock, now Bridge- 
port. Children of John and Hannah Parrott : 
John, baptized December 8, 1706: Sarah, bap- 
tized June 19, 1709; Hannah, baptized De- 
cember 17, 1710: Abigail, baptized November 
2, 1712 ; John, mentioned below ; Abiah : El- 
nathan. born February 18, 1724. 

(II) John (2), son of John (i) Parrott. or 
Parruck. was baptized at Stratford. August 
26. 1716. He married Sarah Hubbcll. Chil- 
dren, born at Stratford: Abraham, men- 
tioned below: Sarah, born May i, 1754: lohn, 
May 30, 1756; David, August 30, 1758; Eu- 
nice, February 6, 1763 : Ebenezcr, Tulv 29, 
1765: IMary, November 20, 1767; William, 
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January 26. 1770; James, July 17, 1774; Han- 
nah, February 2, 1778. 

(HI) Abraham son of John (2) Parrott, 
was born at Stratford, May 15, 1762. The 
name of his wife is unknown. Children: Wil- 
liam, Abraham, mentioned below, Richard and 
Hannah. 

( I\') Abraham (2), son of Abraham (i) 
Parrott, married three times, but the names 
of none of the wives are known. Children: 
Squire ; Samuel ; Abraham, mentioned below ; 
Isaac, born March 10, 1791 ; Eliza, married 
David Wheeler ; Sally, married Isaac Blake. 
Children by third wife : LeGrand and Adoni- 
jah. 

(V) Abraham (3), son of Abraham (2) 
Parrott, married Lucy, daughter of Jedediah 
F. Wells, March s. 1803 (see Wells \'I). He 
died March 16, 1825. Children, born at Strat- 
ford : Frederick Wells, mentioned below ; 
Bryant P)anks, born January 5. i8og. married, 
r)ctober 10, 1842, Sarah Jennings; Mary 
Emeline. born October 25, 1810; Henry Odell, 
born July 24, 1812. 

(VI) Frederick Wells, son of Abraham (3) 
Parrott, was born at Stratford, July 25, 1805, 
died April 11, 1891. As a young man he 
learned the trade of cabinet maker, beginning 
at sixteen years and apprenticed to remain un- 
til twent3'-one. In 1827 he commenced the 
business of manufacturing furniture and be- 
ing a fine workman he built the first mahog- 
any furniture seen in this section, included in 
which was a fine sofa. While engaged in the 
furniture business he became interested in 
the making of varnish, of which he was a 
large consumer, and in 1846 he began to man- 
ufacture varnish, thus laying the foundation 
for one of the important industries of the city. 
His business was incorporated as the Parrott 
^'arnish Company in 1869, and he remained at 
the head of the company until his death. For 
many years he was the oldest man in active 
business in the city. He was for a number 
of years a director in the Connecticut National 
Bank. He always felt a keen interest in pub- 
lic affairs and served the city as member of 
the common council, as alderman and as one 
of the road and bridge commissioners. His 
best service to the town, however, was as first 
selectman, an office he filled with great fidelity 
and ability during the civil war. His un- 
bounded confidence in the justice of the cause 
and in the ultimate triumph of the federal 
army helped materially to fill the quota of 
troops from Bridgeport. He was active and 
influential in raising funds after the war for 
the soldiers' monument and was the grand 
niarslial at the parade and exercises at the lay- 
ins; of the corner-stone, his son, Henrv R. 



Parrott. being his chief-of-staft'. He was a 
fine performer on the drum and was for a 
number of years a drum-major and adjutant. 
In politics he was a Republican. His wife 
was a member of the North Congregational 
Church. 

He married. May 17, 1827, Lucelia Ann 
Remer, born at Derby, Connecticut. Their 
golden wedding was celebrated May 17, 1877, 
when Mrs. Parrott was presented a silver vase 
by the Ladies' Charitable Society, of which 
she had been a member forty-nine years, and 
continued a member until her death, sixty 
years in all. She w^as an active worker among 
the women of Bridgeport during the war, pre- 
paring medical and hospital supplies, and was 
one of the organizers of the Soldiers' Aid So- 
ciety. She lived to the great age of ninety 
years, retaining all her faculties. Children, 
born in Bridgeport: Henry R., mentioned be- 
low ; Rebecca, died aged eleven years : Mary 
Frances, married John D. Whitney, of Derby, 
Connecticut, formerly of New York ; he is 
now deceased. 

(VII) Henry R., son of Frederick Wells 
Parrott, was born at Bridgeport, January 4, 
1829. Through his mother he was a descend- 
ant of Captain Joseph Riggs Sr.. an uncle of 
General David Humphreys, aide-de-camp and 
private secretary of \\'ashington, minister to 
Spain and Portugal after the revolution ; he 
is also a direct descendant of Governor Wells. 
His boyhood was spent in Bridgeport where 
he attended the private schools of Ebe- 
nezer French and Warren W. Selleck. He 
afterward attended the Danbury Institute, of 
which Rev. John W. Irving was then the prin- 
cipal. At the age of eighteen he entered the 
employ of Oviatt & Orcutt, as clerk in their 
drv goods store, and continued until the firm 
was dissolved and the business closed out, a 
period of eight years. For a few years after 
that he was clerk in the store of James W. 
Beach and for eight years in the store of E. 
Birdsey & Company. In 1854 he became the 
local agent in Bridgeport of the Adams Ex- 
press Company, at the time of its organization. 
During the confusion of business due to the 
civil war he was sent to Washington, D. C, 
to reorganize and take charge of the business 
of the company at that important point. When 
his father's business was incorporated in 1869 
as the Parrott Varnish Company, he resigned 
his position with the Adams Express Com- 
pany to become general manager of the com- 
pany and was also secretary and treasurer un- 
til 1891, when he succeeded his father as 
president. He has continued to the present 
time at the head of the company. At the 
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brothcT-in-law. John D. Whitney, now de- 
ceased, also became a director of the corpora- 
tion. The concern has grown steadily and 
the excellent (|ualit_v of the varnish, the energy 
and enterprise of the management and the 
i)usiness ability of the president have given 
to the Parrott varnishes an international repu- 
tation and developed the industry into one of 
the large concerns of the great manufacturing 
center in which it is located. Mr. Parrott was 
formerly vice-president of the People's Steam- 
boat Company of Bridgeport. 

In politics he has taken an active and im- 
portant part. lie cast his first vote for presi- 
dent for General Winfield Scott in 1856, voted 
for John S. Fremont four years later, and for 
every Republican candidate for president 
since then. He took a prominent part in or- 
ganizing and maintaining the "Wide-awake 
Movement" during the presidential campaign 
of i860. His activity aroused the feelings of 
southern sympathizers to such an e.xtent that 
they complained to his employers and he was 
censured bv the superintendent of the Adams 
Express Company, which at that time had de- 
veloped into a corporation of va.st wealth and 
power, but when, after the battle of Bull Run, 
the government exercised its power to compel 
the companx- to place loyal and competent men 
in charge, Mr. Parrott was called to Wash- 
ington to take, charge and the company found 
his loyalty and unionism of great service in 
the crisis. In i860 he was elected chairman 
of the Republican tow-n committee and he con- 
tinued in this important position during the 
war. Tie is still a member of this committee, 
probably the oldest one living. During the 
state campaign in i860 Mr. Parrott went to 
New Haven to induce Cassius M. Clay to 
speak at a political rally at Bridgeport, and 
while there he went with other members of 
the Republican state committee to meet at the 
train President Lincoln, who was coming to 
New Haven. Mr. Parrott took advantage of 
the opportunity to urge Lincoln to speak at 
r.ridgeport. His time was so fully occupied, 
however, that the best Mr. Lincoln would do 
at the time was to promise to come as soon as 
he could. A few days later Mr. Parrott re- 
ceived a telegram announcing that Lincoln 
would come, and in accordance with his prom- 
ise he did come and made one of his character- 
istic campaign speeches at Bridgeport. Mr. 
Parrott was candidate for state senator dur- 
ing the Filaino-Cleveland campaign. In 1887 
he organized the. Bridgeport Republican Club 
and was elected its president : in 1888 he was 
elected a delegate to the Republican national 
convention at Chicago, and was secretary of 
the state delesfation that nominated Harrison. 



In 1889 he was elected to the Republican state 
central committee of Connecticut. He served 
two terms in the common council of Bridge- 
port and for several years was (in the board of 
aldermen. He was one of the first police com- 
missioners of the city and held that office six 
years. He was one of the first commissioners 
appointed under the new charter and there- 
fore organized the present police force. For 
many years he was a director of the Bridge- 
port board of trade. 

After he had retired from public service of 
all kinds he was often urged to return. In 
1910 he wrote the following characteristic let- 
ter to the Bridgeport Standard: 

i received this morning a clipping from a Bridge- 
port pnner which st.ntes that I woiild like to have 
llie nomination for Senator from the Twenty-^Jecond 
district, which Mr. Arnold so ably represented at 
the last session. 

"Having voted for Fremont aiid for every Repub- 
lican president nominated or elected to date, and 
during the Lincoln campaign and continuously there- 
after given many years of very active service to the 
Republican party and its development, I firmly be- 
lieve now that tlie true interest of our city, state 
and nation are best subserved by its continuance in 
power, and while I retired from active service some 
five years ago. I still feel a deep interest in its 
success, especially in the coming election. 

"Being one of the few old Republican 'war horses' 
still living. I will give all possible aid for its suc- 
cess, but would not for a moment consider accept- 
ing a nomination to any office." 

During the civil war Mr. Parrott was a 
member of the Bridgeport Battery, a local or- 
ganization of volunteers, who in addition to 
other duties assisted greatly in forwarding 
supplies to the troops in the field. The bat- 
tery had six cannon and were drilled as a 
home guard. He is a faithful and prominent 
member of the First Congregational Society 
of Bridgeport and has been a inember of the 
society committee for forty-one years (in 
1911), and its chairman for fifteen years. He 
is a member of the Connecticut Historical So- 
ciety, the Calumet Club, the Sea Side Club, 
of which he was one of the founders and 
board of governors, the Home Market Club 
of Boston and the Associated Charities. 

No man now living in the city of Bridge- 
port has taken a more active part in all its 
affairs, social, political and business. For 
nearly sixty years he has stood among the fore- 
most citizens at all times and tnider all sorts 
of conditions, always doing his utmost for the 
welfare and advancement of his native place. 
Not only as a public servant himself has he 
served the city and given his time and ability 
to the public good, but he has been active in 
influencing the selection of proper men and 
in securing some of the very best men for city 
officers. His advice and counsel in business 



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and public affairs have been freely sought and 
generously given all through his long and ex- 
tremely useful life. 

He married (first), October 17, 1854, An- 
nie Jane Garland, of Boston, daughter of 
Daniel and Mary Garland. She died March 
26, 1895. He married (second) February 18, 
1903, Helen Reinders, born in New York 
City, daughter of Charles Reinders. The 
grandmother of Mrs. Helen Parrott, as a 
young lady, was one of the ladies in waiting 
to Queen Wilhelmina. Mrs. Parrott is also 
the great-granddaughter of Stephen Von 
Renes, of Holland. Children of first wife: I. 
Frederick Wells, born July 17, 1855, the pres- 
ent secretary and treasurer of the Parrott Var- 
nish Company ; married, 1888, Bessie Belya. 
2. Colonel Frank Spooner, born December 11, 
i860; entered Yale College but left before 
completing the course on account of ill health ; 
died January 30, 18S9, while a member of 
Governor Morgan G. Bulkeley's staff. 3. Hat- 
tie Garland, born March 16, 1862, died June 
4, 1893. 

(The Wells Line). 

( HI ) Deacon Samuel Wells, or Welles, son 
of John Wells (q.v.), was born about 1656. 
He settled at Pequonnock, now Bridgeport. 
He was sergeant of the militia company. He 
married (first) Abigail ; married (sec- 
ond) ; married (third), October 25, 



171 1, Abigail 



Children, born at 



Bridgeport: Samuel, mentioned below; Ann, 
married John Hubbell ; Abigail, married 
Thomas Turney, of Fairfield ; Elizabeth, born 
January 31, 1693-94. 

(IV) Samuel (2), son of Deacon Samuel 
(i) Wells, was born October 15, 1686, died 
in April. 1751, in Stratfield, now the southern 
part of Bridgeport. He married (first) Mary, 
daughter of Samuel Beardsley. He married 
(second) Mary, daughter of Jeremiah Jud- 
son, Jr. According to the Stratfield church 
records, he and his wife renewed covenant, 
December 21, 1712. Children: Sarah, born 
December, 1712; Abigail, married Samuel 
Prince; Mary, baptized April 25, 1714; Pru- 
dence, born July, 1716; Esther; David, bap- 
tized July 20, 1718; Samuel; Jedediah F., 
mentioned below. 

(V) Jedediah, son of Samuel (2) Wells, 
married, November 29, 1750, Lucy French. 
Child, Jedediah French, mentioned below. 

(VI) Captain Jedediah French, son of Jede- 
diah Wells, was born October 29. 1751, died 
in 1827. He and his son Jedediah were resi- 
dents of Bridgeport, the former being the or- 
iginal owner of the entire lower portion of the 
city (including Seaside Park), and the latter 
a soldier of the war of 1812. The former 



also planted the celebrated elm still standing 
near the present residence of Dr. I. De Ver 
Warner, on Park place, Bridgeport. He mar- 
ried Hannah Odell, of Fairfield, born 1755, 
died June 5, 1838. Children: Lucy, born 
1777, died young ; Charity ; Frederick'; Ellen, 
married Henry ^Manning : Lucy, married 
Abraham Parrott (see Parrott \") ; Jedediah. 



Judah Lewis was born at Goshen, 
LEWIS Connecticut, 1784, died in the 
west in 1850. He was a woolen 
manufacturer in his }-ounger days and built a 
woolen mill at Goshen and another at Winsted, 
Connecticut. He settled later in life some 
twenty miles beyond Detroit, Michigan, 
cleared a farm, built a log house and lived the 
life of a pioneer farmer. In religion he was 
a ]\Iethodist and an exhorter of the denomina- 
tion. He married Anna Boardman, born May 
4, 1785, died in Winsted in 1863. Children: 
Julia, born 1808; Daniel B. ; Philo, 1812; 
Henry, 1814; Jane, j8i6; Homer, 1824. 

(II) Daniel B., son of Judah Lewis, was 
born in Goshen, March 5, 1810, died in Can- 
ton, Connecticut, March 23, 1884. He re- 
ceived a common school education, supple- 
mented by much study and reading in later 
years. He became associated with his father 
in woolen manufacture and for a time was in 
charge of a mill at New Hartford, also con- 
ducted a mill at Sharon, Connecticut, and for 
a number of years was superintendent of a felt 
mill at Waterbury, Connecticut. In later 
years he also retired to a farm at Canton, Con- 
necticut, and lived there the remainder of his 
life. In politics he was a Whig, later a Demo- 
crat. He married, October 23, 1835, Adeline 
M. Lawrence, of Canaan, Connecticut, born 
October 30, 1810, died August 21, 1885, 
daughter of Putnam and Ruth Lawrence. 
Their only child was George Francis, men- 
tioned below. 

(HI) Dr. George Francis Lewis, son of 
Daniel B. Lewis, was born at New Hartford, 
May 20, 1840. He attended the public schools 
of Sharon, West Hartford, Canaan, Connec- 
ticut, and the Clavarack Institute, New York. 
He began to teach school when he was sixteen 
years old. When he was twenty he took up 
the study of medicine under Doctors William 
W. and J. H. Welch, of Norfolk, Connecticut. 
He also studied pharmacy. He attended Yale 
Medical School and was graduated in the class 
of 1865 with the degree of M. D. During his 
first course at Yale he was medical cadet at 
the Knight United States Army Hospital at 
New Haven. He began to practice at Collins- 
ville, Connecticut, soon afterwai^d and has 
continued there since. He is a member of 



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the County Medical Society, the Connecticut 
State jMedical Society and the American Medi- 
cal Association. He has been medical exam- 
iner for the towns of Canton and Burlington 
since 1883. In politics he is independent. He 
has been selectman of the town of Canton. 
He is a member of the Yale Alumni Associa- 
tion ; of Village Lodge, No. 29, Free and Ac- 
cepted Masons of Collinsville ; of Columbus 
Chapter, Xo. 31, Royal Arch Masons; of Lee 
Council. Royal and Select Masters ; of Wash- 
ington Commandery, No. i, Knights Templar, 
of Hartford. He was one of the five founders 
of the Protestant Episcopal church at Collins- 
ville in 1880 and has been a vestryman ever 
since. He married, November 27, 1867, Mary 
Adaline Pratt, of East Haddam, Connecticut, 
daughter of Richard and Eliza Ann (Smith) 
Pratt (see Pratt IX). Children: Mary Pratt, 
born May 17, 1874, assistant principal of the 
Collinsville high school ; Edwin Pratt, August, 
1876, died March 17, 1900. 

(The Pratt Line). 
The surname Pratt occurs among the earli- 
est English family records before the year 
1200. and indicates that the family came with 
the X'ormans to England. John Pratt or de 
Pratellis or de Pratis. as then generally spelled, 
held the Manor of Patrickborne (Merton 
Bridge and Pelham Hundred) in 1200. Four 
brothers. John. William. Engebraw and Peter 
de Pratellis, figured prominently in the reign 
of Richard I. and John, all living in 1201. 
John was a favorite minister. In iigi Wil- 
liam and Peter both made a gallant record 
in the Crusade. John Pratt was in parliament 
from Beverly in 1298 and 1305. Before the 
year 1300 the family was well known and 
widely scattered through England, and the 
shortened form of the name, Prat, was the 
common spelling. The other forms, Pratte, 
Pradt. Pracd, Prete, Prate. Praer, Prayers, 
are also found. The surname means meadow, 
and was a place name before it was a surname. 

(I) Thomas Pratt, of Baldock, in Hertford- 
shire, died in February, 1539. He married 

Joan . Children : Thomas, James, 

Andrew, mentioned below, Agnes. 

(II) .\ndrcw, son of Thomas Pratt, was 
born at Baldock. and married . Chil- 
dren : Ellen, baptized 1561 ; William bap- 
tized October, 1562; Richard, baptized June 
27. 1567. 

(III) Rev. William Pratt, son of Andrew 
Pratt, was baptized at Baldock, October, 1562. 
He became rector of the parish of Stevenage, 
in Hertfordshire, December 6, 1598. and died 
in 1629. He married Elizabeth . Chil- 
dren : Sarah, baptized February 6, 1605 ; 



Mary ;. Elizabeth, baptized April 2, 1613; Rich- 
ard, baptized February 16, 1618; John, bap- 
tized Xovcmber 9, 1620; William, mentioned 
below. 

(IV) Lieutenant William (2) Pratt, son 
of Rev. William ( i ) Pratt, and the immigrant 
ancestor, came from the parish of Stevenage, 
in Hertfordshire, England, and is supposed to 
have settled first in Cambridge, Massachu- 
setts, in 1633. He came in the company of 
the Rev. Thomas Hooker, and with him was 
his brother John, to whom was assigned a lot 
in the first division of Cambridge lands. Both 
William and John went with Hooker to Hart- 
ford, in 1636, and appear at the latter place 
among the original proprietors. Both drew 
their home lots in the first division of land, 
in February, 1639. William was one of the 
band who went from Hartford in the expedi- 
tion against the Pequots, in 1637, and re- 
ceived, in recognition of his service, by order 
of the general court, a grant of a hundred 
acres of land. In 1645 he sold his land in 
Hartford and removed to Saybrook, Connecti- 
cut, where he settled at what is now the bor- 
ough of Essex. October 3, 1661, he was made 
lieutenant of the train-band ; from 1666 to 
1670, inclusive, commissioner for the town; 
and represented the town of Saybrook in the 
general assembly from 1666 to 1678. inclu- 
sive. He was a man of considerable note 
in the colony and was a large landholder 
in Saybrook. He also owned a large tract 
of land in the township of Hebron, which 
he probably received as one of the lega- 
tees of the Indian L^ncas and his sons. He 
married Elizabeth, daughter of John Clark, 
first of Saybrook, and afterward of Milford. 
The exact date of his death is not known, but 
as he attended the general court as a deputy, 
May 8. 1678. and as he is spoken of as de- 
ceased the following February, the year of his 
death is fixed at 1679. Children, the first 
born at Hartford, the others at Saybrook: 

'Elizabeth, February i, 1641 ; John, February 
20, 1644; Joseph, August i, 1648: Sara. April 
I, 1651 ; William. May 14. 1653; Samuel, Oc- 
tober 6. 1655; Lydia, January i, 1659; Na- 
thaniel. 

(V) Captain William (3) Pratt, son of 
Lieutenant William (2) Pratt, was born May 
14, 1653, in Saybrook. He was a man of note 
in the civil, military and religious afl^airs of 
the town. He was often appointed selectman, 
surveyor, captain of the militia, committee of 
the church. He was also a large landholder 
in Saybrook and Hebron, much of which he 
inherited from his father. According to his 
gravestone, he died March 4. 1718. His 
widow was appointed administratrix of his es- 



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tate, June 9. 1719. The inventory anrounted 
to five hundred and ten pounds six pence. He 
married Hannah Kirkland, supposed to be the 
sister of the first John Kirkland, who settled 
at Saybrook, February 20, 1678. Children, 
born at Saybrook: Benjamin. June 14, 1681, 
mentioned below; Hannah, July 21, 1682; 
Prudejice, March 11, 1685; Ebenezer, August 
17. 168S: Jabez. May 19, 1691. 

(\I) Benjamin, son of Captain William 
(3) Pratt, was born June 14. 1681, date of 
his death unknown. He married Anna, 
daughter of Samuel Bates, November 12, 
1702. Children: Benjamin, born 1709; Jared, 
171 1 ; Zephaniah, 1712. 

(VH) Jared, son of Benjamin Pratt, was 
born about 171 1, died in 1764, and his estate 
was distributed to his widow and children, 
November 6th of that year. He married Abi- 
gail, daughter of John and Sarah Clark, No- 
vember 4. 1740. Children: Abigail, Septem- 
ber II, 1741 : Prudence, August 27, 1743; 
Jared, August 9. 1748, died on board a prison 
ship: Gideon, March 24, 1750; John Clark, 
October 14, 1753; Zerviah, September 20, 
1755; Ezra, December 5, 1757; Zephaniah, 
mentioned below. 

(VHI) Zephaniah, son of Jared Pratt, was 
born March 14, 1760. He was for many 
years town clerk of Saybrook. He married, 
January 8. 1791, Rachel, daughter of Abra- 
ham Pratt; she died May 7, 1839. Children: 
Rachel, born April 15, 1792; Nancy, August 
ID. 1794 ; Wealthy, November 18, 1797 ; Rich- 
ard, June 15, 1800. mentioned below ; son, 
died young. 

(IX) Richard, son of Zephaniah Pratt, was 
born June 15, 1800. He was a farmer in 
East Haddam. He married (first) November 
24, 1828, Abigail S. Post, of Essex, Connec- 
ticut. She died February 27, 1834. He mar- 
ried (second) May 5, 1835, Eliza Ann Smith, 
of East Haddam. Children of first wife: 
George Lawrence, born January 7, 1830, East 
Haddam; Richard William, January 31, 1832; 
Henry Sisson, February 14, 1834, died August 
19, 1 85 1. Children of second wife: Edwin 
Clarke, December 25, 1840, East Haddam; 
Mary Adaline, July 21, 1844, married Dr. 
George Francis Lewis (see Lewis III). 



Hugh Duflfy was born, lived and 
DUFFY died in Ireland. He came of an 
ancient Irish family and married 
Bridget Carr, also a native of Ireland. Among 
their children were Mrs. Shields, Mrs. Clark, 
Mrs. McKiernan, John, Frank Gray, men- 
tioned below. 

(II) Frank Gray, son of Hugh Duffy, was 
born August 15, 1848, in county Monaghan, 



Ireland, died May 21. 1906, at Bridgeport, 
Connecticut. He received his schooling in his 
native parish, and about 1865 came to this 
country. He was first at Belleville, Xew Jer- 
sey, where some of his relatives had located. 
Then he came to Bridgeport and worked for 
a time in Jacob Keifer's furniture factory. 
After a short time he invested his savings in 
a grocery business. The venture was success- 
ful and he soon moved to larger quarters on 
Broad street. He built a business building on 
the corner lot and continued in business there 
several years, becoming interested in various 
other kinds of business and being especially 
successful in real estate investments in the 
city. He was shrewd, careful and thrifty and 
acquired a handsome competence. During the 
twenty-five years in which he was in the gro- 
cery business he became one of the most sub- 
stantial and best known merchants of the city; 
of strict integrity and believing in square deal- 
ing with all men, he commanded the esteem 
of the community. He was a man of much 
force of character and naturally of wide influ- 
ence in public affairs, though he never wanted 
or accepted office forhimself. Inpolitics he was 
a Democrat ; in religion a Roman Catholic. 
He was a liberal supporter of the church. 

He married, January 13, 1890, at St. Mary's 
Roman Catholic Church, in Bridgeport, Mary, 
daughter of Michael and Margaret (Kerns) 
Logan. The former was born in Ireland, in 
1843, and came to America when a young 
man. He was a skillful farmer and worked 
on farms in the vicinity of Bridgeport. While 
still a young man he was appointed superin- 
tendent of the poor farm in Bridgeport, and 
he had charge of that institution and ably 
managed it for a period of thirty-nine years. 
He is now superintendent of the magazine 
park of the Metallic Cartridge Company of 
this city. Mr. Logan married Alargaret 
Kerns, born in Kings county, Ireland, and the 
following are their children, all of whom were 
born in Bridgeport : Mary, married Frank 
Gray Dufify, as mentioned above : Thomas, 
caretaker at St. IMichael's cemetery, in Bridge- 
port ; William; Michael, deceased: Margaret; 
Michael, also deceased ; Ellen, married 
Thomas Weller, of Bridgeport; ^lichael. died 
aged two years ; James, with the Connecticut 
Railway & Lighting Company; Joseph, died 
in 1908. previously associated with William in 
the grocery business in Bridgeport. Follow- 
ing are the children of Frank Gray and Mary 
(Logan) Duffy, all born in Bridgeport: Mary, 
born December 31, 1891 ; Eleanor, July 3, 
1893 ; Francis. October 12, 1804, died Febru- 
ary 17, 1895; Frank, June 3, 1806; Margaret, 
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i'ett-r Dcvitt was a school 

DEVITT teacher and farmer in Ireland. 

He owned some land and was 

for his (lay and generation a well-to-do man. 

(II) James, son of Peter Devitt, was born 
in Ireland in 1789, died at Bridgeport. Con- 
necticut, in December. 1868. He was a stew- 
ard in his native land, and after coming to 
this country worked at gardening in Bridge- 
port and other places. He was a Roman Cath- 
olic in religion and a Democrat in politics. He 
married Alary Lacey, who was born and died 
in Ireland. Children: i, Thomas, born at 
Naar, Ireland. 2. James, born in Ireland ; his 
children live in Bridgeport. 3. Patrick Joseph, 
mentioned below. 4. Mary Ann, died June 19, 
1867: married Christopher Riley. 5. Hannah, 
died March 3. 1888; married John Doyle. 

(III) Patrick Joseph, son of James Devitt, 
was born in 1826. in covmty Kildare, Ireland. 
He attended a school in his native town, and 
learned the trade of shoemaker. Pie. came to 
.America with his father in 1850. landing in 
Xew York, but went immediately to Bridge- 
port. Here he opened a shoe shop and began 
business on his own account on Water street. 
Afterward he removed to Alain street and 
made shoes to order, having also a retail store 
of ready-made boots and shoes. His business 
grew to large proportions and he amassed a 
snug fortune. He was in active business for 
fifty years, up to 1808. He was a faithful 
member of St. James' Roman Catholic Church, 
contributing liberally according to his means 
and giving generously to various charities. 
He is, perhaps, one of the best known of the 
older citizens of the town and is highly re- 
spected by all who know him. His kindly 
disposition and good ratnrc have always made 
friends for him. He has never been active in 
politics, though always attentive to the duties 
of citizenship. He married. July 28, i860, in 
Bridgeport. Mary .Ann. eldest daughter of 
John and Ellen (Rowe) Leverty, whose chil- 
dren were: Alichacl. born .August 15, 1837, 
died October 2, 1874: Alary .Ann (twin to 
Alichael). married Patrick Joseph Devitt, as 
mentioned above : James H., deceased, was in 
grocery business in Bridgeport; Alexander; 
John H., born May. 1847, f^'ed August 23, 
1S73, married and had one cliild. Ellen: Ellen; 
Edward, born February. 1854. was mason and 
builder in Bridgeport, in association with his 
brother .Alexander until the latter's death ; 
Sarah Jane. All these children, with the ex- 
ception of the twins. Alichael and Alary .Ann, 
who were born in New York City, were born 
in Bridgeport. Children of Patrick Joseph 
and Alarv .Ann (Leverty) Devitt: Alary, died 
young; William, died at the age of twenty 



months: EHcn. married John J. Egan, con- 
ductor on the New York & New Haven rail- 
road, two children. Alarie an 1 Louise: Fred- 
erick, died in infancy ; Nora, teacher in 
Bridgeport public schools. 



(\'I) .Alpheus Moore, son of 
AIOORE .Apollos Aioore (q. v.). was born 
at Barkhamsted, January 11, 
1793. and died in .August. 1874. He married 
Nancy Handy, horn at Robertsville, Colebrook, 
(lied .\ugust 8, 1865. Children: I. Nel.son .A., 
mentioned below. 2. .Almira. Aiay 5, 1827; re- 
sides with Airs. O. D. Sykes, at Winsted ; mar- 
ried De Witt Freeman. October 21, 1846; 
children : Lemon C. and Henrietta l""reeman. 
3. George. 4. Harr\-. 5. .Adelbert. 6. Nellie. 
7. William. 8. Leo.' 

(\11 ) Nelson .A., son of Alpheus Aioore, 
was born at Riverton. Barkhamsted, October 
23, 1823. He was educated in Riverton and 
\\'insted schools. He has always followed 
farming for an occupation. He removed to 
Soutliington. Connecticut, in 1878 and resided 
there until 1903. when he came to Winsted, 
where he now resides with Airs. Sykes. He 
married (first). June 21. 1847, Elizabeth AI. 
Chadwick. born in England. Alay 15. 1824, 
died in August, 1865, daughter of Jonathan 
and .Ann (Heep) Chadwick. Pie married 
(second), in 1871, Emily .Abl)ie Sanford. a 
widow, who died in 1902. Children of first 
wife: I. Ellen Elizaiieth. mentioned below. 2. 
Henry, born January 27, 1852; lives in Bos- 
ton, Alassachusetts ; a traveling salesman; 
married Hattie Smiths son, Harold. 3. .Agnes, 
born September 7, 1856: married Frank E. 
Penny, of Winsted ; children : Ethel ; Harry, 
and Grace Penny, who died in childhood. 4. 
Kate, born August i, 185S ; married Wallace 
.A. Warner, of Seymour, Connecticut, mer- 
chant ; children : Helen, Howard. Lillis, Ray- 
mond Warner. Child of second wife: 5. Lena, 
died aged four years. 

(Vlil) Ellen Elizabeth, (laughter of Nelson 
.A. Aioore. was born in Riverton. She mar- 
ried in 1867, Owen Dale Sykes, born in Wood- 
stock \'alley, Connecticut, .Kugust 8. i8|6. son 
of Joseph Sykes, a native of England, born 
1827, died 1901. and Phillis (Knight) 
-Sykes, also a native of England. Owen Dale 
Sykes was educated in the public schools of 
Torrington, and learned the trade of plumber. 
He embarked in business as a master plumber 
in 1882, in Seymour, Connecticut. In 1902 he 
removed to Winsted. where he established a 
plumbing business and opened a hardware 
store. He also deals in stoves, ranches and 
heaters. He is one of the substantial mer- 
chants of the town. He joined the Alasonic 



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order in Seymour, but is now a memljer of St. 
Andrew's Lodge of Free Alasons of Winsted. 
He is also a member of Clifton Lodge, No. 
30, of Odd Fellows of Winsted. He is an 
active member and steward of the Winsted 
Methodist Episcopal Church. Mr. and Mrs. 
Svkes have no children. 



James Workman, of an old 
WORKMAN English family, was born in 

England, and died April 28, 
1865, at Torrington, Connecticut, aged sev- 
enty-eight years. He was employed in a 
woolen mill. He came to this country in 
1848, and worked for a time at his trade in 
Torrington, where he was employed in the 
woolen mills of the Union JManufacturing 
Company. He lived there until he died. His 
wife died in England. His sons were Sam- 
uel, mentioned below, and John. 

(H) Samuel, son of James Workman, was 
born in Stroud, England, in 1809, died at Tor- 
rington, Connecticut, February 15, 1879. He 
received a common school education in his 
native country, and worked in the woolen mill 
as a grader of wool. He came to this country 
in 1836, the first of the family to make his 
home in America, and located at Torrington. 
He was employed at his trade by the W'olcott- 
ville Manufacturing Company, which in 1844 
was reorganized under the name of the Union 
Manufacturing Company. In 1859 he became 
one of the owners and a director in the com- 
pany, and continued active in the management 
of the concern during the remainder of his 
life. In politics he was a Republican. He was 
a vestryman of the Episcopal church of Tor- 
rington and instrumental in raising funds and 
building the church. He married, in England, 
Caroline Franklin, born in England in 1816, 
died in Torrington in 1890. Children: i. 
Anna F., born in England, lives in Torring- 
ton ; is unmarried. 2. George D., born in 
England, died in Torrington, in June, 1909; 
was president of the Warrenton Woolen Com- 
pany, formerly the Union Manufacturing 
Company. 3. John, mentioned below. 4. 
James S., born in Torrington, died in 1892 ; 
was secretary of the ^^'arrenton \\'oolen Com- 
pany ; married Maria Clark ; children : Mabel 
Hyde, married Herman S. Lovejoy, superin- 
tendent of schools of Branford, Connecticut, 
and. had one son, Paul Workman Lovejoy; 
Samuel Clark, manager and treasurer of the 
Warrenton Woolen Company, married Mary 
E. Williams. 5. Caroline, living at 'I'orring- 
ton, married Nelson Coe (deceased) ; chil- 
dren : Frank E. Coe, secretary of the \\'ar- 
renton Woolen Company, and Grace Coe Pul- 
ver, M.D., widow of Dr. Pulver. 



( III ) John, son of Samuel ^^'orkman, was 
born at Torrington, January 10. 1838. He at- 
tended the public schools there and the Claver- 
ack Institute. New York. He began his life 
work in the mills of the Union Manufactur- 
ing Company when a young man, and has con- 
tinued with this concern in various positions to 
the present time. He was treasurer of the 
company for seventeen years, and after the 
death of his brother, George D. Workman, 
was elected president, a position he still holds. 
The corporation name was changed in 1895 
to the present name, Warrenton Woolen Com- 
pany. In 1909 the present extensive new mills 
were completed at the upper end of Main 
street, Torrington. The concern employs about 
one hundred and twenty hands. Mr. \\'ork- 
man is also president of the Torrington Elec- 
tric Light Company, and president of the 
Workman-Rawlinson Company, furniture deal- 
ers. He is independent in politics and has 
been tovvn clerk of Torrington. He is a com- 
municant of the Episcopal church and has 
been vestryman, junior and senior warden of 
the church. He married, October 23, 1861, 
Sylvia E., born in Copake, New York, daugh- 
ter of John and Elizabeth (Grant) Ham. Chil- 
dren, born at Torrington : Josephine, born 
March 7, 1865, died March 9, 1907; Jennie, 
September 14. 1866, died May 30, 1888. 



Nathaniel Logan was born in 
LOGAN county Derry, province of Ulster, 
north of Ireland.' The Logan 
family is of ancient Scotch stock. As early 
as 1200 the family was seated in Wigtonshire, 
Ayrshire, Lanarkshire and Edingburgshire. 
The family in Ireland came from Scotland and 
is numerous at the present time in Antrim and 
adjacent counties. Nathaniel Logan came to 
this country about 1850 and died at Pough- 
keepsie. New York, in 1866, aged eighty 
years. He was a drover in the old country, 
but was not in active life after he came to 

America. He married Nancy , who 

was born in Ireland and died in 1869 at 
Poughkeepsie, aged eighty years. Chiklren : 
Jennie, Margaret. James, Ellen : all of whom 
were born in Ireland and came to this country. 
(II) James, son of Nathaniel Logan, was 
born near Belfast, county Derry, Ireland, 
about 1830, died at Poughkeepsie in 1900. He 
received his schooling in Ireland and learned 
the trade of weaving. He located in Pleas- 
ant \'alley, New York, where he owned land 
and followed farming. He married Angelina 
Ilalsted, of Akron. New York, born 1839, died 
1896. daughter of Edwin and Melissa (Mapes) 
Halsted. Children : i. John Henry, mentioned 
below. 2. Thomas. 3. Ida, lives in Stepney, 



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Connecticut: married (first) William Bristol 
and had a daughter Grace; (second) Arthur 
Gilbert. 4. James, died in childhood. 5. Na- 
thaniel, lives in Poughkeepsie, New York ; 
had a son Anthony. 6. Homer, farmer in 
Stepney, Connecticut. 7. Edwin, blacksmith 
in Torrington, Connecticut. 8. Mary, died in 
childhood. 9. Grace, lives in Canada, has a 
son Henry. 

(HI) John Henry, son of James Logan, was 
born at Salisbury, Connecticut, June 27, 1852. 
He attended the public schools in Connecticut 
and New York state. He learned the trade 
of carriage maker at Pleasant \''alley. New 
York. Pie engaged in business on his own 
account in Overlook, New York, from 1876 
to 1900, when he came to Winsted, Connecti- 
cut, where he has a carriage repair shop. He 
has been a successful business man. In poli- 
tics he is a Republican. He has been tax col- 
lector and overseer of the poor in Overlook, 
New York. He married (first), in 1875, Ara- 
bella Peters, of Pleasant \'alley, daughter of 
Smith and Maria Peters. His wife died at 
Overlook. He married (second) in 1889, 
Anna Case, of Winsted. She died in 1901. 
He married (third) Mary Roger, of Canaan, 
Connecticut, daughter of John and Hannah 
Roger. Children of first wife: i. Maud, born 
1877, married John Olson, a farmer at La 
Grange, New York. 2. \\'illiam, born 1879, 
overseer in the silk mill at Winsted : married 
Ella Hobson. 3. James, born 1882, farmer in 
La Grange, New York. Children of third 
wife: 4. Roger, born 1908. 5. John Henry, 
born I\Iay. 1910. 



The Corbins were originally 
CORLIIN French or Norman, and the 

name in France is now spelled 
Corbin, as in America, though in England it 
is spelled generally Corbyn. It is thought that 
the name is derived from the Latin, Corvus, 
meaning raven or crow, as the motto on the 
Corbin coat-of-arms is: "Deus pascit corvos." 
"God feeds the ravens," and the name closely 
resembles corvus, French, corbeau. In Ar- 
thur's "Dictionary of Surnames" it says : 
"Corbin. local : the name of a place in Glen- 
creon, Scotland, signifying a steep hill, from 
the Gaelic Cor-beann or Corbein." The his- 
tory of the Corbins goes back to the time of 
the Norman conquest, 1066, when so many 
Norman families came over to England. "The 
Battle Abbey Roll," published in London in 
1889, gives a list of those who were with \\^il- 
liam the Conqueror and mentions the name 
four times. They were undertenants until 
about the }ear 1154-56, when they gained pos- 
session of large estates through marriage and 



had at least three coats-of-arms. They were 
of Normandy before the eleventh century, and 
there are many in France to-day. There is a 
theory that some of the American Corbins 
were of Huguenot origin. 

(I ) Clement Corbin, immigrant ancestor, 
was born in England in 1626. His exact con- 
nection with the Corbins in England is not 
known, though there is a tradition that he was 
from the west of England and was called a 
"VVelchman." His parents are not definitely 
known, though very likely they were John and 
Margaret Corbin. Pie may have been of 
French Pluguenot origin, as many fled on ac- 
count of persecution, about 1590. He is said 
to have come to America in 1637, when he 
would have been only eleven years old. It is 
more probable that he came over between 
1640 and 1650, during the time of the Puri- 
tan emigration to New England. In 1656 
Clement Corbin bought forty-two acres of 
land at Muddy River in Boston, now Brook- 
line. It joined Roxbury, where Clement and 
his family lived. They belonged to the old 
First Church, of which John Eliot, the ".Apos- 
tle to the Indians," was the pastor. He gave 
ten pounds towards the building of the meet- 
ing house in Roxbury. In 1663 he bought 
more land at Muddy River. His name ap- 
pears on the tax lists at ?\Iuddy River as late 
as December 31, 1691, although he ma}' have 
gone to Woodstock at this time. In 1686 the 
people of Roxbury started a settlement of 
"New Roxbury," now Woodstock, where he 
came in 1687, and was given a grant of land 
on the northwest side of the highway to 
Muddy Brook. He died here August i, 1696, 
and his wife died January 21, 1722, town rec- 
ords, or January 22, 1721, tombstone, aged 
ninety-two. They are both buried in the old 
cemetery at Woodstock Hill, near the south- 
west corner, and their son. Lieutenant Jabez 
Corbin, is also buried there. He made his 
will, February 6, 1695-96, and it was proved 
at Boston. September 7. 1696. 

He married Dorcas Buckminster, or Buck- 
master, March 7, 1655, daughter of Thomas 
and Joanna Buckniaster. She was born in 
1629. Pier father was born in Wales, as well 
as his wife, and he was here in 1640: he was 
made a freeman. May 6, 1646, and died at 
Muddy River, September 30, 1656. Their 
children were all born at Muddy River; the 
first three were baptized at the First Church, 
Boston, April 6, 1662, and the last four are 
recorded in the church records of Roxbury 
by Rev. John Eliot. Children: Thomas, born 
probably about 1656: Mary, doubtless about 
1658; John, doubtless about 1660; James, 
March 31, 1665, mentioned below ; Jabez, bap- 



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tized February 23, 1667-68 ; Dorcas, baptized 
November 13, 1670; Joanna, also called Han- 
nah, baptized February 9, 1672-73, died 1686; 
Margaret, baptized March 21, 1675-76. 

(II) James, son of Clement Corbin, was 
born March 31, 1665, at ^Muddy River. He 
was one of the first settlers of "New Rox- 
bury," now Woodstock, and was one of the 
thirty proprietors in the division of land, April 
6, 1686. His grant was home lot No. 2, 
and consisted of twenty acres on the west side 
of "Plaine Hill," now Woodstock Hill. In 
1690 he received lot No. 32, when his father 
and brother Jabez also received lots. He is 
called a "brick layer" in records. He and his 
brother Jabez were the first traders in the 
colony, and their shop on "Plaine Hill" soon 
had much trade, dealing largely in furs, tur- 
pentine from the forests near by, and produce 
from the planters. They took their supplies 
to Boston, where they exchanged them for 
"liquor, ammunition and other necessaries." 
James Corbin's "cart" from Boston was al- 
ways eagerly looked for, and when in 1700 
Indian troubles arose in Woodstock when he 
was on his way home, there was much fear 
that he would be captured by the enemy. 
When the town people heard on the follow- 
ing Sunday of his safe approach, there was 
much rejoicing. In 1700 he was requested 
not to sell any ammunition to any Indian with- 
out the advice of Captain Sabin or Rev. Mr. 
Dwight. About 1705 he purchased a large 
part of the township of Ashford, and supplied 
the new settlers with supplies, and collected 
large quantities of furs. In 1694 four or five 
acres in front of his place were chosen for a 
training place an<l burial ground. About 1724 
he moved to Dudley, Massachusetts, about 
seven miles from Woodstock, a town which 
was incorporated January i, 1732. and he 
was one of the first selectmen of that year. 
He was moderator of the town meeting from 
1732 to 1736. In 1732 he and his son Clem- 
ent w'ere appointed to lay out- highways, and 
in 1733 to determine the boundaries of the 
town. In 1732 he was on a committee to ar- 
range for the first pastor of Dudley, and in 
1734 to procure a minister, and to buy land 
for a meeting house and parsonage from the 
Indians. He died in Dudley, August 11, 1736. 
and was buried in the old cemetery there, 
where his gravestone still stands. From the 
age given on the stone, he was born in 1662 
instead of 1665. He married Hannah East- 
man, April 7 (or 27), 1697, at Woodstock. 
She was daughter of Philip and Mary (Bar- 
nard-Morse) Eastman, and was born Novem- 
ber 5, 1679, in Haverhill, Massachusetts, died 
July 15. 1752, at the house of her son, Sam- 



uel, who was appointed administrator of her 
estate, August 14, 1752. Children, all born in 
Woodstock: Clement, February 17, 1698; 
Mary, February 5. 1700; James, February 24, 
1702: Dorcas. March 3, 1704; Hannah, March 
24, 1706, died young; Philip, January 5, 1708, 
mentioned below; Stephen, August 5, 1710, 
town records, or November 19, 17 10, family 
records; Elisha, June 30, 1713; Samuel, July 
10, 1715 ; Hannah, September 6, 1717, "died 
December 15, 1718; Hannah or Joanna, Au- 
gust 26, 172 1. 

(III) Philip, son of James Corbin, was 
born January 5, 1708, at Woodstock. He 
bought land, February 13, 1730, at "Keeka- 
moochaug," of W'illiam Dudley. On Alarch 
31, 1776, Joseph Peffer ceded to Clement, 
James and Philip Corbin one acre of ground 
for a burying ground. He held many public 
offices. He was fence viewer, tythingman, 
highway surveyor, and on the committee on 
schools several years. He was constable, east 
side, in 1745, and on the committee to seat 
the meeting house and to repair it. Fie made 
his will in 1774, and the same year deeded 
to his son Jedediah a part of his home farm. 
He married Dorothy Barstow, of Thompson, 
January 13, 1731. Her name is variously 
spelled Barto, Bestaw and Baister. Children : 
Elizabeth, born January 8, 1732 ; Philip. Feb- 
ruary 4, 1734-35; Dorothy. April 12, 1738; 
Lemuel, February 19, 1739-40, mentioned be- 
low ; John, September 17, 1741 ; Lois, March 
20, 1744; W'illiam, March 28, 1746; Jedediah, 
September 13, 175 1 ; Abel, August 18, 1755. 

(IV) Major Lemuel Corbin. son of Philip 
Corbin, was born February 19, 1740. " He 
served actively in the revolution. He was 
in the Lexington Alarm for ten days, was 
sergeant in Captain Nathaniel Healy's com- 
pany. Colonel Holman's regiment, in an alarm 
to Rhode Island, December. 1776, for twenty- 
one daj's, was commissioned lieutenant of 
Captain Elias Pratt's company,- Colonel Hol- 
man's regiment, (fifth W^orcester), September 
25, 1778, and he served several other times 
also. He became major of the militia after 
the revolution, and was captain of the com- 
pany which marched from Dudley to help 
suppress Shay's Rebellion. He held many 
])ublic offices also. He was hogreeve in 1766, 
east end constable in 1768, warden, 1770 and 
1 78 1, highway surveyor for several years, 
tythingman in 1772, collector, 1775 ; was on 
tlie revolutionary committee of correspond- 
ence, 1775-78-79-83-85, school committee for 
three different years, and was selectman in 
1787, He was appointed a guardian under 
the state of the Nipmug Indians. He died 
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Oxford. December 8, 1763, al IJiuUey. She 
was (laughter of Samuel and .Mary Davis, and 
was h(jrn at CXxford. January 10. 1736, died at 
Dudley. April 3, 1820. Children : Philip, born 
September 13, 1764, mentioned below; Dolly, 
February 3, 1767: Lemuel Jr., November 8, 
1769 ; Rebecca, January 24, 1772 ; Josiah, April 
29. 1776, died young: Josiah. September 24, 
1778: Sylvia, January 31, 1781, or 1782. 

(\') Philii) (2), son of \lajor Lemuel Cor- 
bin, was born Sejitember 13, 1764, at Dudley, 
died J\Iay 2, 1845. He moved to Union in 
1793, settled in the southern part of the town, 
and built his home in 1797. He was a farmer 
and owned much land. He manufactured 
potash in large quantities, which he sold in 
Norwich. He was a man of great influence 
both in public offices and in the church. He 
was selectman several years, and represented 
the town in the legislature in 1814-15. He 
was one of the building committee of the pres- 
ent meeting house of Union. He married 
Rhoby Heaiy, of Dudley, November 26. 1789; 
she died June 13. 1840. Children: Samuel, 
born at Dudley, l-'ebruary 11, 1792: Polly, at 
L'nion, May 28, 1795: Philip, April 4, 1797, 
mentioned below : Healy, June 8, 1799 ; -Au- 
gustus, September iS. 1801 : Hermon, Mav 20, 
1806. 

(\'l) Philip (3). son of Philip (2) Corbin, 
was born at LTnion. Connecticut, April 4, 
1797, died July 24, i88i. He moved from 
Union to Willington, and later, in 1833, to 
West Hartford. He w'as a thrifty and success- 
ful farmer. He was a captain of the militia. 
He married, November 29. 1820. Lois Chaffee, 
of -Vshford : she died September 9, 1872. 
Children : Hezekiah H.. born at Union. No- 
vember 29. 1821 : Waldo, in Union, January 
26, 1823: Philip, in Willington, October 26. 
1824, mentioned below : Lois, in Willington, 
October 5. 1826: Frank, in Willington, Jan- 
uary 26, 1828: Angerona or .Ann, in Willing- 
ton, January 22, 1830: William, in Willing- 
ton, September 29, 183 1 ; Andrew\ in West 
Hartford, June 10. 1833: George S., in West 
FTartford, June 27, 1836: Elbert A., in West 
Hartford, October 17, 1843. 

(X'H) Hon. Philip (4) Corbin. son of Philip 
(3) Corbin, was born at Willington, October 
26, 1824. He went with his father to West 
Hartford, where he settled on a farm. The 
training of the farm developed in Philip and 
his brothers wonderful physical strength, as 
well as good habits. Fie attended the district 
schools, and had a term and a half at the 
\\'est Hartford .Academy, and took up farm 
work at the age of fifteen. .After helping his 
father in the support of the family until nine- 
teen years old, he left farm work, and turned 



to mechanical work. In March, 1844, he went 
to .\'ew IJritain, Connecticut, and began work 
with JMatteson, Russell & Company. Later he 
worked in the lock shop of North & Stanley. 
Fie had not been employed in this business a 
year before he felt able to bid for a contract 
on his own account. .As this turned out satis- 
factorily, he took his brother Frank into part- 
nership, and took another contract. In 1849, 
P. & F. Corbin, in partnershi]) with Edward 
Doen, as Doen, Corbin & Company, built a 
small shop, installed machinery, and using 
horse-power, started as manufacturers with a 
capital of less than a thousand dollars. They 
began by making articles in competition with 
European firms, such as ox-balls, for tippmg 
horns of cattle, window-springs, lamp-hooks, 
etc. The success of this enterprise came so 
.soon that they soon drew their three younger 
brothers into the business, and let them in 
turn share in the management. In 1853 the 
firm was reorganized as a joint stock com- 
pany, the name "P. & F. Corbin" being kept. 
'1 hey began to manufacture certain kinds of 
bolts, hinges, locks, latches and general build- 
ers' hardware. .At first the goods were very 
simple, but they soon began to turn out more 
ornamental goods than any manufacturer then 
made. They were the first company to use the 
bronzing process patented by Hiram Tucker, 
of Boston. They have supplied bronze hard- 
ware for the state, war and navy buildings at 
Washington, D. C, the post office and sub- 
treasury at Boston, and many other public 
buildings, as w'ell as a great many office and 
business structures, including large banks and 
insurance buildings, and the fine state capitol 
at Hartford. When they began they had one 
W'Orkman in their employ, and now for many 
years they have had upwards of two thousand 
five hundred, including a large corps of in- 
ventors, artists, designers and pattern-makers. 
The main offices are at New Britain. Many 
large buildings make up the w^orks, and they 
cover several acres. There are also stores 
WMth the firm's products at New York City, 
Chicago and Philadelphia, and their catalogue 
is comprised of one thousand three hundred 
pages. In 1882 the Corbin Cabinet Lock 
Company w-as organized for the manufacture 
of cabinet locks, cabinet and miscellaneous 
hardw-are. Air. Philip Corbin was presidentf 
and treasurer of this business. He had been 
the ])rime factor from the beginning of the 
business in its devcloj^ment. and controlled it 
with keen foresight, vigor and wisdom. He 
was a man of rugged health and quick men- 
tal faculties, in spite of his years. He was 
]iresidenl of the New Britain Machine 
Comuanv. ni addition to his manv other duties. 



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'I'he Corbin Screw Corporation is another off- 
spring of the great Corbin enterprises, and 
was formed by a union of the Russell & Er- 
win Company and the P. & F. Corbin Com- 
pany. He had held public offices also. He 
served as warden of the borough before its 
incorporation, and as a member of the com- 
mon council later. He was water commis- 
sioner of the city for many years, and 
he supervised much of the addition of 
the city water works. His knowledge 
and skill in mechanical matters were of 
great service to him in public life. In 1888 
he was elected state senator, and he proved 
himself one of the most conscientious and in- 
dustrious members of the legislature. He was 
a man of remarkable sincerity, simplicity and 
frankness, with a natural ability which im- 
presses the observer at once. His simplicity 
of life and speech, his sincere cordiality and 
democratic style did not fail to attract to him 
those who met him. He died November 3, 
1910. 

Mr. Corbin married Francina T. Whiting, 
of New Britain, June 21, 1848. She was born 
September 3, 1827, daughter of Henry W. 
Whiting. Children: i. Charles Frank, born 
September 26, 1855, married Lillian Ursula 
Blakeslee, October 18, 1882 ; she was Tjorn 
April 7, 1864 : children : Minnie, born Sep- 
tember 25, 1883: Philip, November 24, 1884. 
2. Nellie Louise, adopted, born July 8, 1867, 
married William Beers, of New Britain, Octo- 
ber 26, 1892 : child, Francina Corbin Beers, 
born March 12, 1897. 



George Bader was born in Ger- 
BADER many, in 1786, died there in 1859. 
He was a farmer, raising grapes 
for wine, also a dealer in wine. 

(II) Gregory, son of George Bader, was 
born in Bartonheim, Germany. 181 1, died there 
1863. He was also a farmer and wine dealer. 
He married Ursula Schwab, "born at Neuweg, 
Germany, 1818, died in Germany, 1871. Chil- 
dren : Ursula. Gregory, and Carl. 

(III) Carl, son of Gregory Bader, was 
born in Bartonheim. Alsace-Lorraine, former- 
ly in Germany, now belonging to France, Oc- 
tober 29, 1853. He was educated in the 
schools of his native place, and worked on his 
father's farm until he was sixteen years old, 
when he left home to learn the trade of 
butcher. He worked in various places in Ger- 
many, Switzerland and France. In 1881 he 
came to this country, landing at New York, 
and locating, a few days later, at Washington, 
Connecticut, where he has since lived. After 
a year in the employ of Baker & Brinsmade, 
in Washington, he worked for Mr. Watts for 



ten years. He then engaged in the refriger- 
ating business as junior partner in the firm of 
Bradley & Bader. The firm was dissolved 
after five years, and since 1897 Mr. Bader has 
conducted the business under his own name. 
He has one of the largest and best refrigerat- 
ing plants in the state and one of the best 
markets for his product. He also owns and 
manages the hotel at Washington. He owns 
the business block in which his place of busi- 
ness is located, and several tenement houses. 
He conducts a garage for automobiles, an ice 
business, and owns farms and timber lands in 
this section. In religion he is a Roman Cath- 
olic, in politics a Republican. He married, in 
Germany, August, 1878, Alary, born July 20, 
1856, in I\Iuckenhorn, Bretnan, Schwarzwald, 
Germany, daughter of Matthias and Julianna 
Pefferle. Children : Carl Leopold, born in 
Switzerland. December 11, 188 1 ; William 
James, Washington, February 15, 1883: Jo- 
seph G., November i, 1885; George B., July 
13, 1895; Goodrich V.. March 13, 1900. 



Francis Baker, known as Francis 
BAKER Baker of Boston, was born in 

England, in 161 1; and was re- 
ported as a tailor at St. Albans, Hertfordshire. 
He came from that place to America on the 
ship "Planter," arriving at Boston, where he 
settled in 1635. Nothing definite is known of 
his parents, but it is reported in the Colonial 
records that he was thought to be a brother of 
Nicholas and Nathaniel Baker. It is possible 
that he was a son of John and Margery 
Madestard Baker, of Hertfordshire, England, 
who had several children, among whom were: 
Nicholas, died November 14, 1632, married 
I\Iary Hodgetts; John; William; and four 
daughters. Francis Baker was married in 
1 64 1 to Isabelle, daughter of William Twin- 
ing, and removed to Yarmouth, Barnstable 
county, Massachusetts, where he was reported 
as a "cooper"' in that year. He died at Yar- 
mouth in 1696, and his wife died [May 16, 
1706. Francis Baker had six sons and two 
daughters. In his will of March 4, 1693, he 
mentions all of his children except Samuel, 
leaving it to be supposed that they were (ex- 
cept Samuel) all alive at that date. Children: 
Nathaniel ; John ; Samuel ; Daniel ; William ; 
Thomas, mentioned below : Elizabeth ; Hannah. 

(II) Thomas, son of Francis Baker, mar- 
ried Bathsheba . Children : Mary, 

Thomas, mentioned below. 

(III) Thomas (2), son of Thomas (i) 
Baker, was born March 4, 1703. He married 

Abigail . Children : Samuel : .\bigail ; 

Elijah; Mary; Thomas; Simeon; Anthony, 
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(1\) Anthony, son of Thomas (2) Baker, 
was born in 1736. The first record of him 
was at about the time of tlie revolution, when 
he came from Cape Cod, Massachusetts, to 
Bridgeport, Connecticut, where his son Scott 
was born. With liim was his brother Simeon, 
who was a royahst. The brothers so much 
resembled each other that Scott was often 
taken for Simeort, and on account of the dan- 
ger to his life Anthony and his family, with 
tlie exception of Scott., removed to what is 
now the province of New Brunswick, where 
he was granted lands at Kingston, Northam])- 
ton parish, and Prince William, on the St. 
John-s river. He removed to the city of St. 
John in 1804, where he died ]irobably about 
1817. Anthony Baker had three wives, the 
name of the first being unknown. She was 
the mother of Jesse, born 1753. The second 
wife was ^lary Kelly, an Irisli Quaker from 
Ireland and mother of: Hannah; Scott, men- 
tioned below : Anthony ; Simeon ; and George. 
She died at Northamjiton parish in 1792. The 

third wife was Abigail and wa.s the 

mother of his other eight children : Jonathan ; 
Benjamin : Parker ; Samuel ; .\my ; Abigail ; 
Lizzie ; and Sarah. 

(X) Scott, son of Anthony I'.aker, was born 
in Bridgeport, Connecticut, in 1772. lie 
learned tlic tanner's trade, and later became a 
.Methodist minister. In 1810 he removed to 
Litclifield county, where he took up land near 
what is now the village of Bakersville, named 
after him. Here he was reported as a tanner 
and shoemaker. He died September 19. 1852. 
lie married (first) in 1790, Sarah Loveland, 
daughter of Asa Loveland, of Glastonbury, 
Connecticut, a soldier in the revolutionary 
war. died while in .service, at Roxbury, Massa- 
cliusetts, October 24, 1775. She died at 
liridgeport in 1795. She was the mother of 
his sons: .\sa, mentioned below: and Jesse. 
His second wife was Mary Beach: children: 
Beach : Levi : Anthony : Hannah : Sarah : F. 
Garrctson ; Mary. 

(\T) Asa, son of Scott Baker, was born at 
Bridgeport, Connecticut, in J 791. At the age 
iif eighteen he removed witli his father to 
Litchfield county, wlierc he became a farmer. 
He married at South Salem, New York, Oc- 
tober 14. 1813, Deborah Keeler, who was born 
there in December, 1789, and who died at New 
Hartford, Connecticut, December 24, 1871, at 
the age of eighty-two. In 1817 Asa Baker was 
living in New Hartford, Init previous to 
March. 1819, he moved to Granville, Massa- 
chusetts, where his last three children were 
born, and where he died September 30, 1833. 
tTii'ldreii : William S. ; Sarah: John, men- 
tinned below: Scott: Charles; Emilv. 



(\II) John 1-letciier. son of .\sa Baker, 
was born at New Hartford, Connecticut, Oc- 
tober, 1817. .\t an early age he removed to 
Winsted, Connecticut, where he was a shoe- 
makes and carpenter. On April 18, 1847, he 
married, at Salisbury, Connecticut, Clarissa 
Benjamin, daughter of Orange Benjamin (see 
Benjamin \TI1), of Sheffield, .Massachusetts, 
where slie was born July 29, 1824. She died 
at New Haven, Connecticut, October 16, 1890. 
He died at Bristol, Connecticut, March 11, 
1895. Children: Emerson ; Emma ; Ellis Ben- 
jamin, mentioned below. 

(\TH) Ellis Benjamin, son of John Fletch- 
er Baker, was born at \\'insted. Litchfield 
county, Connecticut, September 24, 1854. His 
first employment was in the office of the IVin- 
sted Herald, where he acquired a knowledge 
of the printer's trade. For three years he was 
employed in the general store of Beardsley & 
Alvord, at West Winsted. In 1872 he re- 
moved to Meriden, Connecticut, where he was 
connected with the Edward Miller Company 
as paymaster and telegraph operator on the 
firm's New York office wire. 

Early in 1878 he introduced the first tele- 
phone into Meriden and on January 31 of that 
year he built the Meriden telephone exchange, 
which is said to have been the second commer- 
cial exchange in the world. In 1881, upon the 
consolidation of the Bell and W'estern Union 
interests, he was made general superintendent 
of The Connecticut Telephone Company, 
which afterwards became The Southern New 
England Telephone Company, with headquar- 
ters at New Haven, which position he held for 
over twenty years, all of their exchanges and 
toll lines having been built and operated under 
his supervision during that time. He was also 
superintendent of The Connecticut Telegraph 
Company, and for a number of years the 
superintendent of Fire .\larm Telegraph at 
Meriden. In 1906 he again entered the tele- 
phone field, since which time he has been the 
general manager of the Minnesota Central 
Telephone Company, having exchanges and 
toll lines in twent\-three counties in that state. 
He now resides at [Minneapolis. Mr. Baker is 
a thirty-second degree Mason, a Knight Tem- 
plar and a Shriner. He is also an Odd Fel- 
low and an Elk, and a member of the Con- 
necticut Society sons of the .\merican Revo- 
lution, and of the Second Company, Gov- 
ernor's Foot Guard of Connecticut, being 
now on the retired staff with rank of captain. 

On September 21, 1876, he married, at Meri- 
den, Connecticut, Mary Gorham, daughter of 
Daniel C. Frost of that place. She was born 
at Bristol, Connecticut. November 11, 1856. 
Children: Ellis Benjamin Jr.. mentioned be- 



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low ; and Carroll Frost, who died at Las 
Vegas, New Mexico, September 19, 1905. 

(IX) Ellis Benjamin Jr., son of Ellis Ben- 
jamin Baker, was born at Meriden, Connecti- 
cut, July 24, 1877. He removed to New 
Haven with his father in 1882. Since grad- 
uating from the New Haven High School he 
has been connected with The Southern New 
England Telephone Company, and is now a 
special agent with headcjuarters at New Haven. 
He is a member of Trumbull Lodge, No. 22, 
Free and Accepted Alasons, and is an Inde- 
pendent in politics. He has been a member of 
New Haven's famous "New Haven Grays," 
Company F, Second Infantry, Connecticut 
National Guard, for ten years and is one of its 
non-commissioned officers, a sergeant. He 
married, on November 28, 1900, Ruth Young, 
daughter of Rev. Isaac C. Meserve, D.D., for 
twenty years pastor of the Davenport Congre- 
gational Church of New Haven. She was 
born February 13, 1878. Her mother's name 
before marriage was Annie Brigham. Chil- 
dren : Albert Storrs, born November 6, 1902 ; 
Carol Louise, born August 16, 1904; ]Mar- 
shall Ellis, born September i, 1906; and Ellis 
Benjamin third, born October 25, 1908. 

(The Benjamin Line). 
(I) Jphn Benjamin, the first of that name 
in America, was born in 1598, and came from 
England to Boston in the ship "Lion," Captain 
Mason, September 16, 1632, with his wife, 
Abigail Eddy, two children and brother Rich- 
ard. Richard Benjamin removed to Southold, 
Long Island, in 1663, with his wife Ann 
and daughter Ann, who was born Septemljer 
I, 1643. I" 1664 he was made a Connecticut 
freeman, and his descendants at the present 
time are influential in politics in Queen's 
county, New York. John and Abigail Benja- 
min and their children, John and Abigail, soon 
moved to Cambridge, where they owned con- 
siderable real estate. He was made a freeman 
November 6, 1632, and was appointed con- 
stable by the general court on J\Iay 20, 1633. 
In 1636 he removed to Watertown, where he 
died June 14, 1645, 't is supposed at an ad- 
vanced age, as he was excused from military 
duty eleven years before. His will is ab- 
stracted in the general register (vol. Ill, p. 
177). Abigail, his wife, died May 20, 1687, 
at the age of eighty-seven. The history of 
Stratford, Connecticut, says of him : "John 
Benjamin, Esquire, Gentleman, was the first of 
that name who came to this country. His an- 
cestors were Welsh, and were among the first 
of the landed gentry of England. He came in 
company with Governor \\'inthrop to the ]\Ias- 
sachusetts colonv, and settled in Watertown, 



adjoining the present Cambridge, where he 
died in 1645. His house, accidentally de- 
stroyed by fire, was unsurpassed in elegance 
and comfort by any in the vicinity. It was a 
mansion of intelligence, refinement, religion 
and hospitality, visited by the clergy of all 
denominations from far and near." 

Children : John, born about 1620, died De- 
cember 22, 1706; Abigail, born about 1624; 
Samuel, born about 1628, died 1669 ; Mary, 
died April 10, 1646 : Joseph, born September 
16, 1633, mentioned below ; Joshua, born about 
1642, died 1684; Caleb, died 1684; Abel. 

(II) Joseph, son of John Benjamin, was 
born at Cambridge, September 16, 1633,' ''"d 
married (first), June 10, 1661," at Barnstable, 
Jemima, daughter of Thomas Lambert. She 
died there and he removed to Yarmouth, where 
he married (second), previous to December 7, 
1668, Sarah Clark. He removed to New Lon- 
don, Connecticut, where he died in 1704. Chil- 
dren : Abigail ; Hannah, born February, 1668- 
69; ^lary, April, 1670: Joseph, 1673, men- 
tioned below; Mercy, March 12. 1674-75; 
Elizabeth, January 14, 1680-81 ; John, 1682, 
died August 2, 1716; Jemima; Sarah; Kesia. 

(III) Joseph (2), son of Joseph (i) Ben- 
jamin, was born at Yarmouth, Massachusetts, 
or New London, Connecticut, about 1673, and 
married. August 25, 1698, Elizabeth Cook. 
Children: Obed, born August 15, 1701 ; Eliza- 
beth, November, 1703 ; Joseph, 1705, men- 
tioned below ; Sarah, January 17, 1707; Grace, 
Januarv 10, 1709-10; Jedediah, July 15, 1711; 
Daniel, September 7, 17 14; John; Abiel, born 
December 17, 17 16. 

(IV) Joseph (3), son of Joseph (2) Benja- 
min, was born at Preston, Connecticut, 1705, 
and married, at Preston. April 3, 1722, Deb- 
orah Clark. She died at Mount Washington 
or Egremont, Massachusetts, at the home of 
her son Nathan. He died about 1803. Chil- 
dren: Joseph, born December 17, 1723, men- 
tioned below; Elizabeth, June 8, 1725; James, 
April 3, 1727; Barzillai, Alarch 28, 1730-31; 
Deborah, March 28, 1732-33 ; Josiah, born 
March 13, 1734-35: Nathan, April 19, 1737; 
Mary, June 22, 1739; Isaac, April 15, 1742. 

(V) Joseph (4), son of Joseph (3) Benja- 
min, was born at Preston, December 17, 1723, 
and married, at Preston, Abigail Dibble. He 
settled at Hampton, Connecticut. Some of his 
children removed to Mount W^ashington, Mas- 
sachusetts. Children, the last four baptized at 
Hampton. September 3, 1758: William, born 
June 18, 1748; Samuel, December, 1749; 
"Peleg, March 5, 1752; Judah. July 8, 1755, 
mentioned below ; jilary, about 1757. 

(Yl) Judah, son of Joseph (4) Benjamin, 
was born at Hampton, July 8, 1755, and re- 



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moved to IMoiint Washington, .Massachusetts, 
about 1760, with his l)ruthers WilHaiii, Sam- 
uel and Peleg, and his sister Mary. He served 
as a private in the Connecticut mihtia in the 
revohition from July 10, 1778, to July 14, 
1779. From "Connecticut Men in the Revo- 
lution" the following record of his service is 
obtained : "Judah llcnjamin. a private, en- 
listed July 10, 1778. term of service one year; 
from town of .Milford ; occupation, shoemaker ; 
stature, 5 feet 7 in. ; complexion, dark : eyes, 
grey ; hair, dark ; discharged in 5th Troop, 
Col. Elisha Sheldon's Light Dragoons, 1777- 
83." Its field of service during war was gen- 
erally the east ^ide of the Hudson, along the 
Westchester front. Occasionally its compan- 
ies served at different jjoints. In the spring 
of 1777 Major Tallmadge joined Washington 
in New Jersey with two troo])s and fought at 
CJermanlown, October 4th. .At the same time. 
Captain Seymour with his troops was serving 
under Gates against l!urgo\ne. The other 
troops were uniler Putnam's comiuand at 
I'eekskill. In the spring of 1778 the regi- 
ment was on the Hudson, and in the fall 
formed part of GeiT. Charles Scott's Light 
Corps, on the lines in Winchester. Also : 
"Judah Benjamin ; a private in Captain Caleb 
Mix's compan\'. Arrived in camp July 17, 
1778, in Colonel Moseley's regiment." His 
name appears in the same book as a Connec- 
ticut pensioner. Act of 1818, and as residing 
in New York. In 1819 he lived in Hamilton. 
.Madison county. New York. He married 
about 1732 and had at least two children. He 
died -August 16, 1834. at Pike township, Brad- 
ford county, Pennsylvania, leaving a widow 
Sarah, who may have been his second wife. 
Children: Orange, mentioned iiclow : Laxinia, 
married Wooden. 

(\'II) Orange, son of Judah i'.cnjamin. was 
born at Moimt Washington, Januar\- 2h, 1784. 
and married at Sheffield. .Massachusetts. .Marcli 
10. 181 1, Clarissa Thor]x She died at Brook- 
lyn, New York, .August i. 1852. He died at 
Dover. New York, October 5, 1846. Chil- 
dren: Joseph Seymouth, born December 3, 
181 1, died June 20, 1S70; Hiram, born July 
2Ct. 1813. died November 11, 1859; Mary, born 
July 15, 1815: Laura, born June 4, 1817, died 
June 20, 1859: Harriet Whipple, born July 8, 
1819: died July 20, 1834; Jane, born July 20, 
1822 : Clarissa, mentioned below ; Orange, horn 
March 8. 1828. died November 3. 1900; John 
Peck, born October 10, 1830, died November 
4, 190S: Richard Ciraham. boin December 14, 
1833- ' 

(\'III) Clarissa, daughter of Orange Ben- 
iamin. was born July 29, 1824: died at New 
Haven, October 16, 1890: married, in Salis- 



bury, Connecticut, April 18, 1847. John F. 
Baker (see Baker \TI). 



(HI) John Judson, son of Lieu- 

JL'DS(3N tenant Joseph Judson (cj. v.), 
was born December 10, 1647, 
died January 12, 1709. He was one of the 
original signers of the "Fundamental .Articles" 
for the settleincnt of Woodbury, in ir)72, and 
went there in the first company. He married 
(first) Elizabeth Chapman, of Stamford, 
.March 12. 1673-74. He married (second) 

Hannah , who died July 23, 1698. He 

married (third), July 5, 1699, Mrs. Mary Or- 
ton, of Earmington. He died January 12, 
1709-10. Children: John, born March 12, 
1675; Joshua, July 23, 1677; Joseph. Octo- 
ber 24, 1679 ; Chapman, baptized December, 
1681, died May 8, 1700: Jonathan, baptized 
December, 1682 ; Jonathan, baptized Decem- 
ber, 1684: Martha, baptized December, 1686; 
Eliphalet, baptized F'ebruary. 1688-89: Eph- 
raim, baptized September, 1694; children of 
third wife: Isaac, June 3, 1700, mentioned be- 
low; Daniel, February 6, 1701-02; Mary, .April 
II, 1703-04. 

(R) Isaac, son of John Judson, was born 
June 3, 1700, died ^Nlay 14, 1789. He married 
(first), November 29, 1727. Elizabeth Haw- 
ley, who died July 12, 173 1, aged twenty-five. 
He married (second), November 22, 1731, 
Widow Rebecca Hollister. Children : James, 
baptized October 20. 1728; Hannah, February 
24. 1730; Isaac. July 5, 1731. mentioned be- 
low; Elizabeth. September 13, 1732; Benja- 
min, February 17, 1735 : Timothy, April 22, 
1737; Rebecca, married Hezekiah Thompson, 
October i, 1761 ; Olive, September 2, 1745. 

(V) Isaac (2), son of Isaac (i) Judson, 
was born July 5, 1731, died December 7, 1787. 
at Woodbury. He married Alary, daughter 
i5f Elisha Stoddard. Children, born at Wood- 
bury : Solomon, removed to Greenville, New 
York: Eunice, baptized October 6, 1754; 
Elizabeth, baptized September 12, 1756, mar- 
ried Ira Smith ; Mehitable, baptized January 
21, 1759; Mary, baptized November 9, 1760, 
married Noah Bassett ; Abner, baptized .April 
14, 1765. lived at Greenville; Rebecca, bap- 
tized December 13, 1767; .Agur, mentioned be- 
low : Matthew, baptized Alay 10, 1772 ; Josiah. 

(\ I) Agur. son of Isaac (2) Judson. was 
born at W'oodbury and baptized there January 

3. 1770. He married Long, a very 

bright and interesting woman. He and his 
brother Alatthew inherited a farm in the north 
part of W^oodbury. now Bethlehem. Connecti- 
cut. .Among his children was William, men- 
tioned below. 

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born in Woodbury in 1804. He was a farmer 
and shoemaker in Bethlehem. He married 
Emeline Eliza Crane. Children, born at Beth- 
lehem : William Le Grande, mentioned below ; 
Evelina, married Philo Isbell, of Woodbury, 
and moved to Placerville, county seat of El 
Dorado county, California, where she is now 
living, he died there in 1909; Esther: Francis 
E., resides at 2489 West Fifteenth street, Los 
Angeles, California : Henry P. ; Grace. 

(Vni ) William Le Grande, son of William 
Judson, was born in Bethlehem, Connecticut, 
about 1825, died in Central America in 1865. 
He received a common school education, sup- 
plemented by much private study. He taught 
school for a time and was an expert and noted 
mathematician. He made a special study of 
astronomy and gave lectures on that subject. 
He removed to Elvaston, Hancock county, Il- 
linois, where he followed farming for a time. 
He went to California with the gold-seekers 
in 1849. He lived for some years at Bridge- 
port, Connecticut, where he was a bookkeeper. 
He became captain of one of Commodore Van- 
derbilt's vessels engaged in the coast trade 
and died on one of his voyages to Central 
America. He married Ruth Morris, of Strat- 
ford, Connecticut, born about 1823, died in 
1907, daughter of Judson and Jerusha ( Hotch- 
kiss) Morris. His widow married (second) 
Lemuel B. Sherman. Children of William L. 
Judson : Emma, William Le Grande, men- 
tioned below. 

(IX) William Le Grande (2), son of Wil- 
liam LeGrande ( i ) Judson, was born at El- 
vaston, Hancock county, Illinois, May 24, 
1858. He attended the public schools of Mar- 
shall. Michigan. When he was eighteen years 
old he entered the employ of Craiie & Hurd, 
owners of a flour mill at Alarshall, but after 
two years with that firm located in Monroe, 
Connecticut, where he followed farming for 
three years. He then was employed for a 
year by the firm of Smith & Egge in the man- 
ufacture of locks at Bridgeport, and for an- 
other year by the Wheeler & Wilson Sewing 
Machine Company of Bridgeport. Returning 
to Bethlehem, he entered partnership with his 
uncle, Francis E. Judson, under the firm name 
of Judson, Dodge & Company, general mer- 
chants, and the firm continued for eight years. 
He then engaged in the hardware business at 
Torrington, Connecticut, under the firm name 
of Judson & Company. At the end of two 
years and a half he sold this business and be- 
came a bookkeeper and salesman for a hard- 
ware concern at Southbridge, Massachusetts. 
In 1893 he came to Woodbury and since then 
lias been manager of the Woodburv Drug 
Company. He is a director of the Woodbury 



Savings Bank and of the Woodbury Electric 
Light and Power Company. In politics he is 
a Republican. He was town clerk of Bethle- 
hem for two years, postmaster there in 1883, 
and in 1897 was appointed postmaster of 
Woodbury and has held that office since. 
Since he has had charge of the Woodbury 
office it has been raised by an increase of busi- 
ness from fourth to third class. He is a mem- 
ber of King Solomon Lodge, Free and Ac- 
cepted Masons, of Woodbury. 

He married, September 15, 1880, Edith F. 
Purdy, of Brooklyn, New York, daughter of 
Abraham and Emeline (Pinckney) Purdy. 
Children: i. Grace E., born January 19, 1882; 
married Dr. Howard S. Allen, M.D., of Wood- 
bury. 2. Robert O., born November 14, 1884; 
associated with his father in the Woodbury 
Drug Company : member of King Solomon 
Lodge, Free and Accepted Masons, of which 
he has been secretary ; of Newton Chapter, 
No. I, Royal Arch Masons. He is a graduate 
of the public schools and of the New York 
College of Pharmacy ; married. May 7, 1908, 
Julia B. Cameron, of Norwalk, daughter of 

Ariel and ( Wis wall)' Cameron : child, 

Myra Elizabeth, born July 2, 1909. 



This family is of English origin, 
LOOAIIS and for a long period the prin- 
cipal home of the family has 
been in the vicinity of Derbyshire. For 
more than a century the name has been 
spelled Lomas in England, but earlier Lum- 
mas, Lommas or Lomes were used. Other 
variations are Lomys, Lomis. Lomas, while 
the American spelling is generally Loomis. 
The Lomas coat-of-arms is : Argent between 
two palets, gules three fieurs de lis in pale 
sable a chief azure. Crest : On a chapean a 
pelican vulning herself proper, 
(/fl ) Joseph Loomis, immigrant ancestor, was 
probably born about 1590. He was a woolen 
draper in Braintree, county Essex, England, 
and sailed from London, April 11, 1638, in the 
ship "Susan and Ellen,"' arriving at Boston, 
July 17, 1638. He settled at \\'indsor, Con- 
necticut, and February 2, 1640. was granted 
twenty-one acres of land adjoining the Farm- 
ington river, on the west side of the Connecti- 
cut, by purchase and grant. He is supposed 
to have come to Windsor in company with 
Rev. Ephraim Fluet, who arrived there .\ugust 
17, 1639. Joseph Loomis brought with him 
five sons and three daughters. His house was 
near the mouth of Farmington river, on what 
was known as the island, because at every 
freshet it became temporarily one. His wife 
died August 23, 1652. and he died November 
25. 1653. Children: i. Joseph, born in Eng- 




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land about 1616; married (first) Sarali Hill; 
(second) Alary Chauiicey: died June 28. 16S7. 
2. Daughter, married, 1641, Captain Nicholas 
Olnistead. 3. Elizabetb. married. May 20, 
1641, Josiah_ f-Iyll. 4- Deacon John, born 
1622 in England, mentioned below. 5. Thom- 
as, born in England; married (first), Novem- 
ber I, 1663. Hannah Fo.x ; (second) Mary 
Judd. 6. Natlianiel. 7. Mary, married John 
Skinner and Owen Tudor. 8. Samuel, mar- 
ried Elizabeth Judd. 

(11) John, son of Joseph Loomis, was born 
in England in 1622. died September i, 1688. 
and is buried at Windsor, Connecticut. He 
was in Windsor before 1640. and was ad- 
mitted to the church there October 11, 1640. 
He married, February 3. 1648. Elizabeth, 
daughter of Thomas Scott, of Hartford. He 
had a grant of forty acres at the plantation in 
Windsor. May 3. 1642. From 1652 to 1660 
he lived at b'armington and then returned to 
Windsor. He was deacon of the \^'indsor 
church, and deputy from Windsor to the gen- 
eral court, 1666-67-75-87. His will is signed 
ii John Loomys, dated .\ugust 27, 1688. He 
" owned land on both sides of the river. Chil- 
t dren: Deacon John, born November 9, 1649; 
Deacon Joseph, November 7. 165 1 ; Thomas. 
December 3. 1653, mentioned below: Samuel, 
June 29, 1655 ; Sergeant Daniel, June 16, 1657 ; 
James, September 19, 1659; Mr. Timothy, 
July 27, 1661 ; En.sign Nathaniel, July 8, 1663 ; 
David. .August 12, 1666; Isaac, August 31, 
1668; Elizabeth, May 8, 1671 ; Mary. Au- 
gust 7. 1672. 

(Ill I Thomas, son of John Loomis, was 
born December 3, 1653. died 1688. He was 
a farmer at Hatfield. He married Sarah, sis- 
ter of Captain David \Miite. Children, born 
at Hatfield : Ensign John, mentioned below ; 
Thomas, born April 20. 1684. 

(IV) Ensign John, son of Thomas Loomis. 
was born at Hatfield, January i, 1681, died 
in 1755. He lived at Windsor and Lebanon, 
Connecticut. He married (first) October 30, 
1706, Martha Osborn, born April 10, 1687. 
He married (second) September 30. 1725, 
Ann Lyman. Children ; John, born Septem- 
ber 24. 1709; Martha. October 4, 1712; Israel, 
mentioned below; Timothy, August 24, 1718; 
Jonathan. August 13, 1722 ; Sarah, June 14, 
1726; Ann, June 12, 1727. 

(V) Israel, son of Ensign John Loomis. 
was born September 29. 1715. Fie lived at Le- 
banon and Coventry. Connecticut. He mar- 
ried (first) December 15. 1737. Esther Hunt, 
who died February 16. 1743. He married 
(second), in September. 1743, Mary Holbrook. 
widow, who died April. 1745. He married 
(third), April 8, 1747, Mary Marsh, who died 



October 18, 1795. He died October 2. i8oi. 
Children of first wife; John, born Seistember 
3- ^7^^- IJ^'iiel. mentioned below; Israel, Jan- 
uary 22, 1742. Child of second wife: Esther. 
January 2, 1745. Children of tliir<l wife; 
Mary, .Vugust 19. 1749; John, .August 19, 
1749; Rhoda, June 14, 1753; Jacob, Januarv 
14. 1755; Isaiah, August 3, 1758; Simon, Au- 
gust 24, 1760. 

(\I) Daniel, son of Israel Loomis, was 
born December 31, 1739, died December 13, 
1807. He lived at Lebanon and Coventry. 
Several of the name from this county appear 
in the revolutionary rolls and it is believed 
that he was in the service. He married, June 
19, 1762, Mary Sprague, who died April 2. 
1806. Children, born at Coventry (from town 
records): Esther, born July 3, 1763; Daniel, 
March 9, 1765; Zenas, June 15, 1767: Mary, 
September 22, 1769; Gamaliel, November 20, 
1771 ; Dr. Silas, December 19, 1773, settled at 
Otisville, New York ; Faith, February 23. 
1776; Pamela, March 12, 1778; Walter, men- 
tioned below; Lydia, October 4, 1782; Selah, 
April 23, 1785. ■ 

(VTI) Walter, son of Daniel Loomis, was 
born at Coventry, May 6, 1780, died January 
6, 1841. His fine tenor voice was famed far 
and wide. He was educated in the district 
school and had a large farm and brick kiln at 
North Coventry. He was a builder and con- 
tractor and built many bridges in his day. He 
built several large bridges for the government 
in the Cumberland Vallev near ^^'ashington. 
He married. March 5. 1806. Diantha Babcnck. 
Children, born at North Coventry: i. Caro- 
line, born October 16. 1808; married, January 
II, 1832, Reuben A. Chapman. 2. Sophronia. 
September 10, 1810: married, September 16, 
1832, Andrew T. Gilmor, of Fayetteville. New 
York. 3. Marivia. September 18. 1812; mar- 
ried, January 25, 183S. Eleazer H. Hunt, of 
North Coventry. 4. Lydia, December i. 1S14. 
died unmarried. 5. Walter. August 11. 1817; 
married. May 3, 1859, Mary A. Harris ; lived 
at Makanda, Illinois. 6. Oliver Porter. Jan- 
uary 20. 1820; married. December 27. 1842, 
Amelia Long, of Colebrook River, Connecti- 
cut. 7. Milo. mentioned below. 8. Catherine. 
October 13. 1826; married. .April 2. 1858, Levi 
Moody, of East Hartford, Connecticut. 

(VIII) Milo, son of Walter Loomis. was 
born at North Coventry. March 8, 1823, died 
May 31. 1892. in Piridgeport. buried at Hart- 
ford. He obtained his early education in the 
public schools of his native town. He learned 
the trade of mason under the instruction of 
his father. His father died when he was eight- 
een years of age. and for a time he worked 
with his brother \\'alter in the west at the 



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trade of mason. Afterward he entered the 
railway mail service, serving as a clerk in this 
department twenty years, although this term 
was broken by reason of a change in the ad- 
ministration, during which he engaged in the 
express business with headquarters at Water- 
bury, Connecticut. He resigned in 1883, after 
which he lived the life of a retired gentleman. 
He was of exceptional ability, and apart from 
his regular vocation engaged in various trad- 
ing enterprises, in which he was very success- 
ful. He was of studious disposition and of 
genial and cheery manners. Though he had 
many friends and enjoyed the society of his 
fellowmen, he was a member of no fraternal 
orders. He was a Republican in politics, and 
at one time served as burgess of the town of 
West Stratford. Mr. Loomis married, April 
16, 1849, Emeline F. Brown, born in 1823 at 
Coventry, died in Bridgeport, September 11, 
1896, and is buried at Hartford, Connecticut. 
She was a daughter of Zolva and ^lary 
(White) Brown, and granddaughter of Joshua 
and Mary (Kingsbury) Brown. Children of 
Zolva and Mary (White) Brown: George 
Oliver; Walter Clark; Mary Kingsbury, mar- 
ried Joseph Barrows ; Emeline Frances ; Cath- 
erine Porter, married Nathaniel French ; and 
Emeline F., wife of Milo Loomis. The only 
child of Milo and Emeline F. (Brown) Loom- 
is was Mary Diantha; she is a member of the 
Daughters of the American Revolution. 



(HI) Timothy Loomis, son of 
LOOMIS Deacon John Loomis (q. v.), 
was born in Windsor, July 
27, 1661, died May 19, 1710. He married, 
March 20, 1689-go, Rebecca, born March 8, 
1666-67, died April 21, 1750, daughter of John 
and Mary (Stanley) Porter. Children, born 
in ^^'indsor : Timothy, February 22, 1691-92; 
Ichabod, January 25, 1692-93 ; Lois. August 
15, 1695; Ann. June 15, 1698; Rebecca, May 
24, 1700; Uriah, May 8, 1703; Odiah, men- 
tioned below. 

(IV) Odiah, son of Timothy Loomis, was 
born in Windsor, August 4, 1705, died Febru- 
ary 15, 1794, in Windsor. He married, No- 
vember I, 1739, Jane Allyn, who died June 23, 
1805, aged eighty-nine. Children : Abigail, 
born October 20, 1740; Odiah, February 8, 
1742; Ozias, October 25, 1743, died Decem- 
ber 17, 1744: Ozias, January 13, 1743-46, men- 
tioned below ; Rebecca, October 25, 1750 ; Jane, 
August 31, 1755. 

(V) Ozias, son of Odiah Loomis. was born 
in Windsor, January 13, 1745-46, died Febru- 
ary II, 1796, at Windsor. He was a farmer, 
a Whig in politics and a Congregationalist in 
religion. He married, October 14, 1771, Sarah, 



born in Windsor, October 18, 1747. died Au- 
gust 10, 1820, daughter of John and Mary 
(Allyn) Roberts. Children, born in Windsor : 
Sarah, March 5, 1773, died same day ; Sarah, 
December 20, 1775, died May 10, 1790; James, 
October 24, 1779; Odiah, September 28, 1783, 
mentioned below; Ozias, October 11, 1788, 
died September 10, 1793. 

(VI) Odiah (2), son of Ozias Loomis, was 
born in Windsor, September 28, 1783, died 
October 31, 1831, at Windsor. He was a 
member of state legislature in 1818; a farmer, 
a Democrat in politics, and in religion a Con- 
gregationalist. He married Harriet, born No- 
vember 9, 1786, died April 13, 1859, daughter 
of Samuel and Jerusha (Bissell) Allyn. Chil- 
dren, born in Windsor : Dr. William Ozias, 
July 22, 1808; Eli Odiah, December 14, 1809; 
Edgar, February 14, 1812; Sarah Jerusha, 
March 12, 1814; Harriet Emily, June 14, 
1818 ; Charles Henry, January 17, 1820 ; 
Thomas Warham, mentioned below. 

(VII) Hon. Thomas Warham, son of Odiah 
(2) Loomis, was born in Windsor, March i, 
1827, died August 3, 1895, in Littleton. New 
Hampshire, while there on business. Practi- 
cally his entire life was spent in Windsor, 
where all his children were born. He was a 
member of the state legislature in 1857 and 
1862. He was state senator in 1874, and was 
a judge of probate; he was a farmer by occu- 
pation, in politics a Democrat, and an Episco- 
palian in religion. He married, November 17, 
1858, Mary Jane, born November 11, 1831, 
daughter of Allen and Mary (Griswold) 
Cooke (see Cooke VI). Children; i. Allyn 
Cooke, born November 21, i860, died June 
20, 1884. 2. Jennie, born June 21, 1871, sec- 
retary of the Loomis Family Association of 
x\merica, and resides with her mother in the 
homestead on "The Island," is a graduate of 
Wellesle}' College, B. S., and an Episcopa- 
lian. 

(The Cooke Line). 
(I) Walter Cooke or Cook, immigrant an- 
cestor, was born in England. He settled in 
\\'eymouth, Massachusetts, as early as 1643. 
He was admitted a freeman in 1657. In 1662 
he and others of Weymouth and Braintree 
were accepted to allotments of land at !Men- 
don, where they agreed to settle before Octo- 
ber, 1663. He went thither in 1663-64. In 
1669 he was on a town committee of Mendon 
to see to the building of the minister's house. 
He was selectman in 167 1. Gregory and 
Stephen Cooke, who also went to Mendon, 
and Walter shared in the division of lands 
there June 16, 1671. Mendon was deserted 
during King Philip's war, but Cooke was one 
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in 1681 he was appointed on the committee 
to finish the minister's house. His will was 
dated January 18, 1694-95 and proved Jan- 
uary 6, 1697-98. I lis tax was abated on ac- 
count of illness in 1695. He married Kathar- 
ine . Children : John : Hannah : Sam- 
uel : Ebenezer, born ^lay 30, 1656, died 
young; Walter, Sejjtember 10, 1657, died 
young; Nicholas, mentioned below; Experi- 
ence. 

(11) Nicholas, son of Walter Cooke, was 
bt)rn at Weymouth, February 9, 1659-60, died 
December 7, 1730. His farm was partly in 
Mendon, partly in Piellingham. He married 
(first). November 4, 1684, Joanna, born Au- 
gust I, 1664, daughter of John and Joanna 
(Ford) Rockwood. He married (second). 
December 18, 1712, Mehitable (Flayward) 
Staples, widow of .-Xbraham Stapled, daughter 
of Samuel and Mehitable (Thompson) Hay- 
ward. Children of first wife : Josiah, born 
August 9, 1685 ; Mehitable, June 10, 1687 ; Jo- 
anna, February 13. 16S8; Mary, October 9, 
1690; Ann, September 29, 1695; Selh, April 
2, 1699 ; Daniel, mentioned below ; David, No- 
vember 15, 1705; Abigail, October 4, 1707; 
Noah, at Mendon in 1710. 

(HI) Daniel, son of Nicholas Cooke, was 
born August 18, 1703, at ^lendon. He mar- 
ried Susanna . Children, horn at Men- 
don : Thanieson, June 17, 1725. Born at 
\\'rentham, which was afterward in part Cum- 
berland, Rhode Island : Priscilla, October 27, 
1727; Ezekiel, March 5, 1730; Daniel, men- 
tioned below; John, April 12, 1738; Susanna, 
March 3, 1742-43: .Aaron, December 3, 1746. 

(I\') Daniel (2), son of Daniel (i) Cooke, 
was born at Wrentham, June 7, 1732. He 
served in the revolution from pjellingham, 
formerlx Wrentham, in Captain Daniels' com- 
pany. Colonel Ephraim W'heelock's regiment 
in 1776; also in Cajjtain Jesse Holbrook's com- 
pany. Colonel Wheelock's regiment in 1776 
at Warwick, Rhode Island : also in Captain 
Sabin Mann's company, Colonel \Mieelock's 
regiment in 1777 ; corporal in Captain Eben- 
ezer Battle's company. Colonel Jonathan Tit- 
comb's regiment in 1777 : also in Captain Amos 
Ellis' company. Colonel Benjamin Haw's regi- 
ment in 1777: corporal in Captain Jacob Haw- 
kin's company. Colonel John Jacob's regiment 

in 1778-79. He married Abigail and 

lived at Wrentham. Children, born at Wren- 
tham (town records): Olive, March 4, 1756; 
Abigail, March 7. 1759: Thaddeus, June 15, 
1762: Levice, October 20. 1765; Joanna. Julv 
27, 1770 ; Zimri, mentioned below ; Daniel, Au- 
gust 4, 1775: Ezekiel. August 26, 1777. 

(Y) Zimri, .son of Daniel (2) Cooke, was 
born at \\'rentlinni. Massachusetts, part of 



which is now Cumberland, Rhode Island, June 
3, 1772. He lived in Bellingham and Mendon, 
Massachusetts. .Some of the family spell the 
name Cooke. Fie married, November 7, 1793, 
Joanna Ballon, who was born in Cumberland, 
Rhode Island, February 25, 1775. Ballou's 
"Genealogy" says of her: "She was gifted in 
body, mind and moral tendencies. And he was 
a worthy man of the middle class yeomanry. 
He had a nervous, sanguine temperament, was 
enthusiastic and inclined to drive business. 
She was a good regulator and steadied his 
movements somewhat. But he was ambitious 
and often overtaxed his energies." A news- 
paper account at the time of his death calls 
liim an "honest, square-dealing man and good 
citizen.'' Fie died at .Mendon, April 10, 1812, 
aged thirty-nine years, ten months and seven 
days. She married (second) Ichabod Scott, 
of Bellingham, who died on the Zimri Cook 
place, November i, 1843. She died ^lay, 
1 85 1, aged eighty-two years, two months and 
some days (see Ballon V'). Children (first 
three born at Bellingham, the others at ]\Ien- 
don) : I. Sukey (or Susan), born November 
15. 1794, married, December i, 1831, William 
Lindley. 2. Celissa. born September 16, 1796, 
married Captain Sumner Ballon. 3. Milla, 
June 25, 1798, became a Quaker preacher after 
she became the second wife of Paul Alrlrich, 
a Quaker. 4. Zimri, June 5, 1800, married 
Olive Allen, lived in W'oonsocket, Rhode 
Island, in a village called The Hamlet ; chil- 
dren : Orinda, married and lived in Worces- 
ter : sons : Frank and Frederick ; Zimri. who 
changed his name to Henry Allen, and was a 
Baptist preacher, was at one time at the Sea- 
men's Bethel in Boston: Ichabod; Louisa; 
Daniel : Olive : Sarah. 5. Allen, mentioned 
below. 6. Welcome, born September 19, 1807, 
married Rhoda Pickering, of Upton ; chil- 
dren : Allen, Ardelia and one other. 7. Bar- 
ton, mentioned below. 

(XT) .Allen, son of Zimri Cooke, was born 
at Mendon, July 12, 1805. died in 1835 or 1836 
in Virginia. He was educated in the public 
schools of his native town, and when a young 
man came to W'indsor, Connecticut. He mar- 
ried, in 1830, Mary Griswold at Wind.sor. 
Children: i. Mary Jane, born November 11, 
1831, married, November 17, r858, Thomas 
\\'arliam Loomis (see Loomis \TI). 2. 
Charles. 3. Julia Griswold, died in \\'oon- 
sockct and was buried there in the Cooke 
family burying ground, but about 1850 the 
bodies in that cemetery were all removed to 
Mendon, Massachusetts, hers among the 
others. 

(\T) Barton, son of Zimri Cooke and 
brother of Allen Cooke, was born in Mendon, 



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July 9, 1810, died at Ashland, Massachusetts, 
May I, 1877. He lived in Milford and was 
a general merchant and dealer in West India 
goods. He married, April 23. 1832, Lovina 
Hayward, born in Upton, November 10, 1813, 
daughter of Daniel and Anne (Hayward) 
Fisher. Children: i. Joanna Ballou, born 
February 9, 1833, died September 5, 1881, 
married Francis N. Wood. 2. James Owen, 
born September, 1835, married, June, 1856, 
Harriet F. Aldrich and had five children. 3. 
Amasa Fisher, born April 15, 1838, died 
young. 4. Brenton Barton, born February 11, 
1841, a gunner on the United States steamship 
"Cumberland," when she was sunk by the 
iron-clad "Merrimac." Helen Alar, born 
May I, 1843, died 1843. 6. Elbertine, born 
December 16, 1844, died 1845. 7. Christo- 
pher Potter, born November 9, 1846, died un- 
married July 3, 1883. 8. Eldorado, born 
March 4, 1849, died 1849. The two youngest 
were born in Milford, tlie others in Woon- 
socket, Rhode Island. 

(The Ballou Line). 

The American families of Ballou are of 
Norman French descent. Their earliest an- 
cestor, Quinebond Balou. was, it is supposed, 
a marshal in the army of William the Con- 
queror and fought in the battle of Hastings in 
A. D., 1066. His descendants lived in county 
Sussex, England, until late in the fourteenth 
century and had extensive tracts of land and 
important government offices both in the 
church and civil lists. Many of them settled 
from time to time in other counties in Eng- 
land and Ireland and held large baronial es- 
tates. Some of the branches have preserved 
an unbroken descent and titles for at least six 
hundred years, and especially m Devonshire 
the family has been distinguished. The name 
is variously spelled Bolou, Ballowe, Bellous, 
Bellews, Bellow, Ballou. 

(1) Maturin Ballou, immigrant ancestor, 
was born in Devonshire, England, between 
1610 and 1620, and came to America before 
1645. He is mentioned first in the public rec- 
ords as a proprietor of the plantation of Provi- 
dence in the colony of Rhode Island, January 
10, 1646-47, and was admitted a freeman there 
May 18, 1658, together with Robert Pike, 
whose daughter he married. Their home lots 
were adjacent in the north part of Providence. 
He had various grants of land and was evi- 
dently a quiet farmer not inclined to public 
service. He died after February 24, 1661, 
when he had a grant of land, and before Jan- 
uary 31, 1663. His wife was Hannah, daugh- 
ter of Robert and Catherine Pike. She died at 
the age of eighty-eight }'ears. Children, born 



in Providence: John, 1650; James, 1652, men- 
tioned below; Peter, 1654; Hannah, 1656; Na- 
thaniel, died in early manhood; Samuel, 1660, 
drowned June 10, 1669. 

(H) James, son of Maturin Ballou, was 
born in Providence in 1653. He married 
there, July 23, 1683, Susanna, daughter of 
Valentine and Mary Wightman or Whitman. 
She was born February 28, 1659, in Provi- 
dence, died probably in 1725. Soon after their 
marriage he settled in Loquasquissuck, origin- 
ally part of Providence, now Lincoln, Rhode 
Island. It is supposed that he began prepara- 
tions to settle before marriage and it is known 
that his first log house was erected there be- 
fore 1685. His second house, a frame struc- 
ture, stood near the same site and the well 
still remains to mark the location. His mother 
and sister Hannah deeded to him, October 22, 
1707, all the property that came to them from 
his father, and this estate, combined with his 
own inheritance, made him the owner of sev- 
eral hundred acres besides his homestead. To 
this he added by purchase until he had about 
a thousand acres. His most important acqui- 
sitions were in what was then Dedham and 
\\Tentham, Massachusetts, in the section that 
afterward was Cumberland, Rhode Island. He 
bought land there as early as 1690 from Wil- 
liam Avery, of Dedham, and in 1706 he bought 
more land. This property he afterward di- 
vided into three farms and gave them to his 
sons, James. Nathaniel and Obadiah, April 
II, 1713. In July, 1726, he deeded land in 
Gloucester, Rhode Island, to his youngest son, 
and at the same time gave his homestead to 
his son Samuel. His will was dated April 20, 
1734, but in 1741 he settled his own estate 
and distributed his property among his chil- 
dren. The exact date of death is not known, 
but it was soon afterward. He was a man 
of superior ability, enterprise and judgment. 
Children: James, born November i, 1684; 
Nathaniel, April 9, 1687 ; Obadiah, mentioned 
below : Samuel, January 23, 1692-93 ; Susanna, 
January 3, 1693-94; Bathsheba, February 15, 
1696; Nehemiah, January 20, 1702. 

nil) Obadiah, son of James Ballou, was 
born September 6, 1689, in Providence. He 
received, in July, 1726. from his father a gift 
deed of land in Gloucester and afterward a 
supplementary deed of ten acres that included 
the famous Iron Rock Hill. He married 
(first) Daniaris, daughter of John and Sarah 
(Aldrich) Bartlett. He married (second) De- 
cember 26, 1740, Sarah (Whipple) Salisbury, 
widow of Jonathan Salisbury, and daughter 
of Israel AMiipple. son of David Whipple, son 
of Captain John Whipple, of Cumberland. She 
was born December 26, 1701, in Cumberland. 



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Children, recorded at Wrentham: Ezekiel. 
born Jamiary 5, 1718-19. mentioned below: 
Susanna, December 7, 1720: Daniel, December 
2-/. 1722 : Abner, October 28, 1725 : Anna. De- 
cember 20, 1727; Obadiah Jr., September 29, 
1730: Esther, August 24, 1733: .\aron, March 
2, 1738. Children of second wife: Zerviah. 
January 4, 1742: Joseph, May 5, 1743: ben- 
jamin, born at Cumberland, July 11, 1747. 

(I\') Ezekiel, son of Obadiah Ballon, was 
born in ^\■rentham, Massachusetts, in the part 
now Cumberland. Rhode Island. January 5, 
1718-19, died there June 5. 1709. He married, 
July 3, 1740, Joanna, eldest daughter of Jo- 
siah Cooke, son of Nicholas Cooke (see 
Cooke TI). She died January 16, 1797. Chil- 
dren, born at Wrentham: Jesse, March 30, 
1741 : 1-evi. mentioned below: Amy, Novem- 
ber 24, 1745: Reuben, November 26, 1747; 
Asa, March 2, 1750.: Mary, August 12, 1752; 
Anna, March i, 1756; Joanna, September 27, 

1759- 

( \ ) Levi, son of Ezekiel Hallou, was born 
in Wrentham, now Cumberland. September 
2}^, 1744. died July 13. 1805. He was a sol- 
dier in the revolution, a justice of the peace, 
representative to the Rhode Island general 
assembly, an industrious and upright citizen. 
He married, March 21, 1764, Comfort Thomp- 
son, born July 13. 1746, died Octol^er 28, 1826. 
Children, born at Cumberland : Rachel, Sep- 
tember II. 1765: Philena. October 6. 1766; 
Rhoda. December 15. 1768; \'ienna, January 
2, 1771 : Welcome, March i. 1773: Joanna, 
I'ebruary 25. 1775, married Zimri Cooke (see 
Cooke \') : Elavius J., October 13, 1776: Ra- 
chel and Emily, twins. May 8, 1780: Levi, 
.•\ugust 29. 1782: Olney, Septen'iber 28, 1784: 
P.arton. July 19. 1791. 



AX'illiam I'.urrilt. the imnii- 
LiURRITT grant ancestor, was l)orn in 

England and was, with his 
wife Elizalicth. among the first settlers of 
Stratford. Connecticut. He died early in the 
\ear 1651. The inventory of his estate is 
dated May 29.. 1651, and amounted to 140 
pounds. She lived until 1681 and bequeathed 
to her three children in her will. Children, 
born at Stratford: Stephen, who is further 
mentioned below: Jolin : .Mar\-. married 

Smith. 

(II) Stephen, son of William I'.urritt, was 
born about 1650, died in 1697-98. He was 
lieutenant in the Stratford company. He mar- 
ried. January 28. 1673-74. Sarah Nichols, 
daugliter of Isaac. Children, born at Strat- 
ford : Elizabeth. July 7, 1675 : William. March 
24, 1677: Pclcg, October 5. 1679: Josiah. 
1681 : Sarah, married Edmund Lewis: Israel, 



or Isaac: Charles, iTxjo: Ephraim. mentioned 
belo\v. 

(Ill I Ephraim, son of Stephen Burritt, was 
born in Stratford, 1693. He married (first) 
Mary ( Booth) Fairchild, widow of Agur 
Eairchild, February 14. 1721-22. She died 
August 18, 1726. and he married (second), 
January 15, 1728. .Sarah Lewis. Children, 
born at Stratford: i. Eunice, October 27. 
1722. 2. Martha, June 22, 1724. Children of 
second wife: 3. Mary, May 16, 1729, died 
young. 4. Ephraim, mentioned below. 5. 
Sarah, February 2, 1732. 6. lulmund, October 
20, 1733. 7. Martha, September 20, 1734. 8. 
Stephen, February 14, 1737. 9. William, .-Vpril 
12, 1739. lo. Abel, November 3, 1742. 11. 
Lewis, June 20, 1745. 

(IV) Ephraim (2), son of Ephraim (i) 
Burritt, was born at Stratford, September 
24, 1730, married Phebc UlTord, daughter of 
Thomas. Children, born at Stratford : Sarah, 
October, 1754; Charity, F'ebruary, 1756; 
Thomas, mentioned below ; Stephen, Decem- 
ber, 1760; Ephraim, July, 1762; Phebe, July, 
1764; James, July, 1774; Lewis. 

(V) Thomas, son of Ephraim (2) Burritt, 
was born at Stratford in January, 1758: mar- 
ried, December 13, 1794, Abigail Curtiss. Chil- 
dren, born at Stratford : Curtiss, Charles, 
mentioned below. 

(\T) Charles, son of Thomas Burritt, was 
born at Stratford. 

(\TI) Philip, son of Charles Burritt, was 
born at Stratford about 1810-15: married 
Alice Coe. He was a farmer all his life. In 
politics he was in later years a Republican : in 
religion an Episcopalian. Children: .\nn 
Satterly. died young : Charles Pliilip, men- 
tioned below. 

(\TII) Charles Philii). son of Philip Bur- 
ritt, was born at Stratford, August 27, 1836, 
died there in 1886. He attended the public 
schools of his native town and Stratford 
Academy, and worked with his father all his 
early life on the homestead and succeeded to 
the farm. He was a progressive and prosper- 
ous farmer and took an active part in town 
affairs, being for some years town treasurer. 
In politics he w-as a Republican : he was an 
attendant of the' Congregational church: he 
was a kindly, generous and charitable man, 
well beloved and highly esteemed in the com- 
munity. He married, June 5, 1861, Mary 
Elizabeth Burton, born March 9, 1829. at 
Stratford, daughter of Albert Burton (see 
Burton \I). They had one child. Edward 
Charles, mentioned below. 

(IX) Edward Charles, son of Charles 
Philip Burritt. was born June 15. 1862. He 
was educated in tlie Stratford schools, fol- 



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lowed farming- with liis father till the latter's 
death, and then for a time alone ; then took a 
position in a store in Stratford, which he still 
holds. He makes his home with his mother. 
In politics he is a Republican ; in religion, an 
Episcopalian. 

(The Burton Line). 

(I) Solomon Burton settled at Stratford, 
and married there Mercy Judson, daughter of 
Jeremiah, August i, 1687. She was born in 
1665. He purchased his first land of Barna- 
bas Beers on the east side of Clapboard Hill, 
where he built a tanyard. Children, born at 
Stratford: Joseph, married November 30, 
1720, Anna Ui?oot ; Benjamin, August 3, 
1692 ; Judson, who is further mentioned 
below ; Ruth ; Sarah, married Nathaniel 
Beach, Jr. 

(II) Judson, son of Solomon Burton, was 
born at Stratford about 1695, and died in 1774. 
In his will dated June 24, 1771, and proved 
March 8, 1774, he "bequeathed to wife Eunice ; 
sons, John, Judson and Silas; and daughters, 
Sarah Judson, Eunice Hepburn, Mercy Bur- 
ritt and Ruth Hawley. He lived in Stratford 
and married there, January 9, 172 1, Eunice 
Lewis. Children, born in Stratford : Sarah, 
January 11, 1722; Susan, February 11, 1723; 
John, May 2, 1725 ; Ephraim, mentioned be- 
low; Judson, September 14, 1730: Eunice, 
July, 1732; Hannah, May, 1734; Nathaniel, 

August, 1735 : Silas ; Mercy, married 

Burritt ; Ruth, married Hawley. 

(III) Ephraim, son of Judson Burton, was 
born at Stratford, November 30, 1727 ; mar- 
ried, February 2, 1748, Betty Wells. Chil- 
dren, born at Stratford : A-Iary, baptized Sep- 
tember, 1749 ; Samuel, mentioned below ; Ann, 
baptized February, 1756. 

(IV) Samuel, son of Ephraim Burton, was 
born December 12, 1750, at Stratford. He 
married Martha Clarke, born July 28, 1754. 
Children, born at Stratford: Polly, August 8, 
1773; Silas, mentioned below; Sarah, Decem- 
ber 8, 1776; David Clarke, October 18, 1778; 
Esther, December 7, 1780: Mercy, July i, 
1785; Benjamin Clarke, February i, 1787; 
Abigail, October 8, 1789. 

(V) Silas, son of Samuel Burton, was born 
July 30, 1775. He married Mary Patterson, 
born August 8, 1773, died ]March 20, 1866. at 
the age of ninety-two years six months. He 
died April 21. 1827. Children, born at Strat- 
ford: I. Rodney, born September 15, 1797, 
died June, 1875, in New Haven, leaving eight 
children : he was a tailor by trade. 2. Albert, 
mentioned below. 3. Hamilton, May 17, 1810; 
a weaver, employed in Stratford most of his 
life: married (first) Catherine Lewis; ("sec- 
ond) Phebe, daughter of Judson Peck, Julv 



6, 1837 ; children : Silas, Franklin and Evert 
Talbot. He died April 20, 1883. 

(\T) Albert, son of Silas Burton, was born 
July 15, 1804. He was educated in the pub- 
lic schools and followed the trade of a hatter 
in Stratford ; in later life he removed to Cali- 
fornia. He was a quiet, industrious man, of 
a kindly and generous disposition, and an at- 
tendant of the Congregational church. He 
died in Sacramento, California, December 31, 
1875. He married: ]\laria Delia Booth, born 
September 2"/. 1804, died June 15, 1885, aged 
eighty years. Children: i. Mary Elizabeth, 
born March 9, 1829; married, 1861, Charles 
Philip Burritt (see Burritt VIII). 2. Ed- 
ward Augustus, born May 24, 183 1, died Au- 
gust 26, 1833. 3. Edward, born October 5, 
1834: married Louise Flumiston, now de- 
ceased ; died February 12, 1897, at sixty-three 
years of age : had one child, Adella, who died. 
He was a carpenter by trade. 4. Amelia Cur- 
tis, born August 11, 1836, died March 24, 
1873, unmarried. 



Henry Bull, governor of Rhode 
BULL Island in 1685 and again in 1690, 

and the ancestor of Cornelius 
Wade Bull, was born in 1609, in England or 
South Wales. Previous to July 17, 1636, he 
entered his name on a volume in manuscript 
at the augmentation office (so called) in Lon- 
don, where Rev. Joseph Hunter, one of the 
record commissioners, presided in Rolls Court, 
Westminster Hall, as a passenger to New 
England in the "J'^^^s," John May, master, 
and embarked at the port of London after 
Christmas, 1634, with forty-three other pas- 
sengers by permission. On May 17, 1637, 
there was a summons of the court of Boston 
to Henry Bull and others to appear. He was 
one of the company who went to Rhode Island 
in 1637, and was one of the signers of the 
contract for a '"Body Politic," as also for the 
purchase of Aquidinick Island from the In- 
dians. In 1680 Henry Bull was a deputy to 
the general assembly, Newport, and again in 
1681. He died at Newport, 1693, aged 
eighty-four years. He married (first) Eliza- 
beth , who died in 1665. He married 

(second) Anne (Clayton), widow of Gover- 
nor Easton ; she died in 1707. Children: 
Tireh, see forward: Henrv : Hester, died 1676; 
"Mary. 

(II) Jireh, son of Henry Bull, was born at 
Portsmouth, 1638. He married and had sons: 
Jireh, see forward : Henr\ : Ephraim ; Ezekiel. 

(III) Jireh (2), son of Jireh (i) Bull, mar- 
ried, and had children: Jireh (3) ; Benjamin; 
Benedict, see forward. 

{I\') Benedict, son of Jireh (2) Bull, mar- 



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ricd, Deceniljer 11. 1716. Sybclla. daughter of 
Alexander llryan, Jr.. of Milford. Children: 
Sybclla. born February 14, 1720: Jireh and 
Benjamin, twins, October 10, 17J1; (jods- 
gift. February 24, 1724; Content. 

(\') Jireh (3), son of Benedict Bull, mar- 
ried Sybella, daughter of Jere Peck. Chil- 
dren : Jabez Benedict, see forward : Sybil, born 
January 7, 1750. married Daniel Buckingham : 
Jireh : Jeremiah ; .Abigail : Jcrusha : Content. 

(\'I) Deacon Jaliez Benedict, son of Jireh 
(3) and Sybella ( I'eck) Bull, was born Janu- 
ary 5, 1748. 

Jabez married. December 6, 1770, at Mil- 
ford, Connecticut, Mara Xaomi Bristol. Chil- 
dren, born at Milford, Connecticut: i. 
Benedict, born. July 10, 1771, died September 
23, 1852. 2. James, see forward. 3. Mara, 
born October 7, 1774, died July 4, 1853 : mar- 
ried a Mr. Scribner. 4. Jireh, born April 7, 
1776. died December 31, 1823. 5. Richard 
Bryan, born March 21, 1778, died in New 
York, May 14, 1804. after being absent from 
home four years and five months ; unmarried. 
6. Lucy, born July 21, 1780. Deacon Jabez 
Benedict Bull died in 1815, in the sixty-seventh 
year of his age, and his widow died in De- 
cember. 1842, at the residence of her son, 
Benedict, in Plymouth, Connecticut, in her 
eighty-seventh year. 

(VII) James, son of Deacon Jabez Bene- 
dict and Mara Naomi (Bristol) Bull, was 
born at Milford. Connecticut, October 19, 
1772; died IMarch 18, 1831. He married, 
March 5, 1795. at Milford. Connecticut. Mar- 
garet Pond. Children : James, born June 12, 
1796: Jabez Benedict, see forward; Mary N., 
born June 22, 1801, died aged eleven years; 
Richard Bryan, born February 24, 1804* Lucy, 
August 13, 1807; Jerusha. March 4. 1810; 
Mara Xaomi. April 21. 1813. 

(Till) Jabez Benedict, son of James and 
Margaret (Pond) Bull, was born March 19, 
1799. died June 5, 1857. He married, August 
13, 1826, in New Haven, Connecticut, Mary 
(Polly) Ford; she died August 25, 1857. 
Children : James Henry, born at Pendleton, 
South Carolina. July 2, 1827 ; Harriet Ford, 
at Pendleton, April 13. 1829; Marcus, at Talla- 
hassee, Florida, ^NFarch 23, 1831 ; Laura Ford, 
October 14. 1834; Cornelius Wade, see for- 
ward : William .Augustus, born April 20, 
1841 ; Laura Louisa. August i, 1845; Richard 
Bryan. January 28. 1848. 

(IX) Cornelius Wade, son of Jabez Bene- 
dict and ]\LTry (Polly) (Ford) Bull, was born 
in Tallahassee, Florida. April 8, 1839 ; died 
May 19. 1876. in Hartford, Connecticut. He 
was prepared for college by Stiles French, in 
New Haven, entered Yale, and graduated with 



the class of 1863. After graduation he com- 
menced the study of medicine at ^^ale Medical 
College, but in the following spring gave up 
his studies and joined the United States navy 
as acting assistant paymaster, being assigned 
to the Mississippi squadron. He continued in 
this service until August, 1865, when he re- 
turned to New Haven and completed his 
medical course, graduating in 1867. He then 
became resident physician at the State Hos- 
pital in Xew Haven, continuing for one year, 
and then entered actively upon the practice of 
medicine at Terryville, Connecticut, where he 
achieved a considerable success. While in col- 
lege he had become a thorough botanist. 
Early in his professional career he applied 
himself assiduously to the study of Bright's 
Disease of the kidneys, acquiring sudi skill in 
that specialty that his counsel was frequently 
sought by other physicians in his vicinity. Too 
strict application to his professional duties 
impajred his health, and in April, 1872, he was 
compelled to relinquish them, and he returned 
south to his old home, hoping to regain his 
health. He experienced a temporary relief, 
but soon after his return detected the alarm- 
ing fact that he was himself a victim of the 
disease to which he had devoted so much study 
and attention. This compelled him to abandon 
his profession. He removed to Hartford, 
Connecticut, in the spring of 1873, and there 
resided until his death. He married, August 
16, 1869. S. Alice, daughter of Porter San- 
ford (see Steele IX). 

(X) Cornelius Sanford, only child of Cor- 
nelius \^■ade and S. Alice ( Sanford ) Bull, was 
born June 27, 1871. He graduated from Yale, 
1893, and married, October 24, 1906, Helen 
I. Smith, daughter of J. Richard Smith, of 
\\aterbury. 

(The Steele Line). 

(H) John (2), son of John (ii Steele 
(q.v.), was born about 1625, in England, and 
died in Farmington, Connecticut, in 1653-54. 
He married, about 1645, Mercy, daughter of 
Andrew Warriner. one of the Cambridge set- 
tlers who founded Hartford. After Mr. 
Steele's death his widow married Thomas 
Hill. Children, born in Farmington: Benoni; 
Henry, died young; Daniel, born April 29, 
1645 ; Mary, November 20, 1646 ; Lieutenant 
John. November 5, 1647; Samuel, March 15, 
1652. mentioned below. 

(Ill) Samuel, son of John (2) Steele, was 
born in Farmington, March 15, 1652, and died 
in 1710. 

He married, on September 16, 1680. Mercy 
Bradford, who died in 1720, daughter of 
ALijnr \\'illiam Bradford, son of Governor 
William Bradford ; born in England ; died at 



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Pl3inouth. February 20, 1704. He was 
deputy to the general court in 1A57: as- 
sistant in 1658; was a soldier in King Philip's 
war, and was wounded in the Swamp fight, 
December 19, 1675. and carried to the day of 
his death the musket ball he received in that 
battle. He was deputy governor of the col- 
ony in 1682, and until the new charter came, 
and was on Governor Andros's council, 1687- 
88. He married (first) Alice Richards, who 
died December 12, 1670, daughter of Thomas 
Richards, of Weymouth. He married (sec- 
ond) Widow W'iswall, and (third) Alary, 
widow of Rev. John Holmes, of Duxbury, 
daughter of John Wood (or Atwood), of 
Plymouth. Children of first wife: John 
Bradford, born February 20, 1653 ; William 
Bradford, March 11, 1655; Thomas, of Nor- 
wich. Connecticut; Alice, married Rev. Wil- 
liam Adams : Hannah, married Joshua Ripley ; 
Mercy, baptized September 2, 1660, at Bos- 
ton, married, September 16, 1680, Samuel 
Steele (mentioned above) ; Meletiah ; Samuel, 
166S; Mary, married William Hunt; Sarah, 
married Kenelm Baker. Child of second wife: 
Joseph, January 17, 1647, ^^ New London. 
Children of third wife: Israel, married Sarah 
Bartlett ; Ephraim. married Elizabeth Bartlett ; 
David, married Elizabeth Finney ; Hezekiah, 
married Mary Chandler. 

Governor William Bradford, son of Wil- 
liam Bradford, was born in March, 1590, in 
Austerfield, Yorkshire, England ; went to Hol- 
land with Puritans about 1608, and came to 
America in the "Mayflower," in 1620. With 
the exception of five years, he was governor 
of Plymouth colony, 1621-57, the year of his 
death. He was most efficient in directing and 
sustaining the new settlement, and a writer 
of the times has said of him : "He was the 
very prop and glory of Plymouth Colony, dur- 
ing the whole series of changes that passed 
over it." He died May 19. 1657. and was 
lamented by all the New England colonies as 
a common father. His history of the Ply- 
mouth plantation is preserved in the original, 
and has been published recently by the com- 
monwealth. His is the only grave of a "May- 
flower" passenger whose location is now- 
known. 

He married (first) at Amsterdam. De- 
cember 10, 1613, Dorothy Mav. who was 
accidentally drowned from the "Mayflower" 
in Cape Cod Harbor, December 7, 1620, dur- 
ing the absence of the governor on an explor- 
ing party. He married (second), August 24, 
1623, Alice C. Southworth, a widow, who 
came in the ship "Ann." She die! Alarch 26. 
1670, at the age of eighty years. Child of 
the first wife: John, born in Holland, died in 



Norwich, Connecticut, without issue, in 1678; 
children of second wife : William, mentioned 
above ; Mercy, Joseph. 

William Bradford, father of Governor Wil- 
liam Bradford, married June 21, 1584, Alice 
Hanson, daughter of John and Margaret 
(Gresham) Hanson; was buried at Auster- 
field, Yorkshire, England, July 15, 1591. His 
father, William Bradford, was also buried 
there, January 10, 1595-96. 

Children of Samuel and Mercy (Bradford) 
Steele, born at Hartford : Thomas, mentioned 
below; Samuel, born February 15, 1684-85; 
Jerusha, February 15, 1684-85; William, Feb- 
ruary 20, 1687 ; Abiel, October 8, 1693 ; Dan- 
iel, April 3, 1697; Eliphalet, June 23, 1700. 

(IV) Thomas, son of Samuel Steele, was 
born at Hartford, September 9, 1681, died 
1757. He married Susanna Webster, who 
died November 27, 1757. She was of the 
same family as Governor Webster, of Con- 
necticut. They lived at West Hartford, Chil- 
dren, born at Hartford: Jerusha, July i, 
1710; Samuel, March 11, 1712; William, De- 
cember 10, 1713 ; Susanna, December 15, 
1715; Thomas, baptized October 11, 1717; 
James. December 22, 1719 ; Nathaniel, No- 
vember 3, 1721, mentioned below; Dr. John, 
baptized November 17, 1723. 

(V) Nathaniel, son of Thomas Steele, was 
born in Hartford, November 3, 1721 ; died 
October 15, 1789. He married October 16, 
1746, Susanna Olmsted. Children, born at 
West Hartford: Nathaniel, baptized August 
2^. 1747: Susanna, August 23. 1747; !Moses, 
baptized October 14, 1750; Susanna, ]\Iarcli 4, 
1753 ; Anna, March 4, 1753, mentioned below; 
Abigail, baptized March 9, 1755 ; Sarah, born 
April*), 1758; Hezekiah, baptized August 10, 
1760; Frederick, born June 16, 1762; child, 
born and died July 11, 1764. 

(VI) Anna, daughter of Nathaniel Steele, 
was born in West Hartford, March 4, 1753; 
married October 20, 1774, Samuel Sedgwick, 
born 1754, died 1828. 

(\'II) Sally, only child of Samuel and 
Anna (Steele) Sedgwick, was born March 2, 
1788, died January 10, 1839; married Eph- 
raim Sanford, born January 2, 1785. died 
April I, 1845. 

(VIII) Porter Sanford. son of Ephraim 
Sanford. was born September 7, 1810. died 
November 27, 189 1 ; married, September i, 
1835. Sarah Ann Allen, born Alarch 9, 1815, 
died March 10, 1881. 

(IX) S. Alice Sanford, daughter of Por- 
ter Sanford, was born April 9, 1849. She 
married, August 16, 1869, Cornelius Wade 
Bull (see Bull), born April 8, 1839, died May 
19, 1876. 



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Tlionias \\'oi)(irulT, of tlic 
WOODRLTF tr.wii of Fordwich, Eng- 
land, is the first of the 
name to appear on the records of the town, in 
the year 1508. as "the trusted envoy of the 
town." A wood-reeve, as the name was sjiek 
in those times, represented the lord of a dis- 
trict, and within his district levied his lord's 
dues. It is doubtless in some such capacity 
that Thomas W'oodruff is first brought to no- 
tice. In 1539 he again appears as a jurat, 
who with his brother magistrates at Ford- 
wich. sat at court to arrange for the division 
of the possession of the despoiled monastery 
of Canterbury. He died in 1552, leaving a 
son, William, mentioned below. 

(II) William, son of Thomas Woodruflf, 
is recorded as a jurat of Fordwich in 1579. 
I'rom his generally signing the minutes of the 
borough court, in the absence of the mayor, 
it would seem that he was the senior jurat. 
He was also a "Key Keeper of the Town 
Chest: a very honorable office conferred upon 
the two best men of the Liberty" (borough), 
lie died in 1587. Children: Robert, men- 
tioned below : William. 

(III) Robert, son of William Woodruff, 
married, in 1573, Alice Russell, at St. Mary, 
Xorthgate. Both he and his brother William 
appear as freemen in the town books of Ford- 
wich, in 1580. Williams family became ex- 
tinct at Fordwich in \Ci7^. Robert is on rec- 
ord as a jurat, and a churchwarden in 1584. 
lie died in 161 1. He had children, among 
them an eldest son, John, mentionel below. 

(lY) John, son of Robert Woodruff, was 
born in 1574, in Fordwich. On coming of 
age he removed to Northgate. where his uncle, 
\\'illiam Russell, was church warden. In 
1 60 1 he married Elizabeth Cartwright. He is 
described as a "Husbandman" and died at the 
age of thirty-nine. His will was dated Sep- 
tember, 161 T, and proved in October of the 
same year. In it he left minor legacies to his 
only son. John, and the remainder of his 
"goods and Chattills" to his wife. She mar- 
ried John Gosmer, 

(V) John (2). son of John (i) ^^"oodruiT. 
was baptized at St. ]\Iary. Northgate. in T^oi. 

He married Anne , and is on record in 

1636, as a church warden at Fordwich. He 
came with his mother and step-father. John 
Cosmer. to Southampton. Long Island, in 
1639 or 1640, and became the immigrant an- 
cestor of the New Jersey WoodrufTs. With 
him came no doubt his wife Anne and an in- 
fant son. John. He does not appear on the 
town records until April 30. 1657. when he 
was fifty-three years of age, and is then named 
as among the men able to bear arms. A rea- 



son for liis non-appearance on the records niay 
1 ? found in the fact that he lived in the house- 
hold of his step-father and therefore, tmtil the 
death of the latter, was not regarded one of 
the heads of families. September 17, 1649, 
.Mr. (iosmer turned over to his step-son a 
hundred pound lot with house, fences and all 
its accommodations. The same year, John 
Woodruff became the successor of Mr. Gos- 
mer in the whaling squadron. In that year, 
also, he is on the list of the representatives of 
the town houses, while Mr. Gosmer"s name is 
omitted. In 1659 he is recorded as having 
succeeded the latter in the Gosmer household, 
and in the same year he is for the first time 
mentioned as exchanging land. On Febru- 
ary 20, 1660-61, the gift of house and land 
rdjovc mentioned was registered bv Mr. Gos- 
mer. After that the name of Gosmer disap- 
peared from the records, and it is supposed 
that he died in the year 1661, and that John 
A\'oodrufT became the head of his house. In 
1661 and iT/i? the latter is recorded as a suc- 
cessful plaintiff, as being on an important jury, 
as giving in his "ear-mark" and 3^ dealing in 
land. In 1663 he was elected and "sworne 
impounder." Except in connection with land 
matters, he does not appear on the records 
again until February 22. 1669, when he joined 
with others in signing a petition to Governor 
Lovelace that the town might retain those po- 
litical privileges which they were in danger of 
being deprived of. May 4. 1670. he made his 
will, which was proved June i, 1670. He 
died, therefore, between those dates, in the 
sixty-sixth year of his age. He gave his eld- 
est son. John Woodruff, of Elizabeth Town, 
"one-half crowne piece of money in full of 
all portions and Patrimony whatsoever, to be 
expected from mee, or out of any part of my 
estate," and to his daughters Anna and Eliza- 
beth, each twenty pounds. He made his wife 
and youngest son, John, joint executors, and 
left to them all the remainder of his estate. 
The inventory shows tiiat for his times he 
wns a man of wealth and refinement. The lit- 
tle that is known of his character indicates 
tlint he wns upright, possessed of tact and 
sound judgment, and generallv of a character 
and standing that commanded the confidence 
pnd respect of the community in which he 
lived. Children: John, baptized 1637. in the 
parish of Sturry. Kent, England : Anne, mar- 
ried Robert Woolley : Elizabeth, jnarried 

Dayton : John, mentioned below. 

(\'I) John (3). youngest son of John (2) 
Woodruff, was born about 1650. in Southamp- 
ton. On July 29. 1659. by an entry in the 
town records, he was formally adopted by his 
step-grandfather. John Gosmer. and had be- 



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queathed to him all the latter"s goods, houses 
and lands. He first appears by his own act 
in the records in June, 1666, when given as 
his earmark "a half penny under the left ear." 
About 1670 he married Hannah Newton. In 
1675 he joined in the town agreement to set 
apart a house and land for the use of the 
ministry. On October 26, 1683, he again re- 
corded his earmark when giving in one for 
his son, John Woodruff Jr., which had been 
made over to the latter by his Grandmother 
Woodruff. In the same year he was included 
for purposes of taxation in the "Estimate of 
the Town of Southampton for the year 1683." 
In 1694 he was a subscriber for two of the 
schoolmaster's pupils. In 1696 he was among 
the inhabitants of the town assessed for a 
contribution for the defense of the frontier. 
Until the year 1698 there are numerous items 
concerning him, in regard to the division, 
transfer and management of lands. At the 
time of his death his lands were many and 
scattered. On January 14, 1701, he made his 
will, and April i, 1703, it was proved. In it 
he bequeatlied his possessions to his wife 
Hannah, his sons Samuel, Joseph, Benjamin, 
Nathaniel, Isaac and Jonathan ; daughters, 
Sarah, Hannah, Abigail and Elizabeth. Of 
these, when the will was drawn in 1701, all 
from Nathaniel down were under twenty-one 
years old. His eldest son John had died be- 
fore the will was made, some time before 
January 8, 1693-94. 

The elder brother John, mentioned above, 
as being baptized in 1637, in Sturry, county 
Kent, England, was doubtless brought to 
Southampton by his parents in 1639, and is 
first mentioned on the records in 1657, April 
30, when he was included in a list of arms- 
bearing men. He is first mentioned as a land- 
owner, February 20, 1659-60, and about the 
same time married Sarah, daughter of John 
Ogden, of Southampton. On January 4, 1660- 
61. his daughter Sarah was born, and his name 
appears in various minor transactions of the 
town up to 1664. when he immigrated with 
his father-in-law to New Jersey. He settled 
in Elizabeth Town, where he became a lead- 
ing citizen, and served as ensign, high sheriff 
and magistrate. His will was made April 27, 
1691, and proved May 25 of the same year. 
The fact that there were two brothers 'of the 
same name in one family was not uncommon 
in those days. 

(VII) Benjamin, son of John (3) Wood- 
ruff, was born doubtless in Southampton, 
Long Island, died in 1750. He married, Sep- 
tember 12, 1704, Margaret Davis, of East- 
bampton. They lived in Bridgehampton. 
Children, born at Bridgehampton of South- 



hampton : Daniel, John David, Timothy, men- 
tioned below. 

(\TII) Timothy, son Benjamin Woodruff, 
was born about 1705 in Southampton. Chil- 
dren : Silas, Lemuel, Daniel, mentioned be- 
low. 

(IX) Daniel, son of Timothy Woodruff, 
was born at Southampton about 1725. Ac- 
cording to the census of 1790 he had two 
males over sixteen, four under that age and 
four females in his family. Children: Daniel 
and Abigail. 

(X) Daniel (2), son of Daniel (i) Wood- 
ruff, was born at Southampton. He had sons 
Hermon, Samuel, Daniel, mentioned below. 

(XI) Daniel (3), son of Daniel (2) Wood- 
ruff, was born about 1775 in Southampton, 
Long Island, and removed from Sag Harbor 
in that town to Sharon, Connecticut. He mar- 
ried, at Sharon, April 6, 1796, Sally Youngs. 
He had a son John, mentioned below. 

(XII) John (4), son of Daniel (3) Wood- 
ruff, was born at Sharon, Connecticut, in De- 
cember, 1800, died there June, 1871. He was 
a shoemaker by trade. He married Caroline 
Keeler, born November 11, 1810, at Kent, died 
in 1893 at Sharon, Connecticut. He lived all 
his life in Sharon, except for five years in the 
west while his eyesight was troubling him. 
He was prominent in public affairs and at one 
time member of the general assembly of the 
state. Children, born at Sharon: i. Mary, 
died in 1880, unmarried. 2. George, married 
Lizzie De Voe, had three children. 3. Sarah, 
married Dr. Jehiel Warner, Clifton, Illinois. 
4. Clarinda, married, at Sharon, John Bent 
Finch, a direct descendant on his mother's side 
of Governor Bradford. Both died in East 
Bridgeport, he in 1895 and she in 191 0. He 
was a soldier in the rebellion. 5. Cornelia, 
died young. 6. Charles, died aged ten months. 
7. William J., mentioned below. 8. Ralph, 
died aged eighteen months. 

(Xl'll) William John, son of John (4) 
W-oodruff, was born at Sharon, May 29, 1845, 
died April i, 1883, at Bridgeport, Connecti- 
cut. He was reared on a farm in Sharon 
until he was twelve years old, and attended 
the public schools there. He then went to 
Illinois with his parents, attended the high 
school, and spent five years on a farm. He 
then returned to Sharon, later to LTnionville, 
Connecticut. In 1875 he came to Bridgeport 
and engaged in the retail shoe business, which 
he continued with much success as long as 
he lived. He was a member of the Protestant 
Episcopal church at Bridgeport. He was a 
quiet man of domestic tastes, earnest and up- 
right in business, and a useful citizen. In 
politics he was a Democrat. 



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1103 



He married, September 19, 1878, at Xew 
Fairfield, Connecticut, Mary Elizabeth, daugh- 
ter of Mcdad Rogers Kellogg (see Kellogg 
IX). Children of William J. and ]\Iary E. 
(Kellogg) Woodruff: i. John Kellogg, born 
September i, 1879. at Bridgeport; he was edu- 
cated in the public schools and at the New 
Haven Art School, also in the Art School in 
New York. He graduated from the Teachers' 
College of Columbia University, New York 
City. While studying he taught drawing in 
the Bridgeport public schools si.x years, and 
was also two years in the Polytechnic Insti- 
tute in Brooklyn, New York, as head of the 
Art department, and is now a teacher of art 
in the Jersey City high school. He married 
Bessie llelena Hadley. 2. Mabel Emily, born 
X'ovember i, 1880. at Bridgeport, unmarried, 
lives with her mother. 

(The Kellogg Line). 

(Ill) Daniel Kellogg, son of Martin Kel- 
logg (q.v.), was baptized in Great Leighs, 
England. February 6, 1630, died in 1688. He 
probably came to this country with his brother 
Joseph and he was one of the early settlers of 
Norwalk, Connecticut, incorporated Septem- 
ber II, 1651. He is said to have been the 
largest man among the pioneers, being more 
than seven feet tall and "of proportionate di- 
mensions otherwise." He was selectman in 
1670; member of the general assembly. 1670- 
72-74-75-77-79-80-83. He was on the com- 
mittee to build the meeting house, April 23, 
1673. ^^s married Bridget, daughter of John 
and Alice Bouton. His wife died in 1689. 
Children : Sarah, born February, 1659 ; Mary, 
February, 1661 ; Rachel. February, 1663 ; 
Elizabeth. August, 1666: Daniel, May 7, 1671 ; 
Samuel, February 19. 1673, mentioned below; 
Lydia. April. 1676; Benjamin. March. 1678; 
Joseph (twin), March, 1678. 

(R') Samuel, son of Daniel Kellogg, was 
born at Norwalk, Connecticut. February 19, 
1673. He owned considerable land in what is 
now New Canaan, Connecticut, and many de- 
scendants have lived there. He deeded to his 
children tracts of land on Marvin Ridge and 
Clapboard Hill. He was collector of Norwalk 
in 1703. selectman in 1705 and 1714. member 
of the Connecticut general assemblv and 
served on the committee to seat the meeting 
house. June 3. 1723. He married (first) Sep- 
tember 6, 1704. Sarah, born May 21, 1678, 
died November 10. 1750, daughter of Deacon 
John and Hannah (Clark) Piatt. He married 
(second) March 9. 1755, Mrs. Sarah (Lock- 
wood) Hickok. born 1678, widow of Benja- 
min Hickok and daughter of Jonathan Lock- 
wood, born September 10, 1634, and Mary 



(Ferris) Lockwood, of Greenwich, Connecti- 
cut. She married (first) January 25, 1700, 
Nathaniel Selleck, who died .\ugust 14, 1712; 
married (second) Benjamin Hickok. She 
was seventy-seven when she married Samuel 
Kellogg and he was eighty-two and the wed- 
ding was a notable event. He died October 
13, 1757; she in 1765. Children by first wife, 
all born at Xorwalk: Sarah, September 26, 
1705 ; Samuel, December 23, 1706 ; Mary, Jan- 
uary 29, 1708; Martin, March 23, 171 1, men- 
tioned below; Abigail, October 30, 1715; 
Gideon, December 5, 1717; Epenetus, June 26, 
1719. 

(\ ) Martin (2), son of Samuel Kellogg, 
was born at Norwalk, March 23, 171 1, died 
July 7, 1756. He and his wife joined the 
church at Xew Canaan. February 2, 1743. His 
will was dated July 3. 1756, proved July 30, 
following. He married Alary, daughter of 
Deacon Eliphalet Lockwood, born February 
27. 1675-76, and Mary (Gold) Lockwood, 
born 1674. His widow married (second), 
March 22, 1757, Captain .Samuel Hanford, of 
Canaan, and died December, 1783, aged sixty- 
six years. Children, bom at Norwalk: Eli- 
phalet, born before 1740; Martin. October 10, 
1740, mentioned below ; Samuel, baptized Oc- 
tober 16, 1743; Mercy, baptized September i, 
1745; Samuel, baptized June 29, 1749; 
Nathan, baptized April 26, 1752. 

(VI) Martin (3), son Martin (2) Kellogg, 
was born October 10. 1740, died September i, 
1824. 

He removed from Xorwjilk to that part 
of Fairfield called the Apple Trees where he 
bought a farm, March 13. 1762. He is on 
record also as buying a negro girl Phillis aged 
two years and a half. He married. May, 

1762, Mercy Benedict, born April 13, 1742, 
daughter of James and Mercy (Kemp) Bene- 
dict, of Danbury, Connecticut. She died July, 
1829. aged eighty-three years. Children, born 
at Xew Fairfield : RIartin. September 3, 

1763, mentioned below ; Mercy, March 12, 
1767 ; Zadock, November 25, 1768 ; Zadock, 
September 5, 1770; Marv. November 3, 1772. 

(YII) Martin (4), son of Martin (3) Kel- 
logg, was born at New Fairfield, September 
3, 1763, died there May 3, 1813. He was a 
farmer at New Fairfield. His will was dated 
April 4, 1812. He married. September. 1785, 
Rachel Stevens, of Danbury, born 1766, 
daughter of Thomas and Abigail (Gregory) 
Stevens, granddaughter of Ephraim Gregory. 
His wife died at New Fairfield. April 29. 1831. 
Children, born at New Fairfield : Ira, born 
September 12. 1786, mentioned below; Han- 
ford Martin. October 2, 1788; Mary, April 
25, 1792 ; Rachel, November, 1796, married 



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Ezra Osborne; Abigail, August 6, 1800; 
Mercy Maria, June 25, 1806. 

(VIII) Ira, son of Martin (4) Kellogg, was 
born at New Fairfield, September 12, 1786, 
died August 5, 1845. He always live:! on the 
farm his father purchased at the Apple Trees 
where his son, Seelye Barnum Kellogg, now 
lives. He married, January 29, 1812, Flora 
Rogers, born July 25, 1790, daughter of Rev. 
Medad Rogers, born August 17, 1750, and 
Rachel (Baldwin) Rogers, born September 
29, 1755, daughter of Gamaliel Baldwin. His 
wife died September 10, 1857. Children, born 
at New Fairfield : Edwin Martin, July 4, 
1813; Medad Rogers, March 15, 1815, men- 
tioned below; Carlos Baldwin, May 8, 1825, 
died January i, 1905, married Lucy Ann Wan- 
zer, of Sherman, Connecticut ; Seelye Barnum, 
August 26, 1832, married Elizabeth Hatha- 
way. 

(IX) Medad Rogers, son of Deacon Ira 
Kellogg, was born at New Fairfield, March 
15, 1815, died there October 13, 1873. He 
was a farmer in his native town. In politics 
he was a Republican. He was elected to the 
general assembly of Connecticut of 1852 and 

He married, November 7, 1836, Ama- 
rylis Evaline Peck, born at 13rookfield, Con- 
necticut, October 21, 1815, daughter of John 
A. Peck, born December 9, 1785, and Huldah 
(Keeler) Peck, born January 30. 1789. His 
wife died at Bridgeport, August 8, 1887. Chil- 
dren, born at New Fairfield: i. Lucy Ann, 
born, April 23, 1840, married Williard Hull 
Dibble. 2. Flora Jane, February 25, 1842 ; 
married, November 6, 1867, Alfred Baker, 
born at Paterson, New York, April 25, 1832, 
son of Morris Baker, born June 4, 1804, and 
Alatia (Gay) Baker, born October 28, 1807, 
died February 29, 1892. 3. Mary Elizabeth, 
August 6, 1847 ; married William j. Woodruff 
(see Woodruff XIII). 4. Emily Peck, March 
27, 1849. 



The origin of the name Treat is 
TREAT not known, but it is probably a 

place name, and in its present 
form dates back as early as 1572. The family 
is numerous in county Somerset, England, and 
was found also in other parts of England. The 
spelling has varied, some of its forms being : 
Trat, Trate, Tret, Treet, Trecte, Trot, Troot, 
Treat and others. The name is rare in Eng- 
land to-day, however. 

(I) John Treat or Trott was of Staple- 
grove, near Taunton, county Somerset, Eng- 
land. His name occurs often in the Taunton 
Manor Rolls. 

(II) William Trott was probably son of 



John Treat or Trott, and his name is found 
in the calendars as of the same parish and 
hundred of Staplegrove. The following are 
supposed to be his children : William ; Rich- 
ard, mentioned below ; Joanna, of Staplegrove, 
in 1542; Lucy; Alice; John, probably died 
1584 in Bishop's Compton. 

(III) Richard Trott, son of William Trott, 

died about 1571. He married Joanna , 

who was probably buried at Otterford, Au- 
gust 14, 1577. He lived- at Staplegrove, 
Poundisford and Otterford. Children : John, 
buried October 16, 1544, in Pitminster; John, 
died about 1595: Robert, mentioned below; 
William, buried March 19, 1596: Tamsen. 

(IV) Robert Trott, son of Richard Trott, 
was baptized probably in the hamlet of Tren- 
dle, now Trull, parish of Pitminster, England, 
and was buried in Pitminster, February 16, 

1599. He married Honora or Honour , 

who was buried September 17, 1627, in Pit- 
minster. His will was dated in 1598-99 and 
was proved in Taunton. Children : Alice, 
baptized February i, 1564; John, baptized 
September 10. 1570, buried May 7, 1633; 
Mary, baptized February 6. 1575; Agnes, bap- 
tized February 18, 1577; Tamsen, baptized 
May 26, 1 581 ; Richard, mentioned below. 

(V) Richard (2 )Treat, son of Robert 
Trott, was baptized August 28, 1584, in Pit- 
minster, in the hamlet of Trendle, county Som- 
erset, England. He was the immigrant an- 
cestor, and spelled his name in several ways, 
Trott, Trett, Treat, etc. He settled at Weth- 
ersfield, Connecticut, and was one of the four 
pioneers that were honored with the titles of 
Mr. He was a deputy to the general court 
in 1644, perhaps earlier, and held that office 
until 1657-58. He was a juror in 1643; was 
assistant or magistrate eight times, from 
March 11, 1657-58 to 1665; in 1660 a towns- 
man ; member of Governor Winthrop's covm- 
cil in 1663-64, and served on many important 
committees of the town and church. He 
owned much land and other real estate in 
Wethersficld. His will is dated February 13, 
1668, and the inventory was dated March 3, 
1669-70, soon after his death. Children, born 
and baptized in Pitminster, England : Honor, 
born 1616; Joanna, baptized May 24, 1618, 
died 1694; Sarah, baptized December 3, 1620; 
Richard, baptized January 9, 1622-23; Robert, 
mentioned below ; Elizabeth, baptized October 
8. 1629, died 1706; Alice, baptized February 
16, 1631-32, buried August 2, 1633; J<imes, 
baptized July 20. 1634, died February 12, 
1709; Katherine, bantized June 29, 1637. 

(\'I) Governor Robert (2) Treat, son of 
Richard (2) Treat, was born in Pitminster, 
England, about 1624, baptized February 25, 



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1624-25. died July 12, 1710 (gravestone at 
Mil ford. Connecticut. 

Governor Treat wa.s among the early set- 
tlers of Miiford, Connecticut, coming from 
Wethersfield, and at the first meeting of the 
planters, November 20, 1639, was one of nine 
appointed to survey and lay out lands. He 
subsequently returned to \\'cthersfield and 
was elected rate-maker there in 1647. Return- 
ing soon afterward to Miiford he joined the 
church there with his wife April 19, 1649. 
In 1653 he was chosen deputy to the general 
court and the following year was elected lieu- 
tenant of the Miiford militia company. He 
became a large landholder and a strong and in- 
fluential factor in the development of the col- 
ony. He was often chosen to purchase and 
divide public lands. He was early a promi- 
nent member of the church and in 1660 was 
one of the laymen chosen to perform the cere- 
mony of laying on of hands at the installation 
of Rev. Roger Newton. He held the post 
of deputy until 1659 with the exception of one 
year and then being elected magistrate he 
served for five years on the governor's coun- 
cil, and was re-elected but declined further 
service. In 1663 he was again chosen magis- 
trate for Miiford and he was also captain of 
the military forces. In May, 1664, he and 
^^'illiam Jones were appointed to meet a com- 
mittee from Massachusetts to consider various 
matters of common interest. He was again 
elected magistrate but declined. He was ac- 
tive in the consummation of the union of the 
New Haven and Connecticut colonies under 
one government. In 1665 he was a deputy to 
the general court and the following year was 
nominated for the ofifice of assistant and de- 
feated. He was a c!elegate to go to New Jer- 
sey in the interests of those dissatisfied with 
conditions in Connecticut and desiring to set- 
tle there. The movement resulted in the es- 
tablishment of the town of Newark and Treat 
and ten others were appointed to have charge 
of the government and he was the foremost 
citizen. From 1667 to 1672 he was deputy to 
the New Jersey general assembly. In 1672 
he returned to his old home in Connecticut, 
though a son and daughter remained. Upon 
his return he was placed second in command 
of the forces in preparation to fight the Dutch 
in New York and at the next election was 
chosen assistant and continued for three years, 
serving also on the committee of safety, which 
acted when the general court was not in ses- 
sion. He had many important public duties 
on committees of the general court and held 
many private trtists. When King Philip's war 
broke out he was commissioned major in com- 
mand of the Connecticut quota. He saved 



Springfield from destruction and took active 
part in the campaign in western Massachusetts 
and the Connecticut valley. He defeated the 
Indians at Hadley in October. He took a lead- 
ing part in the famous Swamp Fight when 
the Narragansetts were defeated. Four of his 
five captains were slain but he escaped with 
a bullet hole in his hat. After the death of 
King Philip, Major Treat returned home and 
was elected deputy governor, continuing in 
this office seven years. He also served as 
judge (^r committee, especially in Indian af- 
fairs, now at the request of Northampton to 
mediate with the Indians for the return of 
captives and a treaty of peace, now on the 
committee of safety and twice as commis- 
sioner for the United Colonies and twice also 
as substitute for other commissioners. In 
1683 he was elected governor to succeed Gov- 
ernor Leete, who died in April. He had to 
deal with many exceedingly trying problems 
of state in his administration. There was fric- 
tion with other colonies and encroachments on 
all sides. Then came the crushing blow in- 
flicted by King James in revoking the colonial 
charter and the assumption of power by the 
infamous Andros. When James fell and An- 
dros was overthrown. Governor Treat and the 
colonial officers resumed their stations. After 
the custom of the times he served as deputy 
governor after he was governor and he was 
in this important post from the age of seventy- 
six to eighty-six, then declined and retired. 
"Few men," says Trumbull, "have sustained 
a fairer character, or rendered the iniblic more 
important services. He was an excellent mili- 
tary officer; a man of singular courage and 
resolution, tempered with caution and pru- 
dence. His administration of government was 
with wisdom, firmness and integrity. He was 
esteemed courageous, wise and pious. Pie was 
exceedingly loved and venerated by the people 
in general." 

He married (first) Jane Tapp. who died the 
last of October, 1703, aged seventj'-five, 
daughter of Edmund Tapp. He married (sec- 
ond) October 24, 1705, Mrs. Elizabeth (Hol- 
lingsworth) Bryan, born June 16. 1641. died 
January 10, 1706, aged sixty-eight, a daugh- 
ter of Elder Michael and Abigail Powell, of 
Boston, and had married (first) August 23, 
1659, Richard Hollingsworth and (second) 
Richard Bryan. Children : Samuel, baptized 
September 3. 1648: John, baptized October 20, 
1650: Mary, born May i, 1652: Robert, born 
August 14, 1654, mentioned below ; Sarah, 
October 9, 1656: Abigail, died December 25, 
1727; Hannah, born January i, 1660-61; Jo- 
seph, September 17, 1662. 

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(2) Treat, was bom August 14. 1654. in 
Milford, died March 20. 1720. He married 
(first) about 1678. Elizabeth : (sec- 
ond) about 1687. Abigail K. Camp, born 
March 28, 1667, died March 20, 1742, daugh- 
ter of Nicholas Camp. He was appointed cap- 
tain August 7, 1673, admitted freeman Octo- 
ber 9, 1684. He was a farmer. Children: 
born at Milford, by first wife : Elizabeth, 
baptized September 14, 1679 ; Jane, baptized 
January 30, 1681. Children of second wife: 
Robert, mentioned below ; Samuel, baptized 
November 28, 1697; Jonathan, born March 17, 
1701 ; Abigail, baptized June 11, 1704. 

(Vni) Robert (4), son of Captain Robert 

(3) Treat, was born about 1695, baptized 
January 6, 1695, died September 16, 1770. 
He married Jane'Langstaff, baptized Febru- 
ary 2, 1699, died November 12, 1793, daugh- 
ter of Bethuel and Hannah Langstaff. He 
graduated at Yale in 17 18: was appointed tu- 
tor there April 7, 1724, and resigned Septem- 
ber, 1725, to follow farming at Milford. He 
published almanacs in 1723-25-27 at New Lon- 
don, Connecticut. He was deputy to the gen- 
eral assembly from May, 1736, to May, 1767, 
with the exception of a few years ; was audi- 
tor of colony accounts 1736 to 1744; justice 
of the peace and of the quorum for New 
Haven county from 1742 to 1770; was one of 
the committee of war in 1744 and 1757: was 
one of the committee to settle Rev. Mr. Whit- 
tlesey, December. 1737. Children, born at 
Milford: Philosebius, baptized April 23, 1727; 
Robert, baptized October 11, 1730, mentioned 
below: Elijah, baptized October 28, 1733; 
Isaac, baptized February 16, 1734-35 ; Jane, 
baptized October 10, 1736: Bethuel, baptized 
November 5, 1738. 

(IX) Robert (5), son of Robert (4) Treat, 
was born in October, 1730, baptized October 
II, 1730, in Milford, Connecticut, died August 
10, 1807, and was buried at Milford. He was 
a farmer. He married (first) Mary Clark, 
born in December, 1733, died August 29, 1799, 
of fever. Her gravestone is in Milford. She 
was a daughter of Thomas and Susanna 
(Woodruff) Clark. Robert Treat's will men- 
tions children Robert, Jonathan, David, Mary 
Bryan, Jane Tomlinson with her three daugh- 
ters, Maria, Jennette and Martha. Children, 
born in Milford : Robert, May 25, 1758 : Jona- 
than, August 12, 1763 ; Jane, baptized May 17, 
1767: Mary, baptized May 14. 1771 : Martha, 
born February 7. 1772: David, mentioned be- 
low. 

(X) David, son of Robert (5) Treat, was 
born at Milford. July 22, 1776, died April 10, 
1859, in Middlebury, Connecticut. He was a 
farmer. The familv removed from North 



Milford, now r)range, Connecticut, about 
1818. He married, November 23, 1800, Lydia 
Pardee, of Woodbridge, born January i, 1778, 
died March 10, 1838, in Middlebury. Chil- 
dren, of whom the first nine were born in 
North Milford, the tenth in Middlebury: i. 
Samuel Willis, born October 6, 1801, died 
March 10, 1883; married, December 5, 1822, 
Betsey Tuttle. 2. Mary, November 2, 1803, 
died December 22, 1863: married Harry John- 
son. 3. Esther, July 29, 1806, died May 25, 
1881 ; married Nathan Newton. 4. Charles, 
October 18, 1807, died March 14, 1879; mar- 
ried Henrietta Mallery. 5. Martha, May 30, 
1809, died February 16, 1891 ; married (first) 
April 16, 1830, John Bradley: (second) Feb- 
ruary 19, 1836, Thomas Solley. 6. David Al- 
len, April 22, 1812, lived at Millington, Con- 
necticut. 7. Merritt, mentioned below. 8. 
Robert Marcus, October 19, 1815; married, 
November 28, 1837, Hannah Maria Whittle- 
sey. 9. Lydia Ann, Alarch 27, 1817, died 
January 14, 1883 : married John Benham. 10. 
John Gunn, October 3, 1818; married. May 
23, 1843, Lucy H. Tarr. 

(XI) Merritt, son of David Treat, was 
born at North IMilford, September 7, 1813, 
died May 29. 1871, in Wolcottville, town of 
Torrington, Connecticut. He was educated in 
the public schools in Middlebury and learned 
the trade of tailor. He came to Torrington 
about 1846 and for many years conducted a 
grocery store and followed his trade as tailor 
there, continuing in business to the time of his 
death. He built the house in which he lived 
for many years. Shortly before her death, 
his widow built the beautiful house on the ad- 
joining lot, where her daughter now lives. 
Mr. Treat also built the business block in 
which his store was located in Torrington. He 
was a charter member of Ridgley Lodge of 
Odd Fellows of Torrington. He was a useful 
citizen and a highly capable and successful 
business man, who commanded the respect 
and confidence of the entire communit}-. 

He married, April 19, 1849, Henrietta Ma- 
ria, born June I, 1822, died in 1903, dnughter 
of Abiel and Eunice (Eno) Taylor, grand- 
daughter of Joseph and Ann (Wilson) Tay- 
lor. Children, horn in the village of Wolcott- 
ville, Torrington: i. Alice Eunice, April 20, 
1850; married. May 22, 1871, William C. Hil- 
liard, son of William Hilliard, of Texas : Wil- 
liam C. HilHard is a druggist of Wolcottville 
and Bristol, Connecticut: children: i. Caroline 
Elizaljeth Hilliard, born September 2. 1872; 
ii. daughter, born April 2, 1876, died April 4, 
1876: iii. Molly C. Hilliard, born February 
7, 1880, married William H. Crowell, of New 
Britain, Connecticut; iv. William Chester Hil- 



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Hard, horn Febniary 7, 1S83. 2. Edward Tay- 
lor. April 10. i860, died August 5, 1907. Hen- 
rietta Maud, born May 14. 1S62: resides in 
the home built bv her mother in Torriuirton. 



(\'II) Captain Joseph Treat, son 
TRF.AT of Governor Robert Treat (q.v.), 
was born !>epteniber 17, 1662. in 
Milford. Conneeticut. died August 9, 1721. 
Tie married (first) Franees Bryan, born Feb- 
ruary 13, 1668, died September 21. 1703, 
daui^^hter of Richard and Mary (Pantry) 
Bryan, of Oassy Hill. Milford. who came 
from England with his father. Alexander 
liryan. He married (second), the cere- 
mony being performed bv his father, Novem- 
ber 8, 1705, ^^rs. Elizabeth Merwin, who died 
January 10, 1715-16. The headstone to her 
grave is illegible, but the letters E. T. on the 
footstone are plain. In October. 1698. he was 
promoted from a sergeant to be ensign of the 
first train band in Milford: in 1704 was lieu- 
tenant and in 1708 was captain. He was a 
man of bravery and rendered good service in 
the Indian troubles. From 1707 to 1708 he 
served as deputy for Milford. and was justice 
of the peace for New Haven countv from 1702 
to 1719. He was one of the original proprie- 
tors of W'iantanuck. afterwards called New 
Milford. and in 1703 was appointed by the 
general court one of the commissioners to 
regulate this township which had just been in- 
corporated. He and his wife Frances were 
admitted to full communion. March 31, 1700. 
Administration on his estate was granted Sep- 
tember 26. 1 72 1, to his sons, Joseph and John. 
He was a farmer. His children, born in Mil- 
ford by his first wife. Frances. December i6, 
1690; Joseph. IMarch 21, 1693: Ann, January 
30, 1696; John, December 24, 1697: Sarah, 
June 6. 1699; Jane, September 11. 1702; 
James, September, 1703. Children bf- second 
marriage: Richard, September 28, 1708: Ed- 
mund, mentioned below: Elizabeth, December 
12, 1712: Samuel, Augu.st 13. 1714; Stephen, 
October 10. i7r3. 

(\TII) Edmund, son of Captain Joseph 
Treat, was born November 20, 1710, in Mil- 
ford, Connecticut, died September 22, i8or, 
in Milford. He married (first) Alice Buck- 
ingham, born November 20, 1713, died June 
T, 1785, daughter of Gideon and Sarah 
(Hunt) Buckingham: he married (second) 
May 8. 1786. Elizabeth Oviatt. In the copy 
of the church records her name is incorrectlv 
spelled Uvit. and she is there stated to be 
twenty-one and he seventy-five. For her sec- 
ond husband she married. May 31. 1804. Elias 
Smith, of New Milford. He was among those 
who in 1742 qualified in order to form the 



Second Society, lie was a farmer. .\s domes- 
tic animals were allowed to feed at large and 
in common by the early settlers, every owner 
was obliged to distinguish his creatures 
from his neighbors' by private marks, which 
were registered in the town records, thus: 
"Edmund Treat marks his creatures with a 
teiment on the left ear and a cross of ye top 
of right ear. Entered April 4th, 1732. "Ed- 
mund Treat marks his Geese by cutting a slit 
down ye right foot between ye outside claw 
and ye middle claw. Entered February 28th, 
1743-44." .\ committee appointed to settle Ed- 
mund Treat's charges for caring for a cow 
found in a suffering condition awarded him 
four pounds, ten shillings. May 11, 1747. His 
will was dated January 15. 1790. The inven- 
tory in lands and household goods amounted 
to one thousand pud thirty-one pounds seven- 
teen shillings, nine pence. He mentions his 
wife Elizabeth and four children. Children by 
his first marriage: I. Donald, died March 24, 
1803. 2. Ann, born about 1735. 3. Sarah, 
born' about 1744. By his second marriage: 4. 
Isaac, mentioned below, 

(IX) Isaac, son of Edmund Treat, was 
born February 22. 1788, in Milford, Connec- 
ticut, died September 23, 1858, in Oxford, 
Connecticut. He married. February lo (5, 
town record), 1810, Eleanor E. Stiles, of Ox- 
ford, born February 13, 1789. died February 
4, 1854. Soon after the death of his father, 
he went to live with a great-uncle. Jonah 
Treat, who was appointed his guardian when 
about sixteen years old, and resided in Orange, 
an adjoining town, since his mother had mar- 
ried again. His father had intended that he 
should be educated in Yale College, but cir- 
cumstances prevented. Children, born in O.x- 
ford : Harriet E.. February 10, 181 1: George 
N., November 20, 1812: Cynthia M.. Dccem- 
21. 1814: William Edmund, mentioned below; 
Robert Smith. May 14. 1819; Betsey .\., Sep- 
tember 3, 1821 ; Sarah Lucinda, June 29, 1824: 
Eunice E., September 23, 1827 : Burritt I., 
September 17, 1830. 

Eleanor E. (Stiles) Treat, of Oxford was 
daughter of Nathan and lietsey (Wagner) 
Stiles. He was a soldier in the revolution in 
the company of Captain Heicock. Thirteenth 
IMilitia Regiment of Connecticut, in 1776. 
Nathan was son of Isaac Stiles, born April 17, 
1728, at Stratford, Connecticut. Isaac was 
son of Isaac Stiles, born April 5, 1(100: mar- 
ried (first) -Abigail .Adams, born September 

23. 1696: married (second) Sarah . 

Isaac was son of Isaac Stiles, born 1663, mar- 
ried Hannah, daughter of Robert Rose. Isaac 
Stiles was son of Isaac Stiles, born at A\"ind- 
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that colony. John Stiles, father of Isaac 
Stiles, was baptized at St. Michalel's Church, 
Milbroke, Bedfordshire, England. December 
25, 1595; early settler at Windsor, Connecti- 
cut : married Rachel ; had lot adjoining 

that of Francis Stiles, his brother, another im- 
migrant. 

(X) William Edmund, son of Isaac Treat, 
was born January 18, 1817, in Oxford, Con- 
necticut, died July 14, 1887, in Seymour, Con- 
necticut. He resided in Oxford, that part 
afterwards called Seymour, on Great Hill, in 
the west part of the town. He was a farmer. 
He married, January 2, 1842, Augusta N. 
Nettleton, of Oxford. Children, born in Ox- 
ford: George M., mentioned below; Ella Au- 
gusta, born July 18, 1849. 

(XI) George Merritt, son of W^illiam Ed- 
mund Treat, was born February 24, 1844, in 
Oxford, Connecticut. He married, June 18, 
1871, Ellen, daughter of Lyman Lewis 
Loomer, born in Derby, Connecticut. Her 
mother was Lucy (Sperry) Loomer, of Wood- 
bridge, Connecticut, daughter of Joshua and 
Mary Hitchcock Sperry, born in 18 17. died 
August 30, 1890. Her father, Lyman Lewis 
Loomer, was the son of Orthni and Triphosa 
(Preston) Loomer, came from South Hadley, 
Massachusetts, and was married about 1812. 
Children : Harry, died at the age of five ; 
Grace Ellen, born June 25. 1875, unmarried; 
William Howard, mentioned below. 

(XII) Dr. William Howard, son of George 
Merritt Treat, was born July 18, 1880, in 
Derby, Connecticut. He attended the public 
schools of Derby and graduated from its high 
school in 1900. He entered the Yale ^Medical 
School in 1902, and graduated with the degree 
of M.D. in 1906. He then took a course in the 
Lying-in Hospital in New York City, and 
spent a year in the Elizabeth General Hospital 
in Elizabeth, New Jersey. He then became 
ship surgeon on the Quebec Steamship Com- 
pany's Line and served for a time in that ca- 
pacity. For one year he was associated with 
Dr. John Cook, of Bayonne, New Jersev, and 
then returned to Derby and began general 
practice, which he has continued successfully. 
He is a member of the Connecticut IMedical 
Society, and has been appointed attending phy- 
sician in the new Griffin Hospital of Derbv. 
He is a member of the Second Congregational 
Church of Derby. He is also a member of 
King Hiram Lodge, No. 12, Free and .Ac- 
cepted Masons, of Derby. His office is at 
No. ifif) Minerva street, Derby. He is un- 
married. 

(The Loomer Line). 
The Loomer family settled before the revo- 
lution in New London county, Connecticut, 



and at Partridgetield, now Peru, Massachu- 
setts. Charles, Frederick and Joseph Loomer, 
of Peru, were soldiers in the revolution in 
Berkshire county regiments. In 1790 these 
three were living at Peru. Charles had two 
sons under sixteen and four females in his 
family ; Joseph had one son under sixteen and 
four females ; Frederick had no children and 
his family consisted of himself and wife. The 
only other family of the name in Massachu- 
setts was that of Lucy Loomer, a widow of 
Peru, who had a daughter living with her, 
and she was probably mother of Charles, Fred- 
erick and Joseph. Charles and Lucy Loomer 
had at Partridgefield, according to the town 
records: Horace, born July 11, 1795, and 
Hiram, Alay 20, 1799. Darius Loomer also 
appears in Peru, and was doubtless another 
son of Lucy. The records show that he mar- 
ried (intentions dated February 3, 1792) Polly 
Stevens, of Peru, and they had : Loring, born 
August 10. 1793, at Barrington (Rhode 
Island, Barrington is given on the Peru rec- 
ords) ; George, born June 30, 1794, in Coop- 
erstown. New York ; William, born at Peru, 
July 16, 1799. These daughters of Lucy 
married at Peru : Lucinda Loomer married 
(intention October 31, 1791) Daniel Morse; 
Lucy Loomer married, November 12, 1786, 
Peter Stanton ; and another Lucy Loomer 
married (intention August i, 1798) Oliver 
W'atkins. 

The first federal census of 1790 shows that 
Arnold Loomer had two females in his fam- 
ily ; Ebenezer Loomer had one son under six- 
teen and three females ; Lovisa. a widow, 
doubtless mother of Arnold and Ebenezer, had 
in her family one son under sixteen and two 
females. All were of New London county. 

Arthur Loomer, of the Peru family, grand- 
son of the first settler, married and lived, ac- 
cording <o the family, at South Hadley, Mas- 
sachusetts. He married Triphosa Preston. 

Lyman Lewis Loomer, son of Arthur Loom- 
er, settled at Woodbridge, Connecticut, and 
married Lucy Sperry. Their daughter Ellen 
married. June 18, 1871, George Merritt Treat 
(see Treat XI). 



Thomas Chatfe. the imnii- 
CHAFFEE grant ancestor, came to New 

England, where he owned 
land in 1635 and was living in Hingham, 
^Massachusetts. The first mention of him in 
the records is found in the town clerk's office 
in ITingham, 1635, when the town of Hing- 
ham gave to John Tucker land adjoining his 
land. Although his name was not in the list 
of property owners in 1635, this record proves 
that he was a property owner, but the entry of 



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it was not given until 1637. L'ndcr the same 
date there is another entry show iny that the 
town gave liim about two acres of salt marsh, 
and July 17, 1637, two acres of land on 
llatchellor street (now Main street) for a 
house. This small amount jiroves that he was 
unmarried at the time, as tlie amount of land 
for a house was given with regaril to the 
size of the family. In October, 1637, he was 
given a lot of ten acres abutting on Thomas 
Turner's land on the north and Ralph Smith's 
land on the south. The next record of him 
is April 9, 1642, in Nantasket, later called 
Hull, where he was admitted with several 
others as a planter and given two acres of land 
somewhere between the two hills next 
I'edock's Island. There were to be at least 
thirty-two lots, and the planters were to take 
them in order ; they were to have four acres 
of planting land and two acres of meadow 
land also. On May 29. 1644. the name was 
changed to Hull, and in July a church was 
formed there. In both Hingham and Hull, 
Thomas ChatTe was a fisherman and a farm- 
er. The name of his wife is not known. He 
probably married in Hull, as no mention of 
liim or his family is made in the notes of Rev. 
I'cter Hobart in Hingham. The town records 
of Hull before 1657 have been lost. It is 
probable that his wife's name was Dorothy, 
as her sons both had daughters named Doro- 
thy, and it was the custom to name children 
for their grandparents. The next mention of 
him in the records is a deed, February 4, 
1650, in which he gives land over to Thomas 
(Jill, of Hingham. This deed was not signed 
until 1670, in Hingham. and he and his son 
Joseph must have made a trip from Swansea, 
where they were living, in order to sign it. 
The last mention of him was in 1657. when 
a list of his lands is given. Between 1657 and 
May 30, 1660, he had moved from Hull and 
settled in Rehoboth, then in Plymouth colony. 
A deed has been found dated May 30, 1660, 
in which he sells to Thomas Loring, Sr., of 
Hull, his house, orchard and two home lots 
containing four acres : a lot of meadow by 
"Streights River" : two lots at Sagamore Hill 
and two at Strawberry Hill : and also all his 
rights and privileges in all the islands except 
Pedock's Island. In this deed he calls him- 
self "some time of Hull in the county of Suf- 
folke," but does not say where he was living 
then. However, in the Proprietor's Records 
of Rehoboth. he was one of the proprietors at 
least as early as December 25. 1660, and the 
records also contain a description of the boun- 
daries of land belonging to him. A few 
months after the sale of his property in Hull 
he made his first recorded purchase of land in 



Rehoboth. of Stephen Paine, Sr., February 9, 
iO()0. On .\i)ril 11, 1664, he then of W'anna- 
noisett, .sold to Captain Thomas \\'illett and 
James Brown one of the two lots he received 
in the division of home lots. Captain Willett 
was the first mayor of New York City." When 
Swansea was set off from Rehoboth in 1668, 
his home in W'annanoisett became a part of 
the new town. He very likely owned land in 
Rehoboth, as in a deed in 1675 he calls him- 
self of Rehoboth. In 1669 he sold to Joseph 
Carpenter property on New Meadow- Xeck. 
During King Philip's war he and his family, 
as well as near neighbors, doubtless lived in 
"Chaffe's Garrison," a stone building near his 
house, and during that time he bought more 
land of Francis Stevens of Rehoboth. On 
December 28, 1676, there is a record of an 
agreement in regard to "lands purchased of 
Asamequin and W'amsitto his sonne." The 
last mention of him in his life is March 16, 
1679-80, in an agreement concerning the 
Paine lots and also "pasturing neck." He 
made bis will July 25, 1680, proved March 6, 
1683. in which he mentions his two sons, 
Nathaniel and Joseph. The inventory of his 
estate was taken May 15, 1683. Children: 
Nathaniel Chaffee, probably born between 
1638 and 1642: Joseph, mentioned below. 

(in Joseph ChafTe, son of Thomas Chaf- 
fe. was probably born between 1639 and 
1646, in Nantasket. and died in Swan- 
sea, October 28, 1694. He married there. 
December 8. 1670, Annis. daughter of Richard 
Martin, of Rehoboth, and she died in Bar- 
rington. Massachusetts, formerly Swansea, 
probably early in March, 1729-30. He prob- 
ably moved with his parents to Rehoboth be- 
tween 1657 and 1660. In 1667 that part of 
Rehoboth where they lived, called Wanna- 
noisett. was made a separate town, Swansea, 
where the first mention of him is found, when 
his earmark is given about 1670. On May 
12, 1673. he was chosen highway surveyor. 
About 1675-76 he contributed to the fund for 
carrying on King Philip's war. On May 24, 
1681, he was again chosen a highway sur- 
veyor. March 6, 1683, he was made the ex- 
ecutor of his father's will and brought the will 
for probate. He and his brother Nathaniel 
inherited all the property. He drew land 
April 9, 1685, in the division of land of Re- 
hoboth. .At a town meeting. Mav 24. 1687, 
he was made a constable. On September 12, 
1688, he sold an acre of salt meadow to 
Thomas Barnes. On May 28, 1689, he was 
chosen a viewer of fences, and he was re- 
corded as a proprietor this year. He made 
his will September 22. 1694, five weeks before 
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November 13, 1694. His widow drew land 
twice after his death. She made her will 
April 25, 1 72 1, and it was proved IMarch 17, 
1729-30, very likely soon after her death. 
Children, born in Swansea : Mary, born Feb- 
ruary 21, 1671-72, died May 7, 1674; John, 
mentioned below: Mary, October 23, 1675; 
Joseph, February 6, 1677; Annis (Ann), mar- 
ried October 15, 1743, Daniel Allen; Doro- 
thy, September 4, 1682 ; Elizabeth, iMarch 
18, 1685 ; Sarah, March 18, 1687 ; Abigail, 
probably married at Providence, Rhode Island, 
April 28, 1737, Thomas Field. 

(Ill) John ChafYe, son of Joseph Chaflfe, 
was born in Swansea, December 16, 1673, and 
died at Woodstock, Connecticut, December 2, 
1757. He married (first) in Swansea, July 
17, 1700, Sarah, daughter of Gershom and 
Elizabeth (Chad wick) Hills, of Maiden, Mas- 
sachusetts, sister of his brother Joseph's wife. 
She died probably in Woodstock, April 7, 
1735. He married (second) in Ashforcl, Con- 
necticut, November 4. 1735, Elizabeth Hay- 
ward, who died in Woodstock, February 5, 
1760, aged eighty-seven. On October 28, 
1694, just before he was of age, his father 
died, and his mother, his brother and he were 
the executors. He and his mother drew lot 
No. 120 in the division of land in Rehoboth, 
June 16, 1697. On March 25, 1701, he was 
chosen a constable, and March 29, 1703, he 
and his mother drew another lot of land, and 
jMarch 30, 1703, he was chosen a tithingman. 
On June 30, 1704, he was chosen to "serve on 
the petty jury at ye Court of Quarter Ses- 
sions to be holden at Bristol for ye County of 
Bristol on y 2 Tuesday of July next ensuing." 
He was a proprietor of Swansea. He signed 
a petition to change a part of Swansea to a 
new town, but it was refused on account of 
the vigorous opposition. On March 27, 1716, 
he was made a fence viewer. Another peti- 
tion was sent which resulted in changing part 
of Swansea to the town of Barrington. In 
1725, with two others, he was surveyor of high- 
ways, and in 1728 was grand juror and fence 
viewer. These are the last entries of him in 
Barrington records. He removed to Wood- 
stock, and March 13, 1728-29, he bought land 
of Ebenezer Morris, and two weeks later sold 
thirty acres of upland, meadow and salt marsh. 
On May 9, 1729, he sold land to his brother 
Joseph, and on May 17, 1729, he sold some 
more salt marsh. Late in February or early 
in ]\larch, 1729-30, his mother died, and he 
was obliged to return to Barrington. where 
her will was proved. For fifteen years there 
is no record of him, but he lost his first wife 
and married again in that time, and February 
9. 1744-45, ^^^ liiiught fift\- acres of land of his 



son Joel. H-e made his will August 29, 1754. 
Children, by first wife, born in Swansea : Jo- 
seph, January 17, 1701 ; Joel, mentioned be- 
low ; Ebenezer, September 22, 1704; Heze- 
kiah, April 19, 1706; John Jr., February 10, 
1706-07. 

(I\') Joel Chaffe, son of John Chaffe, was 
born probably in Swansea, in 1702, and died 
in \\'oodstock, June 20, 1745. He married 
Elizabeth, daughter of Thomas Bicknell, of 
Middleboro, and she died before February 2, 
1757, when her estate was divided. He was 
a "conlwainer" or shoemaker of Barrington. 
He bought and sold much land. On May 26, 
1742, he 'signed a petition to have Woodstock 
made a separate town with religious privi- 
leges. Children, the first two of whom were 
born at Rehoboth, the others at Woodstock : 
Elizabeth, January 2, 1729-30 ; Joshua, men- 
tioned below : Joel, about 1732, soldier in the 
revolution; Abigail, January 16, 1734-35; Abi- 
gail, July 2, 1737; Daniel, August 4, 1739; 
Lucy, May 8, 1742; Ruth, March 20, 1743-44. 

(\') Joshua Chaffee, son of Joel Chaffe, 
was born in Rehoboth, Massachusetts, May 
26, 1 73 1, and died in Ellsworth, Connecticut, 
October 9, 1789. He married in Sharon, 
Connecticut, July 2, 1755, Mary, daughter of 
Matthew St. John of Sharon (Wilton). She 
was born in Wilton, September 25, 1739, and 
died August 28. 1829. He was a farmer. 
Shortly after marriage he moved to Sharon 
from Alansfield, and April 20, 1757, ^Matthew 
St. John, of Sharon, deeded to his daughter 
Mary and son-in-law Joshua Chaffee, for love, 
good will and affection, twelve acres in Sharon, 
and in the year following he sold Joshua thir- 
teen acres more. He bought and sold real 
estate from time to time in Sharon. His name 
appears in the roll of the company of minute- 
men of East Haddam among other Sharon 
men in May, 1776. He was made a freeman 
of Sharon, October 16, 1777. His will is 
dated February 14, 1787. He and his wife 
are buried in Ellsworth, where their grave- 
stones bear this inscription: "For me to live 
is Christ and to die is gain." Children, born 
at Sharon: Elizabeth, May 11, 1757; Joel 
Israel, July 2, 1759: Mary, June 10, 1762; 
Lucy, February 12, 1765; Mathew, December 
12, 1767; Lovina, December 26, 1770; Olive, 
October 17, 1774; Lettice, September 3, 1777: 
Joshua Bignall, mentioned below : Julia, 
March 10, 1786. 

(\ I) Joshua Bignall Chaft'ee, son of Joshua 
Chaffee, was born in Sharon, Connecticut, 
March 8. 1781, and died in Ellsworth, Con- 
necticut, March 11, 1832. He married (first) 
June 4, 1809, Anna, daughter of Deacon Amos 
and Sarah (Cook) Sevmour, of Ellsworth. 



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She (licil lluTc June 4, 1819, aged thirty-one, 
anil he married (second) li)eceniber 25. 1820. 
Ilaiinah. daughter of Ebenezer and Sarah 
(liell) liirdsey, of Stratford. Connecticut. 
She was born at Cornwall, Connecticut. Sep- 
tember 29. 1791, and died August 28, 1886. 
She married (second) March 2^, 1840. .Major 
Sauuiel E. Everitt. At the time of her death 
she was living at Ellsworth. Joshua Bignall 
Chaffee was a farmer of Ellsworth. He is 
described as of dark complexion, black eyes 
and five feet, eight inches in height. Me was 
for .several years selectman of Sharon, and 
at the time of his death was a justice of the 
peace. He and both wives are buried in 
Ellsworth. Children of first wife, born at 
Ellsworth: Elmore. April 26, 1810, died at 
Poughkeepsie, New York, married, February 
20, 1834, Esther Dunbar; Jerome Seymour,. 
mentioned below. Children of second wife: 
Mary, March 18. 1822, died at Ellsworth, 
.\pril 9, 1828: Eben Whitney, January 19. 
1824. married Amanda Fuller. 

(VII) Jerome Seymour ChafTee, son of 
Joshua Bignall Chaffee, was born at Ells- 
worth. Connecticut. December 14. 1814, and 
died in ;\larch, 1905, at the great age of 
ninety-one years. He removed to .Amenia, 
\ew York, about 1833. and was assessor, 
commissioner of highw^ays. and held other 
offices of trust and honor there. He removed 
to Leedsville. New- York, after 1876. and was 
a prosperous farmer and grain dealer in that 
town. 

He married (first) in Kent. Connecti- 
cut. October 24. 1S39, .Arrita L. Stuart, born 
in Kent. December 15, 181 2. died in .Amenia, 
November 26. 1872, daughter of James and 
Melinda (Berry) Stuart. He married (sec- 
ond ) in Sharon, June 8, 1876. Adelia Emma 
Fuller, born March 13. 1841. daughter of Cy- 
rus Hackett and Harriet (Skiff) Fuller, of 
Sharon. Mr. Chaft'ee is described as of dark 
com])le.\icin. black eyes, and five feet five 
inches in height. Fie joined the Ellsworth 
Congregational Church at the age of twenty. 

(Vnn James Stuart Chaft'ee. only child of 
Jerome .Seymour Chaffee by his first wife, 
was born at Sharon, Connecticut, October 3, 
1846. and removed to Amenia with his par- 
ents, and is still living there. He was edu- 
catcil in the public schools and at a private 
schnnl at Wilbraham. ^Massachusetts. He 
went west for a time and was employed in the 
development of the lands in the Red River 
\"alley. North Dakota. He was afterward a 
nieml)er of the firm of Tanner & Chaffee, 
dealers in flour, grain, feed and plaster, at 
Wassaic. New York. Most of his life has 
been spent in .\menia. I lis farm there is 



known as "Rillside," and is located in the 
village of .\menia Union. He has been a 
wholesale dealer in grain for many years. In 
I)olitics he is a Republican, and has been jus- 
tice of the peace, commissioner of highways 
and supervisor of the town of Amenia, Dutch- 
ess county, New York. He married, Septem- 
ber 17, 1872, Lydia Judd, born at Kent, De- 
. cember 16, 1850, daughter of Edward Mathew 
and Laura (Cartwright) Judd. She was a 
member of the Congregational Church. Her 
mother was a descendant of Nicholas Cart- 
wright. Children: i. Jerome Stuart, men- 
tioned below. 2. Edward Judd. born .August 
6, 1875; ^ farmer; married (first) Celia 
Cline; (second) Annette Titus, who -had 
James Stuart (2d). 3. Aritta, August 22, 
1877; married Guernsey Cline; children: 
Stuart, Florence, Guernsey Cline. 4. Everitte 
St. John, November 15, 1879; attorney at law, 
I'rovidence, Rhode Island, graduate of Yale 
College and Harvard Law School. 5. Rollo 
Nichols, February 28, 1882; married Millie 
McKee. 

(IX) Dr. Jerome Stuart Chaffee, son of 
James Stuart Chaffee, was born November 
II, 1873, 3t .Amenia L'nion, New York. He 
was educated in the public schools and at 
Yale College. He received his medical edu- 
cation at the University of Pennsylvania, 
where he received the degree of M.D. in 1897. 
He graduated from the .Army Medical School 
in 1 90 1. In 1898 he was in the navy and 
served in the war under .Admiral Dewey at 
Manilla with the rank of assistant surgeon. 
From May, 1898, to November. 1899: was 
promoted to the rank of first lieutenant of the 
Medical Department of the army in 1900, and 
held this position until 1903, when he re- 
signed as surgeon, and in the fall of that year 
he came to Sharon and began to practice 
there. He was appointed to the Medical Re- 
serve Corps in 1906. He is a member of the 
Litchfield County Medical Society, the Con- 
necticut State Medical Society, the American 
Medical A.ssociation, the Association of Mili- 
tary Surgeons, the Military Order of Foreign 
Wars, the University (!:iub of Litchfield 
County, the Litchfield County Automobile 
Club, and various college fraternities. He is 
treasurer and attending surgeon of the Sharon 
Flospital ; surgeon for the New York Cen- 
tral railroad, and medical examiner of this 
district. In politics he is a Republican. He 
attends the Episcopal church. 

He married. November 7. 1900, Grace D. 
Ketcham. of Dover Plains, New York, daugh- 
ter of Richard Piatt Ketcham. bank cashier of 
that place, and Mary (Dutcher) Ketcham, de- 
scendant of one of the oldest and most promi- 



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nent families of that section. They have no 
children. 



The Snowman family settlerl 
SNOWMAN in Maine before the revolu- 
tion. John Snowman was 
a soldier in the revolution in Captain Thomas 
Hodsdon's company, Colonel Thomas Poor's 
regiment, from May 27, 1778, to February 12, 
1779, nine months and two days. The roll of 
the company from which this record was taken 
was dated at Berwick, Maine, then in Massa- 
chusetts. According to the first federal cen- 
sus, John and William Snowman, of York 
county, Maine, were the only heads of family 
of this name ; John had in his family two 
sons under sixteen and three females ; Wil- 
liam had only a wife, and was probably an 
elder son of John. 

(II) William, son of John Snowman, was 
born as early as 1765. He settled at Penob- 
scot, Maine. 

(III) Charles, son of William Snowman, 
was born about 1795-1800 at Penobscot. 
Maine, and settled there. He married Mary, 
daughter of William Hutchings, who was a 
soldier in the revolution and lived to the re- 
markable age of one hundred and one years 
and seven months. \Mien ^^'illiam Hutch- 
ings was a hundred years old, he went to Ban- 
gor on a revenue cutter and made a speech 
there. Children of Charles Snowman : Wil- 
liam, Erastus, Joseph, Leander A., mentioned 
below, Lobrina, Judith, Angelina. 

(IV) Leander A., son of Charles Snowman, 
was born in Penobscot, October, 1832, and 
is now living in his native place. He was 
educated in the public schools, and has always 
followed farming and ship-caulking, as did 
his father before him. In politics he is a 
Republican and has represented his district in 
the state legislature and upon the board of 
selectmen. He married Phebe Ann Bridges, 
torn in Penobscot, in 1836, daughter of Ira 
Bridges. Children : Luella, born June 30, 
1856, resides with parents ; Edward A., June 
21, 1857, a stock broker at Springfield, Mas- 
sachusetts ; Ernest A., January 6, 1863, lives 
in Boston and is in business in Faneuil Hall 
market ; child, died in infancy ; child, died 
in infancy ; Elmer C, mentioned below : Ben- 
jamin W., traveling salesman, living at South- 
ington, Connecticut ; Una, married M. B. 
Bridges. 

(V) Elmer C, son of Leander A. Snow- 
man, was born in Penobscot. Maine, Decem- 
ber 13, 1868, and was educated in the publi'- 
schools of his native town. From 1885 to 
1892, a period of seven years, he was em- 
ployed as clerk in a grocery store in Spring- 



field, and then for five years was in partner- 
ship with his brother in the cracker and 
bread business, with a bakery at Greenfield, 
Massachusetts. In 1897 he made his home in 
Springfield and was employed by the National 
Biscuit Company as a traveling salesman, and 
later was with a Hartford tea and coftee 
house. He continued on the road until 1906, 
when in July of that year he bought a grain 
and feed business in Litchfield. Connecticut, 
and embarked in business under the name of 
the Litchfield Grain Company, a corporation 
of which he is secretary and treasurer and of 
which his brother, E. A. Snowman, is presi- 
dent. He is a member of St. Paul Lodge, No. 
II, Free and Accepted Masons, of Litchfield, 
and of the Ancient Order of United Work- 
men of Greenfield. He married, November 
28, 1888, Lillian Vivian, of Cheshire, Connec- 
ticut, daughter of George and Mary Jane 
\'ivian, of Redneth, England. Mr. and Airs. 
Snowman have no children. 



Samuel Taylor, the immigrant 
TAYLOR ancestor, was born in England 
in 1777 and when about six- 
teen years of age came with his brother Jo- 
sei)h to join their uncle, Benjamin Taylor, 
who was a merchant in New York. Some in- 
ducement brought him to that part of the 
town of Chatham, Connecticut, which is now 
known as Portland. Here he married, April 
II, 1798, Sarah Pembcrton, born August 21, 
1780, at Preston, Connecticut, daughter of 
Patrick Grant and Mary (Johnson) Pember- 
ton, of Preston and Chatham, Connecticut, 
and a lineal descendant of Rev. Ebenezer 
Pemberton, an early pastor of the Old South 
Church of Boston, Massachusetts. Soon after 
he settled in South Glastonbury as a contract- 
ing sail-maker. He took an active interest in 
church matters, and read the services for many 
years at St. Luke's Episcopal Church, South 
Glastonbury, during the intervals when they 
had no rector. The following is taken from 
Dr. Gurdon W^adsworth Russell's "History of 
Christ Church, Hartford" : "I remember Mr. 
Taylor as he appeared in the latter days of his 
life. He was most venerable and benevolent 
and as good a specimen of an old fashioned 
Connecticut churchman as is often to be 
found, and perhaps more often to be found 
in our country parishes than in those of out 
cities. His devotion had its outcome in at- 
tending to his duties and obligations in pub- 
lic religious worship and in striving to live in 
peace and charity with all men." He died at 
^he residence of his son, Edwin Taylor, in 
Hartford, Connecticut, on December 28, 1858. 
Mrs. Sarah (Pemberton) Taylor, his wife. 




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(lied at Glastonbury, Connecticut, on Septem- 
ber 26, 1843. Children of Samuel and Sarah 
(Pemberton) Taylor: i. Benjamin, born Jan- 
uary 18, 1799; died April 29, 1890, and was 
buried at South Glastonbury. He married 
(first), November 3, 1824, Mary Ann Hale, 
and (second), November 25, 1862, Mary 
Tinker Clark. 2. Sophia, born .March 7, 1801 ; 
died November 14, 1861, unmarried. 3. 
George, born April 26, 1803; died December 
13, 1848: married Eunice Harris. 4. Eliza, 
born August 6. 1805; died September 21, 
1839, unmarried. 5. Edwin, born October 6, 
1807 : married Nancy Jane Kinne ; see for- 
ward. 6. Hannah, born February 14. 1810; 
died .\pril 7, 1841 ; married Edwin Miller. 7. 
Sally Ann, born May 15, 1812; died October 
13, 189 1 : married Gideon Kinne. 8. Francis, 
born November 2. 1814: married Lucretia 
Miner. 9. Joseph, born January 11, 1818; 
died November 12. 1910; married (first) Miss 
Dashiell : (second) Mary Metz. 10. Mary, 
born August 20, 1820 ; died October 14, 1894, 
unmarried. 11. Martha, born July 20, 1823; 
died November 16, 1871 ; married Henry S. 
Parsons. 

(H) Edwin, son of Samuel and Sarah 
(Pemberton) Taylor, was born in Cliatham 
(now Portland), Connecticut, October 6, 1807. 
He spent his youth in Glastonbury, and about 
1830 went to Hartford and engaged in busi- 
ness as a merchant with his brother Benja- 
min. They opened a store at the foot of State 
street, in a building erected by Mr. Taylor in 
1833, which was afterwards used as a station 
by the \'alley Railroad Company. At that 
time the merchandise was brought to Hart- 
ford by water, the steamboats stopping at the 
foot of State street. In 1835 '^^ went into 
the lumber and planing business, acquiring an 
interest in tiie business founded by Noah 
Wheaton, later known under the firm name of 
Bristol and Wheaton, located at Dutch Point. 
The new firm was known as Preston and Tay- 
lor, the members being Esek J. and Zephaniah 
Preston and Edwin Taylor. Later the Pres- 
tons retired from the firm, and Benjamin 
Taylor became a partner, the firm name be- 
coming B. and E. Taylor. On April 16, 1849, 
a fire destroyed the mill and a part of the 
stock on hand. Immediately a new mill was 
built, and Edwin Taylor started in business 
again in company with Edwin Spencer, the 
cashier of the Connecticut River Bank. Mr. 
Spencer died in the fall of that year, and his 
interests were bought by James Bartholomew, 
the firm name being E. Taylor & Company. 
In 1854 Samuel Taylor bought the Bartholo- 
mew interest, and the firm name became E. 
Taylor & Son until 1862, when John S. Robin- 



son entered the firm. After .Mr. Robinson's 
death the name was again resumed, although 
Edwin P. Taylor succeeded to his father's in- 
terests in May, 1888. Mr. Taylor was in busi- 
ness for fifty-eight years, fifty-two of which 
were spent in the lumber trade. He was a 
Republican in politics and a member of the 
Hartford city council for one term. He was 
a communicant in Christ Church, Hartford, 
and one of the founders of the St. John's 
Church, of which he was a warden for many 
years. In stature he was a man of medium 
build. His character made him highly es- 
teemed by all who knew him. 

Edwin Taylor married. January 17, 1832, 
Nancy Jane Kinne, of Glastonbury, born 
March 5, 1810: died in Hartford on October 
21, 1887, daughter of Aaron and .Amelia 
(Hale) Kinne. Her father was a graduate of 
Yale College and a teacher. Edwin Taylor 
died at Hartford, May 11, 1888. Children of 
Edwin and Nancy Jane (Kinne) Taylor: i. 
Samuel, born April 26, 1833; died August 23, 
1908; married (first) Laura Louise Lester; 
(second) Mary Amelia Curtin ; sec forward. 
2. Esther Jane, born .September 24, 1834: died 
September 25, 1835. 3. Infant son, born and 
died March, 1836. 4. Amelia, born December 
9, 1837: died September 19, 1838. 5. Brain- 
ard, born March 19, 1839 ; died December 8, 
1839. 6. Sarah Kinne, born September 10, 
1841 ; died October 23. 1861. 7. Julia, born 
November 29, 1844; married (first) John 
Stone Robinson; (second) Roland G. Curtin; 
see forward. 8. Edwin Pemberton, born Au- 
gust 20. 1849; married Caroline Lincoln; see 
forward. 9. Ada Louise, born .A.ugust i, 
1851 : died September 23, 1852. 

(HI) Samuel, son of Edwin and Nancy 
Jane ( Kinne ) Taylor, was born in Hartford, 
April 26, 1833, and died at Hatchetts Point, 
South Lyme, Connecticut, in August 23, 1908. 
He was educated at the Hopkins Grammar 
School of Hartford, and began his business 
life as a clerk for Watkinson and Bartholo- 
mew. Later he held a similar position with 
Collins Brothers, wholesale drygoods mer- 
chants. In 1854 he was admitted to partner- 
ship with his father in the lumber business, 
and was the executive head of the firm for 
more than twenty-five years. He was not new 
to the business at that time, as he had previ- 
ously assisted his father. From that time 
until 1862 the firm was E. Taylor & Son, and 
when John S. Robinson entered it the name 
became E. Taylor & Co., and then in 1876, 
when Mr. Robinson died, it again was made 
E. Taylor & Son. Edwin Taylor died in 1888 
and Samuel Taylor and his brother, Edwin 
P. Tavlor, were afterwards in business to- 



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gether, and Mr. Taylor conducted it alone for 
a time. In 1861 the mill was moved to Colt's 
dyke, the change from the original location 
being made on account of the freshets. 

Mr. Taylor was a member of the city coun- 
cil in 1856 and was its youngest member, 
being only twenty-three years old. He was 
the fourth councilman from the fourth ward, 
the city then having six wards. The council 
then met in the old city hall, on the site of 
the present police station. After his year as 
a councilman, Mr. Taylor held no other po- 
litical office whatever, but he was a Republi- 
can from the foundation of the ])arty in 
1856 and voted for every Republican nomi- 
nee for the presidency from Lincoln to 
Roosevelt. He had known many men promi- 
nent in the affairs of the state and his recol- 
lections of the civil war period and the years 
after were most interesting. He was known 
and. regarded as one of the most careful and 
painstaking financiers of Hartford. He was 
president of the State Savings Bank and after 
1875 a director in the American National 
Bank. He was a vestryman in the Church of 
the Good Shepherd (Episcopal) and acted as 
trustee of the Church Scholarship Society and 
Fisher Memorial Fund ; he was a member of 
the Church Club, Hartford Club, The Hart- 
ford Republican Club, the Connecticut Histor- 
ical Society, and the Hartford Chapter of the 
Sons of the American Revolution. 

Samuel Taylor married (first), November 
27, 1856, Laura Louise Lester, born in East 
Hartford on April 3, 1830; died at Hartford, 
June 12, 1870; daughter of Chauncey and 
Ahby (Wood) Lester, of East Hartford. He 
married (second), June 5, 1873, Mary Amelia 
Curtin, born January 5, 1836, at Bellefonte, 
Pennsylvania, died October 11, 1887, at Hart- 
ford, Connecticut. She was daughter of Dr. 
Constans and Mary Ann (Kinne) Curtin, of 
Bellefonte, Pennsylvania. Child of Sam- 
uel and Laura (Lester) Taylor: i. Ada 
Louise, born August 10, 1863, at Hartford, 
where she resides. Child of Samuel and 
Mary Amelia (Curtin) Taylor: 2. Mary Cur- 
tin, born September 19, 1874, at Hartford, 
where she resides. 

(HI) Julia, daughter of Edwin and Nancy 
Jane (Kinne) Taylor, was born at Hartford, 
November 29, 1844, and died at Philadelphia, 
March 18, 1904. She married (first), No- 
vember 27, 1867, John Stone Robinson, born 
May 29, 1837; died at Hartford, January 21, 
1876: son of George and Harriet Robinson. 
She married (second), March 22, 1882, Rol- 
and Gideon Curtin, of Philadelphia, Pennsyl- 
A-ania, born at Bellefonte, Pennsylvania, Octo- 
ber 29, 1839 ; son of Dr. Constans and Mary 



Anne (Kinne) Curtin, of Bellefonte, Penn- 
sylvania. Children of John S. and Julia 
(Taylor) Robinson:, i. Sarah, born Septem- 
ber 13, 1868; died July 23, 1872. 2. Julia 
Louise, born February 10, 1870, married Dr. 
Samuel D. Risley. 3. Edwin Taylor, born 
February 18, 1872, married Florence Evey. 4. 
John Trumbull, born June 11, 1874. 5. 
George, born December 28, 1875 ; died May 
ID, 1877. Children of Roland Gideon and 
lulia ( Tavlor ) Curtin : 6. Roland Kinne, born 
August 6.' 18S3; died July 29, 1884. 7. Mary 
Kinne, born May 15, 1885. 

(HI) Edwin Pemberton, son of Edwin and 
Nancy Jane (Kinne) Taylor, was born at 
Hartford, Connecticut, August 20, 1849. He 
resides at Hartford, and is the head of the 
Edwin Taylor Lumber Co. He married, No- 
vember 12, 1874, at Hartford, Caroline Lin- 
coln, born August 15, 1849, '^^ Hartford, 
daughter of Charles T. and Maria (Brewster) 
Lincoln. Children of Edwin Pemberton and 
Caroline (Lincoln) Taylor: i. Charles Lin- 
coln, born September 10, 1875 : married Ber- 
tha H. Smith. 2. Edwin Pemberton, born 
February 22, 1879. 3. Caroline Brewster, 
horn July 23, 1883. 4. Roland Kinne. born 
July 18, 1887: died July 25, 1888. 5. Morgan 
Welles, born May 14, 1895. 



The origin of the ' surname 
PLLTMB Plumb (Plume, Plumbe and its 

other variations) is unknown, 
Inn it was in use in England among the ear- 
liest family names. The American family of 
Plumb is descended from the English family 
of county Essex. There are numerous coats- 
of-arms of this family, but that to which the 
Essex branch has claim is described : Ermine 
a bend vaire or and gules cottised vert. Crest : 
Out of a ducal coronet or a plume of strict 
feathers argent. The name of Robertus 
Plumme appears in the Great Roll of Nor- 
mandy, in A. D. 1 180: also Robert Plomc. 
John Plume was in Hertfordshire in 1240, 
and in 1274 the surname is found in Somer- 
setshire, Cambridge and Norfolk. One 
branch of the Connecticut Plumbs traces its 
ancestry direct to John Plumb, or Plumbe, of 
Toppesfield, county Essex, England, born 
about 150s; of this line, John Plumb, of 
Wethersfield, was the immigrant and ])ro- 
genitor of a widely dispersed line. 

(I) John Plumb, of Terling, county Essex, 
was born about 15 10, and was doubtless close- 
ly related to the other John. He married Jo- 

hana , and he was buried January 23, 

1548-49. Children: Elizabeth : Jane, baptized 
February 23, 1538-39: Margaret, baptized 
May 18, 1540: Philip, May 4, 1542: Johana, 



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.Ma\ 2J. 1543; Thomasin, April 4, 1545; 
George, iiicntioned below. 

(1)) George, son of John I'linnh. was ba])- 
tized at Terling, .April 27,, 1547: was Ijuried 
there October 11, 1586. aged thirty-nine years 
five months eighteen days. The names of his 
children are not known, but there is good rea- 
son to believe that he and his sons lived at 
Inworth, the register of which is lost. 

(I\') George Plumb, or Plume, grandson, 
it a]jpears to be proved, of George Plumb, 
was born about 1607. His will, dated July 25, 
1667, bequeathing to wife Grace and sons 
John and Timothy, was proved July 18, 1670, 
and shows that he was father of Timothy of 
iriartford and Wethersfield. and of John, men- 
tioned below. He had a second wife Sarah, 
who proved the will. George was buried in 
June, 1670, at Fnworth, Essex, England, 
where he lived. 

(\') John, son of George Plumb, was born 
in Essex, England, in 1634. and died about 
1696. He deposed at Hartford, Connecticut. 
July II, 1666. that he was about thirty-two 
years old. He lived many years at Hartford, 
but moved to New London, Connecticut ; was 
constable there in 1680 and inn-holder there. 
His wife joined the church in i6gi. He was 
a shipowner and master and owned the ketch 
"Hartford." His wife was fined for selling 
liquor to the Indians. He was a bearer of 
dispatches from New London to the governor 
at Hartford in January, 1675-76. in King 
Philii^'s war, and was afterward granted land 
for service in this war. He was given a 
power of attorney, when he was of Hartford, 
to collect debts at Charlestown, Massachu- 
setts, for creditors in England, and was 
named a son of George Plumb, of Inworth, 
Essex. He married Elizabeth (jreen. Chil- 
dren: John, torn about 1666; Samuel, men- 
tioned below; Joseph, about 167 1 ; Green, 
about 16-^: Mcrcv. 1677; George, 1679: 
Sarah, ir>S2. 

(Yl) Samuel, son of John Plumb, was born 
in 1670. probably at Hartford. He settled in 
Mil ford, Connecticut. His will, dated May 
22, 1728, mentions land at New London, and 
was proved June 12. 1728. He died May 29, 
1728, though his tombstone gives the date 
May 19. He married IMehitable Hinde. Chil- 
dren, born at Milford: Joseph. February 17, 
1694-95: Mehitable, October 12, 1696: Eliza- 
beth. February 18. 1699-1700: Samuel, Feb- 
ruary 8, 1701-02: Ebenezer. March 25, 1705: 
Ezra, mentioned below ; Jonathan. September 
10, 1710: Samuel, 1711; Hannah, April 6, 
1712. 

(\ III Ezra, son of Samuel Plumb, wa^ 
born at i\Iilford. February 27, 1708-09 : died 



Julv I, 1787: married. March 9, 1739, l'-!iza- 
betb liuel, born .\pril 2/, 1720. He settled in 
Litchfield. Connecticut, in 1733, with his 
brother Joseph. Children, born at Litchfield: 
Elizabeth. ^lay 9, 1742: Ebenezer, January 
27, i74()-47; Hannah, November 24. 1749; 
Ezra, mentioned below. 

( \TH ) Ezra (2), son of Ezra (i) Plumb, 
was born at Litchfield, May 10, 1755, and died 
there October 17, 1787. lie married, June 8, 
1775, Sarah WoodrutT, born July 13, 1751, 
died February 8, 1781, daughter of Nathaniel 
Jr. He married (second) December 4, 1783, 
Sarah Griswold. Children: i. John, mentioned 
below. 2. David, born March 4, 1778. 3. 
Elizabeth, November 17, 1779: married Silas 
White. 4. Sarah. October 19, 1784: married 
Aaron Spencer and Noah Beach. 5. Ezra, 
December 25. 1786: died December 22, 1850; 
married, January 20. 181 1, Hannah Lemley : 
grandparents of Hon. C. C. Jadwin, member 
of congress, who prepared much of the geneal- 
ogy of this family. 

(IX) John, son of Ezra (2) Plumb, was 
born at Litchfield, July 6, 1776: married, Jime, 
1798, Deborah Plumb, who died November 

26, 1828, aged fifty-six years, daughter of 
Ebenezer Plumb. John died August 15. 1813. 
Children, born at Litchfield: i. Charlotte, 
.\])ril 26, 1799: married, .August i, i845^~Asa 
Slat'e. 2. l-'rederick W'., mentioned below. 

(X) Frederick W., sou of John Plumb, was 
born October 28, 1801 ; married, December 8, 
1828, Huldah Seymour Landon. He died 
September 26, 1877, aged seventy-five years 
ten months twenty-eight days : she died July 
19, 1854. Children, born at Litchfield: i. 
John L., mentioned below. 2. Seth F.. August 

27, 1836: killed at Chapin's Farm, \irginia, 
September 29, 1864, in battle in the civil war. 
3. Lennia IClmira, born June 28, 1838. 4. Wil- 
liam H., September 17, 1840: married (first) 
Emma T. Buell : (second) March 18, 1885, 
Ellen Peck. 5. Charles E., AFarch 17. 1845 : 
married Emma Camji. 

(XI) John L. Plumb, son of Frederick W. 
Plumb, was bom at Litchfield, December 14, 
183 1 : died in November. 1907. He married, 
April 21, 1856, Lucy Fields, who is now living 
at Litchfield. Children, born at Litchfield: i. 
Frederick L., July 11, 1858; in insurance busi- 
ness. New York City. 2. .Anna Gertrude, 
February 27, 1861 : lives at Litchfield. 3. Ed- 
ward L., August 22, 1862: married, Decem- 
ber 30. 1890, Jennie Kilbourne : he is a florist 
at Litchfield. 4. A\'illiam S.. Februarv 11, 
1865: mail clerk. Litchfield. 5. John I'lelds, 
mentioned below. 

(XII) Rev. John Fields Plumb, son of 
Tohn L. Plumb, was born at Litchfield, Con- 



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necticut, ^March 20, 1867. He attended the 
public schools of his native town and Trinity 
College, where he was graduated with the de- 
gree of A.B. in 1891. He studied for the min- 
istry in Berkeley Divinity School, and was 
graduated in 1894. He was ordained a deacon 
the same year, and took orders as priest 
in 1895. From June, 1894, to April, 1895, ^^ 
was assistant at St. John's Protestant Episco- 
pal Church, of Stamford, Connecticut. He 
was appointed rector of St. John's Church of 
New Milford, Connecticut, in 1895, and has 
had charge of that parish to the present time. 
He has built a parish house, and effected vari- 
ous other improvements in the church prop- 
erty. He is archdeacon and assistant secre- 
tary of the diocese. He is probation officer. 
He is a member of St. Peter's Lodge, No. 21, 
Free Masons, New jNIilford. 

He married, June 12, 1895, Annie Good- 
man, daughter of A. C. Goodman and Annie 
(Johnston) Goodman, of Hartford (see 
Goodman). Children: Lucy G. ; Edward L. : 
Robert J.; Annie Alden ; John L. 

It is believed that the 
BURROUGHS Connecticut family of 
Burroughs is descended 
from the distinguished family of the same 
name which from an early period was seated 
near Barnstable in the county of Devon, Eng- 
land. A noted representative of that ancient 
house was Captain Stephen Burroughs, the 
navigator, who in 1553 commanded one of the 
vessels in the expedition sent from England 
by the Muscovy Company to attempt the pass- 
age to China by the Nova Zembla route. All 
the ships except that of Burroughs were lost 
on the coast of Lapland, but he arrived safely 
in the White Sea. and from this event dates 
the beginning of commercial relations with 
Russia. In 1556 he discovered the straits 
Oveparatiaq Nova Zembla from the then sup- 
posed continent. Another member of the 
Devonshire family, William Burroughs, Esq., 
"clerk and comptroller of the queen's navy," 
received in 1586 a grant of a coat-of-arms, 
described as azure, a bend wavy argent be- 
tween two fleurs-de-lis ermine — a blazonry of 
much beauty. 

For the early records of the Burroughs 
family in Connecticut we are indebted to Or- 
cutt, the historian of Bridgeport and Strat- 
ford. (See also the paper by Mr. Orcutt, 
"Captain Stephen Burroughs and His Times," 
in the Annual Reports of the Fairfield County 
Historical Society for 1887.) 

(I) Robert Burroughs, of Wethersfield, 
Connecticut, married Mary, widow of Samuel 
Ireland, and removed to New London, Con- 



necticut; had (with perhaps other children) a 
son, see forward. 

(II) John, son of Roljert Burroughs, was 
born in New London, Connecticut. He mar- 
ried there ]Mary, daughter of John Culver. 
Children : John, see forward ; Mary, born 
December 14, 1672; Hannah, October 9, 1674; 
Margaret, October 5, 1677; Samuel, Octo- 
ber 5, 1679; Robert, September 9, 1681 ; Abi- 
gail. August 10, 1682. 

(III) John (2), eldest child of John (i) 
Burroughs, was born in New London, Con- 
necticut, September 2, 1671. Removing in 
early manhood to Stratford, Fairfield county, 
Connecticut, he became a prominent citizen 
of that community and one of its most enter- 
prising men. In 1707 he purchased a half 
proprietorship in a grist mill, with a dwelling 
and several acres of land from John Seeley, 
who had built the mill — the first on the 
Pequonnock river — in 1697; ^i^d in 1710 he 
bought Seeley's remaining interest. Through- 
nut the remainder of his Iif( he was a pros- 
perous farmer and miller. He married Pa- 
tience, daughter of Edward Hinman, of Strat- 
ford. Children : Stephen, see forward ; Ed- 
ward, born March 14, 1696; Hannah, Novem- 
ber 23, 1697, married Eliphalet Curtis ; Eu- 
nice, September, 1699, married Joseph Curtis ; 
Joseph, November 23, 1701 : Bathsheba. Sep- 
tember 26, 1703, married a Mr. Lewis; John, 
August 31, 1705: Eden, July 10, 1707; Eph- 
raim, 1708; Patience, January 2, 1710, mar- 
ried (first) John Hubbell, (second) Benjamin 
Beach. 

(IV) Stephen, eldest child of John (2) 
Burroughs, was born in Stratford, February 
25, 1695. He inherited the paternal home- 
stead, and also received a "double portion" of 
the estate. Subsequently, by purchase from 
his sisters, he became- the sole owner of the 
mill property. In addition to his possessions 
in Stratford he had lands "in Rocky Hill, in 
the mountains of Cornwall, and on the plains 
of \\'allingford." He married, March 3, 
1720, Ruth, daughter of Abraham Nichols, a 
leading citizen and member of a wealthy fam- 
ily of Stratford. Children: Patience, born 
January, 1721 ; Eunice, July 4, 1723; Edward, 
1727, died November 29, 1733; Stephen, see 
forward; Ruth, born April, 1731 : Edward, 
April, 1735: Eden, January, 1738; Ephraim. 
April, 1740: John, July i, 1745. 

(\') Stephen (2), known as Captain 
Stephen Burroughs and also as Stephen Bur- 
roughs the astronomer, fourth child of 
Stephen (i) Burroughs, was born in Rocky 
Hill, now North Bridgeport, October 4, 1729. 
He was a man of extraordinary mathematical 
attainments, which, apparently, were acquired 



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without the advantage of any formal educa- 
tional training". Among his literary reviews, 
possessed by his descendants, in his "Navi-' 
gation Book," bearing date 1749 (when he 
was only twenty), which contains intricate 
trigonometrical problems, worked out by loga- 
rithms, for use in trigonometry. He contin- 
ued his astronomical studies with great zest to 
the end of his life, made numerous calcula- 
tions for almanacs, and was engaged in the 
compilation of an extended work on astron- 
omy, which he w-as obliged to suspend by the 
loss of his eyesight when about seventy years 
old. To him has been attributed the inven- 
tion of the decimal monetary system of the 
United States. According to Isaac Sherman, 
Burroughs made the original proposal in that 
direction and submitted it to Hon. \\'illiam 
Samuel Johnson, "W'ho after understanding 
its simplicity and great convenience, caused it 
to be brought before congress in 1784, when 
he was a member of that body." He possessed 
an unusually large and varied library for 
those times, a portion of which is now pre- 
served in the Burroughs Public Library of 
Bridgeport. The scientific and scholarly pur- 
suits of Stephen Burroughs were, however, 
only incidental to a life of great activity and 
success in practical affairs. He was the prin- 
cipal merchant of the locality, and bis estab- 
lishment at the Burroughs Landing at Rocky 
Hill was the center of the shipping business 
of the Pequonnock river. The manu.script rec- 
ords of his transactions, kept with scrupulous 
care, are of great historical value for the in- 
formation which they afford about the circum- 
stances and usages of life and society in Con- 
necticut during the latter half of the eigh- 
teenth century. In the revolution he was an 
earnest patriot and raised a military company, 
known as the Householders, of which he was 
captain. He w-as twice a representative in the 
general assembly, and for many years was 
justice of the peace. He died August 2, 1817, 
in his eighty-eighth year. 

He married (first) May 22, 1760, Eliza- 
beth Browne, who died December 4, 1764, of 
a "very excellent family" of Stratford, daugh- 
ter of Joseph Browne and sister of .\nne 
Browne, who married W'olcott Chaunccv and 
was the mother of the famous Commodore 
Isaac Chauncey of the United States navy. 
Captain Stephen Burroughs married (second) 
December 11, 1765, Hnldah. daughter of 
Peter Pixlee and widow- of Jeremiah Judson. 
Children by first marriage: i. Eunice, born 
April 30, 1 761, married William Pendleton 
and had three daughters, one of whom, Abi- 
gail Pendleton, married Captain Loudy La- 
field, of }ilaryland. 2. Stephen, see forward. 



3. David, born October 28, 1764. died March 
-5. 1765. Children by second marriage : 4. 
Elizabeth, born September 4, 1767. married 
Sterling Edwards. 5. Huldali, born March 26, 
1769, married Joseph Backus, of Bridgeport, 
grandson of Rev. Timothy Edwards, of East 
Windsor, and had several children. 6. Abijah, 
born January 17, 1771, merchant captain, sail- 
ing to the East Indies, lost at sea, September 
24, 1795. 7. David, born October 31. 1773, 
lost at sea. September 25. 1795. 8. Isaac, born 
October 15, 1775, sea captain and successful 
merchant, married Rebecca, daughter of An- 
drew Hurd, and had several children, one of 
whom, Catherine A. Burroughs, married Al- 
lison A. Pettingill, the editor then of the 
Bridgeport Standard, and she gave the build- 
ing for the Public Library (known as the 
Burroughs Library) to the city of Bridge- 
port, and also donated thirty thousand dollars 
to St. John's Church of Bridgeport. Burroughs 
^Memorial Chapel, and founded at Burroughs 
Home for unmarried w^omen at Black Rock. 
(\'l) Stephen ("3). second child of Stephen 
(2) Burroughs (by his first marriage), was 
born March 5, 1763. He was a merchant in 
Bridgeport, captain of coasting vessels, and 
also made, several voyages in the trade with 
China. He married (first) March, 1792, 
i\fary. daughter of Levi Jennings, of Boston; 
(second) November, 1812, Pamelia Turney, 
of Trumbull. Connecticut, widow of Dr. 
Higby. Children of Stephen Burroughs by 
first marriage: i. IMaria. born June. 1792, 
married Isaac Sherman, Esq., of Bridgeport ; 
of their children were Mary Sherman, died 
unmarried, Eliza Sherman, and Jane E. Sher- 
man, married Rowland R. Lacey (see Hunter 
and Lacey families). 2. Stephen, born Au- 
gust 27. 1793, died unmarried. 3. Henry, 
born April 30, 1795, died 1797. 4. Lucretia, 
born November 19. 1796, married (first) Ran- 
som C. Canfield. (second) Deacon William 
De Forest : liad by her first husband : Maria 
Canfield. married Benjamin C. De Forest; 
Philo Canfield. of \\'isconsin ; Rev. Charles 
Canfield. of New England : and Elvira Can- 
field, married George Peabody. 5. ElizS. born 
April 23, 1798. married David M. Birch. 6. 
Henry C., see forward. 7. Charles, born July 
31, 1802. died 1816. 8. Fanny, born April 7, 

1804, married Joseph W'oolley, of Pawtucket, 
Rhode Island. 9. Jennette, born October 24, 

1805. married Charles L. Nichols and had 
Charles E.. George W., Mary. Edw'ard L., 
Henry C. Sarah J., Elizabeth. \A'alter. Fran- 
cis. 10. David, born May 6. 1809. married 
Elizabeth Griffin, of Greenfield Hill. Chil- 
dren by second marriage: 11. George Bur- 
roughs, born July 15, 1813, died 1872, thirty- 



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five years cashier of the Bridgeport liank. 
and a citizen highly esteemed ; married Cath- 
erine S., daughter of Legrand Bancroft, of 
Newtown, granddaughter of H. Ohver Ban- 
croft, of Newtown, and great-granddaughter 
of Ephraim Bancroft, of East Windsor ; chil- 
dren: Harriet Louise, married Joseph Tor- 
rev, of New Jersey: Mary Katherine, dead, 
married Nedick Perrin Perry ; George Le- 
grand, dead : James Richard, of Bridgeport. 
12. Cornelia, horn August 13, 1817. married 
Frederick S. Kirtland. 13. Harriet, born 
February 20, 1819, died unmarried, 1836. 14. 
Susan, born June 22, 1821, died 1825. 15. 
Charles, born June 15. 1825, married Amanda 
Wheelock, of California. 

(\'n) Henry Canner, sixth child of Steph- 
en (3) Burroughs (by his first marriage), was 
born in Bridgeport, October 20, 1800, died 
October, 1876. He was engaged in the real 
estate business in Bridgeport. He married 
Ophelia Hurd, of Newtown, Connecticut. 
Children: i. Charles Delancey, resides in Chi- 
cago, where he is a broker; is a veteran, hav- 
ing served in the civil war. 2. Henry Canner, 
residing in Bridgeport. 3. William Palmer, 
see forward. 4. Stephen, deceased : married 
Caroline Clinton Sterling ; one child, Corne- 
lius, now residing in Newark Valley, New 
York. 

(Vni ) \A'iiliam Palmer, son of Henry Can- 
ner Burroughs, was born in Bridgeport, No- 
vember 3, 1836. He was educated in his 
native city, where he has always resided. For 
many years he was engaged in the drv goods 
business under the firm style of \\'illiam P. 
Burroughs & Company. During the civil war 
Mr. Burroughs enlisted in the Second Con- 
necticut Light Battery, and he was for three 
years in the army, participating in the battle 
of Gettysburg and various other engagements. 
He is the father of the following children: i. 
Frederick Charles, resides in New Haven, 
where he is cashier of the National Trades- 
men's Bank. Married Josephine Hugo, of 
Bridgeport. 2. Alvah Stephen, resides in 
Bridgeport, engaged in the brokerage busi- 
ness. 3. Harriet O., unmarried, resides at 
home. 4. Henry Clarence, born December i, 
1874. graduated from the Bridgeport high 
school and Yale University. He was admitted 
to the bar in December, 1895. and has since 
been practicing his profession in Bridgeport. 
He is a member of the Seaside Club of 
Bridgeport and a member and ex-secretar\- of 
the General Silliman branch of the Sons of 
the American Revolution. ]\Iarried, October 
10, 1907, Caroline H., daughter of Lewis 
Burr and Susan (Sterling") Silliman, of 
Bridgeport (see Silliman hereinafter); one 



child, .Susan .Sterling Burroughs, born De- 
cember 2. iyo8. 

(The Silliman Line). 

Lewis Burr Silliman, who has always been 
identified with every movement for the better- 
ment of Bridgeport, a public-spirited citizen, 
and a liberal contributor to all charitable and 
religious objects, is a grandson, on the ma- 
ternal side, of James Penfield, born 1758, died 
1840, of Fairfield. Connecticut, who was a 
member of the company of Captain Bartram 
in the regiment commanded by Colonel Sam- 
uel \Miiting, detached to join Silliman's bri- 
gade, and served in October, 1777. in a short 
campaign at Ridgefield and Horse Neck. He 
received a pension for his services from the 
government. 

Lewis B. Silliman was born in Durham, 
Greene county. New York, June 9, 1832. He 
obtained a practical education in the schools 
of his native town, and when twelve years old 
accompanied his parents to Bridgeport, Con- 
necticut, where he continued his studies in a 
select school. In 1855 Mr. Silliman located 
at Titusville, Pennsylvania, where he re- 
mained until 1887, having been engaged in the 
banking business, and was also a producer of 
crude petroleum. In the latter named year he 
returned to Bridgeport, where he engaged in 
his present business, wholesale dealer in and 
producer of crude petroleum, being one of 
the leading representatives of that line. He 
still retains his interest in the oil regions of 
Pennsylvania, disposing of his product to the 
Standard Oil Company. At his place of busi- 
ness. No. 368 \\'ater street, he conducts an ex- 
tensive trade in oils, petroleum products, belt 
dressing, lubricating grease, etc. He is also 
the owner of the schooner "M. O. Wells." 
which plies weekly between New York and 
Bridgeport, and thus is in a splendid position 
to supply the trade of New England at the 
lowest market rates. He is a man of honor 
and integrity, straightforward in all his busi- 
ness transactions, and has won and retains the 
confidence and esteem of his business associ- 
ates and his patrons. He is an adherent of 
the principles and policies of the Republican 
party, and while a resident of Titusville, 
Pennsylvania, served for eight years as a 
member of the city council, and six years 
thereof acted as president of the board, per- 
forming his duties in an efficient and satisfac- 
tory manner. He was also president of the 
Library Association of that city. He holds 
membership in the South Congregational 
Church, State Sunday School Association, 
.Sons of the Revolution, and Seaside Club. 
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Hawley. eldest daiigliter of the Hon. Sher- 
wood SterHiig. Their daughter. CaroHne II., 
married Henry Clarence Burroughs (see I!ur- 
roughs \1TT 1. 



The first of this name in Eng- 
\\ARKI-:.\" land was William de War- 

renne, a nobleman, who ren- 
dered distinguished services in the conquest of 
England liy William the Con(|ucror and was 
created Earl of Surrey. .An ancient geneal- 
ogy of the family traces the lineage of this 
\Villiani de Warrenne back to the year 900 
A. D., the year in which his Scandinavian 
forbears are said to have settled in Xormandy. 
The Warrens of .\mcrica have won distinc- 
tion both as civilians and soldiers. Their rec- 
ord in the struggle for national independence 
is an exceedingly honorable one, and the 
valiant services of General Joseph ^^'arren, 
who fell at Ihmker Ilill. are too well known 
to need further comment. 

(I) The family of Warren is traced to a 
Xorman baron of Danish e.xtraction, who had 
son Herfastus. whose daughter married Wal- 
ter de St. Martin. 

(II) Their son, \\'illiam de Warrenne, 
Earl of Warren in Xormandy, married daugh- 
ter of Ralph de Tosta. .Also had daughter, 
Gundred, who married Richard. Duke of .Xor- 
mandy. 

(III) Their son, Richard, Duke of Xor- 
mandy, was father of William the Conqueror, 
King of England, who married Maud, daugh- 
ter of Pjaldwin, Earl of l-'landers. They had 
daughter. Gundred. who married William de 
\\'arren. the first Earl of Warren and Surrey. 
He accompanied William the Conqueror, and 
was a powerful au.xiliary in the battle of 
Hastings, 1066. William de W'arren received 
the title of earl before coming to England. He 
is mentioned in Domesday liook as possessing 
land in almost every county in England, com- 
prising one hundred and thirty-nine lordships. 
Earl \\'illiam Warren selected his residence in 
the village of Lewes, county of Surrey. He 
erected there his beautiful castle, of which 
the ruins are still to be seen on an eminence 
surrounding the town. Although the princi- 
pal ])arts are demolished, its gates are still 
standing, showing its massive construction. 
He and his wife Gundred erected the priorv 
in the town of Lewes, and he continued his 
benefaction to it during his life. He died 
1088. and his countess died 1085. They were 
first buried in the convent of Lewes built bv 
Henry \TTI. In 1775 their remains were re- 
moved to the old church at Southover to a 
little chapel at the end of the church. The 
traveler of the present, selecting one of the 



lanes rimning to the southward of Lewes, 
soon comes to the pleasant suburb of South- 
over, and passing its church will readily recog- 
nize the remains of the priory Iniilt by \\'il- 
liam de Warren and Gundred. 

From this point, Colonel Tracy 1!. Warren, 
mentioned below, traces his ancestry in a 
direct line for seventeen generations to Rich- 
ard Warren, the "Mayflower" Pilgrim, from 
whom he is descended in the ninth generation, 
thus making twenty-seven generations in un- 
broken line from \\'illiam de Warren, previ- 
ously referred to, who married Gundred, the 
youngest daughter of William the Conqueror. 

(I ) Richard Warren, the .American progen- 
itor, born in England, came to Xew Eng- 
land from Greenwich. England, in the historic 
Mayflower company which founded Plymouth, 
Massachu.setts, in 1620, and was one of the 
nineteen signers of the famous compact who 
survived the first winter. The re.gister at 
the end of Piradford's folio manuscript gives 
him the honorable prefix of Mr. He was men- 
tioned by a contemporary as "grave Richard 
^^'a^ren, a uTan of integrity, justice and up- 
rightness, of piety and serious religion" ; and 
also "as a useful instrument during the short 
time he lived, bearing a deep share in the dif- 
ficulties and troubles of the plantation." He 
received land grants in common with his asso- 
ciates and one of these grants was at \\'ar- 
ren's Cove. He was one of the influential 
members of the company and as such was 
selected with nine others to cruise along the 
coast from Cajie Cod Harbor, in a shallop, for 
the purpose of fleciding on a place of settle- 
ment. His death occurred at Plymouth in 
1628. Llis wife Elizabeth, whom he married 
in England, followed him to America in the 
".Ann" in 1623, bringing with her their five 
daughters. She occupied an important social 
position in the colony : is usually mentioned in 
the records as Mistress Elizabeth Warren, a 
designation by no means common, and is one 
of the rare instances in an early colony of con- 
tinued widowhood. L^pon the marriage of her 
daughters she conveyed to their respective 
husbands certain lands, variously located at 
Eel River and \\'ellingsl\-. She died at Ply- 
mouth. October 2. 1673. aged about ninety 
years. The childrcjT of Richard and Elizabeth 
Warren were: I. Alary, married Robert 
r>artlett. 2. Ann. married Thomas Little. 3. 
Sarah, married John Cooke. Jr. 4. Elizabeth, 
married Richard Church and was the mother 
of the famous P>enjamin Church, the con- 
queror of King Philip. 5. .Abigail, married 
Anthony Snow. 6. Xathaniel, who is again 
mentioned. 7. Joseph. The two sons were 
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(TI) Nathaniel, son of Richard and Eliza- 
beth (Jonatt) Warren, was born in Plymouth 
in 1624. died in 1667. As he was among the 
first children born in the colony he received a 
special grant of land. He became a large real 
estate owner and was a man of prominence, 
serving as selectman, highway surveyor, rep- 
resentative to the general court and also in 
the local militia. He married Sarah Walker, 
in November, 1645, and she died in 1700. 
Their children were : Richard, Jabez, Sarah, 
Hope. Jane, Elizabeth, Alice, Mercy, Mary, 
Nathaniel, John James. 

(HI) Richard (2), eldest child of Nathan- 
iel and Sarah (Walker) Warren, was born in 
Plymouth in 1646, died in Middleboro, Massa- 
chusetts, January 23, 1697. He settled in 
Middleboro shortly after the close of King 

Philip's war. He married Sarah . 

Children: James, born January 13, 1679, died 
December 25, 1709; Samuel, born March 7, 
1682-83, died in 1750; Hope, married Caleb 
Torrey, of Scituate, Massachusetts; Anne, 
married John May, of Plymouth ; John, see 
forward ; Joanna, married Samuel Burgess, of 
Barnstable, Massachusetts. 

(lY) John, fifth child of Richard (2) and 
Sarah Warren, was born in Middleboro in 
1690, died in that town in 1768. He was re- 
siding at Scituate in 171 1, and returned to 
Middleboro about 1737. He married (first) 
Naomi Bates, of Scituate, in 1713 ; married 
(second) in 1737, Anne, daughter of James 
Reed, of Middleboro. Children : James, born 
1714; Hope, 1716: John, 1719; Nathaniel, 
1721 ; Nehemiah, 1730-31; Naomi, married 
Jeremiah Tinkham ; Ann, married Joseph 
Dickinson. 

(V) James, eldest child of John and Naomi 
(Bates) Warren, was born in Scituate, De- 
cember 4, 1714. He settled in Connecticut, 
going first to Woodbridge and subsequently 
removing to New Haven. In July, 1743. he 
married Abigail Thomas, of Woodbridge, and 
she died in Watertown, Connecticut, Septem- 
ber 13, 1800. Their children were: Jason, 
born February 20, 1745; Sarah, Februarv i, 

1746, married futtle, of Catskill, New 

York ; Rachel, July 4, 1749, married John Rus- 
sell ; .\bigail, June 3, 1752, married James 
Pritchard ; Nathaniel, January 15, 1755, mar- 
ried (first) Susannah Johnson, (second) 
Mary Wedge; Jemima, October 15, 1758; Ed- 
ward, September 18, 1761, see forward; 
Richardson. 

(\T) Edward, seventh child of James and 
Abigail (Thomas) Warren, was born in 
Woodbridge, September 18, 1761. He went 
from Woodbridge to Watertown, Litchfield 
county, Connecticut, and resided there the re- 



mainder of his life. He was accidentally 
drowned in the Naugatuck river, December 
10, 1814. At the age of eighteen years he en- 
tered the continental army for service in the 
revolutionary war, and was almost immedi- 
ately called into action, accompanying Gen- 
eral Anthony Wayne on the silent march 
through the mountain passes to Stony Point, 
New York, and participating in the capture of 
the fortress on the morning of July 16, 1779. 
According to his own account of this daring 
enterprise his company was the first to reach 
the works in the gallant charge of the Ameri- 
can forces, which proved a complete surprise 
to the British, and he was the third man to 
enter the fort. After his death his widow 
received a pension from the federal govern- 
ment. Edward Warren owned and occupied 
a farm located about three and one-half miles 
from Watertown Centre, and long known as 
the Warren place. The residence was built 
in the most substantial manner and is still in 
a good state of preservation. Edward War- 
ren married Mary Steele, born in 1764, died 
February 24. 1849. Her parents were Cap- 
tain Bradford and Mary (Perkins) Steele, 
and she was a descendant in the sixth genera- 
tion of George Steele (i) through James (2), 
John (3), Ebenezer (4) and Captain Brad- 
ford (5). Of this union there were seven chil- 
dren: I. Isaac. 2. Mary, died March 20, 
1863, aged seventy-eight years ; married Par- 
melee Richards, who died December 6, i860, 
aged eighty. 3. Lyman, died ]\Iarch 4, i860, 
aged seventy ; married Abigail J. Allen, who 
died September 17, 1885. 4. Lewis, married 
Susan Judd. 5. Sheldon, died November 21, 
1825, aged thirty-two; married (first) Cla- 
rinda Welton, who died October 17, 1821, 
aged twenty-four; married (second) Ann 
Mead, who died November 13. 1883, aged 
eighty-eight. 6. Alanson, born May 16, 1796. 
7. Truman, died unmarried, January 10, 1822, 
aged twenty-two years ; buried at Darien, 
Georgia. 

f\TI) Alanson, sixth child of Edward 
and Mary (Steele) ^^'arren, was born 
in Watertown. May 16, 1796. When sixteen 
years old he began to serve an apprentice- 
ship at the hatter's trade with Joel P. Rich- 
ards in Watertown, and upon attaining his 
majority he became sole proprietor of the es- 
tablishment, inaugurating his business career 
with a capital of six hundred dollars and em- 
ploying from ten to twenty journeymen and 
apprentices. This enterprise he carried on for 
a number of years in connection with farming, 
but he was eventually obliged to place his 
agricultural interests in the hands of his sons, 
in order to devote his entire time and energies 



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to his business affairs, lii 1S38 Mr. Warren 
entered into partnership with William H. 
Merriman and the latter's son. C. H. Mcr- 
rinian, merchants, and the two concerns 
became united under the firm name of Merri- 
man & Warren, but three years later Mr. 
Warren foimd it advisable to withdraw, and 
he resumed business alone. About this time 
he ensjaged in the manufacture of cloth and 
fur o;oods in connection with his hat business, 
and these productions sold readily to country 
merchants in Connecticut. Massachusetts and 
New York, to whom they were transported in 
a larg-e two-horse wasjon especially constructed 
for this purpose. In 1843 he admitted to 
partnership his son, Truman A., and R. S. 
Beers, thus organizing' the firm of Warren & 
Beers, and having placed the business upon a 
firm foundation he withdrew in 1847 for the 
purpose of giving more attention to another 
business enterprise, in which he had embarked. 
In 1843 he became associated with his son-in- 
law. George P. Woodruff, in the production of 
buckles, buttons, slides and metal trimmings 
for hats and caps, and in 1848 they consoli- 
dated with Nathaniel \\'heeler, who had been 
their competitor in the same line of goods, and 
the firm became Warren, Wheeler & Wood- 
ruff. Suspender buckles were added to their 
list of products and their business developed 
so rapidly that in 1840 it was found necessary 
to improve their facilities for production. 
They accordinglv purchased the water power 
site formerh- owned by the Leverett, Condee 
itinct factory in A^'atertown, and were thus 
1 nabled to expand their business into much 
larger proportions. At this period the idea of 
applying machinery to the domestic art of sew- 
ing was agitating the minds and stimulating 
the energies of mechanical experts, and among 
the inventors who succeeded in producing a 
practical machine for this purpose was Allen 
Benjamin Wilson, then a cabinetmaker of 
Pittsburg. Massachusetts. In 1850 the War- 
ren Company entered into a contract to con- 
struct some two thousand of the Wilson first 
patent shuttle machines, and the.se were fol- 
lowed in 1852 by an improvement based upon 
an entirely different principle, known as the 
rotary hook machine. Steps were immediately 
taken for placing the new machine uDon the 
market, and a company was formed consisting 
of Alanson Warren. Nathaniel Wheeler, 
George P. Woodruff and A. B. Wilson, and 
known as Wheeler. Wilson & Company. From 
this parent organization was subsequentlv de- 
veloped the famous \\nieeler and ^^'ilson Man- 
ufacturing Company, with Alanson Warren as 
president. George P. \\'oodruff. secretarv and 
treasurer, and Nathaniel Wheeler as general 



manager. The capital of this concern, which 
consisted mainly of real estate, machinery and 
patents, valued at about sixty thousand dollars, 
was afterward increased to one hundred and 
sixty thousand by the sale of stock, and it ulti- 
mately reached one million dollars. Mr. War- 
ren having resigned the presidency in 1855, 
he was succeeded by Mr. Wheeler, and in the 
following year the factory was removed to 
Bridgeport. It is, at the present day, both in- 
teresting and surprising to observe how utterly 
unable were the promoters of the Wheeler 
and Wilson Company to properly estimate its 
future magnitude. Mr. Warren once stated 
that he expected to witness the production of 
twenty-five machines per day. He never even 
dreamed that the daily capacity would reach 
six hundred, which was actually the case. 

Mr. Warren's business career was an ex- 
ceedingly busy one, and embraced many dif- 
ferent enterprises. He was president of the 
Warren and Newton Manufacturing Company, 
a concern established in 1846 for the produc- 
tion of suspenders and afterward absorbed by 
the American Suspender Company of Water- 
bury ; was also president of the Phoenix Com- 
pany, another industrial company, and was 
connected with the American Knife Company, 
Plymouth, the Waterbury Brass Company, 
Oakville Pin Company. Union Leather Com- 
pany, the Beers and Woodruff Company, 
manufacturers of shirts and linen goods, and 
was one of the incorporators of Evergreen 
Cemetery, Watertown. In politics he was a 
Whig and in 1841 he served in the general 
assembly. For many years he was senior war- 
den of Christ Church (Episcopal), and con- 
tributed liberally to the fund raised for the 
erection of the new church edifice completed 
in 1855. His death occurred in Watertown, 
October 20, 1858. 

I\Ir. Warren married, December 25, 1818, 
Sarah M.. daughter of Caleb and Ruth Hick- 
ox. of Watertown. She died April 20, 1866. 
Their children were: Belinda M., Truman 
A., David Hard, Sarah. Charles A.. Henry, 
Mary. .Alanson. 

(VTII) David Hard, third child of Alanson 
and Sarah M. (Hickox) Warren, was born 
in Watertown, September 3, 1825, died in 
1858. 

He was reared upon the homestead farm, 
acquired the advantages of a good prac- 
tical education, and turning his attention to 
agriculture when a young man he became a 
very successful farmer. He married, in 1846, 
Louisa Bronson. a descendant of John Bron- 
son. who came to Hartford with the Rev. 
Thomas Hooker, in 1638. She survived him 
manv vears and was the mother of three chil- 



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dren : Tracy Bronson, Sarah Cornelia, died 
young, Jennie. 

(IX) Colonel Tracy Bronson Warren, eld- 
est child of David Hard and Louisa (Bron- 
son) Warren, was born in Watertown, Litch- 
field county, Connecticut, December 20, 1847. 
In addition to possessing a goodly share of 
the many sterling qualities for which his pa- 
ternal ancestors were noted, he inherited from 
his mother numerous strongly- defined charac- 
teristics promoting spiritual growth, intellec- 
tual development and the lofty principles of 
morality and integrity, which have on all oc- 
casions preeminently asserted themselves as 
the chief governing influences in his success- 
ful career. Reared upon a farm he derived 
from the invigorating atmosphere and health- 
giving activities of his rural enviromnent a 
robust constitution, which has successfully 
withstood the wear and tear of an unusually 
busy life and enabled him to accomplish many 
strenuous undertakings. Having pursued his 
elementary studies in private schools he was 
graduated from the Collegiate and Commer- 
cial Institute. New Haven, in 1865, and for a 
number of years following that event was en- 
gaged in the manufacture of carriage hard- 
ware. From 1876 to 1881 he was engaged in 
the dry goods business, and was officially con- 
nected with the Bridgeport National Bank 
from 1882 to 1887. In 1890 he became pro- 
prietor of the Atlantic Hotel, Bridgeport, and 
continued to carry on that well-known hos- 
telry with pronounced success until 1902, since 
which time he has been engaged in the fire 
insurance business in that city. He was 
formerly an active participant in local public 
afifairs, having served as a member of the 
board of aldermen for the years 1883-84, and 
as city treasurer in 1885, and his efficient pub- 
lic services proved of inestimable value to the 
municipality. In politics he is a Republican. 
At an early age he developed the same capac- 
ity for the military service which had distin- 
guished his ancestors, and he fostered it with 
enthusiasm, attaining honor and distinction in 
the service of the state. For several years 
subsequent to 1871 he was prominently identi- 
fied with the Connecticut National Guard, 
serving as adjutant of the Fourth Regiment 
several years, and also as aide-de-camp on 
Governor Harrison's stafif with the rank of 
colonel. Colonel Warren, in 191 1, was named 
a member of the executive committee of the 
Governor's Staff Association of Connecticut 
at the fourth l^iennial meeting in Hartford. 
From 1871 to 1874 he served as lieutenant of 
the New Haven Grays, is a member of the 
Veteran Association of that command, and is 
a member of the Old Guard of New York, 



having served as commissary of that organiza- 
tion. 

Socially, as well as otherwise. Colonel War- 
ren has attained widespread popularity. His 
earnest solicitude for the general welfare of 
his fellowmen is in a great measure responsi- 
ble for this popularity, yet a considerable por- 
tion of it can be traced directly to his personal 
magnetism, which unquestionably enhances 
his capacity for leadership. In ^klasonry he 
has attained the thirty-second degree, being a 
member of Corinthian (Blue) Lodge, No. 104, 
and Hamilton Commandery, Knights Temp- 
lar. He also belongs to the Bridgeport Scien- 
tific Society, the Army and Navy Club of New 
York, the Algonquin Club, Brooklawn Coun- 
try Club, Bridgeport Yacht Club and Seaside 
Club of Bridgeport, and the Hoboken Turtle 
Club. In his religious belief he is an Episco- 
palian and for twenty-five years has been a 
vestryman of St. John's Church. All of these 
organizations have on various occasions prof- 
ited by his ability and sound judgment, and as 
a consequence he has attained a far-reaching 
influence with his fellow members. 

Colonel Warren married, October 28, 1874, 
Clara A. Mills, of Boston, daughter of John 
F. Mills, formerly proprietor of the Parker 
House, that city. Mrs. Warren has long been 
engaged in charitable and philanthropic work, 
and for many years has been state vice-regent 
of the Daughters of the American Revolution. 
Colonel and Mrs. Warren have had seven chil- 
dren, four of whom are now living: John 
M., Yale Scientific School, i8q6; Louise B., 
Bryn Mawr, 1898: Bronson M., Yale, 1904; 
Harvev T., Yale, igio. 



(V) Peter Lanman. son of 
LANMAN Peter (q.v.), and Abigail 
(Trumbull) Lanman, grand- 
son of Peter and Sarah S. (Coit) Lanman, 
great-grandson of James and Joanna (Boyls- 
ton) Lanman, and great-great-grandson of 
Thomas and Lucy (Elton) Lanman. was born 
in 1807 in the old Lanman house, nearly ad- 
joining what is now the Dime Savings Bank 
of Norwich. His father was a prosperous 
West India merchant of Norwich, and his 
mother was a daugliter of Jonathan Trumbull, 
Sr., the last colonial and first federal governor 
of Connecticut, a man by whose family, in 
three successive generations, this office was 
held. 

By the embargo of 1812 his father's business 
was ruined, and Peter and his brothers were 
early brought face to face with stern necessity. 
In 1 82 1 Peter Lanman went to Jewett City 
to learn the business of woolen manufacturing 
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and he followed that line of biisiiu'ss, iiflen 
under great disadvantages, but with untiring 
energy and industry, until the civil war. ?Ie 
was the pioneer in \'ew London county in 
tile use of a power loom. By his own honor- 
able exertions and moral attributes, he carved 
out for himself friends, affluence and position, 
and by the strength and force of his own char- 
acter, he overcame obstacles which to others 
less hopeful and less courageous would seem 
unsurmountable. Scrupulously honorable in 
all his dealings with mankind, he bore a repu- 
tation for public and private integrity, and be- 
ing sociable and genial, he made frienrls and 
retained their friendship throughcnit his life- 
time. He was quick, prompt and decisive in 
his actions, was remarkable for the charity of 
his judgment of others, and this quality mani- 
fested itself in what he did not do, no less than 
what he did. To those in need he was gener- 
ous of aid and unsparing of time and re- 
sources, while bravely struggling with adver- 
sity himself. lie died .\]iril 6, 1886, at his 
old home, opposite the common, in Norwich. 

Air. Lannian married (first) Catherine 
Cook. Children: i. David Trumbull, a resi- 
dent of Hartford. Connecticut : married Kliza- 
beth Knapp, of Newburyport, Massachusetts. 
2. Peter, unmarried. ,^. William Camp, mar- 
ried Gertrude TIaile. 4. Joseph, married Clara 
W'illiston. of Eastham[)ton, Alassachusetts. 3. 
John, married Charlotte Stillwell. 6. Henry, 
married Minnie Kelsey, of Columbus, Ohio. 
7. Catherine Cook, married Charles A. Burn- 
ham (see Burnham \''ni). 8. Charles Rock- 
well, married Alary Hinckley, of Cambridge, 
Massachusetts. 9. Edward Boylston, married 
Georgianna Burnham, of Philadelphia, Penn- 
sylvania, sister of Charles A. Burnham. Mr. 
Lanman married (second) Lydia Bishop; no 
children. He married (third) Mary E., 
daughter of Edmund (loldiug; had one child: 
10. Mary Golding, now deceased; married 
Herbert S. Underwood, editor of the Boston 
.-Id'i'crtiscr. 

Edmund Golding, father of Mary E. (Gold- 
ing) Lanman. was born in Manchester, Eng- 
land, and in young manhood came to the 
United States, about 1829 or 1830, and settled 
in Mansfield, Connecticut. He was the first 
to introduce the manufacture of silk in this 
country, having learned the trade in his na- 
tive town, and was the proprietor of the first 
mill and the first machinery for that purpose. 
The mill in which he began work and the mill 
he subsequently built are still standing in 
Mansfield, Connecticut. He died in the prime 
of life, at the early age of forty-five vears. 
As a citizen he was universally esteemed, al- 
wavs sustaining the character of a true man. 



11 is business transactions were conducted on 
principles of strict integrity, and he fulfilled 
to the letter everv trust committed to him. 



Samuel (2) Moyle, son of Sam- 
MOYLE uel ( i ) Moyle, was born in Pen- 
zance, Cornwall, England, .April 
2, 1847. He came to this country when six 
years of age, his parents locating in Bridge- 
port, Connecticut. In March, 1865, he en- 
listed in the United States navy as third as- 
sistant acting engineer, and received his hon- 
orable discharge at the close of the civil war. 
He learned the trade of toolmaker. and then 
became a stationary engineer, being em])l(ived 
in this capacity at Wheeler and Wilson's Sew- 
ing .Machine I'"actory at the time of his death, 
which occurred at Bridgeport, Connecticut, 
January 17, 1881, as the result of injuries re- 
ceived while endeavoring to save another's 
life. He was greatly interested in church 
work, being a local preacher in the Methodist 
Episcopal church, and he was one of the foun- 
ders of the Point Union Mission of Bridge- 
port, Connecticut. He married Mary Eliza- 
beth Murphy, born Eebruary 21, 1846. daugh- 
ter of Dr. Francis and Elizabeth Ann (Bab- 
cock) Murphv, of Wcstcrlv, Rhode Lsland, 
May 22, 1868 (see Bliss and Babcock). .Ml 
of their children died in infancy except Sam- 
uel .Alfred, mentioned below. 

(Ill) Samuel Alfred, son of Samuel (2) 
Moyle, was born in Bridgeport, Connecticut, 
.\ugust 7, 1876. He attended the public 
schools there until twelve vears of age, when 
his mother, having married again, moved to 
Derby, Connecticut. He was graduated from 
the Derby high school in 1894, and then en- 
tered Wesleyan University at Middletown, 
Connecticut. At college he sang w-ith the Glee 
Club, and was a member of the Psi Upsilon 
fraternity. He was graduated with the degree 
of A. B. in the class of 1898. During the fol- 
lowing year he taught school at Chambers- 
burg. Pennsylvania. He then engaged in the 
insurance business at Paterson. New Jersey, 
and at Trenton, New Jersey, Cincinnati, Ohio, 
and New York City, and in 1908 came to New- 
Haven, Connecticut, where he has since been 
in business at 902 Chapel street, as district 
manager of the United States Health & .\c- 
cident Insurance Company. He is a member 
of TTiram T,odge. No. i. Free and Accepted 
Masons, of New Haven, being made a Mason, 
however, in Trenton Lodge, No. 5. of Tren- 
ton, New Jersey. He has taken the Scottish 
Rite degrees to and including the thirty-sec- 
ond, and is a member of Syrian Temple. An- 
cient .Arabic Order Nobles of the Alvstic 
Shrine, of Cincinnati, Ohio. He is enlisted 



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in the Connecticut National Guard, being a 
member of "The New Haven Grays," Com- 
pany F, Second Regiment, Connecticut Na- 
tional Guard. In politics he is a Republican. 
He married, October 25, 1900, Elizabeth Em- 
ma Dufford, born at Paterson, New Jersey, 
March 28, 1875, daughter of William M and 
Emma (Nichols) Dufford. Her father was 
born September 26, 185 1, in Schooley .Moun- 
tain, near Hackettstown, New Jersey; her 
mother in Paterson in 1848 Mrs. Moyle was 
graduated from Wesleyan University with the 
degree of B. S. in the class of 1897. Mr. and 
Mrs. Moyle have two children: William 
Dufford, born January 21, 1902, and Elizabeth 
Emma, born October i, 1910. 

(The Bliss Line). 

The Bliss family is believed to be the same 
as the Blois family of Normandy, gradually 
modified to Bloys, Blyss. Blysse, Blisse and in 
.America Bliss. The family has been in Eng- 
land since the Norman conquest, but it is not 
common. The coat-of-arms borne by the Bliss 
and Bloys families is the same : Sable a bend 
vaire between two fleurs-de-lis or. Crest : a 
hand holding a bundle of arrows. Motto : 
Semper Surum. The ancient tradition of the 
Bliss family represents them as living in the 
south of England and belonging to the yeo- 
manry, though at various times some of them 
were knighted. 

(I) Thomas Bliss, the progenitor, lived in 
Belstone Parish, Devonshire, England. Little 
is known of him, except that he was a wealthy 
landowner and was a Puritan, persecuted on 
account of his faith by both civil and religious 
authorities under the direction of the infam- 
ous Archbishop Laud, that he was maltreated, 
impoverished and imprisoned. He was re- 
duced to poverty and his health ruined by 
the persecution of the Church of England. 
He is supposed to have been born about 1550 
or T560. He died about 16.^6. When the par- 
lia'ment of 1628 assembled, Puritans or Round- 
heads, as they were called by the Cavaliers, 
accompanied the members to London. Two of 
the sons of Thomas Bliss, Jonathan and 
Thomas, rode from Devonshire on iron-grey 
horses and remained for some time — long 
enough anyhow for the king's officer and spies 
to mark them : and from that time forth thev 
with others who had gone on the same errand 
to the capital were marked for destruction. 
The Bliss brothers were fined a thousand 
pounds for their non-conformity and thrown 
into prison, where they lay for weeks. Even 
their venerable father was dragged through 
the streets with the greatest indignities. On 
another occasion the officers of the high com- 



mission seized all their horse and sheep, ex- 
cept one poor ewe that in its fright ran into 
the house and took refuge under a bed. At 
another time the three sons of Thomas Bliss, 
with a dozen other Puritans, were led through 
the market place in Okehampton with ropes 
around their necks and fined heavily, and again 
Thomas was thrown into prison with his son 
Jonathan who eventually died from the hard- 
ships and abuse of the churchmen. At an- 
other time the king's officers seized the cattle 
of the family and most of their household 
goods, some of the articles being highly 
valued for their age and beauty, having been 
in the family for centuries. In fact, the fam- 
ily was so reduced in circumstances that be- 
ing unable to pay the fines and secure the re- 
lease of both father and son from prison, the 
young man had to remain in prison and at Ex- 
eter he suffered thirty-five lashes with a three- 
corded whip, which tore his back in a cruel 
manner. Before Jonathan was released the 
entire estate had to be sacrified. The father 
and mother went to live with their daughter 
whose husband belonged to the Established 
Church, Sir John Calcliffe The remnant of 
the estate was divided among the three sons 
who were advised to go to America to escape 
further persecution, Thomas and George 
feared to wait for Jonathan, who was ill, and 
they left England in the fall of 1635 with their 
families. Thomas, son of Jonathan, and grand- 
son of Thomas (i), remained with his father, 
who finally died. Then the son came to 
America also and settled near his Uncle 
Thomas (2). At various times their sister 
sent from England boxes of clothing, ^ shoes 
and articles that could not be procured in the 
colonies and it is through her letters, long pre- 
served in the original, but now lost, that 
knowledge of the family was handed down 
from generation to generation Children of 
Thomas: Jonathan, died in England, 1635-36; 
Thomas, born in England: Elizabeth, married 
Sir John Calcliffe of Belstone : George, born 
1591, mentioned below; Mary or Polly. 

(II) George, son of Thomas Bliss, was 
born in Belstone, England, in 1591, and settled 
in Lynn and Sandwich, Massachusetts, and 
Newport, Rhode Island. He came to New 
England with his brother in 1635. He had a 
grant of land for a home lot at Sandwich, 
April 16, 1640, and was appointed to make 
and mend arms at Newport in 1649. He was 
one of the original proprietors of Quononicut 
and was admitted a freeman before 1655-56. 
He died .\ugust 31, 1667. He had a son 
John, mentioned below. 

(III) Major John, son of George Bliss, 
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Rhode Island, and became an active and in- 
lluential citizen. His name appears often in 
the ])ubHc records. He was on a committee, 
March 28, 1667, to go from house to house 
and hst the firearms, ammunition, etc., and 
report on its concHtion for service, to report 
to the governor. He was admitted a free- 
man, Octolier 28, 1668, and was deputy to 
the general court in 1679-83. He was a mem- 
ber of the town council in 1689-90. In 1693 
Captain Bliss was appointed to view the am- 
munition. He was elected to the general as- 
sembly, January i, 1695. and was appointed 
major of the troops of the island. He mar- 
ried, Januar\- 24, 1666, Damaris, daughter of 
Governor ISenedict Arnold, of Rhode Island. 
Children: son. born September 29, 1668; 
Damaris, .May 25, 1670: Freelove, November 
I'l. 1672: John, October 22, 1674; Henry; Jo- 
^iah, 1685-86. mentioned below; George; 
Mercy. 

(I\') Josiah, son of Major John Bliss, was 
born at Middletown. Rhode Island, in 1685- 
86. He was admitted a freeman, January 28, 
1707. He was a town officer. He was a 
member of the Seventh Day Baptist church, 
baptized October 29, 1712, died 1747-48. He 
married Widow Belcher. Children : Eliza- 
beth, married, in 1739, Christopher Clark ; 
Henry, died May 10, 1805; Sarah, married 
Henry Lyon; William, mentioned below; 
Martha, born 1730, marriefl John \'ars. 

(Y) Rev. William Bliss, son of Josiah 
Bliss, was born February 5. 1728, died May 
8, 1804. He was a captain in the French 
and Indian war in 1763 and was on the point 
of marching to Canada when the treaty of 
peace ended the war. He was licensed to 
preach in the Sabbatarian church of Newport, 
ordained December 7, 1779. as pastor, and 
continued until his death. He married (first) 
in 1749, Barbara Philips, born in 1727, died 
October 29, 1775. He married (second), 
January 9, 1780. Elizabeth Ward, born June 
6, 1735, died February 18, 1815, daughter of 
Governor Richard W'ard. Children : Eliza- 
beth, born June 25, 1750; Barbara, October 

20, 175 1 ; -Ann, January 16, 1753, died August 

21, 1769; .'\rnoid, July 16, 1754; Mary, Jan- 
uary 15. 1757; William. July 15, 1758; John. 
January 7, 1760; Thomas Ward, June 2, 
1762; George, October 19, 1763; Sarah. Oc- 
tober 15. 1765; Josiah. December 30, 1767; 
Jeremiah, Alarch 4, 1777. 

(Yl) Captain Thomas ^^'ard Bliss, son of 
Rev. William Bliss, was born June 2, 1762, 
died .September 5. 1798. He lived at New- 
port, Rhode Island. He was a mariner. He 
married. November 13. 1783. Sarah Casey 
Thurston, who died Mav 26, 1822. aged si.xtv- 



seven. Children: i. Elizabeth Eyers, born 
at Newport, ( )ct()ber 2. 1784: married, Octo- 
ber 4, 1809. Elnathan Wells, born at llopkin- 
ton, Rhode Island, December 13, 1789; she 
died at Sangerfield. Rhode Island, March, 
1873. 2. Barbara Philips, born at Newport, 
March 14, 1786, mentioned below. 3. Ben- 
jamin Thurston, March 20, 1788. 4. Sarah, 
September 11, 1789; married, November 19. 
1807, Paul Spelman, a goldsmith of Westerly, 
Rhode Island. 5. James (twin), September 
8, 1 79 1. 6. .Amy (twin). 7. Thomas Ward, 
November 13. 1792, died at Westerly, Septem- 
ber 15, 1818. 8. Ebenezer David, December 
29, 1796. 

(\'H) Barbara Philips, daughter of Captain 
Thomas ^^'ard Bliss, was born at New]>)rt, 
March 14, 1786. She married, November 19, 
1807, Edward Murphy, cutler, born at New- 
port, where he lived and died, November 19, 
1 8 17. She died at Caton, New York. Chil- 
dren, born at Newport; i. Dr. Francis, Oc- 
tober 3, 1808, mentioned below. 2. Juliana, 
born June 19, 1810; married, OctoWr 30, 
1834, Christopher D. Lewis, born at North 
Stonington, Connecticut, June 30, 1804, 
farmer at Caton, New York; children: i. 
Julius M. Lewis, August 30, 1835, married, 
March 17, 1858, Mary Cooper; ii. Christopher 
E. Lewis, February 28, 1838, married, Janu- 
ary I, 1862, Jane O. Thurber; was a farmer 
at Caton ; iii. Julia E. Lewis, July 2, 1839, 
married, April 17, 1862. Maynard W. Wol- 
cott, of Caton ; iv. Harriet L. Lewis, born at 
Caton, .September 10, 1844, married, January 
5, 1875, George Chumard. 3. Julius Murphy, 
September 23, 18 14, resided at Westerly, died 
at Hopkinton, Rhode Island, November 12, 
1829. 4. Dr. Frederick, June 8, 1818; mar- 
ried Elizabeth Stevens; resided at Newport; 
died in California, October 26, 1849; chil- 
dren : Walter Storrs, Nathan Low, Susan 
Murphy, married William Wescott. 

(\TII) Dr. Francis Murphy, son of Ed- 
ward and Barbara P. (Bliss) Murphy, was 
born October 3, 1808. He married, February 
27, 183 1, Elizabeth Ann Babcock, born at 
Chester, Connecticut, October 31, 181 1 (see 
Babcock VTII). Children, i. .Xnna Maria 
Murphy, born October 2. 1835 ; married, Sep- 
tember 26. 1851, Courtland West, of Bridge- 
port, died at Bridgeport. Connecticut. 2. Julia 
A. Murphy, born May t8, 1837; married, Jan- 
uary 17, 1858, Benjamin F. Burdick. sea cap- 
tain, of \\''esterly, died at New York City, 
January 12, 1901. 3. Harriet P. Murphy, born 
at W^esterly, Marcli 19, 1839; married, De- 
cember 31. 1856. Thomas I. Noycs. a sea cap- 
tam, of Jersey City, New Jersey, died at West- 
erly, Rhode Island, January 17, 1902. 4. Wil- 



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liam F. Murphy, born November 27. 1840, 
died January 2, 1843. 5. William Price Mur- 
phy, born at Westerly, ^^larch ly, 1844; mar- 
ried, September 20, 1870, Sophia Savage, died 
at Westerly, Rhode Island. 6. Mary E. Mur- 
phy, born February 21, 1846; married (first) 
May 22, 1868, Samuel Moyle (see Moyle) ; 
married (second) March 12, 1889, Robert S. 
Peterson. 7. Peleg P>. Murphy, born January 
16, 1849; married, December 29, 1868, Minnie 
B. Grant ; machinist ; died at Bridgeport, De- 
cember 12, 1872. 8. Oscar F. Murphy. June 
21, 1851; married, February 20. 1873, Eliza- 
beth A. Chapman, died at Westerly, Rhode 
Island. 

(The Babcock Line). 

(\') James Babcock, son of James Babcock 
(q.v.), was born May 29, 1708, in Stonington, 
Connecticut. He married there. May 7, 1730, 
Phebe Swan. May 13, 1733, he joined the 
North Stonington church at Milltown. By 
the will of his grandfather, Captain James 
Babcock, of Westerly, he received two tracts 
of land in Westerly, each containing one hun- 
dred acres. He sold this land October 15, 
1741, to Stephen Babcock, of Westerly. In 
the deed he is mentioned as residing in Ston- 
ington. It is supposed that he lived on what 
is now known as the Daniel Brown farm on 
the Stonington road, midway between West- 
erly and Stonington. Children : Phebe, born 
]\Iay 2, 1731 ; Sarah, February 12, 1733; 
James, February 22, 1735; Elias, December 
16, 1736; Abel, April 28, 1739, mentioned be- 
low; Martha, February 22, 1741. 

(VT) Abel, son of James Babcock, was born 
April 28, 1739, in Stonington. He married 
(first) Hannah Lewis; (second) Elizabeth 
Williams, of Stonington. Children of first 
wife, born in Stonington : Hannah, 1763 ; 
Lucy, 1765 ; Peleg, mentioned below. 

(\"TI) Peleg, son of Abel Babcock, was 
born March 15, 1767, in Stonington, died Sep- 
tember 28, 1858, in Ashaway, Rhode Island. 
He married (first) June 18, 1789, in Hopkin- 
ton, Rhode Island, Elizabeth, daughter of 
Jonathan and Amey Wells, born February 11, 
1769, died in Chester, Connecticut, November 
8, 1817. Fle married (second) March 22, 
1818, Anna, daughter of Samuel, Jr., and 
Mary (Smith) Babcock, born November 20, 
1776, in Westerly, died there, August 29, 1858. 
He was a farmer in Stonington and Chester 
and afterwards owned and occupied a farm 
on the Pawcatuck river, near Avondale, 
Rhode Island. He was captain of the Hop- 
kinton militia in 1800-08. Children of first 
wife: Elnathan Wells, born September 30, 
1790; Hannah W., May 30, 1792; Mary, 
January g, 1794; Fannie, November 5, 1796; 



Lucy, March 11, 1799; Peleg, April 7, 1801 ; 
Abel, December 5, 1807 ; Elizabeth Ann, men- 
tioned below. 

(VHI) Elizabeth Ann, daughter of Peleg 
Babcock, was born October 31, 181 1, in Ches- 
ter, died July 4, 1883, in Pawcatuck. She 
married, February 27, 183 1, in \\'esterly. Dr. 
Francis Murphy. He was born October 3, 
1808, died November 9, 1880, in Pawcatuck. 
Children : Anna IMaria, born October 2, 1835, 
Newport, Rhode Island ; Julia Ann, May 18, 
1837, Newport; Harriet P., March 19, 1839, 
in Westerly ; William F., November 27, 1840, 
Westerly ; William Price Murphy, March 27, 
1844: Mary Elizabeth, February 21, 1846, 
Westerly, married Samuel ^loyle (see 
JNIoyle) : Peleg B., January 16, 1849, West- | 
erly : Oscar F., June 21. 1851. 



Anthony Perry, progenitor of 

PERRY this family, was one of the early 
settlers of Rehoboth, Massachu- 
setts. He was deputy to the general court in 
1674. He was buried March 18, 1723. He 

married Elizabeth . Children, born at 

Rehoboth : Samuel, December 10, 1648, men- 
tioned below; Elizabeth, October 25, 1650; 
Jahziel, October 18. 1652; IMary, December 
9, 1654; Mehitable, September 23, 1657; Na- 
thaniel, October 8, 1660. 

(II) Samuel, son of Anthony Perry, was 
born at Rehoboth, December 10, 1648, died 
there April 13, 1706. He married, December 
12, 1676, Mary (or Mercy) Miller, who was 
buried at Rehoboth, January 21, 1695. Chil- 
dren, born at Rehoboth; Mehitable, April 30, 
1680; Jaziell, mentioned below; Mary, Au- 
gust 17, 1684; Elizabeth. January 7. 1686; 
Samuel, February 14, 1688-89 ; Rebecca, Jan- 
uary 4, 1691 ; Sarah, July 30, 1693. 

(HI) Jaziell or Josiall (many other varia- 
tions of spelling), son of Samuel Perry, was 
born at Rehoboth, May 6, 1682. He married 
there, January 3, 1706-07, Rebecca Willmarth. 
Children, born at Rehoboth : Mary, April 19, 
1708; Daniel. May 9, 1710, mentioned below; 
Alehitable, April 25, 1713; Josiall or Jaziell, 
August 15, 1715; Rebecca, May 17. 1717; 
David, August 16, 1719; Ichabod, April 3, 
1722; Keziah, August 7, 1724. 

(IV) Daniel, son of Jaziell or Josiall Per- 
ry, was born at Rehoboth, May 9. 1710. He 
married there, March 9, 1737-38, Mary Wal- 
ker (by Rev. John Greenwood). Children, 
born at Rehoboth: Daniel, born January 15, 
1738-39: Ezra. May 22, 1741 ; Noah. Octo- 
ber 3, 1743; Mary, August 5, 1745; Daniel, 
April 3, 1748, mentioned below; Lidia, April 
30, 1750; Elijah, November 19, 1752: Sam- 
uel, September 18, 1756. 



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(V) Daniel (2), son of Daniel d) Perry, 
was born at Rehobotli, April 3, 1748. lie 
was a soldier in the revolution from Reho- 
both, a sergeant in Captain James Keith's 
company, Colonel Paul Dudley Sargent's regi- 
ment in 1775 and was "engaged" July 8, 1775. 
He removed to Woodstock, Connecticut, about 
1776. He married, April 18, 1771, Judith 
Hunt, born July 18, 1753, in Relioboth, daugh- 
ter of John and Rachel (Carpenter) Hunt; 
John Hunt was born February 20, 1719-20, 
was a clothier and also owned a grist mill. 
He was son of John Hunt. John Hunt Sr., 
a lieutenant, was born March 9, 1688, son of 
Ephraim ami Rebecca Hunt. E])hraim Hunt 
was son of Peter 1 knit and probably grand- 
son of Enoch Hunt, the immigrant, who lo- 
catecl at Weymouth. F^eter Hunt settled in 
Rebnliotli : he married, December 10, 1645, 
Elizabeth Smith. Children of Daniel and 
Judith i'erry. born at Rehoboth : Rachel. Jan- 
uary 17, 1772; Daniel, March i, 1774, died 
November 2, 1783; Sarah Plunt, October 9, 
1776, died October, 1858. Born at Wood- 
stock: John, October 5, 1778, died October 
28, 1872; Huldah, September 6, 1780, died 
April 15, 1850; Otis, December 29, 1782, died 
?^[ay 22, 1863: Judith, December iS, 1784, 
died December 8, 1879: Daniel, November 
19, 1788: Matilda, July 29, 1792, died Octo- 
ber 9, 1831 ; Nancy, August 4, 1794. 

(\'I) Daniel (3), son of Daniel (2) Perry, 
was born at Woodstock, Connecticut, No- 
vember 19, 1788, died August 19, 1863, at 
Pridgeport. He followed general farming 
all his active life. He married So])hia Child, 
born January 16, 1797, at Woodstock, Con- 
necticut, died January 17, 1879, at Bridge- 
port, where she is buried in the Mountain 
Grove cemetery. Children : William Hunt ; 
Peter Lockwood, mentioned below : Myron. 

(VH) Peter Lockwood, son of Daniel (3) 
Perry, was born March 9, 1823, at \\'est 
\\'oodstock, Comiecticut, died at Bridgeport, 
August ifi, 1903. He attended the public 
schools of his native town. At the age of 
fifteen he came to Manchester, Connecticut, 
and worked severjil years on a farm. He 
learned the trade of machinist, serving an ap- 
]5renticeship of two years in a shop at South 
Coventry, Connecticut. He then entered the 
employ of the Samuel Colt Manufacturing 
Comi)any of Hartford, manufacturers of fire- 
arms, and after a time became a contractor 
under the old system in this and other indus- 
tries emjiloying machinists, remaining alto- 
gether for about eight years. When gold 
was discovered in California he went with 
others from this section and though he was 
successful in his prospecting, his health failed 



and returning to Connecticut he was made 
assistant superintendent in the Wheeler & 
Wilson .'-^ewing Machine Conijiany's factory at 
Bridgeport, holding this position until he re- 
tired in 1880. He was an earnest Republican 
and took a keen interest in public affairs. He 
and his family were active members of the 
Congregational church of llridgeport. He 
married Jenusha Sheldon, born 1827, daughter 
of Joseph and Jerusha (Pease) Sheldon (see 
.Sheldon \I). Children: 1. Grace L., died 
at three years of age. 2. Alice Caroline, mar- 
ried May 18, 1881, at Bridgeport, Henry Set- 
zer ; their only child was Perry Setzer, born 
lulv s. 1882, at Bridgeport, died January 31, 

( 1 lie Sheldon Line). 

(I) Isaac Sheldon, English progenitor of 
the American family, had sons : John, born 
1630, died 1708, settled in Providence, and 
Isaac, mentioned below. 

(H) Isaac (2), son of Isaac (i) Sheldon, 
was born in England in 1627, died at Windsor, 
Connecticut, July 27, 1708. He settled at 
\A'indsor and Northampton. He married 
(first) Mary, daughter of Thomas Woodford. 
She died April 17, 1684, and he married (sec- 
ond) Mehitable (Ensign) Gunn, daughter of 
David Ensign. Children: JMary, born 1654; 
Isaac, September 4, 1656 ; John, December 
5, 1658, mentioned below ; Thomas, August 
8, 1661 : Ruth (twin), ,A.ugust 27, 1663; 
Thankful (twin), .'\ugust 27. 1663: Mindwell, 
February 24, 1666: Joseph, February i, 1668, 
died in Jjoston : Hannah, June 29, 1670: Elea- 
zer, 1672. died young: Samuel, November 9, 
1675; Ebenczer, March i, 1677; Mercy, born 
and died February 24, 1681 ; Jonathan, May 
29, 1687. 

(HI) John, son of Isaac (2) Sheldon, was 
born December 5, 1658. He settled in North- 
ampton, Massachusetts, where he remained 
until 1684, when he removed to Deerfield and 
conducted a pul)lic house. He was one of the 
first board of selectmen: ensign of the first 
military company and captain in 1707: dea- 
con of the church. He built the old Hoyt 
house, the door of which, cut by tomahawks 
and bullets, is jjreserved in Afemorial Hall, 
Deerfield. In the winter of 1705 he was sent 
by Governor Dudley on a difficult and dan- 
gerous mission to Canada to redeem the cap- 
tives and he returned the following spring 
with five, two of whom were Hannah, wife of 
his son, and Esther \\'illianis, daughter of the 
Deerfield minister. The next winter he was 
sent again and returned with forty-four re- 
deemed captives of the French and Indians, 
sailing for home May 30, 1706, on the brigan- 
tine "Hope." taking with him fifty-seven of 



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the captives he had brought from Canada. 
Mr. Williams said of him: "He was a good 
man and a true servant of the church in Deer- 
field, who has twice taken this tedious jour- 
ney in the winter from New England to Can- 
ada on these occasions" ; after his return from 
Europe he made a third trip in 1707-08 and 
returned with seven captives, making a total 
of one hundred and thirteen thathe brought 
back to their old homes, after the horrors and 
hardships of captivity. He removed from 
Decrfield to Hartford, Connecticut, where he 
died in 1734. 

He married (first) November 5, 1679, Han- 
nah Stebbins, when she was less than fifteen 
years old, daughter of John Stebbins. She 
was killed by the Indians. He married (sec- 
ond) in 1708, Elizabeth Pratt, widow. Chil- 
dren, born at Northampton and Decrfield : 
John, September 19, 1681 ; Hannah, August 9, 
1683 ; Mary, July 24, 1687, married Samuel 
Clapp ; Abigail, November 21, 1689, died 
young; Ebenezer, lieutenant, November 15, 
1691 ; Remembrance, February 21, 1693; 
Mercy, August 25, 1701, killed by Indians; 
Abigail, September 10, 1710; John, mentioned 
below. 

(IV) John (2), son of John (i) Sheldon, 
was named for his oldest brother, who died 
leaving no issue. He was born March 8, 
1718, died in 1796. He married Mary Gra- 
ham, who died in 1803. They settled in Hart- 
ford, Connecticut. Children : John, born 
1747, mentioned below; James, 1749; Joseph, 
captain, 1751, died 1783; Abigail, 1753, died 
1781 ; Samuel, 1757: ]\Iary, 1765, married 
Jonathan Avery, of Hartford. 

(V) John (3), son of John (2) Sheldon, 
was born in Hartford, in 1747. He was a 
soldier in the revolution in Arnold's expedi- 
tion against Quebec, and the records show 
that he lost his gun in that ill-starred adven- 
•ture. He married Sabra Marsh or March, 
who died in 1818. Children, born at Hart- 
ford. Samuel, 1776; Elizabeth, 1778: Wil- 
liam. 1780; John, 1782. settled at Preble or 
Homer, New York; Nancy, 1786. of Suffield ; 
Richard, 1788, of New Hartford ; Joseph, 
further mentioned below; Henrv, 1790, of 
Hartford. 

(VI) Joseph, son of John (3) Sheldon, 
was born at Hartford, in 1789. He was a 
manufacturer of rope. He belonged to the 
North Congregational Church. He married 
Jerusha Pease (see Pease VI). Children: 
Caroline, born 1814; infant, born and died 
1815: Joseph, 1816: Henry, 1818, died 1839, 
in New York; Robert, 1820: Rodney, 1824; 
Jerusha, 1827. married Peter Lockwood Perry 
(see Perry \TI). 



(The Pease Line). 
The surname Pease has been common in 
England for many years. A John Pease, 
LL. D., is mentioned in a work published in 
England in 1472. The English family is said 
to be German origin, and their emigration 
is placed at a much later date than that of 
the Saxon conquest. The name is found in 
Germany still, spelled Pies or Pees. The an- 
cient coat-of-arms borne by a German family, 
granted under the reign of Otho II., Emperor 
of Germany, is : Per f esse argent and gules, 
an eagle displayed counterchanged. Crest : 
An eagle's head erased, the beak holding a 
stalk of Pea-halum, all proper. 

(I) Robert Pease, immigrant ancestor, came 
to New England in the ship "Francis," sailing 
from Ipswich, England, the last of April, 
1634, and landing in Boston, Massachusetts. 
He was accompanied by his brother John and 
his eldest son Robert. His wife Marie and 
other children probably came on a later ship. 
He settled in Salem, where in January, 1637, 
both he and his brother John had grants of 
land. Margaret Pease, widow, who died in 
Salem, and whose will, dated September i, 
1642, was proved January i, 1645, was the 
mother of Robert and John. In her will she 
mentions a grandchild John, and son, Robert 
Pease. Robert Pease was admitted to the 
Salem church, October i, 1643, '"'"^ two weeks 
later three of his children were baptized. The 
inventory of his estate was filed August 27, 

1644. He married Marie . Children: 

Robert, born about 1629 ; John, mentioned be- 
low : Nathaniel ; Sarah, married, October 22, 

1667, John Sampson, of Beverly; Mary, prob- 
ably married Hugh Pasco. Perhaps another 
child. Isaac. 

(II) John, son of Robert Pease, was born 
in England about 1630, and came to this coun- 
try when a boy. He settled in that part of 
.Salem called Northfields, where he had a 
farm. He was admitted a freeman, April 29, 

1668, and joined the first church of Salem, 
July 4, 1667. On October 6. 168 1, he and his 
wife were dismissed to the church at Spring- 
field, and soon afterward he removed with 
his family to that part of Springfield which 
was afterward set off as Enfield, Connecti- 
cut. In 1682 he returned to Salem to sell his 
property there. He was an active church 
worker. He died suddenly, July 8, 1689. He 
received by will from his grandmother, ]\Iar- 
garet Pease, the most of her property and she 
placed him in the care of Thomas Watson, of 
Salem, to "dispose of him as his own child." 

He married (first) Mary Goodell, who died 
January 5. 1669, daughter of Robert and Cath- 
arine Goodell. He married (second) Decern- 



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ber 8, 1669, Ann Cummings, who died at En- 
field, June 29, 1689, daughter of Isaac Cum- 
mings. Children of first wife: John, born 
May 30, 1654; Robert, May 14. 1656; Mary, 
October 8, 1658: Abraham, June 5, 1662; 
Jonathan, January 2, 1669. Children of sec- 
ond wife: James, December 23, 1670; Isaac, 
July 15, 1672; Abigail, December 15, 1675. 

(III) Robert (2), son of John Pease, was 
born Alay 14, 1656, at Salem. He first set- 
tled at Salem in the Northfiolds. He shared 
with his elder brother in the enterprise of 
leaving the sea-coast to seek out and make 
new homes for himself, his relatives and 
neighbors in the Connecticut \ alley. It is said 
that he was one of the first constables chosen 
by vote of the town of Enfield. He died at 
Enfield, 1744, aged eighty-two years. He mar- 
ried, Decem! cr 16, 1678, .\bigail Randall. Chil- 
dren, the first born at Salem, the others at En- 
field : William, September 26, 1679 ; Hilary, 
March 11, 1681 : Abigail, 1682; Robert. Feb- 
ruary 2, 1684; Samuel, December 30, 1686, 
mentioned below ; Ephraim, April 9, 1689 ; 
Daniel, May 23, 1692; Hannah, June, 1694; 
Margaret, December, 1695; Ebenezer, 1699. 

(IV) Samuel, son of Robert (2) Pease, 
was born December 30, 1686, at Enfield. He 
settled in Enfield, where he died, 1770. He 
married Elizabeth Warner. Children, born 
at Enfield: Mehitabel, 1712: Samuel, 1715, 
died in infancy: Elizabeth, 1716; Samuel, 
1718; Ephraim, 1719; Joannah, 1722; Mary, 
1723 ; Aaron, mentioned below ; Nathaniel, 
September 29, 1728. 

(\') Aaron, son of Samuel Pease, was born 
April I or May 4, 1726, died in Enfield. He 
lived in Enfield, and was by occupation a 
blacksmith. He married (first) Ann Geerm, 
1 75 1. He married (second) Mary Terry, 
September 6, 1764. Children of first wife, 
born in Enfield: Aaron, June 3, 1752; Levi, 
June 22, 1754; Sarah, December 2, 1756; 
Stone, January 11, 1759; Ann, November 6, 
1761 ; Ephraim, 1763. Children of second 
wife: Elam, June 5, 1765, died young; Ann, 
September 27, 1767: Elam, August 26, 1770; 
Martha, May 6, 1775. 

(\'I ) Aaron (2), son of Aaron (i) Pease, 
was born June 3, 1752, in Enfield. He lived 
and died in Enfield. He married Huldah, 
daughter of Jonathan Spencer Sr., of Somers, 
Connecticut. Children, born at Enfield : Han- 
nah, married (first') , (second) 

Benjamin, widow in 1849; Huldah, married 
Pliny Cadwell, of Wilbraham : Tabitha, mar- 
ried Dudley Summers, of Chatham, Connecti- 
cut : Aurelia, married Gilbert, of Tol- 
land, Connecticut : Ruth, died unmarried ; 
Jcrusha, married Joseph Sheldon, of Hart- 



ford, Connecticut (see Sheldon YI) ; Aaron, 
born September 9, 1777; Agift, September, 
1779: Levi; Spencer; Randolph, 1788. 



The family is of Norman origin, 
HCA\E and the founder of the English 
family of this name came into 
England with William the Concjueror. The 
name was originally De la Howe, literally 
meaning "from the hills." The family is 
prominent in England and wherever the mem- 
bers have dispersed. 

(I) John Howe, ancestor of the American 
branch of the Howe family, was a son of John 
Howe, of W'arwickshire, England, and pre- 
sumably a descendant of Charles, Earl of 
Lancaster, .who flourished in the time of King 
Charles I. . It is not definitely known when 
John Howe came or where he first settled, 
but it is known that he was in Sudbury, Mas- 
sachuetts, as early as 1638-39, and that he was 
one of the forty-seven w1io shared in the di- 
vision of the Sudbury lands at that time. He 
was admitted freeman May 13, 1640, and was 
selectman in 1642. He was the first white 
settler of Marlborough, Massachusetts, prob- 
ably about 1657-58, and during his life bore 
a prominent part in all town affairs. He mar- 
ried Mary , by whom he had seven 

children, five sons being named in his will : 
Samuel, Isaac, Jonah, Thomas and Eleazer. 
Two probably died young. He died May 28, 
1680 or 16S9, and his wife died in 1699. 

(II) Samuel, son of John Howe, was born 
in Sudbury, October 20, 1642, and died there 
April 13, 1713. His father gave him one hun- 
dred and thirty acres of land in Sudbury, 
where he built the "Red Horse Tavern" made 
famous by Longfellow's poem, "The Wayside 
Inn." He married (first) Martha F>ent. of 
.Sudbury, by whom he had thirteen children ; 
married (second), September 18, 16S5, Mrs. 
Sarah (Leavitt) Clapp. 

(III) Moses, son of Samuel PIowc. was 
born in Rutland, Massachusetts, and died Feb- 
ruary 16. 1749. He married (first) Eunice 

; (second) Hannah Heald. of Concord. 

He was father of ten children, his sun Elijah 
being the first child born in Rutland, Massa- 
chusetts. 

(I\') Elijah, eldest son of Moses Howe, 
was born in Rutland, Massachusetts, April 10, 
174 1. He removed to Spencer, Massachu- 
setts, in June, 1759, where he died. Tie mar- 
ried. June 24. 1759. Deborah Smith, of Leices- 
ter, ?ilassachusetts, and had nine children. 

(V) Elijah (2), son of Elijah (i) Howe, 
was born in Leicester, Massachusetts, and died 
in Spencer, Massachusetts, January 19, 1816. 
He married Fannv Bemis, who died Novem- 



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ber 25, 1852. aged eighty-one years. Chil- 
dren: Elijah; Elias, see forward; Liberty; 
Tyler, see forward ; Alphonso ; William, see 
forward ; Hiram ; Elbridge ; Sarah. The Be- 
mis family of which Fanny (Bemis) Howe 
was a member were evidently a resourceful 
and ingenious family, and these traits seem 
to have descended to a number of the members 
of the Howe family. Captain Edmund Bemis 
commanded a Massachusetts company at the 
sieg-e of Louisburg in 1745. After the French 
had surrendered it was found that they had 
spiked their gtms. Up to that time it had been 
considered impossible to drill out a spiked 
cannon and render it fit for further service, 
but the commander of the American forces had 
particular need of those captured guns and he 
offered a prize to any one who would find a 
way to restore them to usefulness. Captain 
Bemis suggested that if he were allowed 
plenty of wood he thought he could do the 
trick. Having received permission to go 
ahead, he built a roaring bonfire around and 
upon one of the guns. The heat expanded 
the metal so that it was a very simple matter, 
with a hammer and punch, to drive the spike 
through into the barrel whence it could be 
easily extracted. Another Bemis invented a 
machine for cutting shoe pegs. Still others 
originated less important devices for various 
purposes. All this tends to show that the in- 
ventive habit was hereditary in the family 
from which the tlnxe famous Howes were 
descended. 

(VI) Elias, second son of Elijah (2) Howe, 
was born in Leicester, Massachusetts. Later 
he removed to Spencer and subsequently to 
Cambridge, where he spent the remainder of 
his life, dying in 1867, aged about eighty, and 
his remains were interred in a cemetery there. 
He followed' the occupations of miller and 
farmer and served for a time in the civil war. 
He married Polly Bemis. Children : Amasa ; 
Elias, see forward ; Mary ; Horace ; Eliza ; 
Juliette ; Corinth ; Fannie, married John 
Berri, during the latter years of his life re- 
sided in Cambridge, Massachusetts. 

(VI) Tyler, fourth son of Elijah (2) 
Howe, was born in Spencer, Massachusetts. 
At fifty years of age he joined in the first 
"gold rush" to California but failing to find 
the fortune he had expected he turned his face 
homeward in disappointment. The cheapest 
vi'ay back to the East being by sea, he took 
.ship at San Francisco. As the weather was 
rough he was obliged to keep to his bunk and 
this was so hard and uncomfortable that he 
sought to beguile the terrors of seasickness by 
devising a less back-breaking form of support. 
The solution was the first crude model of the 



modern spring bed. It was an arrangement 
of slats mounted on springs, for at the first 
attempt the inventor did not dare to depart 
too far from the old cord beds to which peo- 
ple were accustomed. But it was a vast im- 
provement on anything that had been within 
the reach of anyone but the rich, and Mr. 
Howe opened a factory in Cambridge, where 
he carried on a lucrative business. 

(VI) William, sixth son of Elijah (2) 
Howe, was born in Spencer, Massachusetts,. 
May 12, 1803. He was the first member of 
the family to get a start on the high road to 
fortune. He invented a light, cheap and sub- 
stantial type of bridge, which had not yet 
been evolved, although it was sorely needed 
by the pioneer railway engineers of the day, 
and his invention came at the psychological 
moment to allow the development of the rail- 
road to proceed without delay. Being always 
on the lookout for ideas, he was examining 
the structure of an old church in the town of 
Brookfield when his attention was attracted to 
the truss supporting the roof. After some- 
hard thinking about that truss he set out for 
W^arren, Massachusetts, where the Boston & 
Albany Railroad was confronted with the- 
problem of crossing a good-sized stream. Mr. 
Howe told Captain W.' H. Swift of the United 
States Engineer Corps, who was acting as 
chief engineer for the railroad company, that 
he had a new idea in bridges. On being 
shown the plans Captain Swift was so much 
impressed that he gave him the job of build- 
ing the bridge. It was accomplished to the 
entire satisfaction of Captain Swift and the 
railroad company. Two years later ]\Ir. Howe 
secured a patent for the famous truss that 
bears his name and about the same time se- 
cured a second and more important contract 
for a bridge across the Connecticut river. For 
want of an office, of a drawing table and of 
paper, the inventor drew the plans for this 
bridge, the largest constructed in the United 
States up to that time, on the plaster walls of 
the Spencer tavern, where they remained until 
the inn was torn down many years ago. The 
completion of this triumph of engineering 
skill in 1842 established the fame of William 
Howe. He was besieged with offers of profit- 
able contracts. His fame spread as far as 
Russia and in 1845 he was induced to enter 
into an agreement to go there as superintend- 
ent of structural work on the railroad between 
St. Petersburg and Moscow. However, when- 
the time came for him to go he was so busy 
with important work nearer home that he ar- 
ranged to send a substitute to Russia. His 
invention brought him a large fortune though 
he did not live long to enjoy it, as he died irt 



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Sprin.ijfielil, Massachusetts, September 19, 
1852.' 

(\1I| Elias (2), son of Elias (i) Howe, 
was born in Spencer, ]\Iassachusetts, July 9, 
1819. died in Brooklyn, New York, October 3, 
1867. He lived in his native town until 1835, 
when he went to Lowell to learn a trade in a 
cotton mill, remaining there until 1837. when 
the financial troubles were at their height. 
Having lost his work at Lowell, he went to 
Cambridge, where he found em])loyment on 
the new hemp carding machine invented by 
Professor Treadwell. His cousin Nathaniel 
P. Banks, afterward speaker of the house of 
representatives and major-general, was em- 
ployed at the same place. From there he 
went to Boston to the shop of Ari Davis, 
where he first heard mention of a sewing ma- 
chine as a mechanical possibility. He con- 
tinued as a journeyman machinist after his 
marriage, and about 1843 began to investigate 
the proposition of making a sewing machine, 
hoping to secure a better fortune than he 
would he able to realize with the wages of a 
journeyman. His work as a machinist was 
greatly hampered at the outset by a congenital 
lameness but his indomitable energy- overcame 
all obstacles. He had need of a fortune, for 
he had a wife and three children to support 
and even when he could secure work that 
was within his physical powers he could not 
earn more than one dollar and fifty cents per 
day. Tn 1843 he began to devote all his spare 
time to tlie project of inventing a sewing ma- 
chine. His first ideas were based upon a study 
of his wife's hand while she was sewing. For 
a year he went without sufficient sleep in order 
to have more time for his experiments. The 
first model, completed in October, 1844. al- 
though crude in the extreme would sew. It 
was fitted with a curved needle moving back- 
ward and forward on the arc of a circle, with 
the fabric to be sewn held vertically and car- 
ried along by the points on the side of a disc 
which revolved slowly tow-ard the needle. Its 
capacity was three hundred stitches a min- 
ute as compared with the capacity of an ex- 
pert seamstress, thirty-five stitches per min- 
ute. In the town museum of Spencer a piece 
of cloth is to be seen on which was sewn one 
of the first seams made by this historic ma- 
chine. In July, 1845, ^^'■- Howe sewed on 
his machine all the seams in two suits of 
woolen clothes, one for himself and one for 
a friend, George Fisher. This machine is now 
in the home of his daughter. Mrs. Caldwell, 
of New York City. He then worked another 
year to make a model to deposit in the patent 
office : this was accomplished and his patent 
issued September 10. 1846. 



Mr. Howe simn learned that to invent a 
sewing machine and to get people to sew on 
it were two vastly difi^'erent things. He was 
very poor and greatly in need of money to 
complete his invention and introduce it. 
George l-'isher agreed to furnish five hundred 
dollars and to board ;\Ir. Howe and his fam- 
ily while the first machine was being con- 
structed in return for a half interest in the 
cxjiected proceeds, .\fter Mr. Howe had se- 
cured his patent capitalists had fine words for 
him but no money to invest in the invention. 
.\t last he w'ent to England but was equally 
unsuccessful in his efforts in that country. 
He finally sold a machine and pawned his 
.American patent, all for the sum of fifty 
pounds, and worked his passage home on an 
emigrant steamer. The tide of fortune, how- 
ever, turned at last. During his absence from 
this country imitations of his machine had ap- 
peared and his invention was beginning to be 
recognized for what it was worth. Financial 
assistance came to him and after many legal 
complications his rights were fully established 
and royalties began to flow in, reaching as 
high a figure as four thousand dollars a day. 
During the civil war Mr. Howe had the sat- 
isfaction of knowing that his invention did 
much to help the government in keeping a mil- 
lion men in the field. Without the sewing ma- 
chine it would have been impossible to pro- 
vide an adec|uate supply of uniforms, tents, 
haver.sacks, cartridge boxes, shoes, blankets, 
sails and other things. Members of the Howe 
family in all parts of the world contributed 
the sum of three thousand dollars for the 
building of a monument in memorv of Wil- 
liam I lowe, who invented the truss bridge ; 
and his brother. Tyler Howe, who invented 
the spring bed: and their nephew. Elias (2) 
Howe, who invented the sewing machine. 
This monument, which stands in the town of 
Spencer, Massachusetts, was unveiled and 
dedicated with appropriate ceremonies May 
19, 1910. 

Elias Howe enlisted, August 14, 1862, in 
the Seventeenth Connecticut Regiment, com- 
manded by General William H. Noble, and 
was mustered out July 19. 1865. Upon his re- 
turn from the war he purchased of P. T. Bar- 
num a large tract of land at Bridgeport, Con- 
necticut, called the Burroughs property and 
on it erected the Howe Sewing Machine Fac- 
tory, and later bought additional land on 
which he erected the large shop now used as 
a plush factory. Howe street in East Bridge- 
port is named in his honor, and Jane street 
for his daughter ]\rrs. Caldwell. With Na- 
thaniel Wheeler, Mr. Noble and several oth- 
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the growth and development of the city of 
Bridgeport. After his enhstment as a private 
he obtained the permission of the secretary of 
war to advance the money, fourteen thousand 
dollars, necessary for the pay due the regi- 
ment on their march to Frerlericksburg. It 
is small wonder that when a Grand Army post 
was to . be organized in that section it was 
named Elias Howe Post, No. 3, in honor of 
this noble man. During his term of service as 
a private in the army Mr. Howe was at home 
on a furlough, and while attending a recep- 
tion with his family in the Citizen building 
they were fairly overwhelmed with the atten- 
tions of the enthusiastic assemblage. A stat- 
ue was erected in his honor in Seaside Park, 
Bridgeport, April 25, 1867. Mr. Howe's 
name has become a household word in this 
country. He was decorated with the Cross 
of the Legion of Honor by the French gov- 
ernment and received several medals for his 
inventions, including the gold medal of the 
Paris exposition of 1867. In the selection of 
names for the Hall of Fame for renowned 
Americans in New York University, made by 
the board of electors in October, 1900, that 
of Elias Howe Jr., stood fourth in Class 
D, Inventors, receiving forty-seven votes ; 
Whitney receiving sixty-seven : Morse eighty : 
Fulton eighty-five. 

Mr. Howe married (first) Elizabeth Ames; 
(second) Rose Halliday. Children, by first 
marriage: i. Jane R.. married (first) L. S. 
Stockwell, born in Indiana, employed in the 
United States navy during the war, and later 
treasurer of the Howe Sewing Machine Com- 
pany, which position he held until his death 
at the age of forty-two ; children : i. Eliza- 
beth, married Eustis L. Hopkins, of New 
York City, but is now residing in Larchmont, 
New York ; he was formerly engaged in the 
wholesale dry goods business with Jay Lang- 
don ; ii. Lillian, graduate of City Hospital as 
nurse; at time of Spanish-American war she 
and her two brothers who were in the navy 
enlisted, she as a nurse at Montauk Point, 
Long Island, where she saw much active serv- 
ice : since her return she has made her home 
with her mother ; she is a very bright young 
woman, a member of the Spanish-American 
War Nurses : iii. Elias Howe, served ten years' 
in the naval militia and received the gold 
medal ; engaged in real estate business in New 
York City ; resided at home ; iv. Lew, en- 
gaged in marine insurance business ; married 
Emma Ncidlinger. Mrs. Stockwell married 
(second 1 Albert S. Caldwell, who was a mem- 
ber of the New York Stock Exchange as a 
broker up to the time of his death at age of 
fifty. 2. Simon .\mes, see forward. 3. Julia 



E., married A. B. Stockwell, of New York, 
who was at one time a broker and later presi- 
dent of Maine Steamship Company. She died 
at tw^enty-three years of age, leaving a daugh- 
ter Julia, who married Wilbur F. Smith, of 
Painesville, Ohio. 

(\'1II) Simon Ames, son of Elias Jr. and 
Elizabeth (Ames) Howe, was born in Cam- 
bridge, Massachusetts, and died at the age of 
thirty-nine years. His early education was 
acquired in his native city, and at the age of 
eighteen years he traveled to Switzerland, 
spending a considerable length of time in 
study abroad. Later he took charge of his 
father's interests in Europe. He married 
Eleanor Peck, of Bridgeport, born February 
19, 1847, died in 1903, who bore him a daugh- 
ter, Mrs. D. C. Carson. She was born in 
Bridgeport, July 30, 1868, and at a very early 
age was taken to Europe, visiting the most im- 
portant cities, and acquiring her education 
chiefly in France and Germany. She re- 
mained abroad vmtil 1886, then returned to 
her native country. She married, January 22, 
1902, Duncan C. Carson, born in New Lon- 
don, Connecticut, educated in Pennsylvania, 
and for many years traveled abroad. She is 
a highly cultured linguist and conversation- 
alist. He is now engaged in the automobile 
business in New Haven, Connecticut, in asso- 
ciation with Henry Grant Thompson, which 
business has now been in existence for a num- 
ber of years. Mrs. Carson is a member of 
the Women's Auxiliary, of the Grand Army of 
the Republic, and among the family heirlooms 
and valuable possessions are many interesting 
souvenirs of her famous grandfather, Elias 
Howe Jr. Children of Mr. and ]\Irs. Carson: 
Eleanor Howe Campbell, born May 7, 1903 ; 
Ellwood Duncan Howe, born December 22, 
1904. 



Edward Stock, immigrant an- 
STOCK cestor of this family, was born 

in England and settled in or near 
Easton, Massachusetts, before the Revolution. 
(II) John, son of Edward Stock, was born 
in 1746. He was a soldier in the revolution 
from Easton. He was mustered between 
March 5 and 22, 1777, by James Hatch, mus- 
ter master for Plymouth county, in Colonel 
Bailey's regiment, enlisting for three years 
and giving his age as thirty years. He served 
in Colonel John Bailey's regiment from Janu- 
ary I. 1777, to December 31, 1779, according 
to the pay rolls, in Captain Ephraim Burr's 
Fourth Company, and was at Valley Forge, 
1777-78. He was in Captain Abner Hay- 
ward's compan\- from January I. 1780, to De- 
cember 31. 1780. still in Colonel Bailey's regi- 





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nient. In a list dated at I huts. West Point, 
January 25. 17S1, of Captain Ilavwarit's com- 
pany, his rank is stated as private, age thirty- 
five \ears, complexion dark, hair dark, resi- 
dence, Easton. In 1787 he was pensioned for 
disability. In 1790 he was living at Bridge- 
water, Massachusetts, according to the first 
federal census, and had in his family one son 
under sixteen and four females. He married, 
I'"ebruary 24, 1785, at Bridgewaler, Phebe, 
daughter of Daniel and Hannah Cothrell. His 
son John is mentioned below. He had three 
daughters or more. 

(IIT) John (2), son of John ( i) Stock, 
was burn in Pridgewater, June 23, 1787, and 
settled on State street, Springfield, Massa- 
chusetts. He married, in Bridgewater, July 
3, 1809, Martha (called Patty), daughter of 
Joseph Whiting, of East Bridgewater (see 
Whiting V). John Stock died August 21, 
1863, according to the Stock family Bible. 
Children: i. Alartha. 2. Luther, born Jan- 
uary 14, i8ti, died January zj, 1842. 3. La- 
vinia, January 10, 1813. 4. Joseph Whiting, 
January 30, 1815. 5. Isaac Chadvvick, men- 
tioned below. 6. Anjanette, April 19, 1818, 
died young. 7. John Jr., May 15, 1820. 8. 
Hosea Thomas, September 27, 182 1. 9. Eliza 
Jane. January 12, 1823. 10. Mary Caroline, 
February 11, 1825. 11. Lucius, December 6, 
1827. 12. Edward Doddington, June 19, 1830. 
13. Anjanette, January 3, 1835, living in New 
Haven, 

(R") Isaac Chadwick, son of John (2) 
Stock, was born in Springfield, Alassachu- 
setts, September 6, 1S16, He married, in 
Springfield, Sarah S., daughter of Rev. John 
\\. Hunt (see Hunt VII). He removed from 
Springfield to New Haven. Connecticut, about 
1850. He built and occupied a house on 
Wooster street, between Hamilton and Frank- 
lin streets. He died in New Haven in 1879, 
and is buried in Evergreen cemetery. 

(\') John LIunt, son of Isaac Chadwick 
Stock, was born in Springfield, November 21, 
183S, died at East PTavcn, Connecticut, May 
20, 1903. and is buried in Evergreen ceme- 
tery. He married, in New Haven, January 
18, 1861, Eveline Rebecca, daughter of George 
A\'. and Rebecca (Hitchcock) Wilmot, of 
Bethany, Connecticut (see Wilmot VI). 

(VI) George Chadwick, son of John Hunt 
Stock, was born in Westfield, Massachusetts, 
.\\)x\\ 25, 1863. In 1869 his family moved to 
New Haven, where he attended the public 
schools until 1875. In that year he entered 
the Joseph Giles Preparatory School, from 
which he was graduated in 1878. lie began to 
study music soon after he came to New Ha- 
ven, taking lessons in singing as well as on 



the i>iano and violin, and was soprano soloist 
in the first boys' choir organized in that city. 
His love of music was inherited, for his fa- 
ther played the organ well, and both parents 
had good voices. Moreover, he was given 
every possible opportunity to hear good mu- 
sic, whether vocal or instrumental, though, 
from the first, he preferred singing. In 1879 
he entered the employ of the Candee Rubber 
Company, a large manufacturing concern, but 
continued to devote himself to the study of 
vocal music in the evenings. The company of- 
fered him in 1882 the position of western 
salesman with headquarters in Cleveland, 
Ohio, and following the advice of friends 
rather than his own inclination he accepted 
the position. His business necessitated travel 
throughout the west and south during six 
months of each year, and the remaining six 
months w-ere devoted to the study of singing 
and development of his voice. He was a 
member of various concert companies, going 
as far west as Colorado, through the south- 
ern states to Tampa. Florida, and returning 
by w-ay of the coast to Washington, D. C, His 
travels brought him into contact with many 
noted singers. ' from w-hom he gained much 
valuable information. During the period of 
ten years of absence from New Ilaven, he 
studied with many well-known masters of 
singing, among whom were Davies, Gallassi, 
Sauvage. Erranni, Bonfi and Heinrich. 

In 1893 ^Ii", Stock opened a studio in New 
Haven in the Cutler Building, continuing for 
several years the study of vocal music in New 
York and the study of the theory of music at 
Yale College. He moved in 1902 into the 
Young Men's Christian Association Building, 
where he is at present located. He has com- 
posed many songs and contributed many ar- 
ticles on the voice to various musical maga- 
zines, which are highly valued by students. 
He has achieved distinction in his profession, 
taking high rank among the better-known 
American masters of the voice. A series of 
articles entitled "Tone Talks" appeared in the 
Kcw Haven Courier and attracted much at- 
tention. They display the good common 
sense that has characterized Mr. Stock as a 
teacher and evince the depth of thought and 
explain in a measure his success as a teacher. 

IVIr. Stock is contributing editor of The 
ILtudc. which is the oldest musical journal in 
the United States and has the largest circu- 
lation of any musical periodical in the world. 
Among the songs he has published are: "Mv 
Faith Looks up to Thee" : "Easter Dawn" ; 
"My Jesus, as Thou Wilt": "The Dream 
Boat" : and he composed the music for James 
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Hi? many songs for children iiave attained 
widespread popularity. He is a member of 
the New Haven Colony Historical Society, 
. the Sons of the American Revolution, 
the New Haven Chamber of Commerce, the 
Knights of Pythias, Royal Arcanum, the Clef 
Club of New York City, and for several years 
he was vice-president of the Connecticut Mu- 
sic Teachers' Association. He sang for many 
years in various choirs in New Haven and 
New York. He is a member of the First Bap- 
tist Church. 

He married, in March, 1891, Alice Burnham 
Riley, of New Haven, born July 8, 1864, 
daughter of Dr. Edward H. Riley, of Berlin, 
Connecticut, and Harriet (Temple) Riley, of 
Northampton, Massachusetts. Her father is 
descended from the Riley family, of Berlin, 
dating back to colonial days. The Riley home- 
stead there is one of the old landmarks. Her 
mother was a daughter of Abram Temple, of 
Northampton, descendant of Abraham Tem- 
ple, of ]\Iarlborough, Massachusetts, and his 
wife, a daughter of Aaron Clapp, of East- 
hampton, Massachusetts. Cliildren of George 
C. and Alice B. (Riley) Stock: i. Marion 
Wilmot, born September 17, 1882. 2. Dorothy 
Temple, ^larch 13, 1897. 3. Florence Louise, 
August 21. 1903. 

(The Whiting Line). 

( F) James \Miiting, also spelled Whiton, 
immigrant ancestor, appeared in Hingham, 
IMassachusetts, in 1647. He married, De- 
cember 30, 1647, ]\Iary, daughter of John 
and Margaret (Hubbard) Beals. He owned 
lands in Hingham, Scituate, Abington and 
Hanover, Massachusetts. In April, 1676, his 
house was burned by the Indians. His wife 
died February 12, 1696-97 : he died in Flan- 
over, April 26, 1710. 

(II) James (2), son of James (i) Whit- 
ing, resided in Hanover. He married Abi- 
gail . Children, born at Hanover : 

Hannah, James, John, Samuel, Joseph, Judith, 
Rebecca, Benjamin, Solomon, mentioned be- 
low. 

(HI) Solomon, son of James Whiting, was 
born at Hanover, June 10, 1695. He married, 
October 19, 1721, Jael, daughter of Joseph 
Dunbar, of Hingham. He died December 18, 
1745. Children: Jael, Solomon, mentioned 
below, Ruth, Deborah, Mercy, Thankful, Si- 
lence, Comfort, Melea and Rebecca. 

(I\') Solomon (2), son of Solomon (i) 
Whiting, was born in Hanover, December 5, 
1724, died in Hingham, October 15, 1813. 
He lived in Hingham and was a blacksmith by 
trade. His shop stood on the present site of 
the house of Charles Cushing, on Great Plain. 



He married, August 12, 1746, Mary Camp- 
bell. Children : Asa, Solomon, Joseph, men- 
tioned below, Peleg, Jael, Ruth, Mary and 
Betsey. 

(V) Joseph, son of Solomon (2) Whit- 
ing, was born at Hingham, April 19, 1754. 
He was a soldier in the revolution, in Captain 
Robert Orr's company of minute men, Colonel 
John Bailey's regiment, on the Lexington 
alarm ; also in Captain James Allen's com- 
pany. Colonel Bailey's regiment, later in 
1775 ; also in 1776 and 1780. He resided in 
East Bridgewater. He married, in Bridge- 
water, September 17, 1778, Abigail (called 
Xabby), daughter of Isaac .\lden (see Al- 
den \'). Their daughter Martha, born March 
5, 1791, married, in Bridgewater, Tulv 3, 1809, 
John Stock Jr. (see Stock HI). " 

(The Alden Line). 

(HI) Isaac Alden, son of Joseph Alden 
(q. v.), was born at Bridgewater about 1659. 
He married r^Iehitable. daughter of Samuel 
Allen, of Bridgewater (see Tracy I). Chil- 
dren : Mehitable, Mary, Isaac, Ebenezer, 
Marcy, John, mentioned below, and Abigail. 

(I\') John, son of Isaac Alden, was born 
in Bridgewater, in 1695, died in 1762. He 
married (first) Hannah, daughter of Henry 
and Bethia Kingman. Children : John, 
James. Isaac, mentioned below, Jonathan, 
Hannah, Adam, Abigail and Keziah. His 
wife died in 1744 and he married (second) 
Rebecca Nightingale and had several more 
children. 

(\') Isaac (2), son of John Alden, was 
born in Bridgewater, in 1731, died in 1759. 
He married, in 1755, Martha, daughter of 
Zaccheus Packard (see Packard II). In 
1760 Martha, widow of Isaac Alden, married 
Israel Bailey and had other children. Chil- 
dren of Isaac and Martha (Packard) Alden: 
I. Abigail, born 1757, married, September 
17, 1778, Joseph Whiting (see Whiting V) ; 
she is buried in Holbrook, Massachusetts. 2. 
Isaac, born 1758. 

(The Packard Line). 

(I) Samuel Packard, immigrant, with wife 
Elizabeth and one child came from Windham, 
near Hingham, England, in the ship "Dili- 
gence," John Marten, master, settler first in 
Hingham, Massachusetts, in 1638, and thence 
moved to W'est Bridgewater : was a tavern 
keeper and town constable. Children: Eliza- 
beth, Samuel, Zaccheus, mentioned below, 
Thomas. John. Nathaniel, Mary. FInnnah, Is- 
rael. Jael, Deborah and Deliverance. 

(II) Zaccheus, son of Samuel Packard, was 
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married (first) November 16, 1715, Sarah 
Lathroj); (second) about 1718, Susanna, 
daughter of Samuel Kingman (see Mitchell 
1[). Children of second wife: Sarah; Jacob; 
Nathan, died young ; Susanna : Joanna ; Mar- 
tlia. married Isaac Aldcn (see Alden \' ) ; Sol- 
omon: Nathan: Jicnjamin: Zel)ulon and Mi- 
cab . 

(The .Mitchell Line). 

(I) Experience Mitchell, immigrant, came 
to New England in the ship "Ann," in 1623. 
He married Jane Cook, who came over in the 
same vessel, daughter of Francis Cook, of the 
"Mayfiower," seventeenth signer of the May- 
flower Compact, born 1577, fled to Holland 
and was in Rev. Mr. Robinson's family at 

Leyden ; married at Walloon, Hester , 

about 1610; had one of the twenty-one houses 
in the "large garden." Cook died in 1663. aged 
eighty-si.x years. Children : John, who was 
the only child with him in the "Mayflower," 
Jacob. Jane. Esther and Mary, wlio came 
with their mother in the ".\nn." 

(II) Jacob, son of Experience Mitchell, 
was born in Plymouth, Massachusetts. He 
married Susanna, daughter of Thomas Pope; 
he and wife both killed by the Indians in 1675, 
in King Philip's war. Their daughter, Mary 
Mitchell, married, in 1696. Samuel Kingman, 
born 1670, died 1742; their daughter, Su- 
saima Kingman, born 1697, married, ^bout 
1718. Zaccheus Packard: their daughter. Mar- 
tha Packard, married Isaac .\lden (see Pack- 
ard and Alden ). 

(The Tracy Lino). 

(I) Steiilien Tracy, immigrant, came to 
Plymouth in the ship "Ann" in 1623, with 
his wife Tryphosa, whom he married at Ley- 
den in 1621. Their daughter, Sarah, mar- 
ried, November, 1638, George Partridge, of 
Duxbury: their daughter, Sarah Partridge, 
born 1639, married Deacon Samuel Allen, of 
Eridgewater : their daughter, Mebitablc Al- 
len, born i66^, married Isaac Alden (see Al- 
den III). 

(The Wilmot Line). 

(\') Walter A\'ilmot, son of Valentine Wil- 
mot (q. v.). was born in Bethany, Connecti- 
cut, about 1755. died in 1824. He was a sol- 
dier in the revolution. He married, in 1779, 
Hannah, daughter of Daniel Johnson, of 
Southington. She survived him. 

(Yl) George Washington, son of \\'alter 
Wilmot. was born June 2, 1797, in Bethany, 
Connecticut, died January 9. 1863, at En- 
field. New York. He married. October 5. 
1819. Rebecca, daughter of Chauncey and 
Sarah (Bristol) Plitchcock, and granddaugh- 
ter of Augustus Bristol, of Cheshire, a sol- 



dier of the revolution (see Miles-Hitchcock 
\ II). Rebecca Hitchcock was born in Che- 
shire, August 6, 1802, died October 7, 1864, 
in Ithaca, New York. Their daughter, Eve- 
line Rebecca Wilmot, born October 5, 1840, 
at Three-Mile Bay, New York, married John 
Hunt Slock (see Stock V). 

(The Miles and Hitchcock Lines). 

(I) Deacon Richard Miles, one of the 
founders of Milford, Connecticut, and an in- 
fluential man in colonial New Haven, died in 

1663. He married Katharine , born 

about 1593. died January 27, 1688, in Wal- 
lingford. 

(Ill Captain John Miles, son of Deacon 
Richard Miles, was baptized in October. i'')44, 
died November 7, 1704; lived at New Haven: 
married, April 11, 1665, Elizabeth, born April 
6, 1644, daughter of John Harriman, the inn 
keeper. 

(HI) Captain John (2) Miles, son of Cap- 
tain John (i) Miles, was born January 9, 
1668, died February 10, 1710. His brother. 
Lieutenant Richard Miles, of New Haven, 
was prominent in military aflfairs : also his 
son, RFajor Thomas Miles. He lived at Wal- 
lingford. 

_(I\') John (3). son of Captain John (2) 
Miles, died November 16. 1760. He married, 
August 2, 17 10, Sarah Ball, born Septcnil)cr 
26, 1687, died November 25, 1760, daughter 
of John and Sarah (Glover) Ball, of New 
Haven, granddaughter of Captain Ailing 
Ball. 

(V) Esther, daughter of John (3) Miles, 
was born August 28. 1726. She married, .Vu- 
gust 17, 1743, Dan Hitchcock, of Cheshire, 
born March 14, 1724, died November 17, 
1797. great-grandson of Matthias Hitchcock, 
of New Haven, grandson of John Hitchcock, 
of Wallingford. by his wife Abigail, daugh- 
ter of Captain XatJianicl Merriman : and son 
of John Hitchcock by his first wife, Marlow 
(Munson) Hitchcock, daughter of Samuel 
Munson. of Wallingford. granddaughter of 
Ensign Samuel ]\Iunson and great-grand- 
daughter of Captain Thomas Munson, of New 
Haven. 

(VI) Dan Hitchcock, son of Dan and Es- 
ther (Miles) Hitchcock, was born October 
I9> 1752. died in 1817. He married, August 
4, 1774, Anna Perkins, of Bethany, born Feb- 
ruary 28. 1754. daughter of Azariah and 
Anna (Johnson) Perkins, granddaughter of 
John and Elizabeth (Hayward) Perkins, 
great-granddaughter of John Perkins, and 
great-great-grandi laughter of Edward and 
Elizabeth (Butcher) Perkins. Edward Per- 
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half-brother of Rev. William Perkins, of Ips- 
wich, Massachusetts, and son of William I'er- 
kins. of Thaxstead, county Essex, England, by 
his second wife, Mary (Purchas) Perkins, 
whose brother, Samuel Purchas, was the well- 
known author of "Purchas His Pilgrimes," a 
unique work. 

(\''II) Chauncey Hitchcock, son of Dan 
Hitchcock, was born July 17. 1781, at Che- 
shire, died in 1852. He married, in January, 
1802, Sarah Bristol, born in 1786, died April, 
1868, whose father, Augustus Bristol, of Che- 
shire, was a revolutionary soldier and whose 
mother, Sarah (Preston) Bristol, was daugh- 
ter of Sergeant Jehiel Preston by his wife, 
Thankful (Sedgwick) Preston, who descend- 
ed from Major General Robert Sedgwick, mil- 
itary commander of the New England forces. 
Their daughter Rebecca married George W. 
Wilmot (see Wilmot VI). 

(The Browne-Bristol Line). 

(I) Francis Browne, born in 1610, died in 
1668, was one of the seven or eight men who 
passed the winter of 1637-38 on the corner 
of what are now College and George streets 
in New Flaven, Connecticut, prior to the gen- 
eral settlement of the town in the following 
spring. He married Mary Edwards, who 
married (second) \A''illiam Payne and died in 
1694. 

(II) Lydia, daughter of Francis Browne, 
was born about 1637, died in 1719. She mar- 
ried, January 29, 1656, Henry Bristol, Sr., 
as his second wife. 

(III) Henry Bristol Jr., son of Henry and 
Lydia (Browne) Bristol, born June 20, 1683, 
died in 1750; settled in Cheshire, Connecti- 
cut. He married (first) January 23, 1707, 
Desire Smith, who died April 14, 1740, daugh- 
ter of John and Grace (W^inston) Smith. 
Henry Bristol Jr. married (second ) June 9, 
1742, Damaris Atwater, born May 21, 1700, 
died in 1771. She married (second) Decem- 
ber 26, 175 1. Eliphalet Parker, 

(IV) Amos, son of Henry Bristol Jr., was 
born in Cheshire, February 22, 1713. He 
married, June i, 1740, Joanna, born July 
3, 1723, daughter of Sergeant Eliphalet and 
Hannah (Beach) Parker. 

(V) Augustus, son of Amos Bristol, was 
born July 19, 1743, died May 12, 1839. He 
lived at Cheshire and was a soldier in the 
revolution. He married, January 17, 1765, 
Sarah, born August 23, 1742, died ;\Iarch 11, 
18 1 7. daughter of Sergeant Jehiel and Thank- 
ful (Sedgwick) Preston, Their daughter, 
Sarah Bristol, born August 27, 1786, died 
1868 : married, January, 1802, Chauncey 
Hitchcock (see Hitchcock VH). 



(The Temple LineJ. 

(I) Abraham Temple, immigrant ancestor, 
came to Salem in 1636, and died probably 
soon after 1639. 

( ]I) Richard, son of Abraham Temple, was 
born in England in 1623, died IMarch 15, 

1689. He married Joanna , who died 

February 24, 1688: lived at Charlestown and 
Concord, Massachusetts. 

(III) Abraham (2), son of Richard Tem- 
ple, was born June 4, 1652. He lived at Con- 
cord ; was a soldier in King Philip's war. He 
married, December 4, 1673, Deborah, daugh- 
ter of John Hadlock. 

(IV) Isaac, son of Abraham (2) Temple, 
was born November 25, 1678. He lived at 
Marltorough, Massachusetts. He married, 
jNIarch i, 1699, Martha, daughter of Nathan- 
iel Joslyn and granddaughter of Thomas Jos- 
lyn, who with his family came to America on 
the ship "Increase" in 1635. 

{V } Jonas, son of Isaac Temple, was born 
February 8, 1716, died March 6, 1803. He 
was town treasurer of Marlborough, 1772-74, 
and one of the committee of correspondence 
in 1779. He married (probably) Sarah 
Woods, born February 10, 1748, died March 
24, 1831. 

(\T) Moses, son of Jonas Temple, was 
born November 11, 1772. He lived at South- 
borough, Massachusetts. He married, July 
14, 1793, Elizabeth Stratton, said to be one- 
quarter Indian, born July 6, 1774, died April 

5. 1854- 

(\II) Abram, son of IVIoses Temple, was 
born' March 14, 1802, died August 5, 1861. 
He lived at Northampton, Massachusetts, and 
Hartford and New Haven, Connecticut. He 
married Rebecca Clapp, of Easthampton, 
Massachusetts: their daughter, Harriet Tem- 
ple, married Dr. Edward Riley : their daugh- 
ter. Alice Burnham Riley, married George 
Chad wick Stock (see Stock \T). 

(The Hunt Line). 

The name is from the Saxon word "Ininti," 
a wolf. This word, used in connection with 
the wolf, came to mean the pursuit of all 
game. The family probably took the name on 
account of prowess in the hunting field. 
Other forms of the name are Hundt, Huntus, 
Hontus, Hunding, Hundings, Hunte, Hun- 
ter, etc. An Adam le Hunt lived in Notting- 
ham, England, as early as 1295. 

(I) Enoch Hunt, immigrant ancestor, was 
from Titendon, in the parish of Lee, two 
miles from Wendover, Buckshire, England. 
He was an early settler in Rhode Island and 
was admitted a freeman in Newport in 1638. 
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to W'eynioiitli. ^rassachnsetts. where he was 
Hving" in 1640. He was a town officer in 
T''>4i, and liaci a case in court in 1641. He 
died before 1647, when his wife's lands are 
mentioned in deeds of abutting tracts. Ad- 
ministration was jjranted to his son Ephraim, 
November 18. 1652. The homestead consist- 
ed of twenty-two acres on the Plain at Wey- 
moiitli. bounded by lands of Richard Sylves- 
ter, John Upham, Mr. Gouer, and west and 
north by the hisjhway and the sea. He mar- 
ried (first") in England, name of wife un- 
known. He married (second) Dorothy Bar- 
ker, widow, who survived him and married 
(third I John King, of Weymouth, in 1652. 
Her will dated June 14. 1652, was proved Oc- 
tober 21. 1652. Children: Ephraim. men- 
tioned below ; Peter, born in England, set- 
tled at Rclioboth, Massachusetts: Sarah, horn 
at \\'cymouth, July 4, 1640. 

Cll) Ephraim. son of Enoch Hunt, was 
born in England, about 1610, and came to 
Rhode Island and later to ^^'eymouth with 
his father. 

He was a blacksmith by trade. He gave 
a letter of attorney, December 5. 1646, for 
the collection of property in P.eaconsfield, 
r>uckshirc, England, formerly of John Hunt, 
of A\"inchniore Plill, in .\gmondsham par- 
ish. Perhaps this John Hunt was his grand- 
father. Ephraim settled at Weymouth, and 
married .^nna, daughter of Thomas and 
A\'elthea Richards, of Ebhett P.rinsmead, Eng- 
land. She was a sister of William Richards, 
of A\"eymouth. Her will dated .April 23, 
1708, proved September Q, 1712, mentions her 
son William, of Martha's \'ineyard : son Jo- 
seph, with whom she lived for manv vears, 
and others. She died September 0. 171 1. 
Edmund Sopcr Hunt, in his "Reminiscences'", 
says that Ephraim Hunt was a knighted cav- 
alier of Prince Rupert's troops and that his 
real name was Colonel Sir William Hunt. 
He was a refugee from the disastrous field of 
Marston Moor, and changed his name to 
avoid detection. He received his knighthood 
after the siege of York, in which be distin- 
guished himself. He died Eebruary 22, 1686- 
S/. and is buried near the Soldier's monument 
in Weymouth, on Burying Hill. Children: 
John, born 1646; Thomas, 1648: Ephraim, 
1650: William, 1655: Enoch, 1658: Joseph, 
mentioned below. 

(HI) Joseph, son of Ephraim Hunt, was 
born in 1670. died Januarv t8, 1717-T8. He 

married Margaret . She died Julv 4, 

1730. Children: Margaret, born .\pril 29, 
1694: Joseph, mentioned below: Alexander, 
January 15, 1698: Martha, February 2, 1700; 
Jane, July 29, 1704; Brinsmead, October 7, 



1708; Mary, August 12, 1712. They lived in 
Milton, Massachusetts. 

(IV) Joseph (2), son of Joseph (i) Hunt, 
was born in 1696, in Milton. He married 
(first) Tabitha Crane, July 26, 1718. He 
married (second) Esther Searl, February 9, 
1726. She died March 15, 1767. Chil- 
dren: Esther, torn .April 22, 1727; Elizabeth, 
May 15, 1728; Oliver, .April 15, 1730; .Mjncr, 
mentioned below ; .Abigail, May 2, 1734 ; Joab, 
October 16, 1735: Susanna, June 2, 1737; 
Miriam and Rebecca, Z^lay 28, 1742; Joseph, 
baptized December 7, 1746. 

(V) Abner, son of Joseph (2) Hunt, was 
born July 28, 1731, in Milton. He was on 
the army roll at the age of forty-eight, 
in 1780. He or another .Abner served at 
Castle Island, 1782. He married .Abigail 
Miller, January 14, 1751. Children: Rich- 
ard: Oliver, born January 18, 1755; Rachel, 
April 24, 1757; William, June 18, 1759: Su- 
sanna, September 16, 1761 ; John, mentioned 
below ; .Abigail, May 19, 1767. 

(\T) John, son of Abner Hunt, was born 
May 26, 1764, in Milton. He married Sarah 
Smith, December 29, 1786. Children : John 
Miller, mentioned below : Joseph, .August 19, 
1790: Caleb Smith, December 2, 1792: Sam- 
uel, .April 2, 1795: Xancy, June 13, 1798; 
Mary, September 5, 1800. 

(VII) Rev. John Miller Hunt, son of John 
Hunt, was born May 13, 1788. He lived in 
Holland, Massachusetts. He was settled pas- 
tor of the Baptist church in East Longmead- 
ow, Massachusetts, April i, 1835; remained 
five or six years here and irf adjoining towns. 
He died September 12, 1854. He married 
(first) .Abby N. . He married (sec- 
ond) Maria , June, 1837. The first 

wife died aged fortv-nine, February 24, 1836. 
The second wife died September 19, 1854. 
Children : Sarah S., married Isaac Chadwick 
Stock (see Stock I\^) ; Janet. 



(II) Nathaniel Beach, son of 
BE.ACH John Beach (q. v., p. 432), was 
born at Stratford in March, 
1662, died there in 1747. He married, in 
1686, Sarah, daughter of Nathaniel Porter. 
She died in 1734. Children, born at .Strat- 
ford: Ephraim, May 25, 1687; Elizabeth, 
November 11, 1689: David, May 15, 1692, 
mentioned below; Josiah, .August 18, 1694; 
Nathaniel, December 29, 1696: Sarah, No- 
vember 12, 1697: Daniel, January 15, 1701- 
02: .Anna. !March 10. 1704: Israel, .May 3, 
1707: James, .August 13. 1709. 

(Ill) David, son of Nathaniel Beach, was 
born at Stratford, May 15. iC)g2. He mar- 
ried there, January 24, 1717, Hannah, daugh- 



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ter of Matthew Sherman. Children, born at 
Stratford: Andrew; Ephraim, born 1721 ; 
Eunice, 1723; Jabez, 1725; David, 1727; El- 
nathan, 1729; Elijah, February 27, 1731 ; 
Edmund, September 4, 1733 : Kate, 1735. 

(IV) Ephraim, son of David Beach, was 
born at Stratford in 1721. He married Com- 
fort . Children, born at Stratford : 

Hannah, September 30, 1742 ; Abel, Septem- 
ber 29, 1743; Ephraim, 1746, mentioned be- 
low : Comfort, married Daniel Beach ; Stiles, 
August 12, 1751. 

(V) Ephraim (2), son of Ephraim (i) 
Beach, was born in Stratford in 1746, died 
aged eighty years. He was a farmer, tanner 
and currier. He was a soldier in the revolu- 
tion. He married in Stratford, January 28, 
1771, Mary Edwards, of North Stratford. 
Children, born at Stratford: Elijah, baptized 
March 16. 1775; Sibbel, baptized March 16. 
1775 ; Rice Edwards, March, 1780, mentioned 
below; Anne, February, 1782; Ephraim 
Wells, April 15, 1787; Abiah ; Sherman; 
Francis. 

(XT) Rice Edwards, son of Ephraim (2) 
Beach, was born in March, 1780, at Strat- 
ford, now Trumbull, Connecticut. He was 
educated in the common schools, and followed 
farming- for an occupation. In politics he 
was a Democrat; was for many years select- 
man of the town of Trumbull and at one 
time represented the town in the general as- 
sembl)^ In religion he was a Congregation- 
alist. He married Betsey, daughter of Philo 
Booth. Children : Charles, born. January 7, 
1805, married, October 21, 1829, Elizabeth E. 
Beardsley and they lived to celebrate their 
golden wedding; he died in February, 1892, 
she in December, 1893 ; Johanna ; Starr, men- 
tioned below ; Delia ; Miles ; Edward. 

(ATI) Starr, son of Rice Edwards Reach, 
was born at Trumbull, Connecticut. Later 
was a wholesale grocer in Bridgeport, and 
prominent in all affairs of the city. He was 
a member and warden of the St. John Prot- 
estant Episcopal Church of Bridgeport. He 
married Katherine Ann Booth, born at Strat- 
ford, Connecticut, died at Bridgeport. Chil- 
dren : Caroline Augusta, Sarah, John M., 
Julia, Mary Ella, and Edward Starr, residing 
in New York, the only one of these children 
now living. 

(Mil) "John Miles, son of Starr Beach, 
was born at East Bridgeport, September 15. 
1840, died at Bridgeport, July 8, 1899. He 
was educated in the public schools and at 
Yates Academy. He then became bookkeeper 
for his father and was associated in business 
with his father until the latter died, and with 
his brother-in-l;nv, George Burritt, continued 



it afterward. Later the business was con- 
ducted under the firm name of Hall Company 
and later continued as Beach, Dudley & Com- 
pany, this up to the time of his death. Mr. 
Beach was a Democrat up to a short time be- 
fore his death, then a Republican in politics, 
but declined to accept public office. He was 
a member of St. John's Lodge, Free and Ac- 
cepted Masons, and of Trinity Church. He 
married, December 17, 1863, at Bridgeport, 
Jennie Charlotte Higgins, born opposite 
where she now lives, daughter of Amos and 
Susan Caroline (Beardsley) Higgins. grand- 
daughter of Abijah and Cyrena (Nichols) 
Beardsley (see Nichols VII). Children: i. 
Frederick F., born November 4. 1864, mar- 
ried Minnia Rebecca Northrop ; child, Dor- 
othy Marie, born April 11, 1892. 2. Susan 
Edith, born July 8, 1878, married Harry 
Glover Tousey, of the Tousey Men's Under- 
wear Manufacturing Company of Long Hill; 
child, John Beach Tousey (see Tousey VIII). 
3. Natalie Elizabeth, born 1886, died' 1888. 

(The Nichols Line). 

(I) Sergeant Francis Nicholl or Nichols 
was born in England and settled at Stratford, 
Connecticut, in 1639, among the first settlers. 
He v\''as one of the original proprietors of the 
town. He was closely related to Colonel 
Richard Nicholls, the first English governor 
of New York province. He distributed his 
lands among his children before he died. He 
was sergeant in the local militia company. 
He is believed to have been a member of the 
Horse Guards of London before he came to 
to this country. He married (second) Anne, 
daughter of Barnabas Wines, of Southold, 
Long Island. She married (second) John El- 
ton, of Southold. The surname is spelled 
variously in the early records. Children of 
first wife: Isaac, mentioned below: John; 
daughter, married Richard Mills. Child of 
second wife: Anne. 

(II) Isaac, son of Francis Nichols, was 
born probably in England. He came to Strat- 
ford and died there in 1695. He bequeathed 
his lands to his son Benjamin, having given 
their shares to his other children. His will 
was dated September 28, 1694, proved No- 
vember 6, 1695. Children, born at Stratford: 
Mary, February 2, 1648; Sarah, November i, 
1649; Josiah, January 29, 1652-53; Isaac, 
March 12, 1654; Jonathan. December 10, 
1655; Ephraim, December 15, 1657; Patience, 
February 2,- 1660; Temperance, May 15, 
1662; Mary, November 30, 1663; Benjamin, 
February 2, 1666: Elizabeth, April 2, 1668. 

(III) Isaac (2). son of Isaac (i) Nichols, 
was born at Stratford. March 12, 1654, died 



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there in 1(190. lie mvned a house at Strat- 
ford. He married JMary . Chikh-eu, 

born at Stratford: Francis. June 3, 1676; 
Richard, November 26, 1678, mentioned be- 
low: Joseph, Xovember i, 1680. 

(I\') Richard, son of Isaac (2) Nichols, 
was born at Stratford, November 26, 1678, 
died there September 20, 1756. He was a 
farmer at Stratford. He married (first) June 
,^, 1702, Comfort, daughter of Theophilus 
Sherman. She died February 11, 1726-27. 

He married (second) Elizabeth . His 

will was dated September 25, 1755, proved 
October 9, 1755. Cliildren, born at Stratford: 
Theophilus, March 31, 1703, mentioned be- 
low: Elijah, September 3, 1706: Nathaniel, 
April 8, 1708; Joseph; William; Jerusha, 
March 27, 1717; Temperance, married Jo- 
seph ThompM)n: Comfort, married Daniel 
r.urritt. 

(\') Theoiihilus, son of Richard Nichols, 
was born at Stratford, March 31, 1703, died 
in 1774. His will u'as dated January 13, 
1773, and proved May 9, 1774. He married 
( tirst) Sarah, daughter of Lieutenant Eben- 
ezer Curtis, January 2, 1723-24. She died 
September 26, 1769, aged sixty-two years. 
He married (second) Mehitable, daughter of 
A\'illiam Peet, and she died September 20, 
1 771. Children of first wife, born at Strat- 
ford: ^\"illiam, November 10, 1724; Philip, 
January 5. 1726-27, mentioned below: Lucy, 
Decemlier 30, 1728: Betty. November 10, 
1730: Charity, November 2, 1732; Lavinia, 
June 7, 1734: Sarissa, September 30, 1736; 
Anne. ALay 19, 1738; Sarah, June, 1745. 

(VI) Philip, son of Theophilus Nichols, 
was born at Stratford, January 5, 1726-27, 
died May 13, 1S07. He lived at Stratford. His 
will was dated December 13, 1805, proved June 
9, 1807. He left an estate of over twenty- 
five thousand pounds. He married (first) 
October 9, 1753, Mehitable Peat; (second) 
September 9, 1757, Mary Prince, who died 
IVTay 13, 181 1, aged seventy-seven years. 
Children of first wife, born at Stratford : 
William, March 10, 1755, mentioned below; 
Philip, September 11, 1756. Children of sec- 
ond wife: Mercy, January 23, 1759; Lucy, 
April 6, 1761 ; Hannah, December 29, 1762; 
Mary, May 9, 1765; Richard, August 5, 1767; 
Sarah, August 19, 1769; Charles Theophilus, 
July 21, 1771 ; George Kneeland, December 
'5' ^77Z'- George Kneeland, December 26, 
1776. 

(\"II) ^^■illiam. son of Philip Nichols, was 
born at Stratford, March 10, 1755. He mar- 
ried (first) Edwards; (second) Hul- 

dah DaviN. df Redding, Connecticut. Chil- 
dren of first wife, born at Stratford: Sarah, 



married Isaac Seeley ; Phili[), was accident- 
ally killed ; Mehitable, married Asa Beards- 
ley ; Prudence, married Captain William 
Goodsell ; Hannah, died October 7, 1855, aged 
sixty-seven ; Anna, married Levi Lyon ; Se- 
rena or Cyrena, married Abijah Beardsley, 
their daughter Susan Caroline married Amos 
Higgins, whose daughter, Jennie Charlotte 
Higgins, married John Miles Beach (see 
Beach VHI) ; Betsey, married twice. Children 
of .second wife: David, 1797; William Han- 
ford, died January 26, 1838 ; Wakeman, born 
1801 ; Elam, 1802; Stephen, 1804; infant, 
died voung: Philip Edwards, died September 
26, 1855. 

(\II1) Stephen, son of William Nichols, 
was born in 1804 at Stratford. He married 
Emeline, daughter of Aaron Beardsley, 
March 4, 1829. Children, born at Stratford : 
Jane Elizabeth, July i, 1830, died April 10, 
1832; Stephen Afarcus, July i, 1838, mar- 
ried Julia G. Hall. 

(The Tousey Line). 

(I) Richard Toucey, or Tousey, immigrant 
ancestor, settled in Wethersfield, Connecti- 
cut. He came from an English town called 
Towsland. Towsley. or Towsey, these varied 
methods of spelling ap])earing in dififerent rec- 
ords. He had a son, Thomas, from whom the 
Fairfield county branch of the family is de- 
scended. 

(II) Thomas, son of Richard Tousey. died 
at Wethersfield in 1712, leaving at least two 
children : Thomas Jr. ; Elizabeth, who mar- 
ried Josiah Churchill. 

(III) Thomas (2), son of Thomas (i) 
Tousey, was born at Wethersfield, in 1688, 
graduated from Yale College in 1707, and in 
1709 joined the little company of settlers at 
Newtown. His name appears among the res- 
idents of the town in 1712, and he seems to 
have been active and influential in local poli- 
tics and in religious matters. According to 
town records, the organization of a church 
was first formally attempted at a meeting of 
the proprietors held on September 24, 171 1. 
and as their offer to Phincas Fisk to preach 
for them was declined, a call was extended on 
or about May 21, 1713, to "Reverend Thomas 
Tousey of Wethersfield," to preach for one 
year at a salary of thirty pounds, and the 
proceeds of some land which the society 
agreed to break up, sow and harvest. Mr. 
Tousey began his ministry soon afterward, 
and in October. 17 15. when the church was 
formally organized, he was ordained as pas- 
tor. .\t that time there were thirt}^ families 
included in the membership, and. although 
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signs of dissatisfaction became apparent about 
1723, certain members declaring, as stated in 
the town records, that they could not "sit 
easy" under his preaching, while others 
averred that they "were of a different per- 
suasion," meaning, doubtless, that they in- 
clined to the Church of England. Naturally, 
]\lr. Tousey was disturbed by this unfortun- 
ate state of affairs, and the result was that 
he resigned his pastorate and went to Eng- 
land, where he received a commission as cap- 
tain from the British government. After his 
return to Newtown he began the practice of 
medicine and throughout his life he continued 
to take a leading part in the aff'airs of that 
locality. In 1743 he was appointed to oppose 
the formation of a new ecclesiastical society 
in Newbury (now Brookfield) and he was 
selected to fix the boundaries between New 
Milford and Newtown. He died March 14, 
1761, and among the heirlooms treasured by 
his descendants is an account book, items in 
which, dating back as far as 1715, throw much 
light on the early history of Newtown. Rev. 
Thomas Tousey married, November 12, 1717, 
Hannah Clark, of Milford, by whom he had 
the following children : Hannah ( Mrs. Jo- 
siah Hooker, of Norwalk), born September 
25, 1718; Arminal (Mrs. Donald Grant), 
April 14, 1720; Elizabeth November 27, 1723; 
Oliver, mentioned below ; Mehitable, March 
17, 1727, became the second wife of Agur 
Judson, of Huntington ; Ann, 1728, married, 
May 2, 1752, Daniel Baldwin; John, men- 
tioned below ; Thomas, settled in Woodbury, 
Connecticut ; Zalmon. 

(IV) Oliver, son of Thomas (2) Tousey, 
was born in 1726 and died in 1799. He mar- 
ried Deborah . Children, born in New- 
town : I. Philo, September i, 1750. died June 
21, 1824, married, January 18, 1781, Esther 
Sheldon; children: i. Lucretia, December 11, 
1783, died May 13, 1841, married. May 18, 
1803, David Piatt, grandfather of Professor 
Johnson T. Piatt, of New Haven, and Theron 
E. Piatt, of Hopewell ; ii. Esther, born May 
16, 1785, married Israel A. Beardsley and had 
Flora Jane, married Aaron Sanford, and 
Flora, born January 7, 1802, married Asa B. 
Beardsley ; their son, J. M. Beardsley, was a 
prominent citizen of Newtown. 2. Isaac, born 
January 22, 1755, died December 6, 1794. 3. 
Zalmon, born March 7, 1759. 4. Oliver Jr., 
born April 8, 1770, died November 23, 1837, 
children : i. Phila, December 3, 1798, died 
December 24, 1837; ii. Nabby, December 12, 
1800, died January 5, 1804 ; iii. Harriet, May 
20, 1803, died September 26, 1833 ; iv. Emily ; 
V. Isaac ; vi. Maria, married Amos Parks, of 
Buffalo, New York; vii. Polly Ann, married 



Preston Perry, of Kent. 5. Hannah, April 
19' I77S- married Zachariah Clarke, father of 
Philo Clarke. 

(IV) John, son of Thomas (2) Tousey, 
was born in 1730, died July 7, 1776. He set- 
tled in Huntington. He married Rebecca 
Booth, who died September 19, 1803. Chil- 
dren : I. John, born 1751. 2. Abel, born 1756, 
mentioned below. 3. Ann, born 1761, died in 
infancy. 4. David, born 1764, died May 5, 
1841. 5. Donald, born 1766, died May 20, 
1829: their grandson, John M. Tousey, was 
superintendent of the New York Central and 
Hudson River railroad, and Sinclair Tousey, 
another grandson, was a member of the firm 
of St. John & Tousey, merchant tailors, 
Broadway & Wall street, New York. 6. Ann, 
born 1768. 7. Hannah, born 1770. 8. Re- 
becca, born 177 1. 

(V) Abel, son of John Tousey. was born 
at Newtown, March 4, 1756, died June 7, 
1825. He married (first) Esther Glover, 
March 2, 1780. She died August 9, 1804. He 
married (second) Amaryllis Hubbell. Chil- 
dren : John Glover ; Grandison Curtis, born 
June 29, 1786; Marcia, October 4, 1789; Ze- 
rah, June 29, 1791 ; Philo, March 17, 1793; 
Minerva, January 10, 1800; Esther Ann, De- 
cember 10, 1802. Children of second wife: 
David ; Wheeler Peck ; Delia. 

(VI) Wheeler Peck, son of Abel Tousey, • 
was born March 7, 1817, died April 21, 1889. * 
His early years were spent at Newtown, 
where he attended the district schools. He 
learned the trade of carriage making in the 
Daniels Farm district near Trumbull and later 
established a factory of his own in Long Hill. 

He worked for a short time in Bridgeport and 
passed some months in the south. During the 
civil war he followed farming in Tompkins 
county. New York. He was the first man to 
operate a sewing machine at Long Hill. The 
present factory of R. Charles Tousey, which 
was erected for the manufacture of carriages, 
was bought by W. P. Tousey about 1866, and 
three years later he began the manufacture of 
shirts and drawers. He was a successful 
manufacturer, a kind and considerate em- 
ployer and made many friends. He married, 
October 10. 1842, Mary Ann Turney, born 
June 25, 1821, daughter of Elijah and Eunice 
(Thorp) Turney, both natives of Fairfield, 
Connecticut. Children : R. Charles, men^ 
tioned below ; Lamora, born January 24, 1850, 
married Joseph Hawdev. 

(\'II)"R. Charles, 'son of Wheeler Peck 
Tousey, was born in the Long Hill district, 
Trumbull, and died at Long Hill, 1906. He 
was educated there in the public schools and 
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young; he entered his father's factory and 
learned the husiness of carriage making. He 
Ijccanie a ])artner of his fatlier in the manu- 
facture of shirts and drawers and after his 
father died continued the business, increas- 
ing his plant. He has been active also in pub- 
lic affairs. He was deputy sheriff under Sher- 
iff Charles Crosby and constable and select- 
man of the town. He is a prominent Free 
Mason, member of the Lodge, Chajiter and 
Commandery, and has taken the thirty-second 
degree in Scottish Rite Masonry. He also 
belonged to the Algonquin Club and the An- 
cient Order of United \\'orkmen. He was 
agent for the State Humane Society. He 
married, November 28, 1866, in Virgil, Cort- 
land county. New York, Ellen E., daughter 
of Richard and Caroline (Gager) Francis. 
She was a member of Grace Protestant Epis- 
copal Church at Long Hill. Children: i. 
Rena Caroline, born October 5, 1869, mar- 
ried, November 12. 1889, Harry A. House, 
of liridgeport, later of East Cowes, Isle of 
Wight, England. 2. Lora Alice, June 5. 
1871. married, November 23, 1892, Dr. D. 
C DeWolfe, of Bridgeport : children : Sin- 
clair Tousey, born March 25. 1894, and Fred- 
erick I.. July 27, 1897, died March 10, 1898. 

3. i-'rederick Wheeler, born May 4, 1872, mar- 
ried X'iolet Reach and lived at East Cowes, 
Isle of Wight : returned to Bridgeport where 
he and his wife died; child. Harold Francis. 

4. .Anna May, born February n, 1876, died 
August 6, 1876. 5. Harry Glover, mentioned 
below. 

(N'lin Harry Glover, son of R. Charles 
Tousey, was born at Long Hill, Trumbull, 
Connecticut, May 16, 1877. He was edu- 
cated in Bridgeport public school. He en- 
gaged in the men's furnishing goods busi- 
ness with his mother at Long Hill, this for- 
merly was carried on by father and Glover 
Tousey. He married Susan Edith, daughter 
of lohn M. Beach, of Bridgeport. lune 22, 
1898 (see Beach VHI). She has one child: 
John Beach, born August 23, 1903. Mr. Tou- 
sey is a member of Corinthian Lodge. Free 
and Accepted Masons, Jerusalem Chapter, 
Royal Arch ATasons, Hamilton Commandery, 
Pyramid Temple. Nobles of the Mystic 
Shrine. 



(Ill) Nathaniel (2) Beach, son 
BEACH of Nathaniel (i) Beach (q. v.), 
was born December 29, 1696. 
He married, November 3, 1720, Sarah, 
daughter of Solomon Burton. He died in 
1734, and his widow married (second) Wil- 
liam Odell. Children : Elizabeth, born March 
10, 1721-22; Charity, baptized March, 1724; 



Thomas, mentioned below, baptized Febru- 
ary, 1733; Nathan, perhaps; Josejih, jierhaps. 

(I\'J Thomas, son of Nathaniel (2) Beach, 
was bajJtized F^ebruary, 1733. He married 

. Children: Nathaniel, born 1756; 

Abel, 1758; Anna, 1760; Charity, 1762; Ma- 
bel, 1764; Rebecca, 1766; Betty, 1768; 
Thomas, mentioned below. 

(\') Thomas (2), son of Thomas (i) 
Beach, was born in 1770. He married 
. Child : John Burton,, mentioned be- 
low. 

(\I) John r.urton, son of Thomas (2) 
Beach, married Emmaline Ilawley. He was 
a Methodist minister, and in politics a Re- 
publican. Children: John Wesley, mentioned 
below : Samuel Ferguson. 

(\ 11) John Wesley, son of John Burton 
I'.each, was born December 24, 1825, in Trum- 
bull. Connecticut. He was a Methodist min- 
ister, presiding elder, principal of Amenia 
Seminary, and president of Wesleyan Univer- 
sity. In politics he was a Republican. He 
married. March 22, 1855, Eliza Merritt Vail, 
of Pleasant Valley, New York. She was of 
French descent. Children: Burton Thomp- 
son, born December 26. 1855 ; Elizabeth Vail, 
December 29, 1857 ; Francis A., August 
21, 1866. mentioned below; Mary Romer, Oc- 
tober 15, 1868; Emmaline. 1871; George Se- 
ney, January 29, 1873. 

(VIII) Francis Asbury, son of John Wes- 
ley Beach, was born Augut 21, 1866, in Kings- 
ton, Ulster county. New York. He attended 
the high school at Middletown. Connecticut, 
and U^esleyan Academy, Wilbraham, Massa- 
chusetts. .March 15, 1886. he entered Middle- 
town National Bank. Middletown, Connecti- 
cut, as a clerk. He was afterward teller and 
assistant cashier. September i, 1907, he be- 
carne treasurer of the Bristol Trust Company, 
Bristol, Connecticut. He was elected cashier 
of Middletown National Bank, 19 10. In pol- 
itics he is a Republican. He belongs to St. 
John's Lodge, Free and Accepted Masons, 
Central Lodge. Odd Fellows. He is also a 
member of the Bristol Club. In religion he 
is a Methodist. He married. April 9, 1891, 
Emma Sophia, born May 21, 1866, in Phila- 
delphia, daughter of James and Sophia 
(Smith) Conn. Her father was a merchant in 
Philadelphia. They have no children. 



(HI) Rev. John Beach, son of 
BEACH Isaac Beach (q. v.), was born 
October 6, 1700. He was highly 
educated, and was the first rector of the Epis- 
copal church in Newtown, and continued his 
ministerial duties for many vears, dying 
March 12, 1782, at the advanced age of eigh- 



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ty-t\vo years. He married (first) Sarah, 
daughter of Nathaniel Beach, who was his 
first cousin. She died August i, 1756, and 
he married (second) Abigail, widow of John 
Holbrook, and daughter of Sergeant Abel and 
Agnes (Hawkins) Gunn ; she survived her 
second husband one year. Children of Rev. 
John Beach, all by first marriage, and all born 
in Newtown : Joseph, born September 26, 
1727 ; Phebe, September 30, 1729 ; John, Jan- 
uary 19, 1731, died December 31, 1733; John, 
September 5, 1734, of whom further ; Laza- 
rus, September 20, 1736; Sarah, January 24, 
1738; Hannah, January 24, 1741, died Jan- 
uary 7, 1759 : Lucy, born 1743, married Rev. 
Epenetus Townsend. In Trinity Episcopal 
church, Newtown, Fairfield county, are four 
tablets, said to be the richest in the country, 
more elaborate in design and detail than any 
others in the United States, commemorative 
of the services of some of the earlier pastors 
of the parish. The following inscription, in 
curious Colonial letters, is engraved on the 
tablet to the memory of Rev. John Beach : 

"To the blessed memory of Rev. John Beach, 
A. M., Founder of this Parish. Born at Stratford, 
Conn., A. D. MDCC. Graduated at Yale College, 
MDCCXX. At great sacrifice, upon thorough in- 
vestigation and deep conviction, conforming to the 
Church of England, he was admitted to Holy Or- 
ders in England, A. D. MDCCXXXII, and appoint- 
ed Missionary at Newtown and Reading, of the 
Venerable Society for the Propagation of the Gos- 
pel. He was a scholar thorough, a reasoner cogent, 
a controversalist able, a preacher persuasive, a pas- 
tor untiring, a Christian hero undaunted. He was 
of all most effective in laying deep and broad the 
foundation of the Church in the Colony of Con- 
necticut. From the beginning of his ministry, as- 
sailed by bitter intolerance and pursued by malicious 
plottings, he patiently indured. In the added perils 
of a cruel war, remaining with the flock, he con- 
tinued his ministrations at the constant risk of 
threatened violence and death. Fidl of years and 
labors, he entered into rest March XIX, A. D. 
MDCCLXXXII". 

(IV) John (2), son of Rev. John (i) 
Beach, was born September 5, 1734, died May 
15, 1791. He married, August 3, 1756, Phebe 
Curtis, born February 20, 1737, died Decem- 
ber 4, 1815, having survived her husband. 
Children : John, of whom further ; Phebe, 
born January 29, 1760, died November 16, 
1835, married Zalmon Glover: Matthew, Feb- 
ruary 22, 1763, died September 10, 1766; 
Hannah, May 22, 1765, died INIay 11, 1816, 
married John Curtis : Lucy, July 17, 1766, 
died February 5, 1779: Sarah, February 5, 
1774, died July 9, 1859, married (first) Joel 
Booth, (seconti) Zalmon Peck: Mary, August 
4, 1778, died October 19, 1846, married Abel 
Beers. 

(V) John (3), eldest child of John (2) 



Beach, was borri December 9, 1757, died June 
10, 1830, at Sheldon, Vermont. He married, 
June 13, 1778, Mabel, born December 12, 
1756, died January 5, 1844, daughter of Dan- 
iel and Alabel (Booth) Beers. Children: 
Lucy, born February 22, 1780, died March 31, 
1856, married Captain James Nichols ; Ann, 
November 22, 1781, died June 9, 1783; Mat- 
thew, November 5, 1782 ; Ann, December 25, 
1783, died January 21, 1844, married Dr. 
Elisha Sheldon : Boyle, March 12, 1786, died 
December 8, 1861 ; Phebe, February 6, 1788, 
died December 25, 1880, married Barent 
Houghtaling ; John, August 28, 1789, of 
whom further ; Charlotte, November 9, 1790, 
died April i, 1874, married Epenetus Holmes 
Weed; David, December 13, 1793, died i860; 
Mabel, July 22, 1795, died December 13, 
1796. 

(VI) Judge John (4) Beach, son of John 

(3) Beach, was born August 28, 1789, died 
April 12, 1869, In his youth his parents re- 
moved from Newtown, and he remained there 
in the home of his uncle and aunt, Daniel and 
Naomi (Glover) Beers. They were childless, 
and adopting him, they provided liberally for 
his education, which he finished in New Ha- 
ven, where he also studied law. He was ad- 
mitted to the bar in 1814, at the age of twenty- 
five years. He was made city attorney in 
182 1, and occupied the position until 1824, 
when he became clerk of the superior court, 
and served as such with conspicuous ability 
and fidelity for the long period of twenty 
years. This service was followed by a place 
on the city court bench, but he soon after re- 
tired from active professional life. He was 
a man of strong character and unflinching 
integrity, and during his fifty years' resi- 
dence in New Haven he was held in the high- 
est esteem for both his professional ability 
and his splendid personal character. He mar- 
ried. May 10, 1818, Marcia, bom July 18, 
1796, died August 6, 1861, daughter of Abi- 
jah Birdsey and Ann (Glover) Curtis. Chil- 
dren : John S., born July 28, 1819, of whom 
further : Daniel Beers, November 14, 1823 ; 
Ann Eliza, June 30, 1829, died March 18, 
1862. 

(VII) John Sheldon, son of Ju<lne John 

(4) Beach, was born July 28, 1819, died Sep- 
tember 12, 1887. He graduated from Yale 
College in 1839, was admitted to the bar, and 
at once entered upon practice. He soon took 
up patent law, with ofifices in New Haven, 
and was recognized as one of the most capa- 
ble practitioners in the countrv in his special- 
ty, and which he continued successfully until 
his death. He married, September 15, 1847, 
Rebecca Gibbons, of Wilmington, Delaware, 






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daughter of Dr. William and Rebecca (Don- 
aldson) Gibbons. Children: 1. John Ham- 
ilton, born July 5. 1848, died April 14. 1849. 
2. Rebecca Donaldson, born August 9. 1850, 
resides in Xew Haven. She has devoted much 
time and intelligent labor to historical and 
genealogical subjects, and is author of a work 
entitled "i^ev. John lieach and his Descend- 
ants." published in 1896. 3. John Kimberly, 
born October 18, 1855, now practicing law 
in New Haven, and is professor of mercan- 
tile law and admiralty jurisprudence. Vale 
University: married Mary Roland Sanford, 
of Xew York City. 4. Donaldson, born .Vpril 
6, 1858. died December 15, 1864. 5. Fran- 
cis Gibbons, born February 28, 1864. died De- 
cember 30, 1902: graduate of Yale University, 
1883 : was postmaster at New Haven during 
President Cleveland's second administration ; 
married Flizabetb Charnley Wells, of Min- 
neapolis. Minnesota ; left a son, John Francis 
Beach. 6. Rodmond \ernon, born May 18, 
1865. graduate Yale University, 1887: enlist- 
ed in Spanish-.-\mcrican war, and died from 
disease contracted in service. September 28, 
1808. at Ponce Prerto Rico; was adjutant of 
I'irst Regiment. United States \'olunteer En- 
s:ineers. 



( I\' I David (2). fourth son of 
P.EACH David (i) (q. v.) and Hannah 
( ."-^lierman ) P>each. was born in 
1727. and resided in North Stratford. He 
married. November 30. 1748, Ruth Hawlcy, 
baptized in Tune. \72C). daughter of John and 
.Sarah (Walker') Hawley. Children: Eunice, 
Ruth. David, John, Sarah. Robert, Hannah 
and .Ann (twins), and Abigail. Two of the 
sons. David and Robert, settled at Hinesburg. 
\"ermont, about 1787. The elder is said to 
have been a soldier of the revolution, first 
as a recruiting sergeant, and later as lieuten- 
ant. The revolutionary rolls of Connecticut 
give various periods of service by David 
Pieach. but do not state where he lived. 

(V ) Robert, third son of David (2) and 
Ruth (Hawley) P.cach. was born in October, 
1760. and resided in New Milford. Connecti- 
cut, until after the revolution, when he re- 
moved to Hinesburg, Vermont. His wife 
bore the baptismal name of .Sarah, and they 
had children : Timothy. .Allen and Esther, in 
New Milford. They bad a son baptized, .Sep- 
tember 13. 178T. in New ^Tilford. but his 
name is not given. The removal to Hines- 
burg must have been made immediately after 
this date. Their son. .Mien Picach. is men- 
tioned in the records of Hinesburg. as are also 
several others bearing the name, including .Al- 
bert. Some of these mav have been children 



of David Beach. Inasmuch as the latter dis- 
api^eared from the records of Hine,sburg in 
1794, it is presumable that most of these were 
children of Robert. 

(\T) .Albert, son of Robert and Sarah 
Beach, was born June i, 1786, undoubtedly 
in -New Milford, although his birth is not 
there recorded, died at Lincoln, \ermont, .Au- 
gust 20, 1874, aged eighty-eight years two 
months and nineteen days. His second wife, 
.Sally, born about 1805, survived him, and died 
in Lincoln, July 3, 1875, aged seventy years. 
In early life Albert Beach engaged in trade 
with Canada, and subsequently owned a farm 
in liristol. X'ermont, whence he removed to 
Lincoln. For some years after locating in 
Lincoln he worked land on shares, and jiur- 
chased a tract of land. September 8, 1851. 
On this place he lived until his death, after 
which it descended to his daughter, Lucia .A. 
Beach. He was a soldier in the war of 1812, 
and participatetl in the battle of Plattsburg. 
The name of his first wife was Minerva Corn- 
stock, and they were the parents of Charles, 
Henry Warren, George, Sanford A., Lucia 
A. and Emily. 

(VII) Henry Warren, eldest child of .Al- 
bert and Minerva (Comstock) Beach, was 
born March 5, 1828. in Lincoln, \'ermont, 
and resided there until about eighteen years 
old, upon a farm. When about twenty years 
old he entered the service of the Troy & Bos- 
ton railroad, and conlinuerl forty-two years in 
its employ. He was several years a foreman 
in construction of the Hoosick tunnel. In 
religion he was a Presbyterian, and he became 
a voter not long before the organization of 
the Republican party of which he was an ear- 
nest supporter thereafter. He married, De- 
cember 2. 1854. at Schaghticoke. New York, 
Emily Minerva Andrew, born Februarv 1 1 
1835. in Johnsonville, New York, daughter 
of Philip and Maria .Andrew, the latter being 
a daughter of John and Maria Becker, un- 
doubtedly of Dutch ancestry. Children : 
Charles .Andrew, mentioned below : Philip 
Andrew, born May 23. 1869. who resides in 
Johnsonville. New York, where he is a rail- 
road man. Henry Warren Beach died No- 
vember 22, 1897. 

(\TII) Charles .Andrew, elder son of Hen- 
ry Warren and Emily Minerva (.Andrew) 
Beach, was born November 15. 1859. in 
Schaghticoke. He received his education in 
the Troy high school and Troy Business Col- 
lege. In 1873 he entered the service of the 
Troy &• Boston railroa<l. as water bov on a 
gravel train, and since that time he has been 
continuously in railroad service. He subse- 
quently became a brakeman on the same road 



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and was later a conductor on the Delaware & 
Hudson and New York Central railroads. By 
his fidelity and capacity he gained the atten- 
tion of his superiors, and was promoted to 
train master on the New York Central and 
Hudson River railroad at Utica, New York, 
subsequently occupying the same position at 
Syracuse, New York, where he was promoted 
to assistant superintendent. From February, 
1895. to April, 1896, he was superintendent 
of the Lehigh Valley railroad at Buffalo, and 
for one year thereafter was general superin- 
tendent of the South Jersey railroad, later 
succeeding to the position of general manager 
of the same railroad, which he filled from 
April, 1897, to December, 1898, at which time 
he became superintendent of terminals of the 
Central railroad of New Jersey at Jersey City, 
and so continued until August, 1900. For a 
short time thereafter he was superintendent of 
the Atlantic City railroad, a branch of the 
Reading system at Camden, New Jersey, and 
from October, 1900, to March, 1902, he was 
superintendent of the Philadelphia division of 
the Philadelphia & Reading Railway Company 
at Philadelphia. Since Alarch, 1902, he has 
been superintendent of the New York division 
of that railroad with headquarters at Phila- 
delphia. Mr. Beach is affiliated with the Ma- 
sonic Order, being a member of Apollo Lodge, 
Apollo Chapter and Apollo Commandery, of 
Troy, New York, and through the Ancient 
Accepted Scottish Rite he has obtained the 
thirt3'-second degree at Philadelphia, and is 
a member of Oriental Shrine of Troy. He is 
a steadfast Republican in political principle, 
and with his family is connected with Bethany 
Presbyterian Church of Philadelphia. He is 
a trustee of the First Penny Savings Bank of 
that city and is a member of the Lhiion 
League and Huntington Valley Country 
clubs of the same city. 

He married, in Troy, New York, October 
30, 1878, Anna Elizabeth VanKuren, born 
September 2i,t86o. in Troy, daughter of Ed- 
ward and Jane VanKuren, of that city, her 
father having been for many years connected 
with the National Express Company there. 
Their children are: Benjamin, Anna E., 
above mentioned. Children of Charles A. 
Beach and wife: i. Edward Warren, born 
December 3, 1879, attended the public sch(X)ls 
of Troy and Buffalo, New York, and the Uni- 
versity of Pennsylvania, where he graduated 
in medicine, and is now engaged in the prac- 
tice of his profession at Philadelphia. He 
married Gertrude Mason and has a son, Rans- 
ford Clark Beach. 2. Ransford Mix, born 
May II, 1883, attended the public schools of 
Troy and Buffalo, New York, graduating 



from the college and law department of the 
University of Pennsylvania, and is now in 
practice in Philadelphia. 3. Charles Andrew, 
December 3, 1887, attended the Cheltenham 
high school at Philadelphia. 4. Dorothy. De- 
cember 21, 1894, attended the public schools 
of Philadelphia, and is now a student at Mar- 
shall Seminary, Oaklane, Philadelphia. 



There were three immigrants of 
BEACH the name of Beach under Colony 
Records of 1639 among the set- 
tlers of the New Haven colony — Richard, 
John and Thomas — and the evidence that they 
were brothers appears conclusive. Richard 
Beach came from London in 1635 in the ship 
"Elizabeth and Ann," Captain Robert Cooper, 
and settled as early as 1639 in New Haven ; 
he owned a house and lot there, February 7, 
1643, and in 1645 married the widow of An- 
drew Hull. John Beach was in New Haven 
in 1647, ^nd was in that year concerned with 
Richard in the settlement of the estate of Wil- 
liam lies, "cousin of said Richard" ; John set- 
tled in Stamford before 1660, and lived there 
the remainder of his life ; he was surety on 
a bond of Richard and witness on a deed, and 
there are other records showing probable re- 
lationship. Both John and Richard bought 
lands in Wallingford. 

(T ) Thomas Beach, the third brother, and 
the immigrant ancestor of the Hartford fam- 
ily, is known to be a brother of the Richard 
Beach mentioned above (New Haven County 
Records, November 2, 1652). He was in New 
Haven before March 7, 1647, when he took 
the oath of fidelity. Thomas Beach removed 
from New Haven to Milford. He is said 
to have been for a time in Wallingford, but 
returned to Milford before his death in 1662. 
He married, March i, 1654, Sarah, who died 
in 1698. daughter of Richard and Mary Piatt; 
she married (second) Miles Merwin, the ad- 
ministrator of the estate of Thomas Beach ; 
they had four daughters who, with the Beach 
children, shared equally in the estate of IMiles 
Merwin, upon his death in 1695. Children: 
I. Sarah, born in 1654. 2. John, see forward. 
3. Mary, born December 27, 1657, married, 
in New Jersey, Samuel Lion. 4. Samuel, horn 

June 5, 1660. married Abigail . died 

.September, 1728. left no children. 5. Zophar, 
horn May 27, 1662, settled in Newark, and is 
the ancestor of the New Jersey branch. 

(H) John, son of Thomas and Sarah 
(Piatt) Beach, was born in Milford, October 
19, 1655, died in 1709. He went to Walling- 
ford in 1673-74 with the children of John 
Beach, of Stratford. He was known as John 
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of the saine name. He married, December, 
1677. Mary . Children: i. Nathaniel. 

2. Lcttice, born December, 1679, married Wil- 
liam Ward. 3. Mary, January 11, 1681, died 
in 1688. 4. Hannah, March 17, 1684-S5, mar- 
ried (fir.st) 1708, Eliphalet Parker. 5. 
Thomas, February 14, 1686, married Hannah 
Atwater. 6. John, see forward. 7. Samuel, 
November 29, 1696, married Phoebe Tyler, 
settled in Litchfield. 8. Caleb, 1699, married 
(first) Eunice Tyler; (second) Margaret 

Thompson; (third) Hannah ; resided 

in Winchester, Connecticut. 

(HI) John (2), son of John (i) and Mary 
Beach, was born in Wallingford. October 15, 
1690, died May 9, 1775. He is buried in 
Goshen, beside his second wife. He left Wal- 
lingford in 1728-29 and became one of the 
founders of the town of Goshen, Connecticut, 
where in 1739 he built one of the largest 
houses in the town and in one of the most 
popular sections, now East Goshen. His 
house was chosen for the ordination of Rev. 
Mr. Heaton. first minister of Goshen, Novem- 
ber. 1740, the meeting house being unsuitable 
in winter weather. He married (first) .-Vu- 
gust 18, 1715, Sarah Tyler, who died in 1716. 
Chilrl : Barnabas, born July i. 1716. married 
Sarah Thompson, died in the state of New 
York about 1800. Children : Zerah, Sarah, 
married Elisha Blin ; Silas, married Betsey 
V'aill ; Hannah ; William ; Allen ; Eliza and 
Catherine: his children removed from Go- 
shen to New York state. John Beach mar- 
ried (second! at Wallingford. Februarv 22, 

1717. Mary, born in 1695. died October 27, 
1767, daughter of Samuel ^nd Sarah (Bald- 
win) Royce. Children: i. Adnah, see for- 
ward. 2. Edmund, born February 18, 1720. 

3. Linus, December 5. 1721. 4. Amos. Janu- 
ary 28, 1724. 5. Mary, April 28, 1726, died 
in infancy. 6. Jacob, December 5, 1728. 7. 
Samuel, December 22. 1729. 8. John. April 
21, 1731. 9. Royce, October 19, 1733. 10, 
Baldwin. July 26, 1736, died in 1776, unmar- 
ried. II. ^fary. October 27, 1739, died in 
1785, unmarried. 

(T\') .Adnah, eldest child of John (2) and 
Mary (Royce) Beach, was born January 11, 

1718, died March 10, 1783, and is buried at 
Goshen. His gravestone, and that of his wife, 
are standing at East Goshen. He had a house 
on East street, near that of his father, in 
Goshen, was a tanner by trade, and represent- 
ed his town in the general assembly. The 
Sabbath day or noonhouse, the third from 
meeting house on the north side, was owned 
by Adnah Beach and Nehemiah Lewis. He 
married (recorded at ^^'allingford), June 9, 
1741, Hannah Miles, who died December 6, 



1775, at the age of fifty-five years. She was 
tlie daughter of John and Sarah (Ball) Miles, 
granddaughter of John and Elizabeth (Harri- 
nian) Miles, and of John Harriman, of New 
Haven, and great-granddaughter of Richard 
Miles, of New Haven, who took the oath of 
fidelity in 1657. Children, born in Goshen: 
I. Fisk, May 15, 1742. 2. Miles, November 
14, 1743. 3. Hannah, February 28, 1745, 
married (first) October 28, 1764, Uri Hill; 
(second) November 13, 1769, Ephraim Starr; 
she died February 26, 1826. 4. Mabel, .April 
22, 1748, married, August 26, 1766, John Car- 
rington. 5, .Adnah, .August 4, 1750, 6, Eben- 
ezer, twin of Adnah, died young. 7. Anne, 
October 2, 1752, died young. 8. Adnah, June 
16, 1754, died young. 9. .Anne, November 18, 
1755, married Gideon Hurlburt. 10. Adnah, 
November 10. 1757. 11. Susanna, October 31, 
1760, married John Reed, of Canaan. 12. 
Salome. June 14, 1763. married Job Marsh, 
of New Hartford. 13. Ehenczer, see forward. 
(V) Ebenezer, youngest child of .Adnah 
and Hannah (Allies) Beach, was born May 
30, 1766, died May 3, 1793, and was buried 
at .Shefifield. Massachusetts, He appears to 
have been in Hartford in business with his 
brother. IMiles. as a goldsmith and clock 
maker at the time of his marriage, and later 
set up for himself in the same line of business 
in Litchfield. Connecticut. The house in which 
he lived in Litchfield, and in which his chil- 
dren were born, was later destroyed bv fire, 
.After the death of her husband, the Widow 
Lucy returned to her father's home in Coo- 
per's Lane, now Lafayette street. Hartford. 
For a time she left her three children in the 
care of her mother and sister and taught 
school in New Haven. In 1800 she married 
Dr. William Whitman, and died the following 
year, after the birth of a second son : William 
E. Ebenezer Beach married, at Hartford, 
Lucy, who died April 7, 1801, daughter of 
Timothy and Sarah (Seymour) Steele, grand- 
daughter of Daniel and Mary (Hopkins) 
Steele, the latter born January 30, 1705, great- 
granddaughter of Samuel and Mary (Brad- 
ford) Steele, great-great-granddaughter of 
John and Mercy (Warner) Steele, and great- 
great-great-granddaughter of John Steele, the 
immigrant, Mrs. Beach was also great-grand- 
daughter of Ebenezer and Mary (Butler) 
Hopkins, great-great-granddaughter of Ste- 
phen and Dorcas (Bronson) Hopkins, and 
great-great-great-granddaughter of John and 
Jane Hopkins, of Cambridge, Massachusetts, 
Mrs. Beach was also great-great-granddaugh- 
ter of Major William and .Alice (Richards) 
Bradford, and great-great-great-granddaugh- 
ter of Governor William and .Alice Bradford, 



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who came to Plymouth in the "'Mayflower."' 
Children of Ebenezer and Lucy (Steele) 
Beach: i. George, see forward. 2. Lucy, 
born September 21, 1790, died in Canaan, 
married Charles Burrall. 3. Julia, born Au- 
gust 6, 1793, died October 17, 1877, at Hoo- 
sick. New York ; married Walter Phelps, of 
Hartford. 

(VI) George, eldest child of Ebenezer and 
Lucy (Steele) Beach, w-as born in Litchfield, 
November 29, 1788, died at his house on Far- 
mington avenue, Hartford, May 3, i860. 
Upon the death of his mother he probably re- 
turned to live with his Grandfather Steele 
until 1806; his sister, Lucy, was taken by his 
father's sister Susannah, wife of John Reed, 
of Canaan, Connecticut ; his sister Julia being 
taken by his mother's sister Mittie (Mehita- 
ble), wife of George Benton, Front street, 
Hartford. He began his business life as a 
clerk for John Pierce, a West India mer- 
chant. State street. Hartford, and lived for 
a time with the family of his employer. A 
few years later Mr. Beach became junior part- 
ner, the firm name becoming Pierce & Beach. 
The trade of the firm was ruined by the war 
of 1812. and Mr. Pierce withdrew and left 
the city. George Beach, Jr., used to tell a 
story of one of his father's merchant vessels 
which had been given up as lost or captured 
by the British. But early one Sunday morn- 
ing, before daylight, he was awakened by a 
knock at the front door, opened his window, 
and found a messenger from New London 
who announced the safe arrival of the ship, 
which had sailed under the French flag by a 
roundabout way to escape the British. In 
18 14 Mr. Beach closed up the West India 
business and, upon the organization of the 
Phoenix Bank of Hartford, was elected its 
cashier, an office he filled until September 6, 
1837, when he was elected president, and con- 
tinued at the head of this institution until his 
last illness, resigning April 5, i860. At the 
outset the disturbance of the currency of the 
country caused by the war with England, led 
the bank to issue a quantity of bills for frac- 
tional parts of a dollar, which the vice-presi- 
dent and directors of the bank were author- 
ized to sign. With the exception of these 
bills, Wr. Beach signed all the notes and bills 
issued by the bank, and its circulation some- 
times rose above a million dollars. At the 
time of his death he had undoubtedly signed 
more bills than anv other man in this section. 
In 1836 Mr. Beach became a partner in the 
firm of Phelps. Beach & Company, formerlv 
Hungerford. Phelps & Beach. George Beach 
Jr., being a partner of the original firm and 
continuing with his father and Mr. Phelps. 



When Mr. Phelps retired in 1839, the firm be- 
came Beach & Company, and George Beach 
became its head. For a number of years he 
lived in the house which is still standing, but 
somewhat altered in appearance, on the north 
side of Church street, and there most of his 
children were born. Later he removed to the 
house on Farmington avenue, and his son 
(jeorge lived in the next house to the west. 
Both houses were built by Cyprian Nichols, 
his father-in-law. Upon tlie visit to this coun- 
try of General Lafayette, about 1825, it was 
the duty of Mr. Beach, as captain of the Gov- 
ernor's Foot Guard, to meet the general and 
with his company escort him to a raised plat- 
form in front of the Phoenix National Bank, 
where the state reception was held. He was 
generous with his wealth and always favored 
the young men just starting in business. He 
favored the small loans which are usually so 
hard to negotiate. He contributed largely to 
charity, but preferred to give anonymously. 
He donated the land for St. Paul's Church. 
Tlie Widows' Llome, which he built and main- 
tained, was a most sensible and worthy be- 
nevolence, consisting of a number of small 
apartments let gratuitously to deserving wid- 
ows who had no home. From earlv life he 
was an active member of Christ Church and 
a faithful churchman. 

Mr. Beach married (first) in Christ 
Church. Hartford. April 15, 1808, Harriet, 
born June 27, 1792, died July 16, 1826, daugh- 
ter of Aaron Bradley (see Bradley VH). He 
married (second), 1827, IMaria, born May 10, 
1799. died November 15, 1845. daughter of 
Cyprian Nichols. * He married (third) So- 
phia (Buckland) Bull, widow of E. W. Bull, 
who survived him many years. Children of 
first wife, born at Hartford: i. John, June 

1, 1809, died unmarried, September 28, 1866, 
in Willoughby, Ohio. 2. Sarah, June 29, 
1810, died unmarried, June 27, 1836. 3. 
George, see forward. 4. Henry. December 17, 
1S13, died March 11. 1815. 5. Julia, July 30, 
181 5, died unmarried in Hartford, January 4, 
1878. 6. Henry Bruce. November 3. 1817, 
died in 1907. 7. William, July 3, 1820,' died 
unmarried in 1888. 8. Walter Phelps, see 
forward. 9. Joseph Watson, December 28, 
1823, see forward, tq. Charles }iIason, see 
forward. Children of second wife: it. Cy- 
prian Nichols, September 9. 1828. flied in 
London. England, February 9, 1887 ; married 
(first) Helen Tyler, of Hartford: (second) 
Hettie Hart Jarvis. 12. Isaac Toucey, .\pril 

2. 1830, died August 27, 1830. 13. Emily 
Nichols, May 16. 1831. married, June 15, 
1854, .Alexander Hamilton Polk, of Louisiana, 
died in Baltimore. 14. Isaac Toucey, Novem- 



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her 2, i8_52. 15. Mary. Deceinber 23. 1833, 
(lied .March 21, 1907, married, July 26, 1862, 
John (Gardner White, of Boston. 16. Fran- 
cis, see forward. 17. Clement. May 8, 1838. 
dictl September g, 1838. 

(\ II) George (2). son of George (i ) and 
Harriet (Bradley) Beach, was born at Hart- 
ford, January 26, 1812, died there July 16, 
1899. He was educated in the public schools, 
and commenced his business career by becom- 
ing junior partner of the house of Hunger- 
ford, Phelps & Beach, which was organized in 
1833, importers of dyes, Hartford. Upon 
the retirement of the older partner the firm 
name became Phelps, Beach & Company, and 
finally in 1839. Beach & Company. In 1849 
the members of the firm were : George Beach, 
Jr.. J. Watson Beach and Charles M. Beach. 
.After the death of J. Watson Beach in 1887 
tlie business was continued by the surviving 
brothers. He was connected with the house 
for a period altogether of sixty-six years, and 
was for two generations or more a prominent 
figure in the business circles of Hartford. 

He was one of the organizers, and first 
]>resident, elected .\ugust 14. 1857. of the 
.Merchants' and Manufacturers' Bank, of 
Hartford, now the First National. The orig- 
inal directors were: George Beach, Jr., Eben- 
ezer Flower, James M. Bunce, Austin Dun- 
ham. Samuel .Austin. Lawson C. Ives. Henry 
Kellogg, Lucius F. Robinson and George 
Kellogg. James S. Tryon was cashier. 
When reorganized as a national bank, its cap- 
ital was five hundred thousand dollars, and 
surplus forty thousand dollars. Mr. Beach 
was one of the directors of the Broad Brook 
Company at the time of his death, and had 
been active in the concern for many years. 
This company manufactures woolens. He 
was a i)rominent figure in public life also. He 
was state senator from Hartford in 1866-67, 
and in 1880 was the Democratic candidate 
for congress from his district, but the Demo- 
cratic party was in a minority and he was de- 
feated. For many years he was of great in- 
fluence in his party and in the public afifairs 
of the city and state. He was a prominent 
member of Christ Protestant Episcopal 
Church, and one of its most generous sup- 
porters. For many years, 1826-45. he was 
warden, and exhibited a keen interest in all 
its work and anniversaries through a long 
period. In later years he was a vestryman. 
He was interested in the park system of Hart- 
ford, and in its early days was chairman of 
the board of trustees that laid out Bushnell 
Park, and he took an active oversight and di- 
rection in the planting of rare trees and 
shrubs in the parks. His own grounds 



showed his love of landscaiie, and his appre- 
ciation of the beauties of shrubs and trees. 

He was for many years a member of the 
board of trustees of Trinity College, and 
much interested in its affairs. To Mr. I'each 
more than to any other one man Hartford 
is indebted for its strikingly beautiful Cedar 
Hill Cemetery. He is credited with originat- 
ing the idea of transforming the commanding 
height, with its great scenic beauties, into a 
burial ground that invites the admiration of 
every visitor and is known throughout the 
country. He was actively interested in the 
securing of Upjohn's fine designs for the state 
cajMtol at Hartford. Mr. Beach was of strong 
convictions and tenacious opinions, but his 
jud.gment was made only after careful 
thought and reflection. He studied public 
questions, and regarded statesmanship as one 
of the highest attainments. The Church- 
man said of him at the time of his death : 
"Mr. Beach was a communicant of Christ 
Church, where he was always to be found in 
his place in the church unless out of town or 
hindered by sickness, and it was a stimulating 
si.ght to see him — tall, gray and old — yet re- 
markably erect and active for his years, walk- 
ing down the nave to take his .seat. For many 
years he has served Christ Church as either 
warden or vestryman, remaining on the ves- 
try up to the time of his death. Hartford 
has lost an honorable and resjiected citizen ; 
the diocese has lost a layman of distinction 
and character; and Christ Church has lost a 
communicant whose life, example and sup- 
port it will be hard to duplicate." The Cou- 
raiit of July 18, 1899, said: "His loss will 
be widely deplored in this city, where the 
whole of his business career had been passed, 
and in the commercial prosperity of which he 
had taken an honored part." ^Ir. Beach mar- 
ried (first) Sarah, daughter of Cyprian 
Nichols, of Hartford; (second) Emily \\'ood, 
of Washington, District of Columbia ; (third) 
Fanny Curtis, of New Haven. 

(VII) Walter Phelps, son of George and 
Harriet (Bradley) Beach, was born in Hart- 
ford, Connecticut, January 21, 1822. He was 
captain of Company F, Tenth Michigan In- 
fantry. He married (first) August 31, 1845, 
at Providence, Rhode Island, Martha .Ann 
Stacy, who died at Ypsilanti. Alichigan. De- 
cember 27. 1874. He married (second) at 
Hartford, Connecticut, .April 19, 1876. Maria 
Catherine Skinner, who died at Ypsilanti, 
Michigan, February 16, 1899. Children by 
first wife: i. Harriet Bradley, born at .Al- 
mont, Michigan. October 10. 1848, is now 
living at Centralia. Illinois. She married at 
Ypsilanti. Michigan. September 3, 1868, Fran- 



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cis Augustus Oberst, and has had children : i. 
Harrv Beach, born at Ypsilanti, April lo, 
1870.' ii. Kathreen Augusta, born at Detroit, 
Michigan, May 15, 1873, is now living at Clo- 
vis, California : married at Ann Arbor, Mich- 
igan, December 25, 1899, Arthur S. Wood- 
a'rd. 2. Sarah Kate, born at Almont, Michi- 
gan, April 15, 1850, now lives at Ypsilanti. 
She married in that town, June 14, 1871, 
Frank Joslyn. Children: i. Walter Beach,, 
born at Yp'silanti, March 30, 1875, married 
there, January 7, 1903, Mary Gertrude Lang, 
and is now living at Lovelocks, Nevada, ii. 
Katie Beach, born at Ypsilanti, April 10, 
1 88 1, is now living at Detroit, ■Michigan. She 
married at Ypsilanti, September 25, 1907, 
Morgan Roy Kavanagh. iii. Fannie ^gach, 
twin of Katie Beach, is now living at Elmira, 
New York. She married at Ypsilanti, De- 
cember 25, 1905, Carl Max Bange, and has 
children : Katherine Joslyn, born at Ypsi- 
lanti. March 31, 1907; Elizabeth Joslyn, born 
at Elmira, July 27, 1909. 3. Walter Augus- 
tus, born at Almont, Michigan, July 15, 1852. 

4. William Whitman, born at Almont, Febru- 
ary 28, 1856, is now living at San Pedro, Cal- 
ifornia. He married at Marquette, Michigan, 
November 10, 1876, Christena Marie Skog. 

5. Helen Tyler, born at Almont. April 2, i860, 
is now living at Ypsilanti. She married there, 
March 16, 1880, William A. Burt. Children: 
i. Edward Lindon, born at Ypsilanti, Decem- 
ber 26, 1880, died July 26, 1881. ii. Ormand 
Walter, born at Ypsilanti, November 16, 1881, 
is now living in Cleveland, Ohio. He married 
at \\'heeling. West \'irginia, September i, 
1905, Freda B. Miller, iii. Lindon Beach, born 
at Ypsilanti, May i, 1886, now lives at Los 
Vegas, New Mexico. He married there, Sep- 
tember 27, 1909, Margaret Silva. iv. Edith 
Cordelia, born at Ypsilanti, August 17, 1888. 

6. Nicholas, born at .\lmont, January 16, 
1864, died September 17, 1864. 7. Martha 
Ann, born at Almont, December i, 1865, died 
February 28, 1866. 8. Elizabeth Gay, born 
at Ypsilanti, September 3, 1867, now lives 
in Detroit, Michigan. She married at Ypsi- 
lanti, October 5, 1892, Daniel Peyton Sulli- 
van. Children : i. Frances Coles, born at 
Ypsilanti, December 19, 1894. ii. Walter Pey- 
ton, born at Ypsilanti, October 26, 1896. iii. 
Philip Beach, born at Ypsilanti, September 3, 
1898. 9. George Skinner, born at Ypsilanti, 
December 28, 1870. 

(VH) Joseph Watson, ninth child of 
George and Harriet (Bradley) Beach, was 
born December 28, 1823, at Hartford, Con- 
necticut, in the old house now standing in 
the rear of the Young Women's Christian 
Association, on Church street. He attended, 



as a child. Miss Canfield's private school in 
Hartford, later going to Dr. Epaphroditus 
Hudson's school at 1 orringf ord and finished 
his education at Dr. Stephen Reed's school at 
Richmond, ^Massachusetts. Upon leaving 
school he began mercantile life in the office 
of the Hartford Carpet Company in Thomp- 
sonville, where he remained until 1849, when 
with his two brothers, George and Charles 
Mason, he became a member of the firm of 
Beach & Company, continuing in this firm un- 
til his death. He was recognized as one of 
Hartford's ablest business men. His prac- 
tical knowledge of the details of the business 
of his firm made him a valuable partner, his 
business sagacity was recognized in all direc- 
tions, and he was asked to fill various posi- 
tions of responsibility in the business world. 
He was president of the Weed Sewing Ma- 
chine Company, president of the Mercantile 
Bank, vice-president of the Western Auto- 
matic Screw Company, besides being a di- 
rector in various other manufacturing and 
mercantile companies. His imposing pres- 
ence, genial disposition, generous hospitality, 
kindness to strangers and enthusiasm for all 
that was of benefit to Hartford and its insti- 
tutions made him one of Hartford's best- 
known citizens and one beloved by all who 
knew him. He died at his home in Hartford, 
after three days' illness of pneumonia, March 
16, 1887. 

He married, October 13, 1852, Josephine 
Elizabeth, daughter of Charles Fitch Coffing, 
of Salisbury, Connecticut, and his wife, Cath- 
arine Frances (Eldredge) Coffing, of West- 
field, Massachusetts, by whom he had five 
children: i. Katharine, born August 2, 1853, 
married George Herbert Day (see • Day 
VH), October 13, 1877, and whose children 
are: i. Josephine Beach, born May 4, 1880, 
married Martin Toscan Bennett, of Hartford, 
November 15, 1900; their children are: 
Martin Toscan, born September 5, 1901 ; 
Katharine Beach, born December 16, 1902; 
Frances WoodruiT, born July 24, 1905. ii. 
Watson Beach, born September 15, 1882, mar- 
ried Lillian Willis Underbill, June 29, 1907; 
their son, George Herbert, born May 12, 1909. 
iii. Infant son, born and died September 15, 

1882. iv. Frank Putnam, born August 15, 

1883, married Margery Elinor Munsell, June 
2, 1906. V. Roberta Gray, born November 
15, 1885, died February 10, 1886. vi. Regi- 
nald Willard, born June 17, 1888, died Febru- 
ary 24, 1889. vii. George Herbert, born Sep- 
tember 22, 1891. viii. Godfrey Malbone, born 
December 4, 1897. 2. Dr. Charles Coffing 
Beach, born May 19, 1856, married Alary 
Elizabeth Batterson, June 17, 1884; children: 



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i. (IcKulwin P.attLTScm. born October 2. 1883, 
niarriod, September 8. 1908. Ethel Gertrude 
Curry, of Boston. Massachusetts. ii. Jo- 
seph Wat.son. born March 26, 1888. iii. Charles 
Bradlord, born November i, 1894. iv. Eliza- 
beth Goodwin, born November i, 1894. 3. 
Georg:e Watson, liorn February i, 1858. mar- 
ried l{lizabeth Colt Jarvis, October 3, 1883; 
children : i. Hart Jarvis, born March 22, 1891. 
ii. George, born .\ugust 5, 1892. iii. John 
Samuel Jarvis, born October 7, 1899. 4. Mary 
Helen, born July 12, 1861, married. May 13, 
1885, Dr. Phineas Henry Ingalls, of I'ortland, 
Maine, and later of Hartford. 5. Richard 
Jarvis, born October 9, 1870. 

(\'H) Charles Mason, son of George and 
Harriet (Bradley) Beach, was born in the 
old house on Church street, at the rear of the 
"S'nung Women's Christian Association build- 
ing, Hartford, February 18, 1826, died June 
17. 1910. When three years of age he at- 
tended the private school of Miss Canfield, on 
Clnuch street, an institution which would now 
be classed as a kindergarten. He was aft- 
erward a member of the private school of 
Miss Emmons, on Pratt street, and was a stu- 
dent in the Hartford grammar school, when it 
was in Linden place, and Mr. Wright was its 
principal. In 1836 he entered the school of 
Dr. Epaphroditus Hudson, at Torringford, 
and when he was twelve years old he went to 
Dr. Stephen Reed's boarding school at Rich- 
mond. He began his business career at the 
age of fourteen as clerk in the office of Howe, 
i\lather & Company, afterward Mather, Mor- 
gan & Company, .'\sylum street, Hartford. 
Eight years later he left that office in order 
to enter into partnership with his elder 
brothers. George and J. Watson Beach, in the 
firm nf Beach & Company, dry salters and 
ciimnussion merchants, now importers and 
dealers in aniline dyes and other chemicals. 
No. 209 State street. Hartford. In this busi- 
ness he enjoyed a long, useful and prosperous 
career, and continued active in it until a short 
time prior to his death. The business was 
established in 1832. and takes rank among 
the oldest and most prosperous houses in the 
city. 

Early in his business life Mr. Beach be- 
came identified as founder, director or officer, 
witJi many of Hartford's leading business in- 
stitutions. He was director in the Phoenix 
Fire Insurance Company for over fifty years, 
and was for many years a director of the 
Phoenix National Bank, Connecticut Mutual 
Life Insurance Company. Hartford Carpet 
Company. Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection 
and Insurance Company, of which he was one 
of the founders, Ilolyoke Power Company, 



Hartford Machine Screw Comijany, Illinois 
Central Railroad : a trustee of the Hartford 
Retreat for the Insane, the Watkinson Farm 
School, the St. Margaret's Diocesan School 
for Girls, the Society of Donations and Be- 
quests, and he was the first treasurer for 
the Society for the Increase of the Ministry. 
Mr. Beach is best known, perhaps, for the 
part he has taken in the industrial life of the 
state. He was one of the foremost woolen 
and worsted manufacturers, and until 1910 
treasurer of the Broad Brook Company, the 
large woolen corporation. For many years 
he directed his attention to his stock farm 
at \\'est Hartford, and he was well known 
as a successful breeder of registered stock 
and an importer of Welsh sheep. He had 
his dairy equipped with the most modern de- 
vices for producing hygienic conditions and 
keeping the milk pure. He was a member of 
the London Society of Arts, one of the found- 
ers of the American Jersey Cattle Club, a 
member of the Guernsey Cattle Club, the 
Hartford Club and the Hartford Golf Club. 
He voted for many years on the Democratic 
side, but was always independent in politics. 
He took a keen interest in the public wel- 
fare, and contributed to the daily newspapers 
articles on the tariff" and other manufacturing 
prolilems, as well as articles on dairying and 
kindred agricultural topics. He was a com- 
municant of the Protestant Episcopal church, 
and in the course of his long life was a mem- 
ber of Christ Church, St. John's Church and 
the Church of the Good Shepherd, of Hart- 
ford : since 1870. however, he lielonged to St. 
James' Church, Hartford. 

Mr. Beach married, in Christ Church, 
Hartford, October 8, 1849, Frances Lyman 
Belknap (.see Belknap VII). Of their seven 
children, six are now living in West Hart- 
ford, the other died young. Children: i. 
Harriet Bradley, born September 20, 1850, 
married William Whetten Huntington, of 
West Hartford. 2. Frances Antoinette. April 
II, 1852. 3. Thomas Belknap. October 15, 
1853. married Mary, daughter of Nathaniel 
Brookhousc Mansfield : children : Charles 
Mansfield, born July 2, 1890, died September 
3. 1890: infant son. born and died March 25, 
1893. 4. Edith, March 22. 1856. 5. Emily, 
twin of Editii, died in infancy. 6. Mary 
Elizabeth. July 25. 1858. 7. Charles Edward, 
September 2. 1S62, married, October 8, 1895, 
Catherine Harriet, daughter of Charles Fred- 
erick and Julia (Hall) Coffing, and a de- 
scendant of Tristram Coffin, of Nantucket ; 
children : Charles Frederick, born October 
ir. 1896: Thomas Coffing, October 16. 1899. 

(\TI) Francis, son of George and Maria 



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(Nichols) Beach, was born at Hartford, May 
2, 1835, died in New York City, February 
5, 1873. He attended the pubHc schools, and 
was graduated with honors from the Military 
Academy at West Point in 1857. He served 
in the civil war and was commissioned cap- 
tain in the Fourth Artillery, United States 
Army, and was colonel of the Sixteenth Con- 
necticut Regiment of Volunteers. At the 
battle of Antietam he received a wound which 
ultimately caused his death, after years of 
poor health. He was captured and confined 
in Libbv Prison, Richmond, and at Ander- 
sonville. He married, January 7. 1862, Julia 
De Kay, daughter of James Morgan, of 
Pittsburg, Pennsylvania. Children: i. James 
Morgan, died young. 2. Katherine Toucey, 
born February 19, 1864, married, December, 
1890, William George Thomson, of Philadel- 
phia, Pennsylvania. 3. Agnes Morgan, born 
August 23, 1869, married, April 25, 1889, 
William, son of John W. Ferdon, of Pier- 
mont-on-Hudson, New York ; residence, Day- 
ton, Wyoming. 

(The Bradley Line). 
The connection of the Connecticut Brad- 
leys with their English home has not been 
absolutely proved, yet- there seem many 
proofs in favor of this conclusion. In Wil- 
liam Camden's "Visitation of County War- 
wick," 1619, published in 1877, we find the 
pedigree herewith given, and in the edition 
of 1878 the arms are added "Confirmed by 
the Deputies of Camden, Clarence ux to Fran- 
cis Bradley of Coventry, grandson of William 
Bradley, Co. York Her. Visitation, Gules a 
chevron argent between three boars' heads 
couped or." These are the same as the arms 
on the silver tankard owned by the grand- 
daughter of the first William Bradley, of 
New Haven, and still in existence. Another 
proof is the similar Christian names in use 
by the families of the two places. Another 
is that William and Francis Bradley, of New 
Haven, were followers and adherents of Gov- 
ernor Theophilus Eaton and of Rev. John 
Davenport, who were both born and brought 
up in Coventry, and were about the ages of 
the fathers of the Bradley immigrants 
(cousins), both of whom were young men 
when they came to New Haven, and it is not 
unlikel}' that they should have been placed by 
their parents under the charge of their former 
townsman, the wealthy London merchant, 
Theophilus Eaton, to follow his fortunes 
across the seas, and to form a part of his 
large New Haven household, wdiere thirty or 
more adherents often sat down to table. In 
the New Haven Records of 16^0, Francis 



Bradley is called "Governor Eaton's man." 
He removed to Branford, and in 1660 to 
Fairfield, and died in 1689, leaving a wife, 
three daughters and four sons, who are the 
ancestors of the Fairfield branch of the family. 

(I) William Bradley, of Sheriff Hutton, 
York county, England, is, in all probability, 
the direct ancestor of this branch. 

(II) William (2), son of William (i) 
Bradley, was of Coventry, county Warwick, 
England, and married Agnes Margate. Chil- 
dren : I. Francis, married Francisca Wat- 
kins; children: Francis, born 1595; Anne 
Maria. 2. Thomas, married ]\Iaria Cotes. 3. 
William, see forward. 

(HI) William (3), son of William (2) 
and Agnes (Margate) Bradley, married 
(first) Johanna Waddington, and had chil- 
dren: I. Magdalen. 2. Elizabeth. 3. Let- 
ticia. 4. William, born (probably) 1619, died 
in 1 69 1, and left a will in which all of his 
children are mentioned : he came to America 
some time before his stepmother and her chil- 
dren ; he married, 1645, Alice Pritchard, and 
had children : Joseph, baptized January, 
1646, had a son, Samuel, born January 3, 
i68t ; Martha, October, 1648; Abraham, Oc- 
tober 24, 1650, among whose descendants 
are in successive generations, Daniel, Moses, 
Stephen (senator from Vermont) and Wil- 
liam C. Bradley, of Brattleboro, Vermont; 
Mary, September 30, 1653; Benjamin, .April, 
1657; Esther, September 29, 1659: Nathaniel, 
Februar\- 26. 1661 ; and Sarah, January 21, 
1665. William Bradley married (second) 
Elizabeth . and had children : 5. Dan- 
iel, born, probably, in 1634, drowned in De- 
cember, 1653, while attempting to cross the 
river; he left no children, and the court di- 
vided his property between his brothei^ and 
sister, giving William a half-share, because 
he was only a half-brother. 6. Joshua, born 
in 1636. 7. Ellen, married John Ailing. 8. 
Nathan, born in 1638. 9. Stephen, see for- 
ward. These children were probably all born 
in England, as there is no record of the 
father in this country. After the death of 
her husband she brought her younger chil- 
dren with her to America, the elder having 
earlier joined their half-brother here. Later 
she removed to Guilford with Nathan and 
Stephen, and married (second) John Parm- 
lee, of that town, who died November 8, 1659; 
she married fthird) May 27, 1663, John 
Evarts, of Guilford, who died IVIay 10, 1669, 
and she died January, 1683. 

(1\") Captain .Stephen Bradley, son of Wil- 
liam (3) and Elizabeth Bradley, was born 
in 1642. died June 20, 1702. He lived at 
New Haven and Guilford, and was a repre- 



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sentative in the general assembly of the state 
from 1692 until his death. He married 
(first) November 9, 1663, Hannah, daughter 
of George and Sarah Smith; (second) Mary 
( I'eiin ) Leete, daughter of Benjamin Fenn, 
of Mil lord, and widow of William Leete. Jr. 
Ciiildrcn by first wife: i. Hannah, born Sep- 
tember I. 1664. 2. Sarah, February 14, 1666, 
died in 1667. 3. Stephen, see forward. 4. 
Daniel, October 21, 1670. 5. Elizabeth, De- 
cember 31. 1671. 6. Abraham. May 13, 
1674, married Jane Lcaming, mentioned here- 
inafter. 7. Sarah, October 17, 1676. 

(V'j Stephen (2), son of Captain Stephen 
( 1 ) and Hannah (Smith) Bradley, was born 
at Guilford, October i, 1668. died there in 
1701. He married, November 15, 1693, 
Sarah, daughter of Andrew and Tryal 
(Meigs) \\'ard, of Killingworth, Connecti- 
cut, granddaughter of John Meigs, of Guil- 
ford, and also granddaughter of Andrew 
Ward, one of the first commissioners to gov- 
ern the Connecticut colony (1636), and a 
settler of Wethersfield and Stamford, Con- 
necticut, who died at Fairfield, 1659. Chil- 
dren, born at Guilford: i. Joseph, August 4, 
ir>94, died April 3, 1712. 2. Stephen, August 
5' '695. 3. Daniel, December 22, 1698, died 
young. 4. John, see forward. 

(VI) John, son of Stephen (2) and Sarah 
(Ward) Bradley, was born at Guilford, No- 
vember 7, 1700. and lived there until late in 
life, when he removed to Hartford. He mar- 
ried. August 16, 1726, Mercy French, who 
died in 1777 at the age of seventy-six years, 
and was buried in the Centre Burying 
Ground, Hartford, May 2, 1777; he died the 
fiijlowing year and was buried at her side, 
January 21, 1778. Mercy (French) Bradley 
was the daughter of Ebenezer French, of 
Guilford, who was born April 3. 1658, died 
May 3, 1736: married, October 8, 1684. Su- 
sannah, who died January 19, 1728, daugh- 
ter of Aaron Blatchley. Ebenezer was the 
son of Thomas French, who came from Eng- 
laiul in i''>38. lived at Charlestown, Massa- 
cluisetts, until 1648, then removed to Guil- 
ford; he married Mary Buttons and had ten 
children. Children of John and Mercy 
(French) Bradley: i. Sarah, born December 
3. 1727. 2. John. November 16, 1732. re- 
moved to Winchester and Sunderland, A'er- 
mont. 3. Lucy. July 23, 1734. 4. .Aaron. 

(VTI) .Aaron, youngest child of John and 
Mercy (French) Bradley, w^as born at Guil- 
ford, November 7, 1741, died at Hartford, 
September 13, 1802, and is buried in the Cen- 
tre Burial Ground. He removed from Guil- 
ford to Hartford about 1772, and was ]3romi- 
ncnt in town affairs and church matters. He 



W'as one of eight men who organizeil the par- 
ish of Christ Church (Protestant Episcopal) 
of Hartford, and erected the first building 
at the northwest corner of Main and Church 
streets. He was honored for liis ability and 
u]irightness l)y all his townsmen and was un- 
usually attractive in manner and appearance, 
having a great fund of humor and wit. His 
wife was a woman of energy, noble and dig- 
nified in appearance. Those who recall their 
memory speak of both of them with love and 
veneration. .Aaron Bradley was about to re- 
move to New Haven to reside with his son 
Joseph when he was taken ill and died. He 
married at Guilford, August 19, 1767, Sarah 
Chittenden, born May 12, 1750. Children 
of Aaron and Sarah (Chittenden) Bradley: 
I. Sarah, born Deceml)er 18. 1768, married, 
June 12, 1785, James Knox. 2. Jo.seph, born 
in 1770, died at Hartford, March 18, 1844, 
married Relief Crosby. 3. Mary, born in 
1773, died July 6, 1845, married, October 3, 
1792, Thomas Lloyd. 4. Elizabeth, April 18, 
1776. died September 29, 1776. 5. William 
Henry, August 28. 1777. died at Philadcli)hia. 
October 16, 1838, married Lydia Chapman. 
6. Fliza, December 10. 1779, died December 
24. 1863, married (first) Captain Joseph Wat- 
son, who died in 1803, (second) Dr. Joshua 
I'rost. 7. John, June 7. t783, died at sea, 
September 8, 1802. 8. Richard. October 11, 
1787, ]<ined by burglars, Novemljer 28, 1867. 
9. Infant, died February 22, 1791. 10. Har- 
riet, married George Beach (see Beach \'l). 

(Tile Chittenden Line). 

(I) Robert Chittenden was of Mar len. 
near Cransbrook, county Kent, England. 

(II) William, son of Robert Chittenden, 
has his baptism recorded at Marden in 1594. 
He was the immigrant ancestor of the family 
and sailed in William Leste's Guilford Com- 
pany from East Guilford, county Sussex, ad- 
joining Rye, on the British Channel near 
county Kent, to New Haven, Connecticut, 
with wife Joan, dauglitcr of Dr. Jacob .Slieafe, 
of Cransbrook, Kent, and sister of the Rev. 
Henry Whitfield, first minister of Guilford, 
Connecticut, the founders of the church, June 
I, 1639. He had been at one time a soldier 
in the Netherlands and had reached the rank 
of major; he was made lieutenant of tlie 
force of the New Haven colony and was 
magistrate : representative at twenty-seven 
sessions of the general assembly, 1641-61 ; 
died February i, 1661. 

(III) John, son of William and Joan Chit- 
tenden, died in April, 1716: he married Han- 
nali Fletcher. 

ll\'i Joseph, son of Jnhn and Hannah 



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(Fletcher) Chittenden, was born March 26, 
1672, died September 11, 1727; he married 
Mary Kimberly. 

(V) Joseph (2), son of Joseph (i) and 
Mary (Kimberly) Chittenden, was born Jan- 
uary 25, 1702, died April 7, 1794; he married 
Patience Stone, born in 1703, descended as 
follows: (I) Rev. Samuel Stone was of 
Hereford on the Wye, Herefordshire, Eng- 
land. (H) William, son of the Rev. Samuel 
Stone, was the immigrant ancestor. He and 
his brother John were members of the first 
Guilford Company in 1639, and together with 
William Chittenden, Thomas Norton and 
others, signed on shipboard the Plantation 
Covenant, June i, 1639. (HI) Benajah, son 
of William Stone, was born in 1649, ^"<^^ 
married Hester, daughter of John Kirby. 
(R) Benajah (2), son of Benajah (i) and 
Hester (Kirby) Stone, was born in 1678 and 
married Hannah de Wolfe. (V) Patience, 
daughter of Benajah (2) and Hannah (de 
^^'olfe) Stone, married Joseph Chittenden 
Sr., as mentioned above. 

(\T) Joseph (3), son of Joseph (2) and 
Patience (Stone) Chittenden, was born No- 
vember 4, 1727, died January 8, 1793 ; he 
married (first), 1749, Sarah Norton, born in 
1731, died February 18, -1761, descended as 
follows: (I) Thomas Norton, the immigrant 
ancestor, died in May, 164S. He is said to 
be a son of William and Dennisse (Chol- 
mondly) Norton, of London, England ; 
grandson of Richard and Margery (Win- 
gate ) Norton, of Sharpenhow, in Bedford- 
shire : great-grandson of John and Jane 
(Cowper) Norton, of Sharpenhow; great- 
great-grandson of John Nor.ton ; and great- 
great-great-grandsdn of Sir John Norton, 
alias Norville, who married the daughter of 
Lord Grey de Ruthyn, and was tenth in de- 
scent from the Seigneur de Norville who 
came into England with William the Con- 
queror. (H) John, son of Thomas Norton, 
was born about 1628. and died March 5, 1704: 
he married Hannah, daughter of William and 
Hannah Stone. (HI) Thomas, son of John 
and Hannah (Stone) Norton, was born in 
March. 1676, died September 21, 1740; he 
married Rachel Starr. (IV) Daniel, son of 
Thomas and Rachel (Starr) Norton, was 
born January 17, 1707, died December 4, 
1789; he married Sarah, daughter of Abra- 
ham and Jane (Leaming) Bradley (see Brad- 
ley I\'). (V) Sarah, daughter of Daniel and 
Sarah (Bradley) Norton, married Joseph 
Chittenden, Jr., as mentioned above. 

(VII) Sarah, daughter of Joseph (3 ) and 
Sarah (Norton) Chittenden, married Aaron 
Bradley (see Bradley VII). 



(The Belknap Line). 

(I) Abraham Belknap, immigrant ancestor, 
was born in England, and settled as early as 
1635 or 1637 in Lynn, Massachusetts. He 
died in September, 1643, and the inventory of 
his estate was presented by his widow Mary, 
16 i2mo. 1643, and is on file in Essex county 
probate court, Salem. Children : Abraham ; 
Jeremy ; Samuel, born 1627-28, said to have 
been alive in 1705; Joseph, see forward; 
John ; Hannah and Mary. 

(II) Joseph, son of Abraham and Mary 
Belknap, was born in England in 1630, died 
in Boston. Massachusetts, November 14, 1712. 
He married three times, his third wife being 
Hannah, born May 13, 1647, died December 
26, 1688, daughter of Thomas and Sarah 
Meakins. Children by third marriage : Thom- 
as, see forward ; John, born in 1672 ; Hannah, 
1673; Ruth, 1676-77; Abigail. 1678-79; Abra- 
ham, 1681-82; Samuel (executor of his will) ; 
Joseph ; Jeremy, 1687. 

(III) Thomas, son of Joseph and Hannah 
(Meakins) Belknap, was born at Boston, 
July 29, 1670, died at Woburn, Massachu- 
setts, Alarch 15, 1755. He married, March 
6, 1693-94, Jane, daughter of Thomas and 
Jane (Atkinson) Cheney. Children: i. Jo- 
seph, born in 1696, died in 1783, married, 
April 9, 1734, Margaret Russell. 2. Thomas, 
see forward. 3. Jane, born in 1699, married, 
February 18, 1729, Timothy ^^'inn. 4. Ben- 
jamin. 1702, married. May 19, 1726. Hannah 
Richardson. 5. Hannah, 1704. married, about 
1730, Daniel Paine. 6. Samuel, 1707, died in 
1771. 7. Daughter. 1709, died in 1712. 8. 
Joseph. 

(IV) Thomas (2), son of Thomas (i) and 
Jane (Cheney) Belknap, was born in 1698; 
died August 9, 1777 ; will proved May 8, 
1778. He removed to Windham county, 
Connecticut, before 1739, and was adminis- 
trator of the estate of Dr. Isaac Hill, of Pom- 
fret, Connecticut. After his marriage he re- 
moved to Newburg, New York. He married, 
at \^'nburn, Sarah, born May 7, 1696, died in 
1704, daughter of Deacon Joseph Wright, 
and widow of Dr. Isaac Hill. Children: 
Thomas, born April 18, 1729; Sarah. June 25, 
1730; Joseph, see forward; John; Jonathan. 

(V) Joseph (2), son of Thomas (2) and 
Sarah (Wright) (Hill) Belknap, was born 
November 20, 1732. died at New Windsor, 
New York, August 14. 1813. He married 

Phebe , born in 1731. died at New 

\Mndsor, February 20, 1824. Children: 
Thomas, died in 1813, unmarried; Joseph, 
see forward ; Phebe. married, 1782, Svins 
^^'hany ; Daniel, December 20, 1765; Lydia; 
James. 



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(\'Il Ju-epli (3), son of Jase])h (21 and 
I'hebe Belknap, was born at New Windsor, 
New York, November 20, 1761, died at New- 
burg, New York, March 3, 1807. He mar- 
ried Sarah, born May 14. 1772. died March 
24, 1839. daughter of Daniel and Hannah 
( 1 home) Clements, of Flushing, Long Island. 
Children: 1. James, born March 24, 1793, 
died January 5, 1870. 2. A daughter, born 
October 12, died October 14, 1794. 3. Har- 
riet, born November 26, 1795. died September 
30, 1839, married Eli Hasbrouck. 4. Ann 
Eliza, born August 26. 1797, marrie<l Charles 
Humphrey. 5. Sarah, born April 2. 1799, 
died December 25. 1883, married Oliver Dud- 
ley Cooke. 6. Thomas, born December 10, 
1800. died December 16, 1802. 7. Elsie, born 
December 31. 1802. died July 14. 1843, ^^'^- 
ricd Thomas McKisseck. 8. Thomas, see 
forward. 9. Mary Amanda, born September 
28. 1806. married Charles or Lewis Dupois 
Lockwood. 

(\TI) Thomas (3), son of Jo.seph (3) and 
Sarah (Clements) Belknap, was born at New 
Windsor. New York. February 4, 1805, and 
<lic(l at Hartford. Connecticut. January 21. 

1 8(;0. 

He married, at Hartford. January 14. 1828, 
JMances Lyman, born at Portsmouth, New 
Hampshire, May 31, 1S08, died December 20, 
1893, daughter of Captain James and Maria 
( Goodwin ) W'atcrhousc. The Goodwin line 
of descent is as follows: (I) Christopher, the 
immigrant ancestor. (II) John, son of 
Christopher Goodwin, was born in 1647, mar- 
ried, 1669. Margaret Lothrop. (Ill) Na- 
thaniel, son of John and Margaret (Lothrop) 
Gi)odwin. married. 1672-73, Elizabeth, daugh- 
ter of Henry Emmes. of Boston. { I\') 
Thomas, son of Nathaniel and Elizabeth 
(Emmes) Goodwin, born in 1705, married 
Abigail Gale, born in 171 1. (\') Jacob, son 
of Thomas and Abigail (Gale) Goodwin, 
married Sarah Starr, and lived in Middle- 
town, Connecticut. (\'I) Alaria, daughter of 
Jacob and .Sarah (Starr) Goodwin, married 
Ca]3tain James W'atcrhouse and became the 
mother of I'rances Lyman (Waterhouse) 
Belknap. Children of Thomas and Frances 
L\nian (Waterhouse) Belknap: i. Frances 
LAnian, born March 21, 1830, died December 
20. 1902. married Charles ^lason Beach (see 
Beach \'II). 2. Thomas, see forward. 3. 
Elizabeth Carrington, born January 17, 1835, 
in Hartford, died in the same city. Novem- 
ber 28. 1896. unmarried. 4. Sarah Maria, 
born June 27. 1837. in Hartford, married, 
October 11. i860. Rev. Edmund Rowland, of 
Springfield. Massachusetts. 5. Elsie, born in 
Hartford, November 4. 1843. died in the same 



cit\-. .September 23. 1907, married, December 
3, '1868. Robert E. K. Whiting. 

(VIII) Thomas (4), son of Thomas (3) 
and Frances Lyman (Waterhouse) Belknap, 
was born at Hartford, July 9, 1833, died at 
[■'armington, October 28. 1883. He married, 
in New York City, October 7, 1858, Cath- 
erine Meyer, born October i. 1838. daughter 
of Ilenrv Suvdam and Elizabeth Brincker- 
hofY (Suvdam') Wyckoff, of New York City. 
Children: Henry Wyckoff, born in New 
York City. May 18, i860: Francis Wyckoff, 
see forward. 

(IX) Francis WyckotT, son of Thomas 
(4) and Catherine Heyer (Wyckoff) Bel- 
knap, was born in New York City, December 
20. 1876, and resides in Freeport, Long 
Island. He married, .Xpril 17, 1900. Flor- 
ence, torn August 31, 1877. daughter of Dr. 
Cyrus A. and Mary Emma (Ward) Alden, 
of New York City. Ciiildren, born in New 
"S'ork City : Priscilla .-Mden, born November 
8, 1903; Elizabeth Wyckoff. June 21. 1905. 

(Ill) Thomas Beach, son of 

BEACH John Beach (q. v.), was born at 
Milford, February 14, 1686, died 
in 1743. He married, in 171 1, Hannah At- 
water. Children, born at Milford: Damaris, 
1714; Amzi, 1716; Abigail, 1718: Eleanor, 
1721 : Landa, 1727, mentioned below: Sam- 
uel, 1729: Asa, 1732: Hannah, 1739. 

(I\') Landa (or Landrey), son of Thomas 
Beach, was born at Milford, ATarch 5, 1727. 
Lie is said to have served a short time in 
the revolution. He married, in 1749. Abigail, 
daughter of Lieutenant Nathan and Elizabeth 
(Rogers) Baldwin. They lived together 
nearly seventy-four years. He died Febru- 
ary 25. 1824, aged ninety-seven, and she on 
December 24, 1823, aged ninety-six. They 
left seven children, seventy-two grandchil- 
dren, one hundred and two great-grandchil- 
dren and seven great-great-grandchildren at 
the time of their death. Children: Thomas, 
of lUirlington. Connecticut : David, of Plym- 
outli. Connecticut; Thaddeus, mentioned be- 
low ; Abigail Ann, married Merwin ; 

Samuel : Hannah ; Sarah. 

(\') Thaddeus. son of Landa (or Land- 
rey) Beach, settled in Plymouth. Connecticut. 
He was a soldier in the revolution in 1781 in 
a Milford company. Captain Nathaniel Ed- 
wards, General David Waterbury. He ap- 
]:ears to have been a pensioner in 18 18 for 
service on the frigate ".Mliance." He had 
twelve children, among w-honi were David, 
James, William, Landa, Thaddeus, Samuel, 
Mary and Betsey. 

(\T) David, son of Thaddeus Beach, was 



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born in Plymouth in 1795, died in 1863. He 
married, September 19, 1816, Sylvia Smith, 
born June 28, 1796. died December 13, 1874, 
daughter of Gideon Lewis and Lois (Barnes) 
Smith. Children: Charles E., born Novem- 
ber 2, 1818, mentioned below; Edward, 1820, 
died in old age ; Nelson, July 20, 1824, died 
September 9, 1849; Henry. February 24, 
1832, died November 3, 1846. 

(VII) Charles E., son of David Beach, was 
born November 2, 1818. He married (first) 
November 27, 1844, Martha Emeline Lewis, 
born December 22. 1822, died September 5, 
1852, daughter of Timothy and Phila (Tis- 
dale) Lewis, of Southington, Connecticut. He 
married (second) March 30, 1853, Abigail 
Pratt, born February 20, 1825, daughter of 
Eli and Abigail (Hitchcock) Pratt. He died 
October 24, 1872. Children of first wife : 
Henry Lewis, born at Southington, May 27, 
1846, died January 6, 1848; Charles Lewis, 
February 13, 1848, mentioned below: Sarah 
Nelson, August 24, 1849, mentioned below. 
Children of second wife : Son, born July 
28, 1854, died September 19, 1854; Julia Eme- 
line, March 23, 1856, died October 23, 1856; 
Sylvia Idella, July 19, 1858, mentioned below: 
]\Iary Abbie, December 11, 1862, died Sep- 
tember 8, 1863 • Harriet Estella, September 
II. 1866. 

(\^III) Dr. Charles Lewis Beach, son of 
Charles E. Beach, was born at Southington, 
Connecticut, February 13, 1848. He attended 
the public schools of his native town and 
studied medicine in the Homeopathic Col- 
lege, New York City, graduating with the 
degree of M.D. in the class of 1872. He 
began to practice at Unionville, Connecticut, 
and after a time removed to Rockville, where 
he remained a year. Since 1882 he has been 
in general practice in Hartford, Connecticut, 
in partnership since 1899 with his son. Dr. 
Carroll Beach. He is a member of the Con- 
necticut Homeopathic Society. In politics he 
is a Republican. He belongs to the South 
Congregational Church. He married. May 14, 
1873. at Southington, Annie E. Lamson, born 
at ]\Iount Washington, Massachusetts, May 

11, 1850, daughter of Plorace W. and Esther 
(Dibell) Lamson. Children: i. Carroll 
Charles, M.D., born at Unionville, December 

12, 1874, married, April 23, 1903. Mary 
Bishop, born August 16, 1874, at Guilford, 
Connecticut, daughter of Niles G. and Minnie 
Bishop White, of West Hartford; children: 
Ruth, horn at Hartford, January 14, 1904, 
and Marion, born at Hartford. September 11, 
1908. 2. Martha Esther, born at Unionville, 
June 7, 1878, died October 24, 1879. .3- Orin 
Lamson, born August 7, 1886, at Hartford. 



(Vni) Sarah Nelson, daughter of Charles 
E. Beach, was born at Southington, August 
24, 1849, married, December 22, 1869, Orin 
Nathaniel Lamson, son of Horace W. and 
Esther (Dibell) Lamson. He was born at 
Mount Washington, Massachusetts, Novem- 
ber 27, 1846. They have no children. 

(\TII) Sylvia Idella, daughter of Charles 
E. Beach, was born in Southington, July 19, 
1858, married, September 3, 1884, Wyllys A. 
Hedges, born July 3, 1857, son of Cornelius 
and Layette (Smith) Hedges, of Helena, 
jMontana. Four children were born to Mr. 
and Mrs. Hedges, all of whom died in in- 
fancy or early age. 



(IV) Samuel Beach, son of 

BEACH Thomas Beach (q. v.), was born 
August 10, 1729. He served in 
the French war. He married Mabel, daugh- 
ter of Silvanus and Mary (^^'hitmore) 
Nettleton, and granddaughter of Samuel 
Nettleton. She was born October 5, 1732, 
died 1789, in Woodbridge, Connecticut. Chil- 
dren: Benajah, born March 24, 1752, men- 
tioned below; Mary, October 18, 1754; Su- 
sannah, June 12, 1756; Elizabeth, August 23, 
1758; Amy Whitmore, March 30, 1761 ; Sarah, 
November 19, 1765 ; Naomi, January 15, 
1769; Hannah, July 27, 1771. 

(\') Benajah. son of Samuel Beach, was 
bom March 24, 1752, died July 31, 1816. He 
served in the revolution in Colonel Webb's 
regiment. He married Annar Linus (some- 
times written Lines) : she was born 1753, in 
Litchfield, Connecticut, died January 26, 1834, 
in Woodbridge, Connecticut. Children: i. 
Annar, born January 14, 1779 ; Isaac, Febru- 
ary 21, 1780, mentioned below; Mary, April 
20, 1781 ; Samuel, November 19, 1782; Ben- 
ajah, October 25, 1784; Oliver (twin), June 
26, 1786; Olive (twin), June 26, 1786; Anson, 
July 14, 1789; Betsey, March 6, 1791 ; Mabel, 
August 3, 1792; Calvin. November 18, 1794; 
Harriet, October 24, 1797: Robert Keeland, 
May 16, 1800. 

(VI) Isaac, son of Benajah Beach, was 
born February 21, 1780, died May 5, 1846, in 
Derby, Connecticut. He married, October 12, 
1804, Lucretia, daughter of Theophilus and 
]\Iary (Meeker) Miles, granddaughter of 
Jonathan and Zerviah (Wooster) Miles. She 
was born July 27, 1784, died July 21, 1845, at 
Derby. Children : Maria, born December 16, 
1805 ; Nelson, October 12, 1807, died in in- 
fancy : Nelson Miles, April 12, 1809, men- 
tioned in the next paragraph ; Clark, July 24, 
1812: Lucretia, October, 1817; Josiah. Sep- 
tember 19, 1819. 

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was born A])ril 12, 1809. died December 23. 

1901. He married, November 4, 1837, Mary 
Elizabeth, daughter of David and Maria 
(Leavenworth) Durand, granddaughter of 
Noah and Abigail (Tomlinson) Durand, 
great-granddaughter of Joseph and Ann 
(Tomlinson) Durand. great-great-grand- 
daughter of Dr. John and Elizabeth (Rryan) 
Durand. On the maternal side granddaugh- 
ter of Edmund and Mary (Judson ) Leaven- 
worth, great-granddaughter of Edmund and 
Abigail (Beardsley) Leavenworth, great- 
great-granddaughter of Dr. Thomas and 
Rlary (Jenkins) Leavenworth. Nelson Miles 
lieach spent his early life in Derby, where he 
A\as a carpenter. Later he lived in West 
Haven, and then returned to Derby. He died 
there at the age of ninety-three. His wife 
died at the age of eighty-three years. Cliil- 
dren : Edmund L.. born October 14. 1S40. 
lives in \\'ashington. D. C. ; Joseph ^V., Feb- 
ruary 2. 1842: Henry C, March 4, 1844; 
Frederick D.. .August 16, 1846, lives in Los 
Angeles, California : Charles W.. November 
iS, 1849: Herman, July 2, 1852: Nelson M., 
mentioned below. 

(\TTT) Nelson Miles (2). son of Nelson 
Miles (i) Beach, was born in Liridgeport, 
June 26, 1854, died in that city, March 19, 

1902. He was reared in West Haven and 
Derby, Connecticut, and attended the public 
schools there. He came to Bridgeport at the 
age of sixteen and was employed by a coal 
dealer for a year. He then entered the 
Bridgeport Brass Company and from time to 
time won promotion to positions of larger re- 
sponsibility until he became treasurer of the 
corporation, one of the foremost in this line, 
having a capitalization of one million dollars. 
His skill, energy and good judgment aided 
materially in the growth and success of the 
business, and at the time of his death was 
one of the oldest officers of the corjioration. 
He was a prominent Free Mason, a member 
of St. John's Lodge, No. 3, of Jerusalem 
Chapter. Royal Arch Masons ; of Jerusalem 
Council. Royal and Select Masters : of Ham- 
ilton Commandery, Knights Templar ; of 
Pyramid Temple. Mystic Shrine, up to and 
including the thirty-second degree, Scottish 
Rite Masonry. He was also a member of 
Odd Fellows and held various offices. In 
religion he was a Congregationalist. In poli- 
tics a Republican. Ho married (first) Jennie, 
daughter of George and Jane FairchiM. Her 
brother, David F. Fairchild, of Oxford, Con- 
necticut, is the only survivor of eight chil- 
dren. Mr. Beach married (second) Louisa 
Jarvis. born at Weston. Connecticut. Chil- 
dren of first wife: Herman K., mentioned 



below: Nelson Miles, born December 31, 
1885, educated in the public schools and 
Bridgeport high school, now a broker in 
Bridgeport, member of the Congregational 
church and Brooklawn Club. 

(IX) Herman K., son of Nelson Miles (2) 
Beach, was born at Bridgeport, September 21, 
1882. He was educated in the public schools 
of that city, and after completing his educa- 
tion worked for two years under the direc- 
tion of his father for the Bridgeport Brass 
Company. He assisted in organizing the 
Bridgeport Metal Goods Manufacturing 
Company, of which he became secretary and 
treasurer. This concern makes metal special- 
ties in large variety. .At the end of the fir.st 
year this company had met with such success 
that they were employing a hundred hands 
and are doing a flourishing business. He is 
a member of the St. John's Lodge, No. 3, 
F-ree and Accepted Masons ; Jerusalem Chap- 
ter, Royal .Arch Masons : Jerusalem Council, 
Royal and Select Masters ; Hamilton Com- 
mandery, Pyramid Temple, and has taken the 
thirty-second degree in Scottish Rite Ma- 
sonry. Tie also belongs to the Seaside Club, 
the Brooklawn Club, the Congregational 
church. In politics he is a Republican. 



Benajah Beach, the revolution- 
BE.ACH ary ancestor of this family, de- 
scendant of an old and distin- 
guished Connecticut family, was born in 1752 
in Woodbridge, Connecticut, died in 1816. 
He was a weaver by trade. He served in 
the revolution for .seven years. He married 
Annas , June 25, 1777. In 1790 Bena- 
jah Beach was living in Woodbridge, accord- 
ing to the first federal census, and had in his 
family five sons under sixteen and three fe- 
males. Children, born at Woodbridge: An- 
nas, January 14. 1779; Isaac, February 21, 
1780: Mary, April 20, 1781 : Samuel, Novem- 
ber 19, 1782; Benajah, October 25, 1784, men- 
tioned below: Oliver (twin), June 26, 1786; 
Olive (twin) ; Calvin, October 24. 1787; An- 
son, July 14, 1789 : Betsey, March 6, 1791 ; 
Mabel, August 3. 1792 : Robbard Nelson. May 
16. 1800. 

(II) Benajah (2), son of Benajah (i) 
Beach, was born October 25, 1784, at Wood- 
bridge, died in 1867. He was a shoemaker 
by trade, but in later life followed farming. 
He was an industrious and worthy citizen and 
highly esteemed in the community. He mar- 
ried (first) in 1809, Clarissa, born in 1782. 
died in 1857, daughter of Benjamin Osborne, 
of New Haven county. He married (sec- 
ond) in 1857, Nancy Tucker. Children of 
first wife: i. Eliza, married John Lyon, and 



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had Mar_v Jane, William, Sarah and Emily. 
2. Cornelia, married Rozwell Russell and had 
Stephen, married Delia Allen and Louise Ed- 
wards ; Eleazar B., married Maria Allen ; 
William, married Martha Main ; Lewis, mar- 
ried Eamiy Lyon. 3. Merritt, mentioned be- 
low. 4. ISenajah P., born November 27, 1820, 
settled in Washington, Connecticut, and fol- 
lowed the trade of carpenter until 1890; rep- 
resented the town in the general assembly in 
1867, a Democrat : married, in 1848, Huldah 
A., daughter of Stiles Titus, and had Ella A., 
married Henry T. Hine, and Edna C, mar- 
ried William A. Watt. 

(III) Merritt, son of Beuajah (2) Beach, 
was born in Woodbridge, July 27, 1817, died 
March 26, 1896, in New Milford, Connecti- 
cut. He received very little schooling and in 
his youth learned the trade of carpenter. He 
lived in Roxbury and Washington, Connecti- 
cut, and in those towns was in business as a 
carpenter and builder, and when but twenty- 
one years old, in fact, was a master builder. 
About 1859 lis engaged in the lumber busi- 
ness in New Milford, in partnership with 
Alanson W. Canfield, who is living in New 
Milford at the age of one hundred and two 
years (1910). Mr. Beach went to New Mil- 
ford in 1861 and resided there the remainder 
of his life. The firm was dissolved in 1868, 
and from that time to 1885 Mr. Beach was 
alone in business as a lumber dealer. In 
1876 he erected a large brick building by the 
railroad and went into the hardware business 
in connection with the lumber business. He 
dealt in all kinds of hardware, farming im- 
plements, etc. He had also large real estate 
interests. In politics he was a Republican, in 
religion a Congregationalist. At one time he 
was captain of the state militia at Washing- 
ton, Connecticut. He married (first) Novem- 
ber 6, 1844, Mary Esther, born 1817, in Wash- 
ington, Connecticut, died in 1859. daughter 
of Preston Hollister. He married (second) 
Rebecca S. Canfield, died January, 1909. No 
children. Children by first marriage: i. Mary 
Agnes, died 1910: married J. Butler Merwin, 
of New Milford: children: Grace H., Flor- 
ence S., Marcus G. and Merritt B. (twins). 
2. Charles Merritt, mentioned below. 

(IV) Charles Merritt, son of Merritt 
Beach, was born .April 14, 1853, in Washing- 
ton, Connecticut. He was educated in the 
schools of New Milford and at Fort Edward 
Institute, New York. He first went to work 
for his father, in 1885 was taken into the firm 
as partner, and from that time until the death 
of the latter the business was carried on un- 
der the firm name of M. Beach & Son. .After 
the death of the father, the son succeeded to 



the business and from that time to the present 
has carried it on under the name of C. M. 
Beach. After the younger Mr. Beach was 
taken into the firm, they sold plumbers' sup- 
plies and stoves in addition to lumber and 
hardware. Mr. Beach is also interested in 
real estate. He is a director in the New Mil- 
ford Savings Bank, and also in the New Mil- 
ford Water Company, and New England 
Lime Company. He is chairman of the board 
of directors of the New Milford Fire Asso- 
ciation, and president of the Commercial 
Club of New Milford. In politics he is a 
Republican. He was a representative to the 
legislature in 190 1, delegate to constitutional 
convention in 1902, alternate to national con- 
vention in 1904. He is a member of St. Pe- 
ter's Lodge No. 21, Free and Accepted Ma- 
sons, of New Milford, and is now worshipful 
master of that lodge ; also a member of Ousa- 
tonic Chapter, No. ^;^, Royal Arch Masons, 
and Pyramid Shrine, New Milford ; of 
Hamilton Commandery, Knights Templar, of 
Bridgeport, and also occupies the position of 
district deputy grand master of the Grand 
Masonic Lodge of Connecticut. He is a 
member of the First Congregational Church, 
clerk of the First Ecclesiastical Society, and 
secretary and treasurer of the Sunday school. 
He married, October 2, i8go, Ina J., daughter 
of Ralph and Alvira (Wheaton) Bucking- 
ham, of New Milford. Children : Juliette B., 
born August 18, 1893 ; Marion, June 5, 1896. 

Robert Day, immigrant ancestor, 
DAY came from England in 1635. in the 

ship "Hopewell," Captain Burdick, 
master, sailing from London. He was thirty 
years old at the time, and was admitted a 
freeman, June 2, 1641. He settled in Ips- 
wich, Massachusetts. He died September 4, 
1683, aged seventy-eight. He married Han- 
nah . Children : John, married, April 

20, 1664, Sarah, daughter of .\aron Priegry; 
Thomas, born 1643 ; married, October 20, 
1672, Anne Woodward: Hannah, married 
Robert Lord: Sarah, married, June 17. 1675. 
David Fiske : James, mentioned below. 

(II) James, son of Robert Day, was born 
in 1652, and was admitted a freeman in 1673. 
He was executor of his father's will, Septem- 
ber 25, 1683. He died March 2, 1690. He 
married Susan Ayres, and had an only son, 
Robert, mentioned below. 

(III) Robert (2), son of James Day, was 
born January 17, 1684, in Ipswich, and was 
the ancestor of the Killingly, Connecticut, 
branch of the family. He married, in Row- 
ley, .April 4, 1706, Elizabeth, daughter of 
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Drtsscr. On Ma_\- 21. 1706. he then being; in 
Rowley, lie deeded his home lot in Ipswich to 
Nathaniel Caldwell, and sjoeaks of his father, 
James Day, thus establishing); the relationship. 
( See records in probate office, Salem. ) On 
January 11, 1 7 16, he was livins; in Xew Rox- 
bury I now Woodstock, Connecticut), and 
joined with others in disposinjj of land at 
Brookfield. On January 25, 1722. Robert 
Daw "f Killing'ly, dcedefl land in Ipswich "in 
right (if my grandfather Robert Day de- 
ceased." (Probate records Essex county, vol. 
53. P- 3'-) ()" January 26, 1729, Thomas 
Day, of Ipswich, and Elizabeth, his wife, quit 
claim land in Ipswich in the old common right 
derived from Robert Day family of Ipswich, 
deceased, now in possession of John and Na- 
thaniel Day, "which I purchased of Robert 
Day of Killingly," Connecticut (probate rec- 
ords, Essex county, vol. 56). His estate was 
settled November 12, 1754. He joincil the 
Killingly Hill Church (Putnam Heights), 
June I, 1725. He was constable, elected at 
the first town meeting of Killingly, Novem- 
ber 25, 1728. He married (first) in Rowley, 
April 4, 1706, Elizabeth, daughter of Lieu- 
tenant John and .Martha (Thorley) Dresser; 
married" (second) Susan McKee. Children: 
Alary, married Captain Eleazar \\'arren and 
died July 8, 1744 ; Sarah, baptized September 
27i. 1/22: David: James, mentioned below: 
Elizabeth, baptized September. 1717: married 

W'hitmore : Patience, born September, 

1717; married John, son of Andrew Philip; 
Jonathan, born 1719, died July 6, 1745: Rob- 
ert, born September 23, 1722: Susamiah; 
Thomas, born February 19. 1727. 

(R") James (2), son of Robert (2) Day, 
was born about 1717, died in Killingly. Con- 
necticut. December 25, 1782. His tombstone 
has this inscription : 

"T sought tlie Lord in early youth 

Xor did I seek in vain : 
He led nic in the path of truth 

And groat has been my gain." 

He was a blacksmith by trade. He married, 
in 1740, Mary Parkhurst, of Plainfield. Con- 
necticut, born about 1721. died in Killingly, 
July 2S<. 1 8 18, aged ninety-seven years, and 
is buried in Dayville, Four Corners. Chil- 
dren: I. Nathan, baptized July 28, 1744, in 
the Putnam I feights church ; was a corporal 
in Captain Josejih Cody's company, the Third. 
Eleventh Regiment : moved to Granville, New 
York : married in Brooklyn, Connecticut, Sep- 
tember 20. 1770. Hannah Hewitt. 2. Jona- 
than, baptized March 12, 1745: was corporal 
in the revolution ; married Tamar May. 3. 
Elias, born September 25, 1746, baptized No- 
vember 8 following ; was corporal in Captain 



P)Usby's company in the revolution ; removed 
to Wood stock. Connecticut : married Mercy 
Blanchard, of North Killingly. 4. Mary, 
born March 21. 1753, baptized May 20 fol- 
lowing : married Nathaniel Maine, and with 
one son, Asa Day Maine, removed to Brook- 
field, Madison county. New York. 5. Thom- 
as, born June 9, 1755. baptized January 15 
following : resided at Thompson, Connecti- 
cut ; was private in Captain Crosby's fifth 
company; died July 15, 1830; married, April 
13, 1783, Susannah, daughter of Samuel Jr. 
and Martha (Bloss) Buck, of Killingly, and 
had eight children. 6. John, mentioned be- 
low. 7. James, born .August 2^. 1758; died 
unmarried May 29, 1808. 8. Asa, born July 
23, 1760; soldier in the revolution. 9. David, 
born July 20, 1762. died April 27, 1831 ; re- 
sided at Dayville, Connecticut: married (first) 
1788, Lurana. who died November 27, 1793. 
daughter of Eleazer and Ternale (Russell) 
Warren; (second) October 2, 179S. ."-^arah, 
daughter of William and Sarah ( Farming- 
ton) Sharpe. 

(\') John, son of James (2) Day, was 
born March 12, 1757 (?). He was a soldier 
in the revolution, in the Fifth Company, 
Eleventh Regiment, under Captain E])hraim 
^^"arren. He married. January 25, 1781, 
Annie Bowman. He had a son John, men- 
tioned below. 

(VI) Captain John (2), son of John (i) 
Day, was born in Killingly, February 16, 

1792. died January 28, 1864. He married, 
March 17. 1814, Sarah Ann, born October 18, 

1793. died March 14, 1848, daughter of Jo- 
seph and Mary (Allen) Dexter, of Elmville, 
Connecticut. Children : Willard, torn Sep- 
tember 29, 1816, mentioned below: Albert, 
December 16, 1817: Eliza, January 29, 1818, 
died I\Iay 2~. 1880, married, March 12, 1834, 
\\'ill H. Putnam, born February 2, 1812. died 
July 17. 1889, son of Will and Mary (Spauld- 
ing) Putnam: Herbert, June 12, 1823; Anne, 
September 9. 1825, married Benjamin 
Spaulding: Sarah, December 8, 183 1, died 
young. 

(VII) Willard. son of Captain John (2) 
Day. was born September 29, 1816. died Octo- 
ber 25, 1886. buried in Brooklyn, Connecti- 
cut. He married, September 20, 1841, Cath- 
erine, torn January 11, 1823, died July 5, 
1895, daughter of James and Emily (Put- 
nam) Brown. Her mother was daughter of 
Colonel Daniel Putnam, and granddaughter 
of General Israel Putnam (see Putnam \'). 
Children: i. Emily Putnam, born September 
23. 1844: married. June 3, 1868. Luther 
Spalding, born September 24, 1840, son of 
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ing; resides in River Falls, Wisconsin; chil- 
dren : i. Frank Bela Spalding, born January 21, 
1870, married, June 3, 1896, Ethel Frances 
Gould, born May 12, 1873; ii. Catherine Day 
Spalding, born January 27, 1872 ; iii. Eliza- 
beth Putnam Spalding, born August 24. 1873; 
iv. Benjamin Bacon Spalding, born August 14, 
1875 ; V. Annie Louise Spalding, born August 
31, 1881 ; vi. Willard Day Spalding, born No- 
vember 18, 1883. 2. Frank, born July 28, 
1846, died May 11, 1902; married, April 30, 
1873, Annie Elizabeth Rickard, born Febru- 
ary 7, 1853 ; children : i. Emily Putnam, born 
J\Iarch 12, 1874. married, in Danielson. Con- 
necticut, July 3, 1905, Willis I. Twitchell, 
principal of the West Middle School in Hart- 
ford, and had Willis I. Twitchell Jr., born 
November 17, 1907 ; ii. Helen Ludentia, born 
October 28, 1875, married, September 25, 
1901, Ernest Bradford Ellsworth, born April 
27, 1870, son of Dr. Pinckney W. Ellsworth, 
and had Frank Day Ellsworth, born December 

5, 1902, died February 20, 1908 ; Eleanor 
Webster Ellsworth, born February 13, 1904; 
Ernest Bradford Ellsworth Jr., born Sep- 
tember 15, 1909. 3. Sarah, born November 
10, 1848, died March 11, 1875; married, Oc- 
tober 17, 1871, Rev. Herbert Clarkson Mil- 
ler, born June 2, 1846; children: i. Hugh In- 
galls Miller, born June 18, 1873 ! ii- Guy 
Partridge Miller, born February 11, 1875, 
married, October 27, 1895, Hattie Colt, born 
April 16, 1874, daughter of Samuel and 
Mary (Goodwin) Colt, and had Mary Colt 
Miller, born November 6, 1899 ; Catherine 
Day Miller, born February 25, 1902 ; and 
Richard Putnam Miller, born April 26, 1904. 
4. George Herbert, born April 3, 1851, men- 
tioned below. 5. Katherine Brinley. born 
March 28, 1853, married, January 6, 1880, 
Eugene B. Young, born October 26, 1851. 

6. Annie Elizabeth, born October 21, 1S60; 
resides in Danielson, Connecticut. 

(Vni) George Herbert Day, son of Wil- 
lard Day, was born in Brooklyn. Connecticut, 
April 3, 1851, died November 21, 1907. He 
received his education in the public schools 
of his native town, and entered Hobart Col- 
lege at Geneva, New York, in 1869, but left 
toward the end of the first year on account of 
trouble with his eyes. In October, 1870, he 
removed to Hartford and was engaged as 
clerk with the Charter Oak Life Insurance 
Company, remaining in that position seven 
years. He resigned to enter the employ of 
the Weed Sewing Machine Company, October 
I, 1877. At one time this business had been 
very prosperous, but was then affected by 
bad business conditions. About this time, in 
the .spring of 1878, Colonel Albert A. Pope 



came to Hartford to place an order for a 
small lot of bicycles, with a view to their fu- 
ture manufacture in Hartford. Colonel Pope 
was introducing a machine that met with 
little confidence and even ridicule, but he had 
great faith in his project. Mr. Day earnestly 
favored taking up the bicycle, and his faith 
in the machine was not misplaced. He was 
an early promoter of riding the wheel in this 
city, and one' of the founders of the Connec- 
ticut Bicycle Club, the first wheel club in the 
city, the "ordinary'" or high wheel being then 
the only bicycle manufactured. The com- 
pany met with immediate prosperity and suc- 
cess, and laid the foundation of a great in- 
dustry. Mr. Day was rapidly promoted. He 
became secretary of the company March 17, 
1879 ; secretary and assistant treasurer, Feb- 
ruary I, 1883: secretary and treasurer, April 
17, 1884: treasurer and general manager, 
February 5, 1885, and president and treas- 
urer, March 25, 1887. In 1890 the Pope 
Manufacturing Company purchased the Weed 
stock, and became sole manager of the con- 
cern. In the reorganization Mr. Day re- 
mained in charge of the manufacturing de- 
partment in Hartford, as vice-president and 
general manager. The growth of the com- 
pany was phenomenal. Including the rubber 
works, the number of employees increased 
from 283 in 1888 to 1,022 in 1893, ^ S^™ c>f 
261 per cent, in five years. During the same 
time the square feet of floor surface increased 
from 108,342 to 338,654, a gain of 212 per 
cent. At the close of the year 1893 it had 
under roof seven and three-fourths acres of 
flooring. Within that time it absorbed the 
Hartford Rubber Works, multiplying the pro- 
ductive capacity of the works by six. It also 
built an elegant factory of three stories, the 
main structure 50 by 266 feet, aside from 
boiler house and other accessories for steel 
tube drawing. The company was always 
careful of the comfort, health and education 
of its employees. In the winter of 1887-88, it 
opened a large reading room for use at noon. 
Soup, cofifee, and other light refreshments 
were served at cost. Each man was provided 
with a separate locker for clothing. In 1889 
Mr. Day persuaded the directors of the Weed 
Company to adopt a scheme of his for supply- 
ing in the vicinity of the works high-grade 
tenements at moderate rentals. Columbia 
street was opened on vacant property of the 
company, and twenty-four houses were built 
at a cost of about $70,000. Each tenement 
contained nine rooms, well arranged and ven- 
tilated, for the use of a single family. When 
the \A'eed Company sold their stock to Colo- 
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separately incorporated. The investment 

proved to be valiialjlc. 'I'lic Hartford Coii- 
raiit, in its editorial columns in May, 1894, 
said : 

"The article elsewhere on the removal of the 
offices of the Pope Manufacturing Company from 
Boston to this city, deserves careful reading. It 
conveys good news, mighty good news, too, for 
Hartford. Already Colonel Pope and Mr. Day 
have done a great deal for this city. This new 
move identifies the great interests Colonel Pope 
controls still closer with Hartford, and gives promise 
of benefit alike to city and factory. And the sug- 
gestions of how the whole city can be improved and 
of what more public spirit can do for the community 
may reasonably be hoped to lead to further pro- 
gress. Whatever Colonel Pope and Air. Day have 
touched here they have made better. Their factories 
are models, and the various improvements that they 
have undertaken have had a public as well as a 
private value. The presence of such men is worth 
a great deal to the city, and we congratulate all 
Hartford on the added prosperity and the further 
awakening of public spirit of which this new and 
important step gives promise". 

The Pope Manufacturing Coinpan\- after- 
ward became a part of the consolidation 
known as the Ricycle Trust. 

Mr. Day earlv became interested in the 
automobile and made trips to Europe in 1897, 
1898 and 1899 to study the French vehicles 
propelled by electricity. As a result of his 
investigations he became convinced that the 
automobile, or motor carriage, driven by elec- 
tricity, was the coming vehicle for city travel 
and for country roads where they were of 
the better make. He had the same faith in 
the automobile that he had originally held 
for the bicycle, and for two or three years 
past had devoted a great deal of time to its 
development. The motor carriage depart- 
ment of the Pope Manufacturing Company 
was twice enlarged under his management. 
Early in the spring of 1899 stei)s w'ere taken 
towards the combination of electric automo- 
bile interests, and Mr. Day was busy for 
some months interesting capitalists in the new 
combine. Largely as a result of his efforts, 
several large concerns were united, the Pope 
Company's motor plant being purchased, to- 
gether with the large plant of the New Haven 
Carriage Company, representing Connecticut 
concerns. The Electric Storage r)attery Com- 
pany of Philadelphia was an important factor 
in the new combine, and when the Columbia 
and Electric X'ehicle Company was organized 
Mr. Day was made its president and general 
manager. He was also chosen president of 
the Electric Storage Battery Company and 
was elected to the directorate of the New- 
York Electric \'ehicle and Transportation 
Company. He fonnally severed his relations 
with the Pope Mainifacturing Company .\u- 



gust I, and as a testimonial of the esteem in 
which he was held by the einployees and his 
associates he received from them a beautiful 
silver loving cup engraved with the auto- 
graphs of over 250 of them, many of thein 
having been connected with the factory since 
his first entering its employ. In 1900 Mr. 
Day left the Pope Mainifacturing Company, 
the successor of the Columbia and Electric 
Vehicle Company, and becaine president of 
the Electric Vehicle Company, and after three 
years' service in this capacity he resigned and 
organized the Association of Licensed Auto- 
mobile Manufacturers, which included all 
manufacturers licensed under the Selden 
patent. He became its general tnanager, and 
resigned last November, and was then elected 
a member of its executive committee, repre- 
senting the Electric \'ehicle Company. 

As must be seen by the mere recounting 
of the enterprises with which Mr. Day had 
been successfully connected, he was gifted 
with keen perceptions, had a knowledge of 
the best business inethods, adapting them to 
carrying on business enterprises far beyond 
the ordinary. He was a man who was relied 
on to carry the heavy end of large affairs 
with which he was connected, and won the 
utmost confidence of those who were inter- 
ested with him, or who were in the employ 
of the corporations he represented. Socially 
he was aft'ablc, dignified, democratic, and had 
an intuitive knowledge of the art of meeting 
and handling men. He was ever thoughtful 
and considerate of others and won the highest 
esteem of the community in which he made 
his home, and for which, through his busi- 
ness insight, he had done so much. 

In 1888 Mr. Day took a leading part in the 
organization of the Board of Trade, in which 
he was a director from the start. In 1890 a 
comjiany with a capital of $100,000 was 
formed by this association for the erection of 
an industrial building. .\ massive, elegant, 
well-lighted factory of four floors, 360 feet 
long, was built, and Mr. Day was director 
and vice-president of the company. As the 
building neared completion it was decided to 
sell the property if possible, and Mr. Day was 
requested to find a purchaser, and in a re- 
markably short time the stockholders received 
back their money with interest. Owing to a 
deadlock in the state legislature, no apjiropri- 
ation was made to afford Connecticut a proper 
representation at the Columbian Exposition in 
1893. To meet the exigency $50,000 was 
raised by subscription. Governor Bnlkeley 
appointed Mr. Day a meinber of the board of 
managers for the state, and he was treasurer 
of the fluid and of the added appropriation 



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afterwards made by the legislature. Mr. "Day 
visited Chicago many times in connection 
with the work of the board. Mr. Day was a 
trustee in the Society for Savings and the 
Dime Savings Bank ; a director of the Phoe- 
nix Mutual Life Insurance Company, the 
American National Bank, Aetna Insurance 
Company, in many manufacturing companies, 
and in educational and charitable institutions. 
He was always ready to contribute of his time 
and money to promote the public welfare. He 
had sound judgment and was far sighted in 
business, commanding the confidence, esteem 
and affection of the people. He was deeply 
interested in the welfare of the Church of the 
Good Shepherd and had been a vestryman for 
many years. He was a prominent member of 
the Engineers' Club of New York. 

George Herbert Day married, October 15, 
1877, Katharine Beach, born in Hartford, 
August 2, 1853, daughter of Joseph Watson 
and Josephine Elizabeth (Coffing) Beach, of 
Great Barrington, Massachusetts (see Beach 
VII). Children: i. Josephine Beach, born 
May 4, 1880; married, November 15, 1900, 
Martin Toscan Bennett, of Hartford ; chil- 
dren : i. Martin Toscan Bennett, Jr.-. born 
September 5, 1901 ; ii. Katharine Beach Ben- 
nett, born December 16, 1902; iii. Frances 
Woodruff Bennett, born July 24, 1905. 2. 
Watson Beach, born September 15, 1882; 
married, June 29, 1907, Lillian Willis Under- 
bill, born May 5, 1880: child, George Her- 
bert, born May 12, 1909. 3. Infant son, born 
and died September 15, 1882. 4. Frank Put- 
nam, born August 15, 1883: married, June 2, 
1906, Margery E. Munsell. 5. Roberta Gray, 
born November 15, 1885: died in Hartford, 
February 10, i88fi. 6. Reginald Willard, born 
June 17, 1888: died in Hartford, February 
24, 1889. 7. George Herbert, born Septem- 
ber 22, 1891. 8. Godfrey Malbone, born De- 
cember 4, 1897. 

(The Putman Line). 

Putnam is an ancient English surname, 
taken from the place name, Puttenham. This 
town is mentioned in the Domesday Book 
(1066). It was a part of the great fief known 
as the Honor of Leicester. The parish of 
Puttenham is in Hertfordshire, near Bedford- 
shire and Buckinghamshire. The coat-of- 
arms to which all the American descendants of 
this line are entitled is : Sable, between eight 
crosses crosslet fitchee, argent a stork of the 
last, beaked and legged gules. Crest : A 
wolf's head gules. 

(I) Simon de Puttenham is the first of the 
name of whom there is definite record in 
England, and was probalily the lineal de- 



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scendant of Roger, who held the manor of 
Puttenham under the Bishop of Baieux. He 
lived in 1199. 

( II ) Ralph de Puttenham is supposed to 
have been son of Simon, and lived in 1217, 
and held a knight's fee in Puttenham. 

(III) Richard de Puttenham lived in 1273, 
believed to be son of Ralph. 

(IV) John de Puttenham lived in 1291 in 
the manor of Puttenham. 

(\') Thomas Puttenham lived in the time 
of Richard I. He is said to have married 
Helen, daughter of John Spigornell. He had 
sons Roger and Henry. 

(\'I) Roger Puttenham was of age before 
1315, and was high sheriff of Hertfordshire 
in 1322. He married Alina. 

(VII) Henry Puttenham lived from about 
1300 to 1350. 

(VIII) Sir Roger Puttenham, believed to 
be son of Henry, was born about 1320 and 
died about 1380. 

(IX) William Puttenham, l^elieved to be 
son of Sir Roger, was of Puttenham Fenn, 
Sherfield, Warbleton. He married ^Margaret 
Warbleton, daughter of John. Children : 
Henry, Robert, "\\'illiam. 

(X) Henry Puttenham was over sixty 
years old in 1468 and died in 1473. He in- 
herited the estate of his father. Fie married 
Elizabeth, widow of Geoffrey Goodluck. Her 
will was dated December 25, 1485. and she 
"desires to be buried in the chapel of St. 
Mary the Virgin, in All Saints of Isleworth." 

(XI) William Puttenham was born about 
1430 and died in 1492. He married Anne, 
daughter of John Hampden, of Hampden, 
county Bucks. In his will he directs that he 
shall he buried before the image of the blessed 
Virgin Mary, in the chapel within the church 
of the Hospital of the Blessed Mary, called 
tlie Elsingspytell, in London. 

(XII) Nicholas Puttenham lived at Put- 
nam Place in Fenne. This estate probably 
came into the family in 13 15 in the time of 
Roger Puttenham. Putnam Place is now a 
farmhouse, and a railway station perpetuates 
the name. Nicholas was born about 1460 and 
his will was made in 1526. 

(XIII) Henry Putnam was living in 1526, 
probably in Eddlesborough. 

(XIV) Richard Putnam was probably the 
eldest son, and lived at Eddlesborough and 
Woughton. His will is dated December 12, 
1556, and proved February 26, 1556-57. He 
directs that his body be buried at Woughton. 
Children : John, mentioned below ; Harrv, of 
Woughton. 

( X\' ) JoJm Putnam was of Bowsham, in 
Wingrave. and was buried there October 2, 



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^57.^- "''■ wife was proliahly Margaret, 
burieil |amiar\- 2y. 15(^)8. 

( X\ 1 ) Nicholas Putnam was born about 
1540. lie liveil at Winijrave until about 1585, 
when he removed to Stewkeley. He inherited 
projjerty from his father and both his broth- 
ers, llis will is dated January I. 1597, and 
proved Se])tember 27, 1598. He married, at 
Wingrave, January 30, 1577, Margaret, 
daughter of John and Elizabeth Goodspeed. 

(X\ll) John Putnam, son of Nicholas 
Putnam, was baptized at W'ingrave, county 
1 lucks, England, January 17, 1579. He was 
the immigrant ancestor. He inherited the 
estate at Aston .\bbotts. He probably lived 
in Stewkeley with his parents until his father's 
death, when he took possession of the estates 
of Aston -Abbotts, where he lived until he 
went to New England. He was called hus- 
I)an(lman in 1614. He is su])posed to have 
married Priscilla ]3eacon. He was an early 
settler at Salem, Massachusetts, and accord- 
ing to family tradition came there in 1634. 
The first record of him is March 21, 1640-41, 
when his wife was admitted to the church, 
and in the same year he received a grant of 
land. He was a farmer. His handwriting 
indicates a good education. He was wealthy 
compared to his neighbors. Before his death 
he gave farms to his sons John, Xathaniel and 
probably to the others also. He died in 
Salem X'illage, now Danvers, December 30, 
1662. Children: i. Elizabeth, baptized in 
luigland, December 20, 1612. 2. Thomas, 
baptized March 7, 1614-15, mentioned below. 

3. John, baptized July 24, 1617, died young. 

4. Xathaniel, baptized October 11, 1619. 5. 
Sarah, baptized ^larch 7, 1622-23. 6. Phebe, 
baptized July 28, 1624. 7. John, baptized 
May 2y. 1627. 

(X\'H1) Lieutenant Thomas Putnam, son 
of John Putnam, was baptized in England, 
March 7, 1614-15, and came to New England 
with his parents. He was an inhabitant of 
Lynn in 1640 and admitted a freeman in 
1642. He was selectman in 1643 in Lvnn, 
and was admitted to the Salem church April 
3, 1643, ^"f^ 3'so received a grant of land 
there. He was appointed commissioner to 
end small causes in Lynn in 1645 and until 
1648. He served on the grand jur}' and was 
constable. He was the first parish clerk in 
Salem \"illage. He was also on many im- 
portant committees and was one of the most 
prominent men in town. He was lieutenant 
of the troop of horse, and his name headed 
the tax list. His homestead, now known as 
the General Israel Putnam house, is still 
standing, a little east of Hathnrne's Hill in 
the northern jiart of Danvers. not far from 



tlie asylum, and was occupied by his widow' 
in i(f)2. Here also his son Joseph, men- 
tioned below, lived during his opposition to 
the witchcraft proceeclings. Lieutenant 
Thomas Putnam died at Salem village, May 
5, 1686. He married (first) at T.ynn, Octo- 
ber 17, 1643, Ann Holyoke, who died Sep- 
tember I, i')65, daughter of Edward and 
l'ru<lence (Stockton) Holyoke. He married 
(second) at Salem, Xovember 14, 1666. Mary 
N'eren, who died March 16 or 17, 1694-95, 
widow of Xathaniel \'eren. Children of first 
wife: I. .\nn, born August 25, i'')45. 2. 
Sarah, baj^tized July 23, 1648. 3. Mary, born 
October 17, 1649. 4. Thomas, March 12, 
1652. 5. Edward, July 4, 1654. 6. Deliver- 
ance, September 5, 1656. 7. Elizabeth, Au- 
gust 30, 1659. 8. I'rudence, February 28, 
1661-62. Child of second wife: 9. Joseph, 
mentioned below. 

(XIX) Joseph Putnam, son of Lieutenant 
Thomas Putnam, was born in Salem Village, 
September 14, 1669, died there in 1724-25. 
He will always be remembered for his oppo- 
sition to Mr. Parris and the witchcraft trials. 
This was a source of peril to him. and for 
six months one of his fleetest horses was 
kept saddled, ready at a moment's notice, 
should an attempt be made to seize his per- 
son. He married, .April 21, 1690. Elizabeth 
Porter, born October 7, 1673, died 1746, 
daughter of Israel and l-Ilizabeth (Hathorne) 
Porter. She married (second) May 15, 1727, 
Captain Thomas Perley, of P>oxford. Chil- 
dren: I. Mary, torn February 2. 1690-91. 2. 
Elizabeth, April 12, 1695. 3. Sarah, Septem- 
ber 26, 1697. 4. William, I'ebruary 8, 1700. 
5. Rachel, August 7, 1702. 6. .Anne. April 
26, 1705. 7. David, October 25, 1707. 8. 
Eunice, .April 13, 1710. 9. Son (twin), born 
and died April 4, 17 1 3. 10. Daughter (twin), 
Ixirn and died .April 4, 1713. 11. Huldah, Xo- 
vember 29, 1717. 12. Israel. January 7. 17 18. 
mentioned below. 13. AFehitable. March 12, 

(XX) Cjeneral Israel Putnam, son of Jo- 
seph Putnam, was born January 7. 1718, died 
in Brooklyn, Connecticut, May 29, 1790, after 
an illness of two days. The house in which 
he was torn was built by Thomas Putnam 
and is still standing. He had a rather meagre 
education in the common schools. \\'hen he 
came of age a jiortion of his father's farm 
at Danvers was set off to him and he built 
upon it a small house, the cellar of which 
remains to mark the site. But soon after- 
ward he removed to Pom fret, Connecticut, 
where, with his brother-in-law, John Pope, he 
bought of (governor Jonathan IVIcher a tract 
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became the sole owner. It was in the dis- 
trict known as Mortlake Manor and in 1786 
was incorporated as the town of Brooklyn. 
His first house there long ago disappeared, 
but the larger frame house that he built later 
is still standing and one of the points of in- 
terest to all tourists and patriotic Americans. 
He cleared his farm and planted fine orch- 
ards. The great shade trees of Brooklyn were 
planted largely through his initiative and in- 
fluence. He was not only a thrifty and pros- 
perous farmer, but from first to last an 
earnest and helpful friend of the town and 
colony in which he lived. The cave into which 
he crawled on his hands and knees to shoot 
a wolf that had annoyed the neighborhood 
is sought by many visitors. The story is 
familiar to every school child since the revo- 
lution. His military career began in the 
French and Indian war. He was commis- 
sioned captain in Colonel Lyman's regiment, 
General William Johnson's command, and 
fought first at Fort Edward and Lake George 
'" 1755- He served again with distinction in 
the campaign of 1756 in the same regiment. 
In 1757 he was commissioned major and was 
at Fort Edward. In 1758 he and Major 
Rogers, the famous ranger, were taken pris- 
oners and he was tied to a tree and a fire 
lighted at his feet. But before the fire reached 
the intended victim he was released by the 
timely arrival of a chief of the tribe whom he 
had treated kindly while a prisoner. The 
wounds that were inflicted upon him during 
the torture before the burning, however, left 
scars that time never erased. He was taken 
to Montreal, suffering further indignities and 
torture on the way. He was relieved through 
the intercession of Genei'al Peter Schuyler, 
who was also a prisoner. In 1759 Putnam 
was made a lieutenant-colonel, and served- 
under General Amherst at Ticonderoga and 
Crown Point in 1759, and in 1760 in the expe- 
dition against Montreal, which capitulated 
without a defence. He commanded a regi- 
ment in the West Indies afterward, and in 
1764, under Colonel Bradstreet, marched to 
Detroit with a Connecticut regiment against 
the Indians. 

Fie returned to his farm in 1764 and for 
a time kept a tavern in his spacious dwelling 
house. He was honored with various offices 
of trust and responsibility. He served on 
important commitees, was moderator often ; 
was thrice selectman of Pomfret and deputy 
to the general assembly. In the winter of 
^772-7?, he went with General Lyman and 
others to examine a tract of land on the Mis- 
sissippi near Natchez, given by the British 
government to the soldiers who had fought in 



the West Indies. They also visited Jamaica 
and the harbor of Pensacola. A diary that 
he kept during this trip has been preserved. 
In the trying days before the revolution 
he became active in resisting the obnoxious 
measures of the home government. In 1774 
an exaggerated rumor reached him of depre- 
dations of the British in the neighborhood of 
Boston, which he had recently visited, where- 
upon he aroused the citizens of his state to a 
fiery determination to avenge the attack. 
Thousands were quickly on their way to Mas- 
sachusetts, but they returned and the excite- 
ment subsided, when it was learned that the 
rumor had little foundation. The news of the 
battle of Lexington arrived at Pomfret next 
day. Putnam was ploughing with his sixteen- 
year-old son Daniel, who afterward wrote: 
"He loitered not, but left me, the driver of 
his team, to unyoke it in the furrow, and not 
many days after to follow him to camp." He 
set out on horseback in the afternoon of the 
twentieth and was in Cambridge the follow- 
ing morning. He wrote under date of April 
21, at Concord, a report of the situation to 
Colonel Ebenezer Williams, calling for six 
thousand troops from his state, and he soon 
returned to recruit and organize the quota 
from Connecticut, the provincial congress of 
which appointed him brigadier-general. In 
one week he started back. He served at one 
time as commander-in-chief in the temporary 
absence of General Ward, and on another 
occasion led a force of twenty-two hundred 
men from the Massachusetts and New Hamp- 
shire troops to Charlestown on a reconnoiter. 
On May 2y he commanded a party of Pro- 
vincials sent to Chelsea, captured a British 
schooner, which attacked him, only one Amer- 
ican being killed and four wounded, while 
twenty British were killed and fifty wounded. 
General Putnam was accompanied by Dr. Jo- 
seph Warren, and on June 6 these two repre- 
sented the Americans in an exchange of pris- 
oners with the enemy. Continental congress 
raised him to the rank of major-general. June 
19, not having heard of the battle of Bunker 
Hill two days earlier. He was the officer in 
command at Bunker Hill, the story of which 
is too well known to be repeated here. Gen- 
eral Putnam's commission was brought by 
Washington when he came to Cambridge to 
take command and he gave Putnam command 
of the centre at Cambridge, and when Bos- 
ton was evacuated Putnam's command was 
sent to New York. He took part in the batde 
of Long Island. After the retreat Wash- 
ington assigned to Putnam command of the 
city of New York to Fifteenth street. He 
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in the battle of White Plains, taking a promi- 
nent part. Putnam commanded Philadelphia 
in 1777 and later was stationed on the Hud- 
son river. 

In 177S he was again in West Point, and 
in the winter he was posted at Danbury 
with three brigades. In this region he made 
his famous dash on horseback down a preci- 
pice to escape capture by a superior force of 
I'.ritish under General Tryon. He took an 
active part in the campaign of 1779 and sup- 
erintended the completion of the defences at 
West Point. During the winter he vi.sited his 
family and on his return he suffered a stroke 
of paralysis, which closed his military career. 
Though he lived ten years afterward, and 
lived to see the birth of the new nation, he 
was never able to return to the army. In 
1786 he paid a visit to his old friends in 
Danvers. 

He died October 29, 1790. and was buried 
with military and Masonic honors. His epi- 
taph, written by Rev. Dr. Timothy Dwight, 
president of Yale College, states : "He dared 
to lead where any dared to follow," and his 
"generosity was singular and his honesty was 
proverbial." and "he raised himself to uni- 
versal esteem and offices of eminent distinc- 
tion, by personal worth and a useful life." 
Judge Judah Dana, a distinguished grandson, 
wrote of General Putnam: "In his person, for 
height about middle size, very erect, thick- 
set, muscular and firm in every part. His 
countenance was open, strong and animated ; 
the features of his face large, well-propor- 
tioned to each other and to his whole frame ; 
his teeth fair and sound till death. His or- 
gans and senses were all exactly fitted for a 
warrior; he heard quickly, saw to an immense 
distance, and though he somctnnes stam- 
mered in conversation, his voice was remark- 
ably heavy, strong and commanding. Though 
facetious and dispassionate in private, when 
animated in the heat of battle his countenance 
was fierce and terrible, and his voice like 
thunder. His whole manner was admirably 
a<lapted to inspire his soldiers with courage 
and confidence, and his enemies with terror. 
The faculties of his mind were not inferior 
to those of his body ; his penetration was 
acute; decision rapid, yet remarkablv correct; 
and the more desjjcrate the situation the more 
collected and undaunted. With tiie courage 
of a lion, he had a heart that melted at the 
sight of distress; he could never witness suf- 
fering in any human being without becoming 
a sufferer himself. Martial music roused him 
to the highest pitch, while solemn, sacred 
music rent him into tears. In his disposition 
he was open and generous almost to a fault. 



and in his social relations he was never ex- 
celled." 

He married (first) at Danvers, July 19, 
1739, Hannah Pope, who was baptized Sep- 
tember 3, 172 1, died September 6, 1765, 
daughter of Joseph and Mehitable (Putnam) 
Pope, of Danvers. He married (second) 
June 3, 1767, Deborah (Lothrop) Gardner, 
widow of John Gardner and Rev. Ephraim 
Avery respectively, and daughter of Samuel 
and Deborah (Crow) Lothrop, of Norwich, 
."^he ilkd at Putnam's headquarters at Fish- 
kill on the Hudson, October 14, 1777. Chil- 
dren, all by first wife: i. Israel, Iwrn January 
28, 1740. 2. David, March 10, 1742, died 
young. 3. Hannah, August 25, 1744. 4. 
Elizabeth, March 20, 1747, died young. 5. 
Meliitable, October 21. 1749. 6. Mary, May 
io> 1753- 7- Eunice, January 10, 1756. 8. 
Daniel, November 18, 1759. mentioned below. 
9. David, October 14, 1761. 10. Peter Schuy- 
ler. December 31, 1764. 

(XXI) Daniel Putnam, son of General 
Israel Putnam, was born in Pom fret, Novem- 
ber 18, 1759, died there April 30, 1831. He 
married, in Boston, September 2, 1782. Cath- 
erine Hutchinson, born April 11, 1757. died 
October 31, 1844, tlaughter of Shrimplon and 
Elizabeth (JMalbone) Hutchinson. Children, 
born in Brooklyn, Connecticut: i. \\"illiam, 
January i, 1783. 2. Catherine, November 17, 
1785. 3. Elizabeth. February 18, 1789. 4. 
Harriet \\'adsworth, September 22, 1792. 5. 
Elizabeth, September 24, 1794. 6. Israel, 
May, 1796. 7. Anne Coffin, April 17, 1798. 
8. Emily. January 17, 1800; married James 
Brown and had a daughter Catherine, who 
married Willard Day (see Day \'II). 



{li) John, son of Robert Day 
DAY (q. v.), was born in Hartford, 
Connecticut, died about 1730. His 
will was proved May 5, 1730. He married, 
April 20, 1664, Sarah, daughter of Aaron 
Priegry, of Hartford. Children : Joseph, 
born 1670 ; Thomas, mentioned below ; John, 
1677; Mary; Maynard ; Sarah, liaptized at 
Hartford, September 19, 1686; William, bap- 
tized April 24, 1692; Joseph, baptized June 
14, 1699. 

(Ill) Thomas, son of John Day. was born 
in Hartford, Connecticut, about 1675, and 
made his home there. He married there. Sep- 
tember 21, 1696, Hannah Wilson, who died 
December 24, 1724, or January. 1725. Chil- 
dren, born at H.artford : Thomas, June 8, 
1699; ITannah, baptized February 2, 1701 ; 
John, baptized August 20, 1704; Nathaniel, 
mentioned below ; Mehitable. 

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baptized at Hartford, Connecticut, July 3, 
1715, died September 26, 1787. He settled in 
Northampton, Massachusetts. He married, 
January 20, 1737, Thankful Clesson, who died 
in 1754. He married (second) 1757, Ex- 
perience Birge, who died August 3, 1783. 
Children of first wife : Nathaniel, born Octo- 
ber, 1737; Simeon, December 12, 1738; 
Thankful, March 31, 1740 ;' Hannah. 1743. 
Children of second wife ; Simeon, baptized 
February 19, 1758 : Joel, mentioned below ; 
Luke, May 24, 1761: Experience; Thomas, 
February 19, 1769. 

(V) Joel, son of Nathaniel Day, was born 
at Northampton, Massachusetts, August 16, 
1759, died April 8, 1-835. He settled at Hat- 
field, Massachusetts. He married, March 10, 
1783, ]Martha Murray, torn July 14, 1761, 
died November 21, 1838. Children: Wil- 
liam, born February 11, 1784; Martha, Sep- 
tember 6, 1786; Pliny, March 4, 1789; Zelotes, 
mentioned below; Elijah, September 6, 1793; 
Obed, ^lay 6, 1796, drowned in 1804; Alonzo, 
July 31, 1799; Mercy, November 23, 1801. 

(\'I) Zelotes, son of Joel Day, was born 
June 24, 1791, at Hatfield, Massachusetts. 
Later he removed to New Haven, Connecti- 
cut. He married, July 23, 1817, Eliza, daugh- 
ter of Jeremiah Atwater. Children, born at 
Hatfield: Sarah Ann, July 12, 1818, married 
Ezekiel Hayes Trowbridge in June, 1840, 
children : Ezekiel Hayes, Sarah Day, Charles 
H. and' Arthur H. Trowbridge: Alonzo Mur- 
ray, March 22, 1822, died in infancy: Eliza 
Jane. January 27, 1823, married Sylvester 
Tuttle. of New York City ; Zelotes, June 25, 
1825, married Emma Briggs, of New York : 
Frances Rebecca, March 28, 1832, married 
Ezra B. Tuttle, of New York City: Augus- 
tus Pliny. ]\Iay 9, 1834, lieutenant of Fifteenth 
Connecticut Regiment in the civil war, mar- 
ried Georgia Parker, of Meriden, Connecticut, 
daughter of Edmund Parker: Wilbur Fisk, 
mentioned below. 

(MI) Wilbur Fisk, son of Zelotes Day, 
was born in New Haven, Connecticut, Jan- 
uary 9, 1838, died September 2, 1905. Di- 
rectly descended from Robert Day, the pion- 
eer ancestor, on the paternal side, and on 
the maternal side from David .\twater, one 
of the original planters of New Haven, \Y\\- 
bur F. Day inherited the sterling qualities of 
these New England ancestors. During his 
long business career in the city of his birth 
he was distinguished as an upright and pub- 
lic-spirited citizen, a most ■ lionorable man. 
Early in his career he became bookkeeper for 
the old New Haven Bank, now the National 
New Haven Bank. He was rapidlv advanced 
to the position of president, in which capacitv 



he served until his death, a period of thirty- 
seven years. He was at the time of his elec- 
tion the youngest man but one in the United 
States holding the position of bank president, 
being but thirty-one years of age. He was 
identified with many business interests in 
addition to that of president of the afore- 
mentioned bank, of which he was the animat- 
ing and controlling spirit, making the insti- 
tution distinguished for soundness and safety. 
He served as trustee of Connecticut Savings 
Bank ; director of the Fair Haven & West- 
ville Railroad Company, and of the Winches- 
ter Repeating Arms Company : and was on 
many advisory boards ; connected with charit- 
able organizations : auditor of Yale University 
for many years previous to his death : chair- 
man of the sinking fund commission of the 
city of New Haven : chairman of the Clear- 
ing House of the New Haven Banks since its 
organization, and treasurer of the Shore Line 
Railroad for a long period during its corporate 
existence. He served the city on the board 
of councilmen in his younger days, and later 
as alderman. In politics he was an ardent 
and consistent Republican. Possessing the 
deepest religious convictions, he was for many 
years previous to his death junior warden of 
Christ Church. With high ideals he repre- 
sented the typical gentleman of the old school. 
He was one of New Haven's very best citi- 
zens. Thoroughly identified with her past 
and present, he so lived and worked as to do 
her honor. His u]irightness was a tower of 
strength to all whose affairs were in his 
hands, and his quietly persistent attention to 
duty gave him constantly increasing skill and 
efficiency. He possessed a keen and compre- 
hending mind, which concerned itself with 
that which is best in literature and art, and 
he paid careful attention to matters of pub- 
lic interest. He was a good conversationalist, 
and had a fine perception, also possessed a 
fund of wit and humor. He was benevolent 
and quietly bcneficient, and although friendlv 
in his disposition, was not at all demonstra- 
tive. The dearest spot on earth to him was 
his home, and he was a most devoted hus- 
band and father. His whole life was one of 
consistent integrity, quick industry, and strict 
fidelity to duty. 

Mr. Day married, October 5, 1864, Mary 
Jane, daughter of Walter and Marv J. 
(Remer) Osborn. Children: i. Walter Os- 
born, born August 7, 1867, died in infancy. 
2. Ardnir Herbert, born September 9, 1868 : 
graduate of Sheffield Scientific School, Yale 
University, 1899: secretary of the National 
Pipe Bending Compan\- ; married, April, 1891, 
Delia Baxter, daug-hter of Edmund Pavson 




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Bailey, of Chicago, Illinois ; children : Kath- 
erinc L'axter. July u, 1892; Walter Bailey, 
December 30, 1894: Mary ( )sborn, December 
31 1899. 3. Wilbur Fisk, born August 30, 
1871 : graduate of the Sheffield Scientific 
School. Yale University. 1892. 4. Osborn 
Atwater. born ( )ctober 2, 1877: graduate of 
the Sheffield .Scientific School. Yale L'niver- 
sity. 1899, and of the Yale Law School: at- 
torney at 42 Church street. New Haven. 

Walter Osborn, father of .Mrs. Wilbur 
Fisk Day. was born December 21, 1805. He 
was descended from the immigrant ancestor 
who came to New Haven in 1637, with Rev. 
John Davenport, from Bedfordshire, England. 
He was the eldest son of Eli Osborn. born 
November 4. 1777, who married. March 18. 
1804. Elizabeth Auger, born October u. 1779. 
Walter ( )sboni married. September 17. 1833. 
Mary Jane Kenier. of Derby, born November 
21. 1810. daughter of Lewis and Rachel 
( Riggs ) Remer, of Derby : her maternal 
grandfather. Captain Joseph Riggs, was a sol- 
dier of the revolution, related to and asso- 
ciated with General Humphries, of Derby, in 
various cnterjjriscs. In i860 Walter C)sborn 
was elected collector of town anil city taxes, 
an office he held until 1875, when advancing 
years and the great growth of business com- 
pelled him to retire. After his retirement he 
was appointed to the receivership of tlvj 
Townsend Savings Bank, and he executed this 
trust with singular efficiency and despatch. 
He was also a director of the National New 
Haven Bank. He was a veteran member of 
the famous military organization of his na- 
tive city, the New Flaven Grays. He was a 
Democrat in ])olitics. and an earnest supporter 
of the government during the civil war. His 
eldest and namesake son. major of the Fif- 
teenth Connecticut \'olunteer Regiment, gave 
his life for his countrv. 



(Ill) John (2). son of John (i) 
DAY Day (q. v.), was born in 1677 at 

Hartford, died November 4, 1752. 
lie removed to Colchester. Connecticut, 
after 1701. He married (first) January 
21. i6g6. Grace Spencer, of Hartford. He 
married (second) Mary . who died No- 
vember 2, 1749. Children, first three born 
in liartford, the remainder in Colchester: 
Lydia. April ti, 1698: Mary. August 14. 
1699: John. June 6. 1701: Joseph. Septem- 
ber 27, T702. mentioned below: Benjamin. 
February 7. 1704: Editha, September 10. 
1705: Daniel. March 9. 1709: David. July 
18. 1710: Abraham. March 17. 1712: Isaac. 
May 17. 1713: Daniel. 

(IX) Joseph, son of John (2) Day. was 



born at Colchester, September 2~. 1702, died 
October 26. 1793. He married, \\n\\ n, 
1729, Esther Hungerford, who died May 7, 
1790. Children, born at Colchester: Ezra, 
June 18, 1730: Joseph, .May 6, 1731, men- 
tioned below: Esther. March 12, 1733: Grace, 
-March 12. 1736: Mary, July 2, 1738: Ezra, 
July 20, 1740; Asa, March 13, 1743: Rachel, 
November 22, 1745; Jesse, January 6, 1748. 

(\') Joseph (2), son of Joseph' ( i ) Day. 
was born in Colchester, May 6, 1731, died 
April 8, i8ig. He married, November 13, 
'753- Susanna Braincrd, who died October 
22, 1817. aged eighty-seven years. Children, 
born at Colchester : Susanna. January i-j, 
'755; Joseph (twin), August 2, 175'): Rhoda 
(twin), August 2, 1756: Asenath, April 2, 
1759: Asa. August 12, \-j(n. mentioned be- 
low: Esther, October i, 1763: Mary. October 
14, 1765: Eli. November 12. 1768: Jonathan. 
January 6. 1772; Talitha (sic). April 12, 
1774: Samuel, September 17, 1776. 

(VI) Asa, son of Joseph (2) Day. was 
born at Colchester. August 12, 1761, died 
there in October, 1841. He was a soldier in 
the revolution in Captain William's company, 
Colonel ( )badiah Johnson's regiment in 1778. 
He married . Children, born at Col- 
chester: Anna, January 28, 1791: Joseph, 
November 22. 1792: Alniira. .\ugust 18. 1794; 
Talitha, June 21, 1796: Susanna. September 
14, 1798: .Mary Octavia. .August 18, 1804; 
Elihu ]\Iarvin, January 25, 1807, mentioned 
below: Stephen Brainerd, November 2, 1808. 

(\T1) Elihu Marvin, son of .\sa Day. was 
born at Colchester, January 25, 1807. He 
lived in Westchester parish in that town. He 
married. May 29, 1833. Elizabeth Jane Buel, 
of Marlborough. Connecticut. Children : Su- 
san, born June 3, 1834: Erastus Sheldon, July 
7, 1836. mentioned below: Jane Maria. March 
19, 1842: David Buel. October 15. 1844. 

(\TII) Erastus Sheldon, son of Elihu Mar- 
vin Day, was born at Colchester, July 7. 1836. 
He received his preliminary education in the 
public schools of his native town, and the 
knowledge thus obtained was snpiilemented 
by attendance at Wilbraham .Academy. Upon 
the completion of his studies he pursued a 
course in law for one year with Ralph Gil- 
bert at Hebron, and two years at Hartford 
with Welles & Strong, also with Strong & 
Nichols. He was admitted to the bar at 
Hartford, March 18. 1861, and began the 
practice of his chosen profession at Colches- 
ter, his native town, and in due course of 
time became one of the best known lawyers 
in that .section of the state. He continued 
in active practice there until his appointment 
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to Bradford, England, in which capacity he 
served from 1897 to 1909, since which time 
he has led a retired life at Colchester. He 
has taken an active interest in politics, being 
a staunch adherent of the Republican party, 
serving in the capacity of member of the 
general assembly during the years 1862-64- 
74: in 1863 clerk of the senate, and chair- 
man of the Republican state central commit- 
tee from 1886 to 1891. He married Catherine 
Gardner, daughter of Jonathan and Eliza- 
beth (Gardner) Olmsted, of Westchester, 
born December 4, 1839, •ii^'^ ^t Clifton 
Springs, New York, August 15, 1910. 

(IX) Edward M., son of Erastus Sheldon 
Day, was boi;n August 20, 1872, at Colches- 
ter. He attended the public schools of his 
native town and fitted for college in Bacon 
Academy, from which he was graduated in 
the class of 1890. He entered Yale College 
and graduated in the class of 1894 with the 
degree of A. B. He studied his profession 
in the Yale Law School and graduated there 
in 1896. In the same year he was admitted 
to the bar and later in the year began to prac- 
tice in Hartford. He was elected to the gen- 
eral assembly the same year as a Republican 
and has been a supporter of that party since 
that time. He was executive secretary to 
Governor George E. Lounsbury in 1899- 1900, 
and to Governor Henry Roberts in 1905-06, 
and was elected clerk of the board of pardons 
of the state of Coimecticut in 1900. He was 
appointed by Governor Woodruff chairman 
of the Employers' Liability Committee in 1907. 
He is a member of the Hartford Golf Club, 
the Hartford Club, the Congregational church 
and of VVooster Lodge, Free and Accepted 
Masons. He is unmarried. 



(IV) Ensign Benjamin 
BEARDSLEY Beardsley, son of Josiah 
Beardsley (q.v.), was born 
at Stratford, February 28, 1727-28. He mar- 
ried (first) Thankful , who died in 

1787. He married (second) in 1787. Ann 
Judson. He lived in the old red house in 
Isinglass, Huntington, Connecticut, and 
deeded his house and farm to his son Thomas, 
November 10, 1777. Children, born at Hunt- 
ington, formerly Stratford : Benjamin ; 
Thomas, November, 1754; Whitmore, married 
Dolly Beard ; Nathaniel, married Abiah Black : 
Dunning ; Betsey ; Nancy, married Nathan 
Strong; Mary, married Nathan Beach. 

(V) Ephraim, son of Ensign Benjamin 
Beardsley, was born at Stratford. He was 
a soldier in the revolution. One Ephraim 
Beardsley was a fifer from Stratford, May 
10 to September 10, 1775, in Captain Sanuicl 



Whitney's company, Colonel David Water- 
bury 's regiment. Another served in Captain 
Thomas Escott's company in the same regi- 
ment at Ticonderoga and was engaged in "gun 
work." There were two of this name in 
Stratford. One of the two appears in the 
census of 1790 as having in his family two 
males over sixteen, two imder that age and 
three females. 

(\T) Ira, son of Ephraim Beardsley, was 
born in 1796, died August 2, 1875, aged sev- 
enty-nine years. He was a farmer ; in poli- 
tics formerly a Whig, later a Democrat, and 
a Congregationalist in religion. He married 
Anah Lewis, who died September i, 1878, 
aged eighty years, daughter of Ephraim and 
Mehitable (Nichols) Lewis (see Lewis VI). 

Anah Lewis taught school in New York 
before marriage. Ira Beardsley moved from 
Roxbury to Huntington, where he lived on 
the site of the present reservoir ; afterward at 
Bridgeport, then Stratford, where he spent 
the last years of his life. Children of Ira 
Beardsley: i. Ephraim Lewis, born in Rox- 
bury ; married Mary Lacy, in Derby, and had 
one son William who died aged four years ; 
both he and his wife died in Waterbury. 2. 
Henry Nichols, mentioned below. 3. Alonzo 
Judson, died December 8. 1901, aged seventy- 
one ; married Lorintha Blakman in Stratford 
in 1851, and she died March 7, 1903, aged 
seventy-two : children : George Blakman, 
married in Bridgeport, Ella Hawes, who died 
in Ma}', 1906; Nellie C, married George 
Harral in Fjridgeport. 4. Miles B., of Bridge- 
port, twin of Mary A., mentioned below. 5. 
Mar}- A., born December 20, 1834 ; married 
Orlando Bartram. 6. Sarah F.. married 
Phineas E. Austin, December 25, 1854: she 
lives with her daughter, Mrs. Francis Orr, 
in New Haven ; her husband was born April 
6, 1834. died July 13, 1903; child. Emma F.. 
born February 23, 1856, married Francis Orr, 
of New Haven, February 4, 1873, died Octo- 
ber 20, 1910: child, Ira Francis Beardsley, 
born in New Haven, April 6, 1882, married 
Elizabeth Huggard Nugent, born January 4. 
1882, at New Haven. 

(VII) Henry Nichols, son of Ira Beardsley, 
was born at Roxbury, Connecticut, November, 
1827, died December 18. 1888. He was edu- 
cated in the common schools at Huntington. 
When the family came to Bridgeport, he be- 
gan to learn the trade of a carpenter. After 
a few years he became engaged in the business 
of pile-driving and dredging in partnership 
with Alonzo Beardsley. The firm was very 
enterprising and successful and when he re- 
tired he had accumulated a handsome fortune. 
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advocatt'l the horse railway that was finally 
built, a tier a long hard struggle and bitter op- 
position. He was also instrumental in form- 
ing the Bridgeport Water Company to furnish 
a supply of water for domestic and manu- 
facturing purposes in the city, in association 
with Engineer Hull planning to bring the sup- 
ply from Mill river and forming for the pur- 
pose with I. De \'er Warner a corporation 
called at first the Citizens Water Company. 
He was thoroughly honest and conscientious 
in business as in private life, took a keen 
interest in the affairs of the city and state, and 
was held in the highest respect in the com- 
munity. He was a Rcpulilican, but sought or 
held no political office. I Ic was devoted to 
his family. A Congregationalist in religion, 
he gave substantial support to the church. 

He married, December 8, 1832, at Stratford, 
Sarah Ann Benjamin, born at Putney in the 
town of Stratford, .Ma}- 5, 1828, daughter of 
Sherman Benjamin, a native of Derby, Con- 
necticut, born September 21, 1800. died March 
3, 1895, a blacksmith by trade, married Cath- 
arine Mimson, born December i, 1806, died 
in April, 1879. ^Frs. Beardsley had one sister, 
Elizabeth Benjamin, who married. January 
I, 1864, Franklin Wheeler, who died ^lay 28, 
1880. Her grandfather, Samuel Benjamin, 
was born in Stratford, now Bridgeport, and 
was a blacksmith there. Her father was a 
blacksmith and wagon maker, in partnership 
for a time with William Wheeler and after- 
ward, when his partner died, in business under 
his own name : he died at the advanced age of 
ninety- four years. Sherman Benjamin mar- 
ried Catharine Munson, born at Huntington, 
daughter of William Munson. a farmer. ^Irs. 
Beardsley came to East Bridgeport when it 
was first laid out in streets and has lived to 
see it a city of more than fifteen thousand in- 
habitants, while the city of Bridgeport had 
but ten thousand population when she came 
to live in the eastern section. Her present 
home was built by Mr. Beardsley in 1867. 
She is well known and highly respected by 
all her neighbors and has a vast concourse of 
friends. 

(Vn) Miles B., son of Ira Beardsley. was 
born in Huntington, Connecticut, December 
20, 1834. He was educated in the common 
schools, acquiring a knowledge that stood him 
in good stead in his active career. During 
young manhood he secured employment in the 
axle works, turning wagon axles in a lathe. 
He followed this line of work for a time, 
and during the progress of the civil war was 
engaged in making various war implements. 
He then went to Pennsylvania, remaining in 
the oil regions of that state for two years, 



after which he took up his residence in Bridge- 
port, Connecticut, and began the business of 
dock and bridge building, which he conducted 
extensively for many years, building all the 
docks and a large number of the bridges in 
this section, including those at Norwalk and 
the surrounding cities, going as far west as 
Rochester, New "^I'ork, and at Charlotte, near 
Rochester, he built not only the docks but 
the bridge with the longest draw in the 
United States. He followed this business on 
an extensive scale up to 1903, when he re- 
tired, and has since enjoyed a well-earned 
rest, which is a happy sequel to years of toil 
and activity. He is a man of integrity, per- 
severance and thrift, and by the exercise of 
these commendable characteristics has won 
for himself the esteem and confidence of his 
fellow citizens, who estimate him at his true 
worth. He is a member of the Free and Ac- 
cepted Masons at Meriden. his membership 
extending over a long period. Mr. Beardsley 
married (first) Sarah A. Allis, of Hunting- 
ton, Connecticut, and (second) Sarah Mor- 
gan, of Wallingford. Children: 1. Charles, 
a Imnber merchant in New Haven, Connecti- 
cut; married and has ime son. 2. Wil- 
lis, born in Meriden, Connecticut ; married 
Emma Hanson, of Bridgeport, Connecticut, 
has one son, Clifford Ray. 

(The Lewis Line). 

( I ) Benjamin Lewis, immigrant ancestor, 
was first at New Haven and then at Walling- 
ford, Connecticut. He was in the latter town 
from 1669 to about 1677. when he exchanged 
his farm for that of John Hull of Stratford. 
Connecticut, where he located and spent the 
remainder of his life. He married Hannah, 
daughter of Sergeant John Curtis. His wife 
died in 1728, aged seventy-four years. Chil- 
dren : Mary, born November i, 1671 ; John, 
September 20, 1672, at Wallingford ; Mary, 
November 9, 1674, at Wallingford ; at Strat- 
ford : James, 1679; Edmund, 1679; Joseph. 
1683; Hannah, 1685: Mary, 1688: Martha, 
1691 ; Benjamin, 1696; Eunice. 

(JI) James, son of Benjamin Lewis, was 
born in 1679 at Stratford, died January 30, 
1766. He married Hannah, daughter of fames 
Judson. She died July 2. 1756, aged eighty- 
three years. Children, lx)rn at Stratford: 
John. December 20, 1703, mentioned below: 
Mary, May 18, 1706, married Rev. John Good- 
sell ; James, October 12, 1708; David, June 5, 
1711: Abigail. November 9. 1712: Ephraim. 
about 1 718. 

(TIT") John, son of James Lewis, was born 
at Stratford, December 20, 1703. He married, 
December 7, 1727, Sarah, daughter of Nathan- 



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iel Sherman. Children, born at Stratford: 
Nathan, September 19, 1728; Nathaniel Sher- 
man, mentioned below; Am)-, August 19, 
1732; Sarah, January 2, 1734-35; John, Octo- 
ber 2, 1737, died young; John, January 19, 
1738-39. died 1744-45; Judson, March, 1743; 
John, November 5. 1747; Stephen. August. 
1749. 

(IV) Nathaniel Sherman, called Sherman, 
son of John Lewis, was born at Stratford, 
June 3, 1730. He married, April 11, 1756, 
Alary, daughter of Samuel Jones. Children, 
born at Stratford : Hannah, September 26, 
1757; Philo. July 7, 1758, mentioned below; 
David, July, 1760; Polly, July 11, 1762; Fran- 
cis, JMay 27, 1765; Sarah Ann, June. 1768; 
David, baptized November 4, 1770; Nathan, 
baptized Alarch 27, 1775. 

{V) Philo, son of Nathaniel Sherman 
Lewis, was born at Stratford. July 7, 1758. 
He was a soldier in the revolution, 1777-80, 
in Captain Leavenworth's company, Connecti- 
cut Line, and perhaps also of Lieutenant John 
Phelps's company. General Waterbury's regi- 
ment, in 1781. He was a pensioner in 1832. 
He married. May 24, 1780, at Stratford, Char- 
ity Curtis. Children, born at Stratford : 
Philo, January 21, 1782; Ellis, January 21, 
1782; Ephraim, mentioned below; Thomp- 
son, November 18, 1788; child, January 25, 
1790: ])irdsey, December 15, 1791. 

(\'I) Ephraim, son of Philo Lewis, was 
born at Stratford, December 16, 1786. He 
married Mehitable, daughter of Abijah and 
Anah (Shelton) Nichols (see Nichols X). 
Their daughter Anah married Ira P>eardsley 
(see Beardsley VI). 

(The Nichols Line). 

(I) Robert Nichols, of London, luarried 

Elizabeth or Isabel — . He died 1548. 

His three sons and his grandson Robert, son 
of Thomas, are mentioned in his will which 
was dated and proved June 20, 1548. ?Ie left 
a mansion in London, and large landed prop- 
erty. Children : Thomas, mentioned below ; 
John : Thomas, the younger. 

(II) Thomas, eldest son of Robert Nichols, 
married Elizabeth Popplewell. He died 1561. 
Plis will was dated October 11, 1558, and 
proved January 31, 1561. He left real estate 
in various parishes in London, Tottenhall 
Court, and other places, to his sons. Besides 
family legacies, he bequeathed one hundred 
i)ounds each to the four hospitals in London, 
as well as remembering other charities. Chil- 
dren : Robert ; .\ntony, mentioned below ; 
Richard ; John. 

(III) Antony, son of Thomas Nichols, 
married ]\larv W'aldron, of Sav, Somerset 



county. On the monument of his daughter 
Elizabeth, he is mentioned as living in Pad- 
dington, now a part of London. Children: 
Francis, mentioned below ; Antony, William, 
Elizabeth. 

(I\') Francis, son of Antony Nichols, mar- 
ried Margaret, daughter of Sir George Bruce, 
of Carnock, who was son of Robert Bruce. 
Edward Bruce, father of Robert, was born 
1565, son of Sir Robert Bruce. He was son 
of Sir David Bruce, born 1497. Sir David 
Bruce was son of Sir David Bruce, who was 
son of Sir Robert Bruce, born 1393. Sir Rob- 
ert Bruce was son of Sir Edward Bruce. 
His father, Robert Bruce, of Clackmanan, 
born 1367, was son of King Robert Bruce, 
who was born 1334. In 1613 the custody of 
the Great Park at Ampthill in Bedfordshire 
was granted to Sir George Bruce, Margaret's 
father, the honor of Ampthill being vested in 
the Crown. Cnder this arrangement the 
Nichols family for many years leased the 
Great Ampthill Park under the Bruces, and 
lived at the Great Lodge or Capitol Alan- 
sion, as it was called then. It is occupied 
now by Lady Ampthill, one of the late Queen 
\'ictoria's ladies-in-waiting, and it is called 
by the villagers "The Park House.'" Francis 
Nichols is called in the pedigree of 1628, of 
the JMiddle Temple, one of the Squires of the 
Bath. He was buried at Ampthill. about 
forty miles from London. The will of his 
wife Margaret was dated April 20, 1651, and 
William Nichols, dean of Chester, and her 
"ancient servant," Thomas Green, alias Hod- 
son, were executors, and she left everything 
to her son Francis. In a will found on file 
in tile prerogative court, Canterbury, England, 
there is a legacy to Francis and his wife. It 
is the will of Sir William Craford, Knight 
of Beckerings Park, Bedfordshire, dated Feb- 
ruary 24, 1634, and proved ]May 28, 16^6: 
"To Margaret Bruce, wife of Francis Nich- 
olls, 50 pounds. Francis Nicholls, Esq.. now 
in the Indies, 150 pounds." Children: i. Ed- 
ward, born before 1600, held military office in 
the Royalist cause, and was compelled to flee 
the country, and never returned ; died in Paris. 
2. Francis, born before 1600. mentioned be- 
low. 3. Bruce, a daughter, married John 
Frecheville (baron), of Stavely, Derby, died 
in 1629. 4. Richard, was governor of New 
York in 1664, anrl leturned to England in 
jCifiy. 5. William, died young. 

(\') Francis (2), son of Francis (i) Nich- 
ols, was born in England before 1600. He 
was the immigrant ancestor, and was among 
the first seventeen settlers and founders of 
Stratford, Connecticut, where he was living 
as earlv as 1639. He had n military iraining 



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and belonged to the Horse Guards of Lon- 
'lon. it is believed. He was brother of Col- 
onel Richard Nichols, the first English gov- 
ernor. In 1639 lie was chosen by the gen- 
eral court to train and exercise the men of 
Stratford in military discipline. He owned 
land in Southold, Long Island. He lived at 
Stratford but a short time, and finally settled 
in Westchester county, New York. No men- 
tion is made in the records of his wife when 
he came to Stratford, so he was very likely 
a widower. He married (second) in 1645, 
Anna, daughter of Deacon Barnabas Wines, 
iif Southold, Long Island, by whom he had 
a daughter. He died in 1650. His estate 
was distributed among his children before his 
death. His widow married (second) John 
Elton, a wealthy planter of Southold; (third) 
Captain John tooker, of Setauket, Long Is- 
land; (fourth) Colonel John Youngs, son of 
Rev. John Youngs, the first minister at South- 
old. Children, born in England : John ; 
Isaac ; Caleb, mentioned below ; daughter, 
married Richard Mills. Child by second 
wife: .Anna, married Christopher Youngs 
Jr., nephew of her step-father. 

(VI) Caleb, son of Francis (2) Nichols, 
came to Stratford with his father in 1639. 
About 1650 he married Ann. daughter of An- 
drew and Esther (Sherman) Warde, of Fair- 
field. Until about 1670 he lived at Stratford, 
and then removed to Woodl)nry. Connecticut, 
although he kept his proprietary rights at 
Stratford. In his will he left his plantation 
at Woodbury to his wife and chiklren. He 
often held the ofifice of "Townsman," or se- 
lectman in Stratford. In 1661, when a select- 
man with Sanniel Sherman and John Hard. 
Esquires, he purchased from the Indians, for 
the inhabitants of Stratford, a large tract of 
land. He ap])ointed Zacharias Walker, Cap- 
tain John Minor, John Sherman, to be the 
executors of his will. Children: Sarah, born 
December i. 1651; Ann, March 5, 1653; Es- 
ther. February 17, 1655; Joseph. December 
2^. 1656; Samuel, March 29, 1658; Andrew, 
November 28. 1659; Abraham, January 29, 
1662. mentioned below; Abigail, Fcbruarv 6. 
1664; Hannah. August. 1666: Caleb. February, 
1668; Phebe, November 12. 1671 : Marv. 1673: 
John, 1676. 

(\TI) Abraham, son of Caleb Nichols, was 
born January 29, 1662. He married, Decem- 
ber 3, 1684. Rachel, daughter of Daniel Kel- 
logg, of Norwalk. Connecticut. When his 
father removed to Woodbury, he remained in 
Stratford to supervise his father's plantation 
and proprietary interests there, a large por- 
tion of which he inherited. About 1700 he 
built a large home for himself. It was on a 



high place in sight of Long Island sound, 
and remained for many years. His land, which 
he distributed to his heirs, was built on, and 
soon became known as the village of Nichols. 
The site of the home is now owned by a 
member of the Nichols family, although the 
large, gambrel-roofed house has been torn 
down. Children : Joseph, born Sc])tembcr 
21, 1685, mentioned below; Daniel, April 7, 
1687; Hester, October 31, 1689; Rachel, No- 
vember 9, 169 J ; Abraham, September 15, 
1696; Avis, November 7. 1698; Eunice, bap- 
tized, December 7. 1698, twin of Avis; Ruth, 
March, 1701 ; Phebe, July 22, 1703. 

(\TII) Captain Joseph Nichols, son of 
Abraham Nichols, was born September 21, 
1685. He married Mary, daughter of '"The 
Worshipful" Joseph and Bethia (Boothe) Cur- 
tiss. December 26, 1704. He inherited the 
homestead at the manor of Nichols Farm, and 
was one of its wealthiest and most prominent 
citizens. In 1728 he was appointed by the 
general court ca])tain of the Fourth Regiment 
or "train band" of the town of Stratford. 
After his death, his widow married Henr\- 
Hawley, Esq. His wife Mary and his chil- 
dren were mentioned in his will. His sons 
John and Nathan were appointed executors. 
Children: John, born May 9. 1706; ^lary, 
June 7, 1707; Nathan, December i, 1709, 
mentioned below; Joseph, June 16, 1712; Abi- 
gail, January i. 1715; Sarah. June 9, 1717; 
Eunice, October i, 1719; Elizabeth, married 
John French ; Martha ; Andrew, baptized Jan- 
uary, 1723-24. 

(IX) Lieutenant Nathan Nichols, son of 
Captain Joseph Nichols, was born December 
I, 1709. He lived at Booth's Hill. Trumbull. 
He was appointed lieutenant of the train band 
by the general court, in Trumbull. He also 
was a member of the "Conmiittee of Safety" 
during the revolution. He married (first) Pa- 
tience Hubbell, December 4, 1740. and (sec- 
ond) Elizabeth . Children: David, 

born September 21. 1741 : James. August 30, 
1743 ; Nathan : .\bijah, mentioncfl below : Eu- 
nice, married Eliakim Walker : Patience, born 
January 24. 1762. 

(X) Abijah, son of Lieutenant Nathan 
Nichols, was born in Trumbull about 1750. 
He married Anah Shelton. Child, Mehitable. 
married Ephraim Lewis (see Lewis y\). 



The Bissell or Byssell family 
BI-SSELL is probably of French Hugue- 
not origin. Many French 
Huguenots fled to England to escape the per- 
secutions following the massacre of St. Bar- 
tholomew's in 1572. Little is known of the 
historv of the Bissells in EnL,dand. The coat- 



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of-arms: Gules on a bend argent three es- 
callops sable. Crest : a demi-eagle with wings 
displayed sable, charged on the neck with an 
escalloped shell or. Motto: In recto Decus. 
(In rectitude, honor.) 

The family of John Bissell, who settled in 
\\'indsor, Connecticut, is the only Bissell fam- 
ily known to have come to this country, and 
all the colonial families are descended from 
him. It is said that he and his brother 
Thomas came from Somersetshire, England, 
to Plymouth in 1628, that Thomas died at 
Plymouth, or returned to England. There is 
also a tradition that Thomas married an In- 
dian girl, a Poquonnoc sachem's daughter, 
and died without issue. This same tradition 
has been held concerning Thomas, son of 
John Holmes. No trace of such a marriage 
or of the immigrant Thomas Bissell is to be 
found, however. 

(I) John Bissell, the immigrant ancestor, 
was born in England. He settled in Windsor, 
Connecticut, before 1640. He received a 
grant from the colonial court of a monopoly 
of a ferry across the Connecticut river. His 
house was located on the east side of the 
river, near the wharf now belonging to the 
Quarry company. The road on the north- 
easterly side of the Connecticut river leading 
from it followed the present road easterly 
to the foot of the hill : thence on a north- 
east course up the hill across the farm known 
as the George Prior farm, where the road 
now -has the appearance of being very an- 
cient. Bissell built a house on the east side 
of the river as early as 1659-60. In 1662 he 
gave the homestead with the ferry in Old 
Windsor, to his son John, and removed with 
his son Nathaniel to the east side of the river 
below the mouth of the Scantic, and his was 
probably the first family actually residing on 
the east side of the river. (This seems to be 
confusing, but is correct according to 
"Stiles History.") Cellars and houses 
were there earlier, and in 1645 William Hills 
sold a dwelling house, barn and appurte- 
nances on that side, but the houses were oc- 
cupied by laborers who cultivated the mead- 
ows and cut the hay, which was stored in 
ricks until winter, then carried across the 
river over the ice. At the time of King Phil- 
ip's war, Bissell had neighbors and his house 
was fortified and held as a garrison house 
for the neighborhood. John Bissell Jr. was 
released from the ferry contract on condition 
that some one be found to fill his place. In 
1677 Nathaniel Bissell was running Bissell's 
ferry. The landing on the east side was 
changed to the south side of the Scantic about 
a hundred years ago. John Jr. died at the 



homestead in 1693 ; was succeeded by his son 
Daniel, born 1663, and he by his son Daniel 
(2), born 1694. His son Daniel (3) sold the 
house in 1790 and removed to Randolph, Ver- 
mont. The old house was sold to Jacob Old- 
borne and removed to another part of the 
town. John Bissell died October 3, 1677; 
his wife died May 21, 1641. Children: ' i. 
John, born in England. 2. Thomas. 3. Mary, 
married Jacob Drake. 4. Samuel, mentioned 
below. 5. Nathaniel,' born at Windsor, Sep- 
tember 24, 1640; married (first) Mindwell 
Moore, September 25, 1662; (second) Doro- 
thy Fitch. 6. Joyce, born about 1642; mar- 
ried, November 7, 1665, Samuel Pinney. 

(II) Samuel, son of John Bissell, was born 
about 1630 and died May 17, 1697-98. He 
bought a lot on the west side of Broad street 
lately owned by E. L. Clapp and built a house 
there. His father gave him one hundred and 
six acres of land. He owned the half-way 
covenant, November 27, 1659. He married. 
Tune II, 1658, Abigail, daughter of Thomas 
Holcomb. She' died August 17. 1688. Chil- 
dren born in Windsor : John, April 5, 1659, 
mentioned below ; Abigail, July 6, 1661 ; Ja- 
cob, March 28, 1664, died August i, 1694; 
Mary, September 15, 1666; Samuel, January 
II, 1668; Benajah, June 30, 1671 ; Elizabeth, 
January 4, 1677: Deborah, October 29, 1679; 
Hannah, September 18, 1682. 

(III) John (2), son of Samuel Bissell, 
was born at Windsor, April 5, 1659, died in 

1683. .His inventory was dated January 27, 

1684. The amount was one hundred and 
twenty-six pounds fifteen shillings two pence. 
He married Sarah Fowler, who died August 
25, 1751. , Bissell settled in Coventry, Con- 
necticut, of which he was one of the pioneers, 
buying land there in October, 17 15. He was 
the first captain of the train band. He owned 
several slaves. Children : Abigail, born Au- 
gust 3, 1681 ; John, born 1683, mentioned be- 
low. 

(IV) Captain John (3) Bissell, son of John 
(2) Bissell, was born in Windsor in 1683, 
and died March 8, 1771, in- his eighty-eighth 
year. He settled early at Bolton, Connecti- 
cut, on land awarded in the first allotment in 
1722. He was selectman in 1721 and many 
years thereafter. He was lieutenant of the 
train band and later captain. He was ap- 
pointed justice of the peace in May, 1739; 
was elected to the general assembly and for 
many years was a prominent citizen. His 
home lots were at what is now known as 
Quarryville. He married, February 22, 1710- 
II, Hannah, born November 14, 1690, died 
January 13, 1752, daughter of Samuel Dens- 
low. Children : John : Elisha. baptized 



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March 31. 1728: fjzias, baptized May 16, 
1731, mentioned below; Sarah, married Sam- 
uel P.artholomew. January 7, 1738. 

(\') Captain Ozias Hissell, son of Cap- 
tain John (3) Bissell, was born at Colton and 
ba])tized there .May i6, 1731. He lived and 
died at what is now \'ernon, Connecticut, and 
was buried at Manchester. He served nine 
}ears in the I'rench and Indian wars and 
five years and eight months in the revolution. 
He was at Lake George in 1755. He took 
part in three general actions and seven skir- 
mishes and was thrice wounded, once se- 
verely, and twice taken prisoner and held each 
time for about. two years. In 1762 he was a 
prisoner of war at Havana for eight months. 
In 1775 he raised one of the first companies 
and marched to Boston where he took part 
in the siege. He was first lieutenant of the 
Second Company. Fourth Connecticut regi- 
ment, in April, 1775. and later captain. In 
August. 1776, he was in the battle of Long 
Island, where he was taken prisoner. He was 
made captain of the First Battalion, Connecti- 
cut Line. March 12, 1778, and served nine 
mi>nths : was captain in Colonel Hunting's 
regiment in 1779, and of a foot company, 
in 1780, of Colonel Wells's regiment: was 
taken prisoner with Colonel Wells near 
I lorseneck, Connecticut, December 10, 1780, 
and held until June, 1781. These facts 
are from an affidavit made June 7. 1820, 
at the age of eighty-eight, when he 
applied for a pension. He used to know Gen- 
eral Ethan .Allen well. The service of him- 
self, sons and grandson in the American army 
amounted to a total of one hundred and twen- 
ty \ears. He was a farmer at \"ernon, where 
he died March 16, 1822, at the age of ninety- 
three years. He married (first) Mabel Rob- 
erts, died October 31, 1803: (second) when 
he was over eighty, Sarah Hoffman, died Au- 
gust 26. 1828, aged seventy-three years. Chil- 
dren, born at Vernon : Ozias. baptized April 
12. 1752: Mabel, born July, 1753; Russell, 
baptized January 26, 1755 ; Major Russell, 
baptized July 11, 1756, mentioned below: 
Hannah, born December, 1757; Elijah, bap- 
tized February 23. 1759, died in a prison ship 
in New York, a soldier of the revolution ; 
Leverett, baptized February i, 1761 : Belle, 
born November. 1763 : .\nna, baptized No- 
veinber 13. 1763: Freedom, baptized Febru- 
ary 22, 1767: Dosha (Theodocia), baptized 
August 25, 1769: General Daniel, baptized 
July 20, 1769, brigadier in the United States 
army. 

( \'I ) Major Russell Bissell. son of Captain 
Ozias Piissell, was hirn in \"ernon, in 1753 
and baptized July n. 173'). He was a sol- 



dier in the Bolton company on the Lexington 
alarm in the revolution and rose to the rank 
of major after the revolution in the United 
States army. He died December 18, 1807, in 
the service at Bellefontaine, now St. Louis, 
Missouri. He married, about 1782, Eunice 
Rockwell, who died February 9, 1832. Chil- 
dren : George, born December 26, 1784, men- 
tioned below ; Eunice, July 8, 1787. married 
Henry Winter and died i860: Major Lewis, 
October 12, 1780: Nancy, July 17, 1795, Ru- 
dolphus Landfear, and died, Hartford, 1870. 

(\TI) George, son of Major Russell Bis- 
sell, was born December 26, 1784, and died 
December 23, 1829. He lived at Alanchester, 
Connecticut. He married, in 18 10, Fanny, 
daughter of William Wilson, a soldier in the 
revolution. Children, born at Alanchester: 
I. Cornelia, born i8ri: died September 3, 
1853. 2. Lewis, born 18 12, died, San Jose, 
California, December. 1887; married Electa 
West. 3. Anson, born 1814: died, St. Louis, 
February. 1865 : married Eliza McLean. 4. 
Mervin D., born 1818; married, 1849, Har- 
riet Young: died May, 1863, Dubuque, Iowa. 
5. Frederick R.. born 1823, died, Dubuque, 
188 1. 6. George F., born June 22, 1827 ; men- 
tioned below. 

(\'III) George Francis, son of George Bis- 
sell, was born in Manchester, June 22, 1827. 
He was educated in his native town in the 
public schools and on attaining his majority 
engaged in mercantile business in Hartford, 
Connecticut. In 1830 he went west and set- 
tled in Dubuque. Iowa, then on the frontier, 
and with his brother entered the grocery and 
commission business. This he soon gave up 
to enter the insurance field, and he became 
the local agent of the Hartford Fire Insur- 
ance Company for the state of Iowa. In 1861 
he went to Chicago as special agent of the 
company under General Agent Alexander, un- 
til May I, 1863, when he succeeded Mr. Alex- 
ander as general agent of the western de- 
partment. At the time of his death Mr. Bis- 
sell had been continuously in the service of 
the company for more than forty years. Dur- 
ing the great Chicago fire in 1871 the com- 
pany lost two million dollars in two days, 
but he at once set about adjusting the losses, 
settling them satisfactorily and equitably. He 
was the first insurance manager to open an 
office after the fire, and his fair and prompt 
adjustmeiU of losses made him one of the 
most po]nilar and trusted managers in the 
west. 

Mr. Bissell was a public-spirited citizen and 
was one of the founders of the Union League 
Club, acting as vice-president in 1888 and 
president in 1889, and was always ready to 



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promote plans looking toward the political 
and moral welfare of the cit)'. He was a 
member of the Presbyterian church, and for 
many years president of the Presbyterian So- 
cial Union. During the last ten years of his 
life he was treasurer of the Old People's 
Home. He was much interested in histori- 
cal societies, and was one of the organizers 
of the Illinois Society of the Sons of the 
American Revolution, and one of its earliest 
presidents. He was also an active member 
of the Society of Colonial Wars, taking part 
in its organization and incorporation. He had 
a taste for literature, and was himself a good 
writer, contributing articles of commanding 
interest to insurance journals, and other es- 
says to the Interior and other denomina- 
tional papers. He was a ready speaker and 
his speeches were characterized by wit and 
eloquence, and his genial manners won him 
many friends. He possessed the confidence 
of the officers of the insurance company to a 
marked degree, and his ability as an under- 
writer was recognized by his associates in 
the profession. His unfailing patience, broad 
mind, and good sense, were of great value 
in his business. Soon after his death a me- 
morial meeting was held, and several of his 
associates took occasion to speak of the high 
esteem in which he was held among them. 

He married Jerusha Woodbriclge (see 
Woodbridge VH). Children: Frank R., 
born June, 1858, married Hattie Faulkner; 
Richard Mervin, born June 8, 1862, men- 
tioned below ; Arthur G., born December, 
1868, resides in Chicago. 

(IX) Richard Mervin, son of George Fran- 
cis Bissell, was born in Chicago, June 8, 1852. 
He attended the public schools and various 
private schools of Chicago and completed 
his preparation for college in the H. H. F.ab- 
cock school. He was graduated from Yale 
College in the class of 1883 with the degree 
of A. B. He entered the Chicago office of 
•the Hartford Fire Insurance Company as 
clerk and in 1902 became associate manager 
of the western office of this companv with 
offices at Chicago. He filled this office un- 
til 1902, when he was elected vice-president 
of the company, and removed to Hartford. 
In 1909 he was -elected vice-president and 
manager of the underwriting department. He 
is a member of the Chicago University Club, 
the Union League, Oniventsia and Mer- 
chants clubs of Chicago, and he was for- 
merly president of the latter. He is a mem- 
ber also of the New York University Club, 
the Hartford Club, the Farmington Country 
Club and the Hartford Golf Club. He at- 
tends Trinity Church of which his wife is a 



member. In 1903-04 he delivered a course 
of lectures at Yale College on the History, 
Theory and Practice of Fire Insurance, pub- 
lished subsequently by the Yale .lliimni 
Weekly. He married, in 1901, Marie Trues- 
dale, born September 14, 1879, daughter of 
William Haynes Truesdale, of New York. 
Children : William Truesdale, born Decem- 
ber 27, 1902 ; Anne Carolyn, born July 20, 
1904; Richard Mervin Jr., September 18, 
1909. 

(The Woodbridge Line). 

The Rev. John Woodbridge was rector of 
parish Stanton near Highworth in Wiltshire. 
He died December 9, 1637. "He was so 
able and faithful," wrote Cotton ]\Iather in 
the Magnalia. "as to obtain a high esteem 
among those that at all knew the invaluable 
worth of such a minister." He married 
Sarah Parker, daughter of Rev. Robert 
Parker, a learned English divine — "did so 
virtuously that her own personal charac- 
ter would have made her highly esteemed, 
if a relation to such a father had not far- 
ther added imto the lustre of her charac- 
ter." (Alagnalia HI Chap. \.) She mar- 
ried (second) Mr. Thomas Bailey. Children: 

1. Rev. John, born 1613; mentioned below. 

2. Rev. Benjamin, born 1622, died November 
I, 1684. matriculated at Oxford. November 
9, 1638: came to New England in 1639 and 
was the first graduate of Harvard of the 
nine receiving degrees in 1642 ; M. A., Ox- 
ford, 1648 ; returned to England and became 
minister at Newbury, Berkshire ; ejected in 
1662; died at Inglesfield, Berkshire, Novem- 
ber I, 1684, and was buried at St. Nicholas, 
Newbury ; was at one time chaplain of 
Charles 11. 3. Sarah, born 1614: married 
Rev. John Kerridge. 4. Lucy, married 
Sparhawk. minister of Culleton, Dev- 
onshire. 

(II) Rev. John ^^'oodbridge (2), son of 
Rev. John Woodbridge (i), was born in 
1613 and died July i, 1691. He was sent to 
Oxford University, but both he and his fa- 
ther refusing to take the oath of conformity 
he had to leave the college. In 1634 at the 
age of twenty-one he came to America on 
the ship "Mary and John" with his uncle, 
Rev. Thomas Parker, and settled at New- 
bury, Massachusetts. He was town clerk 
there 1634-38 ; surveyor of arms in 1637. In 
1643 he taught school in Boston. \\'ith oth- 
ers he negotiated the purchase of land now 
the town of Andover, Massachusetts, and 
was ordained minister of Andover, October 
24, 1645. In 1*^47 'ie returned to England 
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of the Parliamentary commissioners who 
treated with the king at the Isle of Wight : 
was minister of Andover, Hants, and at Bar- 
ford St. Martin in Wiltshire until he was 
ejected at the time of the Restoration. In 
1663 he was driven by the Bartholomew Act 
from a school he had established at Newbury 
and again came to New England, arriving 
July 26, of that year, after being in England 
sixteen years. He was made assistant to his 
uncle, Rev. Thomas Parker, at Newbury and 
remained there until November, 1670. when 
he was dismissed on account of dissension in 
the parish. He was assistant in the Massa- 
chusetts Bay Colony, 1683-84. He was a man 
of some wealth, owning a farm on North 
street, Newbury, on the east side of the pond. 
Mather tells us that "he was by nature won- 
derfully composed, patient and pleasant and 
he was by grace much more so. He had a 
great command of his passions and could 
and would and often did forgive injuries at 
a rate that hardly can be imitated. * * * 
At last he who had been a great reader, a 
great scholar, a great Christian and a pattern 
of goodness in all the successive stations 
wherein the Lord of Hearts had jilaced him 
on March 17 the day of the Christian Sab- 
bath after much pain went into everlasting 
rest, having a few minutes before refused a 
glass of wine saying, I am going where I 
shall have better."' 

He married, in 1631), Mercy, daughter of 
Governor Thomas Dudley. She was born 
September 2~, 1621, and died July i, 1691. 
Children: i. Sarah, born June 7, 1640. 2. 
Lucy, .March 13, 1642: died June 18, 1710; 
married (first) Rev. Simon Bradstreet and 
(second) Captain Daniel Epps. 3. John, 
1644: died November 13. 1691 ; graduate of 
Harvard, 1664 ; married Abigail Leete. 4. 
Benjamin, 1645 ; mentioned below. 5. Cap- 
tain Thomas, 1648: died March 30, 1681 ; 
married Mary Jones. 6. "-Dorothy, 1650: died 
.•\pril 17, 1723: married Nathaniel Fryer. 7. 
Anne, 1653, in England ; died February 28, 
1701. S. Rev. Timothy, January 13, 1656; 
died April 30, 1732; pastor of the First 
Church of Hartford, Connecticut: married 
thrice. 9. Mary, 1662: died June 9. 1702; 
married Samuel Appleton. 

(Ill) Rev. Benjamin Woodbridge, son of 
Rev. John Woodbridge (2), was born in 
1645, and died January 15, 1710. He was 
invited to preach at Windsor. Connecticut, by 
a minority of the church and was ordained 
there March 18, 1670, as pastor of a new so- 
ciety that withdrew from the old church. He 
was minister, 1681-86, at Bristol Rhode 
Island: 168S at Kittery, Maine: i6gi at Ports- 



mouth, New Ham|)shire; 1694 at Newcastle; 
1698 at Medford, Massachusetts. Judge Se- 
wall mentions him in his diary, August 13, 
1702. He married, June 3, 1672, Mary, born 
June 24, 1649, <^1'C(1 October 11, 1685, daugh- 
ter of Rev. John Ward of Haverhill, grand- 
daughter of Nathaniel Ward. He married 
(second), August 31, 1686, Deborah (Tarle- 
ton I Cushing, born November 18, 1651, 
daughter of Daniel Tarleton and widow of 
Henry Cushing. Children of the first wife: 
I'^lizabeth, born .\pril 30, 1673, died Decem- 
ber ('), 1729; Benjamin, died young; Hon. 
Dudley, born September 7, 1677, agent of the 
South Sea Company and Judge Advocate of 
the Barbadoes : Benjamin, born October 12, 
1680: Rev. Samuel, born 1683, mentioned 
below. 

(I\') Rev. Samuel Woodbridge, son of 
Rev. Benjamin W'oodbridge, was born in 
1683, and died June 9, 1746. He graduated 
from Harvard College in 1701 and was or- 
dained at East Hartford, Connecticut, March 
30, 1705; was a fellow of Yale College 1732- 
43, lived, died and was buried at East Hart- 
ford. He married (first) December 9. 1702, 
Mabel (Russel) Hubbard, died May 10, 1730, 
daughter of Rev. Daniel Russel, of Charles- 
town, and widow of Rev, John Hubbard, of 
Jamaica. Tie married (second) Content Bull, 
widow of Benjamin Bull. Children of the 
first wife: ^^'a^d, born 1708. died Novem- 
ber I, 1728; Samuel, 171 1, died June 16, 
1719: Elizabeth, 1715, died November 13, 
1754: Deodatus (Yale, 1736), died 1755; 
Mabel, born 1718, married Dr. Nathaniel Lit- 
tle: Russel, born May 8, 1719, mentioned 
below. Child of the second wife: Samuel, 
born in 1732, died July 4, 1794. 

(Y) Captain Russel W(X)dbridge. son of 
Rev. Samuel Woodbridge, was born May 8, 
17 19, at East Hartford and died November 5, 
1782. He was captain of the train band; rep- 
resentative to the general assembly and a 
very prominent citizen. He married, Janu- 
ary 14, 1741, Anna Olmsted, of East Hart- 
ford, daughter of Deacon Joseph Olnistead. 
She died February 21, 1808, aged ninety. 
Children, born at East Hartford : Ward, Oc- 
tober 30, 1742, died July 30, 1806: Anna, 
July 6, 1744, died February 3, 1779 : Eliza- 
beth, January 10, 1747, died April 12. 1781 ; 
Russel. March 8, 1749: Mabel, February 18, 
1751. died in 1821, married Captain Stephen 
Hills: Lucretia, February 13, 1753, died Sep- 
tember 18, 1816: Mary, August 24, 1755, died 
February 2, 1836: Deodatus, September 6, 
1757, mentioned below : Ashbel, September 22, 
1750. 

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\\'oodbridge, was born at East Hartford, Sep- 
tember 6. 1757. and died February 2, 1836. 
He married (first) January 27, 1780. Estber 
Welles, of East Hartford; (second) October 
II, 1820, Anna (Welles) Moore, widow of 
Captain Moore of East Windsor, and sister 
of his first wife. Children all by first wife: 
Electa, baptized January 7, 1781, died Octo- 
ber 12, 1858; Dudley, born April 20, 1787, 
died October 13, 1844 ; Mary, baptized Sep- 
tember 17, 1786, married Joseph Makins Mer- 
row. of Hartford ; Welles, baptized February 
8, 1789; Emily, born May 7, 1791, married 
Horace Pitkin; Estber Hills, born 1796, 
died December 25, 1816; Deodatus, born 1800, 
mentioned below. 

(VH) Deacon Deodatus (2) Woodbridge, 
son of Deodatus (i) Woodbridge, was born 
in 1800, and died March 23, 1857, at jNIan- 
chester Green, Connecticut. He married, Au- 
gust 4, 1821, Jerusha, daughter of Joseph 
Loomis, and she died August 18, 1870. Chil- 
dren: I. Mary, born September 22, 1822; 
died September 25. 1876; married James Ar- 
nold Daniels. 2. Martha, born May 16, 1824; 
married George W. Williams. 3. Deodatus, 
born December 10, 1825 ; married Nancy Au- 
gusta Sprout. 4. Joseph, born July 11, 1827; 
married Clara Jane Williams. 5. Julia 
(twin), born September 7, 1829; died unmar- 
ried, February 21, 1881. 6. Jerusha (twin), 
born September 7, 1829 ; married George 
Francis F)issell (see Bissell family). 



(H) Thomas Bissell, son of 
PjISSELL John Bissell (q. v.), was born 
in England about 1630, died 
at Windsor, Connecticut, July 31, 1689. He 
settled on the east side of Great river. His 
will was dated August 24, 1688, proved No- 
vember II, 1689. In 1655 he bought a house 
and eleven acres of land of Thomas Gilbert, 
formerly the lot of Josiah Hull, on the west 
side of Main street. He and his wife owned 
the halfway covenant, he January 21, 1657, 
and she February 28, 1657. He married, Oc- 
tober II. 1655, Abigail, daughter of Deacon 
John Moore. Children, born at Windsor: 
Tliomas, October 2, 1656 ; Abigail, November 
23, 1658; John. January 26, 1660: Joseph, 
April 18, 1663; Elizabeth, June 9, 1666; Ben- 
jamin, September 9, 1669; Sarah, January 8, 
1671-72: Lieutenant Isaac, mentioned below; 
Ephraim, baptized April 11, 1676; Esther, 
April 2, 1677: Ephraim, September 4, 1680; 
Luke, September 22, 1682. 

(Ill) Lieutenant Isaac Bissell, son of 
Thomas Bissell, was born in 1673 at Wind- 
-1 ir. died at Litchfield, November 6, 1744. He 
rtnioved from Windsor to Litchfield in 1723 



and founded the Litchfield branch of the Bis- 
sell family. He bought a sixtieth share of 
the town, seven hundred acres, for four hun- 
dred and fifty pounds, and also a lot on North 
street, for ninety pounds. The old red house 
built by him in Litchfield in 1740 stood until 
it w-as taken down in 1857. He married, Alay 
2, 1706, Elizabeth Osborne, who died Janu- 
ary 15, 1761, daughter of Thomas Osborne. 
Children, born at Windsor; Elizabeth, Feb- 
ruary 4, 1707; Isaac, March 9, 1709; Abi- 
gail, January 16, 1712; Sarah, February 3, 
^7^3'- Joel. January i, 1714; Benjamin, July 
2. 1717; Roger, March 24, 1718: George, 
March 10, 1720; Joseph. Septeml^er 7, 1722; 
Zebulon, mentioned below. 

(IV) Zebulon, son of Lieutenant Isaac Bis- 
sell, was born in 1724, at Litchfield. He was 
a soldier in the revolution and was taken pris- 
oner by tb.e British at Fort Washington. He 
died at Woodbury on his way home, after 
being exchanged, it is believed of poison ad- 
ministered before he was set free. His estate 
was settled in 1771. He married, May 21, 
1749, Abigail, daughter of Nathaniel and Abi- 
gail (Prelate) Smith. Children, born at 
Litchfield; Zebulon, October 30. 1751 ; Ben- 
jamin, mentioned below; Rhoda. April 5, 
1760; Abigail, married John Landon. 

(V) Benjamin, son of Zebulon Bissell, was 
born January 15, 1754, at Litchfield, died 
there February 28, 1825. He married, Feb- 
ruary 21, 1779, Esther Benton, who died De- 
cember 27, 1840, aged eight}--three years, 
daughter of Nathaniel and Abigail ( Gillette) 
Benton. Children, born at Litchfield : Re- 
becca, February 9, 1782, married William 
Smith ; Anne, December .14, 1784, mar- 
ried Levi Hoyt ; Nathaniel, December 31, 
1786, married Anna Smith ; Benjamin, De- 
cember 26. 1788; Eunice, February 10, 1790; 
Abigail, February 19, 1792, married John 
Griswold ; Rachel, September 18, 1793, mar-- 
ried Jonathan Norlh ; Dotha. October 18, 
1795 : Herman, January 16, 1797. married 
Anna Peck : Amos, mentioned below ; Juliana" 
(or Julia), ]\Iay 12, 1801, married Lyman J. 
Smith. 

(VI) Amos, son of Benjamin Bissell, was 
born at Litchfield, July 15, 1798, died January 
29, 1888. He owned a large farm about two 
miles and a half west of Litchfield village and 
spent many years of his life in agriculture, 
being a prosperous farmer, and continued 
active to an advanced age. He succeeded to 
the homestead in part and added largely to 
the two hundred acres that he inherited. He 
was a faithful and earnest member of the 
Congregational church. He married. March 
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June or Januarx 12, '%3. aged sixty-one 
years. Children, horn at Litchfield: Edward, 
lawyer at Fond du Lac, Michigan: William, 
mentioned below : Elizabeth, died when a 
young woman: Julia, married Dr. .\llen, of 
Xew York ; Lyman, died in childhood ; 
Dwight, succeeded to the homestead, married 
Elizabeth Pickett : ALary. 

(\'II) Dr. William IJissell, son of .\mos 
Bissell, was born in Litchfield, Alarch 15, 
1830. He received his early training in the 
schools of his native town under the instruc- 
tion of C. G. Eastman. Afterward he en- 
tered Yale College and was graduated in the 
class of 1853. Lie then studied medicine at 
the Yale Medical School, from which he was 
graduated in 1856. In the same year he be- 
gan to practice his profession at Elizabeth, 
Union county, New Jersey, but after six 
nicmths there came to Lakeville, Connecticut, 
where he built up an extensive practice. He 
is a member of the Litchfield County Medi- 
cal Society, the Connecticut State Medical So- 
ciety and the .American Medical Association. 
In politics he is a Republican. He is one of 
tile best beloved and most honored citizens in 
Litchfield. His office was at his residence on 
the principal street in the town. Lie married 
Mary Green Hidleman, of Bloomsbury, New 
Jersey: she died September 29, 1907, aged 
seventy-eight years. She was daughter of 
William and liannah (Rosebury) ISidleman. 
Children : Dr. Joseph, a practicing physician 
and surgeon in New York City, surgeon in 
St. \'inccnt"s and liellevue hospitals. New 
^'ork, married Josephine Hanck : children: 
Carl. Eugene. Josejih and Catherine: William 
r... mentioned below; Edward Clarence, de- 
ceased, was a law student : May B., resides at 
the old home. 

(VIH) Dr. William Bascom Bissell, son of 
Dr. William Bissell, was born in Lakeville, 
Connecticut, May 6, 1865. He attended the 
public schools of his native town and New 
Marlborough .\cadcmy, Massachusetts, where 
he fitted for college. He entered Yale and 
was graduated with the degree of A. B. in 
1888. He studied medicine in the College of 
Physicians and Surgeons, New York, grad- 
uating in 1892, with the degree of M. D. 
Since then he has been in general practice 
at Lakeville. He is a member of the Litch- 
field County Medical Society, the Connecticut 
State Medical Society and the American Med- 
ical Association. He is a member of Mont- 
gomery Lodge. Free and .Accepted Masons. 
In religion he is a Congregationalist : in poli- 
tics a Republican. Dr. ^^Mlliam B. Bissell mar- 
ried. 1894. Harriet, daughter of William and 
Elizabeth fThompson) Bacon, of Woodburv, 



Connecticut. Children: Elizabeth, born March, 
1898; May, February, 1903. 



(II) Ensign [oshua 
HOTCHKISS Hotchkiss, son of Samuel 
Hotchkiss (q. v.), was 
born September 10, 1651, in New Llaven, died 
December 22, 1722. He spent his entire life 
in that colony, became one of the leading men 
there and lived to a ripe old age. He mar- 
ried, November 29, 1677, Mary, daughter of 
George and Martha (Aliles) Pardee. She was 
baptized in 1658. Children: Mary, born 
April 30, 1680; Stephen, August 25, 1681, 
mentioned below; Martha, December 14, 
1683: Priscilla, December 30, 1688; Abigail, 
October 12, 1695: Thankful (twin). January 
15, 1701 ; Jesse (twin): Isaac, about 1702. 

(III) Deacon Stephen, son of Ensign Josh- 
ua Hotchkiss, was born August 25, 1681, in 
New Haven, died in Cheshire, March 5, 1755. 
and was buried in the cemetery there. From 
New Haven he removed to Wallingford, now 
Cheshire, Connecticut, in 1706. Lie was dea- 
con of the church in the latter place for thir- 
ty-one years, and prominent in the affairs of 
the town. Lie married, December 12, 1704, 
Elizabeth, born January 17, 1683, died Alay 
17, 1760, daughter of John and Elizabeth 
(Post) Sperry, and granddaughter of Rich- 
ard Sperry, who came to New Flaven in 1643. 
Children: Joshua, born November 26, 1705; 
Elizabeth, February 15, 1707, died young; 
Mary. July i, 1708; Hannah, January 10, 
1710: Elizabeth, February 18, 1712; Gideon, 
December 5, lyifi, mentioned below: Stephen, 
December i, 1718: Silas, November 22. 1719; 
Hannah, February 23, 1722-23: Bathsheba, 
September 7, 1726: Benjamin, February i, 
1728; Noah, November 24, 1731. 

(IV) Captain Gideon, son of Deacon Ste- 
phen Hotchkiss, was born December 5, 1716, 
in Cheshire, died October 3, 1807. He was 
brought up in his native town. When a 
\-oung man he removed to what is now Pros- 
pect, then a part of Waterbury, where he 
bought a tract of land, and became a farmer. 
He was a prominent man in the town and be- 
came one of the best-known citizens in the 
Naugatuck valley. He was deacon of the 
church at Salem, now Naugatuck, of which 
he was one of the organizers, and was also 
one of the princi|)al men who founded the 
Congregational church at Prospect, then Co- 
lumbia. Of the latter church he was deacon 
for many years, from 1783 to 1807. Pie was 
ensign in the French and Indian war under 
Captain Edward Lewis, and was promoted to 
the rank of lieutenant. During the revolution 
he was captain of a company in the continen- 



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tal armv. He married (first) June i6, 1737, 
in Wall'ingford, Anne, born February 2, 1715, 
died August i, 1762, daughter of John and 
Huldah (Eels) Brockett. John Brockett was 
born in 1685, and was the son of Samuel 
Brockett. born January 14, 1651 ; married, 
May 21, 1682, Sarah, daughter of WilHam 
and' Alice (Prichard) Bradley; died October 
27, 1742. Samuel was the son of John Brock- 
ett. of New Haven, born about 1610, died 
March 12, 1690, at Wallingford. Gideon 
Hotchkiss married (second) February 22, 
1763. Mabel, daughter of Isaac Stiles, of 
Southbury ; she died September 3, 1807. Chil- 
dren : Jesse, born October 9, 1738, mentioned 
below ;" David, April 5, 1740 : Abraham, May 
3, 1742, died the same day : Abraham, March 
25, 1743; Gideon, December 31, 1744; Hulda, 
June 27, 1747; Anna, October 22, 1749: 
Amos, November 24, 175 1 ; Submit, June 2, 
1753; Titus, June 26, 1755; Eben, December 
13, 1757: Asahel, February 15, 1760; Beno- 
ni. July 27, 1762. Children of second wife: 
Mabel' May 23, 1764; Phebe, August 29, 
1765 ; Haniiah, October 14, 1766, died No- 
vember 26, 1766; Stiles, April 30. 1768; Olive, 
November 21, 1769: Milhcent. May 16, 1771 : 
Amzi, July 3, 1774. 

(V) Jesse, son of Captain Gideon Hotch- 
kiss, was born October 9, 1738. He was a 
soldier in the French and Indian war and 
later in the revolution. He lost his life while 
serving in the army, September 29, 1776. He 
married, October 2, 1758, Charity, daughter 
of Peter and Mary Mallory. of Stratford. 
Peter Mallory (III)' was born ]\Iarch i. 1708, 
son of Peter (II) and Elizabeth (Trow- 
bridge) Mallory. married May 27. 1698. Eliz- 
abeth Trowbridge was the daughter of Wil- 
liam and Elizabeth (Lamberton) Trowbridge. 
Peter Alallory (II). born July 27, 1678, was 
the son of Peter Mallory (I) and ^lary Mal- 
lory. Children: Asahel, born February 15. 
1760. mentioned below ; Charity. March 24. 
1761 : Beulah, March 13, 1762; Gabriel, Au- 
gust 13, 1763, died January 22, 1765-66; Re- 
becka, born January 7, 1765-66; Temperance, 
December 3, 1767; Apalina, January 3, 1768; 
Chloe. January 5, 1771 ; Anna. May 19. 1772; 
Huldah, March 9, 1774; Jesse, August 3, 1776. 

(VI) Asahel, son of Jesse Hotchkiss, was 
born February 15, 1760. He married (first) 
March 22. 1781. Elizabeth Williams, who 
died March 28, 1794. He married (second) 
June 7, 1794, Phebe, daughter of Amasa and 
Sarah (Foss) Merriman, of Cheshire. She 
was born June 24. 1765. Her father, Amasa 
ATerriman, was born June 17, 1729; married, 
September 26. 1750; son of Eliasaph ^Merri- 
man, born May 21, 1695. '''^"^ August 14. 



175S; married Abigail Hull, born February 
14, 1704, killed by lightning, August 4, 1758. 
The latter was the daughter of Dr. Benjamin 
and Elizabeth (Andrews) Hull, granddaugh- 
ter of Dr. John and Mary (Jones) Hull, and 
great-granddaughter of Richard Hull. Elia- 
saph Merriman was the son of Caleb Merri- 
man. who was born May, 1665, died July 9, 
1703; married, July 9, 1690, Mary Preston, 
born April 25, 1674, daughter of Deacon Elia- 
saph and Mary (Willcoxson) Preston, and 
granddaughter of William Preston, of Gig- 
gleswick, county York, England, born 1591, 
died 1647. Caleb Merriman was the son of 
Captain Nathaniel Merriman. born 1613. in 
Tenterdon. county Kent, England, died Feb- 
ruary 13. 1693; married. 1641, Abigail 01- 
ney. The mother of Phebe Merriman. Sarah 
(Foss) Merriman, daughter of Stephen and 
Sarah (Hart) Foss, was born May 29, 1733, 
died July 29, 1776. She was the granddaugh- 
ter of Nathaniel and Mary (Cook) Foss, 
great-granddaughter of John and Hannah 
Alerriman Foss, and great-great-granddaugh- 
ter of William and Hannah Foss. ChiUlren 
of I\Ir. Hotchkiss by first wife : Sally, born 
October 27, 1782 ; Curtiss, May 4. 1783 ; Dyer, 
June 24. 1785; Esther. May 21. 1788. Chil- 
dren of second wife : Tempy, February 27, 
1797; Asahel Augustus, June 30, 1799, men- 
tioned below; Marcus, September i, 1801 ; 
Phebe Maria. August 5. 1805. 

(VII) Asahel Augustus, son of Asahel 
Hotchkiss. was born June 30, 1799. He mar- 
ried (first) October 3. 1821, Althea. born Oc- 
tober 19, 1799. daughter of Abijah and Anna 
(Hotchkiss) Guernsey. The latter was the 
(laughter of Jesse and Charity (Mallory) 
Hotchkiss. Abijah Guernsey was the son of 
Ebenezer, born 1731. and Anna (Gunn) 
Guernsey, daughter of Peter and x^nn Gunn, 
granddaughter of Joseph and Elizabeth Dis- 
brow. Ebenezer Guernsey was the son of 
Joseph, born 1700, and Rachel Guernsey. Jo- 
seph Guernsey, born about 1674, was. the son 
of Joseph and Hannah Ely (Prudden) 
Guernsey, married, April 10. 1673 ; Hannah 
Ely was daughter of Samuel and Ann Prud- 
den. Joseph Guernsey was the son of John 
Guernsey. Althea (Guernsey) Hotchkiss 
died July to, 1864. Asahel A. Hotchkiss mar- 
ried (second) .August 22. 1865, Mary E. 
Brownell. He died April 21, 1885. Children 
of first wife: i. Andrew, born September 
2, 1822, mentioned below. 2. Abijah, March 
4, 1824, died March 24, 1825. 3. Benjamin 
Berkley, October i, 1826; inventor of rapid- 
fire ordnances ; erected a large plant at St. 
Denis. France: died February 14, 1885; 
married. May 27, 1850, Maria H. Bissell. 4. 



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Franklin A., July i. 1828, died Alay 14. i844- 
5. Frederick A., Xovember 2, 1829, mentioned 
below. 6. Dotha, July 27, 183 1, died Febru- 
ary 25, 1899: married (first) December 21, 
1854, Henry T. Finch: children: i. Mary, 
born March 15, 1857, died September '5, 
1857 : ii. Althea Hotchkiss, born August 20, 
1859: married, October 15, 1879, William E. 
Fairchild and had Harry Fairchild, born June 
I, 1881, died August 16, 1886; iii. Henry Or- 
ton. born July 8, 1861, died June 17, 1862. 
Henry T. Finch died August" 26. 1862. and 
Dotha married (second) II. A. McKelvey, 
.August 28. 1866: children: iv. Andrew .Augus- 
tus, born June 23. 1867: v. Sarah Mabel, De- 
cemlier 30. 1869: married, June i, 1883. Hen- 
ry I'.lodgett. M. ]).. and had Donald I'.lodgett, 
Ixjrn March 8. 1895: vi. Helen .Vgncs, born 
September 9. 1875 - vii. Charles Wilie, born 
January 2. 1878. 7. Sarah M., August 7, 
183^, died June 26. 1873; married. October 
5, '1838. G. A. Kelsey. 8. Charles Albert, 
February 10. 1836, mentioned below. 9. 
Dwight. November 9, 1838 : married, April 
12, 1865. Almira Wardwell and had Mary, 
born September i, 1869. died July 3, 1883. 
10. William. |ulv 25, 1841. died Mav 30. 
1842. 

(\TII) Andrew, son of Asahel Augustus 
Hotchkiss, was born September 2.' 1822. in 
Waterbury, Connecticut. When nine years of 
age he removed with his father's family to 
Sharon \'alley, wliere he lived until his death, 
February 10. 1858. From childhood he was 
a cripple and unable to go to school. His 
mind, however, matured early, and at the age 
of fifteen he showed unmistakable signs of an 
extraordinary constructive and inventive fac- 
ulty. His first invention was the curry- 
comb on which he had two distinct patents. 
This was followed by the ox-bow pin, screw 
wrench, rifle-cannon projectile, rake head and 
snow plow. The rifle-cannon projectile was 
completed by B. B. Hotchkiss, and first 
brought into service in the Franco-Prussian 
war. For the manufacture of his inventions, 
he established the firm of Hotchkiss & Sons, 
of -Sharon Valley, which grew from a small 
beginning into a large and prosperous con- 
cern. His genius is more plainly seen in 
the various kinds of machinery which he de- 
signed than in the inventions which he ac- 
complished. 

From the Amcnia Times of February 24, 
1858, the following estimate of his character 
is taken : 

"His character, in a moral and social point of view, 
\va.« of a high order. .-Mthough misfortune had cut 
off from him many of the sweetest enjoj'ments of 
life — had denied Iiim the erect posture of perfect 



manhood and the agility that springs from sinews 
strung with vigorous health ; although the blessings 
which usually surround one-half the life of man, 
to him were always remote, yet he manifested no 
impatience, nor did he ever complain of his lot. 
His kindness of disposition won the affections of all 
who knew him. It was his constant effort to be 
alone in his suffering and let none other realize the 
pain. He would always forestall those kind offices 
dictated by sympathy on the part of both friend and 
kin. For fifteen years previous to the last few days 
of his life, he did not allow even his mother to 
witness his worst sufferings. His calamity was his 
own. 

"He was liberal in opinion, charitable, generous in 
heart, but firm in purpose. His firmness was not the 
obstinacy of conceit, nor the stubbornness of dog- 
matism, it was purely the confidence of a sound judg- 
ment governed by well digested and accurate 
thought. 

"He was not a member of any Christian church, 
but he lived and died a sincere follower of Jesus 
Christ. From a very early age he was impressed 
with a strong religious feeling, and his life was the 
true expression of a pure piety unaided by the out- 
ward forms that claim the notice of men. He lived 
piety, but never displayed it. The same clearness 
of understanding that distinguished him in the af- 
fairs of this world raised his soul to just conceptions 
of the Infinite, from which he drew the inspiration 
of love that purified, virtue that embellished, and 
piety that made holy a life devoted to the good of 
hi,s fellow creatures. If life were merchandise, 
and worth its price, how great a debtor were the 
world to him ! He gave it much, and from it took 
but little. Selfishness, the besetting sin of human 
nature, found no place in his heart. In the last hours 
of his life, w'hcn conscious of approaching death, he 
expressed a willingness to either live or die, but if 
choice could be granted he would prefer to live a 
year or two more to finish the work he had left un- 
done. 

"It was a solemn moment for his family when it 
became certain that the day of his dissolution was 
near at hand. It was thought best that his physician 
should communicate the sad intelligence to him. He 
received it with great composure, his face beaming 
with a glory it had never known before. Those who 
saw him say that such an expression of mingled res- 
ignation, hope, confidence and joy, is seldom wit- 
nessed in the 'chamber where the good man meets 
his fate." He pointed out the way w-e ought to live, 
and taught us how to die." 

(VIII) Frederick .\., son of .Asahel Au- 
gustus Hotchkiss, was born November 2, 
1829, at Waterbury, died January 22, 1896. 
He married (first) March 27, 1850, Caroline 
Parsons, who died in December, 1867. He 
married (second) June 16. i86g. Sarah Imo- 
gen Bird, who died June 19, 1897. Children, 
all by first wife: i. Mary Althea, born .Au- 
gust 7, 1851. died October i. 1886; married, 
October 5. 1869. William Henry Hill, born 
May I, 1845, son of John Lee and Harriet 
(Newell) Hill ; resides at Redding. Connecti- 
cut : children: i. Jolui Reed Hill, born Decem- 
l)er 2y. 1870. married. June 24. 1896, Minnie 
McCullom : ii. Carrie Louise Hill, horn No- 
vember 5, 1872, died June 20, 1876: iii. Fred- 
erick Hotchkiss Hill, born July 18. 1874: iv. 



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Ernest \Villiam Hill, born January i, 1876. 
2. Carrie Louisa, born October 21, 1854, died 
October 31, 1893. 3. Franklin Augustus, 
born August 27, 1857; married, September 2, 
1885, Fannie H. Gillette; they lived at Sharon, 
Connecticut, now at Millerton, New York. 
Children : i. Mary Franklin, born June 29, 
1886; ii. Frederick Augustus, May 10, 1888; 
iii. Edward Gillette, September i, 1889; iv. 
Benjamin Berkley, February 23, 1891 ; v. Reed 
Fluntington, September 24, 1892 ; vi. Carrie 
Louise, August 10, 1894, died August 29. 
1894 ; vii. Andrew Dwight, December 26, 
1895; viii. Asahel Augustus, September 17, 
1897. 4. Harriet Frances, born September 27, 
1859, died January 9. 1890; married, August 
24, 1880, Sidney A. McKelway ; children : i. 
Franklin Hotchkiss McKelway, born January 
16, 1882; ii. Arthur William McKelway, Sep- 
tember I, 1883; iii. Willard Frederick McKel- 
way (twin), March 8, 1885; iv. Leonard Al- 
exander McKelway (twin), died July 21, 
1885: V. Amos Guernsey McKelway. August 
13, 1888, died August 15, 1889; vi. Carrie 
Janet ]\IcKelway, December 2j , 1889, died 
January 3, 1890. 

(VIII) Charles Albert, son of Asahel Au- 
gustus Hotchkiss, was born February 10, 
1836. died August 14, 1909. He was edu- 
cated in the public schools, and in his younger 
days at Sharon was associated with his father 
and brothers in the manufacture of hardware 
and later of ordnance for the United States 
government during the civil war, buying out 
liis brother's share in the business. In 1863 
he removed to Bridgeport and built a factory 
in East Bridgeport, now occupied by Birdsey, 
Somers & Company, corset manufacturers. 
In 1873 he moved his business into a new 
building in the West End, and afterward the 
plant was destroyed by fire. He was active 
in promoting the welfare of the city and 
served several terms in the common council. 
He retired from business a number of years 
before he died and traveled extensively abroad. 
His last years, however, were spent quietly in 
his home at 528 Clinton avenue, Bridgeport. 
In politics he was a Republican, in religion 
a Baptist. He married at Sharon, Connecti- 
cut. October 21, 1857, Anna Smith, born in 
Northbridge, Massachusetts, near the Ux- 
bridge line, daughter of Seymour and Betsey 
(Wood) Smith. She survives him and re- 
sides at the home on Clinton avenue. She is 
a member of the Daughters of the American 
Revolution, and has held all the offices except 
regent ; also member of the Patriots and 
Founders. Children: i. Ella Smith, born 
JMay II. 1861 : married, June 29. 1880, Nor- 
ton L. Edwards, of Bridgeport, son of Charles 



and Sophia (Beach) Edwards; children: i. 
Berkeley Hotchkiss Edwards, born ]\Iarch 20, 
1883 ; ii. Marion Louise Edwards, April 7, 
1885 ; iii. Kenneth Beach Edwards, October 8, 
1895. 2. Edward Seymour, May 19. 1864; 
hardware manufacturer of Bridgeport; not 
married. 



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(III) Isaac Hotchkiss, 

HOTCHKISS son of Joshua Hotchkiss 
(q. v.), was born in 1702, 
1750 at Bethany, Connecticut. He 
married, in 1725, Rachel, daughter of Thomas 
Carnes or Kerns. Children, born at Bethany: 
Joseph, mentioned below ; Thomas : Dorcas, 
who died in 1790. 

(R) Joseph, son of Isaac liotchkiss, was 
horn in 1737 at Bethany, died there at what 
is now Lebanon Rocks, in 1800. He mar- 
ried, in 1762, at Woodbridge, . Chil- 
dren: Hannah; Thomas, died in 1821 ; Silas, 
mentioned below. 

(V) Captain Silas Hotchkiss, son of Joseph 
Hotchk'iss, was born in Bethany in 1766, died 
in 1849. He married Susanna Peck. 

(\T) Hiram, son of Captain Silas Hotch- 
kiss, was of Bethany, married Rebecca Hotch- 
kiss. Children. Wales, mentioned below ; 
Andrew ; Hart, born at Bethany, July 2, 1833, 
died at New Haven, February 16, 1867, mar- 
ried Rebecca, born June 14, 1837, daughter 
of Abram and Rebecca (Clapp) Temiileton. 

(VII) Wales, son of Hiram Hotchkiss, 
was bom in Bethany in 1825. He inarried 
Frances Augusta, daughter of Orville and 
Jane (Thompson) Collins. She had brothers, 
Thomas G. and William H., both soldiers in 
the civil war, the former of the famous Sev- 
enth New York Regiment, and a sister. Sarah. 
Ahira Collins, father of Orville Collins, and 
son of Ahira Collins, married Jemima, daugh- 
ter of Walter and Ursula ( Beebe) Wooster 
(see Wooster IV). Ozro Collins, brother of 
Orville Collins, married Ann \'an Etten. He 
had another brother, Sheldon Collins. Chil- 
dren of Wales and Frances Augusta (Col- 
lins) Hotchkiss: i. Charles, born in March, 
1853, married Lily Bell, of Brooklyn, New 
York, daughter of Dr. A. M. Bell, a soldier 
in the Mexican war; children: Arthur. Ma- 
bel, Raymond, Julia and Byron. 2. Lucius 
\\'ales, mentioned below. 

(X'lII) Dr. Lucius Wales Hotchkiss, son 
of W'ales Hotchkiss, was born in New Haven, 
December 31, 1859. He attended the public 
schools of New Haven and of Brooklyn, New 
York, whither his parents removed, and com- 
pleted his preparation for college at a private 
school. He entered the sophomore class of 
Columbia College in 1878 and was graduated 




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with the degree of Bachelor of Arts in 1881. 
He entered the College of Physicians and 
Surgeons of Columbia University, and was 
graduated with the degree of M. D. in 1884. 
He was for two years an interne at lielle- 
vue Hospital, and since 1890 has been on the 
surgical staff of that institution. Since 18S6 
he has been in practice in Xew York City. 
He is also consulting surgeon to the Roose- 
velt Hosjiital and professor of clinical surgery 
in the College of Physicians and Surgeons. 
He is a member of the New York County and 
State Medical societies, the .American Med- 
ical Association, the .American Surgical So- 
ciety, the New York Clinical Society, the 
New York Surgical Society, of which he has 
been president, the .American Society of Clin- 
ical Surgery and the .Academy of Medicine. 
TTc is a member of the Psi Upsilon fraternity. 
In politics he is Independent: in religion an 
Episcopalian. He is a member of the Uni- 
versity Club of New York, the Psi Upsilon 
Club and the Sons of the Revolution. He re- 
sides at 59 West Fortv-eighth street. New 
York City. 

He married, June 3, 1891, .Alice Hartley 
Greene, born at Methuen, Massachusetts, 
April, 1861, daughter of Charles F. and Mary 
(Freeman) Greene, granddaughter of Dr. 
Henry Greene, of Boston. Her brother, 
Charles Frederick Greene, died at Tampa, 
Florida, in 1910: another brother. Samuel 
Hartley Greene is a merchant in San Fran- 
cisco: and a third, William Freeman Greene, 
resides in Oregon. Children of Dr. and Mrs. 
Hotchkiss : Henry Greene, born March 8, 
1893, in New- York City: Alice, July 8, 1895, 
in New- York City : Helen, March 8, 1897, in 
New A'ork City : Edna, May 14, 1899, '" New 
York City: Lucia, July 19, 1907. 

(The Wooster Line). 
(I) Sergeant Edward Wooster, immigrant 
ancestor, was born in 1622 in England, and 
was among the first settlers at Milford, Con- 
necticut, about 1642. He was granted land 
by the general court, October 24, 165 r, on 
condition that he undertake the cultivation of 
hops. Of his first wife nothing definite is 
known, but she may have been of the family 
of Francis French to whom he appears to 
have been related by marriage. In 1669 he 
married (second) Tabitha. daughter of Henry 
and .Alice Tomlinson, of Stratford, Connecti- 
cut, and granddaughter of George and Alaria 
(Hyde) Tomlinson. Twelve of his children 
shared in the distribution of his estate in \C-\C)4. 
Sergeant \\ oostcr and three others were the 
first settlers of Derl)y. Cnnnectirut. in 1654. 
For twenty years he was the leading citizen 



of the plantation. In locating at Derby, he 
doubtless hafl in view the growing of hops 
on the meadows below- .Ansonia. and to carrj' 
out this purpose he cut a trench from the 
Lower .Ansonia bridge to the meadow to irri- 
gate the lowlands and about fifty \ears later 
the course of the river changed to this trench. 
He died in 1689. 

(II) Timothy, son of Sergeant Edward 
Wooster, was born in 1670. He married, in 
1699, Anna, daughter of .Arthur and .Ann 
(Judson) Perry, grand<laughter of .Arthur 
and Elizabeth Perry and of Joshua and .\nn 
Judson. great-granddaughter of William and 
Grace Judson. 

(HI) Timothy (2), son of Timothy (i) 
Wooster, was born in 1699. He married 
(first) in 1727, .Abigail Harger, who died in 
1736: niarried (second) in 1737, Sarah Bow- 
ers, who died in 1749, daughter of Samuel 
and Ruth (Wooster) Bowers and grand- 
daughter of Edward and Tabitha (Tomlin- 
son) Wooster, mentioned above. Rev. John 
Bowers, father of Samuel Bowers, married 
Bridget, daughter of .Anthony Thompson. 
Lie was the son of George and Barbara Bow- 
ers. 

(I\') Walter, son of Timothy (2) Woos- 
ter, was born about 1740. He was a soldier 
in the revolution in a Connecticut regiment. 
He married Ursula, daughter of Ira and Je- 
mima (Hicko.x) Beebe. Jemima Ilickox was 
a daughter of Gideon and Sarah (Upson) 
Hickox, grandtlaughter of Saniuel and Eliza- 
beth (Plumb) Hicko.x and of Stephen and 
Sarah (Bronson) Upson. Stephen L^pson 
was a son of Stephen and Mary ( Lee ) LTp- 
son, grandson of John and Mary (Hart) Lee 
and of Thomas and Elizabeth (r'nller) Up- 
son. Mary Hart was a daughter of Stephen 
Hart. Sarah (Bronson) Upson, wife of Ste- 
phen Upson, was a daughter of Isaac and 
Mary (Root) Bronson, granddaughter of 
John Bronson and of John and Alary (Kil- 
bourne) Root. John and Mary (Russell) 
Root were parents of John Root : Thonias and 
Francis Kilbourne, parents of Mary Kil- 
bourne. John Bronson w-as a son of Rich- 
ard Bronson. Saniuel Hickox. father of Gid- 
eon Ilickox, married Elizalieth, daughter of 
John and Elizabeth (Norton) Plumb. Sam- 
uel and Elizabeth Hickox were parents of 
Saniuel and the father of Saniuel Sr. was 
\\'illiam Hickox, the parents of Samuel, who 
was a son of William. Elizabeth Plumb was 
a daughter of John and Elizabeth (Norton) 
Plumb, granddaughter of Robert and Mary 
(Baldwin) Plumb, and of John and Dorothy 
Norton. John Norton was a son of Richard 
and F.llen ( Kowle\- 1 Norton: Alarv ISaldwin 



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was a daughter of Sylvester and Sarah (Bry- 
an) Baldwin. Robert Plumb was a son of 
John and Dorothy Plumb. Ira Beebe was son 
of Jonathan and Hannah (Lewis) Beebe, 
grandson of Joseph and Mehitable (Graves) 
Beebe and of William and Elizabeth (Bor- 
den) Lewis. John Lewis, father of William 
Lewis, married Elizabeth, daughter of John 
and Jane Huntley, and was a son of John and 
Sarah Lewis. William Borden, father of 
Elizabeth Borden, was son of John and Han- 
nah (Hough) Borden, grandson of John and 
Joan Borden and of William and Sarah (Cal- 
kin) Hough. Sarah was a daughter of Hugh 
and Ann Calkin and William Hough was a 
son of Edward and Ann Hough. Jemima 
Wooster, daughter of Walter and Ursula 
(Beebe) W^ooster, married Ahira Collins (see 
Hotchkiss VII). 



(\'II) Dyer, son of Asa- 
HOTCHKISS hel Hotchkiss (q. v.), was 
born at Waterbury, June 
24, 1785. He lived at Prospect and Nauga- 
tuck, Connecticut, and died in Naugatuck. He 
was a farmer and also by trade a carpenter. 
He was brother of Asahel Augustus Hotch- 
kiss, the inventor of the gun that bears his 
name. He married Ora Pritchard. Children : 
Charles, mentioned below, Henry. Amos, 
Mary and Sarah. 

(VIII) Charles, son of Dyer Hotchkiss, was 
born at Prospect. Connecticut, February 23, 
181 1, died November 14, 1897. He was edu- 
cated in the public schools of his native town. 
In June, 1841, he came to Torrington and 
"bought the water privileges and erected a 
sawmill and two dwelling houses at the place 
known for many years since as Hotchkiss's 
Mill and more recently as Drake's Mill, about 
two miles north of Torrington Hollow. In 
185 1 Mr. Hotchkiss removed to Wokottville 
and in 1857 sold his mill property in the vil- 
lage and established the shops and lumber 
yard known afterward as C. Hotchkiss & 
Sons, builders. As contractors and builders 
l\Ir. Hotchkiss and his sons were very success- 
ful. Their firm built a large part of the 
houses erected in Wolcottville and in the ad- 
joining towns of Litchfield, Goshen, Norfolk, 
Harwinton and Northfield, the firm had many 
important contracts. Mr. Hotchkiss was for 
many years deacon of the Congregational 
church. He represented his town in the gen- 
eral assembly and held other places of trust. 
He married, in February, 1833, Electa Su- 
sannah. Ixirn in Torrington, April 22, 1812, 
died September 3, 1884, daughter of Harlan 
and Alice f Johnson) Brace. Children: i. 
F.dward C. born November 5. 1833, rlied Sep- 



tember, 1903: married Amelia Briggs ; chil- 
dren : Edward H., Josephine A. and Minnie 
L. 2. Lucia E., born November 25, 1835, died 
February 28, 1863. 3. Chauncey G., Novem- 
ber 16, 1838, died August 30, 1843. 4. Henry 
E., mentioned below. 5. Albert G., .\ugust 5, 
1846, died May 11, 1900. 6. Fidelia, August 
26, 1848, lives at Milford, Connecticut. 7. 
Eugene, May 18, 1854, lives at Milford. 

(IX) Henry Elliott, son of Charles 
Hotchkiss, was born in Torrington, February 
5. 1842. He was educated there in the pub- 
lic schools and in the Torrington high school. 
Early in life he became associated with his 
father and he has taken part in the upbuild- 
ing and development of the business in which 
he has been engaged from the outset. When 
his father sold the mill at Drakeville in 1857 
his brother, Edward C. Hotchkiss, was a 
partner in the purchase of the old Wilson 
mill from the Connecticut Soapstone Com- 
pany, together with a water privilege said to 
be the oldest in town. From this beginning 
the present mammoth establishment has 
grown. The firm was originally C. Hotchkiss 
& Son : in 1867 it became C. Hotchkiss & 
Sons and Henry E. Hotchkiss became a part- 
ner. When soon after 1880 the father retired 
the firm name became Hotchkiss Brothers and 
continued thus until 1887 wdien Edward H. 
Hotchkiss was admitted to the firm and the 
name became Hotchkiss Brothers & Company. 
Since then the business has been incorporated 
as The Hotchkiss Brothers Company, of 
which Henry E. Hotchkiss is president. The 
original business was carpentering and build- 
ing and many of the finest structures in the 
county w^ere erected by the firm, and this de- 
partment of the business has been succeeded 
bv the Torrington Building Company, an 
entirely separate corporation. The plant has 
been enlarged from time to time, according to 
the requirements of a rapidly growing busi- 
ness. Old buildings were enlarged, new ones 
added and the wood-working plant at the pres- 
ent time is one of the best equipped and ex- 
tensive in the country. The plant occupies 
a tract of four acres, adjoining the plant of 
the Coe Brass Company on the north side of 
the Naugatuck river, and as a whole the mill 
and plant in every respect are models. Scroll, 
jig and band sawing, planing, turning and 
cabinet making are some of the forms of work 
done in the mills. Doors, sash, blinds, mould- 
ings and all kinds of house trim and finish are 
manufactured. In a word, the company has 
a complete wood-working establishment. The 
main business of the firm, however, is deal- 
ing in lumber of all kinds, at wholesale as well 
as retail, ami in iiuilders' supplies, such as 



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]jaint. (lils, glass, hardware, masons' supplies, 
drain pipe, brick and lime. Their customers 
are not only in the immediate vicinity, but in 
various sections of New York state, New Jer- 
sey. Long Island and Rhode Island. TIenry 
E. Hotchkiss has always had charge of the 
manufacturing department. His brother, Ed- 
ward C. ITotclikiss, superintended the build- 
ing contracts of the concern until recent years. 
He was for two years a member of the board 
of selectmen : two years of the board of bur- 
gesses, and in 1871 and 1875 represented his 
town in the state legislature. Edward H. 
Hotchkiss, son of Edward C.. has served also 
in the general assembly, the third generation 
to hold that office in Torrington in his family ; 
has also been selectman : has been active in 
the fire department and assistant chief ; presi- 
dent of the W'insted Street Railway, elected 
March 26, 1897; is treasurer and general man- 
ager of the Hotchkiss Brothers Company. 

Henry E. Hotchkiss enlisted July 22, 1861, 
in the First Connecticut Heavy Artillery, as 
a musician in the regimental band. He took 
part in the Peninsular campaign in the civil 
war and was mustered out .\ugust 12, 1862. 
He is a member of L. W. Steele Post. Grand 
Army of the Republic, of Torrington. He is 
a director of the Torrington Building Com- 
pany, but during the past few years has re- 
tired from active part in the business of the 
company of which he is president. He is a 
member of" Seneca Lodge, No. 55, Free and 
.Accepted Masons, of Torrington. He is a 
prominent member of Trinity Protestant Epis- 
copal Church, of which he is now and for 
many years has been a vestryman. 

He married, December i, 1866, Mary J., 
daughter of General Allen G. and Lucinda 
(Chandler) Brady, mentioned below. Chil- 
dren: I. Ilattie E., born October 24, 1867. 
2. May L., born October 17, 1869, died June 
20, 1903 ; married Charles Kendall, of Chico- 
pee, Massachusetts : children. : Dorothy and 
Henry M. Kendall. 3. Jennie M.. born Octo- 
ber 19, 1871 : married C. B. X'incent, secretary 
of the Excelsior Needle Company of Torring- 
ton. 4. Clara Isabella, born July 25. 1875. 
5. Bessie M., born May 13, 1879: married 
Clarence Rowe, of Torrington. 

General .\llen G. Brady, son of James \^■. 
and Mary S. Brady, was born in Middlesex 
county, Massachusetts. February 13, 1822. He 
was educated in the iniblic schools, and early 
in life went to work in the cotton mills. He 
was employed at his trade in Lowell, North- 
bridge and Grafton. Massachusetts, and at 
Leesville, Connecticut. He came from East 
Haddam to ^\■olcottville in 1845 to superin- 
tend the work in a cotton mill, then just 



erected on the site of the first woolen mill. He 
had charge of the manufacture of the machin- 
ery and its installation. Afterward he had 
charge of fitting, installing and putting into 
motion a cotton mill at Litchfield Station, 
Connecticut, for the Mattatuck Manufactur- 
ing Comjiany. He was employed most of the 
time din-ing the next fifteen years in the mill 
at W'olcottville, as agent, superintendent, con- 
tractor and owner, and then became a manu- 
facturer of shirts, drawers and collars, with 
a large factory in W'olcottville and a branch 
factory at Georgetown. Connecticut, and a 
store at 55 Murray street. New York City, 
under the firm name of .A. G. Brady & Com- 
pany. He was also engaged with the firm 
of Ostrum & Welton in the papier mciche 
business where the cap shop now stands and 
afterward purchase<l the entire business, con- 
tinuing the manufacture of ornamental ]iocket 
knives, portmonnaies ami similar articles. 

When the civil war came, he accepted for 
three months the commission of lieutenant 
colonel of the Third Regiment of Connecticut 
Voluhteers from Governor Buckingham and 
took command of the regiment May 9. 1861. 
He served in the .'\rmy of the Potomac. Re- 
turning home, after three months, he organ- 
ized at Stamford, Company B of the Seven- 
teenth Regiment and became its captain, aft- 
erward major of this regiment. This regi- 
ment went to Baltimore, where it was sta- 
tioned for a time, then joined the Eleventh 
Army Corps and took iwrt in the battles of 
Chancellorsville and Gettysburg. His supe- 
rior ofificers were killed at Chancellorsville, 
and the command devolved upon him. He 
was wounded July 2, 1863, at Gettysburg. 
After the battle of Chancellorsville, his wife 
received this telegram : "Mrs. .\. G. Brady, 
Wolcottvillc. Major well Monday last. Bore 
himself gallantly in fight. W'm. H. Noble, 
Col. 17th. Regt, C. V." Being disabled by 
his wound he took a leave of absence of thirty 
days and came home, .-\fterward he was or- 
dered to the officers' hospital at .\nnapolis, 
Maryland, where he was appointed major of 
the Twentieth United .'States Reserve Corps. 
He was afterward ordered to the command of 
his own regiment with headquarters at Balti- 
more and was there several months, then at 
Point Lookout, Maryland, where he was pro- 
vost marshal general of St. Mary's district 
and had command of the prison camp for 
Confederates, remaining until the last pris- 
oner of war was released at the close of the 
war in 1865. He was breveted brigadier gen- 
eral and remained in the regular army until 
1867 when he returned to his old home and 
engaged in business as a merchant. Before 



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the war he had been colonel of the Fourth 
Regiment, commissioned March lo, 1857. His 
last years were spent in Fayetteville, North 
Carolina, where he went with the intention of 
rebuilding a cotton mill burned by General 
Sherman's troops in the war. The intention 
was not carried out, and he was engaged 
mostly as a cotton buyer in his later years. He 
died in Fayetteville, North Carolina. February 
II, 1905, and was buried in Torrington, Con- 
necticut. His son, William E. Brady, was 
with him. 



William ilerritt Hotch- 
HOTCHKISS kiss, president and secre- 
tary of Wm. J\I. Hotch- 
kiss Inc.. of New Haven, Connecticut, is a 
descendant through various lines from very 
ancient families. Elihu Yale, founder of Yale 
University, was one of his ancestors, and an- 
other line traces back directly to Bishop 
Boaner. of England, who lived in the six- 
teenth century. Various members of the fam- 
ilv have been distinguished in military af- 
fairs, in literature and in the professions. 

(I) Samuel Hotchkiss married Elizabeth 
Cleverley. 

(II) Joshua, son of Samuel and Elizabeth 
(Cleverley) Hotchkiss, married Hannah 
daughter, of Thomas and Hannah (Powell) 
Tuttle, granddaughter of William and Eliza- 
beth Tuttle, also granddaughter of Thomas 
Powell. 

(IH) Jacob, son of Joshua anrl Hannah 
(Tuttle) Hotchkiss, married Elizabeth, 
daughter of Abraham and Elizabeth (Glover) 
Dickerson, granddaughter of Abraham and 
Mary (Cooper) Dickerson, and of Henry 
Glover, and great-granddaughter of Thomas 
Dickerson. 

(I\*) Elijah, son of Jacob and Elizabeth 
(Dickerson) Hotchkiss, was born in New Ha- 
ven, Connecticut, died September 2, 1806. He 
settled in Derby, Connecticut, where all of his 
children were born. He married. November 
II, 1761, Mehitable Hotchkiss, born in New 
Haven, died March 18, 1804. Children: Lev- 
erett, born October 6, 1762; Phebe, April 2, 
1764; Elizabeth, November 18, 1766: Eliza- 
beth, June 17, 1769: Mehitable, July 28, 1772; 
Cyrus, see forward. The line of descent of 
Mehitable (Hotchkiss) Hotchkiss follows. 

(V) Cyrus, son of Elijah and Mehitable 
(Hotchkiss) Hotchkiss, was born in Derby, 
July 16, 1774. He married Catherine, daugh- 
ter of A\^illiam and Eunice (Baldwin) Fow- 
ler, granddaughter of Jonathan and Hannah 
(Clark) Fowler and of Nathan and Eliza- 
beth (Rogers) Baldwin, great-granddaughter 
of William and Anna (Beard) Fowler, of 



IMatthew and Eliza (Fowler) Clark, of Da- 
vid and Mary (Stream) Baldwin, and of Jo- 
seph and Sarah (Clark) Rogers, great-great- 
granddaughter of Deacon Zany Clark, Wil- 
liam Fowler, Isaac Beard, Joseph and Han- 
nah Baldwin, John and Mary (Beard) Stream, 
Elijah and Elizabeth Rogers, and Samuel and 
Sarah Clark, great-great-great-granddaugh- 
ter of William and Mary (Topp) Fowler, 
Captain John Beard, Richard Baldwin, who 
died at sea, and John Rogers. 

(\'I) ^lerritt, son of Cyrus and Catherine 
(Fowler) Hotchkiss, was born July 16, 1813. 
He married Caroline Esther, daughter of Jo- 
siah and Sally ( Yale) Smith, granddaughter 
of Josiah and Esther (Smith) Smith, and of 
Edward Thomas and Elizabeth (Riggs) Yale, 
a great-granddaughter of Elijah and Ann 
(Hawkins) Smith and of Benjamin and Ruth 
( Ives ) Yale, great-great-granddaughter of 
Josiah and Esther (Oviatt) Smith, of Cap- 
tain Moses Hawkins, and of Thomas and 
Mary ( Benham ) Yale, great-great-great- 
granddaughter of Andrew and Sarah (Tom- 
linson) Smith, Thomas Oviatt, Thomas and 
Rebecca (Gibbard) Yale, and Joseph Benham, 
great - great - great - great - granddaughter of 
Nicholas and Mary (Tibbals) Smith, William 
Tomlinson, Thomas and -Mary (Turner) 
Yale, and William Gibbard, great-great-great- 
great-great-granddaughter of Captain Wil- 
liam Tibbals, Captain Turner, William Mor- 
ton and David Yale, and great-great-great- 
great-great-great-granddaughter of Bishop 
Boaner and Thomas ■\Iorton. The children 
of Merritt and Caroline Esther (Smith) 
Hotchkiss were: Merritt Lockwood, see for- 
ward ; Henry L., of Derby ; Katherine, mar- 
ried Robert O. Gates, of Derby : Mary J., 
married Captain Allen Gifford, of Nantuck- 
et, Massachusetts. 

(\'II) Merritt Lockwood. son of Merritt 
and Caroline Esther (Smith) Hotchkiss, was 
born at Derby, now Westville, Connecticut, 
September 10, 1839, and is now living on a 
farm at Orange, Connecticut. He was edu- 
cated in the public schools, and during the 
greater part of his active life was a manufac- 
turer of corset wires at Derby. He married, 
October 7, 1862, Ellen Cynthia, daughter of 
Samuel L. and Harriet (Woodruff ) Smith, 
granddaughter of Nehemiah and Hannah 
(Jones) Woodrufif, great-granddaughter of 
Joseph and Abigail Woodruff and of Pearce 
and Mary (Pond) Jones, great-great-grand- 
daughter of Joseph and Phoebe (Newton) 
Woodruff, John and Hannah (Bassett) Jones, 
and Peter and Mary (Hubbard) Pond, great- 
great-great-granddaughter of John and Mary 
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( Piatt) Xewton, Rev. John Jones, Meride 
William Stebbins, John and Mary Bassett, 
Samuel and Abig-ail ( Goodrich ) Pond. Zach- 
ariaii Tuttlc and Mary Hobby, great-great- 
great-great-granddaiighler of Matthew 
Woodruff. Joseph and Mary (Kellog) Piatt. 
Samuel and Martha ( Fenn ) Xewton, Joseph 
and Mary (Kellog) Piatt. Bill and Hannah 
(Eaton) Jones. I'.cnval Stebbins, Samuel and 
Miriam ( Blatchley ) Pond. Barth Goodrich. 
Charles and Elizabeth Hobby, great-great- 
great-great-great-granddaughter of Matthew 
and Hannah Woodruff. Robert and Mary 
(P.aldwin) Plumb. Richard and Mary Piatt, 
Daniel Kellog. Roger and Mary (Hooker) 
Newton, Benjamin and Sarah Fenn. Richard 
and Mary Piatt, George Eaton. Samuel and 
Sarah (Ward) Pond. Thomas Blatchley and 
Bill and Ann Hobby, great-great-great-great- 
great-great-granddaughter of Thomas Hook- 
er, ilerritt Eockwood and Ellen Cynthia 
(Smith) Hotchkiss had children: i. Jennie 
Adele. torn in Derby, June 28. 1S64, married 
R. X. Johnquest. of Boston, and is now liv- 
ing in Ansonia. Connecticut ; they have one 
child, Harry Merritt. 2. Harriet Smith, born 
in Derby, IDccember 31. 1870. married Wat- 
son S. W'oodruft'. of Orange. Connecticut, one 
of the firm of S. D. Woodruff & Sons, seed 
growers and dealers. Children : Catherine 
Hotchkiss, Stiles Dennison. Jane Eilzalieth 
and Julia Ellen, twins, and W'atson Stiles. 
3. William Merritt, see forward. 

(\'nri William .Merritt, only son and third 
and youngest child of Merritt Lockwood and 
Ellen Cynthia (Smith) Hotchkiss, was born 
in Derby. Connecticut. August 21, 1883. He 
was educated in the public schools of his tia- 
tive town, and was graduated from the Derby 
high school in 1901. He commenced his busi- 
ness career in the jewelry line, but at the ex- 
piration of one year entered the employ of the 
New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad 
Company as a clerk and later became engine 
dispatcher and chief clerk to the master me- 
chanic. After six years in railroad offices, 
he resigned in igo8 in order to engage in the 
real estate business, opening offices in the 
M alley Building, Xo. 902 Chapel street. New 
1 laven. Connecticut, and with this he com- 
bined an insurance agency. He has since in- 
corporated his business under the name of 
William !M. Hotchkiss Inc.. of which he is the 
]iresident and secretary. He is connected with 
a number of organizations, among them be- 
ing: Knights Templar Club of Xew Haven: 
King Hiram Lodge, Xo. 12. Free and Ac- 
ce]ited Masons : Solomon Chapter, Xo. 3. 
Royal Arch Masons, of Derby: Union Coun- 
cil. Xo. 27, Royal and Select Masters, of Der- 



by : Xew Haven Commandery. Knights Tem- 
plar, of Xew Haven : Pyramid Temple. Xo- 
bles of the Mystic Shrine : and the Lodge of 
Perfection. In 1908 he became a member of 
the Xew Haven Grays, one of the best-known 
military organizations of the state of Con- 
necticut. 

(The Hotchkiss Line). 

(II) John, son of Samuel Hotchkiss (q.v.), 
was born in 1643. He made his will, be- 
queathing to his children, and this was proved 
September 23, 1689. He married. December 
5. 1672, Elizabeth, born March 10, 1649, bap- 
tized March 24. 1650, daughter of Henry and 
Elizabeth (Cleverly) Peck, the former of 
whom was an early settler of Xew Haven, 
who signed the compact made June 4, 1639, 
and died in iC)Si. Children of John and Eliza- 
beth (Peck) Hotchkiss. born in Xew Haven: 
John. October i, 1673; Joshua. 1676, died 
1741 ; Joseph, June 3. 1678: Josiah. July 24, 
1680. lived in Cheshire: Caleb, see forward: 
Elizabeth, July 18. 1686. 

(III ) Caleb, son of John and Elizabeth 
( Peck) Hotchkiss, was born at New Haven. 
Connecticut, October 18. 1684. He married. 
February 14. 1706. Mehitable. daughter of 
Isaac Cruttenden. Children, born in New 
Haven: Mehitable. November 24, 1706. died 
Xovember 2, 1723: Rachel. October 26. 1709: 
Caleb, see forward: Eliphalet, June 28. 1714; 
Joel. March 18, 1716; Xehemiah. .April 20, 
1719. 

(R ) Captain Caleb (2) Hotchkiss, son of 
Caleb (i) and Mehitable (Cruttenden) Hotch- 
kiss, was born at Xew Haven. June 6. 1712. 
He was a soldier of the revolutionary war. 
and was killed during the invasion of Xew 
Haven, July 5, 1779. He was captain of a 
Rhode Island company under General Spen- 
cer, served from 1776 to 1779 in various ]iarts 
of Rhode Island. He married, January 6. 
1736, Phebe Atwater, who died February 19. 
1795. In 1796 Stephen. Elijah and Mehit- 
able Hotchkiss. all of Derby, receipted to their 
brother Jonah, of Xew Haven, executor of 
their mother, Phebe Hotchkiss. David .\t- 
water. great-grandfather of Phebe (Atwater) 
Hotchkiss. died October 5, 1692; he was one 
of the first planters of New Haven, lived and 
died in the district known as Cedar Hill : he 
married Damaris. who died April 7. 169 1. 
daughter of Thomas Sayre, of Southamiiton. 
Long Island. Jonathan, son of David and Da- 
maris (Sayre) Atwater. married Retia. daugh- 
ter of George Peck. June i, 1681. Jonathan, 
son of Jonathan and Retia (Peck) Atwater, 
was born Xovember 4. 1690. died December 
27. 1760. his will mentioning his wife Martha 
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near the present intersection of Crown and 
College streets; married (first) December 15, 
1713, Abigail, who died March ig, 1732-33, 
daughter of Nathaniel and Ruth (Dickerman) 
Bradley-; he married (second) December 5, 
1733, ]\Iartha Tuttle, born April 26, 1697, ^^^^ 
September 9, 1776, widow of Benjamin Brad- 
ley. Phebe, a daughter of Jonathan Atwater 
Jr., married Captain Caleb Hotchkiss, as men- 
tioned above. Their children were : Captain 
Stephen, born February 4, 1737.; Phebe, Oc- 
tober 12, 1739; Mehitable, November 21, 1741, 
married Elijah Hotchkiss (see Hotchkiss IV) ; 
Jonah, June 12, 1745; Asa; Amos, JMay 22, 
1750; Elijah. 



William Eldridge, immigrant 
ELDRIDGE ancestor, was born in Eng- 
land. His surname is also 
spelled Eldredge and Eldred, and is of Saxon 
origin. Eldred was the name of several Saxon 
kings in the eighth and ninth centuries. El- 
dred was king of Chester in 105 1. At the 
time of the Domesday survey (A.D. 1085) 
the name was in common use in Wilts, Dor- 
set, Somerset, Devon, Gloucester, Shropshire, 
York, and other counties in England. John 
Eldred, of Great Saxham, county Sufifolk, de- 
scended from an ancient family claiming 
Saxon origin. Tradition says . that he pur- 
chased the Great Saxham estate because of 
his belief that his ancestors in remote ages 
as Saxon kings had held Saxham as their 
seat. He was born in 1552 and died in 1632; 
he was a great traveler, and his ships and 
merchandise went to all parts of the world of 
commerce ; was a founder of Virginia, and 
from 1609 to 1624 a member of His Majesty's 
Council for the Virginia Company of London. 
Settlers of this surname were relatives of this 
John Eldred, it is believed. 

William Eldridge had brothers. Robert, of 
Yarmouth and Monomoy, IMassachusctts, and 
Samuel, of Cambridge, Massachusetts, and 
Stonington. Connecticut. William Eldridge 
was appointed constable of Yarmouth, Massa- 
chusetts, in 1657-62-74-75-77 ; was also sur- 
veyor of highways in that town. As the rec- 
ords of the town were destroyed by fire it is 
difficult to trace the family. He mamied 
Anne, daughter of William and Tamesin 
Lumpkin, of Yarmouth. William Lumpkin 
came over in 1637; was deputy to the general 
court and held many town offices ; bequeathes 
in his will to Elisha and Bethia Eldred and 
others. Anne Eldridge was buried November 
I, 1676. Children of William Eldridge: .\nne, 
born at Yarmouth, December 16, 1648: -Sarah, 
October 10, 1650; Elisha. 1653, resided in 
Harwich and Eastham, died October 14, 1739; 



Bethia ; Samuel, who is further mentioned be- 
low ; and John. 

(II) Samuel, son of William Eldridge, was 
born at Yarmouth, about 1655. He married 
Keziah Taylor. Children, born at Yarmouth 
(p. 24, "Mayflower Descendants." vol. 10): 
Samuel, born September 25, 1681 : Jehosaphat, 
mentioned below ; Mehitable, January 1686-87; 
Ann, April, 1691 ; John, February, 1692 ; Kez- 
iah, March, 1695 ; Mary, March, 1697. 

(HI) Jehosaphat, son of Samuel Eldridge, 
was born at Yarmouth. October 12, 1683, died 
in 1732. He married Elizabeth . Chil- 
dren, born in what is now Chatham : Edward, 
July 17, 1702; Nathaniel; Elisha; Elnathan; 
Ebenezer ; Barnabas, mentioned below ; Eliza- 
beth. 

( 1\" ) Barnabas, son of Jehosaphat Eldridge. 
was born at Chatham or Yarmouth, about 

1715. He married Mary . Children, 

born at Yarmouth : Edward, Septejiiber 9, 
1738; Asahel, October 27, 1739, died 1743; 
Barnabas, mentioned below ; Zenas, born April 
II, 1746; Marah, 1750; Asahel, August 12, 
1753, died 1755; Asahel, born March 6, 175=;; 
Levi, November 21, 1756, died young. 

(V) Barnabas (2), son of Barnabas (i) 
Eldridge, was born at Yarmouth, October 
7, 1743. He married Patience . Chil- 
dren, born at Yarmouth: Barnabas, February 
24, 177 1 ; Sarah, 1772; Reuben, November i, 
1773: Joseph, mentioned below; Anne, Alay 
27, 1777; Patience, 1779; Asa, November 27, 
1782; John, September 7, 1784; Gideon, No- 
vember 9, 1786; Betty, 1788. The first federal 
census taken in 1790 shows four heads of 
families at Yarmouth : John, with one female 
in his family ; David, with three sons under 
sixteen and four females ; Lydia ( widow of 
Samuel) ; and Barnabas, mentioned above, 
with five males over sixteen and four females. 

(\T) Captain Joseph Eldridge, son of Bar- 
nabas (2) Eldridge, was born at Yarmouth, 
September 10 (or 20), 1775. He was a sea 
captain and lived and died in Yarmouth. He 
married, in 1802, Deborah Hamlin, of Yar- 
mouth, born October 11, 1778. Children, born 
at Yarmouth: Joseph, mentioned below; 
Francis, died September 20, 1807, aged eleven 
months (gravestone) ; Mary Ann, 1808, died 
1871 ; Frederick, born i8og, died 1828; Ira, 
died January 31, 1812, aged eighteen days; 
Eliza, born 1815, died 1869; Catherine, died 
September 23, 1817, aged ten months; Azar- 
iah, born 1820, died 1888; Isaac, died May 2, 
1822, aged four days (gravestone at Yar- 
mouth). 

(ATI) Rev. Joseph (2) Eldridge, son of 
Captain Joseph ( i ) Eldridge, was born in 
Yarmouth, July 8, 1804, died in Norfolk, Con- 




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necticut, March 21, 1875. An admirable ac- 
count of his life and character was given by 
President Xoah Porter, of Yale College, May 
-5- 1875, at the request of the North Asso- 
ciation of Litchfield county, and from this the 
following is taken : 

"His father was a sea captain in easy circum- 
stances, who provided generously lor the comfort 
and culture of his family, without sacrificing the 
simpMcity of their tastes or the claims of duty and 
of God. His mother was a superior woman of ar- 
dent piety, of large intelligence, and an enterprising 
spirit. By the nature of her husband's occupation 
she was forced to assume the chief responsibility of 
training her children and ordering the household. 
Of these four children our friend was the eldest, 
and all of the family have brought honor upon their 
parents and their name. 

"He prepared for college at Phillips Academy in 
.\n(lover, and in September, 1825, became a member 
of Yale College, in the freshman year, at the age of 
twenty-one years. He graduated with second honors 
of his class, and immediately entered upon his pro- 
fessional studies in the Theological Seminary of 
Yale College. 

"On .April 25, 1832. he was ordained as a Chris- 
tian minister and installed pastor of the Norfolk 
Church, and here continued to discharge the duties 
of his office till, having resigned his charge, he 
preached his farewell sermon, November i, 1874. 
At the time of his resignation he was the oldest of 
pastors in active service in the state of Connecticut. 
He had hoped and expected to spend many years of 
tranquility and love among them and the neigh- 
boring churches. He died March 31, 1875. 

"Dr. Eldridge was a member of Yale Corporation 
from 1847 until his death. He had a strong and 
solid intellect. He looked every subject and ques- 
tion squarely in the face, and his judgments were 
sagacious and penetrating. His mind was eminently 
ct mprehensive. In biography and the higher order of 
fiction he found constant delight and inspiration, and 
everything which he read in either denarlment left 
a strong and delightful impression upon his mind and 
memory. He w"is a constant and absorbed reader, 
and his range of reading was very wide. But what- 
ever he wrote or spoke came from himself, and bore 
the unmistakable stamp of his own being, in thought, 
in diction, in illustration, and pre-eminently in an 
indescribable manner which he borrowed from no 
other man, and which no man could borrow from 
hiin. 

"In a similar way did he apply his mind to the 
pulilic relations of neighboring parishes and 
churches, and subsequently to the more .general in- 
terests of the kingdom of Christ. On many occa- 
sions of greater or less importance on which he was 
called to think and to decide, he uniformly approved 
himself a wise and safe counsellor who was patient 
in hearing, comprehensive and fair-minded in delib- 
eration, and independent and fixed in his conclu- 
sions. His statesmanlike and judicial intellect be- 
came more manifest as it was disciplined and de- 
veloped by the opportunities of later years. 

"He was a truly generous man. He was espe- 
cially generous and enterprising in the cause of edu- 
cation. There arc not a few young men now in the 
ministry and other professions, whom he has assisted 
by his counsel and sympathy and contributions to be- 
gin and persevere in a course of study. This has 
been his favorite department of Christian benevo- 
lence in which he has labored abundantly himself, 
and into which he has incited others to enter and 



to continue with generous sympathy and aiuple lib- 
erality. 

"His Christian faiih and earnestness were in har- 
mony with his intellectual and emotional habits. I 
should rather say that a consistent and earnest Chris- 
tian faith, working upon a strong and generous na- 
ture, can alone explain, as it could alone produce 
such a character and such a life. His religious life 
was not eminently emotional — it could not be in con- 
sistency with the constitution of the man. Obedience 
to the will of the Heavenly Father, trust in His 
wisdom, confidence in His goodness, the honest con- 
fession of sin and short-comings, loving trust in 
Christ as the only Redeemer, and a practical sym- 
pathy with His life and spirit in all the characteris- 
tically Christian virtues — above all, constant fidelity 
to the spirit and aims of his profession as a Chris- 
tian pastor — these were the manifestations and fruits 
of the inner life by which he was controlled and 
cheered. As life went on and its varied experiences 
taught each its lesson, he became more mature in 
his faith, more elevated in his feelings, more ardent 
in his prayers, more sympathizing and effective in his 
ministrations, and more spiritual in his desires and 
hopes. 

"His own health, which had been so uniform and 
vigorous, began to fail. Sharp attacks of suffer- 
ing made him feel his dependence, and many deaths 
among his kindred and relations, brought the other 
world very near and made the present world seem 
very uncertain. His return to his pulpit and parish 
work was welcomed with a thankful heart, and he 
preached and labored with unwonted solemnity and 
earnestness. His retirement from the ministry, in 
the anticipation and realization, connected as it was 
with the death of the honored head and counsellor of 
his own kindred, foreshadowed in some sort the 
w'inding up of his life. Each of these events made 
him look more distinctly upon the things which are 
not seen, and caused him to apprehend these as the 
only things which cannot be moved. They brought 
him nearer to God, elevating his faith, kindling his 
hopes. 

"What Dr. Eldridge was to his people, they do not 
need to be told. What he had desired and labored 
to do for them, he has left on record in his farewell 
sermon — a sermon to which, for simplicity and truth- 
fulness and transparent tenderness, it were difficult 
to find the superior among the many which are to 
be found in the annals of the churches of England, 
Though nothing was farther from the writer's in- 
tent, yet the reader cannot fail to interpose between 
the lines this appeal to the people: 'Ye are wit- 
nesses, and God also, how holily and justly and un- 
blamably we behaved ourselves among you who be- 
lieve, as you know how we exhorted, and com- 
forted, and charged every one of you, as a father 
does his children, that you would walk worthy of 
God, who hath called you unto His kingdom and 
glory.' He did say, and say trulv. with all the sim- 
plicity of his heart: 'I am confident that I have not 
an enemy nor an ill-wisher in the church, in the 
parish, or in the town, nor in the region — indeed, 
not in all the world ; and I know that I am an enemy 
to no human being, and that this church, this so- 
ciety, the people of this town, and many in this 
region have a warm and permanent place in my 
heart.' 

"He found this parish one of the most united and 
well-ordered of the parishes in New England. .A,nd 
he has not labored in vain. The forty years and 
more which he has given to this parish- have not 
been without abundant blessings. The influence of 
this long and successful pastorate will remain for 
another .generation, as the name of this honored and 



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beloved servant of Christ shall be repeated witli love 
and thankfulness. 

"I cannot but allude to the tender and touching 
■conclusion of his farewell sermon, in which he an- 
ticipates the time when he must yield the first place 
in the affections of his people to his successor in of- 
fice, and to the magnanimous wisdom with which 
he charges them beforehand to transfer their con- 
fidence and love to anpther. That he knew that this 
event would bring some trial to his feelings, be- 
speaks the largeness of his heart. His people can- 
not doubt that a heart so true and tender in its af- 
fection remembers them still, even in the heavenly 
temple, and will continue to speak peace to the flock 
on whom he has expended such constant and warm 
affection. Let the peace and harmony and elevated 
Christian living which you will exemplify, be a per- 
petual testimony to the affection which you cherish 
for his name. 

"After his resignation of his pastoral charge he 
did not desire to renounce the privileges and ob- 
ligations of fellowship to his brethren and their 
churches, but formally and affectionately renewed 
his original covenant of love and hospitality with 
them so long as he should live. His interest in edu- 
cation and his loyal affection for his alma mater 
made him a zealous and most useful friend of Yale 
College, of whose corporation he was for more than 
twenty years an honored member. 

"The anticipated evening of his earthly life has 
been exchanged for the bright morning dawn of that 
life which is immortal. The quiet rest and sweet 
repose of the earthly twilight has given place to the 
serene and perfected boon of the heavenly rest. The 
enjoyment of the earthly friends who remain has 
been exchanged for the society of the just made 
perfect, among who are numbered many who were 
known and loved by him on earth. From the home 
which he had built and had blessed so long he has 
passed into the building of God— the house not 
made with hands, eternal in the heavens." 

In the Independent of July ii, 1878, is a 
tribute to Mr.s. Eldridge from President Por- 
ter of Yale College, as follows : 

"Died in Norfolk, Connecticut, June 6. 187S. Sarah 
Battell, wife of the late Joseph Eldridge, D.D. Mrs. 
Eldridge w-as born March 19, 1810. She was the eld- 
est daughter of the late Joseph Battell, of Norfolk. 
She inherited the striking traits of both father and 
mother, and frotn her earliest years entered fully 
into the active and sympathetic kindness and active 
influence for which both were distinguished. When, 
by her marriage with Pr. Eldridge, October 12, 1836, 
she became the wife of the only pastor in town, she 
had only to broaden the sphere of activity in which 
she had already been trained in order, in an eminent 
sense, to become the mistress and mother of the 
parish, the sympathizing friend and active counsellor 
of young and old. All the people had known her 
either from her or their childhood as a generous 
and faithful friend, abundant in sympathy and hu- 
mor. Her labors were increasing, her sympathy and 
patience were exhaustless. and her .generosity was 
unstinted. Her animal spirits never flagged, and her 
interest in everything which concerned the welfare 
of her family, her parish, her friends far and near, 
or the Kingdom of God, was always ready, sincere 
and efiicient. Her humor and buoyancy of spirits 
were literally indomitable and irrepressible, and they 
rendered excellent service to herself and her friends 
in the dark hours of life. Her voice was singularly 
sweet and gentle, and she delighted in sacred songs. 
From her earliest years her voice had been heard in 



the service of the Lord's Day in the prayer meeting 
and her own household. 

"Her activity in Sunday-school w-ork began early 
in life, being first given to a class of young ladies, 
but later and for many years to a class of boys, the 
successive members of which remembered her with 
gratitude as they became young men and continued 
to share in her counsels and sympathy. 

"It is not often that there goes from any house- 
hold a mother bearing so genuinely the New Eng- 
land stamp of another generation, combined in such 
marked individuality, sense and thought, sympathy 
and humor, tenderness and strength, charity toward 
all mankind, and devout reverence before God, as 
she, who, on the lOth of June, sons and daughters, 
brothers and sisters, kindred and friends, parishion- 
ers and the poor followed to the grave, to lay her 
by the side of her honored husband, neither of whom 
will soon be forgotten by any who knew them." 

Children: i. Sarah, died January 10, 1898. 
2. Irene, married Edward Y. Swift, attorney, 
Detroit, Michigan ; children : Edward Eld- 
ridge; Irene Battell, married Dr. William 
Molfifatt, of Utica; Mary Eldridge, inarried 
Frederick M. Alger, of Detroit. 3. Mary. 4. 
Joseph Battell, died November 19, 1901. 5. 
Isabella. 6. Alice Bradford, married Henry 
H. Bridgman : children : Eldridge LeBaron 
and Isabella Battell. 

(The Battell Line). 

The name of Battell was recorded as a fam- 
ily name in England as early as the twelfth 
century, and is supposed to have been of Nor- 
man origin. It has been variously .spelled Bat- 
tels, Battely. Battell, etc., but the earliest 
known form was Battelle. The coat-of-arms 
is as follows : Ermine, with bordure crimson, 
charged with stars of gold. Crest : Equine, 
regardant ; head, light brown ; inane, dark 
brown : teeth, black, and around the points 
brown bordered with black. 

(I) Thomas Battell. immigrant ancestor, 
came from England, where he was born about 
1630, to America in 1642. The first record of 
him appears in Dedham, Massachusetts, where 
he married Mary Fisher, September 5. 1648. 
November 4, same year, he had a grant of four 
acres of land from Henry Brooke, one of the 
original proprietors of the tcwn. A portion 
of the grants made to him has remained in 
the family for generations. He was admitted 
to the church, January 22, 1653-54, and as 
freeman, May 3, 1654. In 1664 he was in 
Sudbury, but returned to Dedham in 1674. 
In the latter town he was selectman in 1677 
and four other years, and town clerk in 1687 
and several other years. He died February 
8, 1706. His will, dated February 6, 1701-02, 
proved March 7, 1706, bequeathed to son 
John Jonathan : daughter Mary, wife of John 
Brvant. of Scituate : and the children of his 
daughter Sarah, wife of Silas Titus. His 




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cousin, Captain Daniel Fisher, was one of the 
overseers of the will. His wife Mary, who 
died 1691, was a daugiiter of Joshua Fisher, 
immigrant ancestor, sou of "Fisher of Syle- 
hain" (England). Joshua Fisher settled first 
in Dedhani, but afterwards reui^-.^a to Med- 
field. He made Thomas Battell executor of 
his will. Children of Thomas Battell : Mary, 
born May 6, 1650; John, July i, 1652, men- 
tioned below; Sarah. August 8, 1654; Jona- 
than, July 24. 1658; .Martha, August 19, 1660, 
died December 20, i()74. 

(II) John, son of Thomas Battell, was 
born July 1. 1652, at Dedham, died Septem- 
ber 20, 1712. He settled in his native town. 
Fie married Hannah Holbrooke, at Dedham, 
November 18, 1678. Children, born in Ded- 
ham : Hannah. July 26, 1680, died September 
12, 1682; Hilary, born March 12, 1684; John, 
April 17, 1689. mentioned lielow ; Ebenezer. 
January 22, 1691. 

(HI) John (2), son of John (i) Battell, 
was born in Dedham. April 17. 1689. He mar- 
ried, January 9, 1710, Abigail Draper. Chil- 
dren : Abigail, born July 12, 1713: John. 
April 20. 1718, mentioned below ; Mary. De- 
cember 14, 1721 ; James, September 19, 1728. 

(IV) John (3), son of John (2) Battell, 
was born April 20, 1718, died November 18, 
1800. He married, A])ril 21, 1738, Mehitable, 
sister of Roger Sherman, a signer of the Dec- 
laration of Independence. Children : William, 
born August 12. 1740, mentioned below; John, 
October 4, 1741; Mehitable, December 25, 
1743; Olive. January 5, 1748. died October 
22. 1754: Unity, July 15, 1738; Olive. Janu- 
ary 19, 1760. 

(X) William, son of John (3) Battell. was 
born in Dedham, August 12, 1740. He lived 
in Woodbury, Connecticut, some years, and 
then removed to Torrington. Connecticut, 
where he died February 29. 1839. He mar- 
ried (first) Sarah Buckingham, of Milford, 
Connecticut, born 1753, died September 18, 
1806. He married (second) Airs. Martha 
Mitchell, his cousin, born 1788. daughter of 
Rev. Josiah Sherman, of Goshen and Wo- 
bnrn, Massachusetts. She died October 24, 
1829. Children: William, born March 23. 
1773. died November 30. 1841 ; Joseph, born 
July 21, 1774. mentioned below; Josiah Buck- 
ingham, March i, 1776. died May 7, 1843: 
John Brinsmade. July 21. 1779. died November 
7. T819; Sarah, born May 29, 1781, married 
Rev. Abel McEwen ; Nancy or Anna, Feb- 
ruary 2. 1783. married Rev. Harvey Loomis : 
Harriett. June 7, 1783; Urania P.. May 13. 
1787; Charles I., July 23, 1789: Charlotte. 
February 19. 1796, married Aaron Austin. 

(VI) Joseph, son of William Battell. was 



born July 21, 1774, in Alilford, Connecticut. 
When eighteen years old he removed to Nor- 
folk, Connecticut, where he opened a country 
store on Beech Flats, which was the beginning 
of a large and profitable business. About 
1800 he leased the land on the corner of Mr. 
Giles Pettibone's tavern, where he built the 
store in which he continued to do business 
until his death in 1841. He became the prin- 
cipal merchant not only of Norfolk, but also 
of the adjoining towns, and his trade extended 
a long distance. He was also led to engage 
in other enterprises, and with settlers from 
Connecticut became interested in the occupa- 
tion of wild lands in Vermont, New York and 
Ohio. He early acquired the reputation of 
being a highly successful business man, of 
strict integrity, and one of the most prominent 
in the state. Not long after building his store 
he built also a fine residence, which still re- 
mains in the family. He was unusually intel- 
lectual in his tastes and habits, a great reader, 
and the owner of a well-selected library. He 
married Sarah, daughter of Rev. Amnii R. 
Robbins, the first minister in Norfolk. She 
was a great-granddaughter of Governor Wil- 
liam Bradford, and a granddaughter of Fran- 
cis Le Baron, a surgeon in the French ser- 
vice, and the hero of Mrs. Austin's famous 
novel, "Nameless Nobleman." She was a 
woman of much force of character and worth 
and a great power for good in the entire com- 
munity. Both .she and her husband were 
closeh' connected with the public and religious 
life of the town, and their sympathy and aid 
were always prompt and generous for the re- 
lief of the poor and suiTering. She died Sep- 
tember 23, 1854, aged seventy-five. He died 
November 30, 1841. Their daughter, Urania 
r>attell Humphrey, erected to their memory the 
Battell Memorial Chapel on the Green in Nor- 
folk. Children: 1. Joseph, born April 17. 
1806, a prominent New York merchant. 2. 
Philip, November 28, 1807, married Emma 
Seymour, of Middlebury. 3. Sarah, March 
19, 1810: married Rev. Joseph Eldridge (see 
Eldridge VIT). 4. Irene, November 14. 181 1 ; 
married William A. Earned, professor in Yale 
College. 3. Urania. May 30. 1S14; married 
James Humphrey, of Brooklyn. 6. Anna, Oc- 
tober 14. i8i6. 7. Robbins, April 9, 1819; 
inarried Ellen R. Mills, of Newark. 8. John. 
.-\pril 27. 1823. 9. Ellen, Febniary 21. 1823: 
married Rev. Azariah Eldridge. 



The following from Rev. Dr. 
BREWER Cobham Brewer, of England. 

to Mrs. Emma W. (Brewer) 
Bidwell. of Connecticut, explains the origin 
and bistorv of the familv in England: 



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Edwinstone Rectory, 
Newark, England, l8 March, 1886. 
Dear Madam: I have been ill, or I would have 
answered your .letter before. In Rymer's "Foedora" 
(a collection of laws and other historic documents) 
ihe name Brewer occurs over and over again as one 
of the signatories to grants, etc., by William the 
Coiiciueror. Evidently the family was one of the 
high court officials under that king. William, Henry 
aiid John are the most common Christian names, 
and the surname is spelled sometimes Brewer and 
sometimes Bruar, Bruyer, Bruer and Bruyere. They 
certainly came over from Normandy with Willi-ni, 
and were people of considerable consequence. In 
the reign of Henry V a John Brewer married the 
elder daughter of John Oldcastle, Lord Cobham, 
whence the name Cobham Brewer. The Kent es- 
tate (Cobham Park), would have come down in this 
line, but Lord Cobham was executed as a Wycliffite, 
the first of the martyrs, and his estates were confis- 
cated to the Crown. Of illustrious ancestors, Antony 
Brewer, the poet, who wrote the drama of "The 
Five Senses" (1620), in which Oliver Cromwell took 
part, is of historic notoriety. Cromwell performed 
Tashus, in which part occur the lines: 
"Roses and bays pack hence. This crown and robe 
My brows and body circles and invests; 
How gallantly it fits me." 

The family in France, called de la Bruyere, is the 
same, and the famous Le Clerc de la Bruyere, author 
(1715-1754), is well known. When I lived in Pans 
I was always called Mon. de Docteur Bruyere. 

In anv full biographical dictionary will be seen the 
name of half a dozen other celebrities of the same 
name. I cannot help you with the settlers of the 
United States. I only know that some of the name 
settled there in the seventeenth century, and went 
over in the "Mayflower." 

The chief coats-of-arms are: The Kent Brewers 
and Devonshire Brewers. To the former I belong, 
and the common names are William, John and 
Henry. The most common names of the Devonshire 
Brewers are Samuel and Anthony, but the two have 
been traced to one root by a Miss Brewer, of 
Devon, who wrote me on the subject about a year 
ago. In Burke's "General Armory" the Devonshire 
arms are : Gu. two bands waved, the first ar., the 
second or. Crest: a mermaid with mirror and comb 
ppr. The Kent family is: Gu. two bends wavy or, 
a canton vaire. Crest : out of a mural coronet a 
hand and arm couped at the elbow, habited gu., 
billette or, holding in the hand ppr. a battle-axe ar. 
This is the crest I use. Besides these two lines, 
Burke gives the London and Somerset Brewer fam- 
ily: Gu. two bends wavy or; a chief vaire a mullet 
for diflf. Crest; a syren charged with a mullet for 
diff., her human part ppr., her tail scaled or ; and gu. 
divided by parallel lines wavy. The Norfolk and 
Bemondsey Brewer family, the same, without the 
mullet. Burke gives another family, without county : 
Ar. a lion ramp, tail forchee gu., and under Bruer 
(another spelling), Gu. two bars wavy or. Crest; a 
mermaid ppr. The Kent Brewers are the oldest, as 
the arm is older than the navy, and the arm with the 
battle-axe is older than the mermaid. 

.\s I said before, the Kent Brewers came over 
with William the Conqueror, but the Devonshire 
family was ennobled in the reign of Elizabeth. My 
brother. Dr. William Brewer, has gone into the sub- 
ject far more fully, and has traced the tree up to 
Henry V, but he died last year. Probably his widow 
(address George street, Hanover Square, London), 
can give you further information. 

1 remain yours faithfully, 

E. Cobham Brewer. 



P. S. — My elder brother is the Sherren Brewer 
(from Col. Sherren, of the Guards, the mother's 
side. My family is the Cobham Brewer, from John 
Oldcastle, Lord Cobham. The name Brewer-Planta- 
genet. 

(I) Thomas Brewer, the immigrant ances- 
tor, was a proprietor at Ipswich, Massachu- 
setts, in 1639. He is supposed to have been 
a brother of Daniel Brewer, who came in the 
ship "Lion" in 1633. There is a tradition 
that Thomas came in the "Mayflower," 
Thomas Brewer removed to Lynn, where his 
son Thomas, mentioned below, was born, 

(II) Thomas (2), son of Thomas (i) 
Brewer, was born about 1658, in Lynn, and 
was living there in 1672, aged fourteen. He 
settled in Glastonbury, Connecticut. His es- ^B 
tate was administered by his son Joseph, He ^B 

married, July 13, 1684, Sarah . Chil- ^" 

dren: i. Mary, born July 28, 1685. 2. 
Thomas, born February 17, 1686-87; married, 

■May 4, 1710, Sarah, daughter of Richard 
Goodale. 3, Hezekiah, born February 23, 
1690. 4. Sarah, December g, 1692. 5. Jo- 
seph, March 20. 1694-95 : married. May 29, 
1727, Dinah Smith. 6. Benjamin, born August 
13. 1697. 7. Daniel, mentioned below. 8. 
Lydia, born July 27, 1701. 9. Naomi. Sep- 
tember 28, 1703. 10. Alexander, October 5, 
1706, died in Middletown, 1750; married 
Thankful . 

(III) Daniel, son of Thomas (2) Brewer, 
was born March 25, 1699. His will was dated 
at Middletown, Connecticut, January 19, 1749. 
In 1727 he bought an acre of land near the 
plains, at Churchill's landing on the river, at 
what is now Goodspeeds, Portland. Connecti- 
cut. He married Eleanor Goodale. Children : 

1. Hezekiah, born September 26, 1725; lived 
in East Haddam. 2. Eleanor. January 2. 1727. 
3. Edward, August 24. 1728. 4. Richard. Feb- 
ruary 21, 1730. 5. Daniel, mentioned below. 
6. David, February 15, 1736, 7. Seth, ^Nlay 21, 
1738. 8. Remeinbrance, March 2, 1741. 9. 
Joanna. June 29. 1743. 

( I\") Daniel (2), son of Daniel (i) Brewer, 
was born May 3, 1731. He married (first) 
Anna \'an Sunt: (second) January 19, 1752, 
Ruth Strickland. Child of first wife : Daniel. 
mentioned below. Children of second wife: 
Richard, born 1753: William, 1756. 

(V) Daniel (3)"! son of Daniel (2) Brewer, 
was born May 14, 175 1, and settled in East 
Hartford. His home was in the lane that lies 
between the home of Selden Brewer and the 
Connecticut river. He married . Chil- 
dren : I. Thankful, born August 18. 1773; 
died March 25, 1805; married Joseph Smith. 

2. Samuel, born February 18. 1776: a promi- 
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brick residence afterward occupied by his 
grandchildren, one of the finest houses in town 
at that time ; he was selectman three terms 
from 1819, and four terms representative 
to the general assembly, from 1830; married, 
October 4, 1797, Prudence Damon, born May 
15. '7/8: (second) Elizabeth W. Roberts, who 
died May 8. 1847. 3. Reuben, born February 
~5' ^77^'- married Eunice Hills. 4. Anne, 
born Januar\- 21. 1782; married Reuben Smith, 
of liast Hartford. 5. Abigail, born May 10, 
1784; married James Hills, of East Hartford. 
6. Betsey, born November 27, 1786; married 
Russell Taylor, of Glastonbury. 7. Allen, born 
March 23. 1789; married V'elina Bidwell. 8. 
Emalia, born .August r8, 1791 ; died Febru- 
ary 25, 1798. 9. Lucy, born February 12, 
1704; married Aiatthias Treat, of East Hart- 
ford. 10. [Daniel, born February 22, 1796; 
married Sarah \'iets. 11. Emalia, born April 
9, 1798; married .\lvin N'ibberts. 12. George, 
mentioned below. 

(\*I) George, son of Daniel (3) Brewer, 
was born July 6. 1800. He was brought up 
on the farm, attending school in the winter 
months, and remained on the farm until his 
marriage. He married (first) September 12, 
1820. Sarah Treat, born September 7, 1794, 
died October 8. 1828; (second). February 22, 
1829, Mrs. Fannie, widow of Jason Stevens, of 
Glastonbury. Children of first wife: Elisha 
C. born Xovemiier 5. 1821 : Omri P., Septem- 
ber 4, 1823: Albert F.. September 4. 1825; 
George C, September 13, 1827. Children of 
second wife : Delia : James F. : Sarah A. ; 
Philo S., mentioned below : Eliza A. : Jason ; 
John M.: William H. 

(\TI) Philo S. Brewer, son of George 
Brewer, was born Januarv 27. 1836, at East 
Hartford. 

His earlier education was obtained at 
the district school, and he attended the East 
Hartford Academy until he was seventeen 
years of age. He reniaiiied on the farm for 
a time and then learned the trade of shoe- 
maker under George Risley, in his shop on 
the hill south of James F. Comstock's place. 
He erected a shop on the grounds later occu- 
pied by his residence, and carried on the shoe- 
making business with much success for thir- 
teen years. The breaking out of the civil 
war injured the business, and he then started 
tobacco raising on a part of the homestead, 
which he had purchased in 1864. He has l>een 
among the most successful tobacco growers 
in the town, and has established a reputation 
for honorable dealing and strict integrity. In 
politics he is a Democrat, and has served 
in several local offices. He was treasurer of 
the conieterv committee, and a member of the 



board of relief several years. He was elected 
a justice of the peace, but declined to serve. 
He is a charter member of East Hartford 
Grange, and has served as its treasurer. He 
is affiliated with the South Congregational 
Church, to which he is a liberal contributor. 
He married, September 29, 1857, ^lary Ilurl- 
burt, born in Glastonbury, daughter of Austin 
and Ann (Risley) Hurlburt. Children: i. 
Fannie A., born September 16, 1859; died 
September 3, 1861. 2. Herbert E., born .Au- 
gust 27, 1861 ; died June 8, 1862. 3. Kate H., 
born April 16, 1863: died November 26, 1863. 
4. Minnie A., born April 10, 1865; died Sep- 
tember 14, 1865. 5. Everett P., born Januarv 
18, 1869; is with Olds & Whipple, Hartford; 
married Grace G. Burt, of Longmeadow, 
Massachusetts; children: Philip E., died Sep- 
tember 12, 1890: Wendall H., born June 25, 
1900, resides in Hockanum. 6. Ellena H., 
born September 29, 1874. 7. Leslie L., men- 
tioned below. 

(ATII) Judge Leslie LeRoy Brewer, son of 
Philo S. Brewer, was born April 21, 1879, at 
East Hartford. He was educated in the com- 
mon schools, and graduated in the English 
course in the East Hartford high school in 
1895. He entered the Norwich Free Academv, 
completing the classical course in 1897. Fie 
accepted a position in the Charter Oak Na- 
tional Bank of Hartford, and while there be- 
gan the study of law, reading Blackstone in 
the evenings. He entered the law department 
of Yale University in 1900, graduating in 
1903. He was considered one of the best 
students of his class. He was admitted to the 
bar in 1903, and began the practice of law 
in Hartford, making his home at East Hart- 
ford. Fle was secretary of the Yale Kent 
Club, a debating society. He has been a suc- 
cessful lawyer, and was elected judge of pro- 
bate of the district of East Hartford, in No- 
vember. 1906, to succeed John .A. Stoughton. 
He \\as a grand juror and justice of the 
peace of the town of East Hartford. He 
is a trustee of the Risley Family Associa- 
tion : treasurer of the Laymen's .Association 
of Christ Church, Hartford ; secretary of the 
Men's Club of the First Church (Congrega- 
tional) of East Hartford, and a member of 
various other organizations. He is president 
of the East Hartford Business Men's Asso- 
ciation and of the Laymen's Association 
of Christ Church. Hartford. He is a 
member of Orient Lodge of Free ^Fasons. and 
of East Hartford Council. No. 1237. Roval 
Arcanum. He is a member of the Connecti- 
cut Civil Service Reform .Association : a mem- 
ber of the Connecticut Societv of Social Hv- 



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No good authorit)' is to be 
BABCOCK found now in support of the 

tradition that a James Bab- 
cock came to this country in 1623. The "Bab- 
cock Genealog}-" evidently believes that James, 
born 1612, was the first of the family. Neither 
the "Rhode Island Genealogical Dictionary" 
nor "Pope's Pioneers of Massachusetts'" rec- 
ognizes the existence of an immigrant in 1623. 
Savage explains that there was a tradition that 
a James Babcock brought with him from Eng- 
land two children, born 1612-20. He says 
"strange is the combination of errors" in Hin- 
man ("Puritan Settlers of Connecticut'') who 
states that one James Babcock went to Leyden 
in Holland in 1620, joined the friends of Rob- 
inson and came to America in the ship "Ann" 
in 1623 to Plymouth, the narrative enlarging 
on the residence of the family there. Now we 
know, says Savage "that no passenger of the 
name came in that ship and I have very strong 
reason, after much inquiry, to doubt that any 
such man lived in the colony for its first forty 
years.'' (p. 86, vol. I, Gen. Diet.). 

(I) James Babcock, immigrant ancestor, 
was born in England in 1612 probably in 
county Essex, died June 12, 1679. The name 
is spelled in various ways, Badcock, Badcocks, 
and Badcook. The early settlers used the spell- 
ing Badcock, which is the one in general use 
in England at the present time. The Ameri- 
can family uses the spelling Babcock. James 
Babcock settled first in Portsmouth, Rhode 
Island, and was admitted an inhabitant of the 
town February 25, 1642. He had a grant 
of land and was admitted a freeman, July 10, 
1648. He was juryman several times, and 
assessor in 1650. He was on a committee id 
1642, to see that all firearms were in repair. 
In 1655 he was on a committee to treat with 
the Indians, and on other important commit- 
tees for the town. He was a member of the 
general court in 1657-58-59. He was on a com- 
mittee to lay out highways and settle boundary 
lines in 1661. He removed to Westerly, Rhode 
Island, in March, 1662, and had lot 62 in the 
new town. His name appears on a petition to 
the general court for protection from the men 
of Southertown, Connecticut, an adjoining 
town. He was in constant trouble with the 
Pequot Indians, and was brought into court 
on a charge of driving them off their planting 
ground. In 1678 he -Avas baptized by Elder 
William Hiscox, and united with the Seventh 
Day Baptist Church of Newport and West- 
erly. He made a verbal will to his sons John 
and Job, June 12, 1679, and testified to the 
truth of tile will. He married f first) Sarah 

, who died 1665: (second) Elizabeth 

, who married (second) \\''illiam Tohn- 



son. Children of first wife: i. James, born 
1641, married Jane Brown. 2. John, 1644, 
mentioned below. 3. Job, 1646; married lane 
Crandall. 4. Mary, 1648; married William 
Champlin. Children of second wife : 5. Jo- 
seph, born 1670; married (first) Dorothy Key; 
(second) Hannah Coates, widow. 6. Nathan- 
iel, died January 2, 1719. 7. Elizabeth. 

(II) John, son of James Babcock, was born 
in Portsmouth, Rhode Island, in 1644, died 
at Westerly, in 1698. Tradition says that he 
and his wife eloped and settled upon the east 
bank of the Pawcatuck river. He was among 
the early settlers of Westerly, when he was 
about eighteen years old. He received the 
twentN'-seventh lot, on the banks of the Paw- 
catuck, near what is now Avondale, Rhode 
Island. It is said that he was in the Great 
Swamp fight in King Philip's war, and he 
received land for his services in the war from 
the colony of Connecticut. His name appears 
in the Stonington militia. He was admitted 
a freeman of Connecticut in 1676. when that 
state claimed the town of Westerly. He was 
deputy to the general court in 1682-84. He 
died intestate and his estate was disposed of 
by the town council, June 25, 1698. He mar- 
ried ;\Iary, daughter of George and Elizabeth 
(Hazard) Lawton, of Portsmouth. She mar- 
ried (second) Erasmus Babbitt, and died No- 
vember 8. 171 1. Children: i. James, married 

(first) Elizabeth : (second) Content 

Maxon. 2. Ann. 3. Mary. 4. John, married 
Mary Champlin. 5. Job, mentioned below. 6. 
George, born 1673 ; married Elizabeth Hall. 
7. Elihu, born, tradition says, the day of the 
Great Swamp fight, December 19, i(>75, died 
unmarried. 8. Robert, married Lydia Cran- 
dall. 9. Joseph, born about 1681. 10. Oliver, 
married (first) Susanna Clark: (second) De- 
borah Knowles. 

(III) Job, son of John Babcock. was born 
in Westerly, Rhode Island, it is supposed in 
1 67 1. He died in South Kingston between 
August 23, 1754, and February 10, 1755. He 
married, 1695. Deborah , who died be- 
fore he did. He was a member of the first 
town council of South Kingston, elected in 
1723, and in May, 1727. was chosen deputy 
from there to the general court of Rhode Is- 
land. June, 1727, he was appointed prothono- 
tary. In 173 1 he conveyed land to each of his 
three sons. Job, Samuel and John. They 
are also mentioned in his will, together with 
his daughters, Mary Stanton, Deborah Hoxie 
and grandsons. Job Babcock. Daniel Stanton, 
and granddaughter. Isabel Teflft. Children : 
Job, born 1697. mentioned below ; .Samuel : 
John, married (first) Sarah Segar: (second) 
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Stanton ; Deborah, married Joseph Hoxie ; 
Abigail, married John Segar. 

(IV) Job (2), son of Job (i) Babcock, 
was born in 1697. He married (first) October 
10, 1717, Elizabeth Hull. He married (sec- 
ond) Mary . He was justice of the 

peace for South Kingston. 1758-60. He was 
ensign in the Second Company of South 
Kingston Militia, Captain Nathaniel Helme 
commander, 1758. His will, recorded March 
13, 1775, mentions children: Job, Deborah, 
Isabel anfl Hannah : grandchildren : Paul and 
Ann Armstrong. In 1756 he and his wife 
sold certain lands to Joseph Hammond. Chil- 
dren : Josiah. 1720, mentioned below; Job, 
married, November 20, 1748, Susanna Hop- 
kins; Deborah, married Isaac 'Moon; Isabel, 
married. November 11, 1762, James Stead- 
man; and Hannah, who married Michael 
Armstrong. 

(\') Josiah, son of Job (2) Babcock, was 
born in Westerly, 1720. He married, in 1745, 
iliss Maraw, "a notable young Irish lady." 
He is not mentioned in his father's will, and 
it is probable that he died between 1769, the 
date of the birth of his youngest child, and 
1775, the date of probate of his father's will. 
In 1742 he removed from Rhode Island to 
Mansfield, Connecticut. Children, born prob- 
ably in Mansfield: John, born August 26, 
1746, mentioned below; Irene, July i, 1748; 
Josiah. April 18, 1749; Eunice, July i8, 1752; 
David. September 14. 1733 ; Deliverance, July 
13, 1755; Betty. March 29. 1757; Mary, IMay 
J""^- 1759; Jesse, March 29, 1761 ; Huldah. June 
18. 1763; Richard, February 14, 1765; Sam- 
uel, July 24, 1767; Justus, July 31, 1769. 

(\T) John (2), son of Josiah Babcock, was 
born ill Mansfield. August 26, 1746, died in 
Coventry, Connecticut. 'January 21, 1815. He 
married, in Coventry. October 7. 1779, Lydia, 
daughter of Nathaniel and Elizabeth Wood- 
ward, born in Coventry, August 19, 1754, died 
there May 19, 1849. He had nine children, but 
records are given of only six. Children, born 
in Coventry: Hannah, 1780; Lydia, March 
5. 1782; John, April 18. 1786, mentioned be- 
low; Dianthe, 1788; Deodatus, June 19, 1790; 
Betsy, 1792. 

(VII) John (3), son of John (2) Babcock. 
was born in Coventry, April 18, 1786, died 
in New Haven, Connecticut. June 16, 1839. 
He married, in Hartford, 1813, Sally Cham- 
berlain, born in Fairhaven, Connecticut, April 
2. 1789. died in New Haven, June 12, 1863. 
Children, born in New Haven: Harriet Ma- 
tilda. February 11. 1814: John Newton. Mav 
18, 1816: Henry Chamberlain. April 13. 1818, 
mentioned below; Marv lulia. ^lav ^i, 1822; 
Sarah Jane, May 18. '1824; Elizabeth Stella. 



September 5, 1826; Frances Theresa, May 13, 
1829; Emily Lydia. April 20, 1833. 

(\ III) llenry Chamberlain, son of John 
(3) Babcock, was born in New Haven, April 
13, 1818, died there September 3, i860. He 
married (first) Maria Warner; (second) at 
New Haven, December 12, 1841. Mrs. Mary 
E. (Thoinp.son) W'ells, born Waterbury, 1816, 
died in New Haven. May 9, 1878. Children, 
born in New Haven : Rev. Charles Henry, 
July 3, 1845, mentioned below ; Frank Cham- 
berlain, March 17, 1847; ^lary Emilv. April 
15. 1835. 

(IX) Rev. Dr. Charles Henry Babcock, son 
of Henry Chamberlain Babcock, was born at 
New Haven, Connecticut. July 3, 1843. He 
received his early education under private tu- 
tors and at the Johnstown Academy in New 
York state. He received the degree of Doc- 
tor of Divinity from Kenyon College in 1886. 
He was ordained as deacon in 1871 and priest 
in 1873 i" ''1^ Protestant Episcoi)al church. 
He was assistant minister of Christ Church 
of Brooklyn (North), New York, in 1871, 
and was appointed rector of St. George's 
Protestant Episcopal Church of Brooklyn, and 
in 1873 resigned to becoiue assistant minister 
on the Green Foundation of Trinity Church, 
Boston. In 1879 he resigned to accept the 
appointment of rector of Trinity Protestant 
Episcopal Church of Columbus, Ohio, where 
he officiated until 1888. From 1888 to 1894 
he was rector of Grace Protesant Episcopal 
Church of Providence. Rhode Island. He then 
relinquished his parish on account of ill health 
and traveled abroad until he recovered. He 
has been general chairman of the church con- 
gress since 1907. He was president of the 
convention of Southern Ohio three years dur- 
ing the illness of the bishop of the diocese, 
and he was deputy to the general convention 
of the Protestant Episcopal church in 1886. 
He is now living at 44 West Forty- fourth 
street. New York City. He is a member of 
the Boston Clericus, the New York Clerical 
Club, the Churchman's Association of New 
York, the Ohio Society of New York, the 
Union League, the National Arts, the New 
York Athletic and the Baltusrol Golf Clubs. 
He has written numerous essays on religious 
subjects. He married (first) at New Haven, 
October 3. 1863. Emily Chauncey Goodrich 
Mead, born at Greenwich. Connecticut. 1842. 
died at Columbus, Ohio, September 20, 1880, 
daughter of Rev. Darius and Emily (Chaun- 
cey) Goodrich. He married (second) at Col- 
umbus. September 20. 1886, Mrs. Isabelle 
(\A'ood) Brown, who died at New York City, 
February 2, 1899. Children of first wife : 
I. Margaret Chauncey, born at Brooklyn. De- 



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cember 2, 1866; married, at Columbus, April 
26, 1888, George B. Monypeny and resides at 
Columbus ; children : Brunson Monypeny, born 
at Columbus, August 10, 1892; William M. 
Monypeny, November 18, 1894. 2. Worthing- 
ton Ely, born at Brooklyn, March 16, 1869; 
resides at Columbus ; married there, Novem- 
ber 22, 1898, Kate, daughter of William K. 
and Adaline M. (Ayers) Deshler; she was 
born at Columbus, October 28, 1876: child, 
George Nash, born at Columbus, April 22, 
1901. 3. Charles Henry, born at Flushing, 
Long Island, married, at Delaware, Ohio, May 
30, 1894, Eleanor A., daughter of James W. 
and Lillian L. Nightingale, born at Dubuque, 
Iowa, October 26, 1870; children : Ethel, born 
at Washington, D. C., March 20, 1895; and 
Emily, born in New York City, October 8, 



John North, immigrant ances- 
NORTH "tor, came to New England in 

1635, in the ship "Susan and 
Ellen," which landed in Boston. He was then 
twenty years old. He was one of the proprie- 
tors and early settlers of the town of Farm- 
ington, Connecticut, the first offshoot from the 
church of Rev. Thomas Hooker, of Hartford. 
Land was granted him there in 1653 ; he and 
his sons, John and Samuel, were included in 
the eighty-four original land owners, among 
whom were divided in 1676 the unoccupied 
lands at Farmington. He and his wife were 
members of the Farmington church, with 
which she united in 1656. He married Han- 
nah,' daughter of Thomas Bird. He died in 
1691, aged seventy-six years. Children: John, 
born 1641 ; Samuel (twin), 1643; Mary 
(twin). 1643; James, 1647; Thomas, 1649, 
mentioned below ; Sarah, baptized 1633 ; Na- 
thaniel, June 29, 1656; Lydia, May 9, 1658; 
Joseph, 1660, died 1731. In the distribution of 
Thomas Bird's estate. August-September, 
1662, portions were set to Mary Northe and 
to Hannah Scott ; again March 3, 1663, men- 
tioned as Goodwife Northe and Hanna Scott 
(Connecticut Probate Records, vol. i, p. 97). 

(II) Thomas, son of John North, was born 
in 1649. He was a soldier in the Indian wars, 
and received for his services a soldier's grant 
of land. He married Hannah Newell, born 
in 1656, and they settled in the north part of 
Farmington, now Avon. He died in 1712, and 
his wife in 1757. They had nine children, the 
fifth of whom was Thomas, mentioned below. 

(III) Thomas (2), son of Thomas (i) 
North, was born in 1673. He married, in 
1698, Martha, daughter of Isaac and Eliza- 
beth (Lathrop) Roys or Royce, of Walling- 
ford, Connecticut, and granddaughter of Rev. 



John Lathrop, who came from England to 
Scituate, Massachusetts, in 1634. He settled 
in what is now Berlin, Connecticut, and was 
one of the founders of the Congregational 
church there, with which he united in 1707. 
He died in 1725. He had eight children. 

(IV) Isaac, son of Thomas (2) North, was 
born September 27, 1703. He married, 1728, 
Mary Woodford, born March 2, 1707, daugh- 
ter of Joseph and Lydia (Smith) Woodford. 
They had eight children. He was the first 
enrolled member and the first deacon of the 
Second Congregational Church of Berlin, or- 
ganized in 1775. He died December 20, 1788; 
his wife in 1798. Their gravestones may be 
seen at Beckley. Isaac North lived in a house 
situated about one mile north of the village 
of Berlin, which is still in good condition : the 
rear door now faces the street, the highway 
having been changed from the front to the 
back of the house soon after it was built. 

(V) Jedediah, son of Isaac North, was born 
at Berlin, January 16, 1734. He married 
(first) January 27, 1757, Sarah Wilcox, born 
December 31, 1739, daughter of Daniel and 
Sarah (White) Wilcox, of East Berlin. She 
died October 5, 1775, and he married (sec- 
ond) February 20, 1777, Abigail Andrews. 
He had eight children by his first wife and 
three by his second, and had over seventy 
grandchildren. He died December 16, 18 16, 
and was buried by the side of his first wife in 
the Beckley cemetery. 

(VI) Simeon, son of Jedediah North, was 
born at Berlin, July 13, 1765, died August 25, 
1852, buried by the side of his second wife in 
Indian Hill cemetery, IMiddletown. He was 
the first official pistol maker in the United 
States. Before and during the war of 1812 
he filled large contracts for firearms received 
from the government at Washington. His 
first factory was on Spruce Brook at Berlin ; 
in 1812 he removed to Middletown. Flis 
water power there, at Staddle Hill, is now 
used by the Rock Fall Woolen Company. His 
dwelling house on High street, Middletown, 
which had been the home of Parson Hunting- 
ton, has been removed and the site is now 
occupied by the residence of the president of 
Wesleyan University. From 181 1 to 1813 he 
served as lieutenant-colonel of the Sixth Con- 
necticut Regiment. He married (first) in 
1786, Lucy, liorn at Middletown, May 19, 
1766, died February 24, 181 1, buried at Ber- 
lin, daughter of Jonathan and Elizabeth 
(Ranney) Savage. He married (second) Ly- 
dia, daughter of the Rev. Enoch Huntington, 
of Middletown. He had eight children by his 
first wife, and by his second marriage a daugh- 
ter, Lydia Huntington, born March 26, 1814, 




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married the Rev. Dwight M. Seward, jjastor 
of ilic I'ir.st Cijiigregatioiial Church of New 
Britain from 1836 to 1842. Rev. Simeon 
North, D.D., LL.D., youngest son of Simeon 
and Lucy (Savage) Nortli, born at Berlin, 
Sei)tember 7, 1802. died at Chnton, February 
9, 1884; graduate of Yale College, 1S25, of 
Yale DivinitN- School, 1828. tutor at Yale, 
1827-29, |jroies<(jr of Greek and Latin Lan- 
guages at Hamilton College, Clinton, New 
York, 1829-39, fifth president of Hamilton, 
1839-57. Simeon North had fifty grandchil- 
dren. 

(\ II) Reuben, eldest son of Simeon and 
Lucy (Savage) North, was born in Berlin, 
December 11, 1786, died April 4, 1853. For 
many years he was associated in business with 
his father at Spruce Brook, Berlin, making 
bayonets and pistols. The factory, close to 
the bridge, on the north side, was carried ofif 
with the dam, by a freshet, soon after the 
winter of 1856. His dwelling house, previ- 
ously occupied by his father, stands on the 
south side of the road, next east of Spruce 
Brook Bridge. He was active in the early 
temperance movement, and in school and 
church affairs. He married (first) January 
9, 181 1, Lynda Wilcox, of BerHn, born Octo- 
ber 31. 1786, died March 18, 1816, daughter 
of Josiah and Huldah (Savage) Wilcox, and 
granddaughter of Daniel Wilcox, of Berlin, 
who died in 1789. Daniel Wilcox owned a 
tract of land a mile square on the Mattabesett 
river and to each of his thirteen children he 
gave a large farm. i\Ir. North married (sec- 
ond) in Aiay, 1817, Huldah Wilcox, sister of 
his first wife. He had two sons by his first 
wife, and five by the second. Edward North, 
L.H.D.. LL.D., fourth son of Reuben North, 
born in 1820, graduated from Hamilton Col- 
lege in 1841. was elected to the chair of An- 
cient Languages there in 1843. ''nd for more 
than fifty years was professor of Greek Lan- 
guage and Literature in that institution. He 
died September 13, 1903. 

(\'III) .Alfred, eldest of seven sons of 
Reuben North, was born in Berlin. October 3. 
iSii, died January 14, 1894. His education 
was obtained in the public and private schools 
of his native town and in the old Berlin 
.Academy. Before entering upon his business 
career he taught in the public schools of Ber- 
lin and in the state of Ohio. In 1840 he 
started in business as a merchant at Litch- 
field. The following year, however, he re- 
turned to Berlin and conducted a general store 
there until 1886. He was a regularly licensed 
pharmacist. In 1844. six years before New 
Britain was set off from Berlin, he was chosen 
town clerk and treasurer. b'or over fortv 



years he was annually re-elected to this office, 
until in 1886 he resi.gned on account of fail- 
ing eyesight. Although a Whig and then a 
Repuiolican, he received the votes of all parties 
and for many years no other candidate was 
nominated for the office. He was also school 
treasurer. He represented the town of Berlin 
in 1849 and in 1855 in the general assembly 
of the state. The Berlin Savings Bank, incor- 
porated June 19, 1873, was established through 
the efforts of Deacon North. He was elected 
its first president and continued to hold the 
office for twenty years. When he attended 
the meeting of July, 1893, and resigned his 
[wsition, the deposits exceeded $200,000. In 
1829, at the age of eighteen, .Mfred North 
joined the Second Congregational Church of 
Berlin, under Rev. Samuel Goodrich. In 1836, 
at the age of twenty-five, he was elected dea- 
con of the church. He served in this office 
forty-five years, v.hen he resigned, at the age 
of seventy. For twenty years he was superin- 
tendent of the Sunday school. He was clerk 
and treasurer of the Worthington Ecclesiasti- 
cal Society and treasurer of the Second 
Church for more than forty years. He was 
the general counsellor and advisor of the 
town. All classes came to him in their per- 
plexities and troubles. He married. May 8, 
1834, Mary Olive Wilcox, born at East Ber- 
lin, August 7, 1812. died May 31, 1882. Her 
parents were Richard Wilcox, a descendant of 
John Willcock, original proprietor of Hart- 
ford, and Olive (Porter) Wilcox, a descend- 
ant of John Porter, settler of Windsor. Her 
father died September 23, 1839: her mother. 
May 27. 1827. Children of Alfred and Mary 
O. (Wilcox) North: i. Francis Augustus, 
born June 4, 1835, married, at Philadelphia, 
October 10, 1867, Elizabeth W. Moorhead, 
born December 16, 1836; children: i. .Alfred 
Moorliead, born February 20, 1872; ii. Robert 
Lorton, born November 19, 1873, died Jan- 
uary ID, 1901 ; both educated at Princeton 
Universitv. 2. Catharine M.. born March i. 
1840. 



The Greist family, doubtless of 
GREIST Dutch ancestry, came early to 

Pennsylvania, and from whence 
descendants have settled in Iowa, Indiana and 
other more western states. They were Quak- 
ers in religion. One of the family has been 
treasurer of the state of Pennsylvania. In 
1790 the family was well scatteretl over Penn- 
sylvania, the name being then spelled Griest, 
as a rule. The census shows that Daniel. Ed- 
ward, John. Thomas and William were heads 
of families at that time. The name is not 
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The records are not in such sliape that the 
hneage can be traced to the immigrant ances- 
tor, but there is no doubt that all of the name 
are descended from the original Greist who 
located in Pennsylvania. 

John Milton Greist, late president, treas- 
urer, general manager and owner of the 
Greist Manufacturing Company of New 
Haven, Connecticut, noted inventor, a leader 
among the most enterprising and successful of 
the many Connecticut manufacturers, and one 
of the men who added greatly to the pros- 
perity and adornments of the beautiful Elm 
City, was born in Crawfordsville, Indiana, 
May 9, 1850. 

His parents were Joseph W. and Ruthanna 
Greist, whose ancestors were counted among 
the worthy and sturdy Friends whose ability, 
industry and thrift so largely aided in the 
settling of the state of Pennsylvania and the 
maintenance of its prestige as the second 
commonwealth in the Union. The father had 
the spirit of the pioneer and did not tarry in 
the east, but pushed across the continent, 
where he died in 1859, in the gold fields of 
California. 

The boyhood of John M. Greist was spent 
in the country, in the healthy, invigorating 
life of the great middle west. His school edu- 
cation was secured in district schools of the 
country during the winters, but his real edu- 
cation was self-obtained through exception- 
ally wide and wisely directed reading and 
through the active operation of a mind which 
was always investigating and reflecting. In- 
dustry, energy and concentration steadily ap- 
plied to stated tasks were not only inculcated 
by the precept and example of the beautiful 
life of the typical old Quaker lady whom he 
called "Mother," and whose strong influence 
for good followed him as long as he lived, but 
the death of his father caused him to do from 
his eleventh year mature work and to assume 
a man's responsibilities. As a boy he was re- 
sourceful and cheerful in coping with trials 
and disappointments, and the optimistic spirit 
thus developed was one of the most attractive 
and fruitful elements of his mature person- 
ality. 

In 1865, when he was but fifteen years old, 
young Greist began selling sewing machines 
in Piainfield, Indiana, taking his first lessons 
in this particular field of human helpfulness 
in which during the remainder of his life he 
was to play such an important part. Five 
years later, in 1870, he first began the manu- 
facture of sewing machine attachments in a 
small room over a butcher's shop in Delavan, 
Illinois. He soon removed to Chicago, where, 
under the firm name of J. M. Greist & Com- 



pany, he continued the manufacture of attach- 
ments, conducted a general business in sew- 
ing machine supplies, and devoted much of 
his time and inborn inventive ingenuity to the 
invention of additional labor-saving devices 
to be used in connection with sewing ma- 
chines. However, he did not limit his produc- 
tiveness entirely to this field, for it was about 
this time that he originated and patented the 
first known means of duplicating or multiply- 
ing pen-written manuscripts, letters and draw- 
ings in such a way that large numbers could 
be produced quickly and economically. This 
invention he successfully defended in a suit 
against Thomas A. Edison. Another interest- 
ing and important basic patent which he se- 
cured about this time covered the production 
of studs used as rivets, which studs were 
forced up from the surface of the material to 
be riveted. The rapidly increasing demand 
for his sewing-machine attachments brought 
about such a growth as to require concentra- 
tion of effort upon these products, and the 
general sewing-machine supply trade was dis- 
continued in order that he might give himself 
entirely to the manufacture of the attach- 
ments under the name of the Chicago Attach- 
ment Company. 

About 1883 Mr. Greist produced and pat- 
ented some important and valuable patents on 
sewing-machine rufflers, tuckers and hemmers, 
which patents he sold to the Singer Manu- 
facturing Company. The next three years 
were spent in research and invention on but- 
tonhole attachments, which again brought a 
valuable contract with the Singer Manufac- 
turing Company. In 1886 he moved to Bay- 
onne. New Jersey, to take charge of the at- 
tachment department of the Singer Manufac- 
turing Company, where he remained until 
1889, when he removed to New Haven to 
work alone with larger freedom as his own 
employer. Within a short time he organized 
a company known as J. M. Greist & Com- 
pany, but after a year or so he moved to 
\\'estville, and there started business as The 
Greist Manufacturing Company. By hard 
work and application to business Mr. Greist 
rapidly and steadily built up his trade, and 
in spite of the fact that the great value of his 
patents invited infringements, he vigorously 
protected his rights through lawsuits against 
the trespassers and the company prospered as 
only a company so situated can ever prosp>er. 
Mr. Greist secured nearh- one hundred pat- 
ents and originated many other inventions, 
and these formed the foundation and super- 
structure of the present establishment. The 
articles manufactured by this companv are 
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tiirer in this country and to most of those in 
Europe. 

John M. Greist was verj' fond of athletics 
and was interested in riding, driving and base- 
ball. He did much toward the success of the 
old Edgewood Baseball Club, which was one 
of the most prominent among the clubs of 
the state. Aside from his inventions and 
liusiness, he was always most interested in 
current events and politics, and though he 
took no active part in political life or other 
public affairs, he was an earnest Republican 
and a vice-president of the Union League 
Club. 

When he went to Westville, Connecticut, 
the place had but few inhabitants, but he gave 
profitable employment to a great many people 
in constantly increasing numbers as addition 
after addition was made to the factories, until 
at present nearly nine hundred persons are 
emjjloyed in them. In this and in many other 
ways Mr. Greist was a public benefactor of 
far greater worth than many another who ap- 
peared more prominently before the public. 
Kindly, just, conscientious, generous, he was 
held in high esteem by all. He was a true 
lover of nature, and delighted in the great 
out-of-doors. In 1901, after building his 
beautiful home, "Marvelwood,"" in Westville, 
he became interested in gradually acquiring 
much of the woodland adjacent ; and during 
1903 and 1904 he had secured in one tract 
seven hundred acres which he inclosed, leav- 
ing foot gates that anyone who desired might 
enter and enjoy the freedom of this magnifi- 
cent forest, where roads %vere built, beautiful 
walks made among flowers, ferns and rocky 
streams, and where fishes, birds, rabbits and 
squirrels flourish unmolested as in their native 
haunts. This was but one of many loving 
services to his fellow men. 

In August. 1870, Mr. Greist was married 
to Sarah Edwina Murdock, to whose wifely 
co-operation in the early years a large meas- 
ure of his success must be attributed. She 
died August 14. 1897. Four cliildren were 
born to them, three of wdiom are now living: 

1. Percy Raymond Greist, of whom further. 

2. Charlotte Ruthanna Greist, who has .spent 
some years studying music abroad. 3. Hubert 
Milton Greist, further referred to below. Oc- 
tober 10, 1899. John M. Greist married ]\Iiss 
Mary Fife Woods, of Pittsburg, Pennsvl- 
vania, who survives his death, which occurred 
February 23, 1906. 

(ID Percy Raymond Greist, son of John 
Milton Greist, was born on his father's farm in 
Iowa. -August 28. 1871. He was educated in 
the public schools, and then entered his fa- 
ther's business and learned all its details and 



intricacies. He was intimately associated with 
his father, and when his father died he suc- 
ceeded him as president and general manager 
of the Greist Manufacturing Company. He 
is a member of the Union League Club, the 
Country Club, and Olive Branch Lodge, of 
Free Masons, all of New Haven. He is a 
member of the New Haven Chamber of Com- 
merce and of the Westville Board of Edu- 
cation. He served in the Second Company of 
the Governor's Foot Guards of New Haven, 
and was commissioned lieutenant by Governor 
Weeks, and is at the present time in command 
of a company. In religion he is an Episco- 
palian, and a member of Christ Church of 
New Haven. In politics he is a Republican. 
He married, in 1891, Mae Sayles Ford, born 
July 21, 1872, daughter of Thomas Pulaski 
Ford, of Joliet, Ilhnois. His wife died in 
May, 1901, and he married (second) August 
25, 1903, Eleanor Mary Justison. Children of 
first wife: Madeline Mae Greist, born June 
6, 1892: Edwina Murdock, September 2. 1898; 
Percy Raymond, Jr., May 10, 1900. Children 
of second wife: John Milton, born July 6, 
1904: Mary Elizabeth, January 12, 191 1. 

(II) Hubert Milton Greist, son of John Mil- 
ton Greist, was born in Chicago, Illinois. Oc- 
tober 25, 1883. He attended the public schools 
of New Haven, Connecticut, and prepared for 
college at the Preparatory School, Ann Arbor, 
Michigan. He entered the Sheffield Scientific 
School of Yale University in 1902, and was 
graduated in the class of 1905 with the degree 
of Ph.B. He entered his father's business im- 
mediately after graduation and is now secre- 
tary and superintendent of The Greist Manu- 
facturing Company. He is a member of the 
Graduates Club of New Haven, and of the 
Gamma Delta Psi and Chi Phi fraternities. 
While in high school he was editor of The 
Crescent. He is a member of the Sachem 
Head Yacht Club ; member and treasurer of 
the Buccaneer Company at High Island, Con- 
necticut, a co-operative summer club, the mem- 
bers of which have camps on the island, which 
is owned by the club. In politics he is a Re- 
publican. He married, October 15, 1906, 
Susan Edwina Kirby, of New Haven, born 
May 13, 1885. They have two children: 
Susan Edwina Greist. born August 17, 1907, 
and Hubert M. Greist. Jr., born February 4, 
1911. 



The name Eldred is spelled 
ELDRED variously Eldred. Eldredge. El- 
dridge, and on old records 
sometimes Eldrech. Practically all of the 
families of that name in this country are de- 
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settled in Massachusetts before 1650. Robert 
Eldred or Eldredge came to New England 
with Nicholas Synipkins. He was among the 
list of those in Plymoitth able to bear arms 
in 1643, and settled' finally in Yarmouth. His 
wife was Elizabeth Nickerson. Another im- 
migrant, William Eklredge, was living at 
Yarmouth in 1645, with his wife Ann. The 
other immigrant, Samuel, mentioned below, 
was, according to P. C. Goodhue of the firm 
of Cram, Goodhue & Ferguson, architects, 
170 Fifth avenue. New York City, the son of 
Thomas Eldredge. Thomas Eldredge mar- 
ried a daughter of Colonel John or Robert 
Boiling, of \'irginia. Robert Boiling's wife 
was a daughter of Thomas Rolfe and Pot- 
thress (Indian ?), and granddaughter of 
John Rolfe and Pocahontas, who died at 
Gravesend. England. 

(I) Sergeant Samuel Eldred, immigrant an- 
cestor of this branch of the family, was a 
resident of Med ford, Massachusetts, before 
165 1. In 1652 he deposed before the court 
that he was thirty-two years old. In 1646 he 
was a resident of Cambridge, and in 1659 in 
Rumney Marsh, later Chelsea. He removed 
to Kingstown, Rhode Island, and was of 
A\"ickford in 1668. He served as constable 
there and in 1670 was imprisoned by Rhode 
Island authorities for assuming to call a jury 
on behalf of Connecticut in a murder case, 
Thomas Flounders having killed Walter 
House. On July 13 of that year he wrote 
from Wickford to Thomas Stanton at Ston- 
ington : 

"Mr. Stanton — Sir: This is to inform you Iiow the 
case stands with the town of Wickford, in respect 
of Rhode Island. This very day there came down 
Mr. Samuel Wilson and Mr. Jireh Bull and Thomas 
Mumford, with his black staff, upon this sad acci- 
dent: and would have panelled the jury, whereupon 
I told them that they had nothing to do here, to panel 
a jury; l)ut if they would look upon the corpse, they 
might, which several of them did. Then they com- 
manded, in his Majesty's name, some to serve, and 
commanded myself to serve as a juryman upon the 
inquest, and coinmanded John Cole and several oth- 
ers, which did refuse. I also warned them to serve 
as a jury for us, as we were under Connecticut, but 
they would not. but commanded us not to bury the 
man till the jury passed on it, by virtue of their 
power. So there was mighty coinmanding in his 
Majesty's name on both sides and mighty threaten- 
ing of carry to jail, insomuch that neither party 
could get twelve on a side. Rut at last they com- 
manded all that were on their side to come out and 
they would panel a jury, if there were but six. 
I'pon that account the doors were shut where the 
corpse was. so they called the people to bear witness 
that they were obstructed in their power, and com- 
manded us in his Majesty's name not to bury the 
man, and told us that they would return our answer- 
ing to their masters. We told them we would re- 
turn their actings and words to our magistrates. So 
they commanded all the party to go with them. .\nd 
so we proceeded and linricd the man, and have 



searched for the murderer, but cannot find him, and 
therefore wmild entreat you to send out after him 
and send some this way, for we have ijever an of- 
ficer here to grant me one. Sir, I would entreat 
you be strong and send away word to Connecticut 
by the first, for we are in greater trouble than ever 
we were, and like to be in worse, therefore, mind 
your promises and stand by us. John Cole stood to 
it and assisted us as much as could be, and Sir, the 
people will fain be doing, and beg to find that if it 
be not mended suddenly, it will be bad times here. 
Not more at present, but remain, yours to serve, 
"Samwill Eldridge." 

He was a member of the Ancient and Hon- 
orable Artillery Company at Boston. On Oc- - 
tober 8, 1674, he was granted by the general 
court sitting at Hartford, "the sum of twenty 
nobles for his good service in doing and suf- 
fering for this colony." On December 15, 
1675, he was at Richard Smith's garrison 
house just before the Narragansett Swamp 
fight, as related by Captain Benjamin Church, 
who says they went on a night adventure with 
him, surprising and capturing eighteen In- 
dians. In 1676 his family was among those 
receiving corn to allay their distress on ac- 
count of the Indian war. In 1697 1''^ deeded 
to his son John a house and a hundred acres 
of land with a right on the other side of 
Pequot Path. He die.:! about 1697. He mar- 
ried Elizabeth . Children: Elizabeth, 

born October 26. 1642 ; Samuel, October 26, 
1644: Mary, June 16, 1646; Lieutenant Thom- 
as, September 8, 1648 : James, died about 
1687; Daniel: John, died 1724, mentioned be- 
low. 

(II) John, son of Samuel Eldred, was born 
at Kingston, Rhode Island, died there in 1724. 
He married, about 1690, Tvlargaret Holden,' 
born January, 1663, died i740, /laughter of 
Randall and Frances (Dungan) Holden. He 
lived at North Kingston and his name ap- 
pears front time to time in the town records. 
He was ensign in 1692 and afterward cap- 
tain. Children: Tallies, Thomas, mentioned 
below, Samuel, Robert, Anthony, William, 
Margaret, Abigail and Barbara. 

(III) Thomas, son of John Eldred, was 
born at North Kingston, about 1700. He 
married, March 26, 1730, Rebecca Downing. 
Children, born at North Kingston : Barbara, 
Son, Bathsheba, Henry, Thomas, and prob- 
ably others. The records are very defective. 

(I\') Henry, son of Thomas Eldred, as 
appears from the best evidence to be had. was 
a soldier in the revolution in Colonel Tophan's 
regiment in Rhode Island in 1776. He ap- ' 
pears to have lived part of the time in North 
Kingston, part of the time in South Kingston. 
In 1790, according to the federal census, he 
was at South Kingston and had three sons 
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'J'liomas and Mercy Eldred also were heads of 
families in South Kingston. 

(\') Henry (2), son of Henry (i) Eldred, 
was born probably at South Kingston about 
'775- He married, probably for his second 
wife, ElizaJjelh Walker, of Providence. Octo- 
ber 2t, 1806 (b\' Elder James Wilson). 

(Vi) Henry '(3), son of Henry (2) El- 
dred, was born in Kingston, Rho le Island, 
June 8, 1808, died December, 1859. He was 
a granite cutter by occupation ; an Episcopa- 
lian in religion and a Democrat in politics. He 
married, alx)ut 1S30, Ruliamah Almira i'>ar- 
ker, born .April 9, 1805, died September 2^, 
1860. Children: Sarah, born November i, 
1830: Ruhamah C, May 17. 1833; Charles 
Henry, Jaiuiary I, 1836: William James, De- 
cember IJ, 1837; Johii Albert. Octolier 6, 

(\TI) Charles Henry, son of Henry (3) 
Kldred, was born in Kingston, Rhode Island, 
January i, 1836, died Jaiuiary 11, 1910. His 
early life was spent at .Amsterdam, New 
\'ork, from whence lie removed to Westerly 
at the age of seventeen, entering the high 
school. His first occupation was as assistant 
postmaster, then he served as school teacher 
and shipping clerk. He was a member of the 
state militia for several years. He enlisted in 
the United -States service, May 26, 1862, and 
served in defence of Washington, D. C. He 
was an Episcopalian in religion and a Repub- 
lican in politics. He married, .August 17, 
1857, at \\'esterly, .Abbie Jane, born Decem- 
ber 2^, 1839, at W^esterly, Rhode Island, 
daughter of John Payne and Sylvia \'incent 
(Steadman) Dyer, the former a manufac- 
turer of note in \\'esterly, granldaughter of 
Deacon Jolin r>. .Steadman. of Voluntown, a 
deacon of the Baptist church, and great-grand- 
daughter of Rev. Enoch Steadman. soldier in 
the .American revolution : one of General 
Washington's bodyguard : his remains are 
buried on P.lock Island. Children, all born 
in Westerly. Rhode Island, except Ernest G., 
who was born at Providence : .\bbie Ann, No- 
vember 12, 1858; Clara Jane, born November 
6, i860, married. May i, 1888, W'alter H. 
Davis, and died October 6, 1905 : John Henry, 
September 6. 1862 ; Charles P.arker, born 
March 5, 1864: .Alphus Eugene, June 21, 
1868 : Ernest George, September 7, 1874 ; 
Frederick Augustine, October 6, 1878; \'in- 
ceut Dver, December 4, 188 1. 

(ATI I) Dr. John Henry Eldred, son of 
Charles Henry Eldred. was born at Westerly, 
Rhode Island, Seiitember 6, 1862, died in Nor- 
wich. Cnnnecticut, October 20. 1937. He at- 
tended the public schriols of Westerh'. Rhode 
Island, and studied his profession in the New 



York College of Dentistry. He first located in 
Mystic, Connecticut, then removed to Nor- 
wich, Connecticut, where he practiced his pro- 
fession for the remainder of his life. He 
served on the board of education in Norwich. 
He was a member of the Broadway Congre- 
gational Church. He was a member of St. 
James Lodge, Free and .Accepted Masons; 
Knights Templar, Columbian Commandery, 
Mystic Shrine, thirty-second degree. Pie 
married, November 24, 1887, in Stonington, 
Connecticut, Annie L. Uabcock, of Stoning- 
ton, daughter of Charles Henry and .Abbie 
lielen (Hinckley) Babcock (see Babcock N). 
She was born in Stonington, I\Iay 23, 1865. 
Children, born at Norwich: i. Raymond 
I'abcock, February 11, 1889, married, March 
3, 1910, Clare, daughter of Edmund E. and 
.Adelaide (Griswold) Spicer, of Groton. 2. 
Edith Camilla, February 23, 1891. 3. Roger 
Mortimer, February 13. 1894. 4. Beatrice 
Hinckley, October 13, 1895. 5. Jessica Dyer, 
January 4, 1899. 6. John Stuart, June 8, 
■003. 

( Ihc P.abcnck Line). 

(I\') Daniel Babcock, son of James Bab- 
cock (q. v.), was born in Westerly, .April 23, 
1699, died there in 1740. The inventory of 
his estate was recorded September i, 1740. 
lie married, probably in 1723, Abigail Thomp- 
son, born Januar\ i, 1701. daughter of Isaac 
and .Mary (Holmes) Thompson. He was 
made a freeman in October. 1721. His father 
left him, in his will, two hundred acres of 
farm land, a lot one hundred feet wide on 
the Pawcatuck river, and certain per.sonal 
jjroperty. Children, born in Westerly : Isaac, 
born .A]n-il 24. 1724: W'illiam. Alarch 11, 
1725-26: Joshua, December 7, 1728: Eliza- 
beth, January 13, 1730-31 ; James, June 2, 
1733, mentioned below : Daniel, Alarcli 14, 
1735; Elkanah, .August 21, 1738. 

(V) James, son of Daniel Babcock, was 
born in W'csterly, June 2, 1733. He married 
Mary Satterlee. Children: James, born July 
?i^- 1753: Daniel. February 25, 1755: Henry, 
June 23, 1757, mentioned below : Mary, Sep- 
tember 22, 1761 ; Content, Alarch 19, 1764; 
Barrodell, January 19, 1766: Lois. May 20, 
1768: Patience. December 25. 1770; Gideon, 
April 30. 1773. 

(AT) Henry, son of James Babcock, was 
born in Westerly. June 23, 1757. He married, 
August 4. 1778, Prudence, daughter of Heze- 
kiah Gavitt, of ^\'esterly. He was in the revo- 
lutionary war in Ca])tain Arnold's company. 
Colonel I.ippitt's regiment, September, 1776. 
Children, born in Westerly: Henry. July 22, 
1779, mentioned below: James. October 16. 
1 781: Ezekiel, October 22. 1783; .Asa, April 



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26, 1786; Nancy, October 17, 1788: Joshua, 
April 18, 1791; Hannah, September 18, 1794; 
Sarah, July 17, 1796. 

(VII) Henry (2), son of Henry (i) Bab- 
cock, was born in Westerly, Rhode Island, 
July 22, 1779, died there in 1836, probably. 
He' married Fanny, daughter of Timothy and 
Fanny (Thompson) West. She was born 
probably in 1782, died December 12, i860. 
Children, born in Westerly: Charles, April 
26, 1812, mentioned below; Ezekiel, died 
February 13, 1843; Harriet, died young; 
Rhoda, married in Westerly, 1843, Matthew 
Barber: Mary, born October 10, 1818; Mar- 
tha, married Charles Champion ; Susan, mar- 
ried George Barber; Sarah, married George 
Kenvon. 

(VIII) Charles, son of Henry (2) Bab- 
cock, was born in Westerly, April 26, 1812, 
died there April 6, 1888. He married, in Led- 
yard, Connecticut, 1833, Louisa, daughter of 
Samuel and Tentie (Latham) Brown, who 
was born in Ledyard, April 4, 181 1, died in 
Stonington, Connecticut, December 5, 1884. 
Children : Amanda M.. born in Ledyard, 
April II, 1834: Charles Henry, July 16, 1838, 
mentioned below : John W., iDorn in Wester- 
ly. May 12, 1840; Mary Nancy, April 17, 
1842 ; Sarah Frances, Groton, January 19, 
1844: Helen Maria, Groton, August 22, 1846; 
WilHam Dudley, Ledyard, July 11, 1848; 
Abby Jane, Pawcatuck, September 11, 1850; 
Erastus W., Pawcatuck, April 8, 1852. 

(IX) Charles Henry, son of Charles Bab- 
cock, was born in Ledyard, July 16, 1838, died 
in Norwich, Connecticut, March 24, 1903. He 
married (first) in Stonington, Connecticut, 
March 30, 1863, Abbie Helen, born in Ston- 
ington, July 15, 1842, died there March 14, 
1883, daughter of Harry and Prudence 
(Chesbro) Hinckley. He married (second) 
Mary Gardner. For years he was superin- 
tendent of schools of Westerly, Rhode Island. 
Children of first wife: Annie L., born May 
23, 1865, mentioned below : Edith Vincent, 
January 8. 1869, resided in Westerly in 1902 ; 
Harry FTinckley, June 30, 1872, died in Ston- 
ington. October 20, 1892. Child of second 
wife: Mae Gardner, July 3, 1892, resided in 
Westerly in 1902. 

(X) Annie L., daughter of Charles Henry 
Babcock, was born in Stonington, May 23, 
1865, aufl in 1902 lived in Norwich. She 
married, in Stonington, November 24, 1887, 
Dr. John IT. Eldre'd (see Elrlred VIII). 



James Morgan, immigrant an- 
MORGAN cestor, was born in Wales, 
probably at Llandafif, Glamor- 
gan county, hut the family appears to ha\e 



removed to Bristol, England, before 1636. 
The name of his father is unknown, but there 
is some traditionary evidence that it was Wil- 
liam. In March, 1636, he and two younger 
brothers, John and Miles, sailed from Bristol 
and arrived in Boston, Massachusetts, in April. 
John Morgan, who appears to have been a 
high churchman, soon left Boston for the 
more congenial society of Virginia. Miles 
Morgan settled in Springfield. James Mor- 
gan settled at Roxbury before 1640 and lived 
there for ten years or more. He was ad- 
mitted a freeman. May 10, 1643. Early in 
1650 he was granted land at Pequot, later 
called New London, Connecticut, and soon 
occupied by him as a homestead on the path 
to New street (now Ashcraft street), near 
the present third burial ground in the western 
suburbs of the present city. He continued 
to occupy this homestead on the path to New 
street or Cape Ann lane, as it was called, in 
honor of the Cape Ann Company, who chiefly 
settled there, until about March, 1657. He 
sold his homestead, however, in December, 
1656, and removed with others across the river 
to sites granted them in the present town of 
Groton. That town and Ledyard, set off in 
1836, have been the residence of his descend- 
ants to the present time. He was a large 
owner and dealer in land ; distinguished in 
public enterprises ; often employed by the pub- 
lic in land surveys, establishing highways, de- 
termining boundaries, adjusting civil difficul- 
ties as a magistrate and ecclesiastical dififii- 
culties as a good neighbor and Christian. He 
was one of the townsmen or selectmen of 
New London, and one of the first deputies 
to the general court at Flartford (May, 1657) 
and was nine times afterward elected a deputy. 
In 1661 he was one of a committee of the 
general court to lay out the bounds of New 
London. He was on the committee to seat 
the meeting house, a difficult task, because the 
seating determined the social standing of all 
the people. The spot where he built his house 
in Groton in 1657 and ever afterward resided, 
and where he died, is a few rods southeast of 
the Elijah S: Morgan house, three miles from 
the Groton ferry, on the road to Foquonoc 
bridge, and this homestead has descended 
down to the present generation by inheritance. 
He died in 1685, aged seventy-eight years, and 
his estate was soon afterward divided among 
his four surviving children. 

He married, August 6, 1640, Margery Hill, 
of Roxbury. Children, born in Roxbury, ex- 
cept perhaps the youngest: i. Hannah, born 
May 18, 1642, married, November 20, 1660, 
Henehiam Royce. 2. James. Tilarch 3, 1644, 
married, November, 1666, Mary \'ine. 4. 



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John, March 30, 1645, nientioned below. 5. 
Joseph, November 29, 1646. 6. Abraham, 
September 3, 1648, died August, 1649. 7- 
Daughter, November 17, 1650, died young. 

(II) Captain John Morgan, son of James 
Morgan, was born March 30, 1645. ^I*^ was 
a prominent man and served as Indian com- 
missioner or adviser. He was deputy to the 
general court from New London in 1689-90, 
and from Preston in 1693-94. He removed 
to Preston about 1692. His will was dated 
August 23, 171 1, proved February 12, 1712. 
The probate of the will was appealed from as 
he made no mention of his son Joseph, who 
appeared as a party in the proceeilings. He 
married (first) November 16, 1665, Rachel, 
daughter of John Dymond. He married (sec- 
ond) Elizabeth (Jones) Williams, widow, 
daughter of Lieutenant Governor William 
Jones, of New Haven, and granddaughter of 
Governor Theophilus Eaton. Children of 
first wife: i. John, June 10, 1667. 2. Sam- 
uel, September 9, 1669. 3. Isaac, October 24, 
1670. 4. Hannah. January 8, 1674. 5. Mercy, 
May, 1675. 6. Sarah, April 13, 1678. 7. 
James, about 1680. Children of second wife: 
8. Elizabeth, about 1690, died young. 9. Wil- 
liam, 1693. nientioned below. 10. Rachel, bap- 
tized April 19. 1697. II. .-Vudrea, baptized 
same day. 12. Margery, baptized July 9. 1699. 
13. Joseph, baptized April 27, 1701. 14. Theo- 
philus, liaptized [May 16, 1703. 15. Mary. 
married John Norton. 

(HI) William, son of Captain John Mor- 
gan, was born in 1693, died in October, 1729. 
There is a tradition that this William used to 
say that his father, John, had a very old little 
book, in which was written the name of Wil- 
liam Morgan, of Llandaff (Wales) and dated 
i6cx3, who, he said, was the father of James 
the immigrant. This \^'illiam also had a pair 
of gold sleeve buttons of antique make, hav- 
ing WM. rudely but plainly stamped on each, 
which were said to have come down as an 
heirloom from William of Llandaflf. These 
buttons came into the possession of Nathaniel 
Harris Morgan, the author of the Morgan 
genealogy, through his father, William A. 
Morgan, and were owned by him until they 
were stolen, and although they were traced, 
it was too late to recover them, as they had 
been melted, with other old jewelry. William 
Morgan married, July 3, 1716, Mary .A.very, 
who died in April, 1780, aged eighty-four, 
daughter of Captain James Avery, Jr., of Gro- 
ton. Children: i. Mary, born May 9, 1717. 
2. Elizabeth. February i, 1719. 3. Margaret, 
February 26, 1721. 4. William, June 17, 
1723, mentioned below. 5. Deborah. June 26. 
1726. 6. Prudence. February 29, 1728. 



I i\') Captain William (2) Morgan, son of 
\\ illiam (i) Morgan, was born June 17, 1723. 
died in Groton, Connecticut, .April ii, 1777. 
The inventory of his estate was taken April 
29. 1777. 

He married, July 4, 1744. Temperance 
Avery, who died October 7, 1801, aged 
seventy-four, daughter of Colonel Christopher 
Avery, of Groton, and great-granddaughter of 
Captain James Avery, the immigrant. He re- 
sided in Groton. Children: i. William, born 
September 28, 1745, died September 29, 1753. 
2. Christopher, October 27, 1747. 3. Temper- 
ance, May 4. 1752. 4. William .\very, No- 
vember 24, 1754, mentioned below. 5. Israel, 
July 22, 1757. 6. Mary, January 8, 1760. 7. 
Simeon, April 1, 1762. 8. Prudence, October 
27. 1764. 9. Rebecca, April 9, 1766. 10. 
Jacob, September 18, 1768. 

( V ) Captain William Avery Morgan, son 
of Captain William (2) Morgan, was born 
November 24, 1754, died November 24. 1855. 
He was a sergeant in the revolution and was 
present at the battle of Bunker Hill, being 
then twenty-one years old. He settled first 
in Groton, where eleven of his children were 
born. He removed to Colchester, now Salem, 
in March, 1796, where he resided until March, 
1814, when he removed to Lebanon, Connec- 
ticut, where he died. He married (first) May 

4, 1776, Lydia Smith, who died January 4, 
1804, aged forty-five, daughter of Nathan 
Smith, of Groton. He married (second) June 
10, 1804, Sarah Harris, daughter of Captain 
Nathaniel Harris, of Colchester. He was a 
man of good intellect, fond of reading. His 
nature was sympathetic, he loved companion- 
ship, and was a good conversationalist. Chil- 
dren of first wife: i. William, horn Novem- 
ber 22, 1777. 2. Griswold, March 3, 1779, 
lost at sea, November 29, 1799. 3. Avery, 
]\Iay 20, 1781. 4. Jasper, January 3, 1783. 

5. Lydia, October 8, 1784. 6. Nathan, Octo- 
ber TO, 1786. 7. Betsey, December 18, 1788. 
8. Denison, October 29, 1790, mentioned be- 
low. 9. Nancy, July 16, 1792. 10. Phebe, 
March 12, 1794. 11. Lucy, February 3, 1796. 
Children of second wife: 12. Nathaniel Har- 
ris, June 8, 1805, compiler of the Morgan 
genealogy. 13. Sarah M., February 13, 1807, 
died August i, 1821. 14. Griswold Edwin, 
January 30, 181 1. 15. Harriet N., February 
24, 1815.' 

(VI) Denison, son of Captain William 
Avery Morgan, was born October 29, 1790, 
and was a merchant of Hartford, Connecticut. 
He married, October 10. 1815. Ursula Brain- 
ard. Children: i. Rev. ^^'illiam F., rector of 
-St. Thomas's Church of New York Citv. 2. 
George D., in firm of E. D. Morgan & Com- 



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pany. 3. Henry Kirke, born December 15, 
1819, mentioned below. 

(\TI) Henry Kirke, son of Denison Mor- 
gan, was torn in Hartford, December 15, 1S19, 
died March 7, 191 1. He was educated in the 
academy at Ellington, and at an early age en- 
tered the office of his father. He remained in 

■active business until i860, when he retired. 
He still kept his interest, however, in public 
aflFairs. He served on the board of relief for 
several years and was a trustee of the Pratt 

■ Street Savings Bank for nearly twenty-five 
years, and served on the loan committee of 
the bank. He was elected a director of the 
Hartford Hospital in 1880 and became chair- 
man of the executive committee, which was 
instrumental in completing the Old People's 
Home. He was a director of the Phoenix 
Fire Insurance Company and of the Hartford 
City Gas Light Company. His business train- 



ing and experience made him a valuable ad- 
dition to the various companies and institu- 
tions with which he was connected. He was 
a member of the Episcopal church, and one 
of the founders of Trinity Parish, Hartford, 
serving as warden of the church for many 
years. He married, April 14, 1846, Emily 
Malbone Brinley, born in Boston, October 27, 
1825, died February 4, 1905, daughter of 
George and Harriet (Putnam) Brinley, of 
■ Boston, the latter of whom was daughter of 
Daniel Putnam and granddaughter of General 
Putnam. Children: i. Rev. George, born 
January 9, 1848, rector of Christ Church, New 
Haven. 2. Dr. William D., November 20, 
1850. 3. Henry Kirke, July 9, 1854, member 
of firm of Morgan & Bartlett, bankers and 
brokers, of New York. 4. Edward Brinley, 
February 8. 1857, died February 17, 1874. 5. 
Emilv ]\Ialbone, December 10, 1862. 



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